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Unprecedented Whale Graveyard Unearthed in the Depths of the Indian Ocean

印度洋深处发现前所未见的鲸鱼墓地

An international team of researchers has identified the oldest, deepest, and most extensive whale graveyard ever documented, located within the Diamantina fracture zone in the south-eastern Indian Ocean.

一支国际研究团队已在印度洋东南部的迪亚曼蒂纳断裂带内，鉴定出有史以来纪录中最古老、最深且规模最广泛的鲸鱼坟场。

The necropolis, as scientists have termed it, stretches across hundreds of miles of ocean floor and plunges to depths exceeding seven kilometres.

这座大墓地（正如科学家们所称呼的那样）延伸数百英里长的海床，并向下俯冲至超过七公里的深度。

Some fossilised remains discovered at the site date back more than five million years, offering paleontology an extraordinary window into ancient marine ecosystems.

在该遗址发现的一些化石遗骸可追溯至五百多万年前，为古生物学提供了一个了解古代海洋生态系统的非凡窗口。

While whale falls — the scientific term for cetacean carcasses that descend to the seabed — have been previously recorded, the vast majority were found at depths below four kilometres.

虽然鲸落——即沉入海底的鲸豚类尸体的科学术语——先前已有记录，但绝大多数都是在低于四公里的深度被发现的。

What distinguishes this discovery is not merely its unprecedented scale but also the remarkable biodiversity thriving around the decaying remains.

区分这项发现的不仅仅是其前所未有的规模，还有在腐烂遗骸周围蓬勃发展的卓越生物多样性。

Researchers observed that the carcasses were teeming with organisms, many of which belong to species entirely unknown to science.

研究人员观察到，这些尸骸上挤满了生物，其中许多属于科学界完全未知的物种。

Doctor Giovanni Bianucci, a co-author of the study based at the University of Pisa, emphasised that the findings demonstrate how profoundly life can adapt to extreme environments devoid of light and subjected to immense pressure.

任职于比萨大学的研究共同作者乔瓦尼·比亚努奇博士强调，这些发现证明了生命在缺乏光线且承受巨大压力的极端环境中，其适应能力是多么地深远。

He argued that humanity remains far from comprehending the true biodiversity of our planet, suggesting that similar unexplored habitats could harbour countless undiscovered species.

他主张人类距离完全理解我们星球真正的生物多样性还很遥远，并暗示类似的未开发栖息地可能孕育着无数尚未被发现的物种。

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The study also yielded unique geological and biological data on beaked whales, a group he described as "mysterious and elusive."

这项研究还产出了关于喙鲸的独特地质与生物数据，他将这一群体描述为“神秘且难以捉摸”。

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In an accompanying commentary, Stephen J Godfrey of the Calvert Marine Museum in the United States characterised the whale graveyard as a truly unique discovery with the potential to generate numerous groundbreaking findings.

在一份随附的评论中，美国卡尔弗特海洋博物馆的史蒂芬·J·戈弗雷将这座鲸鱼坟场描述为一项真正独特的发现，具有产生众多突破性发现的潜力。

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He likened the research to a trailer for an epic film series, implying that these initial results merely hint at the revelations yet to come.

史蒂芬·J·戈弗雷将这项研究比作史诗系列电影的预告片，暗示这些初步结果仅仅预示了尚未揭晓的启示。

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The team, comprising scientists from China, Italy, and New Zealand, employed a submersible vehicle to survey the fracture zone, a geological feature formed by tectonic activity along the ocean floor.

该团队由来自中国、意大利和新西兰的科学家组成，他们使用了一台潜水器来调查迪亚曼蒂纳断裂带，这是一个由沿着海床的板块活动所形成的地理特征。

Deepest and most extensive whale graveyard discovered in Indian Ocean印度洋发现最深且规模最大的鲸鱼墓地

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