科学家网评“最萌小动物”：争晒掌上萌物

 　　Is there anything better than pictures of adorable animals?

　　还有什么事情能比讨人欢喜的动物照片更棒呢？

　　The creature-loving scientists, zoos, and aquariums¹ on Twitter definitely don't think so. This week, a variety of animal experts and organizations decided² to demonstrate just how passionate³ they are about the other species that call Earth home—the super cute ones, in particular.

　　推特上酷爱生物的科学家、动物园和水族馆人员可不那么认为。本周，各行各路的动物专家和组织机构决定展示下他们对其它物种是有多狂热，尤其是那些视地球为家园的超萌物种。

　　In a social media battle known as the #CuteOff, animal lovers everywhere shared photos of the most adorable critters for this fun competition.

　　在这场名为#斗萌的社交媒体大战中，各地的动物爱好者争相为这场趣味竞赛晒出最惹人爱的生物照片。

　　最萌小动物

　　They even started their own teams with hashtags like #TeamHerpetology and #TeamEntomology. Even though there was never a clear winner crowned, this competition turned Twitter into a sea of cute animal images, which makes us all the winners. We've collected some of our favorites and can't help but agree with every single entry—these are some really cute animals!

　　人们甚至各自组队，贴以主题标签，如#昆虫学之队和#爬虫学之队。虽然不曾有明确的冠军加冕，这场竞赛还是把推特变成一片可爱动物的照片海洋，人人都是赢家。这里收集了我们最爱的一组照片，不得不承认，张张萌翻，是真真正正可爱的小动物。

1 aquariums   

n.养鱼缸，水族馆( aquarium的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Biotope aquariums represent the natural environments of ornamental fish. 生态鱼缸表现出观赏鱼的自然生活环境。 来自互联网
• There are aquariums in many cities in the world. 世界上好多城市有水族馆。 来自互联网

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。