你对植物脚够相识吗？上面这些不为人知的事实，会刷新你对植物们的认知。

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1. Trained African giant pouched rats have found thousands of unexploded landmines and bombs. Researchers have also trained these rats to detect tuberculosis. And most recently they are training them to sniff out poached wildlife trophies being exported out of African ports.

颠末训练的非洲巨囊鼠曾经发明了数千枚未爆炸的地雷以及炸弹。正在研究职员的训练下，非洲巨囊鼠曾经可以检测出肺结核。比来研究职员在训练巨囊鼠正在非洲口岸嗅出偷猎的家养植物。

2. In most Western cultures, black cats are considered a bad omen. But in Scottish lore, the arrival of a strange black cat signifies prosperity.

正在大都东方文明中，黑猫被视为吉祥之物。可是正在苏格兰传奇中，奥秘黑猫的到来预示着凋敝。

3. Cheetahs are so shy that zoos give them their own emotional “support dogs”.

猎豹本性十分含羞，以是植物园会给它们装备“狗狗伴侣”陪同其长年夜。

4. Opposums get a lot of hate, but they clear many unwanted bugs and parasites from the ecosystem.

许多人都很厌恶负鼠，可是它们会从生态体系清算失年夜量烦人的虫子以及寄生虫。

5. A sloth's claws work the opposite way that human hand does. The default position is a tight strong grip, and sloths must exert effort to open them up. This is why sloths don't fall out of trees when they're asleep.

树懒的爪子以及人手的事情道理正好相反。树懒爪子的默许姿态是紧握，树懒必需使劲能力将爪子关上。这就是为何树懒睡着时没有会从树上失上去。

6. A University Of Chicago study found that rats are just as capable of empathy as humans.

芝加哥年夜学的一项研究发明，老鼠以及人类同样有同理心，可以或许感同身受。

7. The Northern Cardinal is probably the most 'romantic' bird species: they mate for life, travel together, sing before nesting, and during courtship, feed seed beak-to-beak.

北美红雀极可能是最浪漫的鸟类，它们平生惟独一个朋友，两只鸟会一路旅行，筑巢前会唱歌，谈恋爱时还会嘴对嘴喂食。

8. Tigers are carnivores, but will eat fruit in order to ease digestion.

山君是食肉植物，可是会吃生果来辅助消化。

9. The Mangalica is the only pig species covered in a long wool coat, similar to a sheep's.

曼加利察猪是独一一种全身被长毛笼罩的猪，就以及绵羊同样。

10. Secretary birds are famous for its snake-stomping legs; a single kick delivered some 195 newtons of force. They are also famous for their long eyelashes.

蛇鹫以可以或许踩逝世蛇的长腿而著名，腿的踢力可达195牛顿。它们还以长长的眼睫毛著称。

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