BBC | 《南太平洋》-无尽汪洋 13

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Tiger sharks.

虎鲨

A dozen sharks,

十几只鲨鱼

each over three metres long,

每个都长三米多

have crossed hundreds of miles of ocean to attend this annual feast.

已经跨过数百英里的海洋参加这个年度盛宴。

Uncannily, these fearsome predators often arrive

不幸的是，这些可怕的捕食者经常到达

on the same day as the first chicks take to the air.

在同一天第一只幼崽被带到空中

Nothing could have prepared these chicks

没有什么可以准备给这些幼崽

for such an encounter.

为此遭遇。

Yet, despite looking like sitting ducks,

然而，尽管看起来像坐鸭子，

inexperienced sharks find them hard to sink their teeth into.

没有经验的鲨鱼发现他们很难将牙齿吸入。

In an ocean where food is so hard to come by,

在一个海洋里，很难寻觅食物

the sharks can't afford to keep missing.

鲨鱼不能继续失踪。

They must quickly perfect their technique.

他们必须快速完善技术。

For these albatross chicks,

对于这些信天翁小鸡

running the gauntlet of sharks may seem an impossible challenge,

运行鲨鱼的铠甲似乎是一个不可能的挑战，

but the vast majority make it to a life in the open ocean.

但绝大多数人在公海上生活。

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