It links the 'mammoth' to the 'mastodon'.

它把“猛犸象”和“乳齿象”联系起来。

And the mastodon didn't brush their teeth.

而且乳齿象从来不刷牙。

But then, of course, the mastodons died out.

当然，后来乳齿象灭绝了。

And mastodon teeth found in the Aucilla held a more important revelation.

在奥西拉发现的乳齿象的牙齿透漏出了更多的重要信息。

Other sequences come from land animals, including caribou, hares, mastodons, geese, lemmings and ants.

其来自陆地，包括驯鹿、野兔、乳齿象、鹅、旅鼠和蚂蚁。

Kistler says mastodons probably weren't put off by the gourds' bitter taste.

基斯特勒表示，乳齿象能不会被野生南瓜的苦味吓退。

They took the place of mastodons and the larger stag-moose, both of which became extinct.

们取代了乳齿象和体型较大的牡鹿，这两已经灭绝了。

He says as unpalatable as those early squashes were, they made a tasty tidbit for mastodons.

说，尽管早期的南瓜很难吃，但它们对乳齿象来说是美味佳肴。

Mastodons, close relatives of mammoths, were widespread all over North America during the ice age.

乳齿象是猛犸象的近亲，在冰河时代，们的足迹遍布整个北美。

No less to Midas than the mendicant. No less to you now than the mastodon then.

迈达斯与乞丐一视同仁。当今的你与昔日的乳齿象伯仲不分。

Both mastodons and sloths are browsers.

乳齿象和巨型地懒都是食草。

One of the most significant discoveries was the huge skull of an American mastodon.

其中，最具标志性意义的发现之一就是一个巨大的美洲乳齿象头骨。

It took sequenced mastodon DNA and used it to produce collagen, a protein found in skin and tendons.

它对乳齿象的遗传质进行了测，并用它来制造胶原蛋白，这是一在皮肤和肌腱中发现的蛋白质。

The man may have lost a few pounds, but he has all the grace of a drunken mastodon.

的体重是轻了几磅，但还是像喝多了的大象一样。

" I wouldn't have, in a million years, expected to find mastodons in northern Greenland, " said Love Dalen.

洛夫·戴伦说：“在一百万年里，我从未期望过在格陵兰岛北部发现乳齿象。”

Dozens of species lived across North, Central and South America, alongside other ancient creatures like mastodons and giant armadillos.

许多生活在北美、中美和南美洲，同时生活在那里的还有其它远古生，比如乳齿象和巨型犰狳。

The inescapable conclusion is that these mastodons migrated, making a round trip of more than 400 miles every year.

这些乳齿象每年都进行400多英里的往返迁移。

Ecologically, mastodons would fit in well in a poplar-birch forest in Greenland, as they did in North American woodlands.

从生态上讲，乳齿象很适合格陵兰岛的白杨-白桦森林，就像它们很好地适应北美的林地一样。

The enamel contains chemical signatures of a local soil, passed by the plants the mastodons ate.

通过们所吃的食，牙齿上的釉质带有一些当地土壤的化学成分。

But the mastodons roam far and wide to find the kind of plants they need.

但乳齿象为了找到们需要的植，会四处游荡。