多姿多彩的动物世界
1、The number of the kinds of insects in existence is larger than that of the kinds of other animals in tolal.目前世界上存在的昆虫种类比所有其他动物种类的总和还要多。
2、The animal with the largest brain proportion to its body size is the ant.大脑与身体比值最大的动物是蚂蚁。
3、Ants stretch when they wake up. And, very often, they also appear to yawn in a very human manner before taking up the tasks of the day.蚂蚁醒来时会伸懒腰。它们也像人一样,常常在开始工作前打哈欠。
4、Cockroaches have lived on the earth for 250 million years without changing in any way whatsoever.蟑螂已“一成不变”地在世界上存在了2.5亿年。
5、A cockroach can live several weeks with its head cut off. That is why we must put cockroaches to death by hewing their bodies to pieces.蟑螂在被“斩首”后仍能活好几个星期。因此,处死蟑螂一定要“碎死万段”。
6、Spiders have transparent blood.蜘蛛的血液是透明的。
7、If one places a few drops of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death.如果在蝎子的身上滴少量的烈性酒,它就会立刻发疯,而且会把自己蜇死。
8、A whale’s heart beats nine times a minute.鲸的心脏每分钟只跳动9次。
9、A rat can fall from a five-story building without injury. Usually, a rat couple, “ against the policy of family planning,” produce 15,000 descendants in less than a year. So it’s our duty to search for and kill them without mercy, even if they are not crossing the street ( or appear in broad daylight).老鼠从5层楼上摔下来会安然无恙。通常,一对不讲“计划生育”的鼠“夫妻”一年要偷偷摸摸同时又丧心病狂地生出至少15,000只后代。所以,即使老鼠不过街,也要人人喊打。
10、 A giraffe can go without water longer than a camel.长颈鹿比骆驼更耐渴。
11、 Ducks don't lay unless it’s in the early morning.鸭子只在清晨下蛋。