We have a hyoid bone too, underneath our tongue, but in a woodpecker, it goes out the back of its mouth, all the way around its skull, and ends up between its eyes.

也有一个舌骨，在舌头下面，但是啄木鸟？舌骨从它嘴巴后面伸出，环绕它整个头颅，最后延伸到它两眼之间。

There's a bony support inside bird tongues called the hyoid.

在鸟舌头里面有一种叫做舌骨骨质支。

If the hyoid bone in the throat was broken, they could assume she was throttled.

如果喉咙里舌骨骨折了， 他就可以假设她被勒死了。

And it looks like the hyoid of Microdocodon was very similar to the hyoid bones of modern mammals, so it's very likely that Microdocodon could suckle, too.

而且看起来 Microdocodon 舌骨与现代动物舌骨非常相似，因此 Microdocodon 很可能也可以。

The cats that do roar don’t have a fully ossified hyoid, meaning that it hasn’t fully hardened into bone, so it’s a lot more flexible.

会吼叫猫没有完全骨化舌骨， 这意味着它还没有完全硬化成骨头，所以它要灵活得多。

Yeah. None of the hyoid bones were fractured.

是 舌骨都没有断裂。

Snow leopards don’t have a fully hardened hyoid — they have the more flexible kind that lions do.

雪豹没有完全硬化舌骨——它有比狮子更灵活舌骨。

Reptiles just have a simple rod for their hyoid, which gives them a wide but not-very-muscularized throat.

爬行动物舌骨只是一个简单杆状结构，这使得它喉咙宽大但肌肉不发达。

And all of the cats that have a completely ossified hyoid can purr, but don’t roar.

所有舌骨完全骨化猫都可以发出咕噜声， 但不会吼叫。

And Owen figured a more flexible hyoid was what let a cat’s vocal folds stretch enough for them to roar.

欧文认为更灵活舌骨可以让猫声带伸展到足以让它咆哮程度。