Insects like termites can go whole hog on the whole log, because they can " chew" the wood with their serrated mandibles AND also have the right gut machinery - AKA microbes - to break the lignin down on the molecular level.

像白蚁这样的昆虫可以吃掉整根原木，因为它们可以用锯齿状的下颚“咀嚼” 木材，并且还有合适的肠道机制——也就是微生物——在分子水平上分解木质素。