The Proboscis Monkey's giant nose is actually used to attracted mates.

长猴大实际上是用来吸引配偶。

An elephant which was kept for exhibition at London, was often required, as is usual in such exhibitions, to pick up with his trunk a piece of money thrown upon the floor for this purpose.

在伦敦展览一只大象常常被要求，就像展览中经常做那样，用长拾起扔在上钱币。

Well, the elephant jumps around shaking his trunk, and eventually the elephant hears a voice from inside his trunk.

好吧， 大象跳来跳去摇晃着它长，最终大象听到从它长里传来一个声音。

A male proboscis monkey's huge nose acts like a microphone. It makes the monkey's call sound louder.

雄性长猴大作用像个麦克风，能让它叫声听起来更响亮。

As he moved away, he would stop every fifteen or twenty feet to wave his trunk.

当它走开后，每走15或20英尺时就会挥长。

The guard soon finding his retreat, attempted in vain to take him from his asylum; for the elephant vigorously defended him with his trunk.

面。卫兵虽然很快找到了他，却没有办法抓到他，因为大象用长奋力保护他。

Take the proboscis monkey for example — known for its extra-long nose or the spider monkey with extremely long limbs and a tail.

以长猴为例——它特别长。或者是有着非常长四肢和尾巴蜘蛛猴。

He has two large tusks, which form the ivory of commerce, and a trunk, or proboscis, at the end of the nose, which he uses to take his food with, and for attack or defense.

它有两颗大牙，因此形成了象牙贸易，大象用长取得食物、攻击和防卫。

Proboscis monkeys are also excellent swimmers.

长猴也是游泳高手。

In this case, it reconfigures into a new shape called the proboscis.

在这种情况下，它重新配置成一个新形状，称为长形态。

You can also pretend you're an elephant swinging your trunk.

你也可以假装自己是一只挥动长大象。

Or, again, why has not any member of the group acquired a long proboscis?

或者，再一次，为什么没有任何成员获得长长长？

Maybe Size really does matter, at least in the proboscis world.

也许尺寸确实很重要，至少在长世界里是如此。

Later on, when he saw her consume a side of veal without breaking a single rule of good table manners, he commented seriously that that delicate, fascinating, and insatiable proboscidianwas in a certain way the ideal woman.

后来，当他看到她吃着一块小牛肉，丝毫没有违反良好餐桌礼仪时，他认真评论说，那个娇柔迷人、贪得无厌长鱼在某种程度上是理想女人。

Researchers say the boxes have not only attracted bats but also ocelots, coatis, and opossums. Surveillance footage has even shown that the boxes have become a premier location for natural prey and predator activity.

- 研究人员表示， 这些盒不仅吸引了蝙蝠， 还吸引了豹猫、长浣熊和负鼠。监控录像甚至显示， 这些箱已经成为自然猎物和捕食者活动主要场所。

And of the world's 13 species, eight are threatened, including the Asian small-clawed otter, and the smooth-coated otter, and one called the hairy-nosed otter, which sounds cute, but it might be ferocious.

在全世界13种水獭中，有8种受到威胁，包括亚洲小爪水獭、光滑水獭，以及一种名为长水獭动物，听起来很可爱，但实际上可能非常凶猛。

Insects of the Lepidoptera order— butterflies and moths— keep their proboscises rolled up tightly beneath their heads when they’re not feeding and unfurl them when they come across some sweet nectar.

鳞翅目昆虫——蝴蝶和飞蛾——在不进食时将它们长紧紧卷在头下，并在遇到甜美花蜜时展开它们。

You've probably seen butterflies flitting from plant to plant on broad wings, sticking their probosces into flowers to drink nectar and maybe picking up a clump of pollen in the process.

你可能见过蝴蝶用宽阔翅膀从一株植物飞到另一株植物，将它们长伸入花朵中喝花蜜， 并可能在此过程中捡起一团花粉。

And they found that for at least two days, passing elephants trained their trunks on the samples—especially samples from mature adults—another indication that scent might be a potent navigational cue.

他们发现至少在两天内，经过大象会用它们长关注这些样本——尤其是来自成熟成年大象样本——这是气味可能是强大导航线索另一个迹象。

It's half the size of a horse, looks a little bit like a rhino with a proboscis - a bit of a flexible trunk.

它有马一半大小，看起来有点像犀牛，长着长——有点灵活。