I felt like an ornithologist looking for a rare species.

我觉得自己好像是一个正在寻找稀有物种的鸟类学家。

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What appears to be part of a spring wedding bouquet is actually a nest for a rare species of solitary bee, a new study says.

一项新研究发现，有一种稀有的单居性蜜蜂的巢穴看起来就像是一场春天婚礼的花束一般。

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The black market trade in exotic carnivorous plants is so vigorous now that botanists are keeping the location of some rare species a secret.

现在，外来食肉植物的黑市交易非常活跃，以至于植物学家一直对某些稀有物种的位置三缄其口。

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The 43-year-old fund manager is a rare species in Hong Kong's often-turbulent financial world.

FORBES: One China, Many Choices

One of them, a retired union coal miner, was identified to me as if he were a rare species of bird.

NEWYORKER: The Hardest Vote

An avid horticulturalist, he charmed Catherine Deneuve at a dinner party by talking with her for hours about a rare species of peony.

NEWYORKER: Sole Mate