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Dog in China nurses tiger cubs 中國犬充當小老虎奶媽
Wednesday, May 30, 2007,Page 14
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In this photo released by the Xinhua News Agency, a dog feeds tiger triplets and her own puppy, right, at the Paomaling Zoo in Jinan, Shandong Province, May 16, 2007. 中國新華社提供的這張照片可看見,山東省濟南跑馬嶺野生動物世界的一隻母狗幫小老虎三胞台與自己骨肉(右)餵奶.
PHOTO: AP
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It's a dog's life for three newborn tiger triplets in eastern China.
The cubs live at the Jinan Paomaling Wild Animal World in Shandong Province, China. So far their names are just "One," "Two" and "Three."
Their mother did not want to take care of them when they were born. So a dog has been making sure they get milk so far, said Paomaling manager Chen Yucai.
The cubs' adoptive mother, a mixed breed farm dog named ``Huani,'' is expected to nurse the tigers for about a month or until they start to eat more than Huani can help with.
Chen said Chinese zoos often use dog mothers to nurse tiger cubs whose mothers don't want to care for them. Huani has nursed tigers from Paomaling before, he said.
Huani seemed not to mind nursing the tigers, Chen said.
"The family is getting along well and seems to enjoy each other," he said.
(Jason Cox, Staff Writer with AP)
對中國東部剛出生的小老虎三胞胎來說，牠們過的是狗一般的人生。
這三隻小老虎住在山東省濟南市的跑馬嶺野生動物世界，目前被命名為「一號」、「二號」與「三號」。
老虎媽媽生下牠們後就棄養牠們。跑馬嶺野生動物世界的經理陳玉蔡說，所以目前讓一隻狗暫代母職。
小老虎的養母為雜種的農場狗「花妮」，預計照顧這些小老虎一個月，或是等到小老虎的食量超出牠負荷為止。
陳玉蔡說，中國動物園往往都會請母狗來幫被母老虎棄養的小老虎餵奶。他說，花妮以前也有過這種經驗。
陳玉蔡說，花妮似乎不介意幫小老虎餵奶。
他說︰「這家人相處愉快，似乎和樂融融。」
（翻譯︰賴美君）
| TODAY'S WORDS 今日單字 |
| 1. cub n.
幼獸 (you4 shou4) （熊、獅、虎、狼等）
例: Cub is a name for the babies of certain meat-eating animals like bears, wolves, lions, tigers and sharks.
(cub是幾種肉食動物的寶寶，如熊、狼、獅、虎和鯊魚等。)
2. adoptive adj.
領養的 (ling2 yang3 de5)
例: Since I've lived with my adoptive family since I was five, I don't remember my birth mother.
(我五歲起就住在領養家庭，不記得自己生母。)
3. nurse v.i. /v.t.
養育 (yang3 yu4)，吸奶 (xi1 nai3)
例: Most baby mammals know how to nurse as soon as they're born.
(大多數哺乳類動物的寶寶一出生就知道怎麼吸奶。) |
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