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一个多月来，韩国釜山最受欢迎的“景点”之一是一条鲨鱼。这条约 3 米长的雌性暗色真鲨 9 月 18 日出现在北港亲水公园狭窄的人工水道里，人们根据“北港”的韩语读音叫它Bukangi，到 10 月中旬已有超过 160 万人次前来观看。可水道只有约 3 米深，水温又在下降，照看它的人一个月都没见它进食。文章依次讲述它为何必须离开、10 月 21 日的引导行动和它的意外“回家”、自行离开后在港内的游动表现，以及美国鲨鱼专家对其健康的担忧；结尾停在 10 月 27 日它在码头附近未被发现、当局认为它正在扩大活动范围这一最新进展。阅读时可留意 may、suggests、does not prove 等表达如何区分观察到的事实与推测。

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For more than a month, one of the most popular sights in Busan, South Korea, was a shark. The animal, a female dusky shark about three metres long, was first seen on 18 September in a narrow canal at North Port Waterfront Park. People soon gave her a nickname, Bukangi, which comes from “Bukhang”, the Korean name for North Port. By mid-October, more than 1.6 million visitors had come to the park, many hoping to see her fin above the water.

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一个多月来，韩国釜山最受欢迎的景象之一是一条鲨鱼。这条雌性暗色真鲨约三米长，9 月 18 日首次出现在北港亲水公园一条狭窄的水道里。人们很快给她起了个昵称 Bukangi，来自北港的韩语名称“Bukhang”。到 10 月中旬，已有超过 160 万人次来到公园，其中许多人希望看到她的背鳍露出水面。

For the shark, however, the canal was not a good home. It is only about three metres deep, but dusky sharks normally live in the open sea. As autumn went on, the water became colder, and people looking after her said they had not seen her eat for the whole month. Officials worried that she could die if the temperature kept falling.

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然而对这条鲨鱼来说，水道并不是一个好家。水道只有约三米深，而暗色真鲨通常生活在开阔海域。随着秋意渐浓，水温越来越低，照看她的人说，整整一个月都没见她进食。官员们担心，如果水温继续下降，她可能会死去。

Getting her out was not easy, and two earlier attempts failed. On 21 October, city and coast guard officials used a net fixed to a floating platform to move her toward the exit. After about eight hours, she reached the water outside. But that night, visitors reported seeing her back in the canal, and the next morning she was swimming between the platform and a second net. She may have swum in under the platform.

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把她弄出去并不容易，此前两次尝试都失败了。10 月 21 日，市政府和海警人员用一张固定在浮动平台上的网，把她往出口方向赶。大约八小时后，她游到了水道外的水域。但当天夜里，游客报告说看到她又回到了水道里；第二天早上，她在平台和第二道网之间游动。她可能是从平台下方游回来的。

Officials then left the way open so that she could leave on her own, and this time it worked. She left and was seen near a pier on 23 October. From 24 to 26 October, she was spotted off the city’s International Passenger Terminal, about two kilometres away. She swam at a normal speed, showed no new injuries and stayed underwater longer, which suggests she was getting used to deeper water.

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随后官员们把通道敞开，让她自己离开，这一次成功了。她离开水道后，于 10 月 23 日在一座码头附近被看到。10 月 24 日至 26 日，人们在约两公里外的釜山国际客运码头附近发现了她。她游速正常，没有新的伤情，潜在水下的时间也更长，这表明她正在适应更深的水域。

Not everyone is hopeful yet. Gregory Skomal, a shark scientist in the United States, told a Korean newspaper that it was too early to be optimistic, because weeks in the small canal may have caused stress or disease. He explained that sharks can go for weeks without food, but a stressed or unhealthy shark is not likely to eat.

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并不是所有人都已感到乐观。美国鲨鱼科学家格雷戈里·斯科马尔（Gregory Skomal）对一家韩国报纸表示，现在乐观还为时过早，因为在狭小水道里待了几周，可能已让她承受压力或患病。他解释说，鲨鱼可以几周不吃东西，但处于压力之下或不健康的鲨鱼不太可能进食。

On 27 October, the shark was not seen near the terminal. This does not prove she has left, because officials only watch the area for part of each afternoon. However, the authorities see it as a sign that she is widening her range. Experts expect her to stay around the port for a while and then move out to sea once she is used to her new surroundings.

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10 月 27 日，人们没有在客运码头附近看到这条鲨鱼。这并不能证明她已经离开，因为官员们每天下午只在部分时间监测该区域。不过，当局认为这是她正在扩大活动范围的迹象。专家预计，她会在港口附近停留一段时间，等适应了新环境后再游向外海。

新闻来源

• Yonhap News Agency · 상어 ‘부캉이’, 북항 앞바다서 안 보여…활동반경 넓힌 듯 (27 Oct 2026)
• Seoul Economic Daily · Busan Shark ‘Bukangi’ Adapting to Open Sea After Leaving Canal (27 Oct 2026)
• Korea JoongAng Daily · Bukangi resurfaces in Busan Port, but experts fear stress and declining health (25 Oct 2026)
• Yonhap News Agency · Busan shark returns to canal after brief exit (22 Oct 2026)
• The Korea Herald · Stranded shark Bukang-i returns to sea after a month (21 Oct 2026)

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