“感動網友的袋鼠一家”劇情大逆轉
2016-09-22 01:56:07
意林(繪英語) 2016年4期
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“感動網友的袋鼠一家”劇情大逆轉
A mother kangaroo has been captured reaching out to cuddle her joey①joey英 ［'d????］ 美 ［'d?oi］ n. 幼獸one last time before she died.
The photographer， Evan Switzer， captured the moment on a bushland②bushland 英 ［'b??l?nd］ n. 未開墾森林地帶；原始林區property in River Heads， Queensland， Australia.
After she died， her male companion guarded the corpse.
He chased after any kangaroos that came near her corpse.
After the photographer saw what was going on， he ran home to get his camera.
However， it looks as if this story has taken a shocking twist later.
Experts have said the male kangaroo may not have been mourning③mourn英 ［m??n］ 美 ［m?rn］ v. 哀悼；憂傷；服喪after all.
Dr Mark Eldridge at the Australian Museum told the BBC the male kangaroo was trying to lift the female in order to mate with her.
袋鼠媽媽臨死之前伸出手，試圖最后一次去擁抱自己那年幼的小袋鼠。
在澳大利亞昆士蘭州河頭鎮的一處原始林區，攝影師埃文·斯威策捕捉到了這一幕。
雌袋鼠死后，雄袋鼠守護著她的尸體。
只要有別的袋鼠靠近，他就會驅逐他們。
攝像師看到這一幕后，趕緊跑回家去拿照相機。
不過，這個故事后來似乎又發生了驚人大逆轉。
專家稱，雄袋鼠可能根本不是在傷心。
澳大利亞博物館的馬克·埃爾德里奇博士告訴BBC，雄袋鼠想把雌袋鼠托起來，其實是想與她交配。
The Kangaroos' Family
