该句使用then引导动作顺序，表达行为连贯性。
When food is scarce, gorillas will also seek out termites to supplement their energy.
One day, at a place where termites were present, a gorilla and an anteater met. The anteater complained resentfully, "I have sharp, hook-like claws for digging into termite mounds and a tongue over forty centimeters long. What right do you have to snatch my meal away?"
The gorilla ignored the anteater. He calmly broke a long, thin twig from a nearby tree, stripped off the leaves, and licked the branch to coat it with thick saliva. Then, he carefully inserted the twig into the termite mound. Before long, he pulled out a string of wriggling termites and began to eat them with great relish.
"Do you see now?" the gorilla said to the anteater. "I rely on wisdom. My way of eating is quite elegant! Unlike you, who destroys the very home of the termites while eating them—how foolish!"
在食物匮乏的情况下，大猩猩也会通过寻找白蚁来补充能量。
一天，在一处白蚁出没的地方，大猩猩与食蚁兽相遇了。食蚁兽不满地指责大猩猩：“我拥有可以挖掘蚁窝的钩状利爪和四十多厘米长的舌头，你凭什么来抢夺我的饭碗呢？”
大猩猩并没有理睬食蚁兽，而是不慌不忙地从身边的树上折下一根长长的细枝，剥去叶片，并用舌头舔拭树枝，使其沾满黏稠的唾液。接着，他小心翼翼地将树枝伸进蚁穴，不久便提上来一串蠕动的白蚁，开始津津有味地享用起来。
“看到了吗，”大猩猩对食蚁兽说，“我凭借的是智慧。我的吃法如此文雅，不像你，吃白蚁时连人家的家园都毁了，真是愚蠢至极！”