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Just off the coast of Iceland, the North Atlantic is relatively shallow due to the volcanic ridge beneath.
在冰島海岸附近，由于有海底的火山山脊，北大西洋水深相對較淺。
By early summer, the waters of Iceland are teeming with fish.
到了夏初，冰島海域已經(jīng)滿是各種魚類。
The abundance of food in the shallow seas attracts many other species of whale and dolphin, including humpbacks.
淺海區(qū)充足的食物吸引了很多其它種類的鯨和海豚，包括座頭鯨。
Over fifteen hundred of them, and they're here to hunt.
來此捕食的座頭鯨數(shù)量超過了一千五百只。
The humpbacks are highly intelligent, capable of working together using a sophisticated technique called bubble netting.
座頭鯨是具有高度智慧的動物，它們能協(xié)同合作使用復雜的水泡網(wǎng)捕獵法進行捕獵。
They use their air bubbles to drive the fish to the surface where there's no escape.
它們制造氣泡將魚群驅趕到水面，魚群在此無處可逃。
Incredibly, the humpback whales feed only in summer.
難以置信的是，座頭鯨只在夏天覓食。
And to take advantage of these rich waters, these humpbacks have traveled over five thousand kilometers from the warm waters in the Equator where they give birth to their young.
而為了分享這片水域的饕餮盛宴，這些座頭鯨長途旅行了超過五千公里，從溫暖的赤道海域趕來它們生育后代的地方。
At birth, the calves have struggled to survive the cold waters that's surround Iceland.
初生的幼仔已經(jīng)在冰島周邊海域寒冷的海水中艱難地存活下來。
The humpback whale is known for its long complex sound which can be heard over a hundred and fifty kilometers away, making them one of the loudest animals on the Planet.
座頭鯨以它們長而復雜的叫聲而著稱，它們的叫聲遠隔一百五十多公里都能聽得到，這使它們成為地球上聲音最大的動物之一。
And despite growing to over thirty five thousand kilograms, the humpback is one of the most acrobatic of all whales.
而盡管體重可高達三萬五千公斤以上，座頭鯨卻是所有鯨類中最具雜技天賦的成員之一。
