华尔街英语导读:
Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, is living proof that age is just a number.
智慧是一只信天翁,它活生生地证明了年龄只是一个数字。
The winged creature -- which is at least 68 years old and is the "world's oldest known banded bird in the wild," according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service -- laid an egg on Midway Atoll on November 29, biologists there confirmed.
据美国鱼类及野生动物管理局介绍,这只有翼生物至少有68岁了,是“世界上已知的最年老的套上标记环的野生鸟”。11月29日,生物学家证实,这只鸟在中途岛产下一枚蛋。
"Wisdom and her mate Akeakamai return to the same nest site on Midway Atoll each year. Albatross often take time off to rest between egg-laying years, but the pair has met on Midway to lay and hatch an egg every year since 2006," the wildlife agency continued.
该野生动物管理局表示:“智慧和她的伴侣阿克阿卡迈每年都会回到中途岛的同一个巢穴。信天翁通常会在产卵期间休息一段时间,但自2006年以来,这两只信天翁每年都会在中途岛相遇,然后产卵孵化。”
The bird has laid an estimated 40 eggs during her lifetime, NPR reported.
据美国国家公共电台报道,这只鸟一生中大约产下40个蛋。

Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, is living proof that age is just a number.
智慧是一只信天翁,它活生生地证明了年龄只是一个数字。
The winged creature -- which is at least 68 years old and is the "world's oldest known banded bird in the wild," according to the US Fish and Wildlife Service -- laid an egg on Midway Atoll on November 29, biologists there confirmed.
据美国鱼类及野生动物管理局介绍,这只有翼生物至少有68岁了,是“世界上已知的最年老的套上标记环的野生鸟”。11月29日,生物学家证实,这只鸟在中途岛产下一枚蛋。
"Wisdom and her mate Akeakamai return to the same nest site on Midway Atoll each year. Albatross often take time off to rest between egg-laying years, but the pair has met on Midway to lay and hatch an egg every year since 2006," the wildlife agency continued.
该野生动物管理局表示:“智慧和她的伴侣阿克阿卡迈每年都会回到中途岛的同一个巢穴。信天翁通常会在产卵期间休息一段时间,但自2006年以来,这两只信天翁每年都会在中途岛相遇,然后产卵孵化。”
The bird has laid an estimated 40 eggs during her lifetime, NPR reported.
据美国国家公共电台报道,这只鸟一生中大约产下40个蛋。
