跟读练习: How do fireflies create light? - Emily A. Geest - 通过YouTube学习英语口语
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You’re a male firefly and it seems you’re hitting it off with this female.
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You’re a male firefly and it seems you’re hitting it off with this female.
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She’s sending you the right signals back— but what’s this?
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Suddenly, she’s lunging at you.
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That’s not normal.
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Let’s pause here to understand what’s going on and see if you'll make it out alive.
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The first firefly is thought to have lived over 100 million years ago, illuminating the night with a glowing green light.
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And today, there are around 2,000 firefly species, found all over the world, from forests and grasslands to marshes and deserts.
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All fireflies produce light at some point in their lives.
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They do this with a reaction-catalyzing enzyme called luciferase and a molecule called luciferin, which undergoes a luminous transformation when it interacts with oxygen.
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Meanwhile, many firefly species also produce unpleasant tasting, toxic, defensive chemicals like lucibufagins.
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So it's thought that glowing might help signal their toxicity and deter predators from eating them.
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Developing fireflies also light up to varying degrees.
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In fact, fireflies generally spend just a few weeks in their adult bodies and actually pass most of their lives as larvae.
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During this stage, many species are highly active, fierce predators that use venom to paralyze prey, then externally liquefy their victims with their saliva.
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Immature fireflies also tend to glow when they're disturbed.
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When they finally become adults, their light skills help dissuade predators— but they're also usually channeled towards mating.
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There are some exceptions, like so-called “dark” fireflies, which are active during the day and rely on pheromones instead of light for courtship.
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But how it goes in many cases is that males fly around, flashing, while females observe until spotting the right one.
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Different species display different colors— including reds, yellows, greens, and blues— all resulting from variation in the luciferase enzyme’s structure.
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They also flash in unique patterns, from rapid flickers to sustained glows.
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In some species, males synchronize their flashing once they reach great enough numbers, resulting in grand displays that help reduce visual clutter for their female spectators.
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And females of just about every species are looking for something different.
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Cattail flash-train firefly females, for example, prefer faster flickers, while ignited firefly females select for longer light pulses.
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Compared to males, female fireflies tend to keep their bioluminescent signals pretty simple.
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Generally, an interested female will point her lantern at a chosen male and respond to his flashes, drawing him in.
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Successful matches may mate for hours, attached at the abdomen.
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But things don’t always go so smoothly, which takes us back to that conspicuous lunge.
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Many fireflies don't even eat as adults, instead channeling all the energy they stored as larvae into finding mates.
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But that's not the case for the females of one genus of fireflies.
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They are called femme fatales, and they're predators that hunt the adult males of other firefly species.
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Despite being much larger, femme fatales lure males by mimicking the unique flashing patterns the females of their species give off.
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Then, instead of mating, they attack and eat them.
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But femme fatales are after more than just nutritious snacks: they lack their own natural toxins and are able to sequester those of other species when they consume them.
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And this similarly helps make them unappealing to would-be predators.
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But the males they aim to prey on seem to also have defense strategies.
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One research team observed that males often approached femme fatales with caution and dodged attacks by dropping several centimeters.
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In fact, they estimated that less than 10% of femme fatale hunts are successful.
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Interestingly, this isn't the only time firefly flashes are channeled towards more deceptive means.
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Certain Chinese orb-weaver spiders have been observed to wrap fireflies in their webs, keeping them alive so they attract others to the sticky trap.
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The spiders even seem to make captured males adopt female flashing patterns in order to bait other males on the search for a mate.
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So, as a male firefly, while the right bright signal could mean the hard-fought promise of progeny, it's best to beware of the treacherous tricks light can play.
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关键词汇与短语
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- 光生物学 (bioluminescence)
- 毒素 (toxin)
- 求偶 (courtship)
- 潜伏期 (larval stage)
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- 快速闪烁 (rapid flicker)
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