大黄蜂学会分辨短长的光闪光, 表明他们可以像摩斯代码一样处理时间。 Bumblebees learned to tell short and long light flashes apart, showing they can process time like Morse code.

根据伦敦玛丽王后大学的一项研究,大黄蜂学会了区分短闪光和长闪光,这类似于莫尔斯代码。 Bumblebees have learned to distinguish between short and long flashes of light, akin to Morse code, according to a study by Queen Mary University of London. 蜜蜂经过训练,将特定期限与糖或奎因联系起来,在20次中,蜜蜂选择了15次正确的模式,甚至在没有奖励的情况下保留了选择,证明他们依赖的是时间,而不是气味或地点。 Trained to associate specific durations with sugar or quinine, bees chose correct patterns 15 out of 20 times and maintained choices even without rewards, proving they relied on timing, not scent or location. 这标志着在昆虫中出现这种时间歧视的第一批证据,表明在导航或移动跟踪方面可能发展起来的时间处理能力隐蔽。 This marks the first evidence of such temporal discrimination in insects, suggesting a hidden capacity for time processing likely evolved for navigation or movement tracking. 研究结果挑战了这样一种概念,即复杂的认知需要大大脑,并突显出小脑动物出乎意料的智力能力。 The findings challenge the notion that complex cognition requires large brains and highlight unexpected mental abilities in small-brained animals. 研究报告发表在《生物学文集》上。 The study was published in Biology Letters.