Why This Works: Once consumed, Borax damages both the ants \ \ \ 'digestive systems and their outer skeletons, resulting in death.

为何如此：一旦蚂蚁吃了他们，硼砂会破坏蚂蚁的消化系统以及蚂蚁的外部骨骼，结果是蚂蚁见阎王。

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In his whimsical imagination the ants become wise and creative creatures like people, and his "grandfather after his death has turned into the King of ants (" Perhaps It is a Parable") ".

在其古怪的想象当中，蚂蚁象人一样，变成聪明而有创造性的动物。他的“祖父，死后变成了蚁王”(《也许是寓言》)。

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By choosing to face death alone, the ants were making a truly altruistic act.

BBC: Earth News - Heroic altruistic ants face death alone to save colony

Uninfected ants who survived this treatment, but still knew they would die prematurely, also left the nest before death took hold, proving the fungus itself did not drive them out.

BBC: Earth News - Heroic altruistic ants face death alone to save colony