人與自然:舊金山動物園的小企鵝們畢業了
The five Magellanic chicks (five male, one female) hatched on the zoo's Penguin Island in Mid-May and subsequently spent five weeks the Avian Conservation Center's "fish school," where they learned how to swim and acclimated to their zookeepers. On Saturday, the newly-schooled birds treated onlookers to an overload of adorable as they waddled their way back to Penguin Island in an official graduation ceremony.
這五隻小麥哲倫企鵝（四雄一雌）是在五月中旬於動物園裏的企鵝島上孵化的。隨後它們在鳥類保育中心的“魚排學校”度過了五週時間，向動物園工作人員學習游泳，適應水土。週六，這羣小畢業生在參加完一場官方的畢業典禮後溜達着回到企鵝島，它們一路搖晃蹣跚的樣子使旁觀者不禁大呼“太可愛了”。
The chicks join the zoo's 44 other penguins in their new home -- the largest Magellanic colony in the world, according to zoo officials. "They are world-famous penguins," Anthony Brown, their primary keeper, told the Chronicle.
動物園管理處表示，這些雛鳥們將加入動物園原有44只企鵝的大家庭中，這是世界上最大的麥澤倫企鵝飼養羣體。“他們是世人皆知的名企鵝，”原保育員安東尼·布朗在接受採訪時稱。
