尽管猪鼻龟生活在淡水中，它同时又很像海龟。
Despite living in freshwater, it is also resembles Marine turtles.
总体而言“我们估计从1981年以来猪鼻龟数量的下降超过了50%，”艾森·博格教授说道。
Overall "we estimated the decline in this pig-nosed turtle population to be more than 50% since 1981," said Professor Eisemberg.
她的研究团队同时还调查了有多少猪鼻龟和龟卵流入了当地的市场，以及被沿河与沿海的村庄吃掉。
Her team also studied how many turtles and eggs passed through local markets and were consumed in villages along rivers and the coast.
举例来说，处于胚胎时期的猪鼻龟会由其龟卵所埋之地的温度来决定其性别，而且已经发育完全的胚胎还能推迟它们的孵化时间。
For example, embryonic pig-nosed turtles become male or female depending on the temperature of the ground their eggs are laid in, while fully developed embryos can delay their hatching.
据科学家们所言，对猪鼻龟的保护计划已经迫在眉睫，而且，即使这一计划得以实施，猪鼻龟想要恢复数量仍需要花费几十年的时间。
According to the scientists, conservation plans to save the turtle are urgently needed, and, even if implemented, it will take decades for the pig-nosed turtle to recover.
但是同时该计划的制定还必须小心谨慎，因为生活在猪鼻龟栖息地的土著居民常常依赖这种爬行动物作为蛋白质的来源，猪鼻龟是他们生存的必需品。
But these plans must be made sensitively, as the indigenous communities living in pig-nosed turtle habitat often rely on protein from the reptile to survive.
但是同时该计划的制定还必须小心谨慎，因为生活在猪鼻龟栖息地的土著居民常常依赖这种爬行动物作为蛋白质的来源，猪鼻龟是他们生存的必需品。
But these plans must be made sensitively, as the indigenous communities living in pig-nosed turtle habitat often rely on protein from the reptile to survive.
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