這是《動物王國大探險展》極地生態區的企鵝導覽。在此聆聽這群黑白外衣的極地居民。
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This is the penguin stop in the polar gallery of the Animal Kingdom Grand Adventure Exhibition. Listen here to these residents of the ice in black and white.
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幽暗的極夜籠罩著廣闊冰川，身披黑白外衣、身形圓潤的企鵝們，為冰凍極地帶來了幾分熱鬧生機，而不同種類的企鵝，也有獨特的迷人之處。
所有企鵝都是群居動物，有著嚴謹的家庭分工制度，為了讓產後耗盡體力的母企鵝能返回大海覓食，公企鵝一肩扛起孵蛋重任。為了在孵蛋期間不離開巢穴、不弄髒環境，有些企鵝還演化出驚人的特殊排便法。例如，成年的阿德利企鵝在排便時會走到巢穴邊緣，轉身彎腰，用腸道壓力將排泄物朝外噴射出數十公分遠，完美確保巢穴環境衛生和羽毛清潔。
企鵝還擁有特殊的睡眠模式，特別是在孵蛋的時候，睡眠變得非常破碎。研究發現，頰帶企鵝可以平均睡4秒，重複一整天。超過一萬次的秒睡再醒來，不但能讓大腦隨時維持高警覺度，更可以在一天內累積長達11小時的總睡眠時間。
這些與人類共存的神奇生物們，正面臨氣候變遷帶來的嚴重後果，期待我們在與自然的和諧共存中，能找回守護地球生態平衡的力量。
A dark polar night lies over the vast glaciers. Penguins in black-and-white coats, round in body, bring a little bustle of life to the frozen pole, and each kind of penguin has a charm of its own.
All penguins are animals of the group, with a strict division of family labor. So that a mother who has given all her strength in laying may return to the sea to feed, the father takes on the duty of the egg. So they need not leave the nest or soil it while they incubate, some penguins have evolved a striking way to relieve themselves. Adult Adelie penguins, for instance, walk to the rim of the nest, turn and bend, and with pressure from the gut shoot the waste tens of centimeters out, keeping the nest clean and the feathers clean.
Penguins also have a special pattern of sleep, especially while they incubate, when sleep becomes very broken. Research has found that chinstrap penguins may sleep four seconds on average, over and over through the day. More than ten thousand of those second-sleeps, waking again, not only keep the brain on high alert but can add up to as much as eleven hours of total sleep in a day.
These wondrous beings who share the world with us now face the grave results of a changing climate. We hope that in living with nature we may find again the strength to keep the balance of the Earth's ecology.