Name: 貓熊為何與其他熊類如此不同？ | 2026年2月5日 (Why Pandas are unlike any other bear | February 5, 2026)
Uploaded: 2026-02-09T14:26:16.000Z
Duration: 9 min 51 s

We are here with your 10 minutes of news.

我們在這裡為您帶來十分鐘的新聞。

Hope you are having an awesome, fantastic, phenomenal day.

希望你今天過得超棒、超讚、超驚豔。

My family is trying to convince me that we should get one and I'm thinking some big old dog, but

我家人一直想說服我我們應該養一隻，我本來在想說要養那種大大的老狗，但是

they keep showing me these pictures of these teeny, tiny Pomeranians and I do not know how I feel about that.

他們一直給我看那些小小的博美犬照片，我不知道我對那樣的感覺如何。

Anyways, I was just thinking about this because our lead story today is about a breed of robot dogs.

不管怎樣，我剛想到這件事，因為我們今天的主要新聞是關於一種機器狗的品種。

Now, we've shown you a lot of videos of robo dogs being introduced at tech shows or being tested in the lab.

我們看過很多機器狗在科技展上亮相或在實驗室測試的影片。

But today we're getting a look at a new fleet being put into action in the real world.

但今天我們要來看看一群新的機器狗，牠們已經實際投入使用了。

Working in forests, this pack is heading out into the wilderness, using cameras and lasers to map trees in ways humans maybe never could.

牠們在森林裡工作，這群機器狗正前往野外，利用攝影機和雷射來繪製地圖，這是人類可能永遠無法做到的。

Here's how the Oxford Robotics Institute is giving Forest Management a whole new pawspective.

看看牛津機器人研究所是如何為森林管理帶來全新的「犬」景的。

They do look and feel very much like robot dogs.

牠們看起來和感覺上都非常像機器狗。

When we go to the forest or to the park sometimes just to test the robots, we do attract attention not only of the dog owners, but

當我們有時候去森林或公園測試機器人時，不只會吸引狗主人，

連狗狗們 themselves 也會被吸引過來。

So they, they tend to come close and then sniff around the robot.

所以牠們會靠近，然後在機器人周圍嗅聞。

Of course, our robots can't understand this yet.

當然，我們的機器人目前還無法理解這個。

So my name is Nivet Chebrolu and I'm a senior researcher here at the Oxford Robotics Institute.

我叫 Nivet Chebrolu，是牛津機器人研究所的資深研究員。

This is a robot platform that we've been using in order to do the forestry mapping.

這是一個我們用來進行森林繪製的機器人平臺。

There are about eight cameras on the device which are used for obstacle detection, as well as other cameras which are more high resolution for.

裝置上有大約八個攝影機，用於障礙物偵測，還有其他更高解析度的攝影機。

For understanding the trees and the environment around us.

用來瞭解我們周遭的樹木和環境。

Lasers, scanners, as well as inertial measurement units.

雷射、掃描器，以及慣性測量單元。

Once we have all this data, as the robot is moving, we can stitch together to create a 3D map of the environment.

當我們取得所有這些資料，隨著機器人移動，我們可以將它們縫合起來，建立環境的 3D 地圖。

The goal of the Digiforest project was to build digital models of forests using cameras and lasers on a variety of different robot platforms.

Digiforest 計畫的目標是利用各種不同機器人平臺上的攝影機和雷射，建立森林的數位模型。

So with more detailed robot reconstructions of the forest, we're able to more quickly identify when there is maybe disease or whether a tree is damaged or could be helped, or whether it could be harvested for its wood.

透過更詳細的機器人森林重建，我們能更快地辨識出是否有疾病、樹木是否受損或需要幫助，或者是否可以採伐木材。

Forest management has used measuring tapes for over 100 years.

森林管理用了測量帶超過一百年了。

And this use of Quadruped robots will transform the way it's carried out.

而這種四足機器人的使用將徹底改變其執行方式。

With this, as the robot is walking, you densely map the entire region so you get a per tree inventory.

這樣一來，隨著機器人行走，你就能密集地繪製整個區域的地圖，得到每棵樹的詳細資料。

So we're able to monitor it at a much higher resolution than what we were able to do.

所以我們現在能以比過去高出許多的解析度來監測。

So I think we now have a kind of a fully functional system that's able to map a hectare maybe in 20 minutes.

所以我覺得我們現在有一個功能齊全的系統，大概能在 20 分鐘內繪製一公頃的地圖。

So when you have four points of contact, it's naturally stable compared to a humanoid kind of a robot, which is two legs.

所以當你有四個接觸點時，它自然比只有兩條腿的人形機器人還要穩定。

So just energy wise, it's much more efficient to have a four legged robot, especially in uneven terrain.

所以光是能源方面，四足機器人就有效率多了，尤其是在崎嶇的地形上。

The cost of these walking platforms is falling dramatically with longer battery life with different battery technology.

這些行走平臺的成本正大幅下降，電池續航力也更長，還有不同的電池技術。

It's not one you're likely to come across when you go down to the woods today, but

你今天去森林裡不太可能遇到這種技術，但

A giant pandas diet consists of almost exclusively kwat, tree bark, berries, bamboo or insects.

大熊貓的飲食幾乎只包含蘆葦、樹皮、漿果、竹子或昆蟲。

There is no bamboozling you if you said bamboo.

如果你說竹子，那絕對騙不了你。

Pandas spend up to 16 hours a day feasting on the woody grass.

熊貓每天花長達16小時大快朵頤這種草本植物。

A full grown panda can eat up to 100 pounds of bamboo per day.

一隻成年的熊貓一天可以吃下高達100磅的竹子。

For the first time in decades, there are no giant pandas in Japan.

幾十年來，日本首次沒有大熊貓了。

The last pair were sent back to their ancestral home in China.

最後一對熊貓被送回牠們在中國的祖籍地。

The twin pandas were born in Tokyo, but only under Beijing's long running panda diplomacy program.

這對雙胞胎熊貓出生在東京，但全都是因為北京長期的熊貓外交計畫。

They still belong to China and the agreement to send them back reached its deadline.

牠們仍然屬於中國，而送牠們回去的協議也已到期。

Crowds gathered at the Tokyo Zoo to bid farewell to a pair of four year old pandas last week.

上週，人群聚集在東京動物園，向一對四歲的熊貓告別。

For the first time in half a century, Japan will be pandalis as its last two cubs, Xiao Ziao and Leilei, are leaving for China.

日本幾十年來首次沒有大熊貓了，因為最後一對熊貓「曉曉」和「雷雷」要送回中國。

We always said there's a panda here so we'll get to see it sometime.

我們總是說這裡有熊貓，所以總有一天會看到牠們。

News of the twins departure has drawn fans from across the country, some waiting hours for a final glimpse.

這對雙胞胎熊貓要離開的消息，吸引了全國各地的粉絲，有些人為了最後一瞥，等了好幾個小時。

Though they were born In Tokyo in 2021, the Cubs were always meant to return this year to their motherland, which loans the bears as goodwill ambassadors and to strengthen trade ties.

雖然牠們是於 2021 年在東京出生，但這對熊貓寶寶本來就註定今年要回到牠們的祖國，中國會將熊貓借出作為友好大使，並加強貿易關係。

But as tensions between Japan and China deepen, prospects for another panda loan seem increasingly far fetched.

但隨著日中關係日益緊張，再次獲得熊貓的機會似乎越來越渺茫。

It feels like such a cute, innocent animal is being used as a trump card or weapon.

感覺這麼可愛、無辜的動物，卻被當成籌碼或武器。

Relations between the two countries are at their lowest point in years after Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said in parliament that a Chinese invasion of Taiwan could trigger a Japanese military response.

兩國關係降至多年來的最低點，因為日本首相高市早苗在國會中表示，中國入侵臺灣可能會引發日本的軍事回應。

China, which claims Taiwan as its own, considers the issue a red line and has responded with a flurry of economic pressure tactics like cutting flights, warning citizens against traveling to Japan and suspending seafood imports.

中國聲稱臺灣是其領土，並將此問題視為一條紅線，是以採取了一系列經濟壓力手段，例如停飛班機、警告公民不要前往日本以及暫停海鮮進口。

Now the panda's departure, though pre Planned feels like yet another blow.

現在，熊貓的離開，雖然是早就計畫好的，卻感覺像是又一次打擊。

At the operational level, we don't know if we'll get more pandas.

在營運層面，我們不知道是否能再獲得更多熊貓。

But we hope to continue working with China on conservation and breeding research in the future.

但我們希望未來能繼續與中國在保育和繁殖研究方面合作。

Japan first welcomed pandas in 1972 to mark the normalization of ties with China.

日本於 1972 年首次迎接熊貓，以紀念與中國關係正常化。

What followed was decades of panda fever.

隨之而來的是數十年的熊貓熱潮。

With the zoo's surrounding neighborhood transformed by tourism and and panda themed merchandise.

動物園周邊社區因旅遊業和熊貓主題商品而轉變。

Tens of millions of dollars are generated each year from the panda economy, according to one economist's estimates.

根據一位經濟學家的估計，熊貓經濟每年創造數千萬美元的收益。

But with no new bear loan In Sight, Japan's 50 year chapter of Panda diplomacy comes to a close.

不過，由於看不到新的熊貓借展，日本長達 50 年的熊貓外交篇章也隨之結束。

是時候來個「你知道嗎？」的單元了。

Even though giant pandas eat a prolific amount of bamboo, they can only digest about 17% of it.

雖然大熊貓會吃大量的竹子，但牠們只能消化大約 17%。

That is because despite evolving to be herbivores, they've retained a short digestive tract normally seen in carnivores.

這是因為牠們雖然演化成了草食動物，卻保留了肉食動物通常有的短消化道。

This, combined with a fiber rich diet means pandas are prodigious producers of excrement.

這加上富含纖維的飲食，意味著熊貓會產生大量的排洩物。

An adult panda can go number two up to 100 times a day, producing dozens of pounds of waste.

一隻成年的熊貓一天可以排便高達 100 次，產生數十磅的廢物。

And that's not their only bizarre bathroom habit.

這還不是牠們唯一奇特的如廁習慣。

Get this, pandas are also known to urinate while doing a handstand.

沒錯，熊貓還以倒立小便聞名。

Scientists say the unusual act is actually a technique to mark their territory.

科學家說，這種不尋常的行為其實是牠們標記地盤的一種技巧。

The higher the mark, the bigger the panda.

牠們的標記越高，代表熊貓越大隻。

And teachers, I am sorry for any pandemonium the potty talk have caused.

還有老師們，很抱歉因為這些如廁話題造成了任何混亂。

And you won't believe that the dog can't see.

而你絕對想不到這隻狗狗其實是看不見的。

Goose arrived on a Pendleton County, Kentucky farm in 2013, and his owner, Ms.

Goose 在 2013 年來到肯塔基州 Pendleton County 的一個農場，牠的主人 Lindy Huffman 女士說，是牠自己選了她。

牠是第一隻跑過來找我，然後搶走牽繩就跑開的狗狗。

He was the very first puppy that came and ran up to me and he snatched the harness out of my hands and took off with it.

我想在那一刻我就知道牠是我的，我也是牠的。

And I think in that moment I knew that he was mine and I was his.

所以在那一刻，牠有點像是選了我。

For more than a decade, Goose has done it all.

牠會幫忙趕牛、在播種季節幫忙，還會密切注意溫室。

Bringing in cattle, helping during planting season, and keeping a close eye on the greenhouse.

這份投入讓 Goose 贏得了全國的關注，成為 People's Choice Pup Award 三位決賽入圍者之一。

That dedication is now earning Goose national attention as one of three finalists for the People's Choice Pup Award.