どっちが頭? – Which End is the Head?


ガレージの入り口でナナフシを見つけました。でも、どっちが頭かな?  – A Walking stick insect was on the garage wall.  Which end is the head?

どうやら頭がわかって来ました。足が6本、それから長い鼻かな、アンテナかな?  –  I am getting to understand where the head is.  Let’s see, there are 6 legs, and a long nose or antennas?

顔の拡大を見てみると・・・まだ、口のあたりがどうなってるのかよくわからないですねぇ。  – The enlarged view of the face.  Hmm, I still can’t identify the mouth function well.

細い足の先は、こんなになっていて、どこにでもぶら下がることができそうですね。  – The tip of its legs are like this, and they allow the Walking stick insect to hang onto any surface.

エコロジストによると、ナナフシのフンは環境維持に大切だそうです。ロボット開発者はナナフシの6本足の研究は大切だと言います。なぜなら、ナナフシは自分の40倍もの重量を6本の足で運搬できからだそうで、6本足ロボットに活用できないか研究されています。  – According to ecologists, the droppings from the stick insects are important for maintaining the eco-system well. According to robot developers, it could be useful to study their six-legged mechanism because a walking stick insect can carry 40 times its own weight, and the knowledge could be applied to robots.

 

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