We know this because hidden in a remote cave,

我们知道这一点是因为在一个遥远的山洞里

scientists found the fossilised remains of some ofthose elephants.

科学家发现了那些大象的一些化石残余

This was unlike any elephant walking the planettoday.

这和如今地球上的任何大象都不一样

This is one of its actualbones.

这些是真的骨头

Now, it doesn't seem that strange until you realise that this is a leg bone.

看起来没那么奇怪 但是如果意识到这是根腿骨就不一样了

Now, compare this with the leg bone of a modern African elephant

现在将这根腿骨和现代的非洲大象比一下

and you'll see that something is absolutely clear.

你会发现的很明白

This Sicilian elephant must have been tiny.

这头西西里大象肯定很小

Now, I know what you're thinking.

现在我知道你在想什么

You're thinking this must have been a baby, but it wasn't.

你在想这一定是小象的骨头

Tests have proven that this is the leg bone

测试证明这是一个完成年的大象的腿骨

of a fully grown adult, this elephant was the size of a goat.

这头大象像山羊那么大

The lack of space and food meant that over thousands of years

由于缺少空间和事物在几千年的时间里

the elephants evolved into a much smaller animal.

大象进化成了那么小的动物

Salt mines, crystal caves and dwarf elephants

盐矿，水晶洞还有矮大象

are just some of the extraordinary consequences

这都是大海在面临灭绝的时候

of a sea that lives on the edge of extinction.

造成的出其不意的结果