Not content with designing conventional buildings, imaginative architects across the world have been creating structures shaped like animals.
不满足于设计传统建筑，全世界充满想象力的建筑师们一直在创造一些动物形状的建筑物。
Pet-lovers can visit hotels, churches and museums resembling dogs, cats and even elephants while on their travels.
宠物爱好者们可以在旅途中参观各种狗狗猫猫甚至大象造型的旅馆、教堂及博物馆。
The awe inspiring structures, designed by a variety of animal enthusiasts, can be found in countries such as the United States, India and Germany.
你可以在美国、印度、德国等地寻访这些由大量动物爱好者设计的令人惊叹的建筑。
One of the oldest animal structures is Lucy, a 65ft elephant in New Jersey, which was built in 1881 as a landmark for the town of Margate.
“路西”是最老的动物建筑之一，是一座65英尺高的大象建筑，位于新泽西，作为马尔盖特镇的地标，建于1881年。
In Belgium, guests can stay at the Trojan Horse shaped hotel in Durbury, where each room has a lowering draw bridge.
在比利时，游客们可以住在杜尔贝里的特洛伊木马造型酒店里，那里每个房间都有一个可以放下来的吊桥。
Other animal buildings include the big duck, a duck shop in New York state, left, and the Giant Koala Tourist Complex in Australia.
其他动物造型建筑还包括纽约州的一家鸭子商店“大鸭子”（左图）和澳大利亚的巨型考拉游客中心。
Sheep and Ram are one building in Tirau, New Zealand. The sheep building used to contain a wool shop that is no longer open.
绵羊和公羊是新西兰蒂劳的一座建筑。绵羊楼里原来有一家羊毛店，后来关掉了。
A cat shaped building in Karlsruhe, Germany was built especially for a place for people to take their cats to be looked after.
德国卡尔斯鲁厄的这座猫咪形状的房子是专门让人们寄养他们家喵星人的地方。
The Dog Bark Park Inn is in Cottonwood, Indiana, USA. It was created by couple Frances Conklin and Dennis Sullivan, as a dog themed hotel in the shape of a Beagle for dog lovers.
美国印第安纳州棉白杨镇的犬吠公园小旅馆是由弗朗西斯·康克林和丹尼斯·沙利文夫妇建造的，是小猎兔犬造型的，专为爱狗人士准备的汪星人主题旅馆。
Two strategically built windows and a roof means that a church on the coast in Tampa, Florida looks exactly like a chicken.
两个很有战略性的窗户和一个屋顶令佛罗里达坦帕海岸的一座教堂看起来就跟一只鸡一样。
The space-age like fish building serves as an office for the National Fisheries Development Board in Hyderabad, India.
这座太空时代风格的鱼形建筑位于印度海德拉巴，是国家渔业发展理事会的办公室。
The Kakadu Crocodile Hotel in Jabiru, Australia is in the shape of the reptile and has even been built using green materials.
澳大利亚贾比的卡卡杜鳄鱼酒店形似鳄鱼这种爬行动物，而且甚至是用绿色材料修建的。