群体生活的蚂蚁经常独自外出寻找食物,有时走很远的路。从很远的地方回到蚁穴,不是一件简单的事情,但小小的蚂蚁却有一套杰出的认路本领,即使浓云密布,或者地面上被破坏,仍旧会找到蚁巢,只不过要多走些弯路而已。为什么蚂蚁能够准确寻找归途? 这个问题像谜团一样,长久吸引着动物学家的兴趣。在探索过程中,研究者也找到了蚂蚁用来辨别方向的、行之有效的方法,比方说,发挥超常的记忆力、利用气味信息等。 Ants living in groups often go out alone looking for food, sometimes taking a long way. Returning from a long distance to a nest is not a trivial matter, but the tiny ants have an outstanding set of skills to find nests, even if they are densely covered or destroyed on the ground. Just take some detours. Why ants can accurately find the way home? This question, like the mystery, has long attracted the interest of zoologists. In the exploration process, the researchers also found ants used to identify the direction of the effective method, for example, exert extraordinary memory, the use of odor information.