In today's news, with Nancy and Hope:

A black bear all grown up, a piglet with a new family, and the latest project from a famous actor.

All that and more, coming up next.

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野放2年後 台灣黑熊Mulas身邊多了熊麻吉

Formosan Black Bear Mulas Happy in the Wild

A bear cub that was lost, is now living happily in the wild.

Mulas the Formosan black bear was found alone in the wild in 2019.

At that time, Mulas was just a few months old.

She was about to be attacked by dogs (被野狗攻擊).

The people who found her saved her.

They brought her to experts in Taitung.

The experts helped keep Mulas safe.

And they taught her how to be a bear.

People took care of Mulas for 10 months.

Then, when she was ready, they let her go back into the wild.

Now, 2 years and 4 months later…

Experts say Mulas has grown into a healthy, adult bear!

They say they've seen Mulas in videos.

The videos were filmed (拍攝) by cameras set up in the forest.

In the videos, Mulas looks strong.

Her fur is shiny (有光澤的).

She knows how to dig in the dirt and on trees, to look for food.

Mulas also knows how to scratch her back using trees.

And the videos also show that Mulas has a friend!

In the videos, Mulas plays with her friend.

They lightly bite each other, and hit each other with their paws.

Mulas和牠的朋友互相輕咬、拍打及玩耍，看起來很開心。

The experts are not sure if Mulas' friend is a male or a female.

But they are happy that Mulas is doing so well, and living happily in the wild.

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野豬寶寶成為牛群新成員

Cow Herd Adopts Wild Boar Piglet

A family of cows in Germany has a new baby.

But this baby looks a little different.

It's not a calf (小牛).

It's a wild boar piglet (小野豬).

A farmer named Friedrich says his cow herd was eating grass a few weeks ago.

And he noticed something a little strange.

He saw a piglet in the middle of all the cows.

Friedrich thinks the little wild boar piglet probably got lost.

The farmer says a group of wild boars crossed a river nearby.

That's probably when the piglet got separated (分散) from its family.

And now the little piglet is living with the cows.

The cows and the piglet seem very relaxed together.

They walk around, and eat grass.

Wild boars can be a bit of a headache for farmers.

They eat things that farmers grow.

Or the boars step on crops (農作物).

Wild boars also like to dig in the dirt.

They use their snout (口鼻部) and tusks (獠牙) to dig, and look for food.

But all this digging destroys farmers' crops.

And it leaves lots of holes.

Farm machines may break when they go over these holes.

But even with all these problems, Friedrich says he will let the wild boar piglet stay.

He says it would be unfair to leave the piglet alone.

農人Friedrich說現在把小野豬趕走太不公平了。

Friedrich says he has asked hunters not to shoot the piglet.

And he says in the winter, he will let the piglet stay in the shed, with the mother cows.

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湯姆漢克斯準備出小說

Tom Hanks to Release New Book

You might know him as the voice of Woody in the Toy Story movies.

Or, you might know him as Forest Gump.

He has been in a lot of famous movies.

But now, American actor Tom Hanks has written a book.

奧斯卡影帝湯姆漢克斯要出小說了。

The book is about a superhero action movie.

The story starts from the year 1947, and goes all the way to present day (當今的，現代的).

The 66-year-old actor says he thought about his experiences in Hollywood when he was writing.

Tom has also created three comic books.

The comic books are an important part of the story.

And they are in the book.

This is actually Tom's second book.

His first book is full of short stories.

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So, in today's News Bites:

Mulas the Formosan black bear was lost, but is now living happily in the wild.

Videos show Mulas has grown into a healthy, adult bear.

And the videos also show Mulas playing with a friend.

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A family of cows in Germany has adopted a wild boar piglet.

A farmer thinks the little wild boar piglet probably got lost.

The farmer says he will let the piglet stay in the shed with the mother cows during winter.

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And,

American actor Tom Hanks has written a book.

The book is about a superhero action movie.

The 66-year-old actor says he thought about his experiences in Hollywood when he was writing.

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And that's today's episode of News Bites!