- The remains of a sperm whale.
一头抹香鲸的尸体 - It died five months or so ago.
约5个月前死亡 - There's little left but fatty blubber clinging to it's bones.
除了粘在骨头上的鲸脂外已经没什么东西了 - It's flesh has nourished life for miles around
鲸鱼肉滋养了方圆几里的生物 - but now the feast is almost over.
但现在盛宴快结束了 - Spider crabs, a meter across, still pick at the last putrid remains.
宽达1米的蜘蛛蟹仍然在采集这最后的残羹剩饭 - A few weeks more, and nothing will be left, but bare bones.
再过几个星期,除了骨头外什么都不会留下