Held up in between two human fingers, this amazing two-headed African Spurred Tortoise is a rare sight to behold - and even evolutionist Charles Darwin would struggle to explain its unique deformity.
這只極為罕見的雙頭五腿的非洲盾臂龜小到用人的兩只手指便可將其拾起，它的奇異外形恐怕是連進(jìn)化論者達(dá)爾文見了也要驚嘆不已，恐怕要推翻他的“進(jìn)化論”觀點(diǎn)了。

Delicate, precious and tiny, this pair, who have been handed two names - Madga (left head) and Lenka - are only seven weeks' old.
這只袖珍玲瓏的小生物僅有幾個月大，兩個頭有各自不同的名字，左邊的腦袋叫做Madga，右邊的叫做Lenka。

The duo, born in Slovenia in mind November, also have five legs (one more than normal) and were displayed in Zilina today.
這雙小家伙出在去年11月中旬生于斯洛文尼亞，它們“共享有”五條腿(比“正?！鼻闆r多一條)，近日在日利納對外展示。

Although the tortoise looks small now, it should grow much, much bigger. In fact, the species are the third largest in the world, after Darwin's friends, the Galapagos Tortoise, and the Aldabra Giant Turtle.
盡管目前這只烏龜體積尚小，但日后它會長得很大，事實(shí)上，它是同類物種中體積第三大的龜類，僅次于加拉帕戈斯陸龜，亞達(dá)伯拉龜。

The African spurred tortoise, which in Latin is Geochelone sulcata (geo - earth; chelone - tortoise; and sulcus - furrow (in reference to the distinctive scales))， is the biggest mainland tortoise in the world.
非洲盾臂龜是世界上最大型的陸地龜。

Usually they inhabit the southern edge of the Sahara desert, in northern Africa and adults are usually 18 inches (45 cm) in shell length, and weigh 70 to 100 pounds.
它們通常生活在撒哈拉沙漠南邊緣和北非，成年龜?shù)凝敋た蛇_(dá)45厘米長，體重會達(dá)到70至100磅。

The lifespan of an African Spurred Tortoise is about 30-50 years, though can live much longer - the oldest in captivity is 54 years, located in the Giza Zoological Gardens, Egypt, 1986.
非洲盾臂龜?shù)膲勖ǔＴ?0到50年間，而在1986年，一家埃及動物園中圈養(yǎng)的非洲盾臂龜活到了54歲，這是其中最長壽的一只。