蚂蚁从德国被偷运进中国，又要被吃了吗？ [英国媒体]

Is this the strangest customs find ever? Chinese officials discover 800giant LIVE ANTS being smuggled in from Germany

这是最怪异的海关发现吗？中国官员发现从德国偷运进来的800只巨型活蚁



Customs officials in Sichuan province were left scratching their headsin bemusement after finding hundreds of giant ants packed into parcels sentfrom Hamburg.

四川省海关人员发现了从德国汉堡通过包裹运输过来的几百只巨型活蚁，这令他们感到疑惑不解。

Around 800 of the large insects were seized by staff at ChengduShuangliu Airport Customs last week, according toPeople'sDaily Online.

上周，成都双流机场的海关人员查获了800只左右的巨型蚂蚁，人民日报网站报道。

The black creepy crawlies, later identified as harvester and Paraponeraants, can grow up to 2cm in length and are known to reproduce rapidly, with thequeen laying up to 2,000 eggs per day.

这些黑色的爬行动物后来被确认为收获蚁和子弹蚁，可以生长到2厘米长，而且繁殖速度快，蚁后每天最多可以产下2000个卵。



On October 30, staff detected suspicious-looking test tube shapes in anexpress package sent from Germany whilst performing routine X-rays.

10月30号，工作人员在进行常规的X光线检查时，在一个来自德国的快件中发现了可疑的试管状物体。

Inside they discovered 400 of the ants packed in the tubes, along withcotton wool, metal coils and pieces of honeydew melon.

他们发现包裹里的试管中包装有400只蚂蚁，里面还有棉绒，铁线，以及蜜瓜碎片。

After identifying details about the sender, customs officers were ableto seize a second identical package on November 1 containing the remainder ofthe mystery insects.

在确认了寄件人的信息后，海关人员又在11月1号发现了第二个同样的包裹，在里面发现了另外400只这种神秘的蚂蚁。



Precisely why the packages were sent remains a mystery, and customsstaff have launched an official investigation after the recipient failed toprovide a valid live animal quarantine license.

这些快件的寄送原因还是一个迷，在收件人无法提供有效的活物检疫证明后，海关人员已经就此发起调查。

According to scientists, the offending bugs can carry disease andthreaten local agriculture, forestry and possibly even human health.

科学家称，这种蚂蚁可以携带疾病并威胁地方农业，林地，而且可能威胁人类健康。

Chinese experts have spoken out about the risk to the country's ecologyfrom the continued influx of non-native species and creatures since the 1990s.

自1990年以来，中国专家就不断的有外来生物流入而可能对中国的生态造成破坏的风险表达了自己的看法。

ranchhouse5, Land of the Buttercups, United States, 4 hours ago
someone has been watching Antman too many times.

某人看《蚁人》看太多次了。

Brian, London, 4 hours ago
Refugees in, ants out. The Merkel system, what else ! Lol.

难民进入，蚂蚁出去。这就是默克尔的制度，还能有啥！哈哈

Anonymant, Brussels, Belgium, 5 hours ago
These are Messor sp. queens ( at least 99,9% of them ), they lay like10 eggs for their first year... not 2000, they're inoffensive and yet,beautiful. Paraponera ants are very expensive and their sting is indeeddangerous but they don't make colonies with more than 100 workers.

这些是收获蚁，而且其中至少99.9%都是蚁后，第一年的时候她们会下十个卵，而不是2000个，他们是无害的，而且漂亮。子弹蚁是非常昂贵的，而且被刺的话是非常危险的，它们的群体不会超过100个。

Anonymant, Brussels, Belgium, 5 hours ago
And by the way, they're not eating them. They use them as pets. In anest, they're very interesting to watch !

顺便说一下 ，他们不会去吃这种蚂蚁。他们把这种蚂蚁当作宠物。把他们放在巢里面，看着很好意思！

Melloney, Spain, 4 hours ago
Should have listed them as Messor aciculatus, almost undetectableagainst a messor barbarus queen, so alike. I think the metal in the tubesprobably got them stopped. Shame I hope they do not kill them, they arebeautiful and a lot of money!

这应该是针毛收获蚁，和巴巴拉收获蚁蚁后很像。我认为是试管中的金属导致它们被发现。遗憾，希望他们不要杀死它们，它们是美丽的，而且很贵！

Water Glass, Base Cydonia, Canada, 8 hours ago
Chinese can eat anything no matter what they will catch. I met achinese once who was telling that human meat is bit saltish. Guess what elsecan be on their menu !!

中国人可以逮到什么吃什么。我之前遇到一个中国人，他说人肉有点咸。猜猜还有什么是他们不能吃的！！

HKer, Hong Kong, China, 57 minutes ago
You need to see a psychiatrist as soon sspossible. Something wrong inyour mind.

楼上的，你应该去看看精神科了。你脑子有问题。

Clean up Whitehall, Edinburgh, 10 hours ago
The West is constantly exploring new ideas for covert warfare.Washington, London and Tel Aviv will never give up.

西方一直在探索秘密战争的新思路。华盛顿，伦敦和特拉维夫永远都不会放弃。

honisty2, Xinhua, China, 10 hours ago
In China, ants are used for flavouring wine.

在中国，蚂蚁是用来调酒的。

Melloney, Spain, 5 hours ago
They were sent FROM Germany, there is a large market in selling queenants.

这些蚂蚁来自德国，在德国存在着销售蚁后的巨大市场。