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关于大象你不知道的12件事

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关于大象你不知道的12件事

关于大象你不知道的12件事

  1、Pet dogs and elephants are the only non-human creatures that understand the gesture. However, chimpanzees can be trained too.

  宠物狗和大象是唯一非人类而能理解手势的生物。不过,黑猩猩经过训练也可以。

  2. Elephants and dogs are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing.

  大象和狗是唯一生来就能理解指令的动物。

  3. Most of the elephants actually weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale.

  其实大多数大象的体重还不及一头蓝鲸的舌头。

  A blue whale is bigger than twenty five elephants!

  一头蓝鲸比25头大象加起来都大!

  4. Adult elephants cannot jump.

  成年大象不会跳。

  But it's a myth that it's the only animal that can't. It is joined by few others: rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses and lazy sloths.

  但说大象是唯一不会跳的动物纯属谣言,还有几种动物也不会跳:犀牛、河马和懒惰的树懒。

  5. Elephants kill more than 500 people every year. They have been known to also kill grown rhinos.

  大象每年杀死500多人,据悉它们也会杀死成年河马。

  6. Elephants can breathe through their foreheads.

  大象能通过额头呼吸。

  Yes, they have internal nares, leading to their lungs, high on their foreheads.

  是的,他们有连通肺部的内鼻孔,在额头较高的位置。

  7. When times are tough for elephants, they comfort each other with touch.

  遇到困难时,它们彼此触摸安慰。

  They are highly empathic – they use their trunks to console each other.

  它们具有高度的同情心——用鼻子安慰彼此。

  8. Elephants can get sunburned.

  大象会被晒伤。

  They don't have tons of SPF creme, so they protect themselves from the sun by throwing sand on their backs and heads.

  它们没有那么多防晒油脂,所以要往后背和头部扬沙子来防晒。

  9. Elephants are the only mammals, other than humans, that have chins. Elephant is also the only animals that can fold a towel!

  大象是除人类之外哺乳动物中唯一有下巴的,也是唯一会叠毛巾的动物!

  10. The elephant trunk serves as a nose, a hand, an extra foot, a signaling device and a tool for gathering food, siphoning water, dusting, digging and much more.

  象鼻可用作鼻子、手、第五条腿、信号发射器、收集食物、吸水、除尘和挖掘的工具等。

  11. An elephant’s tooth can weight as much as three kilograms. That is actually the approximate size of a brick!

  一颗大象牙齿可重达3千克,几乎和一块砖同等大小!

  12. Elephants can be taught to paint from memory. Such their ability is used in many zoos for entertainment.

  大象可以学会凭着记忆作画,这种能力在很多动物园被作为娱乐项目。

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