1. An adult leatherback is twice the size of the biggest cheloniid sea turtles and will therefore take longer to cool off.
成年棱皮龟的体型是最大的海龟的两倍，因此需要更长的时间来冷却。
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2. The leatherback is certainly not the only animal with such an arrangement; gulls have a countercurrent exchange in their legs.
当然并不只是棱皮龟有这种结构，海鸥的腿部也有一个逆流交换系统。
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3. A leatherback may be able to pick up some body heat by basking at the surface; its dark, almost black body color may help it to absorb solar radiation.
棱皮龟可以通过在水面上晒太阳来为身体获取热量；深色近乎黑色的身体颜色可以帮助它吸收太阳辐射。
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4. Insulation protects the leatherback everywhere but on its head and flippers.
除了头部和鳍状肢外，棱皮龟的全身都有鲸脂保护。
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5. When it comes to physiology, the leatherback turtle is, in some ways, more like a reptilian whale than a turtle.
就生理机能而言，棱皮龟从某种程度上来说更像一只爬虫类的鲸，而非海龟。
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6. The leatherback accomplishes this by arranging the blood vessels in the base of its flipper into a countercurrent exchange system.
棱皮龟通过将鳍状肢底部的血管排列成逆流交换系统来完成这一过程。
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7. Because the flippers are comparatively thin and blade-like, they are the one part of the leatherback that is likely to become chilled.
棱皮龟的脚蹼比较薄并且呈刀片状，因此，它们就是棱皮龟身体中有可能被冻住的部位。
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8. Watch out of Venezuela on the critically endangered leatherback turtles.
15. One beneficiary of this emerging technology is the leatherback sea turtle, which Marine biologists usually identify by conventional plastic tags.
该项新技术的受益者之一就是棱皮海龟，而在通常情况下海洋生物学家则给它们佩戴传统的塑料识别标签。
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16. The world's largest colony of leatherback sea turtles has been identified by scientists, raising hopes that the giant creature may not be as endangered as previously thought.
17. Leatherback E turtles have several waysof maintaining its body temperature: The first, and simplest, is size. Maintaininga high body temperature through sheer bulk is called gigantothermy.
18. Leatherback E turtles have several waysof maintaining its body temperature: The first, and simplest, is size. Maintaininga high body temperature through sheer bulk is called gigantothermy.
