Confident in its camouflage, being the same colour as the rocks, the lizard stands still when it feels danger.
蜥蜴对自己和石头颜色相同的保护色很自信，即便感觉危险也不动。
After the islands separated, the isolated lizard populations would have become distinct species while also retaining their ancestors' niche adaptations.
岛屿分离后，孤立的蜥蜴种群将成为独特的物种，同时也保留了它们祖先的生态适应能力。
It also allows a mouse to do things that a lizard can't, like using experiences to anticipate danger instead of just responding to it.
它还允许老鼠做蜥蜴不能做的事，像使用经验预测危险，而不是仅能对其作出本能反应。
The Snail, much against her usual habit, began to run like a lizard under a summer sun.
这只蜗牛，大大违反了她的常态，开始像蜥蜴一样在夏日阳光下的奔跑。
These lines are deeply carved into a flat, stony plain, and form about 300 intricate pictures of animals such as birds, a monkey, and a lizard.
这些线条被深深地雕刻在平坦的石质平原上，形成了大约300幅复杂的动物画，如鸟、猴子和蜥蜴。
If something goes wrong—a hungry lizard prowling around for an ant snack, for instance—then a rush of ants returning without food sends waiting reserves a "Don't go out" signal.
如果出了什么问题——比如，一只饥饿的蜥蜴在四处寻找蚂蚁作为零食——那么一群没有食物的蚂蚁就会匆匆归来，给等待的蚂蚁发出“不要出去”的信号。
Although the lizard may stake a claim to its habitat, it exerts total indifference toward the well-being of its young.
尽管蜥蜴可能对栖息地有要求，它对幼仔的健康却完全漠不关心。
He looked like a giant lizard with legs and arms.
他看起来像一只巨大的蜥蜴，有手有脚。
She would show me flowers that look like cats claws, birds beaks, lions ears, doves feet, elks lips, and lizard tails growing right up out of the ground!
她指给我看的花朵有些长得像猫爪、像鸟嘴、像狮子耳朵、像鸽子脚、像麋鹿的嘴唇，还有些像从地里长出来的蜥蜴的尾巴！
The children decided to watch the lizard.
孩子们决定观察蜥蜴。
The lizard just wanted to be left alone.
这只蜥蜴只想自己待着。
I see our lizard, raw and nearly new.
我看到了我们生嫩的、几乎是全新的蜥蜴。
A pet lizard was kept in a biology classroom.
生物教室里养了一只蜥蜴当宠物。
The chameleon lizard has the most striking ability to do this.
变色龙在这方面有着最惊人的能力。
About five weeks ago, I noticed the skin of our pet lizard was growing dusty.
大约五周前，我发现我们的宠物蜥蜴的皮肤越来越灰暗。
Seconds later, our lizard emerged from its tank with its old skin flowing behind it.
几秒钟后，我们的蜥蜴从水箱里出来，旧皮在它后面流动。
Someone noticed that every time the alarms went off, the lizard was out of its cage.
有人注意到，每次警报一响，蜥蜴就从笼子里跑出来。
The large lizard noticed that whenever the alarm bell rang during the school's practice fire drills, all the children and their teachers ran out of the classroom, leaving the lizard behind, peaceful and quiet for a while.
这只大蜥蜴注意到，每当学校进行消防演习时，只要警铃一响，所有的孩子和老师都跑出教室，把蜥蜴留在教室里，能让它安静一会儿。
I reported the strange surface on the skin of the lizard to my husband and children the next morning.
第二天早上，我跟丈夫和孩子们说了蜥蜴的表皮很奇怪这件事。
As I watched him take off his basketball uniform and replace it with a baseball uniform, I saw him leaving behind the layer that no longer served him, just as our lizard had.
当我看着他脱下篮球服，换上棒球服时，我看到他脱下了那层不再适合他的衣服，就像我们的蜥蜴一样。
It's the sandfish lizard, of course.
它当然是沙鱼喽。
It's now believed that snakes either evolved from a lizard that burrowed on land or swam in the ocean.
现在，人们认为蛇是由在陆地上穴居或者在海洋里游泳的蜥蜴进化而来的。
The national team of the United Arab Emirates made the lizard.
来自阿拉伯联合酋长国的队伍制作了这个蜥蜴。
Because a frilled lizard on the run is one of nature's most offbeat, entertaining sights.
因为逃跑中的皱褶蜥蜴是自然界最反传统和娱乐的景观之一。
The average lizard, by contrast, is happy to consume a single grub a day.
相比之下，平均每只蜥蜴一天中只乐意享受一次美食。
Northern Australia is a hotbed of exotic animals, including the frilled lizard.
北澳大利亚是奇异动物的温床，包括皱褶蜥蜴。
The sandfish lizard, of course.
当然，是沙鱼蜥蜴喽。
The webs are strong enough to stop small birds, bats, or the rare unlucky lizard.
它织的网很牢固，足以使小型的鸟类、蝙蝠甚至少数运气不好的蜥蜴无法动坦。
Radiation from nuclear detonations morphed a small lizard into Godzilla.
核爆炸产生的辐射还使一只小蜥蜴变异成了怪兽哥斯拉。
A new species of blind, legless lizard has been found in the mountains of Cambodia, conservationists announced.
环保人士宣布：在柬埔寨山区发现新物种——一种无视力，无脚的蜥蜴。
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