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These freshwater eels in the Solomons began their lives hundreds of miles away,
一開始這些所羅門的淡水鰻可能生活在數百公里外
possibly in a deep sea trench off New Guinea.
或許是在新幾內亞的深海溝里
Yet as larvae and then elvers,
當還是魚卵和幼鰻時
they made their way into these freshwater pools
它們來到這些淡水池
and over 40 years, grew into two-metre giants.
經過40多年，長成了2米長的巨鰻
The eels are highly prized by the locals.
當地人對之視若珍寶
These Solomon Islanders hand feed them,
所羅門島民喂養它們
not to fatten them up for dinner, but to encourage them to stick around.
并非出于食用的目的，而是鼓勵鰻魚在此地棲息繁衍
By scavenging on whatever's decaying here,
通過處理池中的腐爛物
the eels clean the islanders' precious pools of drinking water...
鰻魚凈化了島民寶貴的飲水源
and over time, the honorary guests have become tame.
隨著時間慢慢流逝，這些榮譽嘉賓變得十分溫順。
