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科普阅读:雄蜘蛛用假礼物引诱雌性

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Male nursery web spiders lure mates with silk-wrapped offerings, only some of which contain tasty treats. Cynthia Graber reports

雄性保育蛛用丝裹的物品引诱雌性,只有部分这类物品里面有美味的食物。辛西娅·格雷伯报导。
Male nursery web spiders often woo potential lady-friends with gifts wrapped in silk. Mating may ensue, during which a female unspools the present, expecting to find a tasty treat. But the males can be unscrupulous. Some offerings contain inedible plant seeds or empty insect exoskeletons.
雄性保育蛛通常用丝裹的礼物像潜在的对象求爱。交配可能随之而来,在此期间雌性解开礼物外层裹着的丝,期待找到美味的食物。但雄蜘蛛可就有点不道德了,一些礼物里面是不能吃的植物种子或者昆虫空骨头。
How do males get away with such egregious behavior?
雄蜘蛛是如何用这些恶劣的行为侥幸成功的?
Researchers provided males with potential gifts—either a fly or an inedible item, such as a bit of cotton. Other males had to give it a shot with no gift at all.
研究人员给部分雄蜘蛛一只苍蝇或者一些不能吃的东西,比如一点棉花,做为可能的礼物。而另一部分雄蜘蛛,则试试看完全没有礼物会怎样。
The empty-handed males were mostly unsuccessful at mating. Whereas those with a gift could get the girl. But if the gift was worthless, the females quickly realized the deceit and pushed the copulating males off. Which gave the males less time to transfer sperm.
两手空空的雄蜘蛛几乎都未成功交配。而那些有礼物的能够得到雌性的青睐。但如果礼物毫无价值,雌蜘蛛会很快发现这个骗局并把雄蜘蛛从身体推开,这使得雄蜘蛛没有足够时间完成交配。

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deceit [di'si:t]

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n. 欺骗,诡计,不诚实

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ensue [in'sju:]

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v. 跟着发生,继起,因而产生

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unscrupulous [ʌn'skru:pjuləs]

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adj. 肆无忌惮的,不道德的

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tasty ['teisti]

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adj. 好吃的

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transfer [træns'fə:]

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n. 迁移,移动,换车
v. 转移,调转,调任

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unsuccessful [,ʌnsək'sesful]

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adj. 失败的;不成功的

 
contain [kən'tein]

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vt. 包含,容纳,克制,抑制
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worthless ['wə:θlis]

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potential [pə'tenʃəl]

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adj. 可能的,潜在的
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woo [wu:]

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