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点击复制More frog than parrot
沉默如蛙，不声不响
It can be heard up to three miles away
三英里之外都能听到
In a breeding season
那繁殖季中
He will boom non-stop for eight hours every night for up to three months
他会连续三个月每天晚上八个小时不停地开枪
But a female will only respond if there are plenty of rimu seeds about
但唯有满树桤木结实之时，雌鸟才会应和
So while these birds may nest in burrows like rabbits
尽管这些鸟儿像兔子一样在地下洞穴筑巢
Unfortunately
不幸地
They don't breed like them
它们并不如兔子般繁衍
And their numbers have dwindled dramatically
它们的数目锐减
Today
今天
Fewer than a hundred kakapo survive and precious chicks receive a helping hand
只有不到一百只卡卡波存活了下来珍贵的幼鸟得到了援手
Captive rearing has helped raise the number of kakapo from just 51 in 1995
人工饲养使得卡加波的数量从1995年的51只增加到了现在
To the 91 birds alive today
敬今天活着的91只鸟儿
They used to number in the hundreds of thousands
曾群鸟翔集，不计其数
Today their future is truly in our hands
今天他们的未来真的掌握在我们手中
So is this now an empty forest Actually
所以这是一片空荡荡的森林吗
The trees are under attack like never before
树木遭受前所未有的威胁
There's a menace lurking amongst the foliage
林间藏匿着威胁
During the day it slumbers
白天它沉睡
But under cover of darkness
然而在夜色的掩护下
An invader is revealed
入侵者暴露了