新聞來源: http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/01/us/florida-python-deer/index.html?npt=NP1
今日單字: Python [n.] = 蟒、巨蛇
你們怕蛇嗎 ?
小編個人覺得蛇的眼睛滿可怕的。
不過，我也覺得蛇身體的各種顏色都很亮眼、很美。
有粉絲養蛇當寵物嗎 ?
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(一) 今日新聞導讀
1. At 15.65 feet, the python isn't the largest on record. But the size of her prey both impresses and concerns state and federal wildlife scientists and land managers trying to control the non-native species.
這條15.65英尺的蟒蛇非記錄裡最大的一條，但它獵物的尺寸卻令人印象深刻，也使極力想控管外來品種的野生動物學者及公園管理人員感到擔憂。
2. It was dispatched, by protocol, with a single shotgun blast to the head.
那條蛇依規定被以子彈射擊頭部的方式殺死。
3. A necropsy conducted by Everglades National Park wildlife biologists showed the python had a girth of 44.1 inches after devouring the adult female deer.
沼澤地國家公園的野生生物學家們所進行的屍體檢驗顯示，在吞食那頭成年母鹿後，該蟒蛇的腰圍是44.1吋。
4. In 2005, a python apparently busted its gut after it had consumed a 6-foot alligator.
在2005年，一條蟒蛇在吞下一隻6英尺長的短吻鱷後，撐破自己的內臟。
5. Scientists and park managers are studying the exotic reptiles' breeding habits and pinpointing their locations to devise a strategy for controlling them.
科學家及公園管理人員們正在研究這些外來爬蟲類的繁殖習性，也正試圖找出它們的所在地以便設法監控它們。
(二) 延伸討論
Have you seen an actual snake before ?
Are you scared of them ?
Not only have I seen a real snake before, I've touched one.
Their bodies are firmer than I had imagined.
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