The ant-lion as described was said to starve to death because of its dual nature – the lion nature of the father could only eat meat, but the ant half from the mother could only eat grain chaff, thus the offspring could not eat either and would starve.
A formiga león tal como se describe na obra pasaba fame ata morrer debido á súa natureza dual: a natureza de león do pai obrigábao a comer só carne, pero a súa metade materna de formiga só podía comer salvado de cereais, polo que os fillos non podían comer e pasaban fame.