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This is Mr. Mac.
这位是迈克先生
He's an Aldabra Tortoise,
它是一只亚达伯拉象龟
a giant tortoise species that can live past 180
亚达伯拉象龟是一种寿命长达180多岁的龟
and may have the longest life span of any creature on the planet.
它们可能是这个星球上寿命最长的生物
Hailing from the Aldabra Atoll, a small cluster of coral islands in the Indian Ocean,
亚达伯拉象龟生活在亚达伯拉群岛——印度洋里一个珊瑚群岛——
the Aldabra Tortoise is massive.
它们都是些大块头
Endowed with a domed shell, long neck, and strong claws,
生来就有半球形的龟壳，长长的脖子，强有力的爪子
they can grow to be longer than four feet
成年亚达伯拉象龟身长超过四英尺
and can weigh as much as 500 pounds.
体重可达500磅
They live in grasslands
它们生活在草地上
and subsist on a diet of dry, nutrient rich vegetation.
以富有营养的旱地植被为食
An Aldabra Tortoise has never met a blade of grass it didn't like.
亚达伯拉象龟还从未碰到过它不喜欢吃的草
And it won't be deterred from eating it even if it takes a while to reach it.
即便要费很大的劲才能吃到，亚达伯拉象龟也不会退缩
But the tortoises have had a harder time finding food
然而，亚达伯拉象龟已经很难找到食物了
because of habitat destruction caused by humans and increasingly climate change.
因为人类活动加上日益严峻的气候变化破坏了它们的栖息地
This is the Aldabra Tortoise.
这就是亚达伯拉象龟
