qi miao dao yu 14

Song 奇妙岛屿 14
Artist 英语听力
Album BBC南太平洋

Lyrics

[00:00.00] More frog than parrot,
[00:02.15] it can be heard up to three miles away.
[00:05.01] In a breeding season,
[00:06.37] he will boom non-stop for eight hours every night for up to three months.
[00:10.66] But a female will only respond if there are plenty of rimu seeds about.
[00:15.18] So while these birds may nest in burrows like rabbits,
[00:18.31] unfortunately,
[00:19.32] they don't breed like them.
[00:21.31] And their numbers have dwindled dramatically.
[00:23.30] Today,
[00:24.01] fewer than a hundred kakapo survive and precious chicks receive a helping hand.
[00:31.24] Captive rearing has helped raise the number of kakapo from just 51 in 1995
[00:36.29] to the 91 birds alive today.
[00:39.46] They used to number in the hundreds of thousands.
[00:41.90] Today, their future is truly in our hands.
[00:45.86] So is this now an empty forest Actually,
[00:49.84] the trees are under attack like never before.
[00:52.64] There's a menace lurking amongst the foliage.
[00:55.51] During the day, it slumbers.
[00:57.89] But under cover of darkness,
[01:00.43] an invader is revealed.