在坦桑尼亚格雷戈里大裂谷的一座山脚下，纳特龙湖呈现出火焰燃烧般的亮红色，周围是不幸落入咸水的动物遗体。
At the base of a mountain in Tanzania's Gregory Rift, Lake Natron burns bright red, surrounded by the remains of animals that were unfortunate enough to fall into the salty water.
蝙蝠、燕子以及更多的动物遗体以化学方式保存成它们死亡时的姿势，被密封在水里的碳酸钠沉 积物中。
Bats, swallows and more are chemically preserved in the pose in which they perished, sealed in the deposits of sodium carbonate in the water.
这是一位女性原始人的骨骼化石，她的遗体显然是被路过的河马或其他食草类动物踏入了泥泞之中，因此躲过了那些食腐动物的破坏。
After the female died, her remains apparently were trampled down into mud by passing hippos or other herbivores and protected from scavengers.
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