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On May the 9th, we heard that a whale had been found dead, three hours north of where we were staying.
5月9日，我们听说在我们停留的地方再往北走三个小时的路程，那里发现了一条鲸鱼的尸体。
Joy arrives, to join a big team that's gathering.
乔伊来了，来加入这个正在集结的大队伍。
When dead whales turn up in San Francisco, they're towed to this uninhabited island.
在旧金山出现的死鲸会被拖到这个地方，
The remains of other dead whales, litter the shores.
海岸上散落着鲸鱼的残骸。
First priority is, why did this animal die?
首要问题是：鲸鱼是怎么死掉的？
If we don't know why it died, we can't do anything about it, we can't stop it.
如果不知道鲸鱼死亡的原因我们就没有办法阻止它的死亡。
And if we lose those opportunities, then we may lose the species.
如果我们失去这些机会，那我们有可能失去整个物种。
Because we will have missed the warning signs, the red flags are all there, but we have to find them.
因为我们会错过警告信号，红旗都在那里，但我们必须找到它们。
So, it's a crime scene first, we got to understand why the whale died.
所以，首先那里是犯罪现场，我们要弄明白鲸鱼死亡的原因。
Once that's established, the next order of business is scientific collection.
一旦知道了原因，接下来的工作就是进行科学收集。
This is the saddest part of all, because, it's a female, and a fairly young female.
这是最为忧伤的部分，因为，这是只母鲸，一只非常年轻的母鲸。
Fin Whales are an endangered species.
长须鲸是濒危物种。
This young female would have had many years of life, and many calves ahead of her.
这只年轻的母鲸可能已经活了很多年，在她前面还有许多幼鲸。
A big team has gathered, to do a thorough necropsy.
大队伍已经集结了，他们要做一个全面的尸检，
It will take many hours in the hot sun, to find out what killed her.
他们要在烈日下花上很久的时间才能弄明白是什么杀死了她。
Joy has a suspicion that something big hit this whale, and she's looking for proof.
乔伊猜测是某种大型动物袭击了这只母鲸，她还在寻找证据。
The layer underneath that muscle should look like this. Should be kind of whitish yellow.
肌肉下面的一层应该是这样的，应该是淡黄色。
This is not normal, that's a bruise. Right.
这不正常，这是擦伤，（是的。）
And bruising would indicate, that it was bleeding.
擦伤表明它流血了，
And bleeding indicates, it was alive when it was struck.
流血表明它被袭击时还是活的。
And if you look over here, that's rust from the boat.
你看这里，这是船上的铁锈，
That is like probably the site of the main impact, right here.
这里可能是主要撞击点，这里。
Joy needs more evidence, and the team dig deeper into the whale.
乔伊需要更多的证据，研究小组开始剥开鲸鱼的深处，
Finally, the team expose the spine. It is not all where it should be.
最终他们剥开了鲸鱼的脊骨，但里面并不是它原有的样子。
But this one's been pushed out of position so much so that it's up against the rib.
这个被挤压得太厉害，已经移位了，紧贴着肋骨。
Should be in the middle of the whale, it shouldn't be up against the rib, this is crazy,
它应该在鲸鱼的中间，不应该碰到肋骨，这太疯狂了，
that's a massive amount of pressure, and it also means that the whale was really snapped in half.
肯定是有某种巨大的压力，导致这只母鲸被撕成了两半。
You just don't think of whales as things that snap.
你觉得鲸鱼不会被扯断？
And they shouldn't. Yeah.
不会的。（嗯。）
What would normally hit a whale that hard? There's nothing bigger than a whale in nature!
正常情况下什么东西能给鲸鱼带来这么大的重创？自然界中没有比鲸鱼更大的东西了！
And then comes along a ship, it doesn't know how to handle that.
然后它就跟着那条船，它不知道该怎么办。
I don't think this was done on purpose. Definitely. It's, I, it's more that I'm sad.
我觉得这是意外，（当然。）这……我……我很难过。
I'm sad that it happens, I'm angry that we haven't been able to do something about it, to stop it.
发生这种事情我很难过，我很生气自己没能做点什么阻止它发生。
A tragedy, more than anything else, it's a tragedy.
悲剧，莫大的悲剧，这就是一场悲剧。
The necropsy complete, the remains of the whale are left for scavengers. And Joy, and the team, head home.
尸检完成后，鲸鱼的尸体被留给食腐动物，乔伊和他的团队则前往了回家的路。
