美國(guó)動(dòng)物園搞錯(cuò)大熊貓性別.

Atlanta Zoo officials said on Friday that twin giant panda cubs, the first to be born and survive in the United States, have both turned out to be female.

美國(guó)亞特蘭大動(dòng)物園官員上周五表示，首對(duì)在美國(guó)出生和活下來(lái)的雙胞胎大熊貓幼崽其實(shí)都是雌性。 The zoo, which initially had identified both cubs as male after they were born in July, said DNA testing had now shown they are both female. 雙胞胎大熊貓?jiān)谄咴鲁錾鷷r(shí)，動(dòng)物園把兩只幼崽都鑒定為雄性，但現(xiàn)在根據(jù)DNA測(cè)試顯示它們都是雌性。 "Prior to the time they are at least 3 years old, there are no obvious external cues as to their sex." the zoo said in a statement. 動(dòng)物園在一份聲明中說(shuō)：“熊貓?jiān)谌龤q之前，沒(méi)有顯著的外在特征來(lái)區(qū)分性別?！?Members of the public this fall helped choose the twins&apos names, Mei Lun and Mei Huan, which come from a Chinese idiom meaning "something indescribably beautiful and magnificent." 今年秋天，市民幫忙給這對(duì)雙胞胎取名為“美輪”和“美奐”。這來(lái)源于一個(gè)中國(guó)成語(yǔ)，形容某物“宏偉美麗難以言表?！?The DNA tests showed a third panda, 3-year-old Po also initially believed to be male, is female as well. The male cub was named after the character voiced by Jack Black in “Kung Fu Panda.” DNA測(cè)試顯示，還有第三只熊貓的性別也搞錯(cuò)了。2010年出生的三歲熊貓“阿寶” 原來(lái)被認(rèn)為是雄性，其實(shí)也是雌性。當(dāng)年這只熊貓幼崽就是以動(dòng)畫片《功夫熊貓》中的角色阿寶命名的（杰克·布萊克配音）。 Po and the twin cubs were conceived through artificial insemination with the same set of parents. “阿寶”和這對(duì)雙胞胎幼崽是同一對(duì)熊貓夫婦通過(guò)人工授精孕育的。 Giant pandas are endangered and live only in a few mountain ranges in central China. An estimated 1,600 live in the wild and about 300 in captivity, mostly in China, zoo officials said. 動(dòng)物園官員說(shuō)，瀕危動(dòng)物大熊貓只生活于中國(guó)中部的部分山脈中。大概有1600只大熊貓生活在野外，還有大約300只圈養(yǎng)的大熊貓，大部分都在中國(guó)。