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。
Divers battled for hours to try to free a whale entangled in crab nets.
潜水员们奋战了几个小时，试图解救一条被捕蟹网缠住的鲸鱼。
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。
The baby whale develops a thick layer of blubber to protect it from the cold sea.
幼鲸长出一层厚脂肪以抵御冰冷的海水。
也许他只会说鲸语。
鲸鱼是哺乳动物。
Whale expert Karen Evans is one such scientist.
鲸鱼专家凯伦·埃文斯就是一位这样的科学家。
Mass whale strandings involve four or more animals.
大规模鲸鱼搁浅的现象涉及到四种或更多种动物。
Another is Rosemary Gales, a leading expert on whale strandings.
另一位是罗斯玛丽·盖尔斯，鲸鱼搁浅方面的权威专家。
How was the gap between a walking mammal and a swimming whale bridged?
会走路的哺乳动物和会游泳的鲸鱼之间的差异是如何衔接起来的？
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。
When a whale dives, its metabolic rate drops, causing its heartbeat to slow down.
当鲸鱼潜水时，它的新陈代谢率下降，导致心跳减慢。
When the last stranded whale of a group eventually dies, the story does not end there.
最后一条搁浅的鲸鱼死亡之后，故事也远未结束。
It is these that absorb whale "clicks": Rough weather generates more bubbles than usual.
恶劣天气中产生的气泡比平时更多，正是这些气泡吸收了鲸鱼发出的“滴答声“。
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。
He just never expected to get a chance to save a real whale, one right in his own neighbourhood.
他只是从来没有想过会有机会拯救一条真正的鲸鱼，就在他自己的社区里。
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。
Basilosaurus was undoubtedly a fully marine whale with possibly nonfunctional, or vestigial, hind legs.
龙王鲸无疑是一种完全海生的鲸鱼，它的后腿可能没有功能，或退化了。
For whale species that depend on an echolocation system to navigate, this kind of beach spells disaster.
对于依赖回声定位系统导航的鲸鱼物种来说，这种海滩意味着灾难。
The airline has a long-term partnership with SeaWorld, and three airplanes painted with Shamu, a killer whale.
该航空公司与海洋世界有长期合作系，并有三架飞机喷上了虎鲸Shamu 的图案。
Norwegian whalers said yesterday they had harpooned a female minke whale.
挪威的捕鲸人昨天说他们用捕鲸叉捕获了一头雌性小须鲸。
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。
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