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Today, there is a group of larger visitors here, too. A herd of mastodons led by the matriarch have just returned from their annual migration hundreds of miles to the north.
如今，這里同樣迎來了另一批大型來訪者。這是一群乳齒象，它們由雌性頭目帶領著，剛剛從北部幾百英里遠的地方遷徙回來，它們每年都會遷徙一次。
Now the winter drought is over and the spring water has been topped up by recent rains.
現在，冬天的干旱已經過去。泉水池也被近日的雨水填滿。
Another group has also set up camp nearby, hunters, descendants of the first human settlers that entered the continent in the far north. Compared to the harsh conditions their ancestors faced, this place is paradise. Targets for the hunters' spears are plentiful.
另一批來訪者也在附近扎了營，而他們是獵人，他們的祖先是第一批來到這片大陸北部偏遠地區的人類。相對于他們祖先所面臨的惡劣條件，這片區域對他們來說簡直是一片天堂。這里能充當他們獵物的動物數不勝數。
Around the spring, lush vegetation attracts the giant ground sloth, too. Both mastodons and sloths are browsers. But the mastodons roam far and wide to find the kind of plants they need. The giant ground sloth isn't built to travel far, but it makes up for that by having a reach of a giraffe.
在泉水附近，綠色的植被也同樣吸引了巨型地懶。乳齒象和巨型地懶都是食草動物。但乳齒象為了找到他們需要的植物，會四處游蕩。而巨型地懶天生便不適合長途遷徙，但是它們高大的身軀卻彌補了這一缺點。
Its huge claws may also be used for self-defence, although even the most powerful predator would think twice before tackling so large a prey.
它們巨大的爪子同樣也可能用于自衛，即使是最強大的捕獵者在攻擊這么大的動物前也會三思。
In any case, this female jaguar is little threat right now. Once she's quenched her thirst, she will find a shady place to doze in the heat of the day.
無論如何，這只雌性美洲虎現在都有一絲威脅。一旦它解了渴，便會找一處陰涼的地方打打盹來逃避炎熱的天氣。
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，未經許可不得轉載。
