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ant hill
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ant hill
1. a mound of soil, leaves, etc., near the entrance of an ants' nest, carried and deposited there by the ants while constructing the nest
2. a mound of earth, usually about 2 metres high, built up by termites in forming a nest


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It's a story about 10-year-old Lucas (voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen), who is bullied by bigger boys and in turns takes it out on the ant colony on his front lawn with the family garden hose.
The natural world abounds with other spectacular examples of animals moving in concert: a school of fish making a hairpin turn, an ant colony building giant highways, or locusts marching across the plains.
A fire ant colony can have as many as 500,000 members and multiple queens
 
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