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The next task they tackled was making a suitable binding matrix.
他們接下來要解決的任務是制作合適的粘合基質。
This, Dr Vollrath and his coauthor Mi Ruixin made from a fibrous protein-rich glue of the sort produced naturally by spiders and silkworms.
這是由沃拉斯博士和他的合著者Mi Ruixin用一種富含纖維蛋白的膠制成的，這種膠是由蜘蛛和蠶自然產生的。
They bundled the treated horse hairs as tightly as they could in a matrix of this glue, and then left the bundles in an oven to dry.
他們把處理過的馬毛盡可能緊緊地捆在這種膠水的基質里，然后把這些馬毛放在烤箱里烘干。
The result was a material that, with some polishing, looked like rhino horn.
結果，經過一些拋光打磨，這種材料看起來就像犀牛角。
Specimens on the black market are, however, inspected carefully before sale,
然而，黑市上的標本在出售前都要經過仔細檢查，
so for the false horns to be effective they would need to stand up to closer scrutiny than the naked eye.
因此，為了使假的犀牛角能夠以假亂真，它們需要經得起比肉眼更仔細的觀察。
To this end, Dr Vollrath and Dr Mi decided to test their product in detail.
為此，沃拉斯博士和Mi博士決定對他們的產品進行詳細的測試。
DNA analysis would certainly reveal fakes, but such analysis is complicated
DNA分析肯定會發現假貨，但這種分析很復雜
and therefore hard to do in the sorts of back rooms in which rhino-horn sales tend to take place.
因此在犀牛角交易的輔助庫房內很難做到。
The forgeries passed other tests with flying colours, though.
不過，這些贗品還是出色地通過了其他測試。
First, fake and real horn looked the same when examined under a scanning electron microscope.
首先，假牛角和真牛角在掃描電子顯微鏡下看起來是一樣的。
Next, they behaved similarly when tested by a technique that compared their capacity to absorb heat.
第二，在進行吸熱能力比較技術測試時，它們的表現相似。
Finally, when stressed or strained and then relaxed regularly for long periods, to probe their underlying mechanical properties,
最后，在經過一段長時間定期擠壓放松，對它們的潛在的機械性能進行探測后發現，
the results for real and false horn were indistinguishable.
真角和假角的結果是無法區分的。
Whether using clandestine means to launch impeccable fakes onto the rhinoceros-horn market
利用秘密手段在犀牛角市場上推出無懈可擊的假貨
would truly reduce prices and sabotage demand remains to be tested. But it might.
是否能真正降低價格并妨礙需求，仍有待檢驗。但這是有可能的。
It is an old trick in warfare to flood the enemy with forged, worthless money. Something similar may yet help save the rhino.
用偽造的、毫無價值的錢淹沒敵人是戰爭中的一個老把戲。類似的方法可能有助于拯救犀牛。
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