1-rummage 乱翻

2-scrap 残渣，碎片

The mammals rummaging through household waste, seeking out scraps of food.

3-tip 倾倒，翻覆

4-lid 盖子

Video shows one of the animals tipping over a bin, and impressively-turning the handle lock on the lid to gain access to the contents.

5-keep sth at bay 牵制，不让对方靠近

6-pest 害虫，讨厌的动物

7-outwit 智胜

Do the secure locks, traps, and barriers we used to keep so-called pests at bay actually prompt them to learn or evolve in order to outwit such measures.

8-specimen 标本，抽样

9-span 时间段，范围

But Snell-Rood and her colleagues have studied specimens from museum collections ( spanning a 100 year period.)

10-tantalize 招惹，使干着急

11-a whole swathe of 一片，一群

12-blithe 漫不经心地，不经意地

13-in our midst 外我们之中

It's a tantalizing notion that, having challenged nature to adapt so suddenly , we could end up shaping a whole swathe of species to become blithely specialised to life in our midst.