Confident in its camouflage, being the same colour as the rocks, the lizard stands still when it feels danger.

蜥蜴对自己和石头颜色相同的保护色很自信，即便感觉危险也不动。

Neither the lizard nor the glass has any secrets.

无论是蜥蜴还是玻璃，都没有任何秘密。

It might be too windy, or there might be a hungry lizard waiting out there.

也许外面风很大，或外面正有着一只饥饿的蜥蜴在等候。

The Snail, much against her usual habit, began to run like a lizard under a summer sun.

这只蜗牛，大大违反了她的常态，开始像蜥蜴一样在夏日阳光下的奔跑。

Although the lizard may stake a claim to its habitat, it exerts total indifference toward the well-being of its young.

尽管蜥蜴可能对栖息地有要求，它对幼仔的健康却完全漠不关心。

It also allows a mouse to do things that a lizard can't, like using experiences to anticipate danger instead of just responding to it.

它还允许老鼠做蜥蜴不能做的事，像使用经验预测危险，而不是仅能对其作出本能反应。

These lines are deeply carved into a flat, stony plain, and form about 300 intricate pictures of animals such as birds, a monkey, and a lizard.

这些线条被深深地雕刻在平坦的石质平原上，形成了大约300幅复杂的动物画，如鸟、猴子和蜥蜴。

After the islands separated, the isolated lizard populations would have become distinct species while also retaining their ancestors' niche adaptations.

岛屿分离后，孤立的蜥蜴种群将成为独特的物种，同时也保留了它们祖先的生态适应能力。

If something goes wrong—a hungry lizard prowling around for an ant snack, for instance—then a rush of ants returning without food sends waiting reserves a "Don't go out" signal.

如果出了什么问题——比如，一只饥饿的蜥蜴在四处寻找蚂蚁作为零食——那么一群没有食物的蚂蚁就会匆匆归来，给等待的蚂蚁发出“不要出去”的信号。

The lizard just wanted to be left alone.

这只蜥蜴只想自己待着。

The children decided to watch the lizard.

孩子们决定观察蜥蜴。

I see our lizard, raw and nearly new.

我看到了我们生嫩的、几乎是全新的蜥蜴。

A pet lizard was kept in a biology classroom.

生物教室里养了一只蜥蜴当宠物。

About five weeks ago, I noticed the skin of our pet lizard was growing dusty.

大约五周前，我发现我们的宠物蜥蜴的皮肤越来越灰暗。

Seconds later, our lizard emerged from its tank with its old skin flowing behind it.

几秒钟后，我们的蜥蜴从水箱里出来，旧皮在它后面流动。

Someone noticed that every time the alarms went off, the lizard was out of its cage.

有人注意到，每次警报一响，蜥蜴就从笼子里跑出来。

The large lizard noticed that whenever the alarm bell rang during the school's practice fire drills, all the children and their teachers ran out of the classroom, leaving the lizard behind, peaceful and quiet for a while.

这只大蜥蜴注意到，每当学校进行消防演习时，只要警铃一响，所有的孩子和老师都跑出教室，把蜥蜴留在教室里，能让它安静一会儿。

I reported the strange surface on the skin of the lizard to my husband and children the next morning.

第二天早上，我跟丈夫和孩子们说了蜥蜴的表皮很奇怪这件事。

As I watched him take off his basketball uniform and replace it with a baseball uniform, I saw him leaving behind the layer that no longer served him, just as our lizard had.

当我看着他脱下篮球服，换上棒球服时，我看到他脱下了那层不再适合他的衣服，就像我们的蜥蜴一样。

He looked like a giant lizard with legs and arms.

他看起来像一只巨大的蜥蜴，有手有脚。

The chameleon lizard has the most striking ability to do this.

变色龙在这方面有着最惊人的能力。

Adding yolk to a little egg of the lizard was a recipe for a female.

往小蜥蜴卵中添加卵黄便孵出了雌性蜥蜴。

Meetings are just one symptom of an organization run by the lizard brain.

会议只是这类靠蜥蜴脑运作的组织的一个症状。

She would show me flowers that look like cats claws, birds beaks, lions ears, doves feet, elks lips, and lizard tails growing right up out of the ground!

她指给我看的花朵有些长得像猫爪、像鸟嘴、像狮子耳朵、像鸽子脚、像麋鹿的嘴唇，还有些像从地里长出来的蜥蜴的尾巴！

It's the sandfish lizard, of course.

它当然是沙鱼喽。

The sandfish lizard, of course.

当然，是沙鱼蜥蜴喽。

Is it a cat, a lizard, or a bear?

是一只猫、一条蜥蜴还是一头熊？

Lizard love may also be touching.

蜥蜴之间的“爱情”，可能也很动人。

THE FAN LIZARD FLOATS across the clearing.

这个扇蜥蜴从空地上飘过。