考研英语阅读篇章里约大冒险蓝鹦鹉原型去世
<p> 篇章：《里约大冒险》蓝鹦鹉原型去世</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="bird">bird</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Spix">Spix</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="macaw">macaw</span> <span word="named">named</span> <span word="Presley">Presley</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="around">around</span> 40 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="died">died</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="second">second</span>-<span word="to">to</span>-<span word="last">last</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="remaining">remaining</span> <span word="wild">wild</span>-<span word="born">born</span> <span word="parrots">parrots</span>.</p><p> 这是一只斯皮克斯金刚鹦鹉，名叫普雷斯利。周三那天它离世了，约四十岁，被认为是世上最后倒数第二只野生斯皮克斯金刚鹦鹉。</p><p> <span word="Presley">Presley</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="death">death</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="blow">blow</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="conservation">conservation</span> <span word="efforts">efforts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="both">both</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="symbolic">symbolic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="literal">literal</span> <span word="sense">sense</span>. <span word="Critically">Critically</span> <span word="endangered">endangered</span>, <span word="these">these</span> <span word="native">native</span> <span word="Brazilian">Brazilian</span> <span word="birds">birds</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="believed">believed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="extinct">extinct</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="wild">wild</span>. <span word="Decades">Decades</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="deforestation">deforestation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="rampant">rampant</span> <span word="wildlife">wildlife</span> <span word="trafficking">trafficking</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="besieged">besieged</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="medium">medium</span>-<span word="size">size</span> <span word="macaws">macaws</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="ended">ended</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="compete">compete</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="nest">nest</span> <span word="space">space</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="introduced">introduced</span> <span word="Africanized">Africanized</span> <span word="honeybees">honeybees</span>.</p><p> 无论是象征意义上或是实际上，普雷斯利的死都是对保育界的努力的一大打击。这些本土的巴西雀属于濒危物种，估计已经在野外灭绝。多年来的森林砍伐和猖獗的野生动物走私已经逼使这种中型金刚鹦鹉走投无路，更要与新引进的非洲化蜜蜂争夺筑巢之所。</p><p> <span word="Now">Now</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="fewer">fewer</span> <span word="than">than</span> 100 <span word="remaining">remaining</span> <span word="Spix">Spix</span> <span word="s">s</span> <span word="macaws">macaws</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="cloistered">cloistered</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="captive">captive</span> <span word="breeding">breeding</span> <span word="programs">programs</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="refuges">refuges</span> <span word="throughout">throughout</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worldand">worldand</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="vulnerable">vulnerable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="genetic">genetic</span> <span word="defects">defects</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="inbreeding">inbreeding</span>. <span word="Presley">Presley</span> <span word="offered">offered</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="opportunity">opportunity</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="inject">inject</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="much">much</span>-<span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="genetic">genetic</span> <span word="diversity">diversity</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="population">population</span>.</p>
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