澳大利亚科学家通过动物园辅导, 重新唤醒了摄政蜂蜜师的濒危歌曲, 激发了繁衍希望。 Australian scientists revived the regent honeyeater’s endangered song via zoo tutoring, boosting breeding hopes.

澳大利亚的科学家们通过在塔龙加动物园和塔龙加西部平原动物园进行有针对性的歌曲辅导,恢复了濒临绝种的食蜜动物的传统歌曲,野外的蜜蜂数量不到250只。 Scientists in Australia have revived the traditional song of the critically endangered regent honeyeater, with fewer than 250 left in the wild, through targeted song tutoring at Taronga Zoo and Taronga Western Plains Zoo. 研究人员使用录音和两名野生男性,教授被俘养的鸟类因人口减少而损失的原始复杂歌曲。 Using recordings and two wild-born males, researchers taught captive-bred birds the original complex song lost due to population decline. 超过一半的动物园饲养的雄性现在唱着传统歌曲,改善了成功繁殖和重新引进的前景。 Over half of the zoo-raised males now sing the traditional song, improving prospects for successful breeding and reintroduction. 这项努力突出表明,在保护过程中,必须保存学到的行为,而不仅仅是遗传学。 The effort highlights the importance of preserving learned behaviors, not just genetics, in conservation.