非洲最高峰上發現獨居小狗 震驚動物學界

非洲最高峰上發現獨居小狗 震驚動物學界
沈姝華
2011年09月01日16:27
來源：國際在線

　　據英國《每日電訊報》8月31日報道，非洲一名登山旅行者日前在非洲第一高峰——乞力馬扎羅山優呼魯峰（Uhuru）上發現，一隻狗居然在近6000米的高峰頂上安家，享受著悠閑的“獨居”生活。這一發現令動物學界萬分震驚和困惑，也引發科學家的廣泛爭議。

　　乞力馬扎羅山優呼魯峰海拔約5895米，日前法國旅行者安托萬·加羅迪克（Antoine le Galloudec）和他的三名同伴一起爬上優呼魯峰，他在解手時驚訝地看到，一隻赭色的狗安然地躺在離他1米多遠的地方，顯然活得不錯。

　　安排加羅迪克等人這次登山之旅的Ahsante旅行社負責人阿貝爾·愛德華（Abel Edward）說，十年前也曾有人在乞力馬扎羅山海拔3900多米高的地方發現一條狗。他說：“當游客向我們展示這條狗的照片時，我們簡直無法相信。在如此寒冷的條件下，它究竟是如何幸存的。”

　　動物學界也對一隻狗在高峰頂上安家困惑不已。首先他們無法解釋這條狗為何要爬上那麼高的山頂﹔即使它真的是犬類世界中難得的登山愛好者，在荒涼寒冷的山頂幾乎沒有食物，它靠什麼生存也是個謎。但是一名獸醫專家稱，這條狗可能患有狂犬病，並警告其他登山者與它保持距離。（沈姝華）
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Dog living on top of Mount Kilimanjaro
A dog has been spotted apparently alive and well at the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain.

By Aislinn Laing in Johannesburg
7:28PM BST 31 Aug 2011

The Kilimanjaro glacier viewed from Uhuru peak. Temperatures on the peak range from minus four to 15 degrees centigrade Photo: GETTY

The rust-coloured animal was seen by a tourist at Uhuru peak, the mountain's highest summit between 5,730 and 5,895 metres above sea level where temperatures range from minus four to 15 degrees centigrade.

The sighting has baffled animal scientists who have questioned what motivated the dog to scale such heights and how he could have survived without a proper food source on the desert-like, stony plains of the volcanic Tanzanian mountain.

One veterinary expert suggested that the dog might be rabid – one explanation for his mountaineering inclination – are warned other climbers to keep a safe distance.

Antoine le Galloudec, a French tourist, was climbing the mountain with three colleagues and took a picture of the dog using his mobile phone.

In an email to Tanzania's Citizen newspaper, Mr Galloudec said he spotted the dog when he went to answer the call of nature.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8733254/Dog-living-on-top-of-Mount-Kilimanjaro.html