The clutch of turtle eggs has been incubating under the sand for two months.
海龜?shù)囊桓C蛋在已經(jīng)孵化了,它們在沙灘下已經(jīng)兩個(gè)月了。
At the right moment, the hatchlings all emerge together.
與此同時(shí),所有小海龜已經(jīng)聚集到一起。
They must reach the water in the shortest possible time.
它們必須以盡可能短的時(shí)間到達(dá)水里。
Baby turtles are food for baby herons,so the heron parents have timed the peak of their nesting to coincide with this mass emergence.
小海龜是小蒼鷺的食物,所以蒼鷺把筑巢的高峰,與海龜孵化的高峰保持一致。
Even ripples in the sand slow the hatchling's headlong rush to the sea.
甚至沙灘上的起伏,也會減慢它們前往大海里的速度。
It could mean the difference between life and death.
這意味著生與死的區(qū)別。
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