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刚才见《华盛顿邮报》报道,夏威夷有只信天翁(也许该叫“信天婆”),62岁还孵小鸟,真是春天的第一个惊喜。(http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/albatross-named-wisdom-astounds-scientists-by-giving-birth-at-age-62/2013/02/05/f46a68a6-6fc5-11e2-8b8d-e0b59a1b8e2a_story.html?hpid=z1)
那只夏威夷信天翁(Laysan Albatross)名叫“阿慧”(Wisdom),科学家们追她好多年了。自1956年以来,她飞行了大约500万公里(真是“千万里的追寻”啊)在地球和月亮之间来回5趟还多!
我没见过信天翁,想起大诗人Samuel Taylor Coleridge《古舟子咏》(The Rime of the Ancient Mariner)里的那一只上帝的精灵:
At length did cross an Albatross,
Thorough the fog it came;
As if it had been a Christian soul,
We hailed it in God's name.
关于那只鸟,历来有很多人挖掘它的寓意。有个解读很有趣:
Albatross = Al(mighty)+ (com)Bat + Ross
阿慧不做空巢老人
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