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墨西哥渔民发现两头连体灰鲸

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2014-01-09 08:23 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Mexican officials say fishermen have found two conjoined gray whale calves¹ in a lagoon² in Baja California.

墨西哥官员称，当地渔民在下加利福尼亚半岛的一处环礁湖发现两头连体灰鲸幼仔。

The two conjoined gray whale calves have been described as "exceptionally rare"

A government biologist, Benito Bermudez, said the whales were found alive in the Ojo de Liebre lagoon but died shortly after being born.

He said they were linked at the waist, with two full heads and tail fins³.

Every year, thousands of gray whales swim south from the US state of Alaska to warmer waters in Mexico where they mate and give birth.

Mr Bermudez, who works for Mexico's National Natural Protected Areas Commission, or CONANP, described the discovery as "exceptionally rare".

"It's the first record we have of this event in the history of whale censuses⁴ we've conducted since 1985," he told the EFE news agency.

He said scientists were collecting skin, muscle and baleen⁵（鲸须） samples to study the creatures.

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1 calves
n.(calf的复数)笨拙的男子，腓；腿肚子( calf的名词复数 )；牛犊；腓；小腿肚v.生小牛( calve的第三人称单数 )；（冰川）崩解；生（小牛等），产（犊）；使（冰川）崩解
参考例句：
a cow suckling her calves 给小牛吃奶的母牛 The calves are grazed intensively during their first season. 小牛在生长的第一季里集中喂养。来自《简明英汉词典》

2 lagoon
n.泻湖，咸水湖
参考例句：
The lagoon was pullulated with tropical fish.那个咸水湖聚满了热带鱼。 This area isolates a restricted lagoon environment.将这一地区隔离起来使形成一个封闭的泻湖环境。

3 fins
[医]散热片；鱼鳍；飞边；鸭掌
参考例句：
The level of TNF-α positively correlated with BMI,FPG,HbA1C,TG,FINS and IRI,but not with SBP and DBP. TNF-α水平与BMI、FPG、HbA1C、TG、FINS和IRI呈显著正相关，与SBP、DBP无相关。来自互联网 Fins are a feature specific to fish. 鱼鳍是鱼类特有的特征。来自辞典例句

4 censuses
人口普查，统计( census的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Data derived from population censuses is useful for social researchers. 从人口普查中得到的数据对社会研究者们很有用处。 UNFPA also helps countries compile reliable demographic data and carry out censuses. 人口基金还帮助各国汇编可靠的人口数据及开展人口普查。

5 baleen
n.鲸须
参考例句：
Other baleen whales have splash guards too,but not like this.一些须鲸物种头顶也有护住喷水孔的构造，但并不长成这样。 Baleen whales often appear in this region. Be careful!这一带经常有须鲸出没，要注意安全啊。