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Each one of her clutch of 100 eggs is the size of a pingpong ball.
一窩蛋100個(gè)，每個(gè)蛋和乒乓球差不多大。
A soft shell prevents them from breaking as they drop into the hole.
蛋殼是軟的，這樣落入坑中時(shí)能避免摔破。
When she is finished, she'll cover the nest and over the coming weeks, her eggs will incubate in the warm sand.
產(chǎn)完蛋后，龜媽媽會(huì)將坑再填起來，接下來的幾周里，蛋會(huì)在溫暖的沙子里孵化。
This is a deeply private moment for this turtle, and I do feel I'm rather intruding.
此時(shí)是這只海龜極其私密的時(shí)刻，我覺得自己這是很惹討厭。
You can see she is flicking sand to fill in the hole and very successfully flicking it straight at my face as well.
你看它正在往坑里填沙土，同時(shí)也非常成功地把沙土直接甩在我臉上。
But this is a huge physiological effort for this animal, you'll see the turtle...Oh!good one, right at my eye.
但對(duì)海龜來說，這是一項(xiàng)極其消耗體力的工作，你能看到這只龜，噢！夠準(zhǔn)的，直接甩到我眼睛里了。
That was right on the button.
剛那一下真是相當(dāng)?shù)販?zhǔn)啊。
I think I'm going to take the subtle hint that I shall leave her alone and let her get on with it.
我想我還是識(shí)趣點(diǎn)兒，讓它自己好好繼續(xù)。
By morning she joins the mass evacuation of the island.
等到早晨，它會(huì)成為離島大撤退中的一員。
Most of the exhausted turtles headed back to the sea at the same time, so there is an even bigger pile-up at the water's edge than when they arrived.
大多數(shù)精疲力竭的海龜在同一時(shí)間踏上回歸大海之路，海岸邊密密麻麻的海龜，看著甚至比它們來時(shí)更多。
But quite a few stragglers are left behind.
還有相當(dāng)一部分海龜?shù)絷?duì)了。
