澳大利亚昆士兰
考拉熊妈妈和8个月大的宝宝,澳大利亚昆士兰 (© Suzi Eszterhas/Minden Pictures)
在母亲节,我们向这些有袋妈妈致敬(For Mother’s Day, we salute these marsupial moms)
在母亲中,很少有人能像考拉妈妈那样宣称自己与孩子的关系如此深厚。因为她的怀孕期只有一个月——这很可能让她成为其他哺乳动物母亲羡慕的对象——她的婴儿在胚胎阶段就出现在她的怀抱中,大约有一颗水母大小。母亲将在接下来的一年里,把她的孩子称为“乔伊”,放在育儿袋里或背上,这一壮举让她每年的母亲节卡片都是值得的。
原文:
Among mothers, few can claim as deep a bond with their baby as a koala mom. Because her pregnancy lasts only a month – likely making her the envy of other mammal mothers – her baby emerges into her embrace still in the embryonic stage, about the size of a jellybean. Mom will spend the next year carrying her baby, called a joey, either inside her pouch or on her back, a feat that makes her annual Mother’s Day card well-earned.
《© Suzi Eszterhas/Minden Pictures》