MADAGASCAR is renowned for its unusual animals, particularly its lemurs, a group of primates extinct elsewhere on the planet.

马达加斯加岛因岛上的稀有动物闻，是世界他地方已绝迹的灵长类动物——猴。

For these lemurs, a specific tree becomes the urine and feces focal point.

对这些猴来说，一个固定的树就是它们大小便的处所。

The lemurs might seem to be a pest for the baobab.

鼠猴好像对波巴布树来说是害虫。

Researchers tested the circumstances under which lemurs would pilfer food from people.

研究人员测试了猴偷窃人类食物的情景。

So they tried two different noises--a lemur call and human speech run backwards.

所以他们试了两种不的声音——1种是猴的叫声，另一种是人类谈话的声音。

And humans like to fancy ourselves as well, fancier than a mouse lemur.

人类也喜欢幻想自己，比猴还要幻想自己。

OK. In exactly two minutes and 17 seconds, the lemurs will cut the power.

好的，2分17秒后猴将切断电源。

And no lemurs appeared to understand the purpose of a blindfold.

两组均不明白蒙眼的目的。

With few competitors, lemurs have been free to colonise almost every environment on the island.

因为竞争者极少，猴能够在整片岛屿上生活。

In primates like lemurs or monkeys, REM sleep does not reach the five percent mark.

猴或猴子之类的灵长类，快速眼动睡眠竟然不及5%。

It is therefore by no means clear that looking at wild lemurs will add anything.

因此，观察野生猴是否会增加一些东西，还并不清楚。

But those lemurs live among some of the most rich and varied flora in the world.

这些猴居住在世界上最丰富多样的植物群中。

In Madagascar there are millions of them-for, contrary to common perception, not all lemur species are endangered.

马达加斯加有数以百万计的猴，与人们的认知不太一样，并不是所有的猴物种都濒临灭绝。

But mouse lemurs can live for 14 years in captivity and maybe ten in the wild.

但是鼠猴在圈养环境中可以存活14年，在野外也可以活10年。

But male lemurs upped their latrine visits when potential competitors for females came into their home area.

当潜在求偶竞争者闯入男性猴的领地时，男性猴会将它们的厕所安在相对更高的地方。

In army terms, mouse lemurs are now at boot camp, undergoing basic training.

用军队术语来说，鼠猴现在正在新兵训练营接受基本训练。

Some urine telegrams are probably signals from a particular lemur to the neighbors that he or she is around.

特定猴的尿液要传达的信息大概是告知邻居它的存在。

And the lady lemurs spent more time sniffing cotton balls that were infused with the three aldehydes-especially during the breeding season.

雌性花了更多的时间嗅闻浸泡了三种醛的棉球，在繁殖季。

I mean, even a mouse lemur has a frontal cortex that's about the size you'd expect based on their overall brain.

我的意思是，即使是一只猴也有一个额叶皮层，它的大小和你根据它们整个大脑的大小所预期的差不多。

Biologists already knew that lemurs have scent glands and that they use them to communicate their social rank or to identify their territories.

生物学家已经知道环尾猴有气味腺体，也知道它们会利用腺体来显示社会等级或确认领地。