Scientists had seen this wolf-like creature before, but this skull was different.

科学家们以前见过这种类似狼的生物，但这种个头骨（与之前的）有所不同。

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He never cared for a human creature before.

他从未喜欢过一个人。

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It makes it all the harder for me to accept the thought that we may lose this creature before its life picture can be completed.

这也使我更难以接受这种想法：在完成它的生命图画之前，我们会失去这种生物。

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Experts could not establish whether the creature had died before or after it was put into the hot pan, the court was told.

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Scientists checked with museums around the world before deciding that the creature was a new discovery.

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Everything from the facial expressions on the warrior to the scales on the fierce creature came to life like never before.

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