1·Some carnivorous plants that look nearly identical turn out to be only distantly related.
一些看起来几乎相同的肉食植物实际上只是远亲关系。
2·For more than a century, Tyrannosaurus rex has been the King of Dinosaurs, the carnivorous symbol of an entire age in the history of life on Earth.
近一个多世纪以来，雷克斯暴龙不但成为了恐龙帝国的统治者，更是整个地球生命史的肉食象征。
3·The poor soil of bogs, for example, offers little nitrogen and phosphorus, so carnivorous plants enjoy an advantage over plants that obtain these nutrients by more conventional means.
例如，沼泽贫瘠的土壤提供的氮和磷很少，所以肉食植物比那些通过更传统的方式获得这些营养的植物更有优势。
4·Early humans may have evolved as prey animals rather than as predators, suggest the remains of our prehistoric primate ancestors that were devoured by hungry birds and carnivorous mammals.
早期人类更多的是作为一个猎物，而不是猎人。新发现的史前灵长类祖先化石验证了这一点，他们经常被饥饿的鸟类和肉食哺乳动物吞食。
5·In fact, I love indulging in carnivorous delights – I have even overcome my beef with pigs – and sometimes stand weak before the temptations of the flesh.
其实，我非常享受肉类美食——虽然我已经强迫自己以猪肉替代了牛肉——有时还是难以抗拒肉食的诱惑。