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So let's go back in time, back 13,000 years to relive one day in the life of North America's great ice age plains.
讓我們穿越到13,000年前，重新感受生活在冰河時代美洲大平原北部的動物們一天的生活。
It's early morning at the end of a long, hot summer. Even major rivers are beginning to run low. Colombian mammoth herd follows the river valley. They can't risk being far from the water. Once they’ve quenched their thirst, the next priority is food. They head out to the nearby meadows where they’ll graze most of the day, processing mountains of dry grass.
現在正處于清晨，漫長炎熱的夏季即將結束。即使是主河流的流速也開始放緩。哥倫比亞猛犸象沿著河谷行進。他們不能遠離水源，以免置身脫水的危險。一旦水源問題解決，他們的下一目標便是食物。他們向附近的草原前行，并在那里度過一天中的大部分時光，他們享受著草原上一望無際的干草。
Autumn is mating season. And a couple of nomadic males have started shadowing their herd. By sparring, they decide who will have access to the females coming into heat, who will father the next generation. Most power struggles are resolved through ritual intimidation. But if two evenly matched males cross parts, this posturing can escalate into a full-blown fight. Both of these opponents have a broken tusk, letting them get closer to each other during combat. Suddenly a free clash leaves them in a deadlock, inextricably entwined. If they can't free themselves, they will both end up the losers.
秋季是交配的季節。兩只流浪的雄性猛犸象已經開始追尋他們獸群的足跡。通過角逐，他們將決定誰來接近即將進入發情期的雌性猛犸象，誰來播種下一代。這種力量上的比拼大多時候是一種形式上的角逐。但是如果兩只勢均力敵的猛犸象的象牙互相交叉，那么戰斗將會擴大，直到拼個你死我活。這兩只猛犸象都斷了一只象牙，這讓他們都在戰斗中更靠近對方。突然一個隨意的沖擊使他們陷入僵局，他們的象牙卡在一起，無法分開。如果他們不能脫離這種僵局，結果他們都將失敗。
As a constant source of food and water, even when there’s been no rain for months, this valley draws thousands of other grazers.
即使數月無雨，這條河谷也擁有充足的水源和食物，這使上千只食草動物來到此處。
英文文本來自普特英語，譯文屬可可原創，僅供學習交流使用，未經許可請勿轉載.
