土豚

The aardvark is a mammal that burrows into the ground to catches ants and termites.

参考译文：土豚是一种可以在地上打洞捉蚂蚁和白蚁的哺乳动物。

An aardvark's tongue can be up to 12 inches (30.5 centimeters) long and is sticky to help extract termites from their mound.

小知识：土豚的锥形发粘的舌头可以伸展到30.5厘米长，能将白蚁从巢中粘住来吃掉。

A hungry aardvark digs through the hard shell of a promising mound with its front claws and uses its long, sticky, wormlike tongue to feast on the insects within.

一只饥饿的土豚可以用它的前爪挖开坚硬的地面，用它长长的，带粘性的，象大虫子一样的舌头来美餐一顿。

The Khami National Monument in Zimbabwe is imperiled by aardvarks, little animals whose underground tunnels are undermining the foundations of the ancient city.

津巴布韦的Khami国家遗迹正处于土豚的威胁之中，这种小动物在地下挖掘的隧道破坏着这座古老城市的根基。

The sun was setting as Hare and Rhino reached the water-hole. All the animals had gathered there - giraffes, hippos, antelope, buffalo, warthogs, zebras, aardvarks, hyenas, mongooses, storks and weaver birds.

兔子随犀牛来到水塘边时，其他的动物都到了，有长颈鹿，河马，羚羊，水牛，疣猪，斑马，土豚，土狼，猫鼬，獾，织巢鸟等等，大家都场了。

Female aardvarks typically give birth to one newborn each year.

雌土豚一般一年只产一仔。

In the process, however, the thirsty aardvarks also sip up a few pit-like seeds, which they later deposit inside fertilizing manure.

然而在喝水的过程中，口渴的土豚也会吸出一些喜欢窖藏的种子，而这些种子之后会被排在丰饶的肥料里。

An African melon has a mouth-watering method of convincing aardvarks to go to the trouble of tunneling deep into the earth to liberate a few tough pits

一种非洲瓜用令人垂涎的姿态让土豚特意挖深隧道形成坚硬的深坑。

In the dry season, aardvarks sniff out the watery melons, digging deep to quench their thirst.

旱季时，土豚嗅出饱含着水的蜜瓜，便往深处挖掘以解口渴。

An African melon has a mouth-watering method of convincing aardvarks to go the trouble of tunneling deep into the earth to liberate a few tough pits.

非州有一种瓜用一种令人垂涎的方法使土豚不怕麻烦的向地下挖洞从而使这种瓜的种子释放出来！

As she looked at Warrington's manly face, and dark, melancholy eyes, she had settled in her mind that he must have been the victim of an unhappy attachment.

每逢看到沃林顿那刚毅的脸，那乌黑、忧郁的眼睛，她便会相信，他一定作过不幸的爱情的受害者。

Maybe they'll disappear into a pothole.

也许他们将在壶穴里消失