千奇百態的水中生物——Marvelous creatures in the water

即將消失的河中巨怪——Disappearing Monster

猜猜地球上最大的淡水魚是什麼？！它不僅長得像怪獸，還絕對是淡水流域中霸主一般的存在啊！它就是，——湄公河巨鯰！

The largest freshwater fish on the earth! Does it look like a monster?! Absolutely the overlord in the river! —— Mekong Gigas Catfish

世界自然保護紅名單顯示，湄公河巨型鯰魚的瀕危程度排名：極度瀕危，是瀕臨滅絕的動物。如果我們再不好好保護它的話，以後就只能從圖片上看到它了。

The Mekong gigas catfish has been listed as critically endangered creature by the World Conservation Union. Let"s make every effort to save it! Otherwise, we can only see it from the pictures not the real ones.

雙嘴惡魔——Double-Jaw Ambush

巨海鰻, 耐心地在它岩石巢穴的黑暗中等待著，直到一條魚游過。然後，它瞬間發起攻擊，但方式並不像其他的礁石棲息動物那樣。首先，它那有鋒利牙齒武裝的大嘴先抓住獵物，然後，第二組頜骨從喉嚨的後面向前射出，將整條魚扯入它的食管之中。

Giant moray eel, waits patiently in the darkness of its rocky lair until a fish passes by. Then it strikes in an instant, but in a way that is not like any other reef-dwelling animal. First, its sharp-toothed mouth grabs the prey. Then, a second set of jaws shoots forward from the back of its throat to pull the fish into its food pipe.

海鞘殼中的育兒室——Brooding chamber in Salp husk

桶蝦，有著怪誕生活史的海蝦。之所以得此命名，是因為雌性桶蝦會捕食漂浮的「果凍膠狀生物」，挖出它們裡面的東西，然後用其桶狀的外殼作為它的孵卵室。她會像推嬰兒車一樣地推著包裹著它的桶殼，直到所有的卵都孵化出來。

The barrel shrimp has a grotesque life history. It gets its name because the female preys on floating "jellies", scooping out their insides and using the barrel-shaped husk as a brooding chamber for her eggs. She pushes the barrel around with her, like a stroller, until the eggs hatch.

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