leatherback
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1. The leatherback sea turtle is the world's largest turtle.It can grow as long as six and a half feet (two meters) and weigh up to 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms).
" 棱皮龟是世界上体形最大的海龟，它们的体长可以达到六英尺半（2米），体重可以达到2,000 磅 (900 公斤)。
2. In 1980 the worldwide leatherback population was estimated at around 115,000.
1980年，世界范围内棱皮海龟总数约为115000只。
3. One study in 2004 estimated leatherback turtles had only a 50 percent chance of avoiding being accidentally snared by a deep sea fishing line each year.
2004年的一项研究估计，每年革龟仅有50%的机会可以避免被深海钓丝意外诱捕。
4. Leatherback Sea Turtle
n. 棱皮龟(棱皮龟科,棱皮龟)
5. "After several false starts at digging a nest, a six-foot-long (1.8-meter-long) leatherback turtle lays her eggs at midnight.
一只6英尺长（1.8米长）的棱皮龟在筑巢时碰到了很多挫折，后来它在午夜时分产下龟卵。
6. A female leatherback digs into the beach to lay her eggs on the coast of Gabon.
一只雌性棱皮龟在加蓬海岸的沙滩上掘沙产卵。
7. The journey, tracked by satellite, provides the first record of a trans-Pacific migration by a leatherback.
人造卫星跟踪了这次行程，首次记录下棱皮龟横跨太平洋的迁徙。
8. 15. They warn that leatherback turtles around the world will disappear if current fishing methods continue.
他们警告说，如果还保持现有的捕鱼方法不变，那么世界上的棱皮龟将会绝迹。
9. At 400 kilograms, the leatherback turtle might seem tough enough to withstand the vagaries of the ocean.
体重四百公斤的革龟凭借它的坚韧足以抵挡海洋上的变化莫测。
10. Leatherback hatchlings make a perilous journey from their nest to the ocean, and are not even safe once they make it.
刚孵化的棱皮龟从它们窝踏上了到大海的危险旅程，即使它们成功到了大海。
11. Light pollution from Tamarindo is making life harder for leatherback turtles.
塔玛林度的光害也使棱龟的生存环境受到威胁。
12. 27. For years, experts thought leatherback turtles were safe because they are found in a number of countries.
多年以来，专家们一直认为棱皮龟很安全，因为它们在许多国家都能找到。
13. Elephants and buffalo stroll down to the water, and leatherback turtles make their nests: his elephants, his buffalo, his turtles.
大象和水牛悠闲的踱步入水，棱皮龟在建造它们的窝：这些都是他的大象，他的水牛，他的龟。
14. Leatherback hatchlings make a perilous journey from their nest to the ocean, and are not even safe once they make it. Few survive to adulthood.
意译：海龟图片画廊。大海龟产卵制作一个危险的旅行从她们的窝到海洋，不是平坦的安全的一旦她们走完路程。少数生存到成熟。
15. A leatherback sea turtle recently completed the longest recorded migration of any sea vertebrate: 12,774 miles (20,558 kilometers) across the Pacific Ocean.
最近，一只棱皮龟遨游12,774英里（合20,558公里），完成了横跨太平洋的迁徙。根据记录，这是在所有海生脊椎动物中行程最长的一次迁徙。
16. "Leatherback populations face threats from egg harvesting, fishery bycatch[unintentional marine life caught during fishing], ingestion of marine debris, and in some areas, direct harvest," he said.
本森说：“棱皮龟种群面临的威胁来自龟卵的流失、误捕、海洋废弃物的摄入以及某些地区的直接捕捞。”
17. Weighing more than 700 kilograms and reaching more than 1.7 meters in length, the leatherback turtle is the world's largest marine reptile.
棱皮海龟重量超过700公斤，长度超过1.7米，可以说是地球上最大的海洋爬行动物。
18. leatherback turtle
棱皮龟
19. Leatherback sea turtles lay their eggs in nests on shore, where they are vulnerable to scavenging dogs and beach-strolling humans.
棱皮龟在岸上把它们的蛋下在窝中，那这里它们的蛋很容易受到食腐狗和在沙滩漫步的人类伤害。
20. The biggest, deepest diving, widest ranging of all turtles, the leatherback has endured for 100 million years.
棱皮龟是所有龟类当中个头最大，潜得最深，分布最广的一种，棱皮龟已经在地球上生活了1亿年之久。
21. Anatomy of Several Systems in Leatherback Turtle
棱皮龟的大体解剖
22. type genus of the Dermochelyidae: leatherback turtles.
棱皮龟科的模式属；革龟。
23. Leatherback Turtle Disappearing
科学家呼吁国际性合作来保护棱皮海龟。
24. The world's largest colony of leatherback sea turtles has been identified by scientists, raising hopes that the giant creature may not be as endangered as previously thought.
科学家最近发现了世界上数量最多的棱皮龟群体，这无疑唤起了一些信心，或许这种巨型动物并不像以前所认为的那样濒临灭绝。
25. Young leatherback turtles have been spotted off the British coast this summer, reflecting a possible rise in sea temperatures, according to conservationists.
资源保护人士说, 今年夏天英国海岸发现有年幼的革龟,这说明可能是由于海洋温度上升所致。
26. Young leatherback turtles have been spotted off the British coast this summer, reflecting a possible rise in sea temperatures, according to conservationists. more ...
资源保护人士说, 今年夏天英国海岸发现有年幼的革龟,这说明可能是由于海洋温度上升所致。更多 ...
