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A sawtooth eel hangs upright and motionless.
一條鋸齒鰻筆直向上，靜靜地掛在水里。
Gazing ever upwards, it watches for prey, silhouetted against the faint glimmerings of light from the surface.
向上凝視, 可讓它在微弱光線的環境下發現獵物的影像。
Days may pass before prey swims close enough for it to strike.
它可以在這里掛好幾天，直到獵物近到讓它可以發動攻擊。
Farther down still, the blackness is complete.
隨著下潛深度增加，周圍已經一片漆黑。
No vestige of sunlight can penetrate as far as this.
沒有陽光可以照射到這么深。
Food is very scarce and nothing can afford to waste any energy.
食物非常缺乏，一點能量都不能浪費。
A dumbo octopus simply flaps a fin
小飛象章魚拍打翅膀來游泳，
no need for the jet propulsion used by it's shallow water relatives above.
不象它的淺海親戚利用噴射水流的反作用力。
The weirdest, in this world of the strange, vampyroteuthis, the vampire squid from hell.
這個奇異世界中的最神秘生物，幽靈蛸，來自地獄的吸血鬼魷魚。
Disturb it and it only retreats a little distance.
它受到驚動就會稍稍后撤。
Go after it, and it has a special defense.
如果繼續驚動它，就會看到它的特別防御。
To see what it does, you must switch off the lights.
想看它要做什么，就要關掉燈光。
The vampire squid has lights of it's own.
吸血鬼魷魚可以自行發光。
Bioluminescent bacteria shine from pockets on it's arms to confuse it's predators. Are those eyes?
它的足囊中的發光微生物發出的光可以迷惑敵人。這些是眼嗎？
In fact they're spots at the end of it's mantle. A bite there, would leave the head unscathed.
實際上這些發光的觸手末端用來吸引掠食者攻擊。從而保護頭部不受傷害。
The threat diminishes, and vampyroteuthis disappears into the blackness.
威脅消失，吸血鬼魷魚也消失在黑暗中。
