1．Unexplored passages shelter some of the island's—and the world's—strangest species, from the ghostly Decken's sifaka, a lemur, to a host of reptiles, insects, and plants.
一些未经发掘的通道成了这岛上及这个世界上最奇特生物的庇护所，它们就是来自于可怕的Decken's sifaka的狐猴，以爬行动物、昆虫及植物为食。

2． A queen's pet gazelle was readied for eternity with the same lavish care as a member of the royal family. In fine, blue-trimmed bandages and a custom-made wooden coffin, it accompanied its owner to the grave in about 945 B.C.
一位皇后的宠物瞪羚死后居然享有皇室成员的待遇，经过了“永生”的木乃伊处理。这只周身被精心包裹的木乃伊瞪羚被置于专门为它量身定制的木棺材里，从公元前945年起它就进入墓穴，并陪伴在它去世的主人身边。

3．The bird's aim is so unerring that even though a protective translucent membrane veils its eyes underwater, it can confidently catch fish to depths of two feet.
这只鸟的目标是如此的精准，以至于仅管在其下水后，其眼睛有自动保护膜的隔离，它仍能轻而易举地在两英尺深的水中捉到鱼。

4．Pooled amid the system of trenches and dams created in Satichiwadi, rainwater soaks slowly into the ground. That moisture will help sustain crops and increase grazing for herds of cattle and goats.
由地沟间的小洼地及Satichiwadi村建的大坝所聚集的雨水慢慢地浸入了田地。这些水分就可以保持庄稼的生长，并能增加牧场上牛羊的数量。

5．This vigilant yellow eye belongs to a Nile crocodile, a fearsome hunter perfected by epochs of evolutionary trial and error. Over the course of 240 million years, these predators and their kin have come to rule the netherworld between dry land and deep water. But as their habitats dwindle, many croc species face an uncertain future.
这咱警觉的黄色眼珠属于尼罗河鳄，一种经反复进化升级而不断完美的可怕的猎手。在2.4亿年的进化过程中，这些食肉动物及其亲戚基本控制了干地与深水之间的领域。但随着它们栖息地的减少，许多种类鳄鱼所面临的前途未卜。

6．Lovingly preserved, a hunting dog whose bandages fell off long ago likely belonged to a pharaoh. As a royal pet, it "would have been fed nibbly bits and spoiled rotten," says Salima Ikram. When it died, it was interred in a specially prepared tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
一只猎狗被很爱惜地保存了下来，应该本属于法老的绷带用在了它的向上，而且早已脱落了。Salima Ikram说，作为一只皇家宠物，它“应该被精心的地喂养且受到娇惯”。它死了的时候，它被埋葬在国王谷中特定的一座坟墓里。

7．Switzerland—Curiosity seekers stroll inside a crop circle etched in a Corcelles-près-Payerne wheat field in 2007. More than 200 feet in diameter, the pattern was spied by a Swiss military pilot flying over the Broye region.
瑞士：2007年，一群好奇的搜索者在一个被风化的麦田圈里漫步。直径超过了200英尺，此地被怀疑为瑞士军队Broye地区试飞的地点。

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