你心目中最可愛的小動(dòng)物是什么?
世界上最可愛的20種野生動(dòng)物
此前,美國有線電視新聞網(wǎng)(CNN)旅游頻道曾評選過一份全球最可愛的野生動(dòng)物排名。這些小動(dòng)物的生活習(xí)性不同,長相各異。
According to a New York Times report on several studies of cuteness, “cute images stimulate the same pleasure centers of the brain aroused by a good meal.”
據(jù)《紐約時(shí)報(bào)》關(guān)于可愛的幾個(gè)研究的報(bào)道,“可愛的圖像為大腦帶來的愉悅感同一頓美餐帶來的效果一樣”。
不出所料,我們的“國寶”大熊貓也榜上有名,排在第三位……
和雙語君一起看看榜單中的動(dòng)物都有哪些。
世界最可愛野生動(dòng)物前三名
在這份榜單中,以其憨態(tài)可掬外表聞名世界的中國國寶大熊貓位列第三。
外媒這樣描述大熊貓:
The black and white coloring, fat butt and contemplative way they chew their bamboo: one might never stop listing the qualities that make the giant panda so charming. 黑白相間的毛色、圓滾滾的屁股、咀嚼竹子時(shí)的呆萌沉思......在說到大熊貓的迷人之處時(shí),沒人能停下來。????????
大熊貓?bào)w型肥碩似熊、豐腴富態(tài),頭圓尾短,體色為黑白兩色,臉頰圓,有很大的黑眼圈。
由于飲食習(xí)慣獨(dú)特,大熊貓的生存極度依賴棲息地。
Although it has the digestive system of a carnivore it eats like a herbivore, consuming up to 38 kilos of bamboo in a single day – make them extremely dependent on their habitat to survive. 盡管大熊貓有食肉動(dòng)物的消化系統(tǒng),但它吃得像食草動(dòng)物,一天能吃掉將近38公斤的竹子。因此大熊貓的生存極度依賴棲息地。 carnivore /?kɑ?n?v??(r)/ n. 食肉動(dòng)物 herbivore /?h??b?v??(r)/ n. 食草動(dòng)物
排在榜單第一位的是耳廓狐(fennec fox)。
耳廓狐是最小的狐屬動(dòng)物,一對大耳朵可能是最易識別的特征。軟長的體毛大致呈淡黃色,有利于其在沙漠中偽裝。成年耳廓狐皮毛厚而柔滑,幼狐皮毛幾乎全白。
As the smallest of the foxes (smaller than the domestic cat), with oversized ears like pumpkin leaves and tiny pointed faces, the fennec fox looks adorably, temptingly tamable. 作為體型最小的狐貍(比家貓還?。兄衲瞎先~一樣的超大耳朵和尖尖的小臉,看起來十分可愛,易被馴服。
不過,作為野生動(dòng)物,耳廓狐的作息以及生活習(xí)慣和貓狗等完全不同,它們晝伏夜出、擅于打洞、叫聲尖銳,并不適合家養(yǎng)。
排在第二位的,是菲律賓眼鏡猴(Philippine tarsier)。
作為世界上最小的靈長類動(dòng)物,菲律賓眼鏡猴的獨(dú)特之處在于眼睛。
As the smallest primate in the world, the arboreal, nocturnal Philippine tarsier has all the basic qualities of cute: enormous eyes set in a tiny body no bigger than a human fist and tiny knobbly paws with which it grasps onto tree branches.
作為世界上最小的靈長類動(dòng)物,棲息在樹上、夜間活動(dòng)的菲律賓眼鏡猴擁有所有符合可愛的基本特征:巨大的眼睛鑲嵌在一個(gè)比人類拳頭還小的小身體上,以及多節(jié)的小爪子用來抓住樹枝。 arboreal /ɑ??b??ri?l/ adj. 樹木的;棲息在樹上的 nocturnal /n?k?t??n(?)l/ adj.(動(dòng)物)夜間活動(dòng)的
由于眼睛只能直視不能轉(zhuǎn)動(dòng),所以它們看東西總是要轉(zhuǎn)頭。
世界最可愛野生動(dòng)物還有哪些
排在第4-10位的小動(dòng)物分別是豎琴海豹、海獺、蜂鳥、羊駝、寬吻海豚、西方狍和南美洲栗鼠。
▌第四名 豎琴海豹
豎琴海豹(harp seal)的可愛之處在于它們?nèi)砀采w著一層小絨毛,尤其是小海豹幼崽全身雪白,毛茸茸的。
Harp seal babies are covered in a downy, snowy white fur and have been traditional targets for the fur industry, valued for their fluffy white pelts. 豎琴海豹幼崽全身覆蓋著柔軟的雪白皮毛,其毛茸茸的白色皮毛很有價(jià)值,它們也因而成為皮毛行業(yè)的覬覦對象。
Sometimes part of what makes an animal cute – a wealth of fluff, for example – is what makes it appealing to commercial enterprises, such as the captive pet industry or fur industry.
有時(shí),讓動(dòng)物顯得可愛的因素,如大量的茸毛,也會(huì)使其成為圈養(yǎng)業(yè)、皮毛業(yè)等商業(yè)企業(yè)的目標(biāo)。?
▌第五名 海獺
排在第五名的海獺(sea otters)不僅有著可愛的外表,還有著聰明的頭腦。
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Sea otters are as clever as they are cuddly. 海獺既聰明又惹人喜愛。 They use rocks as tools to crack open clams and mussels for food and sleep floating face-up on the surface of the water with tangled kelp anchoring them in place. 它們會(huì)用石頭當(dāng)工具,敲開蛤蜊和貽貝作為食物。睡覺時(shí)臉朝上漂浮在水面,并用纏結(jié)的海藻把自己固定在那里。
海獺是群居動(dòng)物。為了防止彼此漂走,它們甚至?xí)罩ψ釉谒锲 ?/span>
Sea otters are sociable and float together in groups of up to 100, frequently clasping paws so that they don't drift away from each other. 海獺是群居動(dòng)物,有時(shí)會(huì)多達(dá)100只一起漂浮,常常互相緊緊握著爪子,這樣就不會(huì)漂離彼此。
▌第六名 蜂鳥
The bee hummingbird from Cuba, the smallest bird in the world, isn't only tiny – it weighs less than a US penny – it's fast, beating its wings up to 80 times a second. 來自古巴的蜂鳥,是世界上最小的鳥。它不僅體型小——體重不足1美分硬幣,速度也很快——翅膀每秒可以煽動(dòng)80次。
▌第七名 羊駝
羊駝(Alpaca)雖然脾氣暴躁(quite testy),但看起來很可愛。
The alpaca is valued for its gloriously fleecy hair, which is used to make sweaters. The fleecy hair also gives them a woolly, squeezable appearance. 羊駝炫目、毛茸茸的毛很有價(jià)值,可以用來制作毛衣。蓬松的毛發(fā)看起來很好揉搓。
▌第八名 寬吻海豚
In captivity, bottlenose dolphins are praised for their intelligence and therapeutic qualities – swimming with dolphins is supposedly good for one's mental health. 在圈養(yǎng)環(huán)境中,寬吻海豚因其智商和療愈能力而廣受稱贊。據(jù)說,與海豚一起游泳有利于心理健康。
▌第九名 西方狍
據(jù)CNN,來自英國的西方狍(roe deer)體型大約和山羊一樣。
The roe deer is chestnut-brown, roughly the size of a goat and native to England.
西方狍是栗棕色的,體型大約和山羊一樣,來自英國。
▌第十名 南美洲栗鼠
南美洲栗鼠(chinchilla)的外表酷似宮崎駿電影里的龍貓。
一雙黑亮的眼睛,圓弧狀的耳朵,毛茸茸的尾巴,既像兔子又像松鼠,蓬松濃密的毛毛讓其體型愈加圓潤,看起來十分可愛。
An indigenous South American rodent, the chinchilla offers another example of how dangerous it can be to be cuddly.
南美洲栗鼠是南美洲本土的嚙齒動(dòng)物。它是讓我們看到惹人喜愛能有多危險(xiǎn)的另一個(gè)例子。
The chinchilla was hunted almost to extinction in the 19th century for its plush pelts.
19世紀(jì),南美洲栗鼠因其長毛絨而被捕殺,幾乎滅絕。
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編輯:李金昳
實(shí)習(xí)生:譚馨