When alarmed, they often leap into the air, a behavior known as "pronking."

当发生警报，它们常常会跃入空中，这一行为被称作pronking。

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This variety is said to have a dog or panther -like nose and face, a forked tongue protruding from it, large fangs, and to hiss and screech when alarmed, as well as leave a sulfuric stench behind.

据说，它还拥有狗或是豹子一样的鼻子和脸，像叉子一样的舌头，很大的獠牙，被惊吓到时会嘶嘶作声并尖叫并放出含有大量硫磺的臭气。

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He was much alarmed when he saw me; but recovering himself, instead of inquiring how I came thither, began to quarrel with me, and asked why I stole his goods?

当他看到我他非常惊讶；但是他反应过来，就开始询问我怎么到哪里的，开始和我争吵，问我为什么我要偷走他的货物？

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In 1989 she must have been alarmed when the Greens took 15% of the vote in the Euro elections.

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Russia was alarmed when the US withdrew from another Cold War agreement - the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty - in 2001.

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Eimear Magee, a conservation ranger for the area, said she was "extremely alarmed" when she heard about the incident.

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