車子發不動…他開引擎蓋驚見「長出一窩松鼠寶寶」 松鼠媽路過:借我放一下小孩~
2021年04月09日車裡長松鼠了?國外生態學家Katie LaBarbera聽鄰居抱怨說,他們一個星期沒開車,車子竟然沒辦法發動,引擎蓋裡還多了一堆樹枝和樹葉。Katie立刻意識到,這不是惡作劇,很可能是野生動物生活的痕跡。她幫鄰居檢查時,在那堆樹枝和樹葉裡發現了4隻粉嫩的松鼠寶寶。原來松鼠媽媽轉進車裡,在這個安全的空間內築巢。
▼Katie在車子零件的縫隙裡看到了一張棕色的臉。她立刻想到這段時間經常跑去找她討食的一隻瘦弱小松鼠,原來那就是這4隻松鼠寶寶的媽媽。如果將車子停在這裡待一個月,等小松鼠們長大就會自己離開,但鄰居還需要用車,Katie只能想辦法說服松鼠一家搬走。
This evening I heard a neighbor talking outside my window: “Yeah, it won’t start, I think the battery’s dead. ....oh my god!!! I think it’s a squirrel! Is it nesting?!?”
— Katie LaBarbera, PhD in 🐦 (@FeatheredKatie)March 28, 2020
So I popped right out and asked if I could look. Well:pic.twitter.com/P5SUJTB8f1
▼Katie將4隻松鼠寶寶放到一個紙箱裡,然後把紙箱放到一棵大樹旁。松鼠媽媽很快找了過來,但牠不確定紙箱是否安全,一直不肯靠近。如果天黑時牠還沒有找到自己的小孩,很可能會獨自立刻,那這4隻松鼠寶寶就無依無靠了。
And in the nest, sure enough: four pink babiespic.twitter.com/1BoSHmCAmQ
— Katie LaBarbera, PhD in 🐦 (@FeatheredKatie)March 28, 2020
▼Katie只能把其中一隻松鼠寶寶拿到手裡,展示給松鼠媽媽看。松鼠寶寶的叫聲果然吸引了媽媽的注意,松鼠媽媽很快就出現了。牠看到自己的小孩都在箱子裡,而且平安無事,這才鬆了一口氣。
I put the box next to her tree, but she wasn’t sure what to make of it. She was furious at us and not connecting the box to her babies.pic.twitter.com/sD5w1KuNM0
— Katie LaBarbera, PhD in 🐦 (@FeatheredKatie)March 28, 2020
▼松鼠媽媽越過鄰居家的院子,在一棵剛發芽的大樹的洞穴裡安家。牠將小孩一隻又一隻叼進去,從此之後會在新家將孩子們撫養長大。
I had noticed while moving the nest that the babies could be inspired by motion to make noise. I tried picking up a baby (normally I’d do this with gloves, but who has gloves now??) and it helpfully squeaked, and then suddenly - Mom was there!pic.twitter.com/28w4lbzRvc
— Katie LaBarbera, PhD in 🐦 (@FeatheredKatie)March 28, 2020
▼Katie看到這一幕非常開心,她提醒各位車主:「開車前檢查一下引擎蓋,說不定裡面有松鼠!」
After that she didn’t need any help: she knew where her babies were. One by one she came and fetched the remaining three.pic.twitter.com/akCAETYHbe
— Katie LaBarbera, PhD in 🐦 (@FeatheredKatie)March 28, 2020
松鼠媽媽找到新家,再也不用在引擎蓋裡躲躲藏藏。鄰居也能放心開車,不用擔心裡面會有小動物。Katie幫了大忙,這真是雙贏的好結果呀。
來源:Twitter
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