| There are many strange objects locked away in the museum stores. But this is one of the strangest. It's known as Darwin's Sphinx moth from Madagascar. Darwin didn't know anything about the moth to start with. He was working on pollination in orchids, and he was sent some orchid flowers, and among these was this Madagascan Star Orchid. The orchid had an extraordinarily long tube. Darwin deduced that the only creature in Madagascar that could pollinate this flower was a type of hawk moth. One with a tongue long enough to reach 30 centimetres down to the nectar. He knew of no example of a moth that had a long enough tongue to pollinate this. But he made a prediction that such a moth would one day be found. | |
| 博物馆的储藏室里锁着许许多多奇怪生物，但这只是奇中之奇。这个马达加斯加贵客被称为达尔文之谜。达尔文一开始对蛾子一无所知，那时他在研究兰花授粉，有人寄来了一些兰花，其中就有这种马达加斯加彗星兰。这种兰花花冠特别细切长，达尔文推断出在马达加斯加，只有一种鹰蛾能为它传粉。它30厘米长的舌头，可以深入花蕊底部。他之前从没有听说过哪种蛾子有这么长的舌头。但是他这样预言，总有一天人们会发现这种蛾子。 |
| There are many strange objects locked away in the museum stores. But this is one of the strangest. It' s known as Darwin' s Sphinx moth from Madagascar. Darwin didn' t know anything about the moth to start with. He was working on pollination in orchids, and he was sent some orchid flowers, and among these was this Madagascan Star Orchid. The orchid had an extraordinarily long tube. Darwin deduced that the only creature in Madagascar that could pollinate this flower was a type of hawk moth. One with a tongue long enough to reach 30 centimetres down to the nectar. He knew of no example of a moth that had a long enough tongue to pollinate this. But he made a prediction that such a moth would one day be found. | |
| bo wu guan de chu cang shi li suo zhe xu xu duo duo qi guai sheng wu, dan zhe zhi shi qi zhong zhi qi. zhe ge ma da jia si jia gui ke bei cheng wei da er wen zhi mi. da er wen yi kai shi dui e zi yi wu suo zhi, na shi ta zai yan jiu lan hua shou fen, you ren ji lai le yi xie lan hua, qi zhong jiu you zhe zhong ma da jia si jia hui xing lan. zhe zhong lan hua hua guan te bie xi qie zhang, da er wen tui duan chu zai ma da jia si jia, zhi you yi zhong ying e neng wei ta chuan fen. ta 30 li mi zhang de she tou, ke yi shen ru hua rui di bu. ta zhi qian cong mei you ting shuo guo na zhong e zi you zhe me zhang de she tou. dan shi ta zhe yang yu yan, zong you yi tian ren men hui fa xian zhe zhong e zi. |
| There are many strange objects locked away in the museum stores. But this is one of the strangest. It' s known as Darwin' s Sphinx moth from Madagascar. Darwin didn' t know anything about the moth to start with. He was working on pollination in orchids, and he was sent some orchid flowers, and among these was this Madagascan Star Orchid. The orchid had an extraordinarily long tube. Darwin deduced that the only creature in Madagascar that could pollinate this flower was a type of hawk moth. One with a tongue long enough to reach 30 centimetres down to the nectar. He knew of no example of a moth that had a long enough tongue to pollinate this. But he made a prediction that such a moth would one day be found. | |
| bó wù guǎn de chǔ cáng shì lǐ suǒ zhe xǔ xǔ duō duō qí guài shēng wù, dàn zhè zhǐ shì qí zhōng zhī qí. zhè gè mǎ dá jiā sī jiā guì kè bèi chēng wéi dá ěr wén zhī mí. dá ěr wén yī kāi shǐ duì é zi yī wú suǒ zhī, nà shí tā zài yán jiū lán huā shòu fěn, yǒu rén jì lái le yī xiē lán huā, qí zhōng jiù yǒu zhè zhǒng mǎ dá jiā sī jiā huì xīng lán. zhè zhǒng lán huā huā guān tè bié xì qiè zhǎng, dá ěr wén tuī duàn chū zài mǎ dá jiā sī jiā, zhǐ yǒu yī zhǒng yīng é néng wéi tā chuán fěn. tā 30 lí mǐ zhǎng de shé tou, kě yǐ shēn rù huā ruǐ dǐ bù. tā zhī qián cóng méi yǒu tīng shuō guò nǎ zhǒng é zi yǒu zhè me zhǎng de shé tou. dàn shì tā zhè yàng yù yán, zǒng yǒu yì tiān rén men huì fā xiàn zhè zhǒng é zi. |
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