森林之花

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• 度过了一个心烦意乱的夜晚之后，我在晨曦中见到了有生 以来最可爱的景色之一：一群群火烈鸟以深绿色的森林为背景腾空而起，如同一簇簇天竺葵的红色花瓣。 (查看原文)

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• Manatees, or sea cows, existed, he told me, in paranás, but were becoming scarce. It is a large and defenceless mammal which has young only every two years, and then only one at a time. Because a young calf relies entirely on its mother’s milk, if she is caught, the calf perishes. The cries of these animals were pitiful to hear, the caboclo said. This had given rise to the legend that the manatee was a woman in disguise, which for a long time protected them from hunters. Now, my informant went on, they were hunted to near extinction, and their meat bought in the open markets. Hunting, with harpoon and knives, was carried out with incredible cruelty. The caboclo pointed out a man seated in a boat by the river bank, who hunted manatees and turtles, the latter with hooks on a line. (查看原文)

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