If true, though, why did cold-blooded animals such as snakes, lizards, turtles, and crocodiles survive the freezing winters and torrid summers?

如果这是真的，那么为什么像蛇、蜥蜴、乌龟和鳄鱼这样的冷血动物能在寒冷的冬天和炎热的夏天存活下来呢？

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Everything except the part about snakes evolving from lizards.

除了蛇是从蜥蜴演化而来的这一点以外。

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Many of these have minuscule limbs; some look more like snakes than lizards and a few have completely lost the toes on their hind limbs.

其中很多动物都有细小的四肢；有些看起来更像蛇而不是蜥蜴，还有一些完全失去了后肢的脚趾。

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She said a "substantial" number of reptiles - including snakes, lizards, turtles, tortoises - had died, along with meerkats and and an ant colony.

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Snakes and lizards were hit extremely hard.

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Crews managed to rescue some animals, including rabbits, guinea pigs, snakes, and lizards.

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