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   Chimps1 show other chimps how to use tools. My roommate showed me some tricks to make better scrambled2 eggs. Group members teaching each other is called cultural transmission. And a study finds that a cultural transmission is behind the spread of hunting techniques among humpback whales off New England. The research is in the Journal Science. It's called loptail feeding. A humpback whale slaps the surface of the water with its tail. The resulting bubbles pen in prey3 fish, which the whales gobble up. Researchers first sought lobtail feeding in 1980. Within 30 years, 37 percent of the observed humpback had picked up the techiques. To create mathematical models for the spreading of lobtail feeding, researchers used 27 years of data from wild-watching boats in the Gulf4 of Maine. And the model that included cultural transmission as a factor, best match the data. Those models assumed that humpback whales that spent more time with lobtail feeders were more likely to pick up the methods themselves. Clearly, whales are capable of sophisticated social interactions-and we've only seen the tip of the tail.


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1 chimps 2a09048610e52de775e2fe426c063f06     
(非洲)黑猩猩( chimp的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • Chimps are too scarce, and too nearly human, to be routinely slaughtered for spare parts. 黑猩猩又太少,也太接近于人类,不可以作为人器官备用件说杀就杀。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 医学的第四次革命
  • And as nonprimates, they provoke fewer ethical and safety-related concerns than chimps or baboons. 而且作为非灵长类,就不会产生像用黑猩猩或狒狒那样的伦理和安全方面的顾虑。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 医学的第四次革命
2 scrambled 2e4a1c533c25a82f8e80e696225a73f2     
v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞
参考例句:
  • Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 prey g1czH     
n.被掠食者,牺牲者,掠食;v.捕食,掠夺,折磨
参考例句:
  • Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
  • The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。
4 gulf 1e0xp     
n.海湾;深渊,鸿沟;分歧,隔阂
参考例句:
  • The gulf between the two leaders cannot be bridged.两位领导人之间的鸿沟难以跨越。
  • There is a gulf between the two cities.这两座城市间有个海湾。

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