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The greatest ocean wanderer, with its two-metre wingspan, is the albatross.
最優(yōu)秀的海洋漫游者，翼展長達(dá)兩米，這就是信天翁
To find enough food for its oversized offspring,
為了給大個(gè)頭的后代找到足夠的食物
this black-footed albatross may have travelled a staggering 6,000 miles
這只黑腳信天翁可能要飛行近一萬公里
across the open ocean looking for hotspots of squid and fish.
在遠(yuǎn)洋海域?qū)ふ覟踬\和魚群
The albatross nest on the tiny Hawaiian islands of French Frigate Shoals.
信天翁筑巢于夏威夷群島的弗倫奇弗里蓋特礁脈
This island may be only half a mile long,
這座島嶼僅有八百多米長
but it provides a base for around 300,000 seabirds.
卻是三十萬只海鳥的大本營
With food so hard to come by in the open ocean,
遠(yuǎn)洋海域食物稀缺
newly-hatched sooty tern chicks are easy pickings for the larger frigate birds.
剛孵出的烏燕鷗幼雛就成了體型更大的軍艦鳥容易下手的目標(biāo)
For hours on end, they survey the nesting ground... waiting for a chance to strike.
它們俯瞰棲息地，觀察數(shù)小時(shí)，伺機(jī)而動(dòng)
A mother tries desperately to protect her helpless chick.
烏燕鷗媽媽極力保護(hù)無助的雛鳥。
