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Rubber 'baby' 鬃獅蜥假懷孕事件
Friday, Sep 28, 2007,Page 20
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A bearded dragon lizard eyes a cicada turned loose in its habitat in Brookfield Zoo, Illinois, US, on May 24, 2007. 今年五月二十四日，一隻鬃獅蜥在美國伊利諾州的布魯克菲爾德動物園棲息區中，注視著一隻未在警戒狀態下的蟬。
PHOTO: AP
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Seven-year-old Finley Collins thought her pet 30cm bearded dragon, Mushu, might be giving birth. She noticed something strange sticking out near the lizard's tail.
But Finley's father, Jeff Collins, feared it might be something more serious. He rushed Mushu to an animal hospital, where a veterinarian pulled out a 17.75cm toy rubber lizard.
"I've never [taken out] a lizard from another lizard before," said veterinarian John Rossi.
Rossi had sedated Mushu and pulled on the stange object.
"The next thing I knew, I was seeing legs and a body and a head. It was very strange to be tugging on this thing," he said.
By the time the rubbery lizard's legs began to appear, Rossi realized what it was.
"We were all laughing," he said.
Rossi said bearded dragons, a lizard native to Australia, often swallow such things as small suction cups, screws and dimes. (AP)
七歲大的芬麗．柯林斯認為她的寵物可能要生寶寶了，她的寵物「木須」是一隻三十公分長的鬃獅蜥。她發現有一個奇怪的東西從這隻蜥蜴的尾部附近探出頭來。
但芬麗的爸爸傑夫．柯林斯擔心這可能是更嚴重的問題，於是他趕緊帶木須到一間動物醫院。在那裡，獸醫從牠尾部拉出了一隻長十七點七五公分的玩具橡膠蜥蜴。
「我從來沒有從一隻蜥蜴體中取出另一隻蜥蜴過，」獸醫約翰．羅斯說。
羅斯先給木須施打鎮定劑，然後拉出那個奇怪的物體。
「接著我意識到的就是，我看到腿、身體和頭。用力把這個東西拉出來的感覺實在是非常奇怪，」他說。
當腿的部分露出來的時候，羅斯才認出那是個橡膠蜥蜴玩具。
「我們當場哄堂大笑，」他說。
羅斯說鬃獅蜥是蜥蜴的一種，原產於澳洲。牠們經常吞食如小吸盤、螺絲釘和一角硬幣等小東西。
（美聯社／翻譯：袁星塵）
| TODAY'S WORDS 今日單字 |
| 1. rubber adj.
橡膠製的 (xiang4 jiao1 zhi4 de5)
例: My dog's favorite toy is a rubber bone.
(我的狗狗最喜歡的玩具就是一個橡膠骨頭。)
2. sedate v.i./v.t.
施以鎮定劑 (shi1 yi3 zhen4 ding4 ji4)
例: The veterinarian sedated the bear.
(獸醫替那隻熊施打鎮定劑。)
3. tug v.i./v.t.
用力拉 (yong4 li4 la1)
例:Sam tugged the door but it wouldn't budge.
(山姆用力拉那扇門，但是它一動也不動。)
4. suction cup n.
吸盤 (xi1 pan2)
例: The screen is held up by suction cups.
(這個簾幕是靠吸盤撐掛著的。)
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