In these modern times, almose anything is possible, nothing seems to be beyond the reach of science.
在这个现代社会里,几乎所有的事情都有可能会发生,似乎没有任何事情是科学解决不了的。
quite apart from its significance as food, or from the literary idea that it will become a bird.
而完全不靠它的食用意义或它会变成鸟这样的文学概念来感觉。