Uh, is it my tongue stud? 'Cause if that freaks you out, you're in for a real surprise later on.

是因为我的舌环吗 要是有穿舌环就会吓到你 那待会儿你会更大吃一惊哦。

Their weird body plans were just a kind of youthful exuberance - the evolutionary equivalent, as it were, of spiked hair and tongue studs.

它们古怪的体形横剖面只是处于一种生气勃勃的青春阶段——在某种程度上类似于进化中的尖毛和舌尖。