鳥類縱火犯？

The country of Australia has a lot of wildfires1. People or lightning2 can start fires. But three kinds of birds， known as “firehawks”（火鷹）， may start fires， too. Fires make small animals come out into the open. The birds wait and catch these animals as they run away from fires.

Native3 Australians have lived in Australia for a long time. They tell a lot of stories about firehawks. People have seen birds picking up burning4 sticks from a fire， then they drop them on a dry place and make a new fire. No one has ever taken a picture of a bird doing this. A team of scientists and Native Australian guides continue to attemp to capture this phenomena.

澳大利亞氣候干燥，容易發生野火。火災原因多為人類活動或閃電。三種被稱作“火鷹”的猛禽，也是縱火犯。它們守候在火勢邊緣，等待從大火中逃竄出的小動物，而后將其一舉捕獲。

澳洲原住民在這片土地生活了幾千年，眾多關于“火鷹”的故事流傳許久。有人曾目睹它們從火場撿起燃燒的樹枝，然后飛去干燥的地方重新點火。目前尚未有人收集到任何猛禽縱火的照片。一批研究人員與原住民向導將組隊合作，嘗試獲取證據。