时差N小时 蚂蚁感染真菌变"僵尸“(下)

Experiments have shown that if infected ants are moved from those locations, the fungus¹ won't develop. Once in ideal locations, the ants bite down on the leaf's vein² and the fungus grows hypha, or fungal threads, throughout their bodies. That sounds gross. It gets grosser more than that.When the fungus is large enough, it sends up a reproductive shoot called a fruiting body. The ant looks like it has a horn or antlers growing out of its head. New spores³ rain down from the fruiting body and infect more ants.

实验显示如果感染上真菌的蚂蚁被从这些地方移走，真菌就会停止生长。一旦找到适于真菌生长的位置，蚂蚁会咬住叶片的叶脉，真菌就会长出菌丝穿过蚂蚁的大脑。那听起来真讨人厌。事实上要远比这儿令人讨厌。当真菌生长到足够大时，它会射出可繁殖的子实体。蚂蚁看上去头部涨了犄角或鹿角，新的孢子从子实体上脱落，会感染上更多的蚂蚁。

1 fungus   

n.真菌，真菌类植物

参考例句：

• Mushrooms are a type of fungus.蘑菇是一种真菌。
• This fungus can just be detected by the unaided eye.这种真菌只用肉眼就能检查出。

2 vein   

n.血管，静脉；叶脉，纹理；情绪；vt.使成脉络

参考例句：

• The girl is not in the vein for singing today.那女孩今天没有心情唱歌。
• The doctor injects glucose into the patient's vein.医生把葡萄糖注射入病人的静脉。

3 spores   

n.（细菌、苔藓、蕨类植物）孢子( spore的名词复数 )v.（细菌、苔藓、蕨类植物）孢子( spore的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Ferns, mosses and fungi spread by means of spores. 蕨类植物、苔藓和真菌通过孢子传播蔓生。
• Spores form a lipid membrane during the process of reproducing. 孢于在生殖过程中形成类脂膜。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 预防生物武器