4.Fragile Spider
4.易碎的蜘蛛

Weird Fact: If you drop a tarantula it will shatter
怪異的事實: 如果你將狼蛛掉在地上，它就會摔成碎片。

First of all, unless you are allergic to tarantula venom, they are harmless to humans (though they pack a painful bite). Some tarantulas can also shoot the “hairs” off their legs which can pierce human skin and cause great discomfort. Now - back to the weird fact. Tarantulas have an exoskeleton (that means its skeleton is on the outside) like crayfish and crabs. They shed their exoskeleton regularly - normally by lying on their back. (When they are shedding their skeleton, it is a good idea to keep right away from them as they will attack due to their vulnerable state.) Because the exoskeleton is very fragile, if a tarantula is dropped from a low height, it will shatter and die.
除非你對狼蛛毒素過敏，要不它們對人體是無害的（盡管它們咬你一口會讓你疼痛不已）。有些狼蛛還能使其腿上的“毛”脫落，但這些退掉的毛可以穿透人體的皮膚，讓你有非常不舒服的感覺。現(xiàn)在—回到這個怪異的事實上來。狼蛛它有外骨骼（意味著其骨骼是長在外面的）這與小龍蝦和螃蟹有點像。它們會定期的蛻換外骨 —蛻骨時通常呈朝天躺在地上的姿態(tài)。（在它們在蛻骨時，最好與之保持距離，由于其本身處于脆弱狀態(tài)所以極易對你發(fā)動攻擊。）因為它們的外骨骼非常脆弱，因此如果一支狼蛛即便從離地面較低的空中掉下，它也會支離破碎甚至死亡。

3.Scary Spice
3.可怕的香料

Weird Fact: Nutmeg is poisonous
怪異的事實: 肉豆蔻有毒

Nutmeg is a hallucinigenic drug which is regularly used to flavor such lovely things as custard tarts and fruit cakes. It is also a poison which will kill you while you suffer a variety of extremely revolting (and one or two not-so-revolting) side-effects on the way. Ingesting 2 grams of nutmeg will give you similar feelings to having taken amphetamines (the not-so-revolting side-effect) but will also cause nausea, fever, and headaches. Ingesting 7.5 grams will cause convulsions, and eating 10 grams will cause hallucinations. Eating a whole nutmeg can lead to “nutmeg psychosis” which includes feelings of impending doom, confusion, and agitation. There have been two recorded cases of death by nutmeg (one in 1908 and one in 2001).
肉豆蔻是一種致幻劑，通常被用來給蛋撻和水果蛋糕這類點心做調(diào)味品。同時它也是一種毒藥，如果你患有各種嚴重嘔吐（或許有一兩種嘔吐情況不那么明顯）不適癥想接近它的話可能會讓你喪命。攝入2克的肉豆蔻會給你一種吸了安非他明（嘔吐副作用不強的一種）的感覺，并會引起反胃，發(fā)熱，頭痛癥狀的出現(xiàn)。攝入七點五克的肉豆蔻會導致痙攣，吃10克就會引起幻覺。把整個吃下去可導致“肉豆蔻精神病” ，會給你瀕臨死亡，精神錯亂，并心情騷動的體會。以有兩粒因吃肉豆蔻而導致死亡的記錄（一個在1908年，另一個在2001年）。

2.Shaking Leaves
2.會搖動的葉子

Weird Fact: The telegraph plant is capable of rapid movement - even in the absence of wind
怪異的事實: 舞草能在沒有風的情況下快速搖動。

The Telegraph plant is a tropical plant usually found in Asia - but also in the South Pacific. The plant has the amazing ability to shake its leaves (which rotate on their axis and jerk up and down). There are a few other plants with rapid movement abilities (such as the venus fly trap) but this is the most bizarre and least known. It should be noted that when we refer to “rapid” in relation to plants - it is not super fast - but it is definitely visible with the naked eye. I have linked to a real-time clip of the plant in action above (apologies for the music - this is not my own clip or it would be far more awesome).
舞草是一種產(chǎn)于亞洲的熱帶植物—南太平洋也有。這種植物有著近乎神奇的能力使它的葉片搖動，（葉片圍繞其莖軸旋轉并上下震搖）。很少有其他植物有這種快速搖動枝葉的能力（如捕蠅草），但舞草是最神奇且不為人所知。應當指出的是，我們提到的植物枝葉“快速”搖動—它的速度不是真的很快—只是我們能用肉眼看到而已。我已對處于運動中的該種植物做了實時剪輯的鏈接（抱歉音樂效果不是很好—因這不是我自己的剪輯片，要不然會讓你對它更肅然起敬）。

1.Burning Issue
1.緊急問題

Weird Fact: The Bombardier beetle shoots boiling liquid as a defense mechanism
怪異的事實: 放屁甲蟲能釋放一種沸騰的液體作為保護機能。

The incredibly complex bombardier beetle has an amazing and unique ability: when threatened it shoots boiling hot chemicals from its abdomen up to 70 times rapidly. The liquid is a combination of hydrogen peroxide and hydroquinones which join together inside the beetle causing a chemical reaction. The liquid is fatal to small insects and creatures and can be very painful to humans. You can watch the incredible reaction in the clip above.
身體結構極其復雜的放屁甲蟲有著驚人和獨特的能力：當它受到威脅時就會從其腹部迅速（可達70次之多）釋放一種沸騰的的化學物質(zhì)。此液體是過氧化氫和對苯二酚的化合物，它們貯藏在甲蟲體內(nèi)然后產(chǎn)生化學反應。這種液體對一些小的昆蟲和生物是致命的，也可以對人來帶來痛苦的威脅。在上面的剪輯片中你可以觀賞到它令人難以置信的反應。