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(单词翻译:双击或拖选)
Probably the only way a T-Rex could successfully and safely bring down Triceratops is by having at least one other individual Tyrannosaur that would ambush1 it from the back while the one in front is keeping the attention of the Triceratops.
Working as a team, the ultimate carnivore delivers a killing2 blow. For the T-Rex, it’s a veritable feast. This battle plays out over and over again, sparking evolutionary3 changes in carnivores, which in turn challenges plant eaters.
You can look at it as sort of almost an arms race between the herbivores and the carnivores, and the herbivores protect themselves. The carnivores changed in order to attack and be able to have enough power to kill the herbivores.
The arms race between predator4 and prey5 continues for millions of years. Carnivores develop some of the most effective killing tools seen in Earth’s history. Prehistoric6 plant eaters evolved defenses simply unmatched today.
Parasaurolophus, with a call so powerful it’s a dangerous weapon. Sauroposeidon, bigger than any land creature we’ll ever see. Ankylosaurus, with a club for a tail and armor built like a bulletproof vest. And Triceratops, the big bruiser with a skull7 strong enough to stop the jaws8 of a T-Rex.
All these Cretaceous plant eaters, with their complicated apparatus9, they’re all much more sophisticated. So we’re beginning to understand that we woefully underestimated the inner and outer life of the veggiesaur.
Plant-eating dinosaurs10 became incredibly tough to survive from the Jurassic Period to the Cretaceous more than 165 million years. Even today, the battle between herbivores and carnivores rages on. But it’s this brutal11 war for survival and constant adaptation that has created the incredible natural world that we live in today.
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1 ambush | |
n.埋伏(地点);伏兵;v.埋伏;伏击 | |
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2 killing | |
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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3 evolutionary | |
adj.进化的;演化的,演变的;[生]进化论的 | |
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4 predator | |
n.捕食其它动物的动物;捕食者 | |
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5 prey | |
n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨 | |
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6 prehistoric | |
adj.(有记载的)历史以前的,史前的,古老的 | |
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7 skull | |
n.头骨;颅骨 | |
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8 jaws | |
n.口部;嘴 | |
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9 apparatus | |
n.装置,器械;器具,设备 | |
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10 dinosaurs | |
n.恐龙( dinosaur的名词复数 );守旧落伍的人,过时落后的东西 | |
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11 brutal | |
adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的 | |
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