鹦鹉

These parakeets seem to have beaten the odds for several reasons: They live in noisy flocks, which helps them stand guard against enemies who would eat them, such as hawk s, and they can tolerate a wide range of food.

这些鹦鹉能够奇迹般存活下来是有几个原因的：它们在一起的时候总是吵吵闹闹的，这有助于它们对老鹰等天敌保持警惕；它们还能适应各种各样的食物。

The lime parakeets riot in the spiky heart of the palms.

青柠色的长尾小鹦鹉在密刺丛生的棕榈林中喧闹着。

With colorful plumage and wing s that flap when it talks and with the capability of repeating whatever is said to it in brief intervals of seconds, by way of an electronic microphone pick-up, record and playback function

此种鹦鹉通过一个电子麦克风而具备接收、录音和重新播放功能，在几秒内能重复对它所说的话，在说话时它彩色的羽毛和翅膀会不停地拍动。

The only other species known to do it as a prelude to mating is the white-fronted parrot.

除我们之外，我们知道的以此为前戏的唯一一种生物是白顶亚马逊鹦鹉。

It is here that the mating habits of the white-fronted parrot and Homo sapiens diverge.

同样是交配前接吻，白顶亚玛逊鹦鹉接吻前却将食物喷到雌性胸部，这正是它与人类性行为的不同之处

The only other species known to do it as a prelude to mating is the white-fronted parrot. After the birds open their beaks and touch tongues, the male spews his lunch onto the female's chest.

在自然界中也存在着极个别的物种在性爱前奏曲中懂得法式接吻，比如：白顶亚马逊鹦鹉，当两只情侣鸟在一起张开鸟喙准备接吻时，雄鸟会将喙中食物喷到雌鸟的胸部

Sited beside a creek,in the centre of a spectacular valley the undulating roof line makes reference to the ranges and to the shape of the Djab wurrung's and Jardwadjali's totemic symbol,the cockatoo.

场地位于一条景色壮丽的峡谷的中心，旁边有一条小河，波澜起伏的屋脊根据山势而起伏，造型采用Djab wurrung 和Jardwadjali 的图腾的象征——美冠鹦鹉。

Often a trumpet fish will abandon his fellow wallflowers and swim rapidly toward a larger animal, such as a parrotfish or on the back of the passerby, barely touching it and swim along in this tandem fashion as if seeking friendship, begging for tenderness, offering his heart.

小喇叭鱼通常会抛弃他的同伴，快速地游向一条更大的鱼（例如鹦鹉鱼或是一些路过者的背影），并几乎要碰到那条鱼了。它就这样紧跟在前者的后面，仿佛是在寻找友谊、乞讨温柔，对人家掏心掏肺。

A large shadow crossed the tree line ahead, and a flock of red-tailed parrots took flight.

一个巨大阴影横跨在前面树林上，一群红尾巴鹦鹉被惊飞。

Like all flying birds , parrots have an instinctive escape reflex action that is used to avoid being preyed upon .

像所有的飞鸟，鹦鹉有一种本能的逃避和反抗行为，是为了避免被捕食。

With Death guitarist Schuldiner adopting vocal duties, the band made a major impact on the scene.

随着死亡的吉他手Schuldiner接受主唱的职务，乐队在现实中树立了重要的影响。

But he could still end up breakfasting on Swiss-government issue muesli because all six are accused of nicking around 45 million pounds they should have paid to FIFA.

不过他最后仍有可能沦为瑞士政府&议事餐桌&上的一道早餐，因为这所有六个人都被指控把本应支付给国际足联的大约4500万英镑骗了个精光。