The second picture shows one similar in shape to those sported by modern birds.

二幅图显示羽形状与现代鸟类羽相似。

There are species where birds rub feathers on each other...

还有些鸟类会互相摩擦羽。

Before the conquest, Chan Chan was a trade hub, with llamas bringing goods from the highlands, and thousands of artisans — including expert goldsmiths and artists who turned the feathers of macaws and exotic birds into beautiful clothing.

在被征服之，昌昌是一个贸易中心，骆驼从高原运来货物，还有成千上万工匠，包括专业金匠以及能把金刚鹦鹉和奇异鸟类羽制成漂亮衣服艺术家。

And for one Australian bird, feathers even help produce an important sound-an alarm.

而对于澳大利亚一种鸟类来说，羽甚至可以帮助它们发出一种重要声音——警报。

It is rather homely withal, having nothing in feather, feature, or form to attract notice.

英国云雀隶属家常鸟类，其羽、秉性或吸引异类方式并无任何特异。

It also let the scientists know about its final meals - bird feathers and plants.

它还让科家们了解了它最后一餐——鸟类羽和植物。

It was first proposed by UK scientist Alan Turing in 1952 to describe a self-organizing system that creates patterns in nature, such as the feather patterns in birds and stripes on zebra.

该机制最初由英国科家艾伦·图灵于1952年提出，用来描达诸如鸟类羽花纹，斑马条线等在自然界中形成图案自组织系统。

The ridges on the roof of a mouse's mouth, the spacing of bird feathers or the hair on your arms, even the toothlike denticle scales of sharks.

老鼠嘴巴顶部脊，鸟类羽行间距或手臂上发，甚至鲨鱼牙齿状密度鳞片。

The precursors of bird feathers were straight, dense, filament-like structures, which were mostly made of keratin, the same stuff your hair and fingernails are made of.

鸟类羽身是竖直、密集丝状结构，主要由角蛋白构成，与构成你头发和指甲东西是同样物质。

Female birds look for signs of fitness that range from the flamboyant plumage of the peacock to the bizarre dances of birds of paradise.

雌鸟择偶标准通常会从如孔雀般华丽羽到鸟类奇异舞蹈等等。

The researchers found that bigger birds and those that have colorful feathers and often stop at people's birdfeeders were generally more popular.

研究员发现，体型较大鸟类和那些羽颜色鲜艳、经常停在们喂食处鸟类通常更受欢迎。

Other studies have shown that birds with orange and red plumage are similarly less creeped out by orange and red clothing.

其他研究表明，有橙色和红色羽鸟类同样也不太会被橙色和红色衬衫吓到。

Modern feathers consist of thousands of fibres held together by tiny hooks.

现代鸟类羽由成千上万束靠细钩聚拢在一起纤维构成。

So, most birds have a feather that is part down.

大多数鸟类都有羽。

Isn't it a happy coincidence we find feathers beautiful in the same ways that birds do?

我们和鸟类一样都发现羽很漂亮，这难道不是一个快乐巧合吗？

Scientists inspected feathers from birds in the Arctic that were about to leave for South America.

科家们对现居北极即将飞往南美鸟类羽进行了研究。

The birds harbor tiny parts of plants and lichens in their feathers, setting up similar colonies thousands of miles apart.

鸟类可以用羽夹带部分植物和地衣，在几千公里以外类似生态群落中它们便可继续生存。

Indigenous cultures around the world co-opted feathers from local birds, often as displays of social status.

全世界土著文化从当地鸟类身上获取羽，通常作为社会地位展示。

When we're collecting the remains from the aircraft, it's usually bird and feather remains.

- 当我们从飞机上收集遗骸时，通常是鸟类和羽遗骸。

These pinnate or branched feathers that looked identical to those in living birds.

这些羽状或分枝羽，与现存鸟类羽完全相同。