In the future, for example, it might be possible to reproduce endangered animals from a single male.

例如，在未来，有可能会用雄性动繁殖出濒危动。

" Musky" means having the scent of a male animal.

“麝香”是指具有雄性动的气味。

Why does the Sun have to rise and then fall? Why can't male animals have babies?

为什么太阳必须升起然后落下？为什么雄性动不能生育？

They were like competitions seen among males of some mammal species for female mates, the researchers said.

研究人员表示，就像某哺乳动雄性之间为了争夺雌性竞争一样。

About a third of the females and half the males die from fights with other animals.

大约三分之一的雌性和一半的雄性死于与其他动的争斗。

The war is, perhaps, severest between the males of polygamous animals, and these seem oftenest provided with special weapons.

战争也许在一夫多妻制的雄性动之间最为激烈， 动似乎最常备特殊武器。

Sperm are really cheap to produce, so males make a lot of them, and animal males typically don't do most of the childcare.

精子很容易形成，所以雄性能“产出”很多的精子，雄性动一般不会承担很多照顾孩子的责任。

It is a malignant malady for any male mammal.

对雄性哺乳动来说可是个恶性疾病。

Fortunately, the critters evolved a solution: elaborate male gonopods—literally " genital feet" —with all manner of branches, bumps and bristles.

幸运的是， 小动进化出了一个解决方案：精致的雄性生殖足类动——字面意思是“生殖足”——有各种各样的树枝、突起和刚毛。

For example, we see that in male hoofed animals such as moose and most other deer grow enormous antlers shortly before mating season.

例如，我们看到在交季节前不久，驼鹿和大多数其他鹿等雄性有蹄动会长出巨大的鹿角。

By definition, when biologists talk about this, animals that are males have a little sex cell, which carries genes and nothing else – sperm cells.

根据定义，当生学家谈论一点时，雄性动有一个小性细胞，它携带基因， 不携带其他东西——精子细胞。

Now, producing such massive sperm takes a lot of energy -- up to a third of a male ostracod’s body is dedicated to making and distributing these cells.

现在，产生如此巨大的精子需要大量能量——雄性介形类动身体的三分之一专门用于制造和分细胞。

" We need pictures of the male gonopods, and we need them online, and we need them fast! " So that scientists can help millipedes keep the soil healthful, for them and for us.

“我们需要雄性生殖足类动的照片， 我们需要它们在线，我们需要它们很快！ ” 样科学家们就可以帮助千足虫保持土壤健康， 为他们和我们。

On the other hand, I willingly admit that a great number of male animals, as all our most gorgeous birds, some fishes, reptiles, and mammals, and a host of magnificently coloured butterflies, have been rendered beautiful for beauty's sake.

另一方面， 我愿意承认， 许多雄性动， 如我们所有最美丽的鸟类、 一鱼类、爬行动和哺乳动， 以及许多色彩绚丽的蝴蝶， 都为了美丽变得美丽。