它们一点也不像东部土拨鼠那样具有侵略性和领地意识。
They are not at all aggressive and territorial like the Eastern marmots.
它们的社会行为与东部土拨鼠是如此不同是因为它们所居住的气候吗？
Their social behavior is so different from Eastern marmots because of the climate where they live?
出生大约六周后，东部土拨鼠已经足够大到可以在温和的环境中生存。
Roughly six weeks after birth, Eastern marmots are just old enough to take their chances of surviving in the temperate environment.
奥林匹克土拨鼠栖息的草地在奥林匹克山脉的高地，那里的气候条件要恶劣得多。
The Olympic marmots inhabit meadows high in the Olympic Mountains where the weather conditions are much harsher.
它们很有领地意识，而且独来独往，甚至对东部地区的其他土拨鼠也很有攻击性。
They are really territorial, and loners, and just so aggressive even with other Eastern marmots.
我们曾看见一只红狐攻击一只土拨鼠。
“那我就告诉你吧。”土拨鼠说。
相信我，小土拨鼠，都是蜡烛芯的错。
我最好的朋友是土拨鼠、豪猪还有浣熊。
My best friends are the woodchuck, the porcupine and the raccoon.
供鸟类以及草原土拨鼠吃的食物也少了。
一些展品有玻璃展示区域，例如草原土拨鼠。
Some exhibits have glass viewing areas, like for the prairie dog.
我打赌有许多关于土拨鼠日的事情你可能不知道。
I bet there are a lot of things about Groundhog Day that you probably don't know.
如果土拨鼠会扔木头，一只土拨鼠能扔多少木头?
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
普克托尼克土拨鼠俱乐部的成员怀疑这个数据的真实性。
The members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club doubt the authenticity of this data.
我生病了，我的小土拨鼠，病得很重很重——这病把我吓坏了！
I am sick, my little Dormouse, very, very sick--and from an illness which frightens me!
在南达科他州，一只黑尾巴的草原土拨鼠昂首站在他的洞穴外面。
A black-tailed prairie dog perks up outside his burrow in South Dakota.
由于气候恶劣，奥林匹克土拨鼠之间的协力合作提高了它们的存活率。
Because the climate is so harsh, cooperation increases the survival rate of the Olympic marmots.
最大的障碍是牧场主自己，他们的牛与土拨鼠和野牛争夺草地和空间。
The biggest obstacle is the ranchers themselves, whose cattle compete with prairie dogs and bison for grass and space.
在这项研究中，研究人员观察了土拨鼠发现捕食者时发出的高音吠叫声。
In this study, the researchers looked at the high-pitched barks a prairie dog makes when it spots predator.
土拨鼠在英文中还被称作“woodchuck”，是北美旱獭的一种。
A groundhog, also known as a woodchuck, is a sort of North American marmot.
土拨鼠在一个特别的冬眠洞穴中冬眠，它们的呼吸和心跳慢到和蜗牛差不多。
Groundhogs spend the winter hibernating in a specially dug hibernation burrow, their breathing and heartbeats slowed to a snail's pace.
“我亲爱的孩子，”土拨鼠为了让他高兴一点，回答说，“现在何必担心呢？”
"My dear boy," answered the Dormouse to cheer him up a bit, "why worry now?"
因为，我亲爱的小土拨鼠，我是一个粗心大意的木偶——粗心大意，没心没肺。
Because, my dear little Dormouse, I am a heedless Marionette--heedless and heartless.
听到那刺耳的叫声，一只土拨鼠走了进来，是一只住在楼上的胖胖的小土拨鼠。
At those piercing shrieks, a Dormouse came into the room, a fat little Dormouse, who lived upstairs.
第一批参加土拨鼠日庆典的人就是宾夕法尼亚荷兰人，他们利用这个节日聚会举行派对。
The first celebrants of Groundhog Day were Pennsylvania Dutch who used the holiday as an excuse to get together and party.
土拨鼠菲尔从他在宾夕法尼亚州的洞穴中钻出去看他的影子，这意味着寒冬仍将持续六周。
The groundhog Phil emerged from his burrow in Pennsylvania to see his shadow, meaning six more weeks of winter weather.
漫画家麦克·卢科维奇为什么在画中描绘土拨鼠菲尔在记者面前承认自己收受了白宫的钱呢？
Why does cartoonist Mike Luckovich portray groundhog Phil confessing in front of reporters that he accepted money from the White House?
他是这样单纯、毫不虚伪，无需用介绍的方式来介绍他，正如你无需给你的邻居介绍土拨鼠一样。
He was so genuine and unsophisticated that no introduction would serve to introduce him, more than if you introduced a woodchuck to your neighbor.
草原土拨鼠也许能告诉你现在有一只鹰在头顶盘旋，但从未表现出任何意愿去描述上周看到的鹰。
Prairie dogs may be able to tell you about a hawk that's circling overhead right now, but they never show any inclination to describe the one they saw last week.
尽管土拨鼠一年中的大部分时间都在冬眠，根据这个案例研究，它们仍然被认为是动物行为研究的优秀对象。
Even though they spend the significant portion of the year hibernating, according to this case study, marmots are still considered excellent subjects for animal behavioral studies.
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