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Meet Tiqa, the newest member of the beluga family at Vancouver Aquarium1! The calf2 was born in June of last year. Tiqa spends her days training with the aquarium staff and swimming close to her mother Qila. In the wild, belugas live in Arctic and sub-arctic waters along the coasts of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Norway and Russia. Biologists estimate there are about 100,000 Belugas in the wild. But although the number is greater than that of other whale species, beluga numbers have taken a battering3 after decades of over-hunting. As of the 2008, the beluga is listed as “near-threatened” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. This is because of uncertainty4 about the actual number of Belugas across its range, especially in the Russian Arctic. The IUCN claims that if current conservation efforts stopped, especially management of hunting, beluga population would likely qualify for “threatened” status within 5 years.
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n.水族馆,养鱼池,玻璃缸 | |
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n.小牛,犊,幼仔,小牛皮 | |
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3 battering | |
n.用坏,损坏v.连续猛击( batter的现在分词 ) | |
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n.易变,靠不住,不确知,不确定的事物 | |
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n.极光 | |
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6 navigate | |
v.航行,飞行;导航,领航 | |
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adv.恰好,正好,精确地,细致地 | |
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n.团,多数,管理;v.组织,编成团,统制 | |
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9 unprecedented | |
adj.无前例的,新奇的 | |
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10 forth | |
adv.向前;向外,往外 | |
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