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Relying on evidence collected from the dig site and knowledge of modern animal behavior,
根據化石場收集的證據加上對現代動物行為的了解，
experts recreates a plausible scenario where a female competes with a male in a battle to the death.
專家們創造了一個可能的場景：一頭雌性與雄性對抗進行了生死搏斗。
Planet Earth, 70 million years ago, a male Majungasaurus in on a prowl for a mate.
地球七千萬年前，一頭雄性瑪君龍在尋找配偶。
He picks up the scent of a female Majungasuarus.
它聞到了一頭雌性瑪君龍的氣味。
He knows it's a female simply by her scent.
它僅通過氣味就知道這是雌性。
He moves in cautiously, knowing that if she has a mate, there can be a confrontation.
它小心地靠近，知道要是雌性已經有配偶的話就可能會爆發沖突。
Slowly, cautiously, he moves further in her territory following her scent.
慢慢地、小心地，它循著雌性的氣味深入它的領地。
He walks his way towards the center of her territory looking for this female. He finds her.
它慢慢地走向雌性的領地中心，意在尋找這頭雌性。它找到了。
She's in a small open clearing surrounded by very dense vegetation.
雌瑪君龍就在一小塊空地上，周圍有很密的植物。
He moves in, and begins to demonstrate his intentions.
雄性向前靠近，開始表現自己的意圖。
He's not aggressive. He's simply trying to woo her into mating.
它沒有攻擊性。只是來追求雌性進行交配的。
He goes to a series of steps designed to put her into a non-defensive mood.
雄性開始一步步讓雌瑪君龍改變防御的心態。
She doesn't react the way he expects and he doesn't understand it.
雌性的反應和雄性的預期不一樣，雄性不明白這是為什么。
The female is uninterested in his advances.
雌性對它的表白沒有興趣。
He sways slowly back and forth again to try to describe to her his intention.
雄性慢慢地前后搖擺向雌性表明意圖。
She refuses to accept his advances.
雌性拒絕了它的好意。
She bears her teeth and hisses with a deep rumbling grunt.
它露出牙齒發出深沉的嘶吼聲。
This is a clear massage that she is looking for a fight.
這是它想要進行戰斗的信號。
The Majungasaurus male continues his dance to try to entice her, but she will not respond.
雄瑪君龍繼續跳舞想要引誘雌性，不過雌性就是沒有反應。
She continues in an aggressive posture.
她依舊擺出進攻的姿勢。
The male tries to shift his position, perhaps put her in a different area, and see if that will change her mood,
雄性試圖改變位置，看看讓雌性換個地方會不會改變主意，
but the female's focus is not exclusively on the male.
不過雌性的注意力不全在雄性身上。
As he moves to the side, he realizes that hidden behind her is her offspring.
當雄性向旁邊移動時它注意到了在雌性身后的幼崽。
The male knows immediately.
雄性恍然大悟。
That's the reason why the female is not responsive to his reproductive dance.
這就是雌性對它的求偶舞蹈沒有反應的原因。
