As they enthused at a news conference about him and the significance of his mental skills, he lay uninterested and nearly motionless under a table -- until a toy crocodile appeared.

• 在新闻发布会上，研究者们对它和它的思维能力的意义表示热切关注，但里科毫无兴趣，几乎一动不动地躺在桌子下直到一只玩具鳄鱼出现。