小鲸

Dolphin Any of various marine cetacean mammals, such as the bottle-nosed dolphin, of the family Delphinidae, related to the whales but generally smaller and having a beaklike snout.

海豚：一种海豚科海洋鲸类哺乳动物，如的宽吻海豚，与鲸近似但一般比鲸小且有喙状吻

Any of various marine cetacean mammals, such as the bottle-nosed dolphin, of the family Delphinidae, related to the whales but generally smaller and having a beaklike snout.

海豚：一种海豚科海洋鲸类哺乳动物，如的宽吻海豚，与鲸近似但一般比鲸小且有喙状吻

Right whales have one of the smallest brain-to-body-size ratios of any cetacean, the longest penis in the animal kingdom (averaging more than seven feet or 2.3m) and testes with a combined weight of one tonne.

露脊鲸的大脑于身体的比例是所有鲸类动物中最小的，而且雄性露脊鲸有着动物王国中最长的生殖器（平均长度超过七英尺或是2.3米），它和睾丸在一起共有一吨重。

"Any of about 13 species of cetaceans in the suborder Mysticeti. They are distinguished by a specialized feeding structure, the baleen, which strain s plankton and small crustaceans from the water."

须鲸亚目约十三种鲸类的统称，与其它种的区别在于有特别的进食构造，即鲸须，或称鲸骨，用来滤取海水中的浮游生物和小甲壳类动物。

Turtle Island has an abundant marine ecology because of the Black Tide Warm Current which passes northward through here all year long. It is one of the three major fishing areas in Taiwan—primarily shrimps, crabs, squids, octopuses, and branchiostegidae are caught here. The migration of many kinds of fish to this area attracts whales and dolphins. This is a popular whale and dolphin watching spot.

龟山岛位於宜兰外海约10公里处，龟山岛海域有黑潮流经，附近2至3海里海域较浅且平坦，鱼群大多聚集於此，众多的鱼群让龟山岛成为台湾三大渔场之一，以觅食小鱼维生的海豚也就将这里当成它们活动场所，造就宜兰主要的赏鲸豚地点，包括长吻飞旋原海豚，飞旋海豚、热带点斑原海豚、瑞氏海豚、小虎鲸、瓶鼻海豚、侏儒抹香鲸、伪虎鲸和长吻真海豚等17种鲸豚经常在这个海域出没，最佳赏鲸豚季节为每年4月到9月底。

Turtle Island has an abundant marine ecology because of the Black Tide Warm Current which passes northward through here all year long. It is one of the three major fishing areas in Taiwan—primarily shrimps, crabs, squids, octopuses, and branchiostegidae are caught here. The migration of many kinds of fish to this area attracts whales and dolphins. This is a popular whale and dolphin watching spot.

龟山岛位於宜兰外海约10公里处，龟山岛海域有黑潮流经，附近2至3海浬海域较浅且平坦，鱼群大多聚集於此，众多的鱼群让龟山岛成为台湾三大渔场之一，以觅食小鱼维生的海豚也就将这里当成它们活动场所，造就宜兰主要的赏鲸豚地点，包括长吻飞旋原海豚，飞旋海豚、热带点斑原海豚、瑞氏海豚、小虎鲸、瓶鼻海豚、侏儒抹香鲸、伪虎鲸和长吻真海豚等17种鲸豚经常在这个海域出没，最佳赏鲸豚季节为每年4月到9月底。

As it turns out, the Ady Gil was all but destroyed yesterday after a fracas involving a Japanesewhaling vessel in the Southern Ocean, part of a fleet harpooning aplanned haul of nearly 1000 minke whales, fin whales and possiblyhumpbacks.

果不其然，&阿迪·吉尔&号昨天在南大洋与一艘日本捕鲸船发生撞击，几乎报废。这艘日本捕鲸船所在的某捕鲸船队正在作业，计划捕杀将近1000头小须鲸、长须鲸，可能还有座头鲸。

That's the song of an Atlantic minke whale —and minkes are often the type of whale in the cross-hairs of Japanese and Scandinavian harpoon ships.

这是大西洋小须鲸的歌唱声（译者注：在原文播客中，有一小段小须鲸的音乐）——小须鲸常常是日本和北欧诸国捕鲸船的猎杀目标。

Under the research program, Japan will hunt 150 minkes, 50 Bryde's and 10 sperm whales in the northwest Pacific as well as the sei whales.

根据此研究计划，除大须鲸之外，日本还将捕猎150头小须鲸、50头布莱德鲸(也是一种须鲸——译者注)以及10头抹香鲸。

An estimated 23,000 dolphins and porpoises are killed in Japan each year.

12/ 据估计，日本每年有2万3千只海豚和小鲸被屠杀。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。