这种专车也敢坐？ 美国浣熊骑鳄鱼过河

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　　一名男子在佛罗里达中部的国家森林里散步时，拍到了一张罕见的浣熊骑鳄鱼的照片。

　　Richard Jones was walking with his family in the Ocala National Forest when they spotted² the alligator.

　　理查·琼斯和家人在奥卡拉国家森林散步时发现了那条鳄鱼。

　　He believes his son startled the raccoon while trying to take a picture of the reptile³.

　　他相信他的儿子试图给鳄鱼拍照时吓到了浣熊。

　　The image has become an internet sensation since the photo was taken on Sunday morning.

　　照片是在周日上午拍下的，之后在网上引起了轰动。

　　Mr Jones told local television station WFTV that he "snapped a lucky picture right when the gator slipped into the water and before the raccoon jumped off and scurried⁴ away".

　　琼斯告诉本地电视台WFTV，他“就在鳄鱼滑入水中，浣熊跳开窜走之前，他幸运的拍到了一张照片。”

　　"Without the context you'd think the raccoon was hitching⁵ a ride across the river," he told the television station.

　　他告诉电视台，“忽略事件前后的话，你会觉得浣熊是在搭车过河。”

　　"The raccoon riding an alligator is the most Florida thing since mortgage fraud," tweeted Benjamin Freed, a writer for the Washingtonian, alluding⁶ to the financial crisis that began in 2007.

　　华盛顿作家本杰明·弗里德在推特上写道：“浣熊骑鳄鱼是贷款欺诈之后最佛罗里达的事了。”他暗指2007年开始的金融危机。

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