Dr Catherine Hobaiter, who led the research, said that this was the only form of intentional communication to be recorded in the animal kingdom.
领导这项研究的凯瑟琳·霍拜特博士说,这是动物王国中唯一被记录的有意图的交流方式。
Now, for animals other than birds, the care of young by both parents is pretty unusual in the animal kingdom.
现在,对于鸟类以外的动物来说,父母双方都照顾孩子在动物界是很罕见的。
Insects, animals and birds are all grouped together in the animal kingdom.
昆虫,野兽和鸟类都被归入动物王国。
Aristotle ponders on the roles of males and females in the animal kingdom.
亚里士多德在本书中思考了在动物王国中男性和女性的角色。
The eye of a peacock mantis shrimp is one of the most complex in the animal kingdom.
雀尾螳螂虾的眼睛是动物界最复杂的一种眼睛。
For more than 40 years, I have studied some of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom.
四十多年来,我一直在研究动物王国里与我们最相近的一些动物。
Whenever a behavior is common in the animal kingdom, biologists suspect it has an adaptive function.
无论哪种行为在动物王国都是常见的,生物学家猜想它有一种适应功能。
In the animal kingdom, there is a crocodile at feeding time, some food is often left in its teeth.
在动物界,有一种鳄鱼在吃食时,一些食物常常会遗留在它的牙缝中。
And I think that comes from having the highest quality of food in the animal kingdom, and that's because we cook.
我认为,因为我们烹调来源于动物王国的最高质量的食物,才有了发达的大脑。
You may not know it, but these semi-aquatic birds are some of the most dedicated parents in the animal kingdom.
你或许不知道,但这些半水栖的鸟是动物王国中献身精神最强的父母。
Of all the eyes in the animal kingdom, the human eye isn't the most efficient but it is still amazingly adaptable.
与动物王国中所有动物们的眼睛比起来,人类的眼睛并不是最高效的,但却具有令人惊叹的适应性。
The researchers are homing in on a particular enzyme called amblox which makes the axolotl unique in the animal kingdom.
研究人员把伤口复原的原因归之于一种特殊的酶,这种酶叫做amblox,在动物王国中,只有蝾螈才有这种独一无二的物质。
You might think chickens are way down the pecking order in the animal kingdom when it comes to emotional intelligence.
也许在你看来,动物世界里按“情商”论资排辈的话,鸡类可能将名落孙山。
The creature may look very clumsy, but pound for pound , it is one of the most ferocious fighters in the animal kingdom.
这种眼斑巨蜥看起来非常笨重,好像没什么样子,但它的确是动物界当中非常凶残的杀手之一。
Other specialists in the field even suggest UV vision may turn out to be the rule rather than the exception in the animal kingdom.
该领域的其他专家甚至表示,在动物王国,能够看到紫外线是一个规律,而不是例外。
Though nothing in the animal kingdom is using what we think of as language, gestures used by bonobos and orang-utans come close.
虽然在动物王国中,没有我们料想中的语言,姿势(倭黑猩猩和红毛猩猩其实也在用),我们是万物的灵长。
Dr Thornhill thought this preference for symmetry might turn out to be universal in the animal kingdom (and it does indeed seem to be).
托恩黑尔博士认为对对称美的偏好可能是动物王国里的普遍现象(也确实似乎如此)。
Baxter Stockman: Inside every human, there's a dormant animal gene. This will return them to their rightful place in the animal kingdom!
苍蝇博士:每个人都有一个潜在的动物基因,这将让他们在动物王国里变回自己应有的位置!
This may be evolution's way of ensuring more constant care for a baby that is more dependent and demanding than any other newborn in the animal kingdom.
这可能是进化的手段,以确保动物王国那些比其他新生儿更具依赖性,需求更多的婴儿能得到更长久的照顾。
Knowledge is passed down directly from generation to generation in the animal kingdom as parents teach their children the things they will need to survive.
在动物王国,知识一代一代直接传承,就像家长教导孩子生存所需技能一样。
But no one has looked into why mice express telomerase and humans don't. In fact, telomerase activity has been barely catalogued in the animal kingdom.
但是还没有人研究为什么老鼠表达端粒酶而人却不。事实上,在动物界端区酶的活性几乎没有被载入。
They some of the biggest eyes relative to body size in the animal kingdom. They are incredibly small in size and have mysterious form of communication.
眼镜猴是眼睛占身体比例最大的动物,它们的身体非常小,交流方式也很神秘。
Humans may be called "naked apes," but most of us wear clothing, a fact that makes us unique in the animal kingdom, save for the we make for other animals.
人类可能还有另一个绰号“裸猿”,不过大多数人都穿着衣服。这也使得我们在动物界独树一帜。
Known as bipedalism, our habitual upright posture is unique in the animal kingdom and has arisen through specific complementary adaptations of the body and brain.
作为两足动物,我们直立的习惯在动物界是独一无二的,这种习惯也是为了适应我们的身体和大脑而采取的一种特殊补偿。
Each of the types has developed to help the giant mammals survive in their harsh environment and are almost unique in the animal kingdom, according to the scientists.
科学家称,每种性格都能帮助这种巨型哺乳动物在严酷环境中生存,这在动物王国中几乎是独一无二的。
Each of the types has developed to help the giant mammals survive in their harsh environment and are almost unique in the animal kingdom, according to the scientists.
科学家称,每种性格都能帮助这种巨型哺乳动物在严酷环境中生存,这在动物王国中几乎是独一无二的。
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