A rhesus monkey in India. Research has identified a gene that appears to offer the animals protection from the monkey equivalent of the AIDS virus.

在印度的恒河猴身上，经研究已经找到了一种能够抵抗猴类艾滋病的基因。

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Some animals roll themselves into a ball for protection.

有些动物蜷缩成一团以保护自己。

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Color doesn't offer enough protection for some other animals.

颜色不能为一些其他的动物提供足够的保护。

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America's Environmental Protection Agency estimates that about one hundred thousand sea animals die each year as a result of the plastic waste.

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Inspector John Grierson, Northern Constabulary's animals officer, said it was an offence under the Protection of Animals Act for any person to do anything unreasonable which led to an animal coming to harm.

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Other parts of the military's domain aren't exactly natural but still offer the animals military-style protection.

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Richard O' Barry is the World Society for the Protection of Animals' marine mammal specialist.

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