(单词翻译:单击)
I was sitting on my Porsche yesterday,having a soda,and a wasp picked its head into the can and drink from mysoda.
昨儿我坐在我的保时捷里,喝着汽水,一只黄蜂将头伸进了我的瓶子,喝起了我的汽水 。
For the sugar I konw that's why I drink soda.
我知道我喝汽水是为了糖分,
But the Garmin wondering about how differentinsects drink.
但是Garmin好奇不同的昆虫都是怎样喝东西的呢?
I mean insects need water just like the rest of us.
我的意思是昆虫也像我们一样需要水分 。
You are right! Insects do need water.
是这样的!昆虫确实需要水分 。
How they get their water depends a lot on their diets.
但是它们怎样饮水很大程度上是取决与他们的饮食习惯 。
Herbivorous insects, those that feed on plants, get most of their water from their preyfood because plants contain a lot of water.
对于那些以植物为食的食草性昆虫来说,大部分水分都是从食物中获取的,因为植物很有很多水分 。
But carnivorous insects often have to get their water from somewhere other than their prey,and often they'll go to plants for their water too, drinking from fruit maybe.
但是对于肉食性的昆虫来说,它们就的从其它地方获取水分,通常也是来自植物,或者水果 。
Or they might sip fromthe morning dew or from raindrops or from edges of ponds or puddles.
它们或许还会从晨露、雨水、池塘或者水坑边进水 。
If they’re blood suckers, they probably get their water from their food.
如果是吸血类的,它们大概就是从食物中获取水分 。
It's worth noting that notall mouthparts are the same and this too affects the ways an insect is able to get water.
值得一提的是,昆虫的口器是不一样的,这就大大影响了它们喝水的方式 。
There arebasically two kinds of insect mouths.
昆虫的口器大概可分为两类 。
There are chewers and suckers.
它们便是咀嚼式口器及吸收式口器 。
Some chewers may have a difficult time trying to draw waterfrom a pond, whereas getting their water from chewing a leaf is simple.
一些咀嚼式口器在池塘边喝水可能会有困难,所以通过咀嚼叶子来获取水分会更简单 。
Suckers, on the other hand, have a tube-likemouth part called a proboscis that allows them toget liquid by sucking or lapping, whether from the nectar of flowers or from a soda can.
而吸收式口器则有一个管状叫做“喙”的部分,它可以让昆虫通过吸或舔的方式获得水分,不论是从花的花蜜中还是从汽水瓶都可以 。
Or from my arm, right?
从我的手臂也行,对吧?
That's true.
是的!