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Larger than any lion alive today, this would have been an awesome predator. These caves were probably its winter den.
冰河時(shí)代的獅子比當(dāng)今任何一種獅子的體型都更加巨大，他們?cè)且环N可怕的捕獵者。這些山洞便可能是他們冬天的洞穴。
With such abundant game down on the plains, this hunter's life must have been pretty good.
能在平原上進(jìn)行大量的捕獵游戲，這些獅子的生活一定十分愜意。
Sheer size and power and the benefit of life within a pride made it the unmatched ruler of the plains. By looking at the lions of Africa today, we can imagine how these ice age cats once lived in small prides based around a group of hunting females.
無可比擬的體型和力量，良好的生存條件。這些因素使這些驕傲的獅子成為了美洲大平原的絕對(duì)主宰。看看今天的非洲獅，我們能夠想象，在冰河時(shí)代，這些被一群雌性環(huán)繞的貓科動(dòng)物是如何驕傲地生活的。
Like wolves, lions work together to win larger prey. After a leading hunter launches the attack, the others move in, helping to dispatch the victim with a suffocating bite. But even for these rulers of the plains, the good life had to end. They would be toppled by another predator with even sharper skills.
和狼一樣，在追捕大型獵物時(shí)，獅子們也進(jìn)行團(tuán)隊(duì)合作。領(lǐng)頭的獅子首先發(fā)動(dòng)襲擊，隨后其他的獅子也參與其中，撲到獵物身上并給與致命一擊。但是，即使是平原上的主宰，他們的美好生活也不得不結(jié)束了。人類以更為強(qiáng)大的捕獵技能取代了他們的地位。
The ice age lions joined the list of victims, animals that had lived here for hundreds of millennia, but were soon lost forever.
冰河時(shí)代的獅子是人類活動(dòng)的受害者之一，許多在美洲大平原上生活了數(shù)千年的動(dòng)物很快都永久地消失了。
Today few signs remain that any of them were ever here. Odd traces scattered far and wide across the plains. But if we piece together bones and teeth, plant fragments and the clues from animals alive today, we can begin to bring a lost world back to life.
如今，證明這些動(dòng)物曾在美洲大平原活動(dòng)的痕跡已寥寥無幾。這些稀有的痕跡遍布平原各地。但是如果我們把這些骨骼，牙齒，植物碎屑以及從存活著的動(dòng)物身上得到的線索拼湊到一起，我們便能將這個(gè)遺失的世界重新帶入我們視野。
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