- These bullet ants are showing some worrying symptoms.
这只子弹蚁正在现出令人担忧的症状 - Spores from a parasitic fungus called cordyceps
一种叫做虫草的寄生菌的孢子 - have infiltrated their bodies and their minds.
已经侵入了它的身心 - It's infected brain directs this ant upwards
寄生孢子直接入侵大脑 - then, utterly disorientated, it grips a stem with it's mandibles.
失去了方向感的子弹蚁只好用下颚咬住茎 - Those afflicted, that are discovered by the workers are quickly taken away and dumped far away from the colony.
这些病蚁迅速被工蚁发现 并把它弄到了远离巢穴的地方 - It seems extreme, but this is the reason why.
这看上去有些极端,不过不是没有道理的
It's infected brain directs this ant upwards 寄生孢子直接入侵大脑
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