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Its favourite food is up above - the tiny seeds of the rimu tree.
它們最喜歡的食物在上面 芮木淚柏的微小種子
This fruit fuels kakapo reproduction and they only breed when the trees produce a bumper crop,
這種果實能促進鸮鵡的繁殖，它們只在樹結(jié)果的豐年才繁殖
so about once every four years.
約每4年才發(fā)生一次
Kakapo breed slower than any other bird, but they also live longer,
鸮鵡比任何其它鳥類的繁殖都要慢，但也壽命更長
sometimes more than a hundred years.
有時壽命超過百年
The male's song is as peculiar as the bird itself.
雄性的嗓音獨特
More frog than parrot, it can be heard up to three miles away.
比起鸚鵡來更像是蛙叫，三哩外都能聽到
In a breeding season, he will boom non-stop for eight hours every night for up to three months.
在繁殖季節(jié)，他能三個月每晚8小時不停地發(fā)出隆隆聲
But a female will only respond if there are plenty of rimu seeds about.
雌性只對周圍是否有大量的芮木淚柏種子的雄性有回應(yīng)
So while these birds may nest in burrows like rabbits, unfortunately, they don't breed like them.
所以這些鳥在繁殖季像兔子一樣挖洞，很不幸，它們的繁殖不像兔子
And their numbers have dwindled dramatically.
它們的數(shù)量驚人地下降
Today, fewer than a hundred kakapo survive...and precious chicks receive a helping hand.
如今鸮鵡存活不足百只...珍貴的幼雛得到了幫助之手
Captive rearing has helped raise the number of kakapo from just 51 in 1995 to the 91 birds alive today.
捕獲幼雛進行人工飼養(yǎng)以提高鸮鵡的數(shù)量從95年的51只到如今的存活了91只
They used to number in the hundreds of thousands. Today, their future is truly in our hands.
它們曾經(jīng)有成百上千只。如今它們的未來卻在我們的手中
So is this now an empty forest? Actually, the trees are under attack like never before.
因此現(xiàn)在是座空森林？事實上，樹木受到前所未有的摧殘
There's a menace lurking amongst the foliage.
危險潛伏在葉子中
During the day, it slumbers. But under cover of darkness, an invader is revealed.
白天，它蟄伏著。一旦黑暗降臨，侵略者顯身了
