狒狒带着小狮子,童话成真?

A male baboon carrying and grooming a lion cub is an unusual sight, yet it happened over the weekend in South Africa's Kruger National Park.

一头雄性的狒狒带着并养育了一头小狮子,这不是什么寻常的景象,然而却在南非的克鲁格国家公园真实发生了。

The baboon took the cub up into a tree and preened it as if it were its own, said safari operator Kurt Schultz, who in 20 years had never seen such behavior.

这只狒狒把小狮子带到了一颗树上,并像亲生孩子一样养育它,观光指导科特·舒尔茨说他活了20多年以来还从来没有见过这样的行为。

“The baboon was grooming the lion cub as if it was a baby baboon,” Schultz said in an email to The Associated Press.

“这只狒狒这头小狮子当成一只小狒狒一样养,”舒尔茨在写给美联社的一封电邮中说道。

“Male baboons do a lot of grooming but the care given to this lion cub was the same care given by a female baboon to one of her own young."

“雄狒狒虽然也会带孩子,但这只雄狒狒给予这头小狮子就像雌狒狒给予亲生孩子的一样。”

Schultz said when he first saw the baboons early Saturday, the troop of baboons was excited and animated.

舒尔茨说他早在周六就第一次看到了这群狒狒,它们非常兴奋激动。

It is possible they had discovered the lion cub, he said.

有可能它们当时就发现了这只小狮子,他说道。

The baboons had gathered in an area with granite hills and boulders where lions and leopards have been known to hide their cubs while they go hunting, he said, and that's likely how the baboons found the cub.

这群狒狒聚集在了一片有很多花岗岩和巨石的地区,在那里狮子和猎豹据说会在捕猎时把他们的幼仔藏在那里,他说,狒狒很可能就是这样发现这只小狮子的。

Baboons "are really strong animals and when they were all excited and fighting over the baby in the beginning, it could have been injured internally,” Schultz said.

狒狒是一种“非常强壮的动物,一开始他们兴奋起来争夺小狮子的时候,它有可能受了内伤,”舒尔茨说道。

It was a hot morning and the cub was also showing signs of dehydration, he said.

那天早上很炎热,小狮子也出现的脱水迹象,他说道。

While the rest of the baboon troop settled down, the male “moved from branch to branch, grooming and carrying the cub for a long period of time,” Schultz said.

待整个狒狒群安顿下来之后,这只雄狒狒在树枝间移动时都带着并养育着这头小狮子,”舒尔茨说道。

“The cub seemed very exhausted.”

“这头小狮子看起来非常的疲累。”

Schultz and others on safaris in the park watched the rare sight and took photographs.

舒尔茨和其他在公园里观光的游客看到了这罕见的一幕并拍下了照片。

“I don't see a chance of this poor cub surviving. The troop of baboons was large and a lion would not be able to get the young back," Schultz said.

“我想这头可怜的小狮子恐怕无法存活。狒狒群很大,狮子妈妈恐怕没法把这头小狮子抢回来。”舒尔茨说道。

"Nature is cruel at most times and the survival of a young predator cub is not easy. The lion cub would pose a threat to the baboons when it gets older. I have witnessed baboons viciously killing leopard cubs and have heard of baboons killing lion cubs.”

“大自然是很多时候都是很残酷的,这种捕猎者的幼仔很难存活的。这头狮子长大之后,也会给这个狒狒群带来威胁。我亲眼目睹了狒狒很残忍的杀死猎豹的幼仔,也听说过狒狒杀死狮子幼仔的事。”

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