南非惊现新种蟑螂 跳跃能力堪比蟋蟀
<p><span word="Scientists">Scientists</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="species">species</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="send">send</span> <span word="shudders">shudders</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> - <span word="jumping">jumping</span> <span word="cockroaches">cockroaches</span>. 来自南非的科学家们的发现可能会让整个世界为之一振：他们发现了极具跳跃天赋的“小强”。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="previously">previously</span>-<span word="unknown">unknown</span> <span word="insect">insect</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="leaping">leaping</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="undergrowth">undergrowth</span> <span word="inside">inside</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Table">Table</span> <span word="Mountain">Mountain</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Park">Park</span> <span word="near">near</span> <span word="Cape">Cape</span> <span word="Town">Town</span>.</p><p>这种在之前从未被人类所知的生物是在南非开普敦的桌山国家公园的灌木丛中所发现的。</p><p><span word="And">And</span> <span word="while">while</span> <span word="millions">millions</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="homeowners">homeowners</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bug">bug</span>-<span word="haters">haters</span> <span word="might">might</span> <span word="wince">wince</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="thought">thought</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="discovery">discovery</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="hailed">hailed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="scientific">scientific</span> <span word="triumph">triumph</span>.</p><p>这大概会使得不少住家户与讨厌昆虫的人们恨得咬牙切齿，不过这在科学领域中却是一次值得欢呼的发现。</p><p><span word="This">This</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="jumping">jumping</span> <span word="cockroach">cockroach</span> - <span word="nicknamed">nicknamed</span> <span word="the">the</span> '<span word="leaproach">leaproach</span>' - <span word="was">was</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="top">top</span> 10 <span word="new">new</span> <span word="species">species</span> <span word="for">for</span> 2011.</p><p>这种擅于跳跃的蟑螂有着“<span word="leaproach">leaproach</span>”的绰号，在本月被列为了2011的十大新物种之一。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="unusual">unusual</span> <span word="creature">creature</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="spotted">spotted</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="African">African</span> <span word="biologists">biologists</span> <span word="Mike">Mike</span> <span word="Picker">Picker</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Jonathan">Jonathan</span> <span word="Colville">Colville</span>.</p><p>这种非同一般的生物是由南非的生物学家<span word="Mike">Mike</span> <span word="Picker">Picker</span>和<span word="Jonathan">Jonathan</span> <span word="Colville">Colville</span>最先发现的。</p><p><span word="Professor">Professor</span> <span word="Picker">Picker</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Cape">Cape</span> <span word="Town">Town</span>, <span word="today">today</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="zoologists">zoologists</span> <span word="discovered">discovered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="insect">insect</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="chance">chance</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="searched">searched</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="flies">flies</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="project">project</span>.</p><p>任教于开普敦大学的<span word="Picker">Picker</span>教授表示，他们是在一项以苍蝇所目标的研究的过程中所意外发现的。</p>
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