Even though, coral reefs cover less than 1% of world's oceans.
盡管珊瑚的面積還不到海洋面積的百分之一。
They contain a quarter of all known marine life.
它們卻容納著四分之一的已知海洋生物。
And the Great Barrier Reef is the biggest of them all.
而且大堡礁是最大的珊瑚礁。
I still vividly remember my first dive on a coral reef over 20 years ago.
我依然記得20年前第一次在大堡礁時的情境。
And the moment I put my head in the water, I knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.
我入水的那一刻,我就知道自己的余生將奉獻給它。
Even if I spent my entire life underwater, I still couldn't hope to see all the species that live on this reef.
即使我把一輩子都花在大海里,我也不可能看全生活在這片礁石中的所有物種。
400 species of hard coral, 300 of soft coral, 1,600 species of fish, 134 species of shark and ray, 30 species of whale and dolphin, 6 species of turtle, 14 species of sea snake, 3,000 species of mollusc..."
400種硬珊瑚,300種軟珊瑚,1600種魚類,134種鯊魚和鰩,20種鯨類和海豚,6種海龜,14種海蛇,3000種軟體動物。
The sheer number of creatures that live here makes the reef as hectic as any human city.
這么多的生物讓大堡礁像人類居住的城市一樣熱鬧。
With a rhythm of almost perpetual rush hours.
而且永遠處于上下班高峰。