达尔文推测这是后天性的。
Insects, in other words, can copy what other insects get up to.
换言之,他推测昆虫有能力模仿其他昆虫的行为习惯。
Only now, though, has somebody proved that this is true.
直到现在,这种推测才被证明是正确的。
The observations were made by David Goulson, and his colleagues.
做出观测的是David Goulson以及他的同事。
To test his ideas he had to go from Britain to Switzerland, for only there could he find a flowerof the correct shape to conduct the study.
为了检验他的想法,他必须远离英国前往瑞士。因为只有那里才能找到形状合适的花以进行研究。
His crucial observation was that when the flowers of an alpine plant called the yellow rattleare robbed, the entry holesbecause of the structure of the flowertend to beunambiguously on either the right-hand side or the left-hand side.
决定性的观测在于yellow rattle被熊蜂造访后留下的孔。由于这种花的特殊结构,人们可以明确地区分出孔在花的左侧还是右侧。
Moreover, preliminary observation suggested that the holes in flowers in a single meadoware often all made on the same side.
加之初步观测结果表明,同一块草场中这种花上的孔常常在同一侧。
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