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基本解釋

Females plant a single egg in a dung ball where it matures from larva to fully formed beetle, feeding off the waste.
雌性蜣螂會在每個糞球中植入一個蟲卵，蟲卵將會在糞球中取食直到幼蟲完全發(fā)育成成蟲。
The key lies in the way light reflects off the beetle’s exoskeleton, which consists of 20 to 40 layers.
關(guān)鍵在于由20至40層構(gòu)成的龜甲蟲背殼對光線的反射方式。
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"But I shall try to get so far, " said the beetle, and he walked off without taking any formal leave, which is considered a polite thing to do.
“但是我應(yīng)該去”金龜子說，于是他沒告辭就離開了，他通常認(rèn)為告辭是有禮貌的。

This Hanssen is such a beetle-browed naysayer, dispensing religious bromides in his black suits, that he comes off as ludicrous—something out of a horror movie.
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