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They are one of the ten species of whales that visit the reef each year.
座頭鯨是每年造訪大堡礁十種鯨魚當(dāng)中的一種。
They were once hunted almost to extinction, but numbers here have bounced back to 15 thousand, about half the pre-whaling population.
它們?cè)馐艽笏敛东C，幾乎處于絕跡，但現(xiàn)在數(shù)量已經(jīng)回升至15000只，這個(gè)數(shù)字是捕鯨業(yè)開始之前數(shù)量的一半。
Like Minkes, humpbacks come up from the Antarctic to mate and to calve.
和小須鯨一樣，座頭鯨也是從南極來這里進(jìn)行交配分娩。
This mother gave birth a couple of weeks ago.
這頭母鯨數(shù)周前產(chǎn)下幼鯨。
And already her calf weighs over two tons and it is more than six meters long.
她的小寶寶已經(jīng)有2噸多重，身長(zhǎng)也超過6米。
For the turtle mother, the final and what may turn out to be the most arduous part of her journey has only just begun.
對(duì)海龜媽媽而言，此行途中最后也可能是最為艱辛的部分只不過剛剛開始。
With thousands of turtles arriving at the same time, their trails crisscross the sand like tank tracks on a battlefield.
數(shù)千只海龜同時(shí)抵達(dá)，它們?cè)谏碁┥系暮圹E縱橫交錯(cuò)，就像戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上坦克過后留下的痕跡。
