犀鸟

Though its mother has left the confines ofthe nest, the chick remains within for another few weeks, dependent onits parents until it fledges.

尽管雌犀鸟已经解除巢穴&禁闭&，雏鸟仍然再在巢里度过几周，依赖它的父母直到羽毛丰满能够飞翔。

Fruit-eating hornbills play a significant role in tropical ecology by scattering seeds on the rain forest floor.

犀鸟吃果实中发挥重要的角色在热带生态学散布种子在热带雨林地表面。

Fruit-eating hornbills play a significant role in tropical ecology by scattering seeds on the rain forest floor.

犀鸟主要以水果为食，可以把种子传播到雨林其他的地方去，在热带生态学里发挥着重要的作用。

This report from the Bird Ecology Study Group in Singapore includes great photos of some semi-urban hornbills.

这片报告包括新加坡 BEGS会员拍到的城里的冠斑犀鸟。

From "The Shrinking World of Hornbills," July 1999, National Geographic magazine

摘自《国家地理杂志》1999年七月刊&犀鸟那逐渐缩小的世界&一文。

If hornbills can come back so strongly in a place like Singapore, imagine, with the right policies and support,imagine what could happen around Xidamingshan.

在新加坡那么大的城市可以生存的话，在西大明山，有人认真保护冠斑犀鸟，它们的数量肯定可以升高。

Within thick and boundless forests wild elephants and wild oxen ramble about, with peacocks in their pride, gibbons at play, and hornbills whispering.

在里面在游戏厚的和无穷的森林荒野象和野生牛藉由他们的自傲孔雀到处漫步长臂猿，和犀鸟耳语。

Within thick and boundless forests wild elephants and wild oxen ramble about, with peacocks in their pride, gibbons at play, and hornbills whispering.

在厚的和无负有责任的森林地带荒野象和荒野牛里面漫步大约，藉由他们的自傲的孔雀，在余隙的长臂猿，和犀鸟耳语。

Their eggs are a favorite food of monitor lizards, so to combat these predators, the hornbills narrow the entryway to their nests with a very special sealant—their own feces.

它们的蛋是巨蜥喜欢的食物，因此为了抵挡这些食肉动物，犀鸟们用一种特殊的密封剂——它们自己的粪便，将巢穴的入口通道弄窄。

With the help of the Nestbox Program started by Marc Cremades and through the tireless efforts of Prof Ng Soon Chye, among others,Oriental Pied Hornbills are becomingmore and morecommon in parts of Singapore.

应为Marc Cremades 和 Prof Ng Soon Chye 的&鸟巢箱&和他人努力的工作冠斑犀鸟越来越多，在新加坡的某些地方可以经常看到。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。