More probable is bird transport, either externally, by accidental attachment of the seeds to feathers, or internally, by the swallowing of fruit and subsequent excretion of the seeds.

更有可能的是鸟类运输：或者是通过外部途径，即种籽偶然附着在羽毛上；或者是通过内部途径，即鸟类吞食果实并随后将种籽排泄出来。

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The find helps cement the dinosaur-bird connection, but it also casts new light on the mystery of why nature invented feathers in the first place.

这一发现有助于巩固恐龙和鸟类之间的联系，但它也为自然界最初为什么会产生羽毛这一谜题提供了新的线索。

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The first kind was the feather (羽毛) fan for the teachers, which was made of bird feathers.

第一种是给老师的羽毛扇，用鸟羽制成。

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