carnivores

Birds of prey are the hunters of the sky, powerfully equipped carnivores whose roots reach back to the age of the dinosaurs.

猛禽是装备精良的空中猎人，其起源可以追溯到恐龙的时代。

Maybe we'll have to ask about this in relation to other carnivores, where you would expect hyenas to be very curious and innovative.

也许我们会就此向其他食肉动物进行调查，这样可以期盼发现鬣狗有着很强的好奇心与独创力。

But pigs, like many carnivores, are relatively large animals with enlarged canine teeth, so they would be better able to fend off an attack.

但是猪，像很多肉食动物一样，它们是比较大的动物，具有大犬齿，所以它们在水里能更好地抵抗袭击。

But in all carnivores, the lower canines are in the front of jaws, and only if the mouth is wide open are the upper canines exposed.

但是，在所有食肉动物中，下犬牙位于颌的前面，只有当嘴张大时上犬牙才能暴露出来。

Today, bankers and traders sit at the top of the food chain -- the carnivores of the system, devouring everyone and everything below.

如今，银行家和贸易商们端坐在食物链的顶端——他们是这个系统中的食肉动物，吞噬着其下的所有人和所有东西。

Other carnivores are also likely to fall foul of flu, he says, adding that his group is now also looking at ferrets, foxes and seals.

其它的食肉动物也可能感染流感，他说，为此他的研究组现在正在观察白鼬、狐狸和海豹。

It's easier than you think to make Meatless Monday a weekly ritual. . . even for the biggest carnivores out there.

每周一不吃肉做起来比想象的容易得多，即使是最大的食肉动物。

Studying the ecology of carnivores in the rainforest, he thinks like a desperate civet running out of territory.

主攻热带雨林肉食动物生态学的他，思考起来像是跑出领地的绝望麝猫。

Almost all life in the savanna depends on the grass; carnivores lurk in it to stalk the herbivores feeding on the grass.

在热带草原上，几乎所有的生物都依赖于草丛生活，而食肉动物也潜伏于此，准备捕获食草动物。

Road kill, largely in the form of horses hit by cars, provides much of the meat for the carnivores at Villa Lorena.

被车轧死的动物——主要是被车撞死的马匹——为洛伦娜别墅的食肉动物提供了大量的肉食。

This leaves room for a smaller group of "carnivores" to try to beat the market by exploiting inefficiencies and anomalies.

这为那些试图利用市场无效性和反常来跑赢大市的少数“食肉动物”留出了空间。

Some of the hirelings and other shepherds I'm acquainted with have seen me battle a few of those big carnivores.

和我一起牧羊的人都看见过我和野兽搏斗。

True carnivores sigh in disgust, but could the grass-eaters be merely the latest flowering of an old tradition?

食肉者为此感到厌恶，叹着气，但是，或许食草就是旧传统的最新显露吧？

Cats are strict carnivores with a need and a preference for animal protein, not grain.

猫猫与其他小动物有严格的区别，他们偏爱动物蛋白，而不太喜欢谷物

Like other large carnivores, tigers need ample space and prey to thrive: Each animal might eat 50 deer a year.

类似于其他大型食肉动物，老虎的兴盛需要足够的空间和食物：每只老虎一年可能要吃50只鹿。

Battles between these mega carnivores must have been quite a spectacle.

这些大家伙之间的争斗场面肯定相当壮观。

With no mammalian carnivores, birds and reptiles faced less competition for food, accounting for some of their massive size.

岛上某些动物为什么会有巨型身材呢？原因是岛上没有肉食动物，鸟类和爬行动物面临的捕食竞争较小。

Grazing herbivores would be deprived of their food source and die, depriving carnivores of their food source too.

食草动物会因失去食物而死，紧接着食肉动物也会因它们的食物缺乏而灭亡。

they have to run fast, kill fast, and eat fast before other carnivores try to move in on their kill.

它们不得不跑得快、快速杀死猎物和快速进食以赶在其他食肉动物尝试抢夺它们的猎物前。

Of course, given that polar bears are immense carnivores, the notion that they might on occasion attack humans is not exactly shocking.

当然，北极熊是巨大的食肉动物，认为北极熊会偶尔袭击人类的观念也并不使人震惊。