Newly discovered pygmy elephants in Borneo are being outfitted with transmitters to allow orbiting satellites to track them as they migrate through dense rain forest mountains.
婆羅洲新發現的侏儒象群將被裝備上訊號發送器，好讓軌道衛星追蹤牠們在雨林密布的山區中遷移的行蹤。
Experts use dart guns to tranquilize the pachyderms, which are then outfitted with tag collars, according to World Wildlife Fund (WWF) spokesman Stefan Ziegler.
世界自然保護基金會（WWF）發言人史蒂芬席格勒表示，專家用麻醉槍讓這些厚皮動物安靜下來，接著給牠們佩戴標籤項圈。
Each tag, a gray, brick-like device strapped around the elephant's neck, will transmit its whereabouts to a satellite three times a day for 18 months until the battery runs out. It will be replaced as often as necessary over the course of the five-year project.
每個標籤，即繫在大象頸部的灰色磚形儀器，會把牠的所在位置傳送給衛星，每天3次、長達18周，直到電池耗盡為止。在長達5年的計劃期間，這些標籤將視需要而更換。
A link on WWF's website gives the daily position of each collared elephant.
WWF網站有個連結，顯示每隻戴有項圈大象每天的所在位置。
"It will be like having a window seat into the life of the Borneo elephant," said Ziegler.
席格勒說：「就好像設了一個就近觀察婆羅洲大象生活的靠窗位置。」
Pygmy elephants were long considered the same as Asian elephants. A myth held that they were remnants of a domesticated herd given as a gift by the British to a Borneo sultan in the 17th Century.dpa
侏儒象長久以來被視為與亞洲象無異。傳說中，17世紀英國人將已馴養的象群送給婆羅洲蘇丹作禮物，而牠們就是那些大象的遺族。歐新社
outfit：給…裝配
remnant：殘餘、倖存者、遺物。
