时差N小时 猴子如何示爱?(上)

Marmosets are small primates¹.

绒猴是小型灵长类动物。

Think of a monkey with huge fuzzy ears.

想象一只有巨大、毛绒绒耳朵的猴子。

Primatologists have often wondered whether nonhuman males evaluated their potential mates, or whether their sex drive was more like an on/off switch.

动物学家时常困惑：雄性动物选择“另一半”或者控制性欲是否更像是一个开关键。

We may think of animals as just responding to sexual invitations without thinking, but a study conducted in both the U.S. and Germany shows this isn't necessarily so.

我们可能认为动物只是不假思索地对性邀请做出反应，但美国和德国的一项研究表明，事实并非如此。

Male marmosets having their brains scanned were given sniffs² of genital-gland secretions³ from ovulating females.

雄性绒猴开始用大脑扫描，嗅着正在排卵的雌性动物生殖腺的分泌物。

That's a scent⁴ that should trigger a mating response in the brain, and it did!

这种气味会引起大脑里的交配反应，这样它们才会进行交配。

But guess what else happened?

但你猜还会发生什么情况?

1 primates   

primate的复数

参考例句：

• Primates are alert, inquisitive animals. 灵长目动物是机灵、好奇的动物。
• Consciousness or cerebration has been said to have emerged in the evolution of higher primates. 据说意识或思考在较高级灵长类的进化中已出现。

2 sniffs   

v.以鼻吸气，嗅，闻( sniff的第三人称单数 )；抽鼻子（尤指哭泣、患感冒等时出声地用鼻子吸气）；抱怨，不以为然地说

参考例句：

• When a dog smells food, he usually sniffs. 狗闻到食物时常吸鼻子。 来自辞典例句
• I-It's a difficult time [ Sniffs ] with my husband. 最近[哭泣]和我丈夫出了点问题。 来自电影对白

3 secretions   

n.分泌（物）( secretion的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Lysozyme is an enzyme found in egg white, tears, and other secretions. 溶菌酶是存在于卵白、泪和其他分泌物中的一种酶。 来自辞典例句
• Chest percussion and vibration are used with postural drainage to help dislodge secretions. 在做体位引流时要敲击和振动胸部帮助分泌物松动排出。 来自辞典例句

4 scent   

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。