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Follow Yosemite National Park's Bears Online

2017-04-05来源:VOA
This is What’s Trending Today.
以下为今天的内容。
You can now follow the bears in California’s Yosemite National Park online.
现在可以在线追踪加利福尼亚州约瑟米蒂国家公园里的熊了。
No, that does not mean the bears now all have Twitter profiles.But they are connected to the internet via satellite.They have their own website.It is keepbearswild.org.
不,这并不是说那里的熊都有了推特档案。而是说通过卫星将他们和网络连接在了一起。他们有自己的网站。网址为keepbearswild.org。
The park has about 500 bears within its borders, and last year, had over 5 million visitors.
该公园内约有500只熊,去年,吸引了500多万游客参观。
Now, about 20 bears are wearing collars with GPS trackers.You can follow their movements on a map of the park.
现在,约有20只熊戴着装有GPS追踪器的项圈。可以在公园地图上追踪他们的行踪。
But if you go looking for them, you probably will not find the bears.For both the safety of the bears, and people, there is a delay.
但是如果想要寻找他们,那有可能会找不到。因为为了熊和人的安全,定位信息传送会有一定的推迟。
The website also shows where 28 bears were hit by cars in 2016.Some of them were killed.
网站还显示了2016年28只熊被车撞到的地点。其中一些熊因此死亡。
With the collars, park rangers and wildlife scientists can keep track of the bears within the park.They can also learn some new things.
有了这些项圈,公园管理员和野生动物科学家可以在公园里追踪这些熊。他们也可以了解到一些新东西。
For example, bear experts were surprised to learn that the bears begin mating in May.That is over one month sooner than they thought.
例如,熊类专家非常惊奇的发现,熊在五月就开始交配。这比他们之前以为的早了一个多月。
They also found that the bears can travel up to 48 kilometers per day, and that includes climbing up steep mountains.
他们还发现熊每天的运动距离可达48千米,包括攀爬陡峭的高山。
The collars allow park rangers to know if bears are getting too close to campgrounds.The rangers want to keep both the bears and the humans safe.
项圈可让公园管理人员知道熊是否太过靠近营地。管理人员希望既可以保证熊的安全,也可以保证人的安全。
The Yosemite Conservancy spent almost $300,000 on the mapping project.
约瑟米蒂保护协会在追踪项目上投入了近30万美元。
Frank Dean is the president of the conservancy.He says the new information about the bears should keep them safer.
弗兰克·迪安是保护协会的会长。他称,关于熊类的新信息应该可以让他们变得更加安全。
“People love to see the bears,” he said.“Protecting them is something we can all do.”
“人们喜欢看熊,”他说。“保护他们是我们所有人都能做的事。”
Jesse Garcia studies black bears for the state of California.He says visitors to the park need to understand that they are in the bears’ home.
杰西·加西亚主要研究加利福尼亚州的黑熊。他说,去公园玩的游客需要知道,他们是在熊的家里。
“You’ve got to give them their distance and always be aware, knowing that they’re there,” he said.
“人们需要和他们保持安全距离,并且也要时刻注意,知道他们就在那里,”他说道。
And that’s What’s Trending Today.
以上就是今天的内容。
I’m Dan Friedell.
我是丹·弗里德尔。