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动物界的神奇迁徙之旅
6、Ruby-throated hummingbird
Before its 500-mile trip to Central America, the ruby-throated hummingbird bulks up on nectar, insects, and tree sap. The tiny bird gains 2 grams of fat, almost doubling its weight, to make the nonstop flight from eastern North America across the Gulf of Mexico.
一刻不停留的红宝石喉蜂鸟
在红宝石喉蜂鸟飞行500英里到达中美洲之前,它们会摄取大量的花蜜、昆虫和树汁。这种小鸟会在这个过程中增加两克的 脂肪,这几乎使它的体重翻了一倍,这是为了从北美洲东部飞到墨西哥湾的旅行中,能做到一刻也不停留。
动物界的神奇迁徙之旅
5、Salmon
After spending years swimming in the ocean, salmon follow their noses and return to the freshwater streams they were born in to spawn and eventually die. They'll swim upstream against strong currents for hundreds of miles to make the perfect homecoming, even if it means arriving in shoddy condition.
逆流游行回家的鲑鱼
鲑鱼是一种出生在淡水中的鱼类。但出生后它会去海洋里生活,然后在生活了几年后又会回到它出生的淡水里产卵,最后在那里死去。它们可以在逆流中游行数百英里,返回老家,无论途中充满了什么艰险。
动物界的神奇迁徙之旅
4、Green turtle
Motherly instinct compels female green turtles to return to their birthplace to start their own families. The pregnant turtles swim more than a thousand miles from their coastal feeding grounds in Brazil into the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean to Ascension Island. On the tiny nursery's sandy beach, the expectant mothers carve out nests and lay their eggs before heading back home.
游行千里产蛋的绿海龟
母爱的本能促使绿海龟会回到自己的出生地重新开始自己的家庭。怀孕的绿海龟能游行1000多英里,从巴西海岸沿途觅食一直游到南大西洋中部的阿森松岛。在那块小小的幼儿沙滩上,怀孕的绿海龟会挖一个窝,然后产下卵,之后离开这里返回老家。
动物界的神奇迁徙之旅
3、Wildebeests
Greener pastures drive 1.5 million of these herbivores in circles. Serengeti wildebeest travel more than a thousand miles in spectacularly huge herds, along with thousands of zebra and gazelle, to avoid the dry seasons in Tanzania and Kenya.
躲避旱季的非洲牛羚
在坦桑尼亚和肯尼亚,为了躲避旱季,近150万头的非洲牛羚与其他的动物,如斑马和瞪羚,一起迁徙1000多英里寻找更好的草原。这样巨大的兽群迁徙景象特别的壮观。
动物界的神奇迁徙之旅
2、Lemmings
In the Arctic tundra, over-population and a scarcity of food sends lemmings on mass migrations at high speeds. Researchers clocked one trek of the petite mammals at almost 10 miles a day. For the weak, the pace of the journey is just too much and they are left behind to die.
快速迁徙的旅鼠
在北极苔原地区,数量过多和食物缺乏导致大量的旅鼠快速迁徙。研究人员发现,这种小动物能在一天内迁徙10英里。对一些弱者来说,这种迁徙的速度太快,而一旦落后就会死亡。
动物界的神奇迁徙之旅
1、Cicadas
Billions of chubby, buzzing cicadas will surface from their underground bunkers this month to gather together, sing, and mate. The insects will have spent 17 years fattening up underground, growing through five stages of development. Their synchronized appearance overwhelms predators, leaving most of the reveling cicadas carefree to party for their five weeks of adult life.
孵化期长达17年的蝉
在这个月,数以亿计的圆胖的蝉将会在美国一些地区破土而出,聚在一起鸣叫和交配。这种蝉又叫做“17年蝉”,因为它的孵化期长达17年,大约要经过5个发展期,然后在17年后的短时间内全都从地下孵化出来。它们的鸣叫声和汽车喇叭声一样,给人们带来麻烦。成年期的蝉只有短短的5个星期左右,传宗接代是它们短暂生命的主要任务。
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