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Maybe this juvenile was killed by a member of its own family.
也許這頭幼龍是被自家的成員殺死的。
The tooth design of Tyrannosaurus Rex is very distinctive and therefore leaves very distinctive marks on the bones.
雷克斯暴龍的牙齒設計非常獨特，它會在骨頭上留下非常特別的痕跡。
Had this Juvenile been attacked and killed by another Rex,
如果這頭幼龍是被另一頭霸王龍攻擊并殺死的，
then we would have no doubt because there would have been little of the skeleton remaining,
我們會確認無疑因為不會留下多少骸骨，
but more importantly, they would have had these huge round holes punched through the bones.
但更重要的是骨頭上會有被咬穿留下的巨大圓孔。
In my opinion, a T-Rex did not kill this baby.
在我看來殺死幼龍的兇手不是霸王龍。
The powerful jaws and teeth of Tyrannosaurus Rex were capable of cracking any bone.
雷克斯暴龍有力的雙顎和牙齒，能夠咬碎任何骨頭。
But the lack of bite marks in the juveniles skeleton meant only one thing: another Tyrannosaurus was not responsible for this attack.
不過幼龍骸骨上缺乏咬痕只能說明一件事：這次攻擊不是來自另一頭霸王龍。
But these dinosaurs had few if any rivals.
不過這些恐龍幾乎沒有對手。
With two protective parents in the family, few creatures would dare to attack their young.
家里有兩名護崽心切的父母，沒幾種生物膽敢攻擊它們的孩子。
But something killed this young Tyrannosaur.
不過有動物殺死了這頭幼年霸王龍。
New evidence would expose the identity of the killer.
新的證據(jù)揭示了兇手的身份。
Buried deep in the ground for millions of years, the story of a lethal dinosaur attack begins to unfold in South Dakota.
在深深的地下被埋藏了千百萬年后，一次致命恐龍襲擊的故事在南達科塔被揭開了。
The discovery of a juvenile Tyrannosaurus Rex with numerous broken and missing bones initially let dinosaur researchers to believe two T-Rexes had fought.
人們發(fā)現(xiàn)了一頭幼年霸王龍化石，有大量碎裂和丟失的骨頭，這開始時讓恐龍研究者們相信兩頭霸王龍間發(fā)生了戰(zhàn)斗。
The volatile climate in the South Dakota Badlands demanded that the bones of the juvenile T-Rex be shipped to a lab for study.
南達科塔拜德蘭的天氣反復無常，幼年霸王龍的骨頭需要被運到一個實驗室進行研究。
The bones were covered with layers of plaster to protect them in the move.
骨頭上覆蓋了一層層石膏以在運輸中起保護作用。
We have to worry about changes in the weather for example.
比如我們必須得關(guān)注氣候的變化。
So we have to get the specimens out of the ground as fast as possible and back into the laboratory.
所以我們得盡快把樣本拿出地面并送回實驗室。
We'll cover the top with plaster and burlap and basically that's just a jacket or some kind of a container to hold everything together.
我們在上面蓋上了石膏和粗麻布，這就基本上是個外套或是某種容器，把所有東西包住。
When they opened one of the plaster jackets, experts were given their first close-up look at a vital clue from the crime scene: the attacker's teeth.
當人們打開其中一個石膏套時，專家們對犯罪現(xiàn)場的一個重要證據(jù)進行了第一次仔細觀察——那就是攻擊者的牙齒。
Closer inspection led to the identity of the suspect: Nanotyrannus, a smaller, stealthier version of Tyrannosaurus Rex.
仔細檢驗揭示了嫌犯的身份。矮暴龍，一種更小、更隱秘版本的霸王龍。
