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Mark Carwardine travelled to Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, where one museum collector is currently at work. We now know that the greatest threat to the world' s wildlife is habitat destruction. Beneath this modern day paradise lies a tragic story, the loss of an ecosystem that was once home to its most famous resident, the now extinct dodo. As a zoologist I was keen to come and meet museum scientist Julian Hume, who spent much of his life collecting here and uncovering the island' s secrets. Well Julian, it' s amazing driving through mile after mile of these sugar cane plantations. It' s really hard to imagine what Mauritius might have been like at the time of the dodo. Well, since the dodo' s gone from this place, it' s just changed beyond recognition. It' s just unbelievable. This was once covered in ebony forest, palm trees. What a sight that would have been, and now we' re just left with this monoculture of sugar cane. It' s just dreadful, to be honest. |
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mǎ kè kǎ wò dīng céng yuǎn xíng dào wèi yú yìn dù yáng de máo lǐ qiú sī, ér rú jīn, tā jiù zài nà cóng shì bó wù guǎn jí wù zhě de gōng zuò. rú jīn, wǒ men zhī dào yě shēng dòng wù suǒ miàn lín de zuì dà wēi xié jiù shì qī xī dì de huǐ miè, zhè gè xiàn dài tiān táng de bèi hòu, què yǒu yī duàn bēi jù de guò wǎng, yòu chēng máo lǐ qiú sī dù dù niǎo, gū gē jǐn chǎn yú yìn dù yáng máo lǐ qiú sī dǎo de yī zhǒng bú huì fēi de niǎo. céng jǐ hé shí, zhè lǐ yǐ dù dù niǎo zhī xiāng wén míng. hòu yīn shēng tài huán jìng pò huài, dù dù niǎo xiàn yǐ miè jué. zuò wéi yī míng dòng wù xué jiā, wǒ céng yīn qiè xī wàng yǔ bó wù guǎn xué jiā zhū lì ān xiū mó huì miàn, tā hào jìn bì shēng jīng lì zài cǐ shōu jí zì rán wù zhǒng, shì tú jiē kāi zhè zuò dǎo yǔ de mì mì. zhū lì ān, kāi chē chuān guò zhè yī wàng wú jì de gān zhè dì, gǎn jué zhēn hǎo. zhēn nán yǐ xiǎng xiàng, dù dù niǎo miè jué zhī qián, máo lǐ qiú sī shì yī fù shén me mú yàng. zì cóng dù dù niǎo miè jué hòu, zhè lǐ biàn de miàn mù quán fēi le, hěn bù kě sī yì céng jīng zhè lǐ cháng mǎn le wū mù lín zōng lǘ shù, nán yǐ xiǎng xiàng nà fù jǐng xiàng. ér xiàn zài, zhè lǐ wéi yī de zuò wù jiù shì gān zhè. shuō shí huà, zhè hěn kě pà. |