ネズミの仲間「マーラ」寒い冬は「ブタんぽ」で温まります(2022年12月21日)

The companion of the mouse "Mara" in the cold winter has warm "Butanpo" (2022/12/21)

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寒い冬を乗り越えるには湯たんぽならぬ「ブタんぽ」が必須のようです。　
To survive this cold winter, the indispensable thing seems not to be a hot water bottle but a pig "Butanpo".
こんなに乗っても重くないのでしょうか。　
Is it heavy to lie on top of each other like this?
眠っているミニブタ「ぶーちゃん」の上で暖を取るのは、ネズミの仲間でカピバラの次に大きいマーラです。　
Lying above the sleeping little pig "Buchan" to keep warm is Mara, a member of the rat family and the second largest species after the water guinea pig.
一緒に暮らすぶーちゃんと8匹のマーラは大の仲良し。　
Bu-chan and 8 Mara, who live together, are great friends.
ぶーちゃんはマーラが生まれた時から見守る母親代わりです。　
Bu-chan is like a mother, she has taken care of Mara since they were born.
飼育員によりますと、マーラは毎年寒くなるとぶーちゃんの上に集まるようになり、ぶーちゃんも掛け布団みたいで暖かいのでしょうか、いくら乗っかられても絶対に怒らないそうです。　
According to the keeper, every year when it gets cold, Mara gathers on top of Buchan, who is probably warm like a quilt, and never gets angry no matter how many times she is climbed on. 　
ただそんな仲良しでも譲れない戦いが…。マーラにあげようとしたおやつのにんじんをぶーちゃんがぱくり。　
But even such good friends have an unyielding battle... Buchan snatched a carrot people was going to give to Mara as a snack. 　
大好きなにんじんだけは譲れない、優しいけど食いしん坊なぶーちゃんでした。
It is a gentle but picky eater and can't give up its favorite carrot.

寒い冬を乗り越えるには湯たんぽならぬ「ブタんぽ」が必須のようです。　

寒い

Cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke), lame, dull, weak, corny

冬

Winter

乗り越える

To climb over, to get over, to ride across; to surmount, to overcome; to surpass, to overtake

必須

Indispensable, required

湯たんぽ

hot-water bottle
こんなに乗っても重くないのでしょうか。　

こんなに

So, like this, in this way
眠っているミニブタ「ぶーちゃん」の上で暖を取るのは、ネズミの仲間でカピバラの次に大きいマーラです。　

ちゃん

Suffix for familiar person

仲間

Company, fellow, colleague, associate, comrade, mate, group, circle of friends, partner; member of the same category

上

From the standpoint of, as a matter of (e.g. fact), in the field of, being of the type of; aboard (a ship or vehicle), on top of, on, above; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality, best, top, high class; going up; governmental, imperial; presenting, showing; ana- (medical, biol.)

大きい

Big, large, great, loud

次

Next, following, subsequent; stage, station

取る

To take, to pick up, to harvest, to earn, to win, to choose; to steal; to eat, to have (a meal); to remove (one''s glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.), to play

暖

Warming, warmth

カピバラ

capybara
一緒に暮らすぶーちゃんと8匹のマーラは大の仲良し。　

暮らす

To live, to get along; to spend (time)

ちゃんと

Diligently, seriously, earnestly, reliably, steadily, legitimately; perfectly, properly, exactly, orderly, punctually, regularly; sufficiently, satisfactorily; quickly

仲良し

Intimate friend, close friend, bosom buddy, chum

一緒

Together; at the same time; same, identical

大

The large part of; big, large, great; approximate size, no larger than; -university; large (e.g. serving size), loud (e.g. volume setting)

匹

Counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth
ぶーちゃんはマーラが生まれた時から見守る母親代わりです。　

代わり

Substitute for ..

ちゃん

Suffix for familiar person

母親

Mother

生まれ

Birth, birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)

時

Time, hour, moment; occasion, case; chance, opportunity, season; the times, the age, the day; tense

見守る

To watch over, to watch attentively
飼育員によりますと、マーラは毎年寒くなるとぶーちゃんの上に集まるようになり、ぶーちゃんも掛け布団みたいで暖かいのでしょうか、いくら乗っかられても絶対に怒らないそうです。　

ちゃん

Suffix for familiar person

暖かい

Warm, mild, genial

上

From the standpoint of, as a matter of (e.g. fact), in the field of, being of the type of; aboard (a ship or vehicle), on top of, on, above; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality, best, top, high class; going up; governmental, imperial; presenting, showing; ana- (medical, biol.)

絶対

Absolutely, unconditionally; absolute, unconditional, unmistakable; absoluteness

集まる

To gather, to collect, to assemble

員

Member

毎年

Every year, yearly, annually

みたい

-like, sort of, similar to, resembling

飼育

Breeding, raising, rearing

掛け布団

bed cover, coverlet, quilt, comforter, eiderdown
ただそんな仲良しでも譲れない戦いが…。マーラにあげようとしたおやつのにんじんをぶーちゃんがぱくり。　

そんな

Such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener), like that, that sort of

ちゃん

Suffix for familiar person

戦い

Battle, fight, struggle, conflict

仲良し

Intimate friend, close friend, bosom buddy, chum

ぱくり

gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); snapping into, biting into; cribbing, lifting, plagiarism, rip-off
大好きなにんじんだけは譲れない、優しいけど食いしん坊なぶーちゃんでした。

ちゃん

Suffix for familiar person

優しい

Tender, kind, gentle, graceful, affectionate, amiable

大好き

Loveable, very likeable, like very much

食いしん坊

Glutton, gourmand