Nearly a century ago, biologists found that if they separated an invertebrate animal embryo into two parts at an early stage of its life, it would survive and develop as two normal embryos.

近一个世纪前，生物学家发现，如果他们在无脊椎动物胚胎生命的早期阶段将其分成两部分，它会存活下来并发育成两个正常的胚胎。

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OCTOPUSES construct their own shelters from coconut shells, demonstrating tool use in an invertebrate animal.

章鱼在椰子壳里筑巢，证明这种无脊椎动物会使用工具。

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"Smithers, don't you think it's ironic that your irregular night-time activities are in inverse proportion to your reputation as an expert in the area of invertebrate research?"

“斯密·德斯，难道你不认为自己无规律的夜生活与你作为无脊椎动物研究领域的专家的声望成反比是具有讽刺意味的吗？”

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My client and I argued that it was an invertebrate, and indeed was meat.

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An invertebrate exercise in fear from M.

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