What if I give you this roasted newt? Hmm?

给你这个如何？

Wandering past water buffalo at rest, we encounter warty newts at play.

我们路过了休息的牛，还遇到了嬉戏的。

" I mean, do we really need NEWTs? "

“我是说，难道我们真的需要N.E.W.Ts（2）证书吗？”

Right. Good one. I'm a newt. This is my friend, the badger.

很好笑 我还是蝾咧。

The crocodile newt gets its name from the bumps along its back. These are its defence.

鳄鱼蝾因背部的突起而得名。那是它的防御系统。

Even the common newt is more genetically splendorous than we are, by a factor of five.

即便是普通的，其基因数也是我们的5倍。

" They ask for a minimum of five NEWTs, and nothing under 'Exceeds Expectations' grade, I see."

“我知道，他们要求至少要有五张N.E.W.Ts证书，成绩都不能低于‘良好’。”

" You're not a newt with wings, are you, Toothless" ?

" 你不是长着翅膀的蝾吧，无牙？"

This poison is not unique to the newts.

这种毒药并非蝾独有。

Some newts host enough TTX to kill several people.

一些蝾拥有足够的河豚毒素来杀死几个人。

She was light and watery, like a newt, but all of her parts were human.

她很，的，像一条蝾，但她所有的部分都是人。

It had been unclear how rough-skinned newts (Taricha granulosa) got their TTX.

目前还不清楚粗糙皮肤的蝾 (Taricha granulosa) 是如何获得 TTX 的。

These snakes can then feast on TTX-laden newts.

然后， 这些蛇可以享用载有 TTX 的蝾。

Some snakes living in the same regions as toxic newts have developed resistance to TTX.

一些与有毒蝾生活在同一地区的蛇对 TTX 产生了抗药性。

" Yes, " said Harry. " What sort of character and aptitude tests do the Ministry do on you, if you get enough NEWTs? "

“有，”利说，“如果得到了足够的N.E.W.Ts证书，魔法部会进行什么样的性格和智能测试呢？”

It turned out that poisonous newts had more Pseudomonas on their skin than did rough-skinned newts from Idaho that aren't toxic.

事实证明， 有毒蝾的皮肤上的假单胞菌数量多于来自爱达荷州的无毒皮肤粗糙的蝾。

" Good riddance to the newt with wings, " he was whispering slyly to Dogsbreath the Duhbrain, and Dogsbreath snickered.

" 终于摆脱了长着翅膀的蝾了，" 他狡猾地对杜布赖恩犬低声说，而狗呼吸则窃笑着。

It's possible that Pseudomonas bacteria have become more abundant on newts over time.

随着时间的推移， 假单胞菌可能在蝾身上变得更加丰富。

These rough-skinned newts appear to borrow the poison to avoid becoming some snake's lunch.

这些皮肤粗糙的蝾似乎借用了毒药， 以避免成为蛇的午餐。

But the finding does add a new player to an evolutionary arms race that pits newts against garter snakes (Thamnophis sirtalis).

但这一发现确实为蝾与吊带蛇 (Thamnophis sirtalis) 的进化军备竞赛增添了新参与者。