關(guān)于短尾矮袋鼠的文章
When it comes to cute animal pictures, there's no beating this cheeky creature, who may as well have wandered straight out of a feel-good kids' movie.要論起最可愛的動(dòng)物圖片的話，沒(méi)有什么比得上這種“厚臉皮”的生物，說(shuō)不定它就是直接從電影里蹦出來(lái)的：活像一個(gè)自我感覺(jué)良好的小孩！
Meet the Quokka, a marsupial that seems to have come straight from an animator at Disney, but is actually native to a small corner of southwestern Australia.短尾矮袋鼠是種有袋類哺乳動(dòng)物，看起來(lái)就好像是迪士尼里的卡通形象一樣，而它實(shí)際上是澳大利亞西南角一小塊區(qū)域的一種特有動(dòng)物。
Unlike a frightening number of Australian animals, the Quokka poses no threat to humans, and -- as these pictures make abundantly clear -- can be quite friendly.在澳大利亞，能對(duì)人類構(gòu)成威脅的動(dòng)物多得可怕，但短尾矮袋鼠卻不具有威脅力，而且，正如照片里看起來(lái)的'那樣，它們非常友好。
That friendliness may partially explain why, according to the Perth Zoo, the once-plentiful Quokka was drastically reduced in number after the dingo and foxes found their way to Australia.根據(jù)澳大利亞珀斯動(dòng)物園的說(shuō)法，正是因?yàn)樗鼈兒苡押�，也在一定程度上可以解釋了：為什么在澳洲野狗和狐貍�?lái)到澳大利亞后，一度眾多的短尾矮袋鼠數(shù)量急劇下降。
The animal is currently listed as "vulnerable," according to the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Thanks to conservation efforts and fox control programs, their populations are recovering in some areas.世界自然保護(hù)聯(lián)盟瀕危物種紅色名錄目前將短尾矮袋鼠列為“中度瀕危物種” 。多虧了保護(hù)措施和控制狐貍數(shù)目的項(xiàng)目，短尾矮袋鼠數(shù)量在某些地區(qū)正在恢復(fù)。
網(wǎng)友描述與短尾矮袋鼠的趣事：
I went to Rottnest island a couple years ago, these things are everythere! I went for a run at nights, and I tripped over one and he just looked at me, smiled and kept going about his business.幾年前我去過(guò)一次澳大利亞的洛特尼斯島，這種短尾矮袋鼠到處都是！我晚上出去跑步的時(shí)候被一只小家伙給絆倒了。它微笑地看了看我，然后繼續(xù)自己該干嘛干嘛去了。
First time I went to Rottnest I didn't know you had to hide your food in the chalets. I got home one day to find quokkas had gotten in through the back door and had eaten all the chocolate biscuits.第一次去洛特尼斯島的時(shí)候，我還不知道得把食物藏起來(lái)，一天我回家，發(fā)現(xiàn)短尾矮袋鼠從后門溜進(jìn)來(lái)了，吃光了我所有的巧克力餅干。
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