科学家发现，蚂蚁收集过冬所需的谷物和种子后，会将这些种子分成两半，然后将它们存放在巢穴中，因为将它们分成两半会使它们即使在下雨和最完美的发芽条件下也无法发芽。 然而，当科学家发现储存在蚂蚁巢中的香菜种子被分解成四块而不是两块时，他们感到震惊。
经过实验室研究，科学家发现，香菜种子分成两份后仍然会发芽，但分成四份后就不会发芽了。 那么这些微小的生物是如何知道这一切的呢？ 人类所知甚少； 从其他生物身上可以学到很多东西。
Scientists have discovered that after collecting the grains and seeds they need for winter, ants break those seeds down into halves before storing them in their nests because breaking them in half keeps them from germinating even through rain and the most perfect germinating conditions. However, scientists were stunned when they discovered that coriander seeds stored in the ant nest were broken down into four pieces instead of two pieces.
After lab research, scientists discovered that a coriander seed will still germinate after being divided into two, but it won’t germinate after being divided into four parts. So how do these tiny tiny creatures know all this? Humans know very little; there's much to learn from other creatures.