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The newts are said to leave an odour trail that potential mates can follow. |
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The crocodile newt gets its name from the bumps along its back. |
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These are its defence. |
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If grabbed by a potential predator, the tips of its ribs squeeze a deadly poison from the bumps. |
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The deluge wakes another forest inhabitant. |
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This one is particularly astounding in its vigour! It can grow up to a metre a day, fast overtaking the other plants around it. The taller it grows, the faster its growth rate, so that in a matter of days it towers above the undergrowth, and continues reaching for the sky. Not bad for what is essentially a grass. It' s bamboo. |
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jù shuō è róng huì wèi qí qián zài de bàn lǚ liú xià qì wèi xiàn suǒ. lèi è róng yuán dé míng yú tā bèi shàng lín xún de tū qǐ. zhè shì tā men de tiān rán fáng yù. yī dàn bèi qián zài de ròu shí zhě bǔ huò, lèi gǔ de dǐng bù de lóng qǐ wù zhōng biàn huì jǐ yā chū zhì mìng de dú sù. bào yǔ huàn xǐng le lìng wài yī zhǒng sēn lín shēng wù. tā nà bó fā xiàng shàng de zhāo qì lìng rén tàn wéi guān zhǐ! tā yì tiān néng gòu shēng zhǎng yī mǐ, shǐ qí xùn sù ào shì sì zhōu. zhǎng de yù fā gāo tǐng zhǎng shì yù fā měng liè, shù rì jiān biàn bá dì ér qǐ líng jià yú guàn mù cóng zhī shàng, bìng qiě chí xù xiàng zhe tiān jì jìn fā. duì yú chū shēn cǎo gēn de tā ér yán gàn dé hái bù lài. tā jiù shì zhú zi. |