最近两项不相关的研究结果支持了这样一种观点，即海豚可能与人类和类人猿具有某些相同的认知能力。
The results of two recent unrelated studies support the idea that dolphins may share certain cognitive abilities with humans and great apes.
2005年，科学家们在新几内亚的南部水域得到了一个意想不到的发现：一种叫做矮鳍的海豚新物种。
Scientists made an unexpected discovery in the waters south of New Guinea in 2005: a new species of dolphin called the snub-fin.
首先，他们中的一个人对海豚做了一项研究，训练它识别一种特殊的高音。
It began with a study one of them did on a dolphin, who had been trained to recognize a particular high-pitched tone.
互联网上流行着一种说法是海豚可以用它们自身的超声波来消除肿瘤，治疗肌肉损伤，并激发残障儿童的大脑。
The Internet is rife with claims that dolphins can use their natural ultrasound to zap tumors, heal muscle injuries and stimulate the brains of disabled children.
他们正在研发一种水下电脑，这种仪器能识别海豚的声音，并据此及时做出回应。
They are in the process of developing an underwater computer that attempts to recognize dolphin sounds and then respond in real time.
然而，杀人鲸——它们本身也是海豚的一种——却名符其实。
Killer whales, however - themselves a species of dolphin - didn't get their name for nothing.
通过观察海豚、驼背鲸和抹香鲸得知，促进鲸目动物通信进化的是一种在每代以及每个个体间传递鸣叫和强音的能力。
Fueling the evolution of cetacean communication is an ability, observed in dolphins, humpback whales and sperm whales, to pass songs and codas between generations and individuals.
这一奇特发现使得科学家认为，宽吻海豚有一种“基因开关”，能让海豚在禁食时模拟糖尿病状态，但并没有任何病态反应。
The extraordinary finding has led scientists to suggest that dolphins have a "genetic switch" that allows them to mimic diabetes while they are fasting, without suffering any ill effects.
海豚不仅是一种有趣的动物而且极其聪明。
Dolphins are not only playful animals, but they are also highly intelligent.
曼早先的研究表明海豚妈妈通常会把这种方法传给女儿以及个别儿子。 这是除了人类以为，动物界中唯一存在的一种文化传承。
Mann's previous research has shown that dolphin mothers pass the sponging method to their daughters and some of their sons, rare evidence of a cultural tradition in an animal other than humans.
宽吻海豚以社会群体的形式在海洋里环游，并用一种尖叫和口哨所组成的复杂系统来进行相互之间的信息交流。
Bottlenose dolphins travel in social groups and communicate with each other by a complex system of squeaks and whistles.
西蒙德指出：“海豚是一种聪明、优雅的动物，在离开自然栖息环境与群体、并被限制自由的情况下，很容易因紧张和伤痛受到伤害。
"Dolphins are intelligent and sophisticated animals which are vulnerable to stress and suffering when confined and removed from their natural environment and societies, " he said.
科学家发现，宽吻海豚有一种奇特的生物特性，该发现也许会为人类带来一种治疗迟发性糖尿病的新方法。
Scientists have discovered a biological quirk in bottlenose dolphins that could lead to a treatment for late-onset diabetes in humans.
但是，人们在海豚的鲸脂内发现了另一种化学物质，它或许可以解释为什么海豚在受伤后，比如说被鲨鱼咬过后不会致死。
But other compounds found in dolphin blubber may explain why injuries such as shark bites aren't a death sentence.
一亿两千万年前，白垩纪的海洋覆盖着现在的澳大利亚南部，一条鱼龙（注：一种类似鱼和海豚的大型海栖爬行动物）经历了十分糟糕的一天。
One hundred and twenty million years ago, when a Cretaceous sea covered what is now South Australia, an ichthyosaur had a really bad day.
帮助拯救日本的海豚——作为“害物防治”的一种形式，日本的捕鱼业每年都会花费6个月的时间来屠宰海豚。
Help save Japan's dolphins - Every year the fishing industry in Japan spends six months slaughtering dolphins as a form of "pest control."
然而，有些科学家说，海豚，一种海中的哺乳动物，也有那么聪明。
Some scientists, however, say that the dolphin, a sea mammal, is just as smart.
那里我们发现了另外一种海豚，就是电视上常见到的那种普通海豚，银白色的皮肤，尖尖的嘴巴。
We found another kind of dolphins there, just the normal ones we saw often on TV, the silvery skin with sharp mouth.
而海豚只是承受威胁的多种生物其中的一种。
与海豚游泳是一种让你心里充满快乐的经历。
Swimming with dolphins is a wonderful adventure that will fill your heart with happiness.
长期以来，海员中流传着一种迷信的说法，认为海豚会把快要淹死的人托到水面，救人性命；
There has long been a superstition among mariners that porpoises will save drowning men by pushing them to the surface.
在宽吻海豚攻击前，它会进行一种叫做“上下颚敲击”的行为。这是一种明显的视觉和听觉威胁。
Before a bottlenose will attack, it engages in the behavior called 'jaw clapping'. This is a clear visual and audible threat.
海豚是一种哺乳动物。
海豚是一种群居性动物，会通过尖叫声和呼噜声相互沟通。
Dolphins are social animals that communicate with each other through squeaks and grunts.
“鯱（一种形如海豚的鱼）是名古屋的象征，这就是为什么你能常常看到我们的作品对这个符号进行诠释”，她向其他代表介绍着。
"Shachihoko (a fabulous dolphin like fish) is a symbol of Nagoya, that's why you can often see how this element is interpreted in the artworks of our city, " she introduced to the others.
海豚一种海豚科海洋鲸类哺乳动物，如的宽吻海豚，与鲸近似但一般比鲸小且有喙状吻。
Any of various Marine cetacean mammals, such as the bottle - nosed dolphin, of the family Delphinidae, related to the whales but generally smaller and having a beaklike snout.
他们教给了海豚一种新的把戏。
海豚是一种聪明的动物。
人类广泛传授给海豚的一种语言是一种美国手语。
The only language which has been extensively taught to dolphins is a version of American Sign language.
一只勇敢的海豚和那些坚持不肯放弃她的人们，成为了一种象征、一个榜样，很多人的生活都因此而变得更加美好。
Many lives are changed for the better, all through the example of one courageous dolphin and the people who refuse to give up on her.
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