And last year, a record number of dead dugongs were found in Thai waters.

去年，在泰国水域发现了大量儒艮死亡，死亡数量史无前例。

The dugong's ancestors lived on land.

儒艮的祖先生活在陆地上。

An estimated 250 dugongs live in the waters off the Thai coast. They are a protected species under Thai law.

估计有250只儒艮生活在泰国海岸附近的水域。这种动物是受泰国法律保护的物种。

Human activity and water pollution have made dugong sightings in southern Thailand rare in recent years.

近年来，由于人类活动和水污染，儒艮出现在泰国南部的景象已经非常罕见。

I heard its teeth grind on sheet iron, and the dugong disappeared, taking our harpoon along with it.

我听到牙齿在小艇铁板上的喳喳声响，海马沉没不见了，把叉带走了。

For my part, I was simply distressed to see this dugong outwit our every scheme.

在我个人，我只是因为海马把我们所有的计谋部弄失败，心中有些不高兴罢了。

This dugong that Ned Land was preparing to attack was of colossal dimensions, easily exceeding seven meters in length.

尼德兰准备攻打的这条海马身躯巨大，身长至少超过七米。

Is the dugong dangerous to attack? I asked, despite the Canadian's shrug of the shoulders.

打这海马有危险吗。我问，我并不理会加拿大人做着耸肩的姿态。

Otters and dugongs thrived in newly formed kelp forests, and baleen whales were at their most diverse.

水獭和儒艮在新形成的海带森林中繁衍生息，而须鲸的种类也最为丰富。

Dugongs are closely related to manatees, but they have another relative that may surprise you.

儒艮与海牛是近亲，但它们还有一个可能会让您大吃一惊的亲戚。

An orphaned baby dugong that was taken to the hearts of people in Thailand after being rescued earlier this year, has died.

今年早些时候被救出一只孤儿儒艮宝宝现已死亡，它曾受到泰国人民的广泛关注。

The animals gained media attention last year after images spread of Thai animal doctors holding a sick baby dugong and hand-feeding her milk and sea grass.

去年，这些动物引起了媒体的关注。这与相关图片的传播有关，图片内容是泰国兽医抱着生病的儒艮幼崽，用手喂其吃奶和海草。

Suddenly a hissing sound was audible, and the dugong disappeared. Although the harpoon had been forcefully hurled, it apparently had hit only water.

忽然听到一声呼啸，海马沉下不见了。龟叉用力过猛，可能是打在水中了。

Whales are predators, but the only other mammals that moved from land to water are manatees and dugongs, and they're both herbivores.

鲸鱼是食肉动物， 但唯一从陆地迁移到水中的其他哺乳动物是海牛和儒艮，它们都是食草动物。

No, I told Conseil, that's no mermaid, it's an unusual creature of which only a few specimens are left in the Red Sea. That's a dugong.

不，我对康塞尔说，这不是人鱼，是一只奇怪的动物，在红海中并不见得有多少。这是海马。

The skiff pulled clear, and carried off by its six oars, it headed swiftly toward the dugong, which by then was floating two miles from the Nautilus.

小艇离开大船，六支桨把它划走，很快向海马驶去，那时海马正在距诺第留斯号二海里的海而上游来游去。

Arriving within twenty feet of the skiff, the dugong stopped, sharply sniffing the air with its huge nostrils, pierced not at the tip of its muzzle but on its topside.

海马到了离小艇二十英尺的水面上停住，它那不在嘴尖端，而在嘴上部敞开的大鼻孔，突然吸着空气。

Herbivorous marine tetrapods are very rare - there were just a handful in the Mesozoic and there are only a few alive today, with manatees and dugongs, marine iguanas, and green sea turtles being pretty much it.

草食性海洋四足动物非常罕见——在中生代只有少数，今天也只有少数活着，海牛和儒艮、海鬣蜥和绿海龟几乎都是。