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Hi there, and welcome to a new episode of News Bites!
I'm Nancy Sun…
And I'm Hope Ngo.
In today's news:
New animals at the Taipei Zoo, a new home for a very old dinosaur, and a singer breaks her award.
All that and more, coming up next.
台北動物園引進新兩爬物種 Taipei Zoo Adds New Reptiles and Amphibians
Some new animals are coming to the Taipei Zoo.
The next time you visit, you might see golden mantella frogs, yellow-banded poison dart frogs, and rough knob-tailed geckos.
The amphibians (兩棲動物) and reptiles (爬行動物) came from Singapore Zoo.
臺北市立動物園從新加坡動物園引進金曼蛙、黃帶箭毒蛙、棘皮瘤尾守宮。
They arrived in Taiwan on March 16th.
The Taipei Zoo is also sending four species of poison dart frogs (箭毒蛙) to Singapore.
Keepers say this is the first time rough knob-tailed geckos are at the Taipei Zoo.
This type of gecko is endemic (特有種) to Australia.
Golden mantella frogs live up to their name.
These frogs live in the wilds of Madagascar.
They are very small, only about 2 centimeters long.
They could sit on a 1 NT coin.
And they are bright yellow, orange, or red.
These bright colors are also a warning (警告).
Golden mantella frogs are poisonous.
And finally, there's the yellow-banded poison dart frog.
They live in South America.
And they have bright yellow and black stripes and spots all over their body.
And their poison can be strong enough to kill an animal that eats them.
The Taipei Zoo says the reptiles and amphibians will be in quarantine for three months.
After that visitors to the zoo will be able to see them!
3個月檢疫期結束後，這些特別的動物就可以跟遊客見面了。
最完整暴龍化石有新家了 T. Rex Skeleton Gets New Home
Stan is special.
You might even say Stan is one-of-a-kind (獨一無二).
Stan… is the world's most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton. Stan是全世界最完整的暴龍化石標本。
The T. rex skeleton is 67 million years old.
And it is 4 meters tall, and 11.7 meters long.
Stan is made up of 188 bones.
The first pieces of Stan were found in the US in 1987.
But at that time, scientists thought they were Triceratops (三角龍) bones.
Years later, the scientists learned that Stan was actually a T. rex.
They got to work digging up all of Stan's bones, and putting it back together.
All that work took more than 30,000 hours!
They also learned a lot about Stan's life.
They know that Stan had once broken his neck and still lived.
That's because two pieces of his vertebrae (脊椎) are stuck together.
Scientists also think Stan might have been bitten by another T. rex, because of holes in his skull and one rib (肋骨).
In 2020, Stan was sold at an auction for 31.8 million US dollars.
That's about $900 million NT (9億台幣).
That made Stan the most expensive fossil (化石) ever sold at auction.
But scientists worried that Stan would be put in someone's home.
That means the public would never see the amazing T. rex skeleton again.
Now, the mystery of Stan's new home has been solved.
Stan will soon be the star attraction (明星、最引人注目的) at a new museum in Abu Dhabi.
The Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi will open in 2025.
Olivia Rodrigo 葛萊美獎剛到手就摔壞 Olivia Rodrigo Breaks her Grammy
Olivia Rodrigo had a very exciting night.
The 19-year-old singer is famous for songs like "Good for U" and "Driver's License".
And this past Sunday, she went to the Grammy Awards ceremony (葛萊美獎頒獎典禮), and won three awards!
Olivia won for best new artist, best pop solo performance and best pop vocal album.
Olivia憑個人首張專輯抱回了3項獎座: 年度新人、最佳流行個人演出、和最佳流行歌手專輯。
She got three gold trophies, one for each award.
But maybe those trophies were very heavy?
Because after the award show, when Olivia was posing for photos (拍照), she dropped one!
One of the Grammys fell onto the floor, and it broke.
An assistant (助理) quickly put the Grammy back together.
And Olivia finished taking photos with no other surprises.
So, in today's News Bites:
The Taipei Zoo has some new animals.
The next time you visit, you might see golden mantella frogs, yellow-banded poison dart frogs, and rough knob-tailed geckos.
Stan is the world's most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton.
And Stan will soon be the star attraction at a new museum in Abu Dhabi.
And,
19-year-old singer Olivia Rodrigo won three awards at the Grammy Awards.
But after the award show, she dropped one and it broke!
And that's today's episode of News Bites!