时差N小时 雄性的未来(下)

The ritual causes the lizard¹ acting² as the female to ovulate and lay her eggs.

这种仪式会引起扮演雌性角色的蜥蜴排卵并产卵。

Then, a few weeks later, the two lizards³ switch roles and repeat this process so that the second female will be able to ovulate and lay her eggs.

然后过几个星期，两只蜥蜴再交换角色，重复这种交配仪式，这样另一只雌蜥蜴就可以排卵，产卵了。

That is strange.

太奇怪了。

And it raises a lot of interesting questions.

这也引发了许多有趣的问题。

For example, it's not clear how well an all-female species can evolve and adapt to environmental changes.

例如，对于这种全雌物种如何更好地进化以适应环境变化目前还不清楚。

A species' survival depends in part on variation among its members.

一个物种的生存要部分依靠成员的变异。

If all the members of a species are identical,chances are greater that something like a change in the climate or a disease will wipe them all out.

如果所有的成员基因都一模一样，那么一遇到气候变化或者灾害，她们全军覆没的机会就很大。

So it might be a little early to do away with males.

所以排除雄性还为之过早。

Well, you know what they say. You can't live with them.

嗯，你知道她们是怎么说的。你没办法和他们一起生活。

You can't live without them.

但你的生活不能没有他们。

1 lizard   

n.蜥蜴，壁虎

参考例句：

• A chameleon is a kind of lizard.变色龙是一种蜥蜴。
• The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect.蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。

2 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

3 lizards   

n.蜥蜴( lizard的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Nothing lives in Pompeii except crickets and beetles and lizards. 在庞培城里除了蟋蟀、甲壳虫和蜥蜴外，没有别的生物。 来自辞典例句
• Can lizards reproduce their tails? 蜥蜴的尾巴断了以后能再生吗？ 来自辞典例句