Beavers Back In Britain 河貍歸來
By, Laura Maxwell, Glasgow
Wild beavers became extinct in Britain nearly 400 years ago.
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Background: 兩只河貍幼仔在蘇格蘭的野外出生。這是自從去年嘗試把這種動物重新引入到英國后，首次出生的河貍幼仔。專家說這是一個良好的兆頭。
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Wild beavers are nocturnal and elusive, so telling if the females are pregnant can be tricky.
Now, after weeks of speculation, staff and volunteers in the Knapdale Forest in Argyll have been rewarded with the sight of not one, but two newborns.
The kits, which have been born to separate family groups, are thought to be around eight-weeks old, and are about the size of a large guinea pig.
They've been seen out with their families, learning how to forage.
Conservationists are hoping there'll be more new arrivals this year, so they can study how the reintroduced population establishes itself naturally in the wild.
Glossary 詞匯表 (收聽發(fā)音, 請單擊英語單詞)
- nocturnal 夜間活動的
- elusive 隱蔽的
- tricky 復(fù)雜、難捉摸
- speculation 推測
- volunteers 志愿者
- newborns 新生幼仔、新生嬰兒
- kits 動物幼仔
- guinea pig 豚鼠、荷蘭豬
- to forage 找食
- conservationists 生態(tài)環(huán)保人士
- establishes 立足、居住
- in the wild 在野外
