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Finally, Currie's discoveries are beginning to convince others.
最后，Currie的發(fā)現(xiàn)終于開始說(shuō)服別人
On the basis of these new discoveries, we're beginning to have to shape and change our ideas on how large predators behaved.
根據(jù)這些發(fā)現(xiàn)，我們開始形成和轉(zhuǎn)變關(guān)于這些大型掠食動(dòng)物行為的觀點(diǎn)
If they're operating as a group, if they're operating as a pack,
如果它們是以團(tuán)隊(duì)，或者說(shuō)是群體形式行動(dòng)
a group of Giganotosaurus, for example, might have been able to mob even a big Argentinosaurus - something no one suspected before.
一群南方巨獸龍很可能去襲擊更大的阿根廷龍--這在以前簡(jiǎn)直就是天方夜譚
But for Phil Currie, this idea was more than a suspicion.
對(duì)于Philip Currie來(lái)說(shuō)，這種觀點(diǎn)不容置疑
It made perfect sense to him that the giant South American meat-eaters preyed upon the long-necks.
他覺(jué)得大型食肉恐龍正是把蜥腳類恐龍作為獵物
He was convinced by their teeth.
他從它們的牙齒上找到了證據(jù)
The teeth of the new animal are better adapted for going after really big dinosaurs, like the long-necked plant-eaters that lived in that region.
新恐龍的牙齒非常適合對(duì)付大型恐龍，比如住在這個(gè)地區(qū)的植食蜥腳類恐龍
Because if you look at the teeth, the teeth are very blade-like.
你可以看看它們的牙齒，像是一把把匕首
They have serrations down the front and the back, and the teeth themselves are very narrow and knife-like.
前后都有鋒刃，而牙齒本身很扁，像是一把刀
This is a slicing tooth, this is to designed to cut through meat.
這是一顆鋒利的牙齒，它們被用來(lái)咬穿皮肉
So this new form could bite and slice out big chunks of flesh.
所以這種新恐龍能咬住并扯下一大塊肉
Long-necks Argentinosaurus had massive bones, impossible to crunch through.
像阿根廷龍這樣的蜥腳類恐龍的骨骼十分巨大，根本無(wú)法被咬穿
So the giant South American carnivores didn't even try.
因此南美洲的食肉恐龍不可能如此嘗試
Instead, Currie believes they used their thin steak-knife teeth to strip flesh from around the enormous bones.
Currie認(rèn)為它們是用刀刃般的牙齒撕扯巨大骨頭周圍的皮肉
They were probably moving in to take quick bites, slicing off only the flesh and not biting very deep at all.
它們可能是沖過(guò)去迅速咬上一口，切下一塊肉，咬得并不是很深
And then when they had an opportunity they would come in again and take another bite, until the prey was weak enough that they can kill it.
然后找準(zhǔn)機(jī)會(huì)再次進(jìn)攻，再咬上一口，直到獵物不支倒下后再殺死它
So when a group of these predators attacked together in a pack, even a huge Argentinosaurus was doomed.
因此當(dāng)這些掠食者發(fā)動(dòng)集團(tuán)攻擊時(shí)，即使巨大無(wú)比的阿根廷龍也只能束手就擒
It looks like the clash of titans could really have happened, after all.
由此看來(lái)，這場(chǎng)巨型恐龍之間的肉搏終究還是上演了
