超级动物：超级飞行员、举重运动员、跳高能手:鸟类跳高能手
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翻译：洪馥芝 Look! Up in the sky! It"s a bird! It"s not a plane, and it"s not Superman. With a speed of about 80 kilometers an hour and a maximum speed of 322 kilometers an hour while dive-bombing 1)prey, the 2)peregrine falcon flies with real superpower speed. For the release of the movie Superman Returns, let"s take a look at the falcon and other super animals that are “faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a 3)locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.” Speedsters The crow-size peregrine falcon achieves its greatest speed during the “stoop?”the 4)technical term for its dive-bombing action. The peregrine falcon folds its wings, brings its 5)talons forward, and 6)careens towards the wings of a bird flying below. The attack kills the prey. The peregrine falcon"s speed is necessary for its 7)survival ?the bird catches almost alLocomotive strengthl its food on the stoop. Michael Mace is the curator of birds at the San Diego Zoo in California. He says that the eyesight of the peregrine falcon is seven times the power of human vision. While the peregrine falcon is nature"s speeding bullet of the skies, the 8)cheetah is the fastest animal on land, according to Randy Rieches, the San Diego Zoo"s curator of 9)mammals. Scientists have clocked the big cat running up to 113 kilometers an hour for short 183-meter bursts. Cheetahs use their speed to catch their prey. While super-10)sprinting is certainly a trait to admire, the Arctic 11)tern is the high-12)endurance bird that just keeps on flying. According to 13)WWF, the 300-gram bird makes a 35,000-kilometer round-trip journey each year to the Antarctic so it can enjoy summer"s plentiful food at both Poles. Locomotive strength 14)In terms of weightlifting strength, the African elephant impresses scientists with the strength of its trunk. Packed with hundreds of muscles, the trunk alone can lift 270 kilograms. But when you look at the amount of weight they can lift 15)in proportion to their body size, elephants are weak compared to 16)rhinoceros beetles. The 20-gram beetle can lift 850 times its own weight. Elephants, by 17)contrast, can only lift about a quarter of their weight. great leapers The tiny 18)spittlebug, the 6-millimeter-long insect, can shoot itself 70 centimeters into the air. According to scientists, it is 19)equivalent to a human leaping over a 210-meter-tall skyscraper in a single bound. The 20)impala, an African 21)antelope, is another animal worthy of recognition. It regularly travels at 56 to 72 kilometers an hour and can jump almost 3.7 meters high in the air. And when they get a 22)running start, they can cover almost 9.1 meters in distance.
看！就在天上！是一只鸟！不是飞机，也不是超人。
游隼的飞行速度约为每小时80公里，而它在进行俯冲捕猎时的最高时速可达322公里，真可谓极速。
正值电影《超人归来》的上映，就让我们来看看游隼以及其它超级动物吧。这些动物“比出膛的子弹更快，比机车更有力，甚至轻松一跃即可越过高楼大厦。”
神行太保
这种体型与乌鸦差不多的游隼在“俯坠”时达到最高速―“俯坠”是用来描述游隼向下俯冲捕猎这一动作的术语。游隼把翅膀收拢，双爪前伸，瞄准飞在其下方的鸟的翅膀冲过去。一次这样的进攻，就可以要了猎物的命。
游隼的速度对其生存是很必要的―这种鸟几乎所有的食物都是在“俯坠”那一瞬间获得的。
迈克尔・梅斯是加州圣地亚哥动物园的鸟类监护员，他说游隼的视力是人类的七倍。
而根据圣地亚哥动物园的哺乳动物监护员兰迪・里切斯的说法，游隼是天空中的天然飞弹，猎豹则是陆地上速度最快的动物。
科学家为猎豹计时，发现这种大型猫科动物奔跑时的速度竟可达到每小时113公里，而其助跑距离仅为183米。猎豹捕捉猎物的诀窍就是以速度制胜。
超乎寻常的极速冲刺当然是令人称羡的一项优势，然而能够持续飞行的耐力冠军却属于北极燕鸥。据世界自然基金会（WWF）称，这种体重仅为300克的鸟为了在两极享受夏日丰盛的食物，每年都要飞往南极一次，这漫长的旅程总计3万5千公里。
机车般的力量
说到举重，非洲象则以其鼻子的巨大力量给科学家们留下了深刻印象。
非洲象的鼻子由数百块肌肉组成，仅仅靠这鼻子，大象就可以举起270公斤的重物。
但如果由它们能举起的重量再想一想它们相应的巨大身躯，那么大象与独角仙比起来可真是小巫见大巫了。
这种重约20克的甲虫可以举起相当于自身体重850倍的重量。相比之下，大象能够举起的重量仅约为他们体重的四分之一。
跳跃高手
沫蝉这种小虫只有6毫米长，一跳却可以跳到70厘米的高度。科学家说，这样的高度相当于人一跃而过一座210米高的摩天大楼。
还有另一种动物也值得一提，那就是非洲的一种羚羊―黑斑羚。
黑斑羚一般奔跑速度为每小时56至72公里，它可以跳到约3.7米的高度。如果它们有一个良好的起跑，就可以跳出近9.1米距离远。
