Weightlifting Ant Is PhotoWinner 螞蟻舉重成為冠軍照片

An amazing image of an ant lifting 100 times its body weight has won first prize in a science photography contest. The image shows an Asian weaver ant hanging upside down on a glass-like surface and holding a 500mg weight in its jaws. It was taken by zoology specialist Dr. Thomas Endlein of Cambridge University as he researched insects’ sticky feet.

一隻螞蟻舉起其體重 100倍重量的驚人照片，獲得科學照片競賽首獎。此照片中的亞洲黃蟻倒吊在玻璃般的表面上，用上下顎支撐500毫克重量。此照片是由劍橋大學動物學專家湯 瑪斯安德林博士，在研究昆蟲具黏力的腿部時所攝。