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歡迎收看新聞快訊特別報道。

ROCKY: Dinosaur Tails: What are they good for?

恐龍尾巴 Dinosaur Tails:What are they good for?

BILL: Everywhere you go in Cretacia,

在克里特西亞，你走到哪裡，哪裡就有。

dinosaurs are swishing, squishing, slashing

恐龍是嗖嗖嗖，壓壓壓，切切切的。

or flashing their tails.

或閃著尾巴。

MAZU: But what's the true purpose

馬祖：但是真正的目的是什麼呢？

of a dinosaur's tail?

恐龍的尾巴？

What's it really used for?

它到底是用來幹什麼的？

TINY: We sent Rocky

我們派洛基

into the field with a big ol' Giganto Tail to find out.

進場與一個大醇'Giganto尾巴找出。

BILL: Once we could get him out of the den.

一旦我們能把他從書房裡弄出來。

Introducing my newest invention:

介紹我最新的發明。

the Giganto...

Giganto...

(Clears throat)

(清嗓子)

I said, the Gigant...

我說，大個子...

(Panting)

（氣喘吁吁）

A little help?

要不要幫忙？

(Groaning)

（呻吟）

MAZU: One scientific theory

MAZU:一個科學理論

is that big dinosaurs like Gigantosaurus

是像巨龍這樣的大恐龍。

used their tails as a counterweight.

用它們的尾巴作為配重。

TINY: Yeah, if you had a head as big as Giganto's,

是啊，如果你的頭有吉根託那麼大的話。

you'd need something hefty at the other end to balance.

你需要一些高大的東西 在另一端平衡。

BILL: Let's see how Rocky did using his new tail.

讓我們來看看洛基用他的新尾巴做得怎麼樣。

- Agh! - Oh!

- 啊！- 哦！

BILL: Um...not so good.

嗯......不是很好。

TINY: For any of us.

婷婷：對我們任何人來說。

MAZU: Another theory is that speedy dinosaurs

馬祖：另一種理論是，速度快的恐龍

like velociraptors used their tails to help them quickly

像迅猛龍一樣用尾巴來幫助它們快速移動

change direction while running.

奔跑中改變方向。

TINY: Could Rocky use his new tail like this?

婷婷：洛奇能不能這樣用他的新尾巴？

Here goes!

來了！

Whoa-oh-oh!

哇哦哦！

BILL: Well, he sure changed direction a lot.

嗯，他肯定改變了很多方向。

MAZU: Then Rocky tried using his tail for protection,

馬祖：然後洛基就試著用尾巴來保護自己。

like us ankylosaurs do.

就像我們踝龍一樣。

BILL: Let's roll the videotape

我們來播放錄像帶吧！

to see how well Rocky defended Rugo from the raptors.

來看看洛奇是如何從迅猛龍手中保護魯高的。

TINY: Poor Rocky.

婷婷：可憐的洛基。

BILL: Poor Rugo.

可憐的魯高。

MAZU: Fortunately, there was only one theory left to test:

MAZU。幸運的是，只剩下一個理論可以測試。

that leaf-eating sauropods could use their tails for leverage

食葉類動物可以用尾巴做槓桿

to reach up even higher into trees.

以達到更高的樹上。

BILL: For this one, Rocky doesn't have to move.

這一次，洛基不用動了。

He just has to sit!

他只需要坐下來！

TINY: Could he do it?

婷婷：他能做到嗎？

Whoa-oh-oh-ah!

哇，哦，哦，啊！

MAZU: As far as tail experiments go,

MAZU：至於尾巴實驗去。

it was not looking good out there for Rocky today.

今天洛基的情況並不樂觀。

ROCKY: But then I found my groove...

但後來我找到了自己的節奏... But then I found my groove...

For hitting home runs!

為了打出全壘打！

TINY: Wow, look at it go!

婷婷：哇，看它走!

ROCKY: And I can't think of a better use

我想不出有什麼更好的用處 And I can't think of a better use.

for a tail than that!

比那條尾巴還貴！