(单词翻译:单击)
This is Ciel, an ocelot. She is beautiful.
这是西奥,她是一只豹猫 。她简直就是个美人 。
But, her beauty is her downfall.
然而,美也给它带来了毁灭 。
Twice the size of an average house cat, but with shorter than average legs,
体型两倍于普通家猫,腿却不如一般的猫长,
speed isn't their specialty. They ambush.
速度不是它们的强项 。它们的强项是伏击 。
Rodents, birds, fish, if it's meat, they'll eat it.
老鼠、鸟,鱼,凡是动物,它们就吃 。
We almost lost the ocelot.
豹猫已经濒临灭绝 。
They're alluring coat, with its distinctive pattern, was highly desired in the fur trade.
它们的皮毛被用来做成诱人的外套,因为花纹独特,豹猫的皮毛在皮毛市场上是有价无市 。
They were hunted aggressively.
对豹猫的捕杀何其疯狂 。
It used to be that you could find them throughout the Southwestern U.S. and all the way down to the bottom of Brazil.
曾经,整个美国西南部一直到巴西最南端都能看到豹猫的身影 。
Now there's only 40 left in the wild in Texas.
如今德克萨斯的荒野里剩下的豹猫只有40只了 。
More exist in pockets of Central and South America, but the danger of shrinking habitats is always looming.
美国中部和南部腹地还有一些,然而它们的栖息地一直都生活在阴影之下 。
This is the ocelot.
这就是豹猫 。