Edible Glitter Helps Track Water Voles in Wales

InWales, conservationexpertsaretryingtosavewatervolesfromextinction.
在威爾士,保育專家正在努力拯救水田鼠免於滅絕。

Ratherthanusingexpensivetrackersorhigh-techcameras, theyareusingedibleglitter.
他們沒有使用昂貴的追蹤器或高科技相機,而是使用可食用的亮粉。

Theedibleglitterinthewatervoles'foodhelpstheexpertstracktheirmovements.
水田鼠食物中的可食用閃光粉可幫助專家追蹤它們的行踪。

TheInitiativeforNatureConservationCymruhopesthismethodwillmakeiteasiertotrackthewatervolesandlearnabouttheirhabits.
威爾斯自然保護倡議組織希望這種方法能更容易追蹤水田鼠並了解它們的習性。

Bytrackingthewatervoles, conservationistscanmakechangestotheirhabitatsandhelpthemsurviveandbreed.
透過追蹤水田鼠,環保人士可以改變它們的棲息地,幫助它們生存和繁殖。
WatervolesareoftenmistakenforbrownratsandarebecomingrareduetodrainageofwetlandhabitatsandpredatorsliketheAmericanmink.
水田鼠經常被誤認為是褐家鼠,由於濕地棲息地的排水和美洲水貂等捕食者的出現,水田鼠的數量正在減少。

In Wales, conservation experts are trying to save water voles from extinction.

Rather than using expensive trackers or high-tech cameras, they are using edible glitter.

The edible glitter in the water voles' food helps the experts track their movements.

The Initiative for Nature Conservation Cymru hopes this method will make it easier to track the water voles and learn about their habits.

By tracking the water voles, conservationists can make changes to their habitats and help them survive and breed.
Water voles are often mistaken for brown rats and are becoming rare due to drainage of wetland habitats and predators like the American mink.
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