Leatherback turtles are in danger.

棱皮龟处于危险中。

Leatherback turtles travel thousands of kilometres.

棱皮龟会旅行数千公里。

Leatherback turtles can dive as deep as 1,000 metres.

棱皮龟可以潜水深达1000米。

Leatherback turtles usually mate every other year.

棱皮龟通常是隔年才交配一次.

They are calling for new fishing agreements to save the leatherback turtles.

他们呼吁达成新的捕鱼协议来拯救棱皮龟.

Concern for the leatherback grew after populations in the Indo-Pacific crashed by more than 90 percent in the 1980s and 1990s.

上世纪八十年代和九十年代期间，印太地区的棱皮龟数量暴跌90%以上，此后，对棱皮龟生存的关注便因此而明显增加。

They warn that leatherback turtles around the world will disappear if current fishing methods continue.

他们警告说,如果还保持现有的捕鱼方法不变,那么世界上的棱皮龟将会绝迹.

Their stinging cells are no match for the armor of thick-skin predators, like the leatherback turtle and ocean sunfish.

它们的刺细胞无法对抗一些捕食者坚硬的盔甲，比如棱皮龟和翻车鱼。

Scientists have appealed for international cooperation to protect leatherback sea turtles.

科学家呼吁国际性合作来保护棱皮海龟.

A leatherback turtle emerges from the surf in search of a nesting site on Trinidad’s Matura Beach.

图为一只在特立尼达拉岛的马图拉海岸为寻找筑巢地点而从海浪中现身的革龟。