动物世界总是充满了很多神奇的事实。
但是有一些却是被我们夸大、误导了。
下面是几个关于动物常见的误解，以及它们背后的真相。
误解一：狗和猫都是色盲虽然科学家认为狗对颜色的辨别力只有人类的七分之一，但是猫和狗都可以辨别蓝色和绿色，而且在弱光环境下视力比人类更好。
每种动物看到的颜色和人类都不同。
误解二：人类是从大猩猩进化来的大猩猩和人类确实有很多相似之处，DNA大约有98.8%是相同的，在600万-800万年前拥有同一个祖先，但是那以后很多事情都发生了变化。
现代大猩猩进化成了猿猴家族的一个独立分支。
误解三：蝙蝠是瞎子尽管很多蝙蝠用回声定位能力来导航，但所有的蝙蝠都能看得见。
误解四：长颈鹿每天只睡30分钟长颈鹿通常在晚上睡觉，在下午小睡。
总体而言，每头长颈鹿每天大约睡4.6个小时。
误解五：金鱼的记忆力不超过一秒金鱼的记忆力其实相当好。
它们对事物的记忆力可以长达几个月，而不像许多人所说的只有几秒。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 动物 | dòng wù | animal |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 总是 | zǒng shì | always |
| 充满 | chōng mǎn | full of / brimming with / very full / permeated |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 神奇 | shén qí | magical / mystical / miraculous |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 事实 | shì shí | fact |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 夸大 | kuā dà | to exaggerate |
| 误导 | wù dǎo | to mislead / to misguide |
| 下面 | xià miàn | the following |
| 几 | jǐ | several / a few |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 关于 | guān yú | pertaining to / concerning / with regard to / about / a matter of |
| 常见 | cháng jiàn | commonly seen / common |
| 误解 | wù jiě | misunderstanding |
| 以及 | yǐ jí | and; as well as |
| 它们 | tā men | they; them |
| 背后 | bèi hòu | behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back |
| 真相 | zhēn xiàng | the truth about sth; the actual facts |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 狗 | gǒu | dog |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 猫 | māo | cat / (loanword) (coll.) modem |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 色盲 | sè máng | color-blind |
| 虽然 | suī rán | although; even though |
| 科学家 | kē xué jiā | scientist |
| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 颜色 | yán sè | color / countenance / appearance / facial expression / pigment / dyestuff |
| 辨别力 | biàn bié lì | discrimination / power of discrimination |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 人类 | rén lèi | humanity / human race / mankind |
| 七分之一 | qī fēn zhī yī | one seventh |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 辨别 | biàn bié | to distinguish; to differentiate; to discern; to recognize; to tell |
| 蓝色 | lán sè | blue (color) |
| 绿色 | lǜ sè | green |
| 而且 | ér qiě | (not only ...) but also / moreover / in addition / furthermore |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 弱 | ruò | weak; feeble / young / inferior; not as good as |
| 光 | guāng | light; ray |
| 环境 | huán jìng | environment / circumstances / surroundings |
| 下 | xià | down / downwards / below |
| 视力 | shì lì | eyesight; visual acuity |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 看到 | kàn dào | to see |
| 不同 | bù tóng | different / distinct / not the same / not alike |
| 二 | èr | two / 2 |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 大猩猩 | dà xīng xing | gorilla |
| 进化 | jìn huà | evolution |
| 来 | lái | hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker) |
| 确实 | què shí | indeed / really |
| 相似 | xiāng sì | similar; alike |
| 之 | zhī | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) |
| 处 | chù | (bound form) place; locality / (bound form) part; aspect / (bound form) office; department; bureau |
| 大约 | dà yuē | approximately |
| 相同 | xiāng tóng | identical; same |
| 万 | wàn | ten thousand / a great number |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 前 | qián | ago / before / BC / former / formerly |
| 拥有 | yōng yǒu | to have; to possess |
| 同 | tóng | like / same / similar / alike |
| 祖先 | zǔ xiān | ancestors; forebears / (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 事情 | shì qing | affair; matter; thing; business |
| 发生 | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out |
| 变化 | biàn huà | change; variation |
| 现代 | xiàn dài | modern times / modern age / modern era |
| 成 | chéng | to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right |
| 猿猴 | yuán hóu | apes and monkeys |
| 家族 | jiā zú | family / clan |
| 独立 | dú lì | independent |
| 分支 | fēn zhī | branch (of company, river etc) |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 蝙蝠 | biān fú | (zoology) bat |
| 瞎子 | xiā zi | blind person |
| 尽管 | jǐn guǎn | despite / although / even though / in spite of |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 回声 | huí shēng | echo |
| 定位 | dìng wèi | to orientate / to position / to categorize (as) / to characterize (as) |
| 能力 | néng lì | capability / ability |
| 导航 | dǎo háng | (lit. and fig.) to navigate |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 看得见 | kàn de jiàn | to be able to see; can see |
| 四 | sì | four / 4 |
| 长颈鹿 | cháng jǐng lù | giraffe |
| 每天 | měi tiān | every day |
| 睡 | shuì | to sleep / to lie down |
| 分钟 | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 通常 | tōng cháng | usually; normally |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening / night |
| 睡觉 | shuì jiào | to go to bed / to sleep |
| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon / p.m. |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 总体而言 | zǒng tǐ ér yán | overall; in general; speaking generally |
| 头 | tóu | classifier for pigs or livestock |
| 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 五 | wǔ | five / 5 |
| 金鱼 | jīn yú | goldfish |
| 记忆力 | jì yì lì | faculty of memory; ability to remember |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 超过 | chāo guò | to surpass / to exceed / to outstrip |
| 秒 | miǎo | second (unit of time) / arc second (angular measurement unit) |
| 其实 | qí shí | actually; in fact; really |
| 相当 | xiāng dāng | considerably / fairly / quite |
| 事物 | shì wù | thing; object |
| 长 | cháng | long |
| 达 | dá | to attain / to reach / to amount to / to communicate |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 而 | ér | but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates contrast) |
| 像 | xiàng | to resemble / to be like / to look as if |
| 许多 | xǔ duō | many / a lot of / much |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 所说 | suǒ shuō | what is said; as mentioned; referred to |