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With few scientific leads, they would have to rely on local knowledge.
由于缺乏專業(yè)指導，他們不得不依靠當?shù)氐闹R
The crocodile tales began, interpreted by Wade, a fluent pidgin-speaker.
鱷魚故事開始了，由維德口譯，他可以流利地講多種語言
Oh, yeah? Sacred crocodile. And he's got no tail? No, no tail.
噢，是么？神圣的鱷魚。它沒有尾巴？沒有尾巴
Following the tip-off of the four-metre tail-less crocodile,
據(jù)說有條四米長的無尾鱷魚
they decided to track him down that night, when these reptiles are most active.
他們決定晚上去追蹤它，爬行類動物在那時最活躍
To minimise disturbance, they scanned the mangroves with infrared light, invisible to crocodiles.
為將打擾降至最低，他們用鱷魚無法看見的紅外線光源掃視紅樹林
Well, that's remarkable. I would have guaranteed that we were onto something here,
真了不起。我敢保證水下有東西
but we haven't seen one crocodile.
但我們一條鱷魚也沒看到
Aside from a mysterious splash, the only confirmed sightings were juveniles.
除了有一次神秘的飛濺聲，只見到一條小鱷魚
Where were the adults?
成年鱷在哪里?
Over the next two nights, the tail-less croc continued to elude them.
隨后的兩個晚上，無尾鱷始終躲著他們
It was time to move on.
該離開這里了
70 miles to the east, they reached the island of Liapari, in the central Solomons.
他們到達110公里以東，所羅門群島中部的里阿帕里島。
