It seems impossible that they could be stung through their thick skin—elephant skin is around two centimeters thick.
刺穿大象厚厚的皮肤看似不可能——大象皮肤大约有 2 厘米厚。
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Scientists call this type of seafloor a matground, and it was sometimes so thick and sturdy that it even fossilized itself, creating a texture known as elephant skin.
科学家称这种类型的海底为垫地,有时它又厚又结实, 甚至会自己变成化石,形成一种被称为象皮的质地。
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The project would involve editing Asian elephant skin cells so they can carry mammoth genes, as well as finding a surrogate elephant mother to carry and give birth to the resulting embryo.
Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness and Robles disease, is a disease caused by infection with the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus. Symptoms include severe itching, bumps under the skin, and blindness. It is the second most common cause of blindness due to infection, after trachoma.