South Pacific 04
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2020年07月29日 19:12
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臃怎么读-存怎么读
they secrete digestive juices that turn the inside of the coral to liquid.
然后它们吸出其养分
Then they suck out the nutrients,
离开后什么也没留下 就像一个可怕的骨架
leaving nothing behind but a ghostly skeleton.
只需几天 它们能破坏大块的暗礁带
In only a few days, they can kill huge swathes of the reef.
幸亏珊瑚有个不讨人喜欢的盟友
Fortunately, coral has an unlikely ally...
大法螺
..the Triton's trumpet.
相信还是不相信它 这名掠食者在徘徊
Believe it or not, this is a predator on the prowl...
这名杀手猛扑的动作只有加速 那时的时间才能显露
..its killer pounce revealed only when time is speeded up.
一个不讨人喜欢的英雄 或许吧
An unlikely hero, perhaps.
但大法螺在这些长棘海星身上 有无法估量的控制
But the Triton's trumpet is an invaluable control on these starfish.
长棘海星不是唯一暗礁珊瑚的杀手
And the crown-of-thorns isn't the only coral killer on the reef.
头部凸起的隆头鱼有着锋利的嘴
The razor-sharp beaks of bumphead parrotfish
同样在削弱这生动的景致
also put a dent in this living landscape.
一条鱼在一年时间里难以置信地 啃掉5吨珊瑚
A single fish can chew its way through
a staggering five tonnes of coral a year.
比隆头鱼小些 色彩艳丽的隆头远亲 同样在啃珊瑚
Smaller parrotfish, colourful cousins of the bumphead, are also at it.
它们都有一点回报...
But they all give a little back...
地上的珊瑚成了沙子
..as the ground-up coral comes out as sand.
这是岛屿产生的另一种方法
This is island building of a different kind.
所以一些太平洋最优美的海滩
So some of the Pacific's most elegant beaches
并非出自名门
have sprung from a less than stylish birth.
海上的时间似乎停滞
Above the water, time seems to stand still.
但太平洋岛屿总是在变化中...
But the Pacific islands are always changing...
即便是缓慢的
if slowly.
这是大溪地
This is Bora Bora...
有一座被称为“迟到的中年”火山
..a volcano in what could be called "late middle age".
倾斜的侧坡滑到远处的海中
The sloping flanks have slipped further into the sea,
把暗礁推离了海岸
pushing the reef away from the shore.
一座浅湖形成了
A lagoon is formed.
一片片是露出海面的珊瑚礁和沙子
It's a patchwork of coral outcrops and sand.
受到周围海洋强浪的保护
Protected from the powerful waves of the surrounding ocean,
各种动物都在这片宁静的浅海里得到庇护
all kinds of animals take refuge in these calm, shallow waters.
有些从它们醒目的外表上得到宽心
Some take comfort in their bold appearance.
另一些在珊瑚里得到庇护
But others take shelter in the coral.
例如这些不爱动的 有个适当的名字 圣诞树管虫
Such as these sedentary and appropriately n