They go into the female's cloaca, which is also reverse corkscrew-shaped.

它们进入雌性泄殖腔，形状刚好是反向开瓶器的样子。

It'll break a few spinal bones below the cloaca.

这会折断泄殖腔下方的几节。

A giant trespassing rabbit with a cloaca that lays brightly colored eggs.

只巨大的、擅闯民宅的兔子，拥有泄殖腔，能产下色彩鲜艳的蛋。

Reptiles, amphibians, most birds, and monotremes like the platypus have a cloaca, a multipurpose swiss army knife of holes, linking the urinary, waste, and reproductive systems… I guess you could say: one ring to rule them all.

爬行动物、两栖动物、大多数鸟类和单孔目动物如鸭嘴兽都有个泄殖腔，这是个多功能的“瑞士军刀”般的开口，连接着泌尿系统、泄系统和生殖系统… … 我想你可以这么说：枚戒指统治它们全部。

Then, much like a reptile or bird, she lays eggs from her cloaca, a single opening that's used for both reproduction and excretion.

然后，就像爬行动物或鸟类样，她泄殖腔产卵，泄殖腔是个用于繁殖和泄的开口。

Then there are other times when turtles breathe out the other end, more specifically, through what scientists call the cloaca.

然后还有其他时候， 乌龟会端呼吸，更具体地说， 是通过科学家所说的泄殖腔。

And to finish the act, the male kisses his cloaca to hers and ... GEORGE HUNT: And fertilizes her.

为了完成这个动作，雄性将他的泄殖腔亲吻到她的泄殖腔，然后… … 乔治·亨特：并让她受精。

So a cloaca is a one-stop shop that is the exit point for the digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems.

所以，泄殖腔是个站式出口，是消化系统、泌尿系统和生殖系统的共同泄口。

So a cloaca is an all-purpose chamber that holds poop and pee and all the baby-making equipment.

所以泄殖腔是个多功能腔室，用来容纳粪便、尿液以及所有的生殖器官。

So when lizards detach their tails, they typically will break off right underneath their cloaca.

因此，当蜥蜴断尾时，通常会在靠近泄殖腔的位置断裂，泄殖腔正是它们泄的地方。

So I did like a cloaca deep dive, hated that sentence that I just said.

所以我刚才做了次关于泄殖腔的深入研究，真讨厌自己刚才说的那句话。

This involves sucking air into their cloaca— a hole used for urinating, defecating and reproduction— and then shooting it back out with a loud pop.

这涉及将空气吸入它们的泄殖腔——个用于尿、便和繁殖的孔——然后用声巨响将其射出。

Today I—I talked to a researcher who studies Greenland sharks, but I was more interested  in the parasitic barnacle inside the cloaca.

今天我和位研究格陵兰鲨鱼的研究人员交谈过，但我对泄殖腔内的寄生藤壶更感兴趣。

You know, I happen to know, because I know Latin, that a cloaca is Latin for sewer.

你知道吗，我恰好知道，因为我懂拉丁语，cloaca在拉丁语里就是下水道的意思。

Yes, that's the plural of cloaca, which you could say is one kind of butt.

是的，这就是“泄殖腔”的复数形式，你可以说这是种屁股。

So let's first talk about what a cloaca is.

那么，我们先来谈谈什么是泄殖腔。