像雌鸟一样，雌鸭嘴兽也下蛋。
鸭嘴兽和针鼹鼠是世界上唯一的单孔类动物。
The world's only monotremes are the platypus and the echidna.
鸭嘴兽的基因组还显示其带有气味感觉的基因。
The platypus genome reveals the animal held onto genes for odor-detection.
一只鸭嘴兽平均每天要吃等于自己体重一半的食物。
On average, a platypus eats as much food as half of its own weight every day.
蛋大约在十天内孵化，不过，鸭嘴兽的幼仔只有青豆大小，完全无法自立。
The eggs hatch in about ten days, but platypus infants are the size of lima beans and totally helpless.
其他哺乳动物如鸭嘴兽和一些鼩鼱是有毒的，这意味着它们会在体内产生一种毒素。
Other mammals, such as the platypus and some shrews, are venomous, meaning they produce a toxin internally .
鸭嘴兽（Ornithorhynchusanatinus）是仅有的两种卵生的哺乳动物之一，另一种为食蚁兽（spiny anteater），它产卵。
The platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) is one of only two mammals, the other is the echidna (spiny anteater) that lays eggs.
鸭嘴兽主要以吃昆虫为生。
雌性鸭嘴兽像其他哺乳动物一样。
一只鸭嘴兽平均每天要吃等于自己体重一半的食物。
On the average, a platypus eats as much food as half of its own weight every day.
进展的结果便是亚历山大先生称之为鸭嘴兽模式的诞生。
尽管如此，鸭嘴兽的基因组还显示其带有气味感觉的基因。
Even so, the platypus genome reveals the animal held onto genes for odor-detection.
吉祥物一是鸭嘴兽。
咖啡色的Wathumba河涌入鸭嘴兽湾翡翠般的浅滩。
Coffee-colored Wathumba Creek spills into the jade shallows of Platypus Bay.
鸭嘴兽非常迷惑，希望得到别的动物所得到的一切。
And the confused Platypus wanted something of every other animal.
我当然有幽默感，我不是为你们创造了鸭嘴兽了吗？
Of course I have a sense of humor . I gave you the platypus , didn't it ? ---God.
我当然有幽默感，不是给你们做了鸭嘴兽了吗？——上帝。
Of course I have a sense of humor. I gave you the platypus, didn't it? — God.
杰夫：当然，它们的外貌稀奇古怪，有鸭嘴兽、针、笑翠鸟。
Jeff: Of course, they have strange appearances, such as duckbill, Millie, and kookaburra.
因其嘴巴的形状而得名的鸭嘴兽是世界上最古老的哺乳动物之一。
The platypus, also known as duckbill for the shape of its mouth, is one of the oldest animals in the world.
如今，这种怪诞但迷人的生物被命名为鸭嘴兽，现存的五种卵生哺乳动物之一。
Today, this bizarre but fascinating creature is known as the platypus, one of only five extant monotremes (egg-laying mammals).
后来，事实使恩格斯“不得不请求鸭嘴兽原谅自己的傲慢与无知”。
Later, the fact that he was wrong made him have to ask the duckbill to forgive his arrogance and ignorance.
研究人员发现，鸭嘴兽有大约22亿个碱基对，是人类碱基对数量的三分之二。
At roughly 2.2 billion base pairs, the platypus genome is about two-thirds the size of the human genome, the researchers found.
贾斯特说除非进行治疗，否则感染对鸭嘴兽来说，可能是个医疗警讯。
Gust says that unless treated, the infection can have severe medical implications for the platypus.
这个理论对两栖的鸭嘴兽来说有些道理，然而针鼹却是完全陆生的动物。
The theory seems plausible for platypuses, which are amphibious creatures. Echidnas, however, dwell solely on land.
不幸的是，真实的世界总是充满了例外和极端情况—鸭嘴兽既有皮毛，又通过产卵繁殖后代。
Unfortunately, the real world is rife with exceptions and edge cases - duck-billed platypuses are furry and lay eggs.
我梦想能在单孔目动物上进行此类研究，看能否改造出一只发作性睡病的鸭嘴兽。
I would dream to do this in a monotreme, to find out if we could have a narcoleptic platypus.
鸭嘴兽优雅地在水下游动捕食。 它靠前面有蹼的脚划水，用后脚和海狸那样的尾巴掌握方向。
Platypuses hunt underwater, where they swim gracefully by paddling with their front webbed feet and steering with their hind feet and beaverlike tail.
鸭嘴兽优雅地在水下游动捕食。 它靠前面有蹼的脚划水，用后脚和海狸那样的尾巴掌握方向。
Platypuses hunt underwater, where they swim gracefully by paddling with their front webbed feet and steering with their hind feet and beaverlike tail.
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