9 Our Scottish Adventure

Our Scottish Adventure Wind Rider brought us to Scotland, which is the northernmost part of the United Kingdom. (The other parts are England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.) Scotland is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, and off its east coast is the North Sea. Many interesting animals live in Scotland and around its coasts, such as seals, gannets, stoats, puffins, and even dolphins! Unfortunately, many of these creatures are endangered and face problems like habitat destruction and lack of food.

我们的苏格兰冒险风骑士带我们到苏格兰，这是英国的最北端。 （其他地区是英格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰。）苏格兰被大西洋包围，其东海岸是北海。 许多有趣的动物生活在苏格兰及其海岸附近，如海豹、塘鹅、白鼬、海雀，甚至海豚！不幸的是，这些生物中有许多濒临灭绝，面临栖息地破坏和食物缺乏等问题。

Max's Harbor Seal Facts We loved playing with harbor seals in Scotland! Here are my top harbor seal facts. All harbor seals have a fatty layer under their skin called blubber. This keeps them warm when they are swimming in cold water. Blubber also stores nutrients as an emergency energy source and helps seals easily stay afloat. Swimming is tiring and takes up a lot of energy!

我们喜欢在苏格兰和海豹一起玩耍！以下是关于海豹的一些重要事实。 所有斑海豹的皮肤下都有一层脂肪层，叫做鲸脂。 当它们在冷水中游泳时，这能让它们保持温暖。 鲸脂还能储存营养物质，作为应急能量来源，帮助海豹轻松漂浮。 游泳很累，而且要消耗很多精力！

Harbor seals are amazing divers. They can swim down as far as one thousand six hundred feet (that's more than the height of the Empire State Building) and hold their breath for up to twenty- eight minutes! When seals sunbathe on a beach in large numbers, it's called a haul-out. They usually do

海豹是了不起的潜水员。 它们可以下潜到一千六百英尺（比帝国大厦还高），并且憋气长达二十八分钟！当海豹成群结队地在海滩上晒日光浴时，这被称为“大迁徙”。 通常是这样的

this to rest or to find a mate. One of the biggest dangers baby seals face is getting caught in fishing nets by mistake.

这是为了休息还是为了找个伴侣。 小海豹面临的最大危险之一就是被渔网误捕。

Sofia's Oil Spill Facts Oil spills can happen when boats carrying oil are wrecked or when oil wells that are pumping oil from beneath the seabed get damaged. An oil spill is very bad for sea life. Birds, seals, and sea otters that get covered in oil can't clean themselves. They have to be caught and then cleaned by humans with a special detergent. The thinner fur on seals means they are easier to clean than birds with many feathers or furry animals like otters. It can take up to three hundred gallons of water to get one bird clean. It's very hard to clean up oil spills, but here are some of the best methods:

索非亚的石油泄漏事实当运输石油的船只失事或从海床下抽取石油的油井受损时，就会发生石油泄漏。 石油泄漏对海洋生物非常有害。 被石油覆盖的鸟类、海豹和海獭无法清洁自己。 它们必须被捕获，然后由人类用一种特殊的洗涤剂清洗。 海豹的皮毛较薄，这意味着它们比有许多羽毛的鸟类或水獭等毛茸茸的动物更容易清洁。 清洗一只鸟需要300加仑的水。 清理漏油非常困难，但这里有一些最好的方法：