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1. Elephants are pregnant for 2 years.
大象懷孕時長為兩年。

Both African and Asian elephants have a pregnancy that runs for 21-22 months.
非洲象和亞洲象的懷孕時長都需要21-22個月。

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2. Elephants and dogs are the only animals that seem to instinctively understand pointing.
大象和狗是唯一生來就能理解指令的動物。

Pet dogs and elephants are the only non-human creatures that understand the gesture. However, chimpanzees can be trained too.
寵物狗和大象是唯一非人類而能理解手勢的生物。不過，黑猩猩經(jīng)過訓(xùn)練也可以。

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3. Most of the elephants actually weigh less than the tongue of a blue whale.
其實大多數(shù)大象的體重還不及一頭藍(lán)鯨的舌頭。

A blue whale is bigger than twenty five elephants!
一頭藍(lán)鯨比25頭大象加起來都大！

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4. Adult elephants cannot jump.
成年大象不會跳。

But it's a myth that it's the only animal that can't. It is joined by few others: rhinoceroses, hippopotamuses and lazy sloths.
但說大象是唯一不會跳的動物純屬謠言，還有幾種動物也不會跳：犀牛、河馬和懶惰的樹懶。

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5. Elephants kill more than 500 people every year. They have been known to also kill grown rhinos.
大象每年殺死500多人，據(jù)悉它們也會殺死成年河馬。

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6. Elephants can breathe through their foreheads.
大象能通過額頭呼吸。

Yes, they have internal nares, leading to their lungs, high on their foreheads.
是的，他們有連通肺部的內(nèi)鼻孔，在額頭較高的位置。

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7. When times are tough for elephants, they comfort each other with touch.
遇到困難時，它們彼此觸摸安慰。

They are highly empathic – they use their trunks to console each other.
它們具有高度的同情心——用鼻子安慰彼此。

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8. Elephants can get sunburned.
大象會被曬傷。

They don't have tons of SPF creme, so they protect themselves from the sun by throwing sand on their backs and heads.
它們沒有那么多防曬油脂，所以要往后背和頭部揚沙子來防曬。

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9. Elephants are the only mammals, other than humans, that have chins. Elephant is also the only animals that can fold a towel!
大象是除人類之外哺乳動物中唯一有下巴的，也是唯一會疊毛巾的動物！

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10. Elephants can be taught to paint from memory. Such their ability is used in many zoos for entertainment.
大象可以學(xué)會憑著記憶作畫，這種能力在很多動物園被作為娛樂項目。

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11. The elephant trunk serves as a nose, a hand, an extra foot, a signaling device and a tool for gathering food, siphoning water, dusting, digging and much more.
象鼻可用作鼻子、手、第五條腿、信號發(fā)射器、收集食物、吸水、除塵和挖掘的工具等。

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12. An elephant’s tooth can weight as much as three kilograms. That is actually the approximate size of a brick!
一顆大象牙齒可重達(dá)3千克，幾乎和一塊磚同等大?。?/div>