And I know how colony size changes as a function of colony age because I've dug up colonies of known age and counted all the ants.  So that's not the most fun part of this research, although it's interesting.
我之所以知道蚁群规模随着生存年龄增长的变化规律， 是因为我挖开了我知道生存时间的蚁群，并一只只数了蚂蚁。 虽然这很有趣，但并不是研究过程中最好玩的