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With the tide flooding the tunnel twice a day,
每天兩度被潮水淹沒
maintenance is a real burden.
地道的維護非常吃力
The tunnel is more than a refuge from the sun,
地道不只能避免日曬
it serves another very important purpose.
還有一個很重要的目的
The tunnel is actually U-shaped
地道其實呈馬蹄形
and at the far end is a sealed chamber,
另一頭是個密封艙
the walls of which are lined with eggs.
艙壁上是一排排的魚卵
The eggs are kept in air as it's richer in oxygen than the water.
把魚卵保存在空氣中 因為空氣里的氧氣比水里多
The problem is the air that's trapped here won't last for long.
問題是保存在這里的空氣 維持不了多久
So the male travels to the open end of the tunnel to gulp fresh air.
于是公魚鉆到地道露天的一端 大口吸入新鮮空氣
Back he goes down his tunnel where he releases it into the egg chamber.
它回地道去再釋放到魚卵艙里
Replenishing the oxygen on which the eggs depend.
補充魚卵賴以維生的氧氣
He will repeat this hundreds and hundreds of times
這個動作將重復數百次
until his young hatch.
直到小魚孵化為止
This lifestyle is very demanding,
這種生活方式非常辛苦
yet the mudskipper has found a way around every problem.
然而彈涂魚碰到任何問題 都有辦法解決
