The split between African savannah and forest elephants is almost as old as the split between humans and chimpanzees. This result amazed us all.
非洲草原象和森林象之间的分化几乎和人类及黑猩猩间的分化一样古老,这一结果让我们大家都感到吃惊。
Elephants can live to be about 70 years old.
大象可以活到70岁左右。
When the old man heard the king's reply, he took his two sons to the royal elephant stables and selected twenty of the best elephants.
老人听到国王的答复后,就带着他的两个儿子去了皇家象厩,挑选了二十头最健壮的大象。
The Elephants will be expected to come up trunks in South Africa, particularly against the Europeans who commanded the old ivory trade.
非洲大象期待着能在南非用它们有力的长鼻子甩开那些曾经操纵着象牙生意的欧陆列强们(科特迪瓦国名的意思就是象牙海岸——译者注)。
Eudora, a 40-year-old female in the herd, seemed to be the most playful, consistently showing this trait through out her life while playfulness in some of the other elephants declined with age.
群落中一头40岁的雌象尤多拉似乎是最贪玩的,这种顽皮的性格陪伴了她一生,但其他一些大象的顽皮却随着年龄而消减。
Young elephants under the age of two years old are dependent upon milk to survive, while older calves depend on their mother's guidance.
两岁以下的象宝宝依靠母乳生存,而稍大点的幼象也依赖母亲的引领。
When the old man heard the king's reply, he took his two sons to the royal elephant stables and selected twenty of the best elephants.
白叟听到国王的回复后,就带着他的两个儿子去了皇家象厩,遴选了二十头最硬朗的大象。
Puzzles might be taking the Internet by storm - but picking the panda out of a page of elephants has become old news.
谜语可能在网络上红极一时,但是从一群大象中挑出一只熊猫的那种已经过时了。
Yes, I know: younger readers are probably bored by another digression into old, forgotten technology, like telexes and telegrams, rotary-dial telephones, PCs the size of baby elephants, etc.
对,我知道:年轻的读者可能又嫌我把话题扯远了,总是对电传、电报、拨号盘电话、体积跟小象那么大的电脑等老旧科技产品念念不忘。
Satao was about 45 years old and believed to have been one the largest living elephants in the world.
约45岁的大象萨陶曾经被认为是世界上存活的最大的大象之一。
Satao was about 45 years old and believed to have been one the largest living elephants in the world.
约45岁的大象萨陶曾经被认为是世界上存活的最大的大象之一。
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