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虎鲸可以模仿人类语言

据研究，虎鲸的语言远比人类复杂，不同的族群，方言都不一样。近日科学家教会了一头名为“Wikie”的雌性虎鲸通过喷气孔挤压空气来模仿人类“说话”。Wikie今年16岁，生活在法国的一家海洋主题公园。它能够说出“hello”“bye bye”“Amy”等词语，并能够从1数到3。

Killer Whale Can Mimic Human Language

According to the study, the language of killer whales is far more complicated than that of human beings. Different killer whale groups have different dialect. Recently, scientists have taught a female killer whale named “Wikie”to mimic human “talk” by squeezing the air through her blowhole. Wikie,16, lives in a maritime theme park in France.Wikie has quite the speech repertoire. In mimicking words such as"hello" and "bye bye," Wikie is able to say a number of words and can count from 1 to 3.

瑞士餐厅禁止活煮龙虾

一只生在瑞士的龙虾，是有尊严的龙虾。早前瑞士政府下令，全面禁止餐厅蒸煮活龙虾，因为这一状态下，龙虾可能承受巨大痛苦。根据新规，包括龙虾在内的生猛有壳海鲜必须在蒸煮前进行麻醉处理。新规将于2018年3月1日生效。

Swiss Restaurants are Banned to Boil Live Lobsters

A lobster born in Switzerland is a lobster with dignity. Switzerland’s new measure stipulates that beginning March 1, lobsters must be knocked out — either by electric shock or “mechanical destruction” of the brain — before boiling them since lobsters may be under tremendous pain when they are boiled alive.

23岁机器人成新闻主播

日本科学家最新研制出了一款仿生机器人“艾丽卡”（Erica），其外形设计颇似一位23岁的妙龄女子，可能很快就会成为日本的电视新闻主播。日本大阪大学智能机器人实验室主任石黑浩（Hiroshi Ishiguro）表示，预计2018年4月份，“艾丽卡”将取代人类新闻主播。

23-year-old Android will Soon Become a TV News Anchor

Japanese scientists recently developed “Erica”, a lifelike android designed to look like a 23-year-old woman, and may soon become aTV news anchor in Japan. Hiroshi Ishiguro, director of the Laboratory for Intelligent Robotics at Osaka University in Japan, said that in April 2018, “Erica” is expected to replace a human news anchor on the airwaves.

麋鹿实为纯正中国血统

麋鹿，世界珍稀动物，国际自然保护联盟IUCN红皮书极危级物种。这种曾经出现在中国神话故事中的动物，寓意吉祥，在我国民间素有“四不像”之称。其实麋鹿原产于长江中下游地区，100多年前从中国灭绝。1985年，中国从英国将38头麋鹿重新引入。

China is the Homeland of Milu

The rare animal milu deer isa critically endangered species on the red list of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. This animal once appeared in the Chinese mythological story,implying auspiciousness. It was called “four unlike” in China.In fact, the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River region was the hometown of milu. Though endemic to China, milu became extinct there during the latter part of the 19th century. And 38 milu were later reintroduced to their homeland in China from the U.K. in 1985.

狗鼻子，到底有多灵

我们都知道狗的嗅觉比人厉害，但到底比人厉害多少倍呢？答案是40倍。相关研究结果表明人的嗅觉细胞只有500万个，狗狗的嗅觉细胞大约为12500万-20000万个，有的品种数量还更多，例如一种牧羊狗的嗅觉细胞竟高达22000万个。

How Sensitive is a Dog's Nose

In the dog the sense of smelling, the olfactory system is the main special sense and it is extremely sensitive and efficient, which is 40 times more sensitive than that of human.Relevant research results show that a man has only 5 million olfactory cells, while a dog's olfactory cells are about 125 ～ 200 million,and some species have more. For example,a collie has as many as 220 million olfactory cells.

鸳鸯其实很“花心”

鸳鸯常常被用来象征忠贞不渝的爱情，但实际上鸳鸯非常花心，在繁殖季节，雄鸳鸯往往会跟多只雌鸳鸯进行交配。自然界中真正实行一夫一妻制的“比翼鸟”是丹顶鹤，失去配偶的丹顶鹤，往往会非常悲伤，甚至郁郁而终。

Mandarin Duck is Actually "Unfaithful"

Mandarin ducks are often used to symbolize faithfulness and loyalty in love, but mandarin ducks are actually very unfaithful. During the mating season, male mandarin ducks tend to mate with many females. In nature, monogamous “lovebirds”are actually red-crowned cranes. A red-crowned crane lost his lover will become very sad and depressed and eventually dies of grief.