火烈鸟

我们在一家名为“火烈鸟”的酒吧相遇。

We met at a bar called the Flamingo .

这是那个地区唯一一种火烈鸟，很容易凭粉红色的羽毛辨认出来。

This is the only species of flamingo in the region , easily recognized by its pink plumage .

今年到目前为止，水位已经太高了，火烈鸟无法筑巢。

So far this year , water levels have been too high for the flamingos to nest .

然而，火烈鸟实际上是唯一生活在这整片死亡之地中的物种。

Flamingos , however , are the only species that actually makes life in the midst of all that death .

每三四年一次，当条件适宜的时候，湖面上到处都是粉红色的火烈鸟，此时它们会停止飞行进行繁殖。

Once every three or four years , when conditions are right , the lake is covered with the pink birds as they stop flight to breed .

“火烈鸟的腿上已经进化出非常坚韧粗糙的皮肤，这样它们就可以耐受盐水，”莱斯特大学的教授大卫·哈珀说道。

" Flamingos have evolved very leathery skin on their legs so they can tolerate the salt water , " says David Harper , a professor at the University of Leicester .

纳特龙湖的景观奇异而又致命——而它是世界上近75%的火烈鸟的出生地，这一事实令其更加怪异。

The lake 's landscape is bizarre and deadly - and made even more so by the fact that it 's the place where nearly 75percent of the world 's flamingos are born .

研究人员在西班牙南部的一个鸟类保护区对大型火烈鸟进行研究

The research started researchers studied greater flamingos and in a bird sanctuary in southern Spain .

维也纳Schoenbrunn动物园的两只火烈鸟正在室外觅食。

Two flamingos search for food in the outdoor enclosure at Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna

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鸟类和哺乳类受到的影响最严重，气候变化也是去年肯尼亚中部Nakuru湖附近火烈鸟突然大量死亡的原因。

Birds and mammals have been the worst affected , with climate change blamed for the sudden mass death of flamingos around Lake Nakuru in central Kenya last year .

你甚至有可能在大沼泽地国家公园看到火烈鸟。

It is even possible to see flamingos in the Everglades .

小火烈鸟拥有修长的颈部和粉色腿。

The species has long pink legs and a long neck .

塞浦路斯的拉纳卡市一个盐湖中的火烈鸟。

Flamingos stand in a salt lake in Larnaca , Cyprus .

罗马人曾捕杀火烈鸟，只为吃它们的舌头

The Romans used to kill flamingos just to eat their tongues .

我现在感觉更像只鸽子而不是火烈鸟

I felt more like a pigeon than a flamingo .

在这里，火烈鸟和狒狒在博戈尼亚湖和谐相处。

The flamingos and baboons here at Lake Bogoria live in harmony .

你可能见到过动物园里的火烈鸟就是这么睡的。

You may have seen a flamingo sleeping this way at the zoo .

狒狒并不是食肉动物，但是火烈鸟对他们来说是不寻常的。

Baboons aren 't meat eaters , but this is something unusual for baboons .

我也是火烈鸟健身俱乐部的一员。

I belong to the one on flamingo .

该湖是在东非仅有的一处小火烈鸟成功的繁殖地。

It is the only site in East Africa where Lesser Flamingos successfully nest .

粉红色火烈鸟每只可以卖到3000欧元。

Pink flamingoes fetch up to ? 3,000 .

在家里，我就像一只被困在鸽笼里的火烈鸟。

In my family , I am a flamingo in the flock of pigeons .

从旅馆驾车前往那栖息着许多火烈鸟的湖边是件很惬意的事。

The lake with its massed flamingos is a comfortable drive away from the hotel .

格拉翰霍尔自然保护区内的火烈鸟。

Flamingos at Graham Hall Nature Sanctuary .

然而，其他的火烈鸟好像并没注意到，于是这一小群火烈鸟又飞回到湖面上。

But none of the others seem to notice , so the tiny group returns .

火烈鸟曾经在这里生长繁衍。

Flamingos used to thrive here .

我想做一个火烈鸟，却做成了一个“四不像”。

I wanted to make a flamingo , but I could not do it very well .

目前为止，还没有人目击或者记录到狒狒对火烈鸟大规模的袭击。

Until now , such an orchestrated attack on flamingos has rarely been witnessed or recorded .

成为火烈鸟以后！

and turn into a flamingo !