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第118期:蜜蜂捍卫自己的领土与交配对象

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There's a new bee out.

有一只蜜蜂。

It's a wool carder bee.

是一只梳毛蜂。

The male is a monster, and you can see the female's half his size.

雄蜂很大,雌蜂只有它的一半。

This male owns all of these flowers.

所有的花都是雄蜂的。

He'll chase anything that comes into this territory.

它会驱赶任何进入该领域的东西。

Bees like this bumblebee are in trouble if one of these guys is around.

如果这种家伙在附近,像大黄蜂这样的蜜蜂就麻烦了。

On his rear end, he's got some really quite vicious-looking spikes, which can inflict serious damage to his enemies.

它的尾部有一些看起来很可怕的尖刺,能对它的敌人造成严重伤害。

It's a bit like a lion, in the sense that he mates with the females whenever he can,

只要有机会,它就会和雌性交配,这有点像狮子,

he attacks anything that moves in his territory, and in particular,

它会攻击任何在它领地内移动的东西,尤其是,

when he meets a male of his own species, there is trouble.

当它遇到同类的雄性时,就有麻烦了。

He meets the other male and the two of them size each other up.

它遇到了另一只雄性,它们互相打量着对方。

He tries to stab him with his spikes.

它试图用尖刺刺他。

The interloper's driven off.

入侵者被赶走了。

The only welcome bee in this territory is a female.

这片领地上唯一受欢迎的蜜蜂只有雌蜂。

The male mates with the same female three or four times in a row,

雄蜂会连续三到四次与同一雌蜂交配,

before they seem to get a sense that they've both done this

然后它们才发现,已经交配过了,

and they don't need to do it anymore.

不需要再交配了。

It does appear as if the male can actually recognize which females he's mated with.

好像雄蜂确实能辨别出自己和哪个雌蜂交配过。

He just kind of flies up, has a look and then flies off.

它飞起来,看一眼,然后就走了。

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wool [wul]

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n. 羊毛,毛线,毛织品

 
species ['spi:ʃiz]

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n. (单复同)物种,种类

 
particular [pə'tikjulə]

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adj. 特殊的,特别的,特定的,挑剔的
n.

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chase [tʃeis]

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n. 追求,狩猎,争取
vt. 追捕,狩猎

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row [rəu,rau]

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n. 排,船游,吵闹
vt. 划船,成排

 
territory ['teritəri]

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n. 领土,版图,领域,范围

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recognize ['rekəgnaiz]

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vt. 认出,认可,承认,意识到,表示感激

 
inflict [in'flikt]

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vt. 施以,加害,使遭受,折磨

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