But having a wider baculum is thought to offer a different advantage.

但拥有更宽的阴茎骨被认为提供了不同的优势。

That's 2 and a half times as thick as the baculum of a gray wolf, and it's 1.5 times as long.

那是灰狼杆状骨的 2.5 倍厚，是灰太狼杆状骨的 1.5 倍长。

Having a thicker baculum means you're less likely to get injured during mating, so you can mate successfully and pass on your genes.

拥有较厚的阴茎骨意味着你在交配过程中受伤的可能性较小，因此你可以成功交配并传递你的基因。

And that is, fights between males can break out during the act of mating– and fighting while copulating can cause your baculum to … snap.

也就是说，雄性之间的争斗可能会在交配过程中爆发——而交配时的争斗会导致你的阴茎骨… … 折断。

And about 400 bacula of Dire wolves have been preserved at La Brea – which has allowed us to study their size and shape for clues into their mating behavior.

拉布雷亚 (La Brea) 保存了大约 400 只恐狼的杆状骨——这使我们能够研究它们的大小和形状，以寻找它们交配行为的线索。

And one of them … was that same specimen that belonged to the hero in this story, LACMHC 8291. This bone is a baculum, and it not only fractured, it was broken in half.

其中一个… … 是属于这个故事中的英雄的同一标本，LACMHC 8291。 这根骨头是杆状骨，它不仅骨折了， 而且断成两半。