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

二幅图显示的羽毛形状与现代鸟类羽毛相似。

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

还有些鸟类会互相摩擦羽毛。

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，昌昌一个贸易中心，骆驼从高原运来货物，还有成千上万的工匠，包括专业金匠以及能把金刚鹦鹉和奇异鸟类的羽毛制成漂亮衣服的艺术家。

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，羽毛甚至可以帮助它们发出一种重要的声音——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，其羽毛、秉性或吸引异类的方式并无任何特异。

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

它还让科学家们了解了它的最后一餐——鸟类的羽毛和植物。

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学家艾伦·图灵于1952年提出，用来描达诸如鸟类羽毛花纹，斑马条线等在自然界中形成图案的自组织系统。

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.

老鼠嘴巴顶部的脊，鸟类羽毛的行间距或手臂上的毛发，甚至鲨鱼的牙齿状的密度鳞片。

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.

鸟类羽毛的竖直、密集的丝状结构，主要由角蛋白构成，与构成你的头发和指甲的东西同样的物质。

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

雌鸟择偶的标准通常会从如孔雀般华丽的羽毛到鸟类的奇异舞蹈等等。

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

研究人员发现，体型较大的鸟类和那些羽毛颜色鲜艳、经常停在人们喂食处的鸟类通常更受欢迎。

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，有橙色和红色羽毛的鸟类同样也不太会被橙色和红色的衬衫吓到。

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

现代鸟类羽毛由成千上万束靠细钩聚拢在一起的纤维构成。

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

大多数鸟类都有羽毛。

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毛很漂亮，这难道不一个快乐的巧合吗？

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

科学家们对现居北极即将飞往南美的鸟类的羽毛进行了研究。

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

鸟类可以用羽毛夹带部分的植物和地衣，在几千公里以外的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.

全世界的土著文化从当地的鸟类上获取羽毛，通常作为社会地位的展示。

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，通常鸟类和羽毛遗骸。

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

这些羽状或分枝的羽毛，与现存鸟类的羽毛完全相同。