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After giving birth to four kittens in a chicken pen, a stray tabby cat has become an unlikely surrogate mother -- to a clutch of hen's eggs, the Daily Mail reported.

Lizzy the cat has made herself at home in the pen and now takes turns with the mother hen to look after the unborn chicks by keeping the eggs warm. Similarly, the hen keeps an eye on the kittens when Lizzy goes out on the prowl for food.

The bizarre babysitting arrangements have delighted children at Weston St Mary's School in Spalding, Lincolnshire, where the pen is being supervised by teaching assistants.

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貓雞互助撫育下一代

?????? 一只流浪虎斑貓在雞舍里生下四只小貓后，竟然破天荒的幫母雞孵雞蛋，成了一個“代孵媽媽”。

???????據英國《每日郵報》報道，貓咪里茲在雞舍里一直過的很愜意。現在，它和母雞輪流照看還未出生的小雞，總是把雞蛋焐得暖暖的。同樣的，當里茲出去逛的時候，這只母雞也會幫她看小貓。

???????據悉，該雞舍由林肯郡斯伯丁的圣瑪麗學校的助教們看管，那里的孩子因貓和雞之間這種奇怪的看護協作感到非常的驚喜。

(China.org.cn June 8, 2012)