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The ritual causes the lizard acting as the female to ovulate and lay her eggs.
这种仪式会引起扮演雌性角色的蜥蜴排卵并产卵 。
Then, a few weeks later, the two lizards switch roles and repeat this process so that the second female will be able to ovulate and lay her eggs.
然后过几个星期,两只蜥蜴再交换角色,重复这种交配仪式,这样另一只雌蜥蜴就可以排卵,产卵了 。
That is strange.
太奇怪了 。
And it raises a lot of interesting questions.
这也引发了许多有趣的问题 。
For example, it's not clear how well an all-female species can evolve and adapt to environmental changes.
例如,对于这种全雌物种如何更好地进化以适应环境变化目前还不清楚 。
A species' survival depends in part on variation among its members.
一个物种的生存要部分依靠成员的变异 。
If all the members of a species are identical,chances are greater that something like a change in the climate or a disease will wipe them all out.
如果所有的成员基因都一模一样,那么一遇到气候变化或者灾害,她们全军覆没的机会就很大 。
So it might be a little early to do away with males.
所以排除雄性还为之过早 。
Well, you know what they say. You can't live with them.
嗯,你知道她们是怎么说的 。你没办法和他们一起生活 。
You can't live without them.
但你的生活不能没有他们 。
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