loggerhead

By making a patriotic choice of food, loggerhead turtle Big Head predicted Tuesday that the host nation will beat Croatia in the opening game of the World Cup on Thursday.

周二工作人员把食物挂在不同国家的国旗下，用赤蠵龟“大头”挑选食物的方式预测比赛结果。“大头”的预测表明，主办国巴西将在周四和克罗地亚的世界杯揭幕战中胜出。

Mimicry: When a loggerhead turtle faces a danger, its legs will stop moving and its body will flow on the surface of water so as to hide and protect itself.

拟态：蠵龟遇到危险时，会四肢不动，浮于水面，藉以隐蔽和保护自己。

This loggerhead sea turtle was released into the wild after recovering from an injury.

这只受伤的赤蠵龟康复后，已被放生。照片：美联社。

Defensive behavior: Loggerhead turtles are easy to be frightened. They will ingest only when they can identify clearly what the food is.

防御行为：蠵龟易受惊吓，只有对食物和杂物分辨清楚才进行摄食。

For starters, the races took place in water instead of on land, so giant sea turtles were used, typically loggerhead turtles.

首先，这里的比赛场地在水中而非陆地，所以用巨型海龟参赛，通常是赤蠵龟。

Feeding behavior: Loggerhead turtle takes swallow ingestion for food intake.

摄食行为：蠵龟属吞咽式摄食方式；