圣地亚哥动物园为稀有白犀牛宝宝命名

圣地亚哥动物园为稀有白犀牛宝宝命名

A white rhino born last month at San Diego Zoo Safari Park has been named Future for what the calf represents to rhino conservation worldwide, officials said.

上个月在圣地亚哥野生动物园出生的一头白犀牛被命名为“未来”，因为这头小犀牛代表了全世界犀牛保护的意义。

The baby is bonding with her mother and frolicking in a maternity yard left wet by recent storms.

这个婴儿和她的母亲亲密无间，在被最近的暴风雨弄湿的产房里嬉戏。

“Future’s new favorite thing is mud,” zookeeper Marco Zeno said. “She sees a puddle and she wants to roll in it!”

动物园管理员马尔科·泽诺说:“未来最受欢迎的新物种是泥巴。”“她看到一个水坑，她想在里面打滚!”

Future is the 100th southern white rhino to be born at the park and the second conceived through artificial insemination. The first, Edward, was born to a different mother in July.

“未来”是在该公园出生的第100头南方白犀牛，也是第二头通过人工授精受孕的犀牛。第一个人工授精孩子，爱德华，由另一个母亲在七月产出。

The zoo births using frozen sperm are part of efforts to develop knowledge needed to save a subspecies called the northern white rhino, officials said. Only two currently remain and both are female.

官员们说，动物园使用冷冻精子生产的犀牛是为了发展知识以拯救一种名为北方白犀牛的亚种。目前只剩下两名，都是女性。

Several other rhino species also are being pushed to toward extinction.

其他几种犀牛也濒临灭绝。

Future was born Nov. 21 to an 11-year-old mother named Amani.

未来出生在11月21日，母亲是11岁的阿曼尼。

At 19 days old, the baby weighed 193 pounds. She could weigh 20 times that when fully grown.

19天大时，体重193磅。成年后她的体重可能是这个的20倍。