Why would people devote themselves to the study of a creature that is less than one millionth the size of a human being? "Humans have existed for about seven million years," says Lin.
看來弱不禁風、體積不到人類百萬分之一的小螞蟻，何以值得人們憚精竭力去研究？「人類在地球生存的歷史有 700 萬年，螞蟻卻已超過一億年了，」林宗岐對螞蟻越鑽研，便越加讚嘆這種小生物優越的生存能力。