Crocodiles

Vanessa Croll

Crocodiles are known for their powerful jaws3 and tough skin but a recent studyhas found they may also contain a secret weapon in our fight against infections4.

The study noted crocodiles have been around for about 83 million years and inthat time have become really good at fighting off infections， considering they oftenget in fights with other animals in dirty water.

Researchers are working to learn more about how the crocodiles fight offinfections， hoping to use what they learn to make new treatments for humandiseases5.

鱷魚(yú)以其強(qiáng)有力的顎和堅(jiān)韌的皮膚而聞名，但最近的一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，在我們對(duì)抗感染的過(guò)程中，鱷魚(yú)可能還有一種秘密武器。

這項(xiàng)研究指出，鱷魚(yú)已經(jīng)存在了大約8300 萬(wàn)年，考慮到它們經(jīng)常在臟水里與其他動(dòng)物打架，在這段時(shí)間里，鱷魚(yú)已經(jīng)變得非常擅長(zhǎng)抵抗感染。

研究人員正在努力了解更多有關(guān)鱷魚(yú)如何抵抗感染的知識(shí)，希望利用他們學(xué)到的知識(shí)為人類疾病提供新的治療方法。

Notes

1. crocodile 鱷魚(yú)

2. weapon 武器

3. jaw 頜；顎；下巴

4. infection 感染

5. disease 疾病