这是大象,一只灰色的大象。
一项针对古代和现代大象的研究得出一个出人意料的结论:非洲大象已经分化成两个不同的物种。
A recent study of ancient and modern elephants has come up with the unexpected conclusion that the African elephant is divided into two distinct species.
小得不能再小的蚂蚁是如何让大象退避三舍的呢?毕竟大象要比它们大约十亿倍。
How can teeny, tiny ants repel a big old elephant, which is, after all, about a billion times more massive?
它也是一只手臂和一只手,所以有人说大象的鼻子长在手上,也会有人说大象用手呼吸。
It is an arm and a hand too, so that it has been said that the elephant carries his nose in his hand, and it might also have been said that he breathes by his hand.
他看到受伤的大象向健康的大象展示他酸痛的鼻子。
He saw the hurt elephant show his sore trunk to a healthy elephant.
花岗岩底座上整齐地立着几只粉色砂岩大象。更多的大象喷出一串串水流,引起喷泉跃动。
Pink sandstone elephants stand to attention on granite plinths. Fountains leap, as more elephants squirt jets of water.
泰国国家大象保育中心的大象只能演奏传统的泰国歌曲。
The elephants in the TECC can only play traditional Thai songs.
和世界上许多动物园一样,泰国大象保护中心鼓励大象作画。
And, like many zoos around the world, the TECC encourages elephants to paint.
这些演奏音乐的大象来自兰邦的泰国大象保护中心(TECC)。
These musical elephants are from the Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC) in Lampang.
人类会鼓励大象演奏乐器,但大象会自己创作音乐;它们不只是模仿驯兽师或其他人。
Humans may encourage the animals to play instruments, but the elephants make their own songs; they don't just copy their trainers or other people.
仅在2015年就有83头大象失踪,2016年就有51头大象被杀害。“如果这种情况继续下去,到2020年,吉尔马的所有大象都将被猎杀。”马拉大象项目的一名成员说。幸运的是,MEP的诉求被听到了。
Eighty-three elephants were lost in 2015 alone, and another fifty-one elephant were killed in 2016. "If this situation goes on, all the Gourma elephants will be killed by 2020," said a member of MEP. Luckily, the voice of MEP was heard.
莎莉站在那里,拿着拴着大象的绳子。她问自己:“我可以用什么喂一头大象?”
Sally stood there and held the rope to the elephant. She asked herself, "What can I feed an elephant with?"
我参观了一个大象的摄影展览,意识到环游印度的唯一方式便是骑大象。
I visited a photographic exhibition of elephants and I realized that the only way to travel around India was on an elephant.
野生动物也难觅踪影:我看见一只水鸟、两头山羊、几只白鹭和翠鸟,但是在这个号称有百万大象的地方,连一头大象也没有看到。
Wildlife was also elusive: I spotted a water buffalo, a couple of goats, several egrets and kingfishers but not one - in the fabled Land of a Million Elephants - elephant.
最终她因缺水而痛苦的死去。 她是当地保护组织“拯救大象”用无线电项圈追踪的七头大象之一。
She died of thirst, in agony, one of seven being monitored with radio collars by Save the Elephants, a Kenya-based conservation group.
“拯救大象”组织在全世界搜寻有关大象的消息,并从上周起引用报纸头条有关肯尼亚、纳米比亚、津巴布韦的大象搜查活动。
The group Save the Elephants tracks elephant news from around the world, and cited newspaper headlines from last week that documented elephant-related busts in Kenya, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
马来西亚一头刚被俘获的大象正在已驯化大象们的引领下走出森林。
Wly a newly captured elephant is led out of a forest by trained elephants in Malaysia.
泰国素林大象节:大象踢足球,当地人跟大象拔河。
Thailand's Surin Elephant Festival features soccer-playing elephants and a tug-of-war with local men.
大象还呆在冰箱里呢. 不是你把大象放进冰箱里的么?
就在上到半山腰的时候,他看到了迎面走过来一头大象,大象背上背着一小捆树叶,旁边看象人拿一根小铁棒在拨弄着它的耳朵。
Halfway up the hill, he saw an elephant coming down, with a small bundle of leaves on its back and a mahout poking its ear with an iron rod.
大象已经和村民产生了矛盾,很多人相信射杀大象可以保证食物储备并且保护居民安全。
The elephants are creating conflict with local villagers and some believe that culling the animals would ensure food stocks are kept safe.
这两位前驯象员在马戏团和动物园见过大象所受的虐待和忽视,决心为大象建立一座可以颐养天年的憩息所。
The two former elephant trainers had seen enough abuse and neglect at circuses and zoos to inspire them to create a haven where elephants could live out their lives.
而且这还是在汽车视觉体积比大象的略大且被涂成红色而非如大象一样灰色的情况下得到的结果。
And that was despite the fact that the image of the van was somewhat larger in the photograph than the image of the elephant, and that the minivan was red, not grey.
小孩注意到一旁的大象群,问父亲:“爸,大象那么有力,为什么它们的脚上只系着一条小小的铁链,难道它无法挣开那条铁链逃脱吗?”
The child noticed a group of elephants nearby and asked his father, "Dad, the elephants are so powerful, but why do they not break down the tiny chains tied to their feet and ran away?"
闭上眼睛,我甚至可以看到粉红色的大象,那种服用致幻剂后才看到的跳舞的大象。
If I closed my eyes, I could definitely see pink elephants, though. Dancing ones, with psychedelic trombones...
大象被排除在外,因为对大象的偷猎有一次地开始增加,尤其是喜爱象牙的中国,现在变得越来越富有。
Elephants would definitely be excluded; poaching of them has begun to increase again, especially as China, which loves ivory, gets richer.
这是只大象宝宝,所以它很大很大,但是它只是个大象宝宝,所以它其实又很小很小。
This is a baby elephant, so it's really, really big — except it's a baby elephant, so it's really, really small.
我设法从空中找到大象,引导大卫到达大象的地面位置。
I managed to spot the elephants from the air and guided David to their location on the ground.
历史上最大的大象4.2米高,比普通大象整整高一米。
The largest elephant on record was 4.2m tall, a full metre bigger than the average.
历史上最大的大象4.2米高,比普通大象整整高一米。
The largest elephant on record was 4.2m tall, a full metre bigger than the average.
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