野驴

• Behold , as wild asses in the desert , go they forth to their work ; rising betimes for a prey : the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children
  这些贫穷人像旷野的野驴，出外劳碌，殷勤寻觅食物，野地为他们和他们的孩子供应食物。
• And he will be like a mountain ass among men ; his hand will be against every man and every man ' s hand against him , and he will keep his place against all his brothers
  你儿子必像人类中的野驴他的手必攻打人；人的手也必攻打他；他必居于和众邦亲相对的地位。
• It soon became clear to us that although very few wild asses remained , the local afar pastoralists knew where we could find these elusive animals
  我们很快就知道，虽然非洲野驴的现存数量不多，但是当地的阿法尔族牧羊人，却知道哪里可以找到这些已经逐渐消失在人们记忆中的动物。
• " but when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became so proud that he behaved arrogantly , he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken away from him
  但5 : 21他被赶出离开世人、他的心变如兽心、与野驴同居、吃草如牛、身被天露滴湿、等他知道至高的神在人的国中掌权、凭自己的意旨立人治国。
• Today only seven species of wild equids remain ? three asses , three zebra and one wild horse ? and iucn - the world conservation union now lists most of these as endangered [ see box on opposite page ]
  如今，野生的马科动物只剩七种：野驴、斑马各有三种，以及野马一种，世界保育联盟（ iucn ）已将?们列为濒临绝种的野生动物（参见右页现存的野生马科动物） 。
• What we have uncovered so far tells us that their behavior is typical for equids living in arid habitats : the dominant males maintain mating territories , and the only socially stable group is a mother and her offspring
  我们目前的研究结果指出，非洲野驴的行为模式，就是乾燥环境下马科动物的典型生活模式，亦即优势雄驴会占有领土并取得交配权，且只有雌驴和子代会形成稳定关系。
• Our findings about reproductive biology are still limited , but they indicate that females have their first foal at five or six years of age , rather than the more common four or five years , and then may give birth every other year
  对于非洲野驴的繁殖，我们的研究仍然有限，但是已经观察到雌驴产下第一胎的年龄，并非一般常见的4 ~ 5岁，而是在5 ~ 6岁左右，之后则是每隔一年生产一次。