In a Colorado gully,
在科罗拉多一处溪谷中,
hunters carried out a mammoth massacre,
猎人们进行了一场大屠杀,
leaving behind the remains of at least 16 animals.
在这里留下至少16具猛犸象的遗骸 。
The site recreated here contains a treasure trove of evidence relating to the mammoth's daily life.
模拟当时的情景,这里拥有和猛犸象日常生活景象相关的证物 。
Again by comparing mammoth bones to elephant's,
同样的,经由比对猛犸象和大象的骨骸,
we can calculate the sex and age of all the animals that died here,
就可以推算出死在这里的动物的性别和年龄,
and deduce the make-up of a Columbian mammoth herd.
推测这个哥伦比亚猛犸象群的组成状况 。
These are the bones of juveniles, up to around 14 years old, both males and females.
这些是年轻幼象的遗骨,年纪在14岁左右,公象和母象都有 。
Several adults lied here, too, all females,
这里也有几只成象,都是母象 。
including one huge specimen, at least 40 years old.
包括一具巨大象骨,年龄至少40岁 。
This range of age and sex exactly matches that of a modern-day African elephant herd.
这样的年纪和性别范围和现代非洲象象群组合完全相符 。
An older matriarch, the leader of the herd,
年长的母象王,是象群的首领 。
is accompanied by her daughters and other female relatives.
陪伴在旁的有女儿们和其他母象亲戚 。
And they in turn are with their young, both male and female.
他们会轮流 陪伴公象母象共有的幼象 。
But where were the adult males when this herd was destroyed?
但是象群被赶尽杀绝时,成年公象在哪里呢?
A unique clue to their lives was uncovered in Nebraska.
在内布拉斯加曾发现公象生活的独特线索,
Recreated here are the skulls of two gigantic males that died with their tusks interlocked.
模拟现场情景,这里两具巨大公象的头骨显示它们命丧于象牙缠在一起 。
How could this have happened? Again our best bet is to look at elephant society.
这是怎么发生的呢?同样的,最佳解答就是去观察大象社会 。
During the breeding season, sexually mature bull elephants fight for access to the female herds.
在交配季期间,性成熟的公象会为了接近母象群的权力而战 。
The tangled tusks are direct evidence that mammoths were aggressive,too.
纠结在一起的象牙是猛犸象同样具有攻击性的直接证据 。
adj. 独一无二的,独特的,稀罕的