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Beyond the surf is an underwaterjungle.
遠處的海浪拍打著水下叢林
Giant kelp supports a dynamic, chilly, theater.
沖擊力驚人且戲劇般的支撐著巨型海藻
Each marine tree might growup to a foot per day.
每種海洋樹木每天都能上長一英尺
Gas bladders pull the stalks towards surface sunlight.
氣囊拉動莖葉浮向水面享用陽光
In stead of roots that extend into earth,
替代深入地下的根莖
kelp has "anchors" called holdfasts that grip onto rocky substrates.
巨藻有像"錨"一樣的固定物緊緊抓住巖石下的泥層
Sea urchins prey upon the kelp itself.
海膽捕食巨藻附近的同類
Tooth-like plates surround on the bottom of its shell.
牙齒般的吸盤圍繞在海膽殼底部的嘴周圍
Urchins attack the stalk, eating through the stem.
海膽攻擊莖葉,并吃掉它們
These starfish relatives can destroy entire kelp forests.
這些海星的親戚能摧毀整片海藻森林
But even the sharpest urchin spines are poor defense against rock-wielding otters.
但即使是最尖銳的海膽刺對于海獺來說也是可悲的防御工事
In Big Sur, sea otters keep urchin numbers at bay--
在大索爾，海獺控制著海灣海膽的數量
which allows underwater forests to flourish.
這使得水下森林生機勃勃
