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But they are hungry and eager to reach their mother whos delayed feeding them on this special day. Now she lures them with the promise of milk, the only food the cubs have known since they were born, deaf and blind beneath the snow some two months ag

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英语听力：2012-02-03 从南极到北极 From Pole To Pole—8

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