对鲸的屠宰是不必要且不人道的。
北冰洋的鲸类仍然遭到猎杀。
幼鲸长出一层厚脂肪以抵御冰冷的海水。
The baby whale develops a thick layer of blubber to protect it from the cold sea.
鲸用二十四小时来交配。
鲸被鱼叉射中后下潜。
鲸，和海豚一样，已经成为造物杰作的象征。
The whale, like the dolphin, has become a symbol of the marvels of creation.
科学家们感到不解：为什么这头鲸游到海岸上来。
Scientists are puzzled as to why the whale had swum to the shore.
猎杀结束后，男人们和年长的妇女们聚在一个空地吃了一顿鲸肉宴。
After the kill the men and old women collect in an open space and eat a meal of whale meat.
人类从座头鲸身上借用了音乐灵感。
不要盖住搁浅的鲸的喷水孔！
有次旅行，我们去了圣劳伦斯河赏鲸。
On one trip, we went whale watching on the St. Lawrence River.
也许他只会说鲸语。
磷虾数量的减少和气温的升高可能迫使南极鲸迁徙。
Shrinking krill population and rising temperatures could force Antarctic whales to migrate.
即使是座头鲸也喜欢用它们的右颚从海底刮沙鳗鱼。
Even humpback whales prefer to use the right side of their jaws to scrape sand eels from the ocean floor.
他继续按照他的分类学，把鲸按大小分为三大类或三本书。
Continuing in his taxonomy, he groups whales into three major categories, or books, by size.
鲸作为社会性动物，可能需要大规模聚集的刺激来诱导繁殖行为。
Whales being sociable animals probably need the stimulus of sizeable gatherings to induce reproductives behavior.
这种鲸保留了尾巴，没有现代水生鲸类动物用于行动的主要部位，尾片。
The whale retained a tail and lacked a fluke, the major means of locomotion in modern cetaceans.
就生理机能而言，棱皮龟从某种程度上来说更像一只爬虫类的鲸，而非海龟。
When it comes to physiology, the leatherback turtle is, in some ways, more like a reptilian whale than a turtle.
直到大约1000万年后，鲸类才进化出专门的肾脏，使它们能够饮用盐水。
Not until about ten million years later did species of whales develop specialized kidneys enabling them to drink salt water.
仪式权杖柄是用一种小型的北极独角鲸的牙齿制成的。门柄是用海象的牙齿制成的。
The shaft of the ceremonial mace is the whorled tusk of a narwhal, a small Arctic whale. The door handles are of walrus tusk.
它们耐心地在水面下照顾幼鲸，等待哺乳期的母鲸回来。
They patiently take care of the young whales just under the surface of the water, waiting for the feeding mothers to return.
中国南海的鲸落深度约为三米。
The whale fall in the South China Sea is about three meters long.
世界上已知的鲸落不到50个。
一些鱼类已经开始吞食鲸的尾巴。
人类捕鲸是为了获取鲸鱼肉、鲸脂和鲸油。
今年，中国科学家首次在南海发现鲸落现象。鲸落生态系统可以停留在深海，因为那里的水压大、温度低。
Chinese scientists found a whale fall for the first time in the South China Sea this year. The whale fall ecosystem can stay in the deep ocean because of great pressure and cold temperature there.
科学家在鲸落附近发现了少数生物物种。
Scientists have found several species (物种) near the whale fall.
销量最高的专辑《座头鲸之歌》于1970年公开发行。
The top-selling album, Songs of the Humpback Whale, was made public in 1970.
座头鲸以每小时1.6公里的速度从阿拉斯加游到夏威夷。
Humpback whales swim at a speed of 1.6 kilometers an hour from Alaska to Hawaii.
那里提供的活动包括赏鲸、远足，并且住宿旨在减少对自然环境的影响。
Activities there range from whale watching to hiking and accommodations aim to have a low impact on the natural environment.
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