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 It's a digestive process more like those of carnivores. And Sauroposeidon has another trick for growing to mammoth1 proportions--hollow bones. Its backbone2, neck, and ribs3 have walls just a few milometer’s thick. Even its limbs are far less dense4 than the bones of many mammals.

 
To look at these big sauropods like Sauroposeidon, they're growing to 20, 30, 40, 50 tons, and they're doing it in a space of just two or three decades.
 
Sauropods grow in spurts5, depending on their age, the season, and the availability of food. Scientists know this because their growth is recorded as rings, like rings in a tree trunk. 
 
For the first few years of a Sauroposeidon's life, predators6 are at every turn. One of the most common, Deinonychus is also one of the most deadly. 
 
Cunning, definitely cunning. Big brain. Smart.
 
It's the sort of creature that seems very adapt for doing a lot of damage in a short amount of time.
 
Nasty. Deinonychus is a very, very nasty animal that, you know, you meet up with one of these, and your chances of being disemboweled are pretty great.
 
For something like Deinonychus, Sauroposeidon will be a great meal.
 
For the herbivore Sauroposeidon, death by Deinonychus is violent and painful. It's a kill not unlike today's hyenas7, one of the Serengeti's most effective predators.
 
When hyenas bite through the gut8 of antelope9, it just stops. It's functionally10 dead.
 
While juveniles11 fight it out in the woodlands, adult Sauroposeidon are, as always, foraging12 for food. With their tiny brains, they live in a world of oblivion, seemingly unaware13 of the fate of their offspring. 
 

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1 mammoth u2wy8     
n.长毛象；adj.长毛象似的，巨大的
参考例句：
  • You can only undertake mammoth changes if the finances are there.资金到位的情况下方可进行重大变革。
  • Building the new railroad will be a mammoth job.修建那条新铁路将是一项巨大工程。
2 backbone ty0z9B     
n.脊骨，脊柱，骨干；刚毅，骨气
参考例句：
  • The Chinese people have backbone.中国人民有骨气。
  • The backbone is an articulate structure.脊椎骨是一种关节相连的结构。
3 ribs 24fc137444401001077773555802b280     
n.肋骨( rib的名词复数 )；（船或屋顶等的）肋拱；肋骨状的东西；（织物的）凸条花纹
参考例句：
  • He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。
  • Make a small incision below the ribs. 在肋骨下方切开一个小口。
4 dense aONzX     
a.密集的，稠密的，浓密的；密度大的
参考例句：
  • The general ambushed his troops in the dense woods. 将军把部队埋伏在浓密的树林里。
  • The path was completely covered by the dense foliage. 小路被树叶厚厚地盖了一层。
5 spurts 8ccddee69feee5657ab540035af5f753     
短暂而突然的活动或努力( spurt的名词复数 )； 突然奋起
参考例句：
  • Great spurts of gas shoot out of the sun. 太阳气体射出形成大爆发。
  • Spurts of warm rain blew fitfully against their faces. 阵阵温热的雨点拍打在他们脸上。
6 predators 48b965855934a5395e409c1112d94f63     
n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 )；奴役他人者（尤指在财务或性关系方面）
参考例句：
  • birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
  • The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 hyenas f7b0c2304b9433d9f69980a715aa6dbe     
n.鬣狗( hyena的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • These animals were the prey of hyenas. 这些动物是鬣狗的猎物。 来自辞典例句
  • We detest with horror the duplicity and villainy of the murderous hyenas of Bukharinite wreckers. 我们非常憎恨布哈林那帮两面三刀、杀人破坏，干尽坏事的豺狼。 来自辞典例句
8 gut MezzP     
n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏
参考例句：
  • It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
  • My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。
9 antelope fwKzN     
n.羚羊；羚羊皮
参考例句：
  • Choosing the antelope shows that China wants a Green Olympics.选择藏羚羊表示中国需要绿色奥运。
  • The tiger was dragging the antelope across the field.老虎拖着羚羊穿过原野。
10 functionally 07b8a8a682798862ca0c3d3a567f4c3d     
adv.机能上地，官能地
参考例句：
  • Objective To explore occlusion reconstruction by computer aided design (CAD) with functionally-generated pathway (FGP). 目的探索借助功能性？记录(functionally-generated pathway,FGP)技术进行口腔固定修复体计算机辅助设计(Computer aided Design,CAD)生理性建？的方法。 来自互联网
  • In this respect, the proceeding was functionally similar to a comparative licensing adjudication. 在这一点上，手续在作用上即类似于比较许可证发放的裁断。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
11 juveniles 257c9101f917ec8748aa5fc520c6a9e3     
n.青少年( juvenile的名词复数 )；扮演少年角色的演员；未成年人
参考例句：
  • Do you think that punishment for violent crimes should be the same for juveniles and adults? 你对暴力犯罪的惩罚对于青少年和成人应一样吗？ 来自生活英语口语25天快训
  • Juveniles Should we not exactly in need of such strength and conviction? 少年的我们难道不正是需要这种力量和信念吗？ 来自互联网
12 foraging 6101d89c0b474e01becb6651ecd4f87f     
v.搜寻（食物），尤指动物觅（食）( forage的现在分词 )；（尤指用手）搜寻（东西）
参考例句：
  • They eke out a precarious existence foraging in rubbish dumps. 他们靠在垃圾场捡垃圾维持着朝不保夕的生活。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The campers went foraging for wood to make a fire. 露营者去搜寻柴木点火。 来自辞典例句
13 unaware Pl6w0     
a.不知道的，未意识到的
参考例句：
  • They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
  • I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。

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