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"Thar he blows!" In a scene straight out of Moby Dick, a rare white whale is back and putting on a show for his fans off the eastern coast of Australia this week. |
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「牠噴氣了！」在一幅簡直是出自《白鯨記》的景象當中，一隻罕見的白鯨在本週回到澳洲東岸外海，為牠的愛好者表演了一番。 |
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First spotted on Tuesday, the albino humpback has been nicknamed "Migaloo" by researchers who track his movements. |
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在週二初次被發現的這隻白化座頭鯨，被追蹤其活動的研究人員取小名為「米加魯」。 |
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On Thursday he was seen swimming along Sydney's coast on his annual migration. |
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This is the third year in a row he's been spotted. |
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週四牠在年度遷徙途中被人看見沿著雪梨的海岸悠游。這是牠連續第三年被人發現。 |
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Albino whales are rare, and Migaloo is one of only a small handful of documented all-white humpback adults, according to Oskar Peterson, who runs a Web site that tracks sightings of white whales around the globe. |
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白化鯨魚相當罕見，米加魯是少數有記錄的全白成年座頭鯨之一，歐斯卡．彼德森說。他主持一個網站，追蹤全球各地的白鯨目擊事件。 |
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"We have photos of a junior Migaloo from a few years ago, but we haven't seen him since so we don't know if he survived the South Ocean," said Peterson. |
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「我們有幾年前拍到的幼年米加魯的照片，但我們在那之後就不曾見過牠，所以不知道牠是否在南冰洋存活了下來，」彼德森表示。 |
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"But there is a 100% white whale we've seen photographic proof of in Norway, so Migaloo isn't quite as unique as we once thought." |
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「不過，我們見到了挪威有一隻百分之百全白鯨魚的照片為証，所以米加魯並不是我們原以為的獨一無二。」 |
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Migaloo was first seen in 1991 when he was a juvenile, and researchers believe he is now in his 20s. |
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米加魯最早在一九九一年被看見，當時牠還是一隻幼鯨，研究人員認為牠現在的年齡已經進入了二字頭。 |
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He doesn't show up every year, but his journey is part of the humpbacks' annual migration from the Antarctic to their breeding grounds along the Great Barrier Reef. |
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牠不是每年都會出現，但牠的旅程屬於座頭鯨的年度遷徙之旅，從南極地區返回大堡礁周圍繁殖地。 |
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"The helicopter crews are all out photographing him today," said Peterson. "He's giving us all quite a parade this year." |
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「直升機組員今天全都出去拍攝牠的照片了，」彼德森說：「牠今年為我們所有人帶來了好一場演出。」 |
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Male humpbacks can travel up to 140 kilometers a day during their migration, according to experts. |
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遷徙期間，雄性座頭鯨一天的移動距離可長達一百四十公里，專家指出。 |
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Spotters of the whale are sharing sightings, photos and video at his Twitter account, @Migaloo1. |
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這隻鯨魚的目擊者都在牠的推特帳戶「@Migaloo1」分享目擊經過、照片以及影片。 |
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