He points out that creatures are programmed to find food and to avoid predators.
他指出生物有与生俱来的寻找食物和躲避捕食者的本能。
He points out that creatures are programmed to find food and to avoid predators.
这句的翻译应该是：他指出生物对其寻找食物和躲避捕食者的行为进行编程。
The animals use sound to find food and mates, to avoid predators, and to communicate.
动物利用声音找到食物和伴侣，为避免食肉动物和沟通。
To avoid predators, they'll burrow even deeper, leaving only a tiny hole for breathing.
为了躲避猎食者，他们会将自己埋藏得更深，只留下一个供呼吸的小孔。
The bats are able to avoid other predators, and locate prey—typically insects that fly around at night.
蝙蝠能避开其他捕食者，找到猎物——通常是夜间飞行的昆虫。
Like many introduced species, American mink can slash their way through the ecosystem, as they have no native predators, and their prey species haven't evolved to avoid them.
就如许多引进的物种一样，美国貂也能通过生态系统杀出一片生机，因为它们没有本土的天敌，而它们所掠食的物种还没有进化到可以躲避它们的掠食。
Our ancestors may have had daily need of fear to flee predators, anger to conquer foes and disgust to avoid diseases, but we live in a more subtle world in which other emotions have come to the fore.
我们的祖先，每天都有这种需要，逃离肉食动物的恐惧、征服仇敌的愤怒、防范疾病等等。然而今天的我们，生活在更为精彩丰富的世界，在这个世界里，其他的情绪则变得更加重要了。
The natural impulses that helped early humans find food and avoid predators are causing us to regress to a state no more sophisticated than a rat in a laboratory, he said.
他还说，帮助早期人类寻觅食物，躲避捕食者的自然本能正让我们朝实验室白鼠的简单状态不断退化。
A new study published online this month in Animal Behaviour, however, reveals that, if a meal tastes bad, predators learn to avoid the blinking.
动物行为杂志于本月在线发布的一项新的研究结果则表明，捕食者如果尝到了坏味道的肉，就能学会不去招惹闪光的生物。
Animals certainly rely on the known senses such as smell or hearing to avoid danger such as predators.
一些动物确实是依靠嗅觉或听觉等人类已知的官能来躲避危险的，比如食肉动物。
This predilection brings with it a clear evolutionary advantage, for the ability to recognize patterns helped our ancestors to select mates, find food, avoid predators.
这种对规则的偏好显然形成了进化方面的优势：识别规则的能力帮助我们的祖先择偶、觅食，躲避敌害。
Bees tend to avoid stopping at flowers too close to home, perhaps to reduce the risk of drawing predators, parasites or nosy scientists to the nest.
蜜蜂倾向于不在离家近的花朵上停留，它们此举或许是想避免招惹其它捕食者、寄生虫或者“爱管闲事的”科学家们到他们的蜂巢。
He hiked along the Yarlubb river, deeper through unfamiliar forests, foraging on small game and sleeping within the trees to avoid the nighttime predators.
他沿亚勒布河走进陌生的森林深处，靠捕食小动物为生。为防止夜行猛兽的袭击，他睡在树上。
Although some use noxious sprays or prickly spines to deter their predators, generally the bugs assume the shape of sticks and leaves to avoid drawing attention.
它们通常会伪装成树枝或树叶逃避敌害；有时它们也会利用毒气或多刺的节肢来对付天敌。
This predilection brings with it a clear evolutionary advantage, for the ability to recognize patterns helped our ancestors to select mates, find food, avoid predators.
此痴情所至，亦使人类在进化过程中占尽先机，能辨万化之象，有助于先人们择偶、觅食，逃避猛兽。
This is good news for spiders, since twisting can lead to swinging, not good when you're trying to sneak up on prey or avoid predators.
这个发现对蜘蛛们可算是个好消息，因为如果蛛丝容易拧就容易摆动，这样十分不利于十字圆蛛捕食和避敌。
This is good news for spiders, since twisting can lead to swinging, not good when you're trying to sneak up on prey or avoid predators.
这个发现对蜘蛛们可算是个好消息，因为如果蛛丝容易拧就容易摆动，这样十分不利于十字圆蛛捕食和避敌。
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