根据文章第二段倒数第二句In just over three weeks, in the krill-rich (富 含南极磷虾的) waters of what was once their main feeding ground, the movements of 55 Antarctic blues were recorded by the British Antarctic Survey. (在短短三周多的时间里,英国南极调查局记录下了55只南极蓝鲸在曾经是它...
They tracked 54 whale sharks as they grew—a feat made possible by a unique 'fingerprint' of spots on each whale shark that can be used to identify individual fish. AIMS marine scientist Dr. Brett Taylor said the team recorded more than 1000 whale shark measurements using stereo-video cameras...
Blue whales are so big they are the biggest creature ever to have lived on earth - even bigger than the biggest dinosaurs! The largest whale ever measured was a female weighing 171,000 kgs and measuring over 90ft./27m long. The longest whale measured in at over 110ft./33m. If you ...
This colossal predator reached an estimated maximum length of around 18 meters (59 ft.); that’s almost one and a half times the length of thewhale shark– the world’s largestlivingfish. Some scientists believe that this prehistoric giant may have grown even larger!
“The type of conservation work done and reported on depends on the Eco Center,” Andersen explains. “Those in the Caribbean offer coral replanting programmes, key for regenerating coastlines. In Baja, Mexico, they’ve developed citizen science courses, collecting data for whale conservation.” ...
Imagine trying to test the memory of the blue whale—the biggest animal that exists or has ever existed, a 190-ton behemoth that dwarfs (使相形见绌) even the largest dinosaur, a leviathan that is rarely seen except when it comes up for air. How would you subject such a creature to a...
“The type of conservation work done and reported on depends on the Eco Centre,” Andersen explains. “Those in the Caribbean offer coral replanting programmes, key for regenerating coastlines. In Baja, Mexico, they’ve developed citizen science courses, collecting data for whale conservation.” ...
crustaceans, tiny fish, and sometimes larger fish and squid. Basking sharks move water through their mouths by slowly swimming forward. The whale shark feeds by opening its mouth and sucking in water, which then passes through the gills. Organisms get trapped in small, tooth-like...
根据文章第一段第一句News that the biggest mammal is returning in numbers to Antarctica signals(标志)a protection victory. (最大的哺乳动物大量回归南极的消息表明保护工作取得了胜利。)可知,蓝鲸的回归表明了保护的成功,故选B.(2)A. 细节理解题。根据文章第二段倒数第二句In just over three weeks, in ...
In reality, such victories of the hunted over the hunter were a fantasy in the cruel world of industrial whaling. The blue whale had almost died out from the Southern Ocean by the time a ban (禁令) on hunting it was introduced in 1967. Sightings of the largest mammal ever to live on ...