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Why 1,329 tiny snails are being released on a remote island

科学家为何要在偏远的小岛上放生 1329 只小蜗牛

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These Desertas Island land snails are the size of a pea. They were rescued and bred in specially converted containers.

这些德塞塔群岛的陆生蜗牛只有豌豆大小。这些蜗牛被保护下来并饲养在特制的容器中。

Heather Prince, Chester Zoo
"These were snails that were at risk of extinction or thought to be actually extinct in the wild. This is where we've managed to breed up from very low numbers to what we have here today."

希瑟·普林斯 切斯特动物园（Chester Zoo）
“这些蜗牛曾经濒临灭绝，甚至被认为已经在野外灭绝了。在这里，我们经过努力成功地让这些蜗牛从寥寥无几繁殖到了如今所饲养的数量。”

Conservationists discovered just 200 surviving individuals on the island of Deserta Grande.

动物保护人员在大德塞塔岛上仅发现了 200 只存活的个体。

Those snails were believed to be the last of their kind, so they were collected and brought into captivity.

这 200 只蜗牛被认为是德塞塔群岛的陆生蜗牛最后的幸存者，因此被收容并圈养了起来。

Imogen Newens-Hill, Chester Zoo
"Basically, so, there are some individuals left in the wild. And we just want to be able to distinguish the ones that we've bred and released, so that we can track them and track their progress."

伊莫金·涅文斯-希尔 切斯特动物园
“基本上讲，这种蜗牛在野外应该还有一些。我们想要能辨认出这些我们繁殖并放生的蜗牛，从而追踪这些蜗牛并记录它们的生存发展。”

The remote island's rats, mice and goats decimated the snails, eating them to near extinction.

这座偏远小岛上的各种鼠类和山羊严重影响了蜗牛的生存，使它们被蚕食殆尽。

Now, a perilous journey by sea and on narrow mountain passes took the newly bred snails back home for a fresh start.

现在，这些蜗牛通过一场跨越海洋、翻山越岭的旅程回到了自己的家乡开始新生活。

A wild refuge has been restored for the snails on Bugio, a small neighbouring island in the archipelago.

一个野外蜗牛庇护所已经在布吉欧岛上建立了起来，布吉欧岛是这个群岛中紧邻大德塞塔岛的小岛。

Bugio is a nature reserve, and invasive species have been eradicated there.

布吉欧岛是一个自然保护区，岛上的所有入侵物种都已经被清除。

Gerardo Garcia, Chester Zoo
"It'll be the perfect place for their new life where they'll have protection[s], humidity and a lot of food."

赫拉尔多·加西亚 切斯特动物园
“这里是这些蜗牛开始新生活的完美地点。在这里，它们能得到保护、有合适的湿度和大量食物。”

Restoring the natural habitats of these mountainous islands will see more snails in 2025.

通过修复这些山地小岛上的自然栖息地，2025 年这些蜗牛就能进一步繁衍壮大。