The koala is a sluggish, tailless, furry arboreal marsupial.

考拉是一种行动迟缓的、尾的、有皮毛、生活于树上的有袋目哺乳动物。

To accommodate so much time sleeping in tree branches, koalas have curved spines and tail-less rears padded with cartilage and extra thick fur.

为了在树枝上能睡更长的时间，考拉有弯曲的脊尾的后背，里面有软特别厚的皮毛。

Each night, small groups of a species called velvety free-tail bats emerge from their roosts in the Panamanian rainforests to hunt for their insect prey, using echolocation.

每天晚上，一小叫作“天鹅绒尾蝙蝠”的物种从其巴拿马雨林栖息地浮现，利用回声定位捕获昆虫。

The first Manx comet, so called after the tailless cats of the Isle of Man, was spotted in 2014 by a telescope in Hawaii.

2014年，人类利用夏威夷的一台望远镜发现了第一颗尾彗星，并将其以马恩岛上的尾猫命名，称为“马恩岛猫彗星”。

We didn't discover the properties of the achoque.

我们没有发现尾鲀的特性。

Right. But when phages are present, they increase production of these tailless capsids.

是的。但是当噬菌体存在时，它们会增加这些尾衣壳的产量。

An " ape" (ape) is an animal similar to a monkey but it doesn't have a tail.

“猿”（ape）是一种类似猴子但尾的动物。

(Laughter) But the decline in the achoque actually nearly put a halt to that medicine production altogether, which is why the sisters started this.

（笑声） 但是尾鲇的减少实际上几乎完全停止了药物生产，这就是姐妹们开始这项工作的原因。

I just want to let Sister Ofelia give her view of why she is so particularly driven and dedicated to the survival of the achoque.

我只想让 Ofelia 修女说说她为什么如此特别地致力于保护尾鲆的生存。