Turtles and tortoises have hard shells which protect their bodies.

龟有坚硬的龟壳来保护它们的身体。

They're strong enough to crack a turtle's shell.

它们很强壮，足以把龟壳砸开。

I do not clam up. - You do. You clam.

我才不会缩进龟壳 -你会的 真的会。

And in my personal and work life, I've dealt with my share of sliding green shells.

在我的个人生活和工作中，我越过了很多滑动的绿色龟壳（障碍）。

They introduced their turtle-shell pills into three animals and studied their stomachs a day later.

他们将龟壳药片给三只猪吞下，一天后研究它们的胃。

A turtle's shell has obvious advantages for guarding against predators, but the rigid casing also presents some challenges.

龟壳具有明显的防掠食者的优势，坚固的外壳也带来了一些挑战。

The engineers loaded these polymer-encased mRNA molecules into their turtle-shell pills, which were then swallowed by six mice.

工程师们将这些聚合物包裹的mRNA分子装入龟壳状药片中，并让六只老鼠吞下。

So how did the shell evolve?

那么龟壳如何演变的呢？

Sea turtles have flatter, lighter shells for streamlined gliding through the water.

更扁更轻的龟壳方便海龟在水中滑行。

The most common method to determine a turtle's age is based on observing the lines that form on their shells.

判断乌龟年龄最常用的方法是观察龟壳的纹路。

Make the turtle shell out of a trash can lid.

用垃圾桶盖做乌龟壳。

Oh no, I just totally accidentally spilled white paint all over the turtle shell.

哦不，我完全不小心把白色油漆洒在了乌龟壳。

That's where the shell's structure comes in.

那就是龟壳结构发挥作用的方。

Materials like bone, wood, and antlers, even turtle shell.

像骨头、木头、鹿角甚至龟壳这样的材料。

Yeah, he looks like one of those turtle shells from Mario Kart.

yeah, 他看起来像《马里奥赛车》里的那种乌龟壳。

Scooping out the animal, he turned the hollow shell into a singer.

他掏空了龟壳，将其改造了一件乐器。

The cigarettes were in a cheap Chinese or Japanese case of imitation tortoiseshell.

香烟装在一个廉价的中国或日本仿龟壳盒中。

Now there's black spots all over this white turtle shell.

现在这个白色龟壳到处都是黑点。

You see, inside a turtle shell is a very particular respiratory system.

你看，乌龟壳内有一个非常特别的呼吸系统。

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想要收听更多来自龟壳调查获奖新闻编辑部的精彩内容，只需在你常用的播客平台搜索“Tortoise”即可。