圖文閱讀:動物世界12
小北極狐 Arctic Fox Pup, Canada
在夏天青鬱的加拿大苔原上，一頭小北極狐剛從小憩中醒來。大多數北極狐將在冬天變成白色，以適應周圍的雪地環境。有些則換上青褐色的外衣，稱爲藍狐。這些看似嬌弱的動物們擁有適合生存的身體特徵，如短耳，短鼻，厚毛等，這些可以幫助它們承受一些地球上最惡劣的生存條件。
Photograph by Norbert Rosing
An arctic fox pup awakens from a nap on the summer-greened Canadian tundra.
Most arctic foxes turn white in winter to blend with their snowy surroundings, though some, called blue foxes, wear a brownish-blue coat. These delicate-looking mammals have adapted a host of physical attributes-short ears; a short muzzle; thick fur-to help them bear up under some of Earth’s harshest living conditions.
聖女的動物 Bête de la Vierge, Albany, California
“瓢蟲被認爲是農民與害蟲鬥爭的獎賞，以及兒童嬌嫩美麗的回報，在中世紀時代就爲英國人所知，他們將其命名爲ladybirds,意爲’聖母的生靈’。而法國人則稱之爲 bêtes de la Vierge,意爲”聖女的動物”。”
Photograph by Robert F. Sisson
“Prized for farmers for their war on pests and by children for their delicate beauty, the beetles were known to Englishmen in the Middle Ages as ladybirds, creatures of Our Lady. The French called them bêtes de la Vierge, ‘animals of the Virgin.’
