She is leading the tribe's effort to bring back condors, a bird at the heart of Yurok history and ceremony.

她正在领导部落找回秃鹰的努力，秃鹰是尤洛克历史和仪式的核心。

By 1987 only 27 condors remained, and they were brought into captivity to save the species.

到1987年，只剩下27只秃鹰，为了拯救这个物种，它们被圈养了起来。

Since then a partnership of public and private groups has reintroduced a few hundred condors in the western United States.

从那时起，公共和私人团体的合作伙伴关系在美国西部重新引入了数百只秃鹰。

The condors are a source of inspiration, says the tribe's vice chairman Frankie Myers.

部落副主席弗兰基·迈尔斯说，秃鹰是灵感的源泉。

Beginning with the 19th century Gold Rush, the deadly impact of settlers to the region brought condors close to extinction.

从19世纪的淘金热开始，定居者对该地区的致命影响使秃鹰濒临灭绝。

Raised in captivity, condors A0, A1, 2 and 3 lived in this pen before emerging into a new world.

秃鹰A0、A1、A2和A3在圈养中长大，在进入新世界之前一直生活在这个圈子里。

But, there are only a few hundred California condors left on the entire planet.

但是，整个地球上只剩下几百只加州秃鹰了。

63. California condors attract researchers' interest because they .

63. 加州秃鹰之所以引起研究人员的兴趣，是因为它们.

California condors are North America's largest birds, with wing-length of up to 3 meters.

加利福尼亚秃鹫是北美最大的鸟类，它们的翅膀长可达 3 米。

And back in the Pleistocene, the California condor had a whole lot of North America to purify.

回到更新世，加利福尼亚秃鹰有很多北美需要净化。

And that's a big part of why condors are struggling to survive.

这就是秃鹰挣扎求生的重要原因。

Condors are examples of what's known as a biological anachronism.

秃鹰就是所谓的生物不合时宜的例子。

The California condor first appeared back in the Pleistocene, when the world was a very different place.

加利福尼亚秃鹰最早出现在更新世，当时世界是一个非常不同的地方。

Condors are a complex species, they're very social, there's a long learning process, the young stay with their parents for a long time.

秃鹰是一个复杂的物种，它们非常善于社交，这是一个漫长的学习过程，雏鹰会和其父母呆在一起很长时间。

And, as it happens, so did the condors that once lived in Florida.

而且，碰巧的是，曾经生活在佛罗里达州的秃鹰也是如此。

Condors have wingspans of three meters and can live as long as 60 years, but they breathe slowly, averaging only one chick every two years.

秃鹰翼展3米，寿命长达60年，但呼吸缓慢，平均每两年才产下一只雏鹰。

In the 19th and 20th centuries, condors began to feel the effects of human encroachment.

在 19 世纪和 20 世纪，秃鹰开始感受到人类侵占的影响。

And another population of condors was re-introduced to its ancestral home of the Grand Canyon.

另一个秃鹰种群被重新引入大峡谷的故乡。

During the Pleistocene, condors feasted on the carcasses of the famous megafauna from that epoch, like mammoths, bison, and giant sloths.

在更新世期间， 秃鹰以那个时代著名的巨型动物的尸体为食，比如猛犸象、野牛和巨型树懒。

And by eating the remains of dead animals, birds like vultures and condors help cycle nutrients back into the ecosystem, which is really important.

通过吃死动物的遗骸，秃鹰和秃鹰等鸟类有助于将养分循环回生态系统，这非常重要。