Gecko toes are padded with flexible ridges.

壁虎的脚趾上有易弯曲的凸起。

Geckos can break off their own tails.

壁虎可以折断自己的尾巴。

Today we can manufacture structures that mimic the hairs of a gecko's foot.

今天我们能够造出模仿壁虎脚趾毛发的结构。

Scientists would love to create synthetic adhesives based on the gecko trick.

科学家们很乐意根据壁虎的这特点合成粘合剂。

Sam keeps lots of crickets in boxes. He feeds them to his geckos.

萨姆盒子里放了很多蟋蟀。他将这些蟋蟀喂给他的壁虎。

In fact, the whole gecko could dangle from a single one of its toes.

壁虎至可以整个根脚趾上。

Even the famously adhesive feet of geckos usually can't get a grip.

就连壁虎有名的胶脚都粘不上去。

But some aphids, katydids, lizards, geckos, and snakes only ever reproduce via parthenogenesis.

而有些蚜虫、蝈蝈、蜥蜴、壁虎、蛇等只进行孤雌生殖。

It's also home to many different animal species including rare geckos and the snow leopard.

它也是许多种野生物种的家园，包括稀有的蜥蜴和雪豹。

One square millimeter of a gecko's footpad has 14,000 hair-like structures called setae.

壁虎脚趾上平方毫米，有万四千个毛发状结构叫刚毛。

Researchers created mathematical models that revealed that the default for gecko feet is non-sticky.

研究人员因此构建了数学模型用于揭开壁虎脚趾平常不具有粘性的这个秘密。

What is a characteristic feature of flowers pollinated by geckos?

壁虎授粉的花有什么特点？

Each pinhole projects a separate, sharp image onto the geckos retina.

每个针孔将个单独的清晰图像投射到壁虎视网膜上。

Meanwhile, nocturnal geckos have pupils that shrink into slits studded with pinholes in higher light conditions.

与此同时，夜间活动的壁虎较高的光照条件下瞳孔会收缩成布满针孔的狭缝。

The giraffe eats the acacia tree, so it continually produces those galls which form the geckos' home.

长颈鹿吃金合欢树，因此树不断产生出虫瘿，从而形成了壁虎的家。

The researchers also tested whether a gecko could latch onto the coating with its notoriously sticky footpads.

科学家还做了项测验，看壁虎是否能够凭借它那著名的粘脚垫行走上述涂层上。

Scientists think that comparing these different inputs might help the gecko judge distance without having to move.

科学家们认为，比较这些不同的输入信息可能有助于壁虎无需移动就能判断距离。

Sam's geckos are now very much part of the family. He has had them for three years now.

山姆的壁虎现是这个家的部分。他已经养了三年。

The team discovered that geckos have millions of hair-like structures on their feet.

研究小组发现壁虎的脚上有数百万个毛发状结构。

They work at the University of California in the United States. They have studied geckos for many years.

他们美国加州大学开展研究工作。他们多年来直研究壁虎。