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点击复制In August after months at sea
在海上漂泊数月之后的八月
Elephant seals arrive
海象到来
They depend on this island for breeding
它们依赖这个岛屿进行繁殖。
Macquarie will soon be heaving with 60 000 elephant seals
麦夸里脊岛将很快挤满6万只海象
But they won't have the beaches to themselves
但海滩将不再只有它们独享
One month later another wave of migrants appear in the surf
一个月后，另一波迁徙者出现在海浪中
These are royal penguins
这些是皇家企鹅
And they're about to have their first sighting of land in seven months
他们即将在七个月来首次踏上陆地。
They've spent that time hunting for fish and shrimp in the open ocean
他们一直在大海里捕捞鱼虾
One last hurdle and they're back on terra firma
最后一个障碍他们回到地面上
This island is actually the only
这座岛是唯一一座
Solid ground these penguins will ever set foot on
这片坚实的土地，是这些企鹅唯一的立足之地
Macquarie's nearest neighbour is more than 400 miles away
麦克夸里的最近邻岛，相隔四百英里之遥
And in the opposite direction from their favourite feeding grounds
与它们最爱的觅食地相反