But, of the vertebrates, unpredictable Nature selected only snakes.

然而，在脊椎动物中，大自然神秘莫测只选择了蛇。

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All the classes of the vertebrates possess central chemical receptors;

脊椎动物各类群均具有中枢化学感受器；

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But, of the vertebrates, unpredictable Nature selected only snakes (and one lizard).

然而，在脊椎动物中，大自然神秘模测地只选择了蛇(还有一种蜥蜴)。

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If this group rather than that had been wiped out, the future would have been different, and the vertebrates, let alone humanity, might never have arisen.

ECONOMIST: Stephen Jay Gould

For reasons that lie deep in the evolutionary history of the vertebrates, the right hemisphere deals with sensory input from the left-hand side of the body, and vice versa.

ECONOMIST: Psychology

Lampreys are the simplest living vertebrates.

ECONOMIST: Robots