Because masquerading as a bird turd appears to protect certain arachnids from getting eaten by wasps.

因为伪装成鸟粪貌似可以保护某种蛛形动物免受黄蜂吞食。

These tiny arachnids perform elaborate dances to impress potential partners.

这些小型蛛形纲动物表演着精心策划的舞蹈来打动潜在的伴侣。

About one in 500 of the arachnids carried the virus.

五百只里面就有一只携带这种病毒。

And the subjects who were afraid of spiders consistently rated the arachnids as larger than did the non-phobic participants.

相比不害怕蜘蛛的受试者，对蜘蛛感到害怕的人认为这种生物更大一些。

Penny, please. We're facing a far more serious problem than stray arachnids.

佩妮，别说了。我们面对的问题可比蜘蛛纲动物严峻得多。

Researchers on an expedition to Southern Thailand found this electric blue arachnid hanging out in a mangrove forest.

研究人员在泰国南部探险时发现这只电蓝色的蜘蛛在红树林里闲逛。

Scorpions are not insects, with their cousins, the spiders, they form a separate category of animals, the arachnids.

蝎子不属于昆虫纲，它们和它们的亲戚蜘蛛构成了另一类动物——蛛形纲动物。

They thought this little arachnid named Kim to jump on command.

他们认为这只名叫金的小蜘蛛会根据命令跳起来。

Now, how can you tell whether a web functions as an arachnid hearing aid?

那你怎么看出它就像蛛网蜘蛛的助听器呢？

Joe Schifferdecker first spotted the arachnid a few weeks ago, photographing it and then confirming what researchers say was inevitable.

乔·希弗德克尔几周前首次发现了这种蛛形动物，他拍了照，然后证实了这确实是研究人员所说的不可避免的现象。

Oh hello! Meet Demodex, the face mite, a microscopic arachnid that exclusively lives on human skin.

哦，你好！来见见蠕形螨，面部螨，一种只生活在人类皮肤上的微小蛛形纲动物。

He adds, researchers maybe learning to speak the language of the spider and hopes this will lead to better communication with arachnids.

他补充说，研究人员可能会学习蜘蛛的语言，并希望这将有助于与蜘蛛更好地交流。

A strange example of co-operative behaviour in arachnids SPIDERS are known for many things. Sociability is not one of them.

一种懂得合作的不寻常的蜘蛛蜘蛛为人熟知的特点很多，但社会性不在其列。

Notice how we didn't mention any invertebrates, like insects and arachnids?

有没有注意到我们没有提到任何无脊椎动物，比如昆虫和蛛形纲动物？

The Amazon Rainforest is home to many of the world's largest insects and arachnids.

亚马逊雨林栖息着许多世界上体型最大的昆虫和蛛形纲动物。

So if you don't wash your sheets, you'll be sleeping with hundreds of thousands of arachnids.

所以如果你不洗床单，你就会和成千上万只蜘蛛一起睡觉。

Arachnids have eight legs and a body made of two parts.

蛛形纲动物有八条腿，身体由两部分组成。

Today, we're totally outnumbered, both in biomass and in diversity, by insects, arachnids, and other land-based arthropods.

今天，我们在生物量和多样性方面完全不敌昆虫、蛛形纲动物和其他陆生节肢动物。

Meet Demodex, the face mite, a microscopic arachnid that exclusively lives on human skin.

认识一下面部螨虫蠕形螨，这是一种只生活在人类皮肤上的微型蛛形纲动物。

Now, how can you tell whether a web functions as an arachnid hearing aid?

霍普金：现在，你怎么知道网络是否起到了蛛形纲动物助听器的作用？