奇妙岛屿 03 - 英语听力

New Guinea is a vast island nestled close to the continental landmass of Australia

As we move south and east to smaller more distant islands

The wildlife becomes even more unusual

The little-known island of New Caledonia is a small sliver of Australia

That was cast adrift over 60 million years ago

It's home to a creature that seems to have evolved quite strangely

It has wings but it can't fly

It is the kagu

Kagu families stick together

With young from previous years helping to declare the family territory

All intruders are chased away

It's the breeding season

When males rekindle the flame with their life-long partners

It's hard to know what the kagu is related to

A heron a rail or maybe a pigeon

Its closest relative may actually be the sunbittern of South America

7,000 miles to the east