Many of the creatures are exquisitely beautiful, but some seem straight out of science fiction, while others can kill in an instant.
很多生物有著驚為天人的美麗,有的就像直接從科幻小說中走出,有的則是無影殺手。
And just when you think you know the reef, it changes every second, every hour, every day, and every year.
當你以為了解珊瑚礁時,它變了。每一秒,每小時,每天,每年。
It's a world of continual surprises.
這是一個驚喜連連的世界。
This is the amazing story of an everchanging natural miracle, the Great Barrier Reef.
這是一個關于千變萬化的自然的神奇故事,這就是大堡礁。
The Great Barrier Reef is so large that it can be seen from space, quite an achievement considering the size of the creatures that built it.
大堡礁大到可以從太空俯瞰到,想想這些建造出她的小生物們,真是了不起的成就。
A vast system that is the Great Barrier Reef is created by animals that are tiny.
這巨大的大堡礁竟由小小的生物建造。
Although they might look like plants, actually they are animals called polyps.
盡管它們看上去就像植物,實際上它們是一種叫珊瑚蟲的生物。
Each polyp is like a tiny upside-down jelly fish sitting in a stony cup.
每個珊瑚蟲就像一個翻轉過來的水母被塞進一個石頭洞里一樣。
They live together in colonies, like underwater tower blocks.
它們聚集生長,像住在水下高塔小區。