最后四只猴子返回南卡罗来纳州的“猴子农场”
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Officials in the southern U.S. state of South Carolina have recaptured the last of 43 monkeys who escaped from a farm that raises monkeys in early November.
美国南卡罗来纳州官员已抓回最后一只猴子。11月初，43只猴子从该州一家养猴场逃脱。
The chief executive of Alpha Genesis research center, Greg Westergaard, said the final four recaptured monkeys appeared to be in good health.
阿尔法创世纪研究中心的首席执行官格雷格·韦斯特加德表示，最后四只被重新捕获的猴子看起来健康状况良好。
The remaining monkeys had spent weeks living in the woods and even experienced a rare snowstorm.
剩下的猴子在树林里生活了数周，甚至经历了一场罕见的暴风雪。
Alpha Genesis is a company that offers services to biomedical researchers.
Alpha Genesis是一家为生物医学研究人员提供服务的公司。
Some locals call it “the monkey farm.
一些当地人称之为“猴子农场”。
" The animals – all female rhesus macaque monkeys – escaped from the grounds of the company on November 6.
这些动物——全是雌性恒河猴——于11月6日从该公司场地逃脱。
Police who investigated the incident said the monkeys escaped when an employee did not fully secure their enclosure.
调查该事件的警方表示，猴子是在一名员工没有完全关好它们的围栏时逃跑的。
Westergaard explained in November that workers were supposed to lock one gate before opening another, but all three gates were left unsecure.
韦斯特加德在11月解释说，工人本应在打开另一扇门之前先锁上一扇门，但三扇门都未上锁。
Employees at Alpha Genesis tried to persuade the monkeys to return with offers of special foods.
阿尔法创世纪的员工试图用特别的食物引诱猴子们回来。
These included peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and "monkey biscuits" – a high-protein food made specially for rhesus macaques.
这些食物包括花生酱果冻三明治和“猴子饼干”——一种专为恒河猴制作的高蛋白食品。
Alpha Genesis employees kept an eye on the monkeys and set out humane traps.
阿尔法创世纪公司的员工密切监视着这些猴子，并设置了人性化的陷阱。
Most of the animals came back to eat the food.
大多数动物都回来吃食物了。
Most of the monkeys did not go far.
大多数猴子并没有走远。
The animals are about the size of a cat, weighing around 3 kilograms.
这些动物大约有猫那么大，体重在3公斤左右。
The monkeys never represented a risk to public health, police and federal health officials said.
警方和联邦卫生官员表示，这些猴子从未对公众健康构成威胁。
During the time they were free, the area received its first snow in seven years, measuring up to 8 centimeters.
在他们获释期间，该地区迎来了七年来的首场降雪，积雪厚度达8厘米。
The Alpha Genesis company raises the monkeys to sell to medical labs and other researchers.
阿尔法创世纪公司饲养这些猴子，出售给医学实验室和其他研究人员。
Humans have been using the monkeys for scientific research since the late 1800s.
自19世纪末以来，人类一直使用猴子进行科学研究。
Scientists believe rhesus macaques and humans split from a common ancestor about 25 million years ago and share about 93 percent of the same DNA.
科学家认为，恒河猴与人类大约在2500万年前从共同祖先分化而来，并且共享约93%的相同DNA。
I’m Jill Robbins.
我是吉尔·罗宾斯。
This story was reported by staff of the Associated Press.
这篇报道由美联社的工作人员撰写。
Jill Robbins adapted it for Learning English.
吉尔·罗宾斯为《学习英语》改编了它。
