It's a strange,almost alien world.
這是個奇特的,近乎外星般的世界。
And if the place is strange,many creatures living here are even stranger.
如果說這個地方奇特,那生活在這里的許多生物就更加奇特。
These oasis are created not by plants, but by animals,the corals,but not the normal reef building ones.
這些綠洲是由動物而非植物創造的。它們是珊瑚,但卻并非普通種類。
Unlike their hard coral cousins, they don't have chocky skeleton,and they thrive at the depth where light is less intense,capturing food from water current with 8 ferthery tentacles.
與它們的硬珊瑚表親不同的是,它們沒有灰質骨骼,在光線昏暗的深水區艱難生存用8條柔弱的觸手從水流中捕捉食物。
These soft coral gardens are important, because baby fish hide amongst them.Nearly half of all adult fish on the reef--Proper,grow up in the nursery of lagoon.
這些軟珊瑚花園非常重要,因為小魚藏身其中,珊瑚礁里幾乎半數的成魚都是在環礁湖托兒所里長大的。