Gecko toes are padded with flexible ridges.

壁的脚趾上有易弯曲的凸起。

Geckos can break off their own tails.

壁可以折断自己的尾巴。

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

科学家们很乐意根据壁的这一特点合成粘合剂。

What is a characteristic feature of flowers pollinated by geckos?

壁授粉的花有什么特点？

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脚趾毛发的结构。

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

每个针孔将一个单独的像投射到壁视网膜上。

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

萨姆在盒子里放了很多蟋蟀。他将这些蟋蟀喂给他的壁。

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

而有些蚜虫、蝈蝈、蜥蜴、壁、蛇等只进行孤雌生殖。

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

壁甚至可以整个吊在一根脚趾上。

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

壁脚趾上一平方毫米，有一万四千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脚趾平常不具有粘性的这个秘密。

The large numbers of setae produce very strong forces. They give the geckos wonderful " sticking" power.

大量的刚毛会产生非常强大的力量。它们赋予壁奇妙的“粘着”力量。

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。

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

就连壁有名的胶脚都粘不上去。

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

与此同时，夜间活动的壁在较高的光照条件下瞳孔会收缩成布满针孔的狭缝。

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

研究小组发现壁的脚上有数百万个毛发状结构。

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

科学家还做了一项测验，看壁是否能够凭借它那著名的粘脚垫行走在上述涂层上。

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，从而形成了壁的家。

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

山姆的壁现在是这个家的一部分。他已经养了三年。

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无需移动就能判断距离。