We would play in the hay, the constant tweeting of the hatchlings—a constant background symphony.

我们会在干草中嬉戏，孵出的小鸟不停鸣叫，这是不间断的背景交响乐。

Getting a first look at the hatchlings, suddenly one octopus had become many.

第一眼看到这些刚孵化的小章鱼，突然一章鱼变成了许多。

Down at the water's edge, hatchlings are taking their first swim.

在水边，小海龟们正在第一次游泳。

For a hatchling sea turtle, the answer is magnetoreception.

对于刚出壳的海龟来说，答案是磁感应。

Eggs and hatchlings, clumps of juveniles and then—further out—adults.

从恐龙蛋到刚出壳的新生命，从一群幼崽到更往后的成年恐龙。

It eats 4-5 kilos of flesh every day, nearly the weight of two hatchlings combined.

天它要吃掉四到五公斤肉，这概相当于两幼龙的重量。

And all these hatchlings are travelling up the beach towards it.

让这些小玳瑁都从沙滩爬向内陆。

When temperatures are warm, at about 88 degrees Fahrenheit, most of the hatchlings will be female; but when temperatures are cooler, less than around 82 degrees Fahrenheit, most of the hatchlings will be male.

当温较高时，约 88 华，多数幼崽会是雌性；但当温较低时，低于 82 华，多数幼崽会是雄性。

A mom can lay more than a hundred eggs at a time, but for every 1,000 eggs laid, only one hatchling makes it to adulthood, an increasingly difficult feat due to climate change.

一海龟妈妈一次可以产下100多个蛋，但1000个蛋里有一幼崽能活到成年，由于气候变化，这一过程变得越来越困难。

He commended the grace of their straight, silent swimming, their camouflage mottlings of yellow, grey and olive green, and the jewelled beauty of new, damp hatchlings no bigger than the span of his hand.

他欣赏鳄鱼那笔直、无声的泳行雅姿，他欣赏鳄鱼那黄色、灰色和橄榄绿相间的伪装斑，他欣赏那如宝石美人般的、刚刚出生、浑身湿漉漉的、与他的手臂等长的幼鳄。

When a mother sea turtle digs a nest for her eggs on the beach, the temperature of the sand decides the sex, or gender, of the baby sea turtles, called hatchlings.

当海龟妈妈在海滩上为她的蛋挖巢时，沙子的温决定了小海龟（即新孵化出的小海龟）的性别。

The hatchling heads off in search of its missing mother, asking a kitten, a hen, a dog, and a cow the burning question: " Are you my mother" ?

于是它出发去寻找妈妈的故事。一路上，小鸟急切向小猫、小鸡、小狗，还有一头奶牛问同一个问题：" 你是我的妈妈吗？"

Depending on weather and other factors, it can take a few years or more for a hatchling to reach just over 110 millimeters long.

根据天气和其他因素，幼崽可能需要几年或更长的时间才能长到略高于110毫米的长。

In these colonies, a queen lays the eggs, and worker bees called nurses care for the resulting hatchlings.

在这些蜂群中，蜂王产卵，被称为看护的工蜂负责照料孵化出来的幼蜂。

When they are in the nest, the hatchlings start vocalizing from within the egg to synchronize hatch.

当还在洞穴中时，为同步孵化其他幼龟，刚孵化的幼龟会在壳内开始发声。

Instead, the temperature of the nest determines the sex of the hatchlings.

相反，巢穴的温决定了幼崽的性别。

These are leatherback sea turtle hatchlings, the largest species of turtle alive today.

这些是棱皮龟幼龟，是现存最的海龟物种。

Carnivores gulp down virtually every hatchling. But a few do make it.

捕食者几乎吃完了所有的小海龟。不过还是有几幸存下来。

Hatchlings usually crawl toward the sea at night. In the dark, they are hidden from predators.

幼龟通常在夜间爬向海。在黑暗中，它们可以躲避捕食者。

The hatchling grows more desperate, eventually shouting, " Are you my mother" ? at a car, a boat, a plane, and even a steam shovel, which can only respond with a loud " Snort" !

小鸟越来越绝望，最后竟朝着汽车、轮船、飞机，甚至是挖掘机叫：" 你是我的妈妈吗？" 挖掘机的回应是响亮的喷气声。