马来熊

This surprised them because sun bears are alone and they have no close relationship with human beings.

这让他们很惊讶，因为马来熊是孤独的，它们和人类没有密切的联系。

They found that although sun bears live alone, they have developed a surprising social skill.

他们发现，虽然马来熊独自生活，但它们已经发展出一种惊人的社交技能。

Males grow larger than the females do and they have short hair to suit their climate of the tropical rain forests of southeast Asia.

雄性的马来熊长得比雌性的要大。牠们长着短短的毛发以适应东南亚的热带雨林气候。

The courtship of a sun bear is quite spectacular they will show such behaviour as hugging, play fighting and even head bopping with each other.

马来熊的求爱过程是十分壮观的，牠们会显示出拥抱、打斗游戏、甚至互相撞头的行为。

This week the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) highlighted the sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) as its red list species of the day.

本周，世界自然保护联盟（IUCN）强调太阳熊（马来熊）上了濒危物种名单。 太阳熊名字来源于他们胸口围涎状的斑，这个图案据说象征正在升起的太阳。