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With the tropical sun beating down, the exposed flat is one of the most hostile environments on the reef, for a fish caught out here, it should mean certain death.
在熱帶炎日的暴曬之下，裸露出的平地是珊瑚礁最為殘酷的地方之一。對于困在這里的魚而言，無疑只有死路一條。
But not for this one.
但不包括這只。
It's an epaulette shark, it can't breath out of water, but it survives here by shutting down some parts of its brain and increasing the blood supply to others.
這是一只肩章鯊，它離開水就不能呼吸。但可以關掉一部分腦功能，以增加另一部分的血液供給。
Not only that, it can walk on land.
不只如此，它還可以用鰭行走。
This abilities make it a speciallized reef-top hunter.
這些技能使得它成為礁石頂部的狩獵專家。
Manoeuvering around the confined space of a rock pool, it's master of all it surveys.
它游刃有余地在狹小的潮汐池中巡視，不放過任何一個角落。
Nothing is safe, not even animals hiding under the sand.
沒有動物能逃脫它的搜捕，藏身沙子下面也是徒勞。
It scans for smells and for tiny electric signals given off by the bodies of hidden creatures.
因為躲藏者的味道和生物電出賣了它，肩章鯊也可以偵測到。
It's detected a crab.
它搜索到一只螃蟹。
It doesn't need shark teeth, because it simply sucks up its prey.
無需尖牙利齒，肩章鯊就可以直接將獵物吸入口中。
The epaulette isn't the only shark able to adapt to a change of the tides.
善于利用潮汐漲落捕獵的鯊魚不只肩章鯊。
