鲸鱼是哺乳动物。
The whale retained a tail and lacked a fluke, the major means of locomotion in modern cetaceans.
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 man lay in the bunk on the whale-ship, and told who he was and what he had undergone with tears streaming down his wasted cheeks.
这个人躺在捕鲸船的一个铺位上，眼泪顺着消瘦的面颊淌了下来，他说起了他的身份和他经历过的一切。
The whale dived as the harpoon struck it.
鲸被鱼叉射中后下潜。
Scientists are puzzled as to why the whale had swum to the shore.
科学家们感到不解：为什么这头鲸游到海岸上来。
The whale, like the dolphin, has become a symbol of the marvels of creation.
鲸，和海豚一样，已经成为造物杰作的象征。
For example, the whale has a long tail.
例如，鲸鱼有一条长长的尾巴。
However, that is not the end for the whale.
然而，这并不是鲸鱼的末日。
Scientists have found several species (物种) near the whale fall.
科学家在鲸落附近发现了少数生物物种。
The whale fall in the South China Sea is about three meters long.
中国南海的鲸落深度约为三米。
For example, "William the whale was using his tail to sail the boat."
例如，“鲸鱼威廉正在用他的尾巴驾船。”
The depth (深度) makes it hard for scientists to find the whale fall.
深度使科学家很难找到鲸鱼坠落的地方。
By studying the whale fall scientists can better understand how sea ecosystems support life.
通过研究鲸落，科学家可以更好地了解海洋生态系统是如何给生命提供支持的。
A scientist named Xie Wei says the whale fall might be quite recent and needs long-term observation (观察) .
一位名叫谢伟的科学家说，鲸落可能是最近才发生的，需要长期观察。
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.
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。
They pushed and tried to force the whale back into the water, but it was no use.
他们推着，试图迫使鲸鱼回到水里，但没有用。
This means the rate of reduction of the whale population cannot be countered by such a rise in births.
这意味着鲸鱼出生率的上升无法抵消鲸鱼数量的减少。
These just fade out on shallow beaches, so the whale doesn't hear an echo and it crashes onto the shore.
这些声音在浅滩上逐渐消失，所以鲸鱼没有听到回声，就撞到了岸边。
Explorer Roy Chapman Andrews argued at the time that the whale must be a throwback to a land-living ancestor.
探险家罗伊·查普曼·安德鲁斯当时认为，鲸鱼一定是一种返祖的陆地生物。
Unfortunately this revelation about the hippopotamus apparently contradicts the fossil record, which suggests that the hippopotamus is only a very distant relative of the whale, not an ancestor.
很不幸，关于河马的这一发现显然与化石记录相矛盾，化石记录表明河马只是鲸鱼的一个远亲，并不是祖先。
The receding tide stranded the whale.
退潮把鲸鱼搁浅在海滩上。
A polar bear returns to the whale carcass to feed at dusk.
北极熊在黄昏时返回鲸鱼尸体找食物。
The whale hunting happens twice a year in the spring and autumn.
捕鲸分为每年春季和秋季两次。
The whale carcass left by the Inupiaq whale hunters is surrounded by a barbed wire fence.
捕猎人留下的依努皮亚鲸鱼残骸被一个铁丝网包围住。
The whale, however, was real and Putin did hit it with the dart É on the fourth attempt.
至于那条鲸鱼，那是真的没错，而且普京确实在三次尝试后射中了它。
By scanning male beaked whale skulls, the researchers imaged the whale hearing apparatus in 3-d.
研究者们扫描了雄性突吻鲸的颅骨，从而创建了这种鲸鱼听力组织的3d模型。
The largest fish in the sea, the whale shark can reach lengths of 40 feet (12 meters) or more.
图为海里最大的鱼——鲸鲨，它可以长达40尺（12米）（超过也是有可能的）。
Researchers are considering tracking the whale by satellite which last seen heading south past Jaffa.
研究者考虑使用卫星追踪这头灰鲸的动向，它最后一次被看到是在雅法，向南行进。
Despite this distinctive profile, scientists know very little about Rhincodon typus—the whale shark.
尽管鲸鲨（学名为鲸鲨属鲸鲨Rhincodontypus）这种特殊的外形，科学家们对它们还是了解少之又少。
Despite this distinctive profile, scientists know very little about Rhincodon typus—the whale shark.
尽管鲸鲨（学名为鲸鲨属鲸鲨Rhincodontypus）这种特殊的外形，科学家们对它们还是了解少之又少。
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