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听说，星巴克有一种饮料是用小虫子的尸体做成的，香草冰淇淋里有海狸屁股的分泌物，狗和猫都是色盲，蝙蝠是瞎子？不要再散播谣言了，听科学家来一一澄清误解。 The animal kingdom is home to one remarkable fact after another. 动物王国里充满了一个又一个神奇的事实。 To name a few: Sperm whales can hold their breath for an hour, the most venomous animal on Earth is a snail, and tiny freshwater hydras can live so long they may as well be immortal. 举几个例子来说：抹香鲸可以屏住呼吸一个小时，地球上毒性最大的动物是蜗牛，微小的淡水水螅属动物可以活很长很长时间，几乎可以说是长生不老。 But for each surprisingly true assertion about animals, there's invariably another that's exaggerated, misguided, or just plain wrong. 但是每一个关于动物的惊人真相身边总是伴随着另一个被夸大、误导或完全错误的言论。 下面是几个关于动物最常见的误解，以及它们背后的真相——或者最接近真相的认识。 MYTH: Beaver butt secretions are in your vanilla ice cream and other foods. 误解一：香草冰淇淋和其他食品里有海狸屁股的分泌物。 You've probably heard that a secretion called castoreum, isolated from the anal gland of a beaver, is used in flavourings and perfumes. | 
