And this is where whales come in.

这就是鲸鱼的用武。

The remains of other dead whales, litter the shores.

海岸上散落着鲸鱼的残骸。

That's pretty much the way it is for these whales.

这正是这些鲸鱼的进食方式。

That's where the whales had gone to hide.

那是鲸鱼的藏身处。

Might have to do with someone called The Whale.

也许跟一个叫鲸鱼的人有关。

So the plugs have been used to determine a whale's age.

因此耳塞一直被用来确定鲸鱼的年龄。

Well, I like the sound of the holiday that mentioned whales.

嗯，我喜那个提到鲸鱼的那个旅行。

They provide the best picture yet of what a healthy whale looks like.

它们提供了迄今为止健康鲸鱼的最佳信息。

Exactly, in fact, they're more closely related to whales!

没错，事实上，它们与鲸鱼的关系更近！

For instance, a type of worm is commonly found in the ears of dead whales.

例如，一种虫子经常能在死鲸鱼的耳朵里找到。

That's so interesting. What does it taste like, seal and whale?

那太不可思议了。那海豹和鲸鱼的味道如何？

The whales were studied off America's Pacific coast.

学家是在美国太平洋海岸研究这些鲸鱼的。

You see, whale songs already sound pretty complicated on the surface.

你看，鲸鱼的歌从表面上看已经很复杂了。

New Zealand's Department of Conservation wrote about the stranded whales on Facebook.

新西兰然保护部在脸书上发布了有关搁浅鲸鱼的消息。

But we've finally traced this fancy perfume ingredient straight to whales' butts.

但是我们最终找到了这种奇特的香水成分，直指鲸鱼的臀部。

The whale, which can weigh over 27,000 kilograms, usually lives in the northern Pacific Ocean.

这种鲸鱼的体重超过2.7万公斤，通常生活在北太平洋。

Scientists already knew that orcas were able to learn new whale dialects.

学家们了解到，虎鲸能够学习其他鲸鱼的“方言”。

Dead whales have started washing up on shores again — many over the last winter.

鲸鱼的尸体又开始被冲上海岸——去年冬天出现了很多。

A few decades ago, we were harpooning these whales nearly to extinction.

几十年前，我们对这些鲸鱼的捕猎将其逼至将近灭绝。

And it is better than methods that depend on killing whales or on whales that are trapped.

这比依靠捕杀鲸鱼或捕获鲸鱼的方法要好。