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Bowerbirds
基本例句
n.园丁鸟科¹⁰⁰
Because most bowerbirds are polygynous, meaning one male is the mate of more than one female, and these males build decorative bowers, they make excellent species for testing this idea.
多数种类的园丁鸟都是一夫多妻制，即一只雄鸟拥有多于一只的雌性配偶； yeeyan
For sheer obsessive collecting, few bowerbirds match the great bowerbird of the open woodlands of northern Australia.
就这种纯粹的、偷窃狂式的收集特性来说，没有那种园丁鸟能够超过澳大利亚北部开阔林地中的大园丁鸟。 yeeyan
Given all these talents, some researchers have attributed an aesthetic sense and the glimmerings of culture to bowerbirds, traits rarely suggested as found in any species aside from our own.
鉴于它们的上述才能，研究人员认为园丁鸟具有审美观和潜在的、模糊的文化意识，这些特征除人类之外，在其它物种中极其罕见。 yeeyan
It is just after dawn and raining lightly, the kind of weather Macgregor's bowerbirds prefer in the mating season.
天刚刚破晓，下起小雨，正是冠园丁鸟繁殖时节求偶的理想天气。 yeeyan
Male bowerbirds are famous for the elaborate settings they create. Now researchers have found that one purpose of the setting is to make the bird appear bigger.
雄性园丁鸟因为布置出精致的鸟巢而著名。现在，研究者们发现它们布置鸟巢的一个目的是使它们显得个头更大。 neworiental
Male bowerbirds build elaborate shelters to try to attract a female.
雄性造园鸟精心筑巢就是为了吸引雌性。 kekenet
People also study bowerbirds because, well, because they're surprisingly similar to people.
人们热衷研究园丁鸟的另一个原因，就是它们与人类有惊人的相似之处。 yeeyan
See, male bowerbirds line their courtyards with objects arranged from smallest to largest.
看看，雄造园鸟布置庭院的东西，从最小的到最大的都准备了。 kekenet
To woo females, the males of17 of the20 known species of bowerbirds build structures— often resembling an arbor, or bower, with an artfully decorated platform.
在已知20种园丁鸟中，有17种会为了向雌性求爱而建造房屋——它们的建筑物常常很像凉亭，有装饰性的平台，设计精巧，技艺高超。 yeeyan
When scientists went in and reversed the gradient, the male bowerbirds restored it within days, results published in the journal Current Biology.
当科学家们进去，改变了路的坡度，雄造园鸟几天内又把它改正回来。研究结果刊登在《当代生物学》杂志上。 kekenet |