这家动物园位于德国北部城市不来梅港，动物园主管海克·许克说，问题是雌性洪堡企鹅向来很害羞，不会主动接近雄性。

The problem was that the female Humboldt penguins have proven too shy in their advances, the director of the zoo in the northern port city of Bremerhaven said.

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许克说，去年她对他们的做法很乐观，认为将会获得成功。因为动物园管理员有一次看到，一只雌性企鹅成功地“分开”了一对雄性企鹅。

Kueck said last year she was optimistic the initiative would be successful because zoo keepers had noticed that at one point a female penguin had managed to cause a couple of males to "separate".

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许克说，去年她对他们的做法很乐观，认为将会获得成功。因为动物园管理员有一次看到，一只雌性企鹅成功地“分开”了一对雄性企鹅。

Kueck said last year she was optimistic the initiative would be successful because zoo keepers had noticed that at one point a female penguin had managed to cause a couple of males to "separate".

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