A jaguar's patterns help it slink undetected across the sun-dappled rainforest floor.

美洲豹身上的斑纹让它阳光斑驳的雨林地带潜行。

Jack studied the zebras, trying to see their different patterns.

杰克研究着斑马，试图去区它们不同的斑纹图案。

Rottweilers are always black with the same brown markings on their chest, face, and paws.

罗威纳犬通常黑色的，胸部、面部和爪子上都有棕色的斑纹。

Zonkeys are rare but they do exist and the ones we have seen look mostly like donkeys but with some really amazing socks.

斑驴很少见，但它们确实存，我们见过的斑驴看起来基本都像驴子，但它们却有着神奇的斑纹。

All these little markings, these are all crabs.

这些都是螃的小斑纹。

From the tip burst three silver cats with spectacle markings around their eyes.

杖尖蹿出三只银色的猫，它们的眼睛周围都有眼镜形状的斑纹。

And so many look nothing like the bees we picture like orchid bees with their super long tongues in iridescent colors, or this parasitic cuckoo bee with bluish markings from Africa.

而且很多蜂类看起来一点也不像我们想象中的蜜蜂，比如有着彩虹色超长舌头的兰花蜂，或者这种来自非洲的带蓝色斑纹的寄生杜鹃蜂。

Have you noticed any markings on the surface of the moon?

你是否注意过, 月球表面上的斑纹?

Tapirs do the opposite. As they grow older, their patterns disappear.

貘则相反。随着它们年龄增长，它们身上的斑纹会消失。

The decision between orange and black happens early on in the womb, so that orange-and-black patchy pattern, it's an exact readout of what happened when that cat was just a tiny little kitten embryo inside her mom's womb.

橙色和黑色之间的决定因素发生子宫的早期，所橙色和黑色的斑纹图案，就是当那只猫只是她妈妈子宫里的一个小猫胚胎时，对所发生事情的精确数。

Oook sweetie I am gonna to narrow it down to this one over here and this one with the stripes, ok?

好吧，亲爱的，我把范围缩小一下，这只，和这只带斑纹的。

The tools at your disposal are a uniquely shaped body, shiny scales, and glowing spots on your belly.

你用来对治的工具是形状独特的身体、闪亮的鱼鳞，及你肚子上发亮的斑纹。

And what they do, then, is advertise this toxicity through their beautiful warning colorations

它们用身上鲜艳的黄黑白斑纹来广告自己的毒性。

Just like humans have virtually unique sets of fingerprints, every giraffe has a unique set of spots.

就像人类拥有独特的指纹一样，每只长颈鹿身上都有一组独特的斑纹。

Now, they've used image analysis software to study the spots of mothers and their calves.

现，他们通过图像析软件来研究长颈鹿妈妈及其幼崽的斑纹图案。

They are black with orange markings.

它们是黑色的，带有橙色的斑纹。

Black-footed ferrets are easily recognized by the dark markings on their feet and around the eyes.

黑足雪貂很容易被认出，因为它们脚上和眼睛周围有黑色的斑纹。

As no two zebras have exactly the same pattern of stripes, every baby zebra must learn its own mother's pattern.

因为没有两匹斑马长着完全一样的斑纹，所每一匹小斑马，都必须学会认识自己妈妈的斑纹。

And they found that baby giraffes inherit at least some particular elements of their patterning from their moms.

他们发现，小长颈鹿从其母亲那里遗传了斑纹图案，至少是某些特定元素的斑纹。

Like how circular the spots are, and how jagged the edges are.

比如斑纹的环形方式及边缘锯齿的样式。