경산 도심 산책로에 새끼 수달 두 마리…길 잃은 듯 헤매
Two Baby Otters Wander Onto a City Walking Path in Gyeongsan
Part of the October 2, 2026 daily edition
경북 경산시 영대교 근처 산책로에 새끼 수달 두 마리가 나타났습니다. 새끼 수달들은 길을 잃은 것처럼 길 위를 이리저리 돌아다녔습니다. 달리기를 하던 시민이 수달을 보고 하천 관리자에게 도움을 청했습니다. 수달은 1982년에 천연기념물로 지정됐고, 멸종위기 야생생물 1급입니다. 새끼 수달을 보면 함부로 만지거나 데려가면 안 됩니다. 근처에 어미가 있을 수 있기 때문입니다.
Translation
Two baby otters appeared on a walking path near the 영대교 bridge in Gyeongsan, North Gyeongsang Province. The baby otters wandered here and there on the path as if they were lost. A person who was out running saw the otters and asked a river manager for help. Otters were made a natural monument in 1982, and they are a Class I endangered wild species. If you see a baby otter, you must not touch it or take it away. That is because its mother may be nearby.
Vocabulary
- 새끼명사 (noun)baby (animal), young
- 수달명사 (noun)otter
- 산책로명사 (noun)walking path
- 나타나다동사 (verb)to appear
- 길을 잃다표현 (expression)to get lost
- 도움을 청하다표현 (expression)to ask for help
- 천연기념물명사 (noun)natural monument (protected status)
- 만지다동사 (verb)to touch
Grammar points
-(으)ㄴ 것처럼as if, like (someone) had done
-(으)ㄴ 것처럼 compares an action to how it looks: 길을 잃은 것처럼, as if (they) were lost. It describes an impression, not a confirmed fact.
Example: 새끼 수달들은 길을 잃은 것처럼 길 위를 이리저리 돌아다녔습니다.
The baby otters wandered here and there on the path as if they were lost.
-(으)면 안 되다must not, should not
-(으)면 안 되다 says something is not allowed: 데려가면 안 됩니다, (you) must not take (it) away. Literally it means 'if you do it, it is not OK'.
Example: 새끼 수달을 보면 함부로 만지거나 데려가면 안 됩니다.
If you see a baby otter, you must not touch it or take it away.
-기 때문이다it is because
-기 때문이다 at the end of a sentence gives the reason for what was just said: 있을 수 있기 때문입니다, it is because (the mother) may be there.
Example: 근처에 어미가 있을 수 있기 때문입니다.
That is because its mother may be nearby.
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