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Eleven 1)leatherback turtles are swimming across the Pacific Ocean to the 2)Galapagos Islands in a “race” that will be tracked online to draw attention to the 3)plight of the endangered creatures.
The turtles have been 4)tagged with satellite communication devices that give their positions, as they head South from their nesting sites on 5)Costa Rica’s 6)Playa Grande beach to their feeding grounds near the Galapagos, about 1,500 km away.
Online participants can choose a turtle and track its course at http://www.greatturtlerace.com, with the winner being the animal that travels furthest in two weeks of swimming.
There is no prize for the winner of the race, aimed at highlighting the dangers facing a creature that has 7)graced the oceans for 100 million years.
Environmentalists say 95 percent of leatherbacks in the Pacific Ocean have vanished in the last 20 years, due to human activity like fishing, 8)poaching of their eggs and building near their nests.
Thousands of leatherbacks nested at Playa Grande 10 years ago, but the number has dropped to below 100 in the last 5 years.
The leatherback race will not be live because the turtles left Costa Rica at di-fferent times. Instead, environmentalist group 9)Conservation International will provide a day-to-day showing of the first 14 days of their journeys simultaneously as if they were racing.
The event will raise funds to protect Playa Grande. It is being organized by groups such as Conservation International and Costa Rica’s Environment Ministry.
十一只棱皮龟正竞相游过太平洋向加拉帕戈斯群岛游去。这场“比赛”将被追踪记录下来并放到网上，以便引起人们关注这种濒危动物的困境。
这些棱皮龟的身上被安置了卫星通讯设备，当它们从居住地——哥斯达黎加的大海滩向南出发，前往大约1500公里外的加拉帕戈斯群岛附近的觅食地时，这些卫星通讯设备会追踪报告它们的位置。
人们可以通过在网站http://www.greatturtlerace.com上选择一只海龟并追踪它的进程来参与这次活动。在两周里游得最远的那只棱皮龟就是获胜者。
这次比赛的目的在于引起人们关注这种已赋予海洋以魅力达1亿年的动物所面临的危险，因而，获胜的棱皮龟并不会获得任何奖励。
环境保护主义者指出，过去20年里，包括捕鱼、偷窃棱皮龟卵以及在其栖息地附近营造建筑物等在内的人类活动，已造成太平洋中95%的棱皮龟消失。
10年前，数以千计的棱皮龟栖息在大海滩，然而过去5年里，这一数量已遽减至100只以下。
这次棱皮龟游泳比赛并不会实况转播，因为每只海龟离开哥斯达黎加的时间不尽相同。然而，环保组织“保护国际”会将这些棱皮龟在前14天里的行程逐日同时播出，这样一来，它们就好像是在进行比赛了。
由保护国际和哥斯达黎加环境部等机构联合组织的这次活动将筹集资金来保护大海滩。
Eleven 1)leatherback turtles are swimming across the Pacific Ocean to the 2)Galapagos Islands in a “race” that will be tracked online to draw attention to the 3)plight of the endangered creatures.
The turtles have been 4)tagged with satellite communication devices that give their positions, as they head South from their nesting sites on 5)Costa Rica’s 6)Playa Grande beach to their feeding grounds near the Galapagos, about 1,500 km away.
Online participants can choose a turtle and track its course at http://www.greatturtlerace.com, with the winner being the animal that travels furthest in two weeks of swimming.
There is no prize for the winner of the race, aimed at highlighting the dangers facing a creature that has 7)graced the oceans for 100 million years.
Environmentalists say 95 percent of leatherbacks in the Pacific Ocean have vanished in the last 20 years, due to human activity like fishing, 8)poaching of their eggs and building near their nests.
Thousands of leatherbacks nested at Playa Grande 10 years ago, but the number has dropped to below 100 in the last 5 years.
The leatherback race will not be live because the turtles left Costa Rica at di-fferent times. Instead, environmentalist group 9)Conservation International will provide a day-to-day showing of the first 14 days of their journeys simultaneously as if they were racing.
The event will raise funds to protect Playa Grande. It is being organized by groups such as Conservation International and Costa Rica’s Environment Ministry.
十一只棱皮龟正竞相游过太平洋向加拉帕戈斯群岛游去。这场“比赛”将被追踪记录下来并放到网上，以便引起人们关注这种濒危动物的困境。
这些棱皮龟的身上被安置了卫星通讯设备，当它们从居住地——哥斯达黎加的大海滩向南出发，前往大约1500公里外的加拉帕戈斯群岛附近的觅食地时，这些卫星通讯设备会追踪报告它们的位置。
人们可以通过在网站http://www.greatturtlerace.com上选择一只海龟并追踪它的进程来参与这次活动。在两周里游得最远的那只棱皮龟就是获胜者。
这次比赛的目的在于引起人们关注这种已赋予海洋以魅力达1亿年的动物所面临的危险，因而，获胜的棱皮龟并不会获得任何奖励。
环境保护主义者指出，过去20年里，包括捕鱼、偷窃棱皮龟卵以及在其栖息地附近营造建筑物等在内的人类活动，已造成太平洋中95%的棱皮龟消失。
10年前，数以千计的棱皮龟栖息在大海滩，然而过去5年里，这一数量已遽减至100只以下。
这次棱皮龟游泳比赛并不会实况转播，因为每只海龟离开哥斯达黎加的时间不尽相同。然而，环保组织“保护国际”会将这些棱皮龟在前14天里的行程逐日同时播出，这样一来，它们就好像是在进行比赛了。
由保护国际和哥斯达黎加环境部等机构联合组织的这次活动将筹集资金来保护大海滩。