侏罗纪搏击俱乐部 第95期:猎人成了猎物

 　　I don't think Allosaurus played well with others.

　　我觉得异特龙不会与其它恐龙好好相处。

　　And so it makes sense to me that it would attempt to kill any competitor in its territory.

　　所以我觉得它会试图杀死任何进入它领地的竞争者。

　　And so that's maybe what happened to the Ceratosaurus in the Colorado quarry¹.

　　所以那可能就是发生在科罗拉多石场的角鼻龙身上的事。

　　These're the animals lived in the same environment at the same time, in potential, would've been competitors.

　　这是两种在同一环境下生活的动物，可能互相是竞争者。

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　　One way to decrease competition is for each of them to actually take and specialize in different prey².

　　减小竞争的方法之一就是它们分别专门捕杀不同猎物。

　　But when prey was scarce, dividing up the food was not an option for either of these dinosaurs⁴.

　　不过当猎物稀少时，对这些恐龙中的任何一个来说分配食物都不是一个选择。

　　The prehistoric⁵ killing⁶ field found in Colorado proved that two major predators⁸ had come face to face at the Allosaurus feeding ground.

　　在科罗拉多发现的史前杀戮场证明了这两种主要掠食者曾在异特龙的猎食地面对面地碰上。

　　When Allosaurus and Ceratosaurus fought, the Jurassic world was turned upside down as the hunter became the hunted.

　　异特龙和角鼻龙的大战时，侏罗纪完全颠倒，猎人成了猎物。

　　Two of the largest predators in dinosaur³ history were on a collision course at the 150 million years old feeding ground of an Allosaurus.

　　在一亿五千万年前的异特龙猎食地，恐龙世界里两种最大的掠食者正在对战。

　　Investigators⁹ needed to come up with a new theory to explain why an interloper, another carnivore, would have made his move.

　　调查者要构建新的理论来解释为何另一种肉食动物，一个入侵者，会如此行动。

　　Paleontologists have re-examined the evidence to develop a scenario¹⁰.

　　古生物学家为了重建场景而重新检验证据。

　　When we look at Allosaurus and Ceratosaurus, we are looking at fundamentally two different animals.

　　当我们研究异特龙和角鼻龙时，我们看到的是完全不同的两种动物。

　　They had different ancestries¹¹.

　　它们有不同的祖先。

　　The Ceratosaurus comes from a group of dinosaurs that's much more ancient.

　　角鼻龙起源自一群更为古老的恐龙。

　　The Allosaurus on the other hand is a group of dinosaurs that appear later in time and has a slightly better body-built.

　　而异特龙则来自晚些时候的一组恐龙，身体也要稍微更好一些。

　　Allosaurus on average seems to be a little bit more heavily built than what we see in most of the Ceratosaurus specimens¹².

　　异特龙的平均体重要似乎比大多数的角鼻龙更重些。

　　So in a sense, Allosaurus is a sturdier kind of animal.

　　所以在某种意义上，异特龙是一种更强壮的动物。

　　Ceratosaurus wasn't a massive creature, but it certainly was a effective predator⁷.

　　角鼻龙不是庞大的生物，但它却是很有效率的掠食者。

1 quarry   

n.采石场；v.采石；费力地找

参考例句：

• Michelangelo obtained his marble from a quarry.米开朗基罗从采石场获得他的大理石。
• This mountain was the site for a quarry.这座山曾经有一个采石场。

2 prey   

n.被掠食者，牺牲者，掠食；v.捕食，掠夺，折磨

参考例句：

• Stronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
• The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。

3 dinosaur   

n.恐龙

参考例句：

• Are you trying to tell me that David was attacked by a dinosaur?你是想要告诉我大卫被一支恐龙所攻击？
• He stared at the faithful miniature of the dinosaur.他凝视著精确的恐龙缩小模型。

4 dinosaurs   

n.恐龙( dinosaur的名词复数 )；守旧落伍的人，过时落后的东西

参考例句：

• The brontosaurus was one of the largest of all dinosaurs. 雷龙是所有恐龙中最大的一种。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions of years. 恐龙绝种已有几百万年了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 prehistoric   

adj.（有记载的）历史以前的，史前的，古老的

参考例句：

• They have found prehistoric remains.他们发现了史前遗迹。
• It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment.这儿倒像是在展览古老的电子设备。

6 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

7 predator   

n.捕食其它动物的动物；捕食者

参考例句：

• The final part of this chapter was devoted to a brief summary of predator species.本章最后部分简要总结了食肉动物。
• Komodo dragon is the largest living lizard and a fearsome predator.科摩多龙是目前存在的最大蜥蜴，它是一种令人恐惧的捕食性动物。

8 predators   

n.食肉动物( predator的名词复数 )；奴役他人者（尤指在财务或性关系方面）

参考例句：

• birds and their earthbound predators 鸟和地面上捕食它们的动物
• The eyes of predators are highly sensitive to the slightest movement. 捕食性动物的眼睛能感觉到最细小的动静。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 investigators   

n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
• The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》

10 scenario   

n.剧本，脚本；概要

参考例句：

• But the birth scenario is not completely accurate.然而分娩脚本并非完全准确的。
• This is a totally different scenario.这是完全不同的剧本。

11 ancestries   

n.祖先，世系( ancestry的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• All patients and control ancestries were measured ABO blood type. 所有的患者和对照组个体均进行ABO血型检测。 来自互联网
• Our point here is that all ancestries have all experiences therein. 这里我们的重点是，其中所有祖先都经历了所有事件。 来自互联网

12 specimens   

n.样品( specimen的名词复数 )；范例；（化验的）抽样；某种类型的人

参考例句：

• Astronauts have brought back specimens of rock from the moon. 宇航员从月球带回了岩石标本。
• The traveler brought back some specimens of the rocks from the mountains. 那位旅行者从山上带回了一些岩石标本。 来自《简明英汉词典》