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- 2008/10/07 21:14迷子ペンギンがブラジル空軍に助けられる
- Lost penguins get Brazil air liftBy Gary DuffyBBC News, Sao PauloHund
reds of penguins have been returned to their native territory in the s
outh Atlantic ocean by an air force plane after being found along Braz
il's coast.ブラジルの海岸で発見された１００匹のペ
ンギンが、空軍機によって南大西洋の生まれ故郷に
帰ってきた。Every year penguins make their way north from the col
der waters near to Patag ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/10/06 21:08ガラパゴスゾウガメは永久に絶滅しない
- Extinct May Not Be Forever For Some Species Of Galapagos TortoisesSci
enceDaily (Oct. 2, 2008) —Yale scientists report that genetic
traces of extinct species of Galapagos tortoises exist in descendants
now living in the wild, a finding that could spur breeding programs to
restore the species.エール大学の科学者が、ガラパゴス
ゾウガメの絶滅種の遺伝的痕跡が、野生の子孫で残
存していることを報告 ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/09/29 21:55ジンバブエはサイの密猟に甘い国：ＷＷＦ
- Zimbabwe too lax on rhino poaching: WWFSep 25, 10:47 AM ETGENEVA (AF
P) - The World Wildlife Fund on Thursday criticised the release of fo
ur poachers who admitted to killing 18 rhinos in Zimbabwe, saying such
lax law enforcement is unravelling conservation progress.ＷＷＦ（
世界自然保護基金）は、木曜日に、ジンバブエで１
８頭のサイを殺したとして拘留されていた密猟者４
名を釈放したことについて、こん ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/09/16 23:06メスグモは小さいオスグモを交尾中に食べちゃう。
- Female Spiders Eat Small Males When They MateScienceDaily (Sep. 11,
2008) Female spiders are voracious predators and consume a wide range
of prey, which sometimes includes their mates. A number of hypotheses
have been proposed for why females eat males before or after mating.
メスのクモは食欲旺盛な捕食者であり、幅広く捕食
する。それには配偶者も含まれる。交尾の前後でメ
スがオスを食べる理由について ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/09/08 21:46ゾウはダンボ（ばかなやつ）ではない。
- Elephants no dumbosPosted Mon, 08 Sep 2008Asian elephants can do math
ematics, proving their skill at addition in an experiment with their f
avourite food, a Japanese researcher said recently.アジアゾウは
算数ができる。日本の研究者が、好物を用いた実験
で足し算の能力があることを証明した。One elephant was
87 percent correct and the other 69 percent right in months of additio
n exercises involving s ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/09/03 22:10ハイブリッド動物のトップ１０
- Top 10 Hybrid AnimalsOur editors have created a list about the top 10
hybrid animals. Hybrid animals are cross-breds between animals of sim
ilar genetics. They mostly exist in captivity and are the result of hu
man intervention.ハイブリッド動物のトップ１０リスト
を作った。ハイブリッド動物とは、遺伝的に近い種
の交雑である。ほとんどは飼育されており、人間の
手によって作り出されている。10. Liger/Tigon ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/27 23:00新しい巨大魚
- New Giant Fish Species AnnouncedAugust 25, 2008One fish -the goliath
grouper- has suddenly become two.１種のゴリアテが２種にな
ったThe Atlantic goliath grouper, found in warm waters of the America
s and western Africa, is a separate species from the goliath grouper t
hat roams tropical reefs of the eastern Pacific Ocean, a new genetic s
tudy shows.アメリカと西アフリカの温水域に生息する
大西洋ゴ ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/26 22:29オリンピックの最終週に３頭のパンダが誕生
- Three pandas born during final weekend of Olympicsオリンピック
の最終週に３頭のパンダが誕生BEIJING (AFP) - Three giant
pandas have been born in southwest China, bringing the total number o
f new arrivals of the endangered species this year to at least 19, sta
te media reported.３頭のジャイアントパンダが中国の南
西部で誕生した。今年の誕生は合計で少なくとも１
９頭になると伝えている。The three were ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/22 00:30双頭のカメがブルックリンのペットショップで盗まれた
- Two-headed turtle stolen from Brooklyn pet store双頭のカメがブ
ルックリンのペットショップで盗まれたBY MIKE JACCARIN
O AND CORKY SIEMASZKODAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERSTuesday, August 19th 2008
, 2:31 AMTurtlenapped!カメ誘拐A cruel thief swiped Brooklyn's two-
headed turtle between 11 a.m. and noon Sunday from a window tank at a
Windsor Terrace pet store while the owner was with a customer.オー
ナー ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/18 21:51カメラが珍しいウンピョウを撮った
- Camera spots rare clouded leopardカメラが珍しいウンピョウ
を撮ったAutomatic cameras have captured images of a clouded leopar
d in Borneo's Sebangua National Park, an area where the cats have not
been recorded before.自動撮影カメラが、ボルネオ島のSeba
ngua国立公園でウンピョウの撮影に成功した。その国
立公園では、これまでウンピョウの存在は確認され
ていなかった。Researchers say confirmation of the le ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/08 00:06グッドニュース：ゴリラがたくさんいた
- Tuesday, Aug. 05, 2008グッドニュース：ゴリラがたくさんいたGood News: Gorillas ThriveBy Alex PerryOne of the rules of journalism is that news from Africa is always bad news. That's grossly unfair, of course, but score one for giddy optimism with the news that a new census of endangered gorillas shows that the population of one species; the western lowland gorilla; is more than double that of p ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/06 23:49古代のサメは巨大な口だった
- Ancient shark had colossal bite古代のサメは巨大な口だっ
たBy Jennifer CarpenterScience reporter, BBC NewsThe great white shark
may have awesome jaws but they are nothing compared with those of meg
alodon , its gigantic, whale-eating ancestor.ホオジロザメは恐
ろしいあごをしているけれど、メガロドンと比べよ
うもない。あまりに巨大で、クジラを食べるのだ。A
new study of the extinct creature's skull ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/05 23:36致死的な動物トップ１０
- 致死的な動物トップ１０Top 10 Deadliest Animals１０位Poi
son Dart FrogThese pint sized frogs aren't for kissing. Their backs oo
ze a slimy neurotoxin that is meant to keep predators away. Each frog
produces enough of the toxin to kill 10 humans.ヤドクガエルこ
の小型のカエルとキスしてはいけない。捕食動物を
近づかせないように粘液性の神経毒を背中から分泌
しているからだ。なんと１匹から１０人の人間を ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/04 21:53地震と動物
- Earthquakes and animals地震と動物7:41 PM, July 29, 2008"My
birds felt it first," reported one reader. "They were all fl
uffy and upset a few seconds before it happened."「私の鳥が
最初に感じた」と読者の一人は報告した。「地震が
起こる数秒前にうろたえだしたんだ。」In Chino Hills, t
he epicenter of the quake, Alissa Sissung's 10-year-old daughter, Dela
ney, was spending the day at a h... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/08/01 21:44アルコールを求める動物
- Animals That Seek Out AlcoholJuly 29, 2008 in BiologyCynthia Graber r
eportsResearchers have found animals that go out of their way to get t
he equivalent of nine drinks a night. 研究者は一晩に９回も
飲酒する動物を見つけた。There are plenty of tales of animal
s finding some alcohol and getting tipsy. But those stories usually in
volve manmade beer or wine. There's been no evidence of animals see ..
. [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/31 21:55酸性の海でのサンゴ礁の未来
- Pacific Region May Show the Future of Coral Reefs in More Acidic Ocea
nsBy HENRY FOUNTAINThe gradual acidification of the oceans through inc
reasing absorption of atmospheric carbon dioxide is thought to be pote
ntially bad news for coral reefs. As seawater pH falls, the saturation
level of carbonate ions in the water also declines. Since reefs are m
ade up of calcium carbonate (from coral skeleton ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/30 21:35サメの攻撃を防ぐ新しい方法
- A new way to prevent shark attackTom StienstraSunday, July 27, 2008Wh
en the shark appeared, the husband and wife in their double kayak had
paddled for only 10 minutes, reaching just past the mouth of the harbo
r.夫婦がダブルカヤックをこぎ出してほんの１０分
後にサメに襲われた。まだ湾の入り口近くだった。&q
uot;It surfaced next to us like a submarine," said Jon Schwartz.
"It was like 9, 10 fe... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/29 23:39ロンサム・ジョージが独身時代に終止符 ガラパゴス
- Lonesome George may end bachelor days on GalapagosBy Alonso SotoTue J
ul 22, 6:15 AM ETAfter decades of solitude, "Lonesome George"
; may finally save his species of Galapagos giant tortoise from extinc
tion, his keepers said on Monday.数十年の独り身生活の後、
「ロンサム・ジョージ」は絶滅の危機からガラパゴ
スゾウガメの一つの種の保存を守ったと、月曜日に
飼育員は語った。George, a Pinta island to... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/25 23:51タンザニアのアルビノが人体採取目的でターゲットに
- Tanzania’s Albinos Targeted for Body PartsJuly 23, 2008 7:59 AMby f
indingDulcinea StaffAt least 25 albinos have been murdered since March
due to the belief that their body parts are useful in witchcraft.少
なくとも２５名のアルビノの人がが３月から殺され
ている。アルビノの人体が魔術に有用だとの信仰か
らだ。A BBC investigation in Tanzania has found that killings of alb
inos linked to witchcraft ha ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/23 23:19料理の食べ残しをリサイクルして飼料に活用 日本
- Japan feeds animals recycled leftoversTue Jul 22, 2008 9:10pm EDTBy R
isa MaedaSAKURA, Japan (Reuters) - With animal feed and fertilizer p
rices at record highs, Japan's food recycling industry is seeing great
er demand than ever before for pellets for pigs and poultry made from
recycled leftovers.動物飼料や肥料の価格が高騰するにつ
れ、日本の食品リサイクル産業は、食べ残しから作
られるブタや家禽の ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/22 23:53昨年、動物実験が３２０万件に増加
- Experiments on animals rose to 3.2m last yearBy Nigel Morris, Home Af
fairs Correspondent Tuesday, 22 July 2008More than 3.2 million experim
ents on animals, including dogs, cats and monkeys, were carried out la
st year – the highest total since the early 1990s.イヌ、ネ
コ、サルを含む３２０万以上の動物実験が昨年実施
された。これは１９９０年代初期から最大の件数で
ある。Government figures show ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/18 21:15歌う魚が古代の発声の起源解明の鍵
- Humming Fish Reveal Ancient Origin of VocalizationJuly 17, 2008Human
ballads, bird songs, and croaky frog serenades are all controlled by a
common brain circuit that first appeared in animals hundreds of milli
ons of years ago, a new paper reveals.人間のバラード、鳥の
歌、しゃがれたカエルのセレナーデ、それらはすべ
て、数億年前に動物に現れた共通する脳の回路によ
ってコントロールされている、と論文で ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/18 00:55象牙所持の疑いで中国人３名が取り調べ ケニア
- 3 Chinese carrying ivory are questioned in KenyaWed Jul 16, 11:27 AM
ETNAIROBI, Kenya - Three Chinese citizens were arrested Wednesday at N
airobi's international airport carrying dozens of pieces of ivory, inc
luding chopsticks, bracelets and carved figurines.箸、ブレスレ
ット、彫刻などの数十の象牙を所持していたとして
、３名の中国人がナイロビの国際空港で水曜日に逮
捕された。The two women and one ... [続きを読む]
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- 2008/07/16 23:47５年後に帰宅した犬
- Dog returns home after five years５年後に帰宅した犬July 15,
2008It took five years, but Rocco the beagle finally found his way hom
e.５年かかりはしたが、ビーグル犬のロコは最終的
に帰り道を見つけた。The New York Post reports that "the
prodigal pooch" disappeared in 2003 from a house in Queens and th
en resurfaced this month at a shelter in Georgia.ニューヨークポ
スト紙は、「放蕩犬」が２００... [続きを読む]
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