According to Science Magazine, a recent report states that in order to grow bigger antlers, elk risk life and limb.
《科學雜志》最近的一份報道稱,為了長出更大的鹿角,麋鹿要冒著生命和斷肢的風險。
Elk regrow their antlers every year, and the longer they have to do this, the bigger and better their chances are for the fall mating season.
麋鹿每年都會重新長出鹿角,它們做這件事情的時間越長,秋天的交配季節到來時長出的鹿角就可能越大、越好。

However, in order to do this, they have to shed their previous headgear early in the season, which puts them at risk of being killed by wolves.
然而,要做到這一點,它們必須盡早擺脫掉之前的鹿角,這使其面臨著被狼殺死的風險。
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