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These are squat lobsters, clad in furry armor
這些螯龍蝦覆蓋著有毛的甲殼，
jostling with one another beside the jets of superheated water for the best places, from which to graze on bacteria.
互相爭搶最佳位置來攝取噴出的炙熱海水中的細菌。
These vents, too, like those in the Atlantic are isolated oases, so widely separated, that each community is unique.
這種和大西洋相似的現象，相當于一個個綠洲，分布廣泛，又各自獨立。
Cross to the other side of the Pacific, to the deep near the Galapagos Islands
在太平洋的其他地方，加拉帕戈斯群島附近的海底，
and there are yet other fissures venting superheated water.
還有另一個海底裂縫在噴射炙熱海水。
One and a half miles down, at a site known as Nine North
距海面一英里半，一個叫北九地區的地方，
towering chimneys support a spectacular display of giant tubeworms.
高聳的火山煙囪滋養著引人入勝的巨大管棲蠕蟲。
These vents give off so much energy that some of the worms reach three meters in length.
這些火山口帶來的豐富的能源甚至可以讓這些蠕蟲長到3米長。
They're the fastest growing marine invertebrates known.
這是已知長的最快的海洋無脊椎動物。
All told, over fifty different species have so far been found living here.
據統計，超過50種生活在這里的生物被發現。
