Instead, we should be more concerned with their smaller cousins, sperm whales.

实际上，我们应该更多关注它们的小亲，鲸。

Sperm whales hunt down these beasts, but they certainly can fight back.

鲸会捕杀这些巨兽，但它们当然也会反击。

The sperm whale's flukes are triangular and very thick.

鲸的尾鳍是三角形的，非常厚。

None more so than the sperm whale, one of the greatest voyagers on the planet.

最为典型的就是鲸，地球上最伟大的航海家之一。

Skerry raced to the site and found six sperm whales under sunny skies.

斯科利飞快赶至现场，在阳光灿烂的天空下看到了六只鲸。

But bigger whales like the sperm whale are a bit more challenging to deal with.

但是像鲸这样的大型鲸鱼，处理起来就有点难度了。

The remains of a sperm whale. It died five months or so ago.

一头鲸的尸体。约5个月前死亡。

Sperm whales use clicking sounds to talk with each other.

鲸通过“咔哒”声与彼此交谈。

Benjamin's brother prepares to launch himself at the whale.

本杰准备向鲸发出舍身一击。

As the whale fights to break free, they move to harpoon it again.

这条鲸开始挣扎反抗，村民们调整位置，想再次戳中它。

But unlike the suction-feeding sperm whales of our times, Livyatan had short, powerful jaws.

但不同于我们时代的吸食型鲸，利维坦鲸拥有短而强有力的颚部。

Let's start with the sperm whale.

我们从鲸开始。

Broadly, big whales come in two varieties. Toothed whales, such as sperm whales, hunt individual prey.

总的来，大鲸鱼有两种。齿鲸，如鲸，捕食单个猎物。

But despite their size and their expressiveness, sperm whales remain one of the ocean's biggest mysteries.

但除了体型和善于现的特质之外，鲸仍是海洋中最大的谜团之一。

In the northern part of the island state, 14 sperm whales were found on King Island.

在这个岛州的北部，在国王岛上发现了14头鲸。

Whales in general are social animals and sperm whales are too, they go in small groups.

鲸一般是社会性动物，鲸也是，它们小群活动。

Another boat attacks and harpoons the whale once more.

另一条船加入了捕获鲸的战斗。

So there are teams of computer scientists and linguists and biologists working on decoding sperm whale bioacoustics.

有很多计算机科学家、语言学家、生物学家组队破译鲸的生物声学。

They'd been struck by a sperm whale, which had ripped a catastrophic hole in the ship's hull.

他们的船之前被一条鲸撞上，船身破了一个毁灭性的大洞。

Sperm whales can dive this deep… and their hinged rib cages fold inward so the bones won't snap.

鲸可以潜入这么深的地方，它们的铰链胸腔向内折叠，这样骨头就不会折断。