In a Colorado gully,
在科羅拉多一處溪谷中,
hunters carried out a mammoth massacre,
獵人們進(jìn)行了一場大屠殺,
leaving behind the remains of at least 16 animals.
在這里留下至少16具猛犸象的遺骸 。
The site recreated here contains a treasure trove of evidence relating to the mammoth's daily life.
模擬當(dāng)時的情景,這里擁有和猛犸象日常生活景象相關(guān)的證物 。
Again by comparing mammoth bones to elephant's,
同樣的,經(jīng)由比對猛犸象和大象的骨骸,
we can calculate the sex and age of all the animals that died here,
就可以推算出死在這里的動物的性別和年齡,
and deduce the make-up of a Columbian mammoth herd.
推測這個哥倫比亞猛犸象群的組成狀況 。
These are the bones of juveniles, up to around 14 years old, both males and females.
這些是年輕幼象的遺骨,年紀(jì)在14歲左右,公象和母象都有 。
Several adults lied here, too, all females,
這里也有幾只成象,都是母象 。
including one huge specimen, at least 40 years old.
包括一具巨大象骨,年齡至少40歲 。
This range of age and sex exactly matches that of a modern-day African elephant herd.
這樣的年紀(jì)和性別范圍和現(xiàn)代非洲象象群組合完全相符 。
An older matriarch, the leader of the herd,
年長的母象王,是象群的首領(lǐng) 。
is accompanied by her daughters and other female relatives.
陪伴在旁的有女兒們和其他母象親戚 。
And they in turn are with their young, both male and female.
他們會輪流 陪伴公象母象共有的幼象 。
But where were the adult males when this herd was destroyed?
但是象群被趕盡殺絕時,成年公象在哪里呢?
A unique clue to their lives was uncovered in Nebraska.
在內(nèi)布拉斯加曾發(fā)現(xiàn)公象生活的獨(dú)特線索,
Recreated here are the skulls of two gigantic males that died with their tusks interlocked.
模擬現(xiàn)場情景,這里兩具巨大公象的頭骨顯示它們命喪于象牙纏在一起 。
How could this have happened? Again our best bet is to look at elephant society.
這是怎么發(fā)生的呢?同樣的,最佳解答就是去觀察大象社會 。
During the breeding season, sexually mature bull elephants fight for access to the female herds.
在交配季期間,性成熟的公象會為了接近母象群的權(quán)力而戰(zhàn) 。
The tangled tusks are direct evidence that mammoths were aggressive,too.
糾結(jié)在一起的象牙是猛犸象同樣具有攻擊性的直接證據(jù) 。
adj. 獨(dú)一無二的,獨(dú)特的,稀罕的