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Whale watchers off the coast of Washington saw a welcome sight last week—a killer whale nicknamed "Granny" who is believed to be an astonishing 105 years old, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
据美国《旧金山纪事报》报道，鲸鱼研究者们上周在华盛顿海边有一个喜人的发现：他们看见了一头被戏称为“奶奶”的虎鲸，这头虎鲸据说已经是惊人的105岁高龄了。
Granny's more formal name among scientists who have studied her for decades is J2, and a post at the Orca Network uses both names in the original post about her sighting: "J2 Granny looking gorgeous. She and J27 spent more time out of the water than in it!"
研究虎鲸已有数十年的科学家们给了她一个更正式的名字——J2。虎鲸网在帖文中描述她时，使用了原帖的2个名字：“J2奶奶看起来美极了。她和J27更多的时间都呆在水面上，而非水中！”
Female orcas typically live about 50 years, notes a post at the NOAA, but a rare few have been been known to reach 100. Granny appears to be in this category, or at least close to it.
美国国家海洋和大气管理局的一篇文章指出，雌虎鲸的寿命通常是50年，但有极少数寿命可以达到100岁。“奶奶”似乎就属于这极少数，或至少很接近。
As the Chronicle explains, researchers who first spotted her in 1971 pegged her age at 60. The Orca Network tells KIRO-TV that the margin of error is 12 years, meaning she could be a youthful 90.
《旧金山纪事报》解释称，研究人员在1971年首次发现了她，当时判定她的年龄是60岁。虎鲸网接受KIRO电视台采访时表示，误差介于12年之间，这意味着她最年轻可能也有90多岁了。
Given the playful new images, she's doing pretty well for a creature who, if the older figure is correct, entered the ocean around the same time as the Titanic and made it through two world wars, notes the Charlotte Observer.
《夏洛特观察者报》指出，她被赋予调皮好动的新形象。如果105岁的判定是正确的，那么作为一个与泰坦尼克号“同龄”，并且成功经历两次世界大战后得以生存的生物来说，她确实很了不起。
