[ROAR]

吼叫聲

Hello, and welcome to Weird, gross, and Beautiful, a casual discussion about the animals that I think are weird, gross, beautiful, or all three.

哈囉，歡迎來到Weird, gross, and Beautiful，一個我們輕鬆討論，奇怪、粗獷、美麗或三者兼具的動物的地方

Today, we're talking about the walrus.

今天，我們要討論海象

Brrr-aw!

海象（吼叫聲）

Walruses can be found in the Arctic Circle with all of their friends, or sometimes in Alaska.

海象生存在北極圈裡，有時候也可以在阿拉斯加州找到他們

Right now, they are supposed to be at the Arctic Circle.

現在，他們應該是要生活在北極圈內

But because of climate change, there is no ice.

但由於氣候變遷，現在北極圈沒有冰了

There's no ice at all.

完全沒有冰了

And so they have swam down, some 35,000 of them right now are hanging out in Alaska.

所以海象們往南方游，其中35,000隻，目前生活在阿拉斯加

But it's not the first time that this has happened.

這件事不是第一次發生了

It happened in 2007, 2009, and 2011.

曾發生在2007, 2009, 和2011

The extent of the ice is the sixth lowest that it's ever been, ever-- like, in history.

冰的含量是有史以來第六低

35,000 of them, that is so many.

35,000隻海象，這數量非常多

Why are there so many?

為甚麼它們的數量這麼多呢?

Because they're very gregarious animals.

因為他們是屬於群居動物

They like to hang out.

他們喜歡四處閒逛

They have groups that they hang out in that range from the tens to thousands.

他們以群體行動的方式四處逛逛，一群海象可能有10到1000隻

Walruses are so huge.

海象體積很大

They are one of the largest flippered marine mammals, in fact.

他們是最大的有鰭海洋哺乳類動物之一

The males can weigh up to like 3,700 pounds.

公海獅可以重達3,700磅

Their skin makes up about 20% of that weight.

他們的皮膚佔了總體重的20%

And the blubber that's underneath the skin is half a foot thick.

長在皮膚底下的鰭

They're chubby.

他們圓圓胖胖的

They're so cute.

他們非常可愛

I just want to snuggle with them, but you shouldn't do that.

我真想和他們緊緊的抱在一起，但你絕對不能這樣做

They're very territorial and very dangerous.

他們是非常有地域性(不准別人入侵領土)而且非常危險的

Yeah, them tusks, though!

他們還有尖尖的牙

They can grow to be about three feet long, and are actually canine teeth that grow like throughout their life.

他們的尖牙可以長到三尺長，海象的尖牙是他們的犬齒，一生都會不斷的成長

They're found on both males and females.

公海象和母海象都有尖牙

And they use them for a variety of reasons.

他們可以用尖牙來做很多事

Sometimes they use it to haul themselves out of water because they're so big.

有時候他們用尖牙來把自己從水中拖上岸，因為他們太巨大了

And so they're just like, ah-ugh!

所以他們就會像這樣（海象吼叫聲）

And then they flock onto the shore.

然後他們就會聚集到岸邊

And they also use it to make breathing holes in the ice.

他們也用尖牙在冰上刺洞來呼吸

So they can be under water for about 30 minutes.

所以他們可以在水底下待30分鐘

But since that's not a lot of very long time-- I mean, obviously, compared to us it's very long--

但這其實不是很長的時間，不過和我們比起來這是非常長

But they need them breathing holes.

他們需要可以呼吸的洞

The males can also use their tusks aggressively to maintain their territory or protect their harems.

公海象可以用尖牙來攻擊來保護領土和保護他們的老婆們

Harems are groups of the lady walruses that all have sex with one dude.

老婆們是一整群的母海象，她們都和同一隻公海象交配

The walrus harems have a ratio of 1:23, give or take.

公海象與母海象的比例大約是1:23左右

But fortunately for the gals, they don't start giving birth until they're about seven or eight years old.

但對母海象來說幸運的是，她們到了大約7或8歲時才需要生孩子

And they'll only give birth every three years because the gestation period is 15 months.

她們三年生一次孩子，因為懷孕的週期是15個月

And once they have the babies, the babies need help from their mamas for over two years.

而一旦他們有了北鼻，北鼻會需要媽媽長達兩年的照顧

It's not like it matters, because he's got 22 other [BLEEP] to choose from.

對公海象來說這根本不算甚麼，因為他還有另外22個老婆可以選

When the babies come out, guys, they're huge!

當海象北鼻出生時，噢，它們很巨大！

They come out weighing anywhere from 99 to 165 pounds!

他們出生就重達99到165磅

Ow!

哇！

And they gain two pounds per day.

他們每天增重2磅

That's insane.

這很瘋狂

I mean, it's to protect themselves from the cold, because they live in the Arctic, usually, when there's ice there.

這是為了要在有冰的寒冷北極圈中保護自己生存

The walruses have these little like mustache-looking whiskers, right?

海象會有這個好看的鬍子

And they're so-- they're super cute and I love them.

他們看起來，非常可愛，我很喜歡

But they're not hairs.

但這不是毛髮

They're actually very similar to cat whiskers.

這和貓鬍鬚很像

They are functioning organs.

他們具有器官功能

And they're called mustacial vibrissae.

他們叫做觸鬚

Hey~ Mustacial?

嘿～觸鬚?

Just like a mustache.

就像是鬍鬚

They're very sensitive, and so they will use them to find their favorite snacks, specifically like shellfish, at the bottom of the sea floor.

觸鬚非常敏感，海象會用觸鬚來尋找他們最愛的點心，像是在海底的貝類

And they'll use their little whiskers.

他們會用他們的小鬍子

They're going to be like, oink, oink, oink, oink, is how I image they sound on the bottom of the sea floor, although, that's probably very inaccurate.

他們會這樣叫(海象叫聲)，這是我想像他們在海底的叫聲，但這可能是不正確的

That walrus in "Alice in Wonderland" was a douche.

海象在愛麗絲夢遊仙境中是個配角(遜咖)

What a rude cartoon character.

一個粗魯的卡通角色

He ate up all those little oysters.

他把所有的牡蠣都吃完了

They were just babies.

牡蠣們還只是北鼻呀

Man, these walruses are weird, gross, and beautiful.

噢，這些海象真是奇怪、粗獷、美麗

Thank you so much for watching Weird, Gross, and Beautiful.

謝謝你收看Weird, Gross and Beautiful

My name is Catie Wayne.

我是Catie Wayne

And if you would like to, you can follow me on Twitter at catiewayne, and suggest an animal for me to cover.

如果你喜歡這個節目你可以在Twitter追蹤我@catiewayne，請我介紹動物

This week's animal was suggested by Molly Fosco.

這周的動物是Molly Fosco建議的

Thank you so much, my love.

非常謝謝你們，我愛你們

Mwah!

嗚哇～

And if you would like to, please check out this video over here about how we killed half of the animals on the planet.

如果你喜歡這個的話去Weird, Gross and Beautiful看看我們是如何殺掉地球上一半的動物的吧

Bush babies, see you never in my life because I killed half of you!

Bush寶寶，我再也見不到你了，因為我殺了一半的Bush

And please like and share this video with your friends.

請幫這部影片點個讚並分享給朋友吧

And you know, I love you all so much.

你們知道的，我非常愛你們

And I'll see you next time.

下次見了

Bye.

掰掰

Mwah!

[HOOTING]