(单词翻译:单击)
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。
