Accordingly, their scaly ancestors infest the island's rivers and are the subjects of special veneration.

所以。他们的带的祖宗在岛上河流中大量繁殖，是人们特殊尊敬的对象。

Its body had bony skin and a large spike on each shoulder.

它的身上有，而且两肩各有一根巨大的尖刺。

A new study reports that the planthopper Issus coleoptratus evolved a foolproof solution to this problem: in young nymphs of the species, the two legs meet under the belly in plates fringed with interlocking teeth.

它们在幼年时期，它们的两条腿在肚子下方被有紧连着的牙齿的连接。

And out of the slime at the bottom of the valley crept dragons and horrible things with scales, and the jackals came trotting along the sand, sniffing up the air with their nostrils.

从山谷底部的稀泥中爬无数条龙和有的怪兽，一群胡狼也沿着沙滩跑来，并用鼻孔贪婪地吸着空气。

Except, all we have to do is take a closer look at our silky-smooth skin to see that it actually is a small patch of scaly armor.

只不过，我们只要仔细观察一下自己柔滑的皮肤，就会发现，它其是一小块。

First of all, they build shells that are unique to each species, with features like armoured plates, spines and sometimes even teeth.

首先，它们建造的外壳对每个物种来说都是独特的外壳形状，包括 、脊椎，有时甚至是牙齿。

In the wake of Douglas' book, Everglades National Park was established to formally begin protecting the landscape and its scaly stewards.

道格拉斯的版之后，大沼泽国家公园设立，正式开始保护这片景观和它的卫士。

They're the only mammals on earth covered in scales, which accounts for about 20% of their body weight.

它们是地球上唯一体覆的哺乳动物，其约占体重两成。

It's bright pebble scales set it apart from other crocodiles.

明亮的卵石纹使它与其他鳄鱼迥异。

I noted the slight overlap of its sheet-iron plates, which resembled the scales covering the bodies of our big land reptiles.

我看到船身上的钢板，彼此稍微的次着，很像地上大爬虫类动物身上所有的。

The outer layer of skin cells produces the scales, known as scutes, that cover the carapace.

最外层的皮肤细胞长成，将背覆盖住。

The armor's sometimes lamellar armor, which is sort of fish-scale-y.

这种盔有时是，类似于鱼状。

They emerged from the water, bounded up the bank of the island, lifted their white scuts and were gone like ghosts of deer into the cypresses.

他们从水里来， 跃上岛的岸边， 扬起白色的， 像鹿的幽灵一样消失在柏树丛中。

She calls attention to remarkable facts about raccoons, pangolins, hedgehogs, wombats, and narwhals, to name just a few.

她指浣熊、类动物、刺猬、袋熊和独角鲸等动物的一些令人惊叹的特性，仅举几例。

And welcome little fishes in with gently smiling jaws! '

小鳄鱼怎样保养它闪亮的尾巴，把尼罗河水灌进每一片金色的。它笑得多么快乐，伸开爪子的姿势多么文雅，它在欢迎那些小鱼游进它温柔微笑着的嘴巴。

They would have looked very different from that scaly monster that we're familiar with.

它们看起来与我们熟悉的身披怪物大不相同。

Reptiles have armoured scaly skins that protect them from the stinging grains.

爬行动物的皮肤覆盖着 能抵御刺痛的沙粒。

" We have that honor, ser" . The Knight of Flowers shone so fine and pure in his white scales and silk that Jaime felt a tattered and tawdry thing by contrast.

" 这是我们的荣幸，爵士先生。" 穿白和白丝衣的百花骑士如此俊俏精致，詹姆觉得自己犹如俗物，不堪入目。

And then all the way down, he's got scutes across his back and down onto his tail.

然后一路向下，他的背上和尾巴上都长满了。

But no Thenns. The Magnar turned and vanished back into the tunnels, and his bronze-clad minions followed hard at his heels.

但没有瑟恩人。马格拿转身消失在甬道入口，他那些穿青铜的属下紧跟其后。