Have you ever heard the one about alligators living in New York sewers?
你听说过纽约下水道里有鳄鱼的故事吗？
We ate our picnic lunch on the lawn of the museum, and then plunged in again for birds and alligators and Neanderthals.
我们在博物馆的草坪上野餐，午饭后，又一头扎进去，去看鸟类短吻鳄和穴居人。
So perhaps the question to ask, say some scientists, is not how birds got their feathers, but how alligators lost theirs.
因此，有科学家表示，研究者需要探讨的问题并非是鸟类如何获得羽毛，而应该是鳄鱼如何丧失羽毛。
Unlike alligators, which are far more numerous, each crocodile is considered important to preserving the species, he said.
他说，与数目多得多的短吻鳄不同，每只美洲鳄对保护该物种都是至关重要的。
Ms Rogers' parents both worked at McIlhenny-her father hunted alligators and her mother stirred the vats of fermenting pepper mash.
Roger的父母都在McIlhenny公司工作—她的父亲狩猎鳄鱼，她的母亲搅动大桶里发酵的辣椒末。
There are huge alligators living in the swamps.
沼泽里住有巨大的鳄鱼。
We kept a vigilant eye out for alligators and for venomous snakes.
我们警惕地睁大眼睛，以防短吻鳄和毒蛇的出现。
I'm not afraid of timid alligators, but hungry Burmese pythons give me the willies.
我并不害怕胆小的鳄鱼，但是饥饿的缅甸蟒蛇使我心惊肉跳。
This paper studied the burrowing characteristic of Chinese alligators with high density in captivity.
本文研究了高密度饲养条件下，扬子鳄对洞穴的选择特点。
The redwoods seem to belong on those coastal hills, and the alligators seem to belong in those plains.
红衫林似乎就应摇曳在海岸山丘上，而北美鳄似乎就该呆在平原。
Hidden in the grasses, dark green alligators move at the edge of the water, like part of the Earth come alive.
墨绿色的鳄鱼藏匿于这些草丛中，游走在水域的边缘，好像大地的一部分有了生命。
I've had one boat captain grab my collar to keep me from falling into a canal replete with 10-foot alligators.
一个船长曾抓住我的衣领，才没有掉入满是10英尺长鳄鱼的运河里。
It's thought a usual to hear about alligators roaming around Florida, but this one was caught in Rhode Island.
在弗罗里达州看到鳄鱼到处漫游是很平常的事，但这一只却是在罗德岛被捕获的。
But residents can also spot alligators and egrets from an air boat in the Everglades or have a leisurely drink at a bistro downtown.
而这里的居民还可以从大沼泽地中的空气船上看到短吻鳄鱼和白鹭，或者在市中心的小酒馆里悠闲地喝一杯。
American alligators are found in freshwater coastal wetlands across the southeastern United States, from Louisiana to the Carolinas.
美洲短吻鳄分布于美国东南从路易斯安那州到卡罗莱纳州的沿海湿地。
Any of various tropical American crocodilians of the genus Caiman and related genera, resembling and closely related to the alligators.
凯门鳄一种凯门鳄属美洲热带鳄鱼以及相关的种类，与短吻鳄相类似，并与之有着较近的亲缘关系。
"A lot of large carnivores tend to be cannibals -- lions, hyenas, alligators, polar bears, " researcher Nicholas Longrich told Discovery News.
“许多大型的食肉动物都有残食同类的倾向，如狮子，鬣狗，短吻鳄，北极熊，”研究员NicholasLongrich告诉“探索·发现”。
The structure allows alligators, when they need it, to move a lot more air through their lungs and absorb a lot more oxygen than mammals can.
这种机能使鳄类比哺乳动物在需要的时候通过肺部吸收更多的氧气。
Scientists found that a method of high-efficiency breathing used by birds is also employed by today's alligators, which share a common ancestor with dinosaurs.
科学家发现，与恐龙拥有共同祖先的短吻鳄也采用了鸟类的高效呼吸方式。
The bears seem to belong in those Rocky Mountain river valleys; the redwoods seem to belong on those coastal hills, and the alligators seem to belong in those plains.
熊似乎就应该在河边峡谷的岩石山里；红木应该在海岸山丘上，而鳄鱼则该呆在大草原。
British man in Oxford, the UK, keeps 24 crocodiles and alligators in his back garden, the largest collection of crocodiles in the country, the Daily Mail reported.
据英国《每日邮报》报道，英国牛津一男子在家中养了24只鳄鱼当宠物，他家后花园也成为全英国最大的“鳄鱼聚居区”。
Though tipped with nightmare claws, the limbs of American alligators—this one photographed at a local park—are more often used to excavate wallowing holes than to slash at prey.
虽然美洲鳄的四肢上有着梦魇般的利爪，如摄于当地公园的照片中表现的那样，但是比起捕食来，（美洲鳄）更多用它来挖掘泥土。
Man: I'm a stunt man. I wrestle alligators underwater, and lions and tigers on land. I leap off cliffs and jump from tall buildings. Lady: My goodness! How do you manage to stay alive?
男人：我是个特级演员，我在水下和鳄鱼搏斗，在地上和狮子老虎搏斗，我跳下悬崖和高楼。
The Everglades is the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles co-exist, where freshwater and saltwater mix to create an environment where mangrove trees and saw grass flourish.
大沼泽地是世界上惟一一块短吻鳄与普通鳄鱼共存的地方。这里淡水与盐水相互交融，营造了一个红树与锯齿草繁茂生长的环境。
Alligators and otters prey on turtles.
短吻鳄和水獭捕食海龟。
Alligators and otters prey on turtles.
短吻鳄和水獭捕食海龟。
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