At London Zoo, good news has come in threes.
The zoo said on March 13 that five-year-old Sumatran tigress Melati had given birth to triplets, a little more than a year after the tigress lost a three-week-old cub.
London Zoo said the three cubs all arrived within an hour of each other early on Feb. 3. The cubs’ first moments have been captured on hidden cameras and zookeepers are monitoring the three around the clock.
Photo: EPA
照片：歐新社
Teague Stubbington, a zookeeper, said the cubs have hit several milestones including opening their eyes and taking tentative first steps, and that their personalities are starting to emerge.
Stubbington revealed that one has earned the nickname “Trouble” for being first to explore its den and also for waking up the other two cubs.
Sumatran tigers are listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Animals.
(AP)
倫敦動物園三喜臨門。
動物園三月十三日表示，五歲的蘇門答臘雌虎「梅拉蒂」產下三胞胎；這頭瀕臨絕種的老虎在失去三週大的寶寶一年多後再度為母。
倫敦動物園說，三隻幼虎於二月三日清晨接續報到，彼此報到時間相隔均不到一小時。隱藏式攝影機捕捉到幼虎出生的最初時刻，園方人員也日夜不停地監視這三隻小虎。
動物園管理員提格‧斯督賓登表示，幼虎們已達到好幾個里程碑，包括張開眼睛、蹣跚學步，以及性格開始浮現等。
斯督賓登透露，其中一隻幼虎因率先探索牠的居所，以及吵醒其他兩隻幼虎而贏得「麻煩」的綽號。
蘇門答臘虎在「國際自然保護聯盟」的「瀕危動物紅皮書」中，被列為極危等級。
（美聯社／翻譯：魏國金）
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