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 And there is something else unusual about a T-Rex’s nose. The nostrils1 are a huge 25 centimeters apart, which means T-Rex can smell in stereo. It can triangulate an odor and pinpoint2 its exact source. 

 
T-Rex could walk into a crowded auditorium3 and in a few seconds identify every single person and creature by its own idiosyncratic odors.
 
This female, desperate to eat, picks up the scent4 of a meal, but it’s the scent of an animal that even the strongest Tyrannosaurus prefers not the tackle.
 
(That’s) the most dangerous challenge that any big carnivore ever faced, was the swinging head of Triceratops. It’s like a gigantic white rhinoceros5 on steroids. 
 
At eight meters long and three meters tall, a fully6 grown Triceratops can reach six tons in weight.
 
If there’s an animal whose scent would frighten a T-Rex, it’s Triceratops. 
 
T-Rex is well aware of the risks. Its cerebrum has information stored from previous encounters. It knows the danger ahead. Overpowering a Triceratops means tackling a beast with meter-long horns covered in rock-hard keratin and a body protected by a bony shield. But ensuring the survival of her genes7 for another generation would be worth a fight.
 

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1 nostrils 23a65b62ec4d8a35d85125cdb1b4410e     
鼻孔( nostril的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • Her nostrils flared with anger. 她气得两个鼻孔都鼓了起来。
  • The horse dilated its nostrils. 马张大鼻孔。
2 pinpoint xNExL     
vt.准确地确定；用针标出…的精确位置
参考例句：
  • It is difficult to pinpoint when water problems of the modern age began.很难准确地指出，现代用水的问题是什么时候出现的。
  • I could pinpoint his precise location on a map.我能在地图上指明他的准确位置。
3 auditorium HO6yK     
n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂
参考例句：
  • The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
  • The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。
4 scent WThzs     
n.气味，香味，香水，线索，嗅觉；v.嗅，发觉
参考例句：
  • The air was filled with the scent of lilac.空气中弥漫着丁香花的芬芳。
  • The flowers give off a heady scent at night.这些花晚上散发出醉人的芳香。
5 rhinoceros tXxxw     
n.犀牛
参考例句：
  • The rhinoceros has one horn on its nose.犀牛鼻子上有一个角。
  • The body of the rhinoceros likes a cattle and the head likes a triangle.犀牛的形体像牛，头呈三角形。
6 fully Gfuzd     
adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地
参考例句：
  • The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
  • They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。
7 genes 01914f8eac35d7e14afa065217edd8c0     
n.基因( gene的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • You have good genes from your parents, so you should live a long time. 你从父母那儿获得优良的基因，所以能够活得很长。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • Differences will help to reveal the functions of the genes. 它们间的差异将会帮助我们揭开基因多种功能。 来自英汉非文学 - 生命科学 - 生物技术的世纪

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