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Wignall now suspected he was onto something big.
Wignall希望他能有大的發現。
The expedition spent a month amassing samples.
考察隊花了幾個月收集標本。
They shipped back 20 crates of rock to Britain.
他們寄回英國的標本多達20箱。
It seemed at last that the Permian killer might reveal its secret.
看來二疊紀殺手終將原形畢露。
Back in Leeds, Wignall realized he'd stumbled on a treasure trove of fossils.
回到利茲后，Wignall意識到他無意中發現了化石中的無主珍寶。
Buried in the rock samples were thousands of them.
巖石中埋藏了好幾千個。
Many so small, they had to be extracted in an acid bath.
很多都非常小，只能通過酸浴獲取。
His team was overwhelmed by what they'd got.
結果他的研究小組收獲了驚喜。
We were so excited with this story that we were working weekends
這個故事令我們興奮不已，我們一連干上幾周，
and just buckets and buckets of rocks all being broke down,
粉碎一桶桶的巖石，
we, excitingly we were just sieving them through, getting all the fossils out.
每當篩選出一塊化石，我們都會很激動。
Wignall's sediments began to reveal the most detailed account of the extinction ever uncovered.
Wignall的沉積物將揭露最詳細并且尚未人知的大滅絕真相。
