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鼠狐猴性格各不相同
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anyone who has ever owned a pet will tell you that it has a unique personality. yet only in the last 10 years has the study of animal personality started to gain ground with behavioral ecologists, said jennifer verdolin of the national 1 synthesis center, in durham, nc.
 
she and a colleague have now found distinct 2 in the grey mouse lemur(狐猴) (microcebus murinus), the tiny, saucer-eyed 3 native to the african island of madagascar.
 
in a study published in the journal 4, verdolin gave fourteen gray mouse lemurs living at the duke lemur center a personality test.
 
verdolin filmed the lemurs' reactions to a variety of familiar and 5 objects -- such as a tissue box, an egg carton, an orange ball, and a stuffed toy frog -- which she placed one at a time into the animals' enclosures. she then measured how long it took each animal to work up the nerve to approach and investigate each object. mouse lemurs that were quick to approach objects were considered "bold," whereas those that behaved more cautiously were considered "shy."
 
she also 6 how 7(激动的,焦虑的) the lemurs got when handled by their human caretakers during routine weigh-ins and cleanings.
 
verdolin found that those that hung back were also harder for their human caretakers to handle, meaning the lemurs' distinct personality traits held up across a range of situations.
 
the report that mouse lemurs have distinct personalities doesn't come as a shock to staff at the duke lemur center. "[the mouse lemur named] pesto is very chatty. asparagus gets beat up by the girls. wasabi is mean as sin, and her favorite flavor is human fingers," said duke lemur center researcher sarah zehr, who was not an author of the study. other scientists have also found evidence of personality differences among grey mouse lemurs living in the wild.
 
but for animals living in 8, verdolin hopes that personality studies like hers will help researchers determine which individuals are best candidates for breeding programs or for reintroduction back into the wild, as has been done with the north american swift fox, the giant panda, and the golden lion tamarin(绢毛猴).
 
the next step, verdolin says, is to determine the extent to which lemur personalities are influenced by the presence of other individuals, or whether behavioral training for some personality types could improve their chances of surviving in the wild.


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1 ctqz7m     
adj.进化的;演化的,演变的;[生]进化论的
参考例句:
  • life has its own evolutionary process.生命有其自身的进化过程。
  • these are fascinating questions to be resolved by the evolutionary studies of plants.这些十分吸引人的问题将在研究植物进化过程中得以解决。
2 ylozsg     
n. 诽谤,(对某人容貌、性格等所进行的)人身攻击; 人身攻击;人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • there seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
  • personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。
3 a1yzi     
n.灵长类(目)动物,首席主教;adj.首要的
参考例句:
  • 14 percent of primate species are highly endangered.14%的灵长类物种处于高度濒危状态。
  • the woolly spider monkey is the largest primate in the americas.绒毛蛛猴是美洲最大的灵长类动物。
4 9536f12c27d026e37c108bd6fc53dbba     
primate的复数
参考例句:
  • primates are alert, inquisitive animals. 灵长目动物是机灵、好奇的动物。
  • consciousness or cerebration has been said to have emerged in the evolution of higher primates. 据说意识或思考在较高级灵长类的进化中已出现。
5 uk6w4     
adj.陌生的,不熟悉的
参考例句:
  • i am unfamiliar with the place and the people here.我在这儿人地生疏。
  • the man seemed unfamiliar to me.这人很面生。
6 5n4zxc     
adj.著名的,知名的
参考例句:
  • the local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
7 dzgzc2     
adj.被鼓动的,不安的
参考例句:
  • his answers were all mixed up,so agitated was he.他是那样心神不定,回答全乱了。
  • she was agitated because her train was an hour late.她乘坐的火车晚点一个小时,她十分焦虑。
8 qrjzv     
n.囚禁;被俘;束缚
参考例句:
  • a zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
  • he was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
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