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Whiskers FOCUS Question How do animals use their whiskers?

胡须焦点问题动物如何使用它们的胡须?

What Whiskers Do You might think whiskers make an animal look cute. But whiskers do much more than that! Whiskers are part of an animal's sense of touch. Whiskers help animals tell the size and shape of objects. Animals use them to tell how close something is. They can also feel moving air or water with their whiskers.

你可能认为胡须会让动物看起来很可爱。 但是胡须的作用远不止这些!胡须是动物触觉的一部分。 胡须帮助动物辨别物体的大小和形状。 动物用它们来分辨距离。 它们还可以用胡须感知移动的空气或水。

When something brushes the hair on your arms, you can feel it. Nerves in your skin send signals to your brain. Animal whiskers are different from hair. They are called vibrissae (vy-BRIH-see). Vibrissae grow from deeper below the skin than hair. They have many more nerves around them than hair does. People don't have vibrissae.

当有东西拂过你手臂上的毛发时，你能感觉到它。 皮肤上的神经会向大脑发送信号。 动物的胡须不同于毛发。 它们被称为vibrissae (vy-BRIH-see)。 触须生长在比头发更深的皮肤下面。 它们周围的神经比头发要多得多。 人们没有触须。

Whiskers for Mr. Whiskers Cats have whiskers on their face and front legs. They use their whiskers to tell the size and shape of things. Whiskers help cats know if they will fit into a small space. Cat whiskers can also sense moving air. Cats can feel air moving when they jump. They can also feel air moving when a mouse runs by.

猫的脸上和前腿上都有胡须。 它们用胡须分辨物体的大小和形状。 胡须帮助猫知道它们是否适合一个小空间。 猫的胡须还能感知流动的空气。 猫在跳跃时能感觉到空气在流动。 当老鼠经过时，它们还能感觉到空气在流动。

Science in Your World Never cut a cat's or dog's whiskers Animals need their whiskers to gather information. Whiskers for Spot Dogs have whiskers on their face, too. Their whiskers help them tell the size and shape of things. They can also tell if something is moving nearby. Most dogs have a long snout. They can't see something if it's right under their nose! Whiskers help them identify things that are close to their head.

永远不要剪猫或狗的胡须动物们需要它们的胡须来收集信息。 斑点狗的脸上也有胡须。 它们的胡须帮助它们辨别事物的大小和形状。 它们还能分辨附近是否有东西在移动。 大多数狗的鼻子都很长。 他们看不到就在眼皮底下的东西!胡须帮助它们识别靠近头部的东西。

Whiskers in the Dark Whiskers help rats live in dark places. Rats have many whiskers on their face that they can move back and forth. Whisking is when rats brush and tap something with their whiskers. A rat can feel a lot more with its whiskers than people feel with their fingers! Do You Know? Rats can "hear" with their whiskers! Sounds make the whiskers vibrate, or shake. The rat senses what the sound was.

胡须帮助老鼠在黑暗的地方生活。 老鼠的脸上有许多胡须，它们可以前后移动。 Whisking指的是老鼠用它们的胡须轻刷和拍打某物。 老鼠用胡须的感觉要比人用手指的感觉多得多!你知道吗? 老鼠可以用它们的胡须“听”!声音使胡须震动。 老鼠感觉到那是什么声音。