It's called the Creature Feature!

叫做，生物小百科！

Creature Feature is basically going to be a series where I bring home some of my animals from work

生物小百科這個系列，基本上就是我會從工作場所帶一些我負責的動物回家

and I basically tell you all about them, so I hope you enjoy it!

然後告訴你們有關這些動物的知識，所以我希望你們喜歡！

This is the first in the Creature Feature series, and today I want to introduce you to

現在是生物小百科系列的第一集，今天我要跟你們介紹的是

la La La La La

啦啦啦啦啦啦啦

This is Olaf! If you haven't subscribed yet, please do hit that subscribe button and become part the Creature Crew

這是 Olaf！如果你還沒訂閱，請記得按下訂閱按鈕，成為 Creature Crew 的一份子

and you'll be able to see much more Creature Features every single week

這樣你就能每週都看到生物小百科了

I'm going to be introducing you to some other colleagues of mine, such as birds of prey, some bats, and armadillos

我會在影片中介紹其他的「同事」給你們認識，像是一些猛禽類、蝙蝠或犰狳

So if you want to stick around, it's a cool place to be. And his name is Olaf because he loves warm hugs.

所以如果你想找個地方打發時間，這裡是個好地方。他的名字是 Olaf ，因為他喜歡溫暖的擁抱

I know. Just - just let it go.

好，我知道，就到此打住

In case you don't know what this gorgeous creature over here is; this is a chinchilla.

如果你不知道這隻美麗的生物是什麼，牠叫絨毛絲鼠

Where you going Olaf? You're just going to chill there in my arm. Today I am going to mostly be a rock ledge for

你要去哪，Olaf？你只是要在我手臂上休息一下。今天我大部分時候都要像個石礁一樣

Olaf over here, Olaf is from my work. So he's not mine

讓 Olaf 可以在上面，Olaf 是從我工作地點帶回來的，所以牠不是我的寵物

He doesn't belong to me, and he was actually bred by one of my colleagues

牠不屬於我，事實上牠是我同事的絨毛絲鼠生出來的小孩

who had a couple of babies a few years ago and Olaf was one of them. Olaf's cousins would come from the Andes. Olaf is

牠媽媽好幾年前生了幾隻絨毛絲鼠，Olaf 是其中之一。Olaf 的遠親來自安地斯山脈

about three years old now, but if properly looked after, chinchillas can live anywhere between 11 to 20 years.

Olaf 現在大約 3 歲了，但如果照顧妥當，不論任何地方絨毛絲鼠大約能活 11 至 20 年

I know, that's like a really broad spectrum

我知道，這個是個很大的範圍

And honestly there is a lot of debate as to how long a Chinchilla can live.

事實上，現在也有很多對於絨毛絲鼠能活多久的爭論

I've known them to be as old as seventeen years, but I've also known them to die as young as nine years

我知道有的能活到 17 歲那麼老，但我也聽過有些只活到 9 歲

Just like out of the blue, almost.

就像突然之間就死掉了，幾乎是這樣

Great, he's camera-shy. Um these guys are actually "crepuscular." You might not have heard that word before.

好吧，牠有點不想上鏡頭。這些小傢伙事實上是曙暮性動物。你之前可能沒聽過這個詞

Crepuscular is basically waking up at twilight. No, not that kind of Twilight.

曙暮性動物基本上只在陽光微弱的時候醒來。不，不是暮光之城

They wake up just before dawn and just before dusk. Basically when it's nice and cool

牠們只在黎明前還有黃昏前醒來，基本上就是美好、涼爽的時候

And they will come out in a big group. They actually live in herds. Yeah, just like an elephant, they live in herds.

而且牠們會一大群地出沒，牠們實際上是群體生活的，沒錯，就像大象一樣，牠們群體生活

They're very, very social and for that reason you should never keep them on their own. Olaf is never alone

牠們是非常社會性的動物，因此你不應該單獨養一隻。Olaf 從沒獨自一「鼠」

he has about five other chinchillas that he can interact with.

另外還有 5 隻絨毛絲鼠跟牠在一起，牠們可以一起互動

What are you doing back there Olaf? Do you want to come down?

Olaf，你在後面幹嘛？你想要下來嗎？

Yeah, thought so. So yeah, not nocturnal - waking up at night. Not diurnal - waking up during the day

我覺得應該是想，所以，沒錯，不是夜行性－晚上醒來的動物。不是日行性－白天醒來的動物

Crepuscular. Waking up dawn and dusk. They're a true rodent just like their cousin the guinea pig

曙暮性，黎明和黃昏時醒來。牠們是嚙齒類動物，就像牠們的遠親，天竺鼠

They're constantly having to chew. In the wild, these guys will graze on grasses

他們必須時常咀嚼，在野外，這些小傢伙會咀嚼草本植物

various twigs and leaves, all this dry matter, and that helps to gnaw down their teeth

各種枝芽跟樹木，這些乾燥的東西有助於磨耗牠們的牙齒

which are always, always growing because they are a true rodent.

磨耗那些一直一直變長的牙齒，因為牠們屬於嚙齒類動物

*sneezes*

＊打噴嚏＊

I am actually allergic to all animals with fur. Why couldn't someone who didn't like animals be allergic to them. Like, why me?

其實我對所有動物的毛皮都過敏，為什麼不能讓一些不喜歡動物的人對毛皮過敏，就像...為什麼是我？

Really why? Why? Their hearing is really mega. Oh, your ears are beautiful, aren't they?

真的不懂為什麼？我的老天鵝，為什麼？他們的聽力非常好。噢，你的耳朵真美，不是嗎？

Yes. And they can swing those ears forward to really hear things in front of them

沒錯，然後牠們可以把這對耳朵轉向前方，就能聽見來自前方的聲響

Or they can flatten them down as well

或是牠們也可以把耳朵打平

Which can be a sign of stress those ears are also really great for cooling down and you'll notice that

這是一種碰到壓力的徵兆，這些耳朵也對降溫很有幫助，你可以注意到

There's not much fur over their ears. That helps to keep them cool

牠們的耳朵沒有太多軟毛，這讓牠們保持涼爽

If they do get hot because as you can imagine these guys can suffer from Heatstroke very, very easily.

如果天氣熱，因為你可以想像這些小傢伙很容易就會中暑

Here's a fun fact for the girls

有個關於雌性絨毛絲鼠的有趣小知識

In the chinchilla world, girls reign supreme!

在絨毛絲鼠的世界中，屬於母系社會

The girls kind of bully the boys quite a bit

雌性甚至會欺負雄性

And they're very, very dominant with the males, so you'll often see

而且牠們的優勢比雄性大得多，所以你會常常看到

chinchillas fighting with each other and just one of the ways they like to fight with each other

兩隻絨毛絲鼠在打架，牠們互相搏鬥只是其中一種方式

apart from mounting and trying to show dominance that way

除了騎乘行為跟展現優勢方面之外

Is they actually can shoot very, very strong direct jets of pee at each other.

其實牠們可以向對方強力噴射尿液

In fact, some chinchillas will do this to people if they're startled, if they're not very well handled yet.

事實上，有些絨毛絲鼠被人們驚嚇到時也會這麼做，如果牠們還不那麼受控的時候

That is something that you should be aware of, if you're looking at Chinchillas

這是你需要注意的事，如果你正在照看絨毛絲鼠

You know that they they can bite and they can shoot a jet of pee as well. Also just like guinea pigs

你知道牠們會咬，他們也可以噴射尿液。還有跟天竺鼠一樣

chinchillas will digest their food twice. They'll eat that hay, poop it out, and then eat it again.

絨毛絲鼠會二次消化食物。牠們吃下乾草後，排泄出來，然後再吃下去

It's perfectly normal, don't freak out if you see a chinchilla eating its poo. It's not sick

這完全是正常的，如果你看到絨毛絲鼠在吃自己的大便，不用太過驚嚇。不是牠生病了

They get sick if they don't eat their poo so just let them eat the poo.

如果牠不吃才是生病了，所以就讓牠們吃吧！

I'm so jealous of Olaf's dense fur

我很嫉妒 Olaf 的濃密毛皮

I mean, I thought my hair was soft, but this is just on another level. They have the softest fur of any mammal

我意思是，我覺得我的頭髮很柔順了，但牠們根本到了另一個水平之上。牠們擁有全哺乳類最柔軟的毛皮

Hands-down, that's why it's so prized in

毫無疑問，這也是為什麼在時尚圈裡牠很珍貴

Fashion unfortunately people like to turn these guys into

很不幸地，人們喜歡把這些小傢伙做成大衣

Coats, and I really am not okay with that, but that's not going to happen to Olaf

而我真的覺得這樣很不好，但這不會發生在 Olaf 身上

Unfortunately it can take up to 150 chinchillas

很不幸地，大約需要 150 隻絨毛絲鼠

150 Olafs to make one full-length coat. I want to try and give you guys a really great idea of that

150 隻 Olaf 做一件完整的大衣。我想要試著給你們了解、想像牠的毛皮組織

fur texture it is just like there is nothing there look at how dense that is. Look how plush and dense.

輕拂過去就好像什麼東西也沒有，看看這毛皮有多濃密，看看這豪華、濃密的毛皮

Isn't that - look at that - wow. Now although they're really furry on their bodies their tail is actually quite coarse

可不是嗎，看看它，哇。雖然牠們身上的毛皮十分濃密，但牠們的尾巴其實是粗糙的

Their tail is kind of more like a squirrel's tail

牠們的尾巴有點像松鼠尾巴

If you've ever touched a squirrel's tail that fur is so dense that actually they can't have fleas or ticks

如果你有觸碰過松鼠尾巴，牠們的毛皮相當濃密，事實上不會有跳蚤或壁虱在裡面

So they're actually a very, very clean animal and ticks and fleas can't actually

所以牠們其實是非常非常乾淨的動物，壁虱跟跳蚤事實上沒辦法

Penetrate the fur because it's so thick. In fact you know if I pull out like one of my hairs, or if you pulled out

穿透毛皮，因為太密了。其實如果我拉出一根頭髮，或如果你

one of your hairs

拉出一根頭髮

You would have literally one strand of hair right? That's not the same for Olaf. With Olaf

你就真的只是拉出一根頭髮，對吧？但對 Olaf 來說不是這樣，Olaf 的話

If you pulled out like - if you, well not pulled out, but if you sort of ran your fingers through his fur

如果你拉出－如果你，也不能說拉出，但如果你用手指拂過牠的毛皮

Let me see if I can do it now

我看看我現在有沒有辦法示範給你看

Just really gently

要非常輕

They do sometimes

牠們有時候

Routinely shed as well you'll notice that if I gently, gently groom - and this is very gently don't

也會例行性的掉毛，你可以注意到，如果我輕輕地幫牠修整，力道非常輕

Don't freak out. They do shed a lot of fur and from

不要太驚慌，牠們會掉很多毛

From each hair follicle they can have up to I think it's about sixty hairs, so that's like you

從每一個毛孔中，牠們會長出，我想大概 60 根毛髮，就像你

pulling out one hair and sixty kind of coming from the same one little dot on your head, the same hair follicle

從頭上拉出一根頭髮，然後同一個點裡還有大概 60 根一樣的毛髮，同一個毛囊裡

so that is super super dense fur and

所以是非常非常濃密的毛皮

Because it's so dense, and because of where they live, they can't actually bathe in water

因為太濃密了，還有因為他們所生存的地方，他們其實沒辦法在水裡洗澡

They actually bath in dust or like a volcanic dust

事實上他們會在塵土中清洗身體，或是像火山塵土的物質中

So if you buy dust in a pet store for a chinchilla

所以你如果要在寵物店幫絨毛絲鼠買塵土

And you put it in their enclosure in like a nice heavy dish

然後你把土放在精緻又沉重的盤子裡，並放在牠們附近

They'll roll around in it

牠們就會在裡面滾來滾去

And they will flip around and really just have a great time washing.

然後牠們會在裡面翻來翻去，享受一個美好的土浴時間

And that helps them to kind of keep their coat really clean. For a rodent

這能幫牠們保持皮毛的潔淨。對嚙齒動物來說

Chinchillas have a really long gestation period. And a gestation period is basically a

絨毛絲鼠的妊娠期非常長。妊娠期基本上就是

period of pregnancy. The average gestation period For a chinchilla is a hundred and eleven days.

懷孕期。絨毛絲鼠平均妊娠期大約 111 天

111 days of Pregnancy for such a small animal is just

對小型動物來說，111 天的懷孕期真的是

Wow, and when the babies are born like I remember when Olaf was born - literally not even the size of a ping-pong ball and probably

哇。而當幼鼠出生時，我記得當 Olaf 出生時－不誇張，牠的體型甚至不到乒乓球的大小

Weighs less than a Ping-pong ball, they're so tiny.

可能重量還比乒乓球輕，牠們真的很小一隻

They're just basically fluff. In fact, Olaf looks like he's really big and fat

牠們基本上只是一團絨毛。事實上，Olaf 看起來又大又胖

But actually Olaf is super skinny

但其實 Olaf 非常瘦小

They actually, they're just all fluff and most people when they feel them, they basically disappear

事實上，牠們只是全身佈滿絨毛，而大部分的人在觸摸牠們時，基本上絨毛就像消失一樣

It feels like you're touching nothing and just touching clouds.

感覺就像你在觸摸虛無的東西，像在觸碰雲朵一樣

Magical chinchilla-like clouds. Because chinchillas live in these rocky crevices during the day where it's nice and cool to escape the sun

不可思議的絨毛絲鼠般的雲朵。因為絨毛絲鼠在白天會待在岩石裂縫中，那是個很涼爽很適合躲避陽光的地點

And the predators, they actually have this remarkable ability to be able to sleep in almost any position

還有躲避獵食者，牠們其實有個很了不起的能力，就是牠們幾乎能夠以任何姿勢睡覺

They can - because of the nature of jaggedy rocks, they can actually sleep upside down

牠們可以－因為岩石參差不齊的特性，牠們能夠上下顛倒地睡覺

or on their side or

或是側著睡

Leaning forward or even standing up vertically. They are really, really interesting animals.

或是向前傾斜，或甚至垂直站著睡。牠們真的，真的是很有趣的動物

They're so well adapted to their environment. Although chinchillas don't have, you know, any claws in order to fight back

牠們對於環境適應地非常好。雖然絨毛絲鼠沒有任何爪子可以回擊

they do have a few defense mechanisms. So, apart from being able to bite and apart from being able to

牠們還是有一些防禦機制。所以，除了能夠咬向對方，除了能夠

Projectile shoot pee as we discussed earlier, they can run super fast

像我們先前討論過的，發射強力尿液，牠們可以跑很快

Don't let Olaf fool you. He is not a slow

別被 Olaf 給騙了，牠其實不是個緩慢

chilled-out animal if he's in trouble. He could bolt and you would not be able to catch him for dust. He'd just be like

悠哉的動物，如果牠碰到麻煩，牠能迅速跑開，你根本沒辦法抓到牠，牠就像

Like a race car. There's also one other thing they can do in order to protect themselves

就像賽車一樣。這裡還有一件牠們為了保護自己會做的事

They can turn their backs on you and make you feel like you're really boring

牠們可以轉過身去背對你，讓你覺得你自己很無趣

Thanks, Olaf. Chinchillas have the remarkable ability to perform

謝啦，Olaf。絨毛絲鼠有很了不起的能力，能做出

What is called the Fur Slip. And

所謂的毛皮逃脫

Basically imagine my hand is the talon of a bird of prey coming down to grab him from the sky

基本上，想像我的手是猛禽類的爪子，從天空往下要抓住牠

so if I don't have a good enough grip and I

所以如果我抓得不夠緊

close, they can actually blow a bit of their coat. Big chunks of their fur just come flying off like almost

然後我闔上爪子，牠們可以脫落一些毛皮，一大塊毛皮就直接脫落，可說是立即地脫落

Instantaneously. Literally these huge clumps

不誇張地，就一大塊

It's almost like you've just like got a pair of scissors

幾乎就像是你拿著一支剪刀

pulled up a whole lot of fur and snipped it, that's exactly what it looks like and

拉起一整塊毛皮，然後剪開，看起來完全就是這樣

That means that they can sometimes wriggle away to safety even after they've been grabbed. So yeah, really cool. The Fur Slip.

那也意味著，有時候即使牠們被抓走，也可以因此安全擺脫。所以，沒錯，非常酷。毛皮逃脫術

Thank you guys so much for watching and I will see you for another Creature Feature very, very soon. Bye! Say bye Olaf! Bye!

非常感謝你們的收看，我們很快就會在另一部生物小百科見面。拜！跟大家說拜拜，Olaf！拜！

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