Ants are part of the insect family. They live in colonies. More than a thousand, ants live in one nest.
Gälkanydja dhuwul limurruŋ gurruṯumirr, Dhuwa ga Yirratja. Walal ŋuli ga nhinanay. Dharrwa mirithirr ŋuli ga nhina waŋganyŋur yaluŋur.
Worker ants are usually all females.
Djämamirrnydja gälkal mala yan miyalkurruwurr yan.
In the nest, the queen lays all the eggs.
Djinawa yaluŋur buŋgaway ŋuli dhawal-guyaŋirr dharrwa mapu gälkal mala.
The ants nest is made up of tunnels and chambers. They are used for storing food, eggs, larvae and waste.
Dhuwal gälkalwuny mala dharrwa dhukarr ga mathirra mala. Walal ŋuli rulaŋthun ŋatha ga mapu' ga mewirri ga bäythinyawuy mala.
When ants find food, they leave a scent for the others to find it too.
Walal ŋuli maḻ'maram ŋatha, bala walal ŋuli rulaŋthun ŋatha mala wiripuŋurruwurrku mala gälkalwu walal dhu maḻ'maram.
The body of an ant is divided into three sections; the head, the thorax, and the abdomen.
Ga rumbalnanydja walalaŋ gälkalwuny ḻurr'kun nhakun: mulkurr, rumbal, ga dhuḏi.
The life cycle of an ant has four stages.
Ga walŋany walal gälkalwuny mala ḏampumiriw.
Ants are small, but very strong. They can lift more than twenty times their body weight.
Gälkalnydja dhuwal nyumukuṉiny ga ḏäl. Walal dhu ḻaw'maram ŋonuŋ mirithirr biliwalalnydja ŋunhi ḏäl mirithirr.
Ants are amazing!
Gälkanydja dhuwal dhapirrk mirithirr muŋmuŋ!
