柬埔寨就吴哥窟周边“具有攻击性”的猴子发出警告
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Cambodian officials are warning visitors to the nation’s famous Angkor Wat complex of buildings to stay away from wild monkeys.
柬埔寨官员警告前往该国著名建筑群吴哥窟的游客远离野生猴子。
They say the animals have become aggressive and destructive.
他们说这些动物变得具有攻击性和破坏性。
The officials blamed the behavior of the macaque monkeys on visitors to the area who feed the animals or interact with them.
官员们将猕猴的行为归咎于该地区的游客，因为他们喂食或与这些动物互动。
Social media influencers – many of them on YouTube – use video of the monkeys to grow their online followings, the officials added.
官员们补充说，社交媒体网红——其中许多在YouTube上——利用猴子的视频来增加他们的线上粉丝量。
The macaques are native to forest areas surrounding Angkor Wat, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northwestern Cambodia.
猕猴桃原产于柬埔寨西北部联合国教科文组织世界遗产吴哥窟周围的森林地区。
The monkeys have become more destructive of property around the popular tourist area.
猴子对热门旅游区周边财产的破坏越来越严重。
Officials watching the animals told the French News Agency, AFP, that too much human interaction – especially by people filming material to publish online – had changed the monkeys’ behavior.
观察这些动物的官员告诉法新社，过多的人类互动——尤其是人们拍摄视频材料发布到网上——已经改变了猴子的行为。
The agency that operates Angkor Wat is the APSARA National Authority.
运营吴哥窟的机构是阿普萨拉国家管理局。
It said in a statement that a small number of YouTubers repeatedly feed the monkeys to create videos.
它在一份声明中表示，少数YouTube博主反复喂食猴子以制作视频。
This "changed the monkeys' natural behavior from being wild animals to domestic ones that are aggressive, steal food, and cause injuries among people."
这“改变了猴子的自然行为，使它们从野生动物变成了具有攻击性、偷窃食物并导致人员受伤的家养动物”。
Agency spokesman Long Kosal told AFP that officials also worry about the monkeys causing damage to stonework that dates back centuries.
机构发言人隆科萨尔告诉法新社，官员们还担心猴子会对有数百年历史的石雕造成破坏。
"On top of biting visitors, they have been climbing up and pushing stones down, damaging temples," he said.
他说：“除了咬游客，它们还爬上高处往下推石头，损坏寺庙。”
Some macaques had also damaged information signs.
一些猕猴还损坏了信息标志。
Local officials have urged tourists to leave the monkeys alone while visiting Angkor Wat.
当地官员呼吁游客在参观吴哥窟时不要打扰猴子。
They added that they are currently looking for "an appropriate solution" to solve the problem.
他们补充说，目前正在寻找“合适的解决方案”来解决这个问题。
Angkor Wat was the capital of the Khmer Empire.
吴哥窟是高棉帝国的首都。
Building work began on the complex about 900 years ago.
这座建筑群大约在900年前开始动工。
It remains Cambodia's top tourist site and earns a lot of money for the developing nation.
它仍然是柬埔寨最著名的旅游景点，为这个发展中国家赚取了大量收入。
More than one million foreign tourists visited the area last year.
去年，超过一百万名外国游客参观了该地区。
Since becoming a world heritage site in 1992, Angkor Wat and the surrounding forest have received increased legal protection and security.
自1992年成为世界遗产以来，吴哥窟及其周围的森林得到了更多的法律保护和安保。
Officials have expressed hope that wildlife sightings around Angkor Wat will increase visitor interest and support conservation education efforts.
官员们表示，希望吴哥窟周边的野生动物目击事件能提升游客兴趣，并支持保护教育工作的开展。
Last year, Cambodian officials announced a plan to carry out a census of monkeys in public areas to identify and take away those presenting a danger to humans.
去年，柬埔寨官员宣布了一项计划，将在公共区域进行猴子普查，以识别并带走那些对人类构成威胁的猴子。
I’m Bryan Lynn.
我是布莱恩·林恩。
Agence France-Presse reported this story.
法新社报道了此事。
Bryan Lynn adapted the report for VOA Learning English.
布莱恩·林恩为VOA英语学习频道改编了这份报告。
