德国牧羊犬产下“绿巨人”幼犬

A North Carolina dog is going viral due to his unusual lime-green hue — which has earned him the moniker “Hulk puppy.”

北卡罗莱纳的一只狗因其不寻常的灰绿色而走红，这也为它赢得了“绿巨人小狗”的绰号。

Owner Shana Stamey, 35, said that their white German shepherd, Gypsy, gave birth to a litter of eight pups on Friday morning. The delivery went according to plan until puppy No. 4 came out lime green, causing Stamey to “freak out,” the mother told her local NBC outlet.

35岁的主人莎娜·斯塔米说，他们的白色德国牧羊犬“吉普赛”在周五早上产下了一窝8只小狗。这名母亲告诉当地的美国全国广播公司(NBC)，分娩一直按计划进行，直到4号小狗出生时变成了灰绿色，这让斯塔米“抓狂”。

Despite its green hue, the dog was perfectly healthy, according to Suzanne Cianciulli, a veterinarian technician at Junaluska Animal Hospital. The animal expert attributes the pup’s peculiar coloration to being marinated in meconium — the puppies’ stool — while in the mother’s birth sack.

朱纳鲁斯卡动物医院的兽医苏珊娜·希安西尔丽说，尽管它是绿色的，但它非常健康。这位动物专家认为，小狗的特殊颜色是在母体的胎粪中浸泡的结果。

The pigment anomaly “can especially color white fur,” says Cianciulli.

Cianciulli说，这种色素异常“尤其会使白色皮毛变红”。

Nonetheless, the owner has since grown fond of the St. Patrick’s-colored pup, even affectionately naming him Hulk because “he was lime green and super mad,” says Stamey.

尽管如此，主人后来还是喜欢上了这只圣帕特里克色的小狗，甚至亲切地给它起名为“绿巨人”，因为“它是灰绿色的，超级疯狂。”斯塔米说。

Runner-up names included “Gremlin,” “Pistachio” and even “Pikachu” — as his color has begun to fade to yellow, according to Hulk’s proud owner. After a couple washes, the emerald tinge is expected to disappear entirely.

排名第二的名字包括“格莱姆林”、“开心果”，甚至还有“皮卡丘”——据浩克的主人透露，他的肤色已经开始变黄了。经过几次清洗后，祖母绿的色调将完全消失。

Stamey, who plans to put Hulk and company up for adoption when they’re old enough, says she sees her temporary fur baby as “a good luck charm” — like a shamrock.

斯塔米打算等绿巨人和他的同伴们长大了再收养他们。她说她把这个暂时的毛皮娃娃看作是“好运符”——就像三叶草一样。