革龟

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。

Type genus of the Dermochelyidae: leatherback turtles .

棱皮龟科的模式属；革龟。

Bleakney recognized it as a leatherback, the biggest of all sea turtles.

布里克尼认出这是一只革龟——最大型的海龟。

The leatherback lineage goes back a hundred million years—it was on the beaches when T.

革龟家族可远溯及1亿年前——「当时暴龙是主要天敌，革龟还出现在海滩上。

The wide, sandy beaches are a haven for many species of wildlife, including the enormous leatherback turtles, who lay their eggs by moonlight every three

这片广阔的沙质海滩是很多野生动物的避难所，包括大量革龟。每隔三年的10月和3月期间，它们就会在月光下产卵。

Shifting migratory routes for endangered species such as the leatherback turtle could complicate what are already tricky conservation challenges for wandering sea creatures, says Lee Hannah of Conservation International in Washington, D.C.:"They re going to start turning up in places where there may not be conservation measures in place."

濒危物种迁徙路线的改变使已有的保护措施更加复杂化例如革龟，这些保护措施本身对于四处游走的海洋生物已是一个相当大的挑战，位于华盛顿的国际环保组织的李汉娜说，"这些物种开始在没有采取保护措施的海域出没。"

Almost 50 years later, scientists are still astonished at the leatherback's physical prowess, though today wonder is alloyed with a more modern sentiment: fear that even before we fully understand the leatherback and its epic life story, our own activities may be driving it to extinction.

近50年后，革龟的非凡体力依旧令科学家惊讶，不过今天的惊讶中又多了几分现时的感伤：担忧在完全了解革龟和牠长远的身世背景之前，我们自己的所作所为就已经造成牠们灭绝了。

17Costa Rican president Oscar Arias preserves 30 hectares of valuable beachfront property to protect the nesting area of endangered leatherback sea turtles.

哥斯达黎加总统阿里亞斯保留三十公顷可贵的滨海土地，用于保护滨危革龟的筑巢地。

On a Pacific beach in Costa Rica, a researcher whispers the number after counting the slimy, round white eggs just laid by a rare leatherback turtle in a hole dug in the sand under bright moonlight.

在哥斯达黎加太平洋海岸上，皎洁的月光映照着沙地，一只罕见的革龟在上面挖洞产卵，一名研究人员数完这些粘粘的白色龟卵后，轻声地报出了数字。

Today, six of the seven species of marine turtle - hawksbill, olive ridley, Kemp's ridley, leatherback, loggerhead and green - are classified as Endangered or Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

今日，七种海龟中的六种──包括：玳瑁、榄蠵龟、肯氏龟、革龟、赤蠵龟以及绿蠵龟，均已名列世界保育联盟发表的濒危物种《红皮书》，分别列入濒危或极危等级。

Neither the killing of Mr Zarqawi nor any breakthrough on the political front will stop the insurgency and the fratricidal murders in their tracks.

在对危险的南部地区访问时，他斥责什叶派民兵领导人对中央集权的挑衅行为。

In fact,I've got him on the satellite mobile right now.

实际上 我们已接通卫星可视电话了