蛇

R猫鱼猎奇论坛 Right in front of her eyes was a red-bellied black snake---a very poisonous snake.

她的眼前是一条红肚皮的黑蛇——一种非常毒的蛇。

Animal rights activists say hundreds of snakes die during the festival every year, many as a result of drinking milk which causes severe dehydration and allergic reactions.

动物权力保护者说，每年的蛇节期间都会有数百条蛇死去，很多是因为食用了牛奶而导致严重脱水和过敏反应造成死亡的。

A little bit of venom from these snakes will help us make anti-venom for the doctors.

一点这些蛇的毒液可以帮我们制造抗蛇毒血清给医生。

Anti-venom must only be given by a health professional who has carefully assessed the situation because some people can have an allergic reaction to the anti venom.

抗蛇毒必须只被给予一个健康的专业谁曾仔细评估情况，因为有些人可以有过敏反应的反蛇毒。

Every time I see a snake, even in a zoo, I get goose bumps all over

每当我看到蛇，我全身就会起鸡皮疙瘩，那怕在动物园里看到蛇也是如此。

I had never seen or eaten a lingcod before visiting its habitat near this coastal fishing town in south central Alaska, where I joined ecologist Mary Anne Bishop and researcher Brad Reynolds, both of the Prince William Sound Science Center in Cordova, on a field trip to monitor lingcod movements by tracking acoustic transmitters implanted in the fish.

在到达蛇鳕靠近南阿拉斯加一个捕鱼小镇的栖息地之前，我从未见过或吃过它。在这里我与两位来自科尔多瓦威廉王子湾科学中心的科学家合作——生态学家玛丽·安·比肖普和研究员布拉德·雷诺兹，实地考察并用植入于蛇鳕身体内的声音传送装置监测它的行为。

Cradled upside down in the V-shaped surgery board with a steady stream of piped seawater aerating its gills, each lingcod gets an acoustic transmitter, about the size of a double-A battery, implanted in its abdomen.

他们将蛇鳕拿起，置于一个带有管道的，能持续供应海水并充入到鱼鳃中的V形手术台中。这样，每一个蛇鳕都会安装上一个声音传送装置——一个像AA电池规格大小的物件，植入到它的腹中。

Rattlesnake roundups are a comparatively recent development. The Sweetwater event began in 1958 for ranchers who were concerned about rattlesnakes biting their cattle, and has evolved from a simple hunt to a days-long affair.

甜水镇围捕响尾蛇的历史不长。1958年，由于大农场主们担心蛇会咬死他们的牲畜，所以开始了捕杀，而渐渐地，这种小规模的捕蛇演变成了持续数天的围捕活动。

Or fer-de-lance, family, are common throughout their range and areresponsible for a large number of snakebites in Brazil, Paraguay, andArgentina.

这种剧毒的蝰蛇是矛头蛇的一种，在其分布地区十分常见，并在巴西，巴拉圭和阿根廷等地造成了大量的毒蛇咬伤事故。

Born from this symbolic notion, there are many different cultures which share this great dragon-serpent symbol (the serpent Jormungandr, from the myth of Yggdrasil, is just one).

出自这种象征性的概念，很多不同的文化都共同拥有这条龙—蛇的标记（衔尾蛇Jormungandr，从Yggdrasil的神话而来，是其中一个）。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。