最近，濒临灭绝的地中海僧海豹出现了惊人数量的死亡。
An alarming number of Mediterranean monk seals, an endangered species, have recently died.
地中海僧海豹是这个发现有细菌的地区中的唯一海豹物种。
Mediterranean monk seals are the only species of seal in the area where the bacterium was found.
一只僧海豹躺在夏威夷，考艾岛的沙滩上。
在上世纪50年代，加勒比僧海豹由于过度猎杀而灭绝。
In the 1950s, the Caribbean monk seal was hunted to extinction.
杰夫·沃尔特斯：目前夏威夷僧海豹的数量在1100只左右。
Jeff Walters: The total population of Hawaiian monk seals is currently about 1,100 seals.
杰夫·沃尔特斯：目前夏威夷僧海豹的数量在1100只左右。
Jeff Walters: The total population of Hawaiian monk seals is currently about 1, 100 seals.
沃尔特斯表示，在夏威夷西北部孤立的海岛，僧海豹数量每年都在减少4%。
Walters said that in the isolated northwest Hawaiian islands, the number of monk seals is declining by four percent every year.
地中海僧海豹是地球上最濒危的物种之一，现存野生个体不到600只。
Mediterranean monk seals are one of the most critically endangered species on Earth, with less than 600 seals remaining in the wild.
如果人们改善僧海豹的栖息地，鱼群数量也可能会增加—这对海豹和渔夫来说都有好处。
If people improve monk seal habitat, fish populations might also increase - a boon for both seals and fishermen.
的确如此，科学家们通常会给僧海豹起一些听起来像机器人一样的名字，为的是强化海豹不是人这个概念。
Indeed, scientists often give monk seals android-sounding names to reinforce the idea that the animals aren't human.
夏威夷僧海豹是地球上最古老的海豹之一。在过去300到1200亿年来，它们一直生活在夏威夷周围的海礁上。
Hawaiian monk seals are among the most ancient species of seal on the planet, and they've lived in the reefs surrounding the Hawaii for the past 3 to 12 millions of years.
图片画廊。当大多数海豹制造它们的家在更冷的气候，这夏威夷僧海豹更喜欢温暖，夏威夷岛屿的西北部沙岸。
While most seals make their homes in colder climate, the Hawaiian monk seals prefer the warm, sandy beaches of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
研究估计，在其后的四个世纪里，鱼类，僧海豹，海龟和其他可移动的生物恢复了百分之二十，珊瑚生态系统总体上恢复了百分之十。
Over the next four centuries, fish, monk seals, sea turtles and other mobile creatures recovered by 20%, and reef ecosystems as a whole recovered 10%, the study estimated.
在中国，保护白鳍豚免于灭绝的努力已经失败。白鳍豚是继上世纪50年代加勒比僧海豹之后，首个灭绝的大型水生哺乳动物。
In China, conservation efforts have already failed to protect the Yangtze River dolphin, the first large aquatic mammal to go extinct since the Caribbean monk seal in the 1950s.
在中国，保护白鳍豚免于灭绝的努力已经失败。白鳍豚是继上世纪50年代加勒比僧海豹之后，首个灭绝的大型水生哺乳动物。
In China, conservation efforts have already failed to protect the Yangtze River dolphin, the first large aquatic mammal to go extinct since the Caribbean monk seal in the 1950s.
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