爬虫学家罗伯特·默滕斯后来提出，巨蜥属可能起源于这个群岛。
Herpetologist Robert Mertens later argued that Varanus probably originated in the archipelago.
令科学家们困惑的一个相关问题是，现存最大物种科莫多巨蜥的分布情况。
A related puzzle for scientists is the present distribution of Varanus' largest surviving species, the Komodo dragon.
由于现存的大多数物种生活在澳大利亚，早期的研究人员得出结论，巨蜥属起源于澳大利亚，随后沿着印澳群岛向西跳跃。
Because most existing species live in Australia, early researchers concluded that Varanus originated in Australia and subsequently island hopped westward along the Indo-Australian archipelago.
正如发现巨蜥单性生殖的英国的动物园管理员所描述的，像等公共汽车一样，等了好长时间，然后一群小蜥蜴就一股脑地都出来了。
As the British zookeeper who discovered virgin births in Komodos put it, rather like buses, you wait for ages and then loads of them come along all at once.
动物园的科莫多巨蜥墨菲则躲了起来。
蜥蜴中的一种，如巨蜥或飞蜥。
Any of various lizards, such as the Komodo dragon or the flying lizard.
科摩多巨蜥很聪明甚至可以辨别不同的人。
Komodo dragons are quite smart and can recognize different humans.
我看见一只翠鸟一闪而过，一头巨蜥在芦苇丛中走过。
I saw a flash of kingfisher blue. A monitor lizard paddled away through the reeds.
实际上，这种巨蜥是当地人的重要食物之一。
In fact, the giant lizard is one of the important local foods.
图片所示的该巨蜥很可能是在野外很快消失的物种之一。
The monitor lizard is one of the species that could soon disappear in the wild.
巨蜥是濒危动物，人们需要知道这个事实。
意思是这种巨蜥的生物正面临着灭绝的危险。
巨蜥怪兽的死亡凝视，令任何将领都闻风色变。
这是一个关于巨蜥的故事。我读过之后就拿来给大家看看。
It's a story of Komodo Dragon. I've read it and I am giving it to people.
这种巨蜥名为“碧塔塔瓦”，它们是印尼科莫多巨蜥的近亲。
Dubbed Varanus bitatawa, the giant lizard is a close cousin of the Komodo dragon of Indonesia.
目前世界上的巨蜥数量越来越少，这种巨蜥究竟有多少存活尚不清楚。
At present the number of the giant lizard is getting fewer and fewer in the world.It is unknown that how many giant lizards of this kind have been alive.
目前世界上的巨蜥数量越来越少，这种巨蜥究竟有多少存活尚不清楚。
At present the number of the giant lizard is getting fewer and fewer in the world. It is unknown that how many giant lizards of this kind have been alive.
与其他恐龙近亲不同，这种巨蜥不是肉食性动物，而是以水果为生。
Unlike other close cousin of dinosaur, the giant lizard eats fruits instead of fresh meats.
其中数巨蜥加拉帕歌斯大海光秃秃的鼬鼠水果蝙蝠和蜘蛛最为引人注目。
Among the highlights are huge monitor lizards, Galapagos turtles, naked mole rats, fruit bats and spiders.
亚洲象曼徳胡里抓住一只巨蜥的尾巴抡来抡去，这不幸的动物被大象带着跑了好几天。
Madhuri, an Indian elephant, swings a monitor lizard around by its tail. The unlucky creature had been swept off the ground and was carried around for a number of days by the elephant.
所以宾夕法尼亚州立大学的科学家们分析了它们现存的最近亲属巨蜥的基因。
So instead, scientists at Penn State analyzed the genes of their closest living relatives, the monitor lizards.
他们还想知道其他的动物，比如巨蜥、蓝舌蜥是否也适用这种引导方法，不去捕食毒蛙。
They would also like to see if other species such as goannas and bluetongue lizards could be taught not to eat cane toads.
不但游泳技术高超，而且奔跑能力过人，我不得不说，尼罗巨蜥“霸主”之名当之无愧。
Combine that with swimming prowess and the ability to outrun a man, and I, for one, welcome our new Nile monitor overlords.
尽管对于科学家来说，这种巨蜥是新物种，但当地土著人已经认识它们几百年了。
Though this kind of lizard is a new species to the scientists, local aborigines have known about it for centuries.
准备离开时，我们还发现了一只古老的巨蜥正趴在旁边晒太阳，湿地里一片宁静祥和的景致。
As we prepare to make our return, we spy an old goanna sunning itself, a picture of peace in these serene everglades.
他们抓住了两只沙漠巨蜥，已经开膛破肚，正用清水洗刷，准备当做晚餐享用。
They seized two desert giant lizards have disembowelled break stomach is washed off with water for use as dinner.
但是有些科学家认为，巨蜥修长的身躯和与蛇相似的舌头表明它们可能是蛇的祖先。
But some scientists point to the elongated bodies and snake-like tongues of monitor lizards as signs that, over time, snakes evolved from some monitor lizards.
据称很多认为巨蜥是他们祖先灵魂化身的印尼人曾经一度通过献祭山羊来供奉它们。
Indonesians, who are said to believe the dragons are reincarnations of their ancestors, have in the past propitiated them by sacrificing goats.
据称很多认为巨蜥是他们祖先灵魂化身的印尼人曾经一度通过献祭山羊来供奉它们。
Indonesians, who are said to believe the dragons are reincarnations of their ancestors, have in the past propitiated them by sacrificing goats.
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