美国著名的生物学家刘易斯·托马斯曾经这样描述蚂蚁:“蚂蚁太像人了……它们培植夏菌,喂养蚜虫作家畜,把军队投入战争,用化学喷剂惊扰和迷惑敌人并捕捉奴隶;织巢蚁使用童工,抱着幼体像梭子一样往返窜动,纺出线来把树叶缝合在一起,供它们的真茵园使用。它们不停地交换信息。它们什么都干,就差看电视了……”他 The famous American biologist Lewis Thomas once described ants like this: “The ants are too human... They cultivate summer fungus, feed locusts as livestock, put the army into warfare, use chemical sprays to disturb and confuse enemies and capture slaves; Nest ants use child labor, holding the larvae as if they were shuttles, spinning the lines to stitch the leaves together for use in their garden of truth. They keep on exchanging information. They do everything and they just watch TV... …"he