The pollution could decimate the river's thriving population of kingfishers.
污染可能大量毁灭在这条河茁壮成长的翠鸟群。
Falcons, kingfishers and many seabirds use dives to attack prey.
猎鹰、翠鸟和许多海鸟利用俯冲出击来擒拿猎物。
What kingfishers lack in fine manners they make up for in fecundity.
在旺盛的是生育期，翠鸟是缺乏优雅的。
I said, " I will usually come here and buy these kingfishers to set them free."
我对商贩说：“以后我会经常来你这里，买这些翠鸟放飞他们。”
And Japanese ornithologist Satoe Kasahara says that lately kingfishers have snatched fish from urban ponds in her country.
日本鸟类学家佐藤笠原(SatoeKasahara)表示在日本也发现过翠鸟在城市里的水塘捕鱼。
Kingfishers wedge themselves into water with a streamlined beak that gradually increases in diameter from tip to head, letting water flow past.
翠鸟流线型的长喙从尖端到头部的直径是逐渐增大的，潜水时会让水流向身后。
Wildlife was also elusive: I spotted a water buffalo, a couple of goats, several egrets and kingfishers but not one - in the fabled Land of a Million Elephants - elephant.
野生动物也难觅踪影：我看见一只水鸟、两头山羊、几只白鹭和翠鸟，但是在这个号称有百万大象的地方，连一头大象也没有看到。
Wildlife was also elusive: I spotted a water buffalo, a couple of goats, several egrets and kingfishers but not one - in the fabled Land of a Million Elephants - elephant.
野生动物也难觅踪影：我看见一只水鸟、两头山羊、几只白鹭和翠鸟，但是在这个号称有百万大象的地方，连一头大象也没有看到。
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