科學(xué)60秒:猴子：若為寧靜故，食物皆可拋
來源：滬江聽寫酷
2011-08-29 10:00
What does a bookworm have in common with a [--1--] marmoset? They both like a little quiet. Or so say scientists in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.
As urban areas continue to expand, their [--2--] spread all sorts of pollution: air pollution, light pollution, even noise pollution. Each of these [--3--] affects the survival and behavior of local wildlife. And monkeys are no exception.
Scientists in Brazil were studying how marmosets in a city park cope with [--4--]. And they found that the monkeys tend to settle down in whatever part of the park is most quiet. On weekdays, the marmosets steered clear of the roar of traffic, and on Sundays they shunned the clamor of visiting crowds. They dodged all the din, even when moving meant that they had to leave behind the places that offered them the most food.
It could be that the monkeys are just [--5--] when it comes to unwelcome sounds. Or maybe they can’t hear what their friends are saying when it gets too loud. Either way, next time you see a cute little marmoset, forget “oooh” or “awwww” or “ee-ee-ee.” Try shhhh.
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As urban areas continue to expand, their [--2--] spread all sorts of pollution: air pollution, light pollution, even noise pollution. Each of these [--3--] affects the survival and behavior of local wildlife. And monkeys are no exception.
Scientists in Brazil were studying how marmosets in a city park cope with [--4--]. And they found that the monkeys tend to settle down in whatever part of the park is most quiet. On weekdays, the marmosets steered clear of the roar of traffic, and on Sundays they shunned the clamor of visiting crowds. They dodged all the din, even when moving meant that they had to leave behind the places that offered them the most food.
It could be that the monkeys are just [--5--] when it comes to unwelcome sounds. Or maybe they can’t hear what their friends are saying when it gets too loud. Either way, next time you see a cute little marmoset, forget “oooh” or “awwww” or “ee-ee-ee.” Try shhhh.
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human inhabitants
environmental encroachments
ambient noise
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猴子：若為寧靜故，食物皆可拋
你知道書呆子和毛茸茸的黑色狨猴有什么共同之處嗎？他們都比較安靜。反正英國皇家學(xué)會的《生物學(xué)快報》上是這么寫的。
隨著城市地區(qū)的不斷擴張，各種污染也隨著定居下來的人類不斷的擴散：空氣污染，光污染，甚至是噪音污染。每一種環(huán)境入侵都影響著當(dāng)?shù)匾吧鷦又参锏拇婊詈托袨榕e止。猴子也不例外。
巴西的科學(xué)家過去一直都在研究城市公園里的狨猴如何應(yīng)對環(huán)境噪音。他們發(fā)現(xiàn)這些小猴子每一次打算居住下來的地方都是公園里最安靜的地方。工作日的時候，這些狨猴避開嘈雜的交通，星期天的時候它們就會避開喧鬧的游客。他們躲避著所有的喧囂，即使是那些供給他們最多食物的地方。
可能也就出現(xiàn)不愉悅的聲音的時候這些猴子才會表現(xiàn)的活潑一些。又或者是太吵的時候它們聽不到他們的朋友說什么。反正，下一次當(dāng)你看到一只可愛的小狨猴時，千萬不要發(fā)出叫聲，保持安靜就好。