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

所以。他们的带鳞甲的祖宗在岛上河流中大量繁殖，是人们特殊尊敬的。

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

明亮的卵石纹鳞甲使它与其他鳄鱼迥异。

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

它的身上有鳞甲，而且两肩各有一根巨大的尖刺。

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鳞甲，将背甲覆盖住。

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鳞甲的哺乳动物，其鳞甲约占体重两成。

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

道格拉斯的书出版之后，大沼泽国家公园设立，正式开始保护这片景观和它的鳞甲卫士。

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

我到船身上的钢板，彼此稍微的鳞次着，很像地上大虫类动物身上所有的鳞甲。

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

这种盔甲有时是鳞甲，类似于鱼鳞状。

And welcome little fishes in with gently smiling jaws! '

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鳞甲。它笑得多么快乐，伸开爪子的姿势多么文雅，它在欢迎那些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.

它们起来与我们熟悉的身披鳞甲怪物大不相同。

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

动物的皮肤覆盖着鳞甲 能抵御刺痛的沙粒。

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

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

So, if you ever find yourself in Fiji, keep an eye out for these scaly sailors.

因此，若你某天身处斐济，别忘了留意这些鳞甲水手——斐济鬣蜥的身影。

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鳞甲。

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

她指出浣熊、鳞甲类动物、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。

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，他那些穿青铜鳞甲的属下紧跟其后。

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，它其实是一块鳞甲。

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.

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

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出无数条龙和有鳞甲的怪兽，一群胡狼也沿着沙滩跑来，并用鼻孔贪婪地吸着空气。

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鳞甲连接。