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After many days of back-breaking digging,
經過數日的艱苦挖掘
they had revealed just part of an enormous skeleton.
他們只挖出了這副巨大骨骼的一部分
They hauled whole chunks of rock back to the workshop to free the bones inside.
他們將整塊巖石運回工作間，然后剖出里面的骨頭
The amazing thing was, when they chipped away at this massive hunk, they found only one bone inside.
令人吃驚的事情發生了，當他們敲開大塊巖石時，他們發現里面竟然只有一塊骨頭
When they calculated the size of the creature,
在計算了這只動物的體型之后
they realized they had found the biggest dinosaur that ever lived, a completely new species, a giant plant-eater.
他們意識到他們已經發現了有史以來最大的恐龍，一個全新的物種，一種巨型植食恐龍
They named this new creature Argentinosaurus.
他們把這種新恐龍命名為“阿根廷龍”
This is a human backbone. This is...a backbone of a whale.
這是人類的脊椎骨。這是一種鯨魚的脊椎骨
And this is an Argentinosaurus backbone.
而這是一只阿根廷龍的脊椎骨
You can see, just from its size, that an Argentinosaurus was a very big animal.
如你所見，從大小上判斷，阿根廷龍是一種非常大的動物
The other bones were just as massive.
別的骨頭也是如此巨大
With thighs the size of a car, Argentinosaurus was far and away the heaviest dinosaur ever found.
有著汽車般巨大的股骨，阿根廷龍無疑是迄今發現的最重的恐龍
When this animal walked, the earth trembled.
當這種動物行走時，大地都會隨之震動
The world of paleontology was thrilled.
這一發現轟動了整個古生物學界
