He was inspired by fossils of armadillos and sloths.

犰狳和树懒化石让他获得了灵感。

In theUnited States, armadillos are a major reservoir of leprosy infection.

在美国，犰狳（qiú yú，俗称“披甲猪）是主要的麻风传染源。

Well, we've managed to avoid the armadillos and now we're at the Oasis.

好了，我们已经设法避开犰狳，到了绿洲餐馆了。

The giant armadillo, by far the largest of the armadillos, can weigh more than 60 pounds.

巨型犰狳石目前发现的最大的犰狳，重量可以超过60磅。

When you think Brazil and you think soccer, you naturally think three-banded armadillos, right?

想起巴西，你就会想到足球，然后就会自然而然想到那只三色犰狳，对吧？

Armadillos can move quickly even though it has short legs and are good swimmer; able to last 6 minutes underwater.

虽然犰狳的腿很短，它们跑得却相当快，而且它们还是游泳能手，能在水下坚持六分钟之久。

Archaeology: Astolfo Gomes DE Mello Araujo and Jose Carlos Marcelino for showing armadillos can scramble the contents of an archaeological dig.

考古学奖：阿斯托尔弗·高密斯·德·梅罗·阿罗约和约西·卡洛斯·马西·里诺，证明犰狳会搅乱考古学挖掘出土的东西。

The researchers concluded that wild armadillos and many patients with leprosy in the southern United States are infected with the same strain of M. leprae.

研究者总结，野生犰狳和美国南部麻风病人感染相同病菌。

Before Dr. Katzourakis’s fossil hunt, scientists had never found a foamy virus infecting any sloths, or any of their relatives like armadillos and anteaters.

在Katzourakis博士前，科学家从未发现有泡沫病毒感染的树懒，或像犰狳和食蚁兽等亲缘。

Bacteria, armadillos, or computer transistors can make choices according to various reward schemes, weighing immediate sure gain over future greater but riskier gain.

细菌，犰狳，或是计算机里的半导体器件，都可以根据各种回报机制，在眼前的稳妥收获与未来的高风险高回报之间做出权衡。

Some of the American leprosy patients had familiar strains that have shown up in other countries, but others had a never-before-seen strain that was also found in American armadillos.

一些美国麻风病人携带的病菌和其他国家出现的有相似之处，另一些则从未在其他地区发现，仅在美国犰狳上发现。