英语听力：自然百科 黄石公园的夏天 Yellowstone—7
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Hot water scorches1 and drowns the roots of trees encroaching on the valleys. It can keep the forests in check and the rich pastures / open. Those pastures now produce the new grass needed to make rich milk and feed a bison baby boom. The few calves2 born on the migration3 are now joined by hundreds of new youngsters. The predators5 have been waiting for this. Coyotes have a voracious6 reputation here. But on its own this one is certainly no match for a healthy bison and her calf7.
Pronghorn give birth to twins, each carefully cleaned to hide their smell from predators. While they are with her, they are
relatively8 safe. And for now, the coyote is content with the afterbirth. But the mother pronghorn must leave her calves alone while she grazes. And with legs as wobbly as
stilts9, their best
defense10 is to lie low. She has young of her own to worry about, a demanding litter of nine, whose arrival has been carefully timed to coincide with an abundance of food.
But they are not top dog here. Yellowstone's top
predator4, the wolf, dominated during the winter but is far less visible in summer. They prefer to stay close to well-hidden
dens11 to protect their pups from...
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