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.

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。

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Oddly, most of the species represented did not live in the Sepphoris region when these mosaics were created.

奇怪的是，当这些马赛克被创造出来的时候，大多数所代表的物种并没有生活在塞佛瑞斯地区。

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For example, there are more varieties of fish, or insects, lots of frog spices, and then species that rely on those species start to live near the wetlands too.

例如，有更多种类的鱼，或昆虫，各种青蛙，然后依赖那些物种的物种也开始生活在湿地附近。

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More than one third of all threatened or endangered bird species in America live on the Hawaiian Islands.

VOA: special.2009.05.12

In addition, more than three hundred fifty bird species and three hundred species of fresh and saltwater fish live within the park.

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More than 350 bird species live in the wetlands, which is roughly the size of Belgium.

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While fewer species live in the ocean than on land, marine life represents much older evolutionary lineages that are fundamental to our understanding of life on Earth, Appeltans says.

ENGADGET: Scientists estimate at least one third of marine species remain unknown to humans

Nefertiri was 10 months old, and spiders of her species typically live for about a year.

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