科学速递：动物也喜欢XM吗？

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人类不是唯一能够感知XM的物种。在一系列最近发表于《科学与自然》杂志的研究论文中，科学家们声称他们发现了其他社群性动物，比如蜜蜂，也能够感知XM存在的证据。

在一项持续数年的观察研究中，一队科学工作者持续观察那些在已知门泉附近生活的蜜蜂们。他们发现其中一些蜜蜂对于生活在高XM密度地区显示出特殊的偏好。蜜蜂同样根据他们对XM的偏好，区分出不同的阵营来。它们原本黄色或棕色的体表，会变成绿色或蓝色，如图1。

图1：体表变成绿色(a)和蓝色(b)的蜜蜂。

此外，同人类特工一样的是，蜜蜂们也在全球范围内对于XM展开了激烈的争夺战。在阿尔卑斯附近的一户养蜂人惊奇地发现蜂房中出现了图2所示的蓝色和绿色的蜂蜜，事后证实，这与IITC所显示的印度-非洲附近的战况极为相似。

图2：蜜蜂用蜂蜜实时更新的全球Intel。

XM是否能影响非社群性生物呢？答案是肯定的。有证据表明，一些独居的鳞翅目昆虫也能表现出阵营特征来，比如图3中这只原本是黑色却变绿的甲虫。该研究的领队埃克斯•吉艾尔认为这项研究能够解释为什么某些覆盖林区的盖场行动会比其他同规模的行动收获更多的MU来。 

图3：一只启蒙的甲虫，紫红色的边缘证明这是一只转生过的甲虫。

Human beings are not the only species thatcan be affected by the XM. In a series of research articles published on thejournal Science and Nature recently,scientists claimed that they found evidence showing that other social animals,such as bees, can also feel the existence of XM.

In an observational study where a team ofthe science workers has kept observing the bees around known Portals for years,they find that some bees have special preference on staying at areas with highXM density. They also presented faction segregation by their attitude towardsXM: some bees changed the color of their skin, which was originally in yellowor brown, into green or blue, see Figure 1.

What's more, like human agents, bees are alsocompeting for XM all over the world. A beekeeper near the Alps was surprised tofind blue and green honey in the hive, shown in Figure 2, which was later confirmedto be very similar to the intel situation near Indo-Africa shown on IITC.

Can XM affect social creatures? The answeris Yes. There is evidence that some solitary lepidopteran insects can also showfactional characteristics, such as the should-be-black but green beetle inFigure 3. Aikes Jae Ale, director of a research team, said that their findingsmay explain why some Operations on lands without human yields higher MU densitythan others.

并没有参考文献因为这回连杂志都是编的。

图1(a,b)，图2搜集自网络。图3来自作者。