baboons

Oh yeah? Well what if I told you that scientists have recently made discoveries that suggest baboons are capable of abstract thought?

喔？那如果我告诉你最近科学家的发现显示了狒狒能够进行抽象思维呢？

We used to hunt bush meat together as kids, huh? Baboons, they were the hardest to catch. They're. . . They're cunning. Cunning creatures.

我和他在孩提时曾经一起在树林打猎狒狒，它们是最难抓的，他们很狡猾。

The conclusions come from a 15-year study of a group of baboons in the Moremi Game Reserve of the Okavango Delta in Botswana.

这一结论，来自一项对博茨瓦纳奥卡万戈三角洲莫瑞米动物保护区的一群狒狒所进行的历时15年的研究。

Granted, I've only mentioned baboons and starlings, but there you've got a mammalian representative and an avian one.

虽然我只是提到了狒狒和八哥，但是它们是哺乳动物和禽类的代表。

For instance, I know chimpanzees have demonstrated abstract thought. But baboons are on a whole different limb of the evolutionary tree.

举例来说吧，我知道黑猩猩能够进行抽象思维，但是狒狒在生物进化树形图中处于不同的支系。

Some South African residents are struggling to deal with a ruthless "criminal gang" : more than 300 baboons.

一些南非居民现在正与一群“犯罪团伙”做斗争，他们实际上是300多只狒狒。

His encounters with lions, baboons and many other species alien to the New World were a familiar and acceptable genre.

他遇见了狮子，狒狒和许多其它奇异的物种，而对新大陆来说，却稀松平常。

I pondered this earlier today, as I watched the lions devour the buffalo, the leopard attack the impala, the baboons stealing breakfast.

今天的早些时候我在思考，那时候，我看着狮子们正在吞食河马、豹子袭击大龄路、狒狒偷我的早餐。

W: So far they haven't tried it with people, but they've made it work with baboons.

女：到目前为止，他们还没有尝试过与人，但他们所做的工作，它与狒狒。

The monkey soldiers compose of macaques and baboons. They were caught by hunters in their baby times and were then sold to Taliban.

这些猴子兵由猕猴和狒狒组成，它们幼年时就被猎人捕获，然后被卖给塔利班。

Baboons are a common sight all over the area.

狒狒更是常见的动物了。

Baboons have a large head, cheek pouches, and a long, dog like muzzle. They walk on all fours , carrying the tail in a characteristic arch.

狒狒头部硕大，有颊囊，鼻口部狭长似狗。以四肢行走，行走时尾巴呈特有弓形。

Primates apes suborder narrow nose Group monkeys Section 1 genus, commonly known as baboons.

灵长目猿猴亚目狭鼻组猴科的1属，通称狒狒。

Prof Kirkpatrick also provides this sample of Nigerian pidgin English: "Monkey de work, baboon dey chop" (Monkeys work, baboons eat).

科克帕里克教授还提供了一个尼日利亚混杂英语的例子：“Monkeydework，baboondeychop”（猴子工作，狒狒吃东西）。

Baboons, even the smaller living species, are very formidable creatures.

狒狒，即使是现存身材较小的那种，也是非常可怕的动物。

Most female baboons have lost half an ear here, a swatch of pelt there, to the jealous fury of their much larger and toothier mates.

大多数雌性狒狒会因为他们更加强大、牙齿更加尖利的配偶凶残善妒的行为而在这里丢掉半只耳朵，在那里丢掉一些毛皮。

On this Moment of Science Yael and Don discuss some interesting findings about baboons .

本期科学时刻耶尔和丹会讨论关于狒狒的一些有趣的发现。

But baboons are on a whole different limb of the evolutionary tree.

但是狒狒和人类在进化树中处于完全不同的分支。

The findings in baboons may lend humans some added insight into our own social lives, the researchers said.

研究者说，对狒狒的这项发现或许可以为研究人类自身社会生活提供借鉴。

Indeed, an older study in baboons found that interstitial pulmonary oedema deelops after albumin infusion in haemorrhagic shock.

实际上，早前在狒狒模型的研究提示，在失血性休克状态下，应用白蛋白会使肺泡间隙水肿加重。