白天,Douglas Emlen主要研究昆虫武器,但到了晚上,他却喜欢阅读军事历史。8年前,这些兴趣不期然地融合在了一起。作为位于米苏拉市的蒙大拿大学的生态学与生物学教授,20年间,Emlen一直在研究以长角而著称的蜣螂和独角仙的交配和领域行为,试图理解为什么有些昆虫会耗费如此多的精力建造大型武器。当有人邀请他撰写一篇讲述动物王国的武器体系的综述时,他一头扎进了档案 During the day, Douglas Emlen focused on insect weapons, but by night he enjoyed reading military history. Eight years ago, these interests came together unexpectedly. As a professor of ecology and biology at the University of Montana in Missoula, Emlen has been studying the mating and field behavior of dung beetles and unicorns, known for their long horns, for 20 years trying to understand why some insects Spend so much effort building large weapons. When someone invited him to write an overview of the weapons system about the animal kingdom, he plunged into the file