Vole

The prairie vole is one such animal. 草原田鼠就是這樣一種動物。

His cousin, the montane vole, is kind of a hit-and-run guy. 他的堂兄，山地田鼠，是那種打了就跑的傢伙。

Their study was conducted in the prairie vole, a small rodent that mates for life. 他們的研究對象是草原田鼠，一種終生交配的小型齧齒動物。

For those unfamiliar with the delightful prairie vole, it is a small rodent found in the grasslands of central North America. 對於那些不熟悉可愛的草原田鼠的人來説，這是一種在北美中部草原上發現的小型齧齒動物。

The prairie vole has the needed receptors in its brain for these hormones in the regions responsible for reward and reinforcement. 在草原田鼠的大腦中，負責獎勵和強化的區域有這些荷爾蒙的受體。

A courageous vole takes on a coyote a hundred times his size in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. 在美國懷俄明州黃石國家公園裏，一隻勇敢的野鼠與一頭身量一百倍的郊狼對峙。

All for the little darling vole. 都是送給田鼠小乖乖。

Game, you are a small vole! 遊戲裏你是一隻小田鼠！

A water vole swam vigorously upstream. 一隻水鼠奮力向上遊游去。

Maybe it was a vole, or a big tail-less rat. 也許這是一個田鼠，或一個大尾鼠少。

The two vole species are more than 99% alike, genetically. 如就基因而言，這兩個物種超過99%的部分絕無二致。

But there was one big difference between the vole species. 但田鼠種類之間有一個很大的區別。

The two vole species are not abundance than 99 % alike, genetically. 如就基因而言，這兩個物種超過99%的部份絕無二致。

The male in this image is passing a vole to the female on the right. 圖中雄鳥正在傳遞一隻野鼠給右側的雌鳥。

A little vole with a bag on his back was singing and walking across a field. 一隻小田鼠揹着包，快活地唱着歌兒，在田野上走。

The details of what is going on-the vole story, as it were-is a fascinating one. 像往常一樣，最讓人着魔的是田鼠愛情故事的進展細節。

The details of what is going on— the vole story, as it were— is a fascinating one. 像往常一樣，最讓人着魔的是田鼠愛情故事的進展細節。

Nadia vole: it is a very important job. this is port tallon. it is a fishing village. 娜佳沃爾：這可是重要的工作。這是塔倫港。是個漁港。

P.S. I’m moving to Paris and all I’m bringing is a red dress and a bottle of Baiser Vole. 如果我去巴黎的話，一定會帶回來一件紅色長禮服和一瓶Baiser Vole.

Other than those receptors, the two vole species are almost entirely the same in their physical makeup. 除了這些化學受體，這兩種田鼠在其他身體構成上幾乎完全一致。

This vole mates for life and prefers spending time with its mate over spending time with any other voles. 這種田鼠為終生尋找伴侶，願與它們自己的伴侶共度時光而不與其他任何田鼠分享時光。

The black-bellied vole shuttles in and out of its underground burrow, ever alert to dangers outside. 黑腹絨鼠在地洞裏進出穿梭，總是對外面的危險十分警覺。

Evolution ACTS on the distribution of these receptors to generate social or non-social versions of a vole. 生物進化作用於以上受體在大腦的分佈，而產生了社會性或非社會性不同版本的田鼠。

The prairie vole, which is monogamous, bonds with one female for life, even if he's presented with other, fertile females. 那些草原上的單配的田鼠，它也只會一身只綁定一個雌性，即使它被放置與其它能生育的雌性田鼠一起。

So why can the night owl so unmistakably predatory vole? It is also necessary to talk about its special body structure. 那麼，貓頭鷹為什麼能夠在夜間這樣準確無誤地捕食田鼠呢？這還要從它特殊的身體結構談起。

Trends in the dispersal of the vole were consistent to the variance of population density and recruitment in the voles. 東方田鼠擴散的趨勢與其種羣密度及補充量的變動一致。

The prairie vole is a sociable creature, one of the only 3% of mammal species that appear to form monogamous relationships. 草原田鼠作為一種社會性生物，它是僅存3%的“一夫一妻制”哺乳動物中的一類。

The prairie vole , which is monogamous, bonds with one female for life, even if he's presented with other, fertile females. 那些草原上的單配的田鼠，它也只會一身只綁定一個雌性，即使它被放置與其它能生育的雌性田鼠一起。

In other words, researchers can make prairie voles fall in love—or whatever the vole equivalent of this is—with an injection. 換句話説， 不過就一劑注射，研究者們便能讓草原田鼠落入情網，不管草原田鼠的感覺如何，反正它們會產生與愛相類似的神經反應。 ^[1]