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Currie and his team pounced on this unique site and started digging. And it was worth it.
Currie和他的研究小組趕到這個地點，開始挖掘。他們得到了回報
What they found were the remains of several giant tyrannosaurs, all together in one place.
他們發現數只暴龍的遺骸都埋在同一個地方
One after another, they kept unearthing the bones of these huge carnivores dinosaurs.
他們一具接著一具地挖出這些巨型食肉動物的骨骼
I don't know if Brown actually ever did a head count, but the minimum number of animals in this quarry is definitely 12.
我不知道Brown以前有沒有數過，化石場中的恐龍數量確切的說是12只
12 large meat-eating dinosaurs buried in the same place. It was an unprecedented find.
12只大型食肉恐龍埋在同一個地方，這是一個史無前例的發現
Phil Currie had found the site that he had dreamed of. But there was more.
Philip Currie找到了他做夢都想找到的地方，但是這里還有更大的驚喜
As they examined the bones they had collected,
他們檢測挖出的骨骼后發現
it was clear that the dinosaurs they had excavated were of every age, from babies up to fully mature adults.
這些恐龍顯然包括了各個年齡層，從小恐龍到成年恐龍
It looked like a pack.
看起來像是一個族群
The range of material is such that we can see that the smallest individual found in the bone bed was about four meters long.
我們從化石場挖出的標本中最小的個體大約有4米長
And the largest individual found in the bone bed is about 11 meters long. So it's a pretty big range in size for this animal.
最大的約有11米長。可見體型變化幅度很大
They had found a whole pack of tyrannosaurs.
他們找到了一個恐龍家族
Here at last was proof to carry that the giant meat-eaters were not solitary creatures, that the traditional image was wrong.
這些證據至少說明，大型食肉恐龍并不是獨居動物，傳統的觀念是錯誤的
Instead, the mega-carnivores may really have lived and hunted in groups.
相反，大型食肉恐龍很可能是在一起生活和狩獵
If that was true, then down in South America,
倘若這是事實，再回想一下南美洲
packs of Giganotosaurus might indeed have attacked prey as enormous as the immense Argentinosaurus.
一群南方巨獸龍很可能也會攻擊像阿根廷龍這般巨大的獵物。
