从前有一条独脚龙,它对蜈蚣说:“你如何管理那么多腿?”
There was once a one-legged dragon who said to the centipede, "How do you manage all those legs?''
近一个多世纪以来,雷克斯暴龙不但成为了恐龙帝国的统治者,更是整个地球生命史的肉食象征。
For more than a century, Tyrannosaurus rex has been the King of Dinosaurs, the carnivorous symbol of an entire age in the history of life on Earth.
翼龙是第一批会飞的脊椎动物,它的化石遗迹已经吸引了古生物学家两个多世纪。
The fossil remains of the first flying vertebrates, the pterosaurs, have intrigued paleontologists for more than two centuries.
爱珍多龙化石属于主龙形下纲,主龙形下纲包括鸟类及鳄目爬行动物,但非蜥蜴、蛇或者是龟类。
The fossil he mentions is now a member of Archosauromorpha, a group that includes birds and crocodilians, but not lizards, snakes, or turtles.
具有强健的体格,60颗尖利、锯齿状的牙齿,科莫多龙是一个有着吓人名声的巨兽。
Possessing a muscular physique and 60 sharp, serrated teeth, the Komodo dragon is a giant animal with a fearsome reputation.
过去的一年里,发现了六个新霸王龙物种。而在过去的十年里所知道的霸王龙种类是之前的两倍多。
But in the past year half a dozen new tyrannosaur species have been described, and during the past decade the known diversity of tyrannosaurs has more than doubled.
例如国家历史博物馆依然将爱珍多龙归为恐龙类。
For example, the Natural History Museum still has Azendohsaurus in its dinosaur directory.
伤口不足以杀死水牛,但是科莫多龙那一口中包含着毒素以防止伤口愈合。
The wound may not be enough to kill the buffalo, but the Komodo's bite contains venom that prevents the wound healing.
几只科莫多龙可在水牛逃远前尾随水牛几天甚至几星期,而随着伤口逐渐恶化后吞食掉它。
Several Komodos will track the buffalo for days, or even weeks, as it slowly weakens, before they are able to move in and devour it.
这些地方仍由恶名在外的“死亡公路”相连,许多资深骑手在连接蒙多基里的空恩和腊塔纳基里的龙帕之间的沙土小道上铩羽而归。
Still linked together by the infamous "Death Highway", many an experienced biker has come unstuck on the sandy, muddy trails "linking" Koh Nhek in Mondulkiri with Lumphat in Ratanakiri.
打猎水牛时,一只科莫多龙会试着咬一口它的腿。
When hunting buffalo, one Komodo will attempt to bite the animal's leg.
这里还是科莫多龙和长达10英尺的蜥蜴的栖身之所。
The island is also home to Komodo dragons, lizards that grow up to 10 feet long.
研究者们在对科莫多龙进行核磁共振成像时发现,在它的下颚处长有复杂的毒腺。
When the researchers performed an MRI of a dragon, they found in its jaws what they called the most structurally complex reptile venom gland known.
从前有一条独脚龙,它对蜈蚣说:“这么多腿你管得过来吗?”
There was once a one-legged dragon who said to the centipede, "How do you manage all those legs?"
珍:你在美国国家科学院院刊上的论文提到巴拉乌尔·邦多克龙的骨盆附近有着很大的肌肉,而且骨骼之间有着固定的连接。那么这种恐龙要如何移动呢?
JV: Your PNAS paper mentions that Balaur bondoc had large muscles around its pelvis area, as well as fused bones. How then would this dinosaur have moved?
科莫多龙是现存体型最大的巨型蜥蜴,它也是一种令人生畏的食肉动物。
The Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard and a fearsome predator.
多塞特(Dorset)海岸发掘出了一只“海怪”的头骨化石,该“海怪”可能是至今发现的最大的上龙。
The fossilised skull of a "sea monster", which may be the largest of its type ever found, has been unearthed on the Dorset coast.
Shaw认为这一劳永逸地解决了科莫多龙如何杀死猎物的问题。
This new paper puts to bed once and for all the issue of how the Komodo dragon kills, Shaw says.
下面是我和布加勒斯特大学的古生物学家佐尔坦·蒂克尔的采访抄录,他是有关巴拉乌尔·邦多克龙的研究项目的领头人
Below is a transcript of my interview with University of Bucharest paleontologist Zoltan Csiki, who led the research project concerning Balaur bondoc
熟料他话音未落,探险家们就陆续发现了大猩猩、霍加皮鹿、俾格米河马、大熊猫以及科莫多龙等许许多多的大型四足动物,用铁一般的事实反驳了他的论断。
Then explorers discovered the gorilla, the okapi, the pygmy hippo, the giant panda and the Komodo dragon, among many others.
吉伦法国西南的一个港湾,由加龙河与多尔多涅河形成的,通往比斯开湾。
An estuary of southwest France formed by the Garonne and Dordogne rivers and opening into the Bay of Biscay.
顺便说说,科莫多龙。为什么人们都要夺走你的生命?
Komodo dragon, by the way, why does man have to take him all away?
每年有数千游客前往印度尼西亚东部地区观看自然栖息地的科莫多龙。
Thousands of tourists visit the area in eastern Indonesia each year to see the lizards in their natural habitat.
潜水者们于周五下午遇到了那只科莫多龙。
因此,这个新的信息能帮助人们弄清科摩多龙的“恶名”。
This new information thus helps to clean up the foul-mouthed reputation of the Komodo dragon.
因此,这个新的信息能帮助人们弄清科摩多龙的“恶名”。
This new information thus helps to clean up the foul-mouthed reputation of the Komodo dragon.
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