One of the most famous cases of extinction is that of a bird known as the dodo. In fact there’s even a saying in English, ‘as dead as the dodo’, used to refer to something which no longer exists. But for many centuries the dodo was alive and well, although it could only be f...
Figure 1 Dead as a dodo: the flightless bird from Mauritius and the adjacent islands weighed in at about 23 kg and was hunted to extinction. Its last confirmed sighting was in 1662, although an escaped slave claimed to have seen the bird as recently as 1674. In fact, it is estimated ...
2.extinction- no longer in existence; "the extinction of a species" defunctness death- the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life" 3.extinction- the reduction of the intensity of radiation as a consequence of absorption and...
6 Why is the dodo dead? 12 Why are boats bad for manatees? 15 Which 'extinct' animal retur... A Charman 被引量: 0发表: 1996年 The Dodo Bird Is Extinct It may be quite inaccurate and certainly it is premature to identify the dodo bird as the mascot for psychotherapy research. The ...
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剑桥雅思16Test4Part4听力答案解析 The extinction of the Dodo bird 雅思听力高频词汇 extinctionn. 灭绝,消失 例句:An operation is beginning to try to save a species of crocodile fromextinction. 一项努力拯救一个鳄鱼物种、使其免于灭绝的行动已经开始。
Could We Have Prevented The Dodo’s Extinction? As we already covered, there were multiple reasons behind the extinction of the dodo bird. The arrival of human invaders was the death knell for this species, but could we have averted their untimely extinction in any way?
Wemayweepforthedodo,butcouldandshouldwebringthislovelybirdbackfromthedead?De-extinctionisthescienceofrestoringlostspeciesandithasbeeninthenewsfordecades.Thestoryinmoderntimesbeganin1990whenMichaelCrichtonpublishedhissciencefictionnovelJurassicPark,inwhichheimaginedaworldwherescientistswereabletobringdinosaursbacktolife...
根据第一段“Scientists believe they could bring the likes of dodos (渡渡鸟) back from the dead through cloning experiments in the near future, which could see the flightless birds revived from their extinction.(科学家们相信,在不久的将来,他们可以通过克隆实验让渡渡鸟这样的动物起死回生,这可能会让...
Bird 67___(die) out. 68___(介词) fact, the extinction (灭绝) of dodos was caused by people. This was how the phrase "as dead as a dodo" came. The world is full of fantastic animals. If we are not able to 69___(get) along with them, we will lose the 70___(amaze) wo...