Where oysters are small and strange looking, whales are huge and majestic.

牡蛎小且长相奇异，但是鲸鱼（whales）巨大且雄伟。

In the depths, something stirs. Humpback whales.

水里有动静。座头鲸！

My job basically entails keeping track of killer whales.

的工作基本上就是追踪虎鲸。

In the wild, orcas live in groups of whales called pods.

在野外，虎鲸通常以“群居”的方式生活。

The only animals on earth more massive than whale sharks are whales.

世界上唯一一种比鲸鲨大的动物就是鲸鱼。

Not only because of their sheer size and weight but also because they have a bad tendency to sometimes explode which is the reason that dead whales can be so dangerous.

不仅是因为它们的体型重量，还因为它们有时会有爆炸的可能，这就是死鲸如此危险的原因。

And there is two whales right there.

那里有两条鲸鱼。

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: By combining information from genetic and acoustic research, the scientists aim to understand a lot more about the whales and their behavior to find practical solutions to the challenges facing these New York Ocean giants.

通过结基因声学研究的信息，科学家们的目标是更多地了解鲸鱼及其行为，以找到切实可行的解决方案，来应对这些纽约洋巨兽所面临的挑战。

Fatty tissues like blubber help stop heat transfer in whales and seals, but for animals who don't have as much junk in the trunk, they cover themselves in air.

富有油脂的东西，如鲸脂，阻止了鲸鱼之间的热量传递，但那些没有很多油脂的动物则用毛来保温。

Most mammals live on land but some such as whales and dolphins live in water.

大多数的哺乳类动物生活在陆地上，例如鲸豚生活在水中。

Whether they could then use this vocalization, these sounds that they produce now, whether they could then use them to interact with humans or with other killer whales is an open question.

他们是否可以使用这种发声法，产生现在他们发出的声音，他们是否能利用这些与人类或其他虎鲸互动是一个悬而未决的问题。

Life has come full circle for two beluga whales in Iceland.

在冰岛，两头白鲸的生活圆满了。

And that begs the question - what if current day whales had legs?

这就产生了一个问题，如果当今的鲸鱼有腿的话会怎么样呢？

You just don't think of whales as things that snap.

你觉得鲸鱼不会被扯断？

One hundred years later, in the mid-1800s whales began to hunt in the Arctic.

百后的19世纪中期，鲸鱼开始在北极被猎食。

Everything that's in bacteria, fungus, birds, whales or plants is the same stuff.

细菌、真菌、鸟类、鲸鱼或植物中的一切都是一样的东西。

And if your belly is up, it refers to the, the sea animals, the fish and the whales that when they die, their belly goes up. Right?

如果你的肚子是向上的，它指的是，洋动物，鱼鲸鱼，当它们死的时候，它们的肚子是向上的。

So I set out with my team to value the services of a whale but one service — because the whales do a whole host of things.

所以带领着团队打算评估鲸鱼所做之事的价值，但是只评估那么一件事，因为鲸鱼会做很多很多事。

As a nation, the National Confectioners Association says that around 90 million pounds of marshmallow are sold every year, which is about the same weight as 1,286 gray whales.

全国糖果协会表示，美国整体每约卖出 9 千万磅的棉花糖，其重量约等同于 1，286 头灰鲸。

And this is where whales come in.

这就是鲸鱼的用武之地。