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 The business world is sometimes described figuratively as doggy dog. In the state of Maharastra, in western India, the situation is literally1 cat eat dog. Where the cats are leopards3 and dogs are, well, dogs. That's the findings of a  wildlife conservation society study published in the journal <Oryx>. The paper points out that big cat ecology and predator-prey4 interactions in tropical regions are typically studied in natural systems. The majority of the prey in those cases are angulates, zinc5, zebras or deer. But in human dominated areas, especially agricultural ones, you can have large populations of domesticated6 animals of big attraction from any hungry wildlife. Researchers examined 85 leopards' scads, because that's how you do this kind of research, and 87 percent of the prey biomass they were covered was from domestic animals, with nearly half of that coming from dogs, many of them presumably feral. livestock7 makes up only a small part of the leopard2 diet. For example, goats outnumber dogs 701 but are just 11 percent of meals for the cats. Probably because of their pendin at night. Those numbers are good news because they may calm farmer's fears about heavy losses of  agriculturally valuable species. Of course, it's not good news for the dogs.


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1 literally 28Wzv     
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实
参考例句:
  • He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
  • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候,她不走到真正要昏厥了,决不肯坐下来。
2 leopard n9xzO     
n.豹
参考例句:
  • I saw a man in a leopard skin yesterday.我昨天看见一个穿着豹皮的男人。
  • The leopard's skin is marked with black spots.豹皮上有黑色斑点。
3 leopards 5b82300b95cf3e47ad28dae49f1824d1     
n.豹( leopard的名词复数 );本性难移
参考例句:
  • Lions, tigers and leopards are all cats. 狮、虎和豹都是猫科动物。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • For example, airlines never ship leopards and canaries on the same flight. 例如,飞机上从来不会同时运送豹和金丝雀。 来自英语晨读30分(初三)
4 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。
5 zinc DfxwX     
n.锌;vt.在...上镀锌
参考例句:
  • Brass is formed by the fusion of copper and zinc.黄铜是通过铜和锌的熔合而成的。
  • Zinc is used to protect other metals from corrosion.锌被用来保护其他金属不受腐蚀。
6 domesticated Lu2zBm     
adj.喜欢家庭生活的;(指动物)被驯养了的v.驯化( domesticate的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • He is thoroughly domesticated and cooks a delicious chicken casserole. 他精于家务,烹制的砂锅炖小鸡非常可口。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The donkey is a domesticated form of the African wild ass. 驴是非洲野驴的一种已驯化的品种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 livestock c0Wx1     
n.家畜,牲畜
参考例句:
  • Both men and livestock are flourishing.人畜两旺。
  • The heavy rains and flooding killed scores of livestock.暴雨和大水淹死了许多牲口。

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