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Food is not evenly distributed in the tropical shallow seas, and it can take a lot of finding
食物在熱帶海域的分布并不平均，所以要找到食物也不容易，
but bottlenose dolphins are inquisitive, energetic and very intelligent
像寬吻海豚這種又好奇又聰明伶俐又精神充沛的動物，
and they have discovered a shoal of baitfish.
發明了一種利用淺灘釣魚的方法。
Together, they ride a wave, using it to carry them into the shallows
它們一起趕著海浪，好讓海浪把它們帶到淺水域，
and there, it will be easier to make the catch.
這樣捕魚就輕松多了。
In Western Australia, these dolphins have taken on an ever tougher challenge.
在澳大利亞西部，這些海豚面臨著一個巨大挑戰。
The fish have taken refuge close to the beach where the water is only a few centimeters deep.
魚兒們太靠近沙灘，而那里的水才幾厘米深。
Tail slapping is a method dolphins often use to stun their prey, but it doesn't seem to work here.
用有力的尾巴擊暈獵物是海豚們常用的方法，不過在這里好像沒有什么用處。
The fish are tantalizingly close
雖然已經很接近魚兒了，
but they're still out of reach, so the dolphins try another technique.
急人的是還是差那么一點，海豚于是開始用另一種技巧。
Vigorously pumping their tails, they work up some speed and then, they hydroplane.
用他們有力的尾巴加速，如同水上飛機般。
Their momentum carries them right through the shallowest waters, and onto the fish.
這種速度讓它們穿越最淺的水域，來到了魚兒那里。
Now they're in real danger of being stranded, but fortune favors the brave.
現在它們有擱淺的危險，但幸運來自勇氣。
Younger dolphins lie alongside, watching
年輕的海豚在遠處觀看
but so far only eight individuals here have mastered this daring technique.
不遠處有8只海豚在展示這種高超的技術。
