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Currie now began to think the idea of large meat-eating dinosaurs as pack hunters was a serious possibility.
Currie現(xiàn)在開(kāi)始認(rèn)為大型食肉恐龍是群體狩獵者的可能性很大
But to prove his hunch, he needed hard evidence,
但是為了證明他的假設(shè)，他必須找出證據(jù)
like that which had been found for the plant-eating dinosaurs.
類似植食恐龍身上的那些證據(jù)
What he needed was to find a bone bed where a group of mega-carnivores,
他需要找到一片埋葬著數(shù)只大型食肉恐龍的化石場(chǎng)，
any meat-eating giants no matter what species, lay buried together.
不論是哪種食肉恐龍都行
If we can find a bone bed with a lot of carnivores in one place,
如果我們能找到一處埋著很多食肉恐龍的化石場(chǎng)
then we have an indication that those animals died together.
那就說(shuō)明它們是一起死去的
If they died together, there's a very high probability they may have been living together.
如果它們真是一起死去，很有可能它們生前也在一起生活
The only way we can actually demonstrate if an animal is a group hunter,
唯一能證明這些動(dòng)物是群體狩獵者的證據(jù)
or even come close to thinking about that, is by finding an assemblage
或者讓我們開(kāi)始相信這種說(shuō)法的證據(jù)就是一片骨骼化石群
where there are multiple individuals of different age sizes,
包括各個(gè)年齡層次的個(gè)體
from small individuals all of the way to big adults, buried together at the same time.
從小恐龍到大個(gè)的成年恐龍都應(yīng)該埋在同一地層中
So for Currie, the search was on around the world for just such a site.
所以對(duì)于Currie來(lái)說(shuō)，他尋遍全世界只是為了找到一個(gè)地點(diǎn)
And then...he remembered something.
后來(lái)，他想起了些什么
