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A giant isopod, a crustacean known as the 'scavenger of the deep,' has been found dead in its tank by keepers at an aquarium in Japan, after the creature refused to eat for more than five years.
日本一水族館的一只大王具足蟲(chóng)在絕食5年多以后死亡，飼養(yǎng)員在水族箱里發(fā)現(xiàn)了它的尸體。大王具足蟲(chóng)是一種甲殼類(lèi)動(dòng)物，被稱(chēng)為“深海清道夫”。
The animal, which looks like an oversized pill-bug, was declared dead at a feeding event at the Toba Aquarium in Japan on Friday February 14.
2月14日星期五，日本鳥(niǎo)羽水族館在嘗試喂養(yǎng)后，宣布這只外形好似超大號(hào)球潮蟲(chóng)的大王具足蟲(chóng)死亡。
The giant male isopod, called No. 1 to distinguish it from the nine other giant isopods kept at the Japanese aquarium, has not eaten since January 2009, when it ate a whole horse mackerel.
為了區(qū)分水族館的另外9只巨型等足目動(dòng)物，這只雄性大王具足蟲(chóng)被命名為“1號(hào)”。2009年1月它吃了一條鲹魚(yú)，自那以后，這只大王具足蟲(chóng)一直拒絕進(jìn)食。
No. 1's keeper Takeya Moritaki has been dumbfounded by the crustacean's hunger strike, claiming the deep-sea creature would at times pretend to eat by moving its mouth and front legs around the food to appease aquarium staff, however it never actually swallowed.
“1號(hào)”的絕食行為讓飼養(yǎng)員則武竹谷十分不解，他說(shuō)“1號(hào)” 有時(shí)候會(huì)動(dòng)動(dòng)嘴巴和前腿假裝在吃東西，糊弄水族館的飼養(yǎng)員，但實(shí)際上它從來(lái)沒(méi)有將食物吞下。
Mr Moritaki, was preparing the mackerel for No. 1's feed, however the giant isopod sat motionless as the bait was lowered in to the tank, according to Rocket News.
新聞網(wǎng)站Rocket News報(bào)道稱(chēng)，在“1號(hào)” 死亡之前，則武竹谷正在為它準(zhǔn)備鯖魚(yú)肉，然而當(dāng)鯖魚(yú)肉被放入水族箱后，“1號(hào)”卻一動(dòng)不動(dòng)。
Realising something was wrong, the aquarium staff lifted No. 1 out of the tank and declared it dead. At that point, the creature had starved itself for five years and 43 days.
意識(shí)到情況不妙之后，工作人員將“1號(hào)”撈出水族箱。隨后工作人員宣布了它的死亡。至此 “1號(hào)”已經(jīng)絕食了5年零43天。
It has been widely reported as the longest time any animal under observation has gone without food.
“1號(hào)”的絕食身亡被大量媒體報(bào)道，因?yàn)檫@是迄今為止有人類(lèi)觀察的動(dòng)物創(chuàng)造的時(shí)間最長(zhǎng)絕食記錄。
The death of the giant isopod, has been confirmed by the aquarium and a dissection was performed, however no cause of death was found.
在宣布“1號(hào)”死亡之后，鳥(niǎo)羽水族館對(duì)這只巨型等足目動(dòng)物進(jìn)行了尸檢，但未能查明死亡原因。
Giant isopod No. 1 was taken to Toba Aquarium from the Gulf of Mexico in September 2007, measuring 29 cm and weighing 1 kg.
2007年9月，工作人員將“1號(hào)”從墨西哥灣帶到鳥(niǎo)羽水族館，當(dāng)時(shí)它身長(zhǎng)29厘米，體重1公斤。
A giant isopod is a crustacean related to prawns and crabs, which are thought to be abundant in cold, deep waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans.
巨型等足目動(dòng)物是一種甲殼類(lèi)動(dòng)物，與明蝦和螃蟹存在血緣關(guān)系。據(jù)悉，這種動(dòng)物大量存在于大西洋、太平洋以及印度洋的冷深水區(qū)。
