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North北極熊Polarbears.極晝Polarday北極苔原Arctictundra北美馴鹿caribou第一頁，共11頁。Notenoughenergyreachesgroundtoenabletreestogrow亞寒帶針葉林Subarcticconiferous遠東豹Amurleopards溫帶闊葉林temperatebroadleavesVariousbirds熱帶叢林jungle第二頁，共11頁。海豹Seals大白鯊Greatwhites海洋ocean雄帝企鵝MaleEmperorPenguins極夜polarnightSouth第三頁，共11頁。RepresentativeCreatures第四頁，共11頁。Polarday

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It’smarch.AndlightreturnstohighArctic,aPolarbearstirsfromherden.Heremergencemarksthebeginningofspring.Andthelittlebearscometotheirmothertogetfood.Theirmotherthathasnoteatenfor5monthsandhaslosthalfherbodyweightconvertsthelastofherfatreservesintomilkforherbabies.Temperature-30.Thebabiesstillneedtoliveintheshelter.Thesunwilldissolvetheice,whichwillhinderthebeartohuntitsfood(seal).Nearlyhalfofthebabybearswilldieinthefirstyearinthebrokenice.

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第五頁，共11頁。Arctictundra北極苔原NorthernCanada’swildfrontierEveryyear3millionsofcariboumigrateacrosstheArctictundra(北極苔原）.Thisisthelongestoverlandmigrationmadebyanyanimal.Someherdstravelsover2000milesayearinsearchoffreshpastures.Thisisthelongestoverlandmigrationmadebyanyanimal.Therearewolvesinhangerschemingtocatchthenewlyborncalves.Thestrategyisthatrunningdirecrlyattheherdtomaketheminpanicfirst,andthentrytocapturetheseparatedtheherd.Andnowit’seasiertotargetanindividual.

caribou北美馴鹿Midsummerontundraandthesundoesnotset.Astheselatitudesthesun’sraysareglancing.Andnotenoughoftheirenergyreachesthegroundtoenabletreestogrow.第六頁，共11頁。temperatebroadleaves溫帶闊葉林

TheAmurleopard-therarestcatintheworld,syblolizethefragilityofournatureheritage.Thereareonly40Amurleopardsleftinthewild.Andthatnumberisfalling.Thecatshasbeenpushedtotheveryedgeofextinctionbyhuntingandthedestructionoftheirhabitat.

Amurleopards遠東豹Allanimals,rareorcommon,ultimatelydependfortheirenergyonthesun.

第七頁，共11頁。JungleInthetropicsthesun’sraysstriketheearthheadon,sothejunglegrowssovigorouslyand

supportssomuchlife.Thisforestcoversonly3percentoftheplanet’ssurface,butitcontainsmorethan50percentofallitsplantsandanimals.Thereare42differentspeciesofbirdsofparadiselivinginthegreatislandofNewGuinea,eachmorebizarrethanthelast.Birdsofparadise第八頁，共11頁。

OceanSummeristhetimeofplentyandit’snowthatthesealsstarttobreed.

Seals海豹Greatwhites大白鯊ElephantsBuffalo水牛Inadryseason,thousandsofelephantshavestartedtotravelindesperatesearchforwater.AllacrossSouthAfricaanimalarejourneyingforthesamereason.第九頁，共11頁。

polarnight極夜MaleEmperorPenguinsarefacingthenearestthatexistsonplaneEarth.WinterinAntarctica.It’scontinuousdark.Andtemperaturesdroptominusseventydegreescentigrade.ThePenguinsstaywhenallothercreatureshavefled.Becauseeachguardsatreasure:asingleeggrestedonthetopofitsfeet.Andkeptwarmbeneaththedownybugleof