ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Edith Widder - Marine biologist
Edith Widder combines her expertise in research and technological innovation with a commitment to stopping and reversing the degradation of our marine environment.

Why you should listen

A specialist in bioluminescence, Edith Widder helps design and invent new submersible instruments and equipment to study bioluminescence and enable unobtrusive observation of deep-sea environments. Her innovative tools for exploration have produced footage of rare and wonderful bioluminescent displays and never-before-seen denizens of the deep, including, most recently, the first video ever recorded of the giant squid, Architeuthis, in its natural habitat.

In 2005 she founded the Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA), which is dedicated to protecting aquatic ecosystems and the species they sustain through the development of innovative technologies and science-based conservation action.;  In an effort to protect and revitalize the ocean she loves she has been focusing on developing tools for finding and tracking pollution -- a major threat to all of our water ecosystems and ultimately to human health. She was awarded a MacArthur "genius" grant in 2006.

In 2012, Widder was among the team that filmed the giant squid (Architeuthis) for the first time in its home ocean.

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TED2011

Edith Widder: The weird, wonderful world of bioluminescence

伊迪丝·威德:奇异而奇妙的生物发光世界

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在深海的黑暗中,很多海洋生物用发光来捕食,交配和自我保护。生物体发光专家伊迪丝·威德是第一个记录下这发光世界的专家之一。在TED2011上,她在舞台上带来了一些她发光的伙伴,并展示了更令人惊奇的海底生物发光的录像。
- Marine biologist
Edith Widder combines her expertise in research and technological innovation with a commitment to stopping and reversing the degradation of our marine environment. Full bio

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So I want to take you on a trip
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我想带大家去一趟
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to an alien外侨 world世界.
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外星世界的旅行。
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And it's not a trip
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但是这不是一场
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that requires要求 light-years光年 of travel旅行,
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距离为光年的旅行,
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but it's to a place地点
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但是它是一个
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where it's defined定义 by light.
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诠释光的地方。
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So it's a little-appreciated小赞赏 fact事实
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在那里还不太有人懂得欣赏
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that most of the animals动物 in our ocean海洋
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海洋里大多数
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make light.
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会发光的动物。
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I've spent花费 most of my career事业
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我用了大部分职业生涯
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studying研究 this phenomenon现象 called bioluminescence生物发光.
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研究生物体发光的这个现象。
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I study研究 it because I think understanding理解 it
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我研究它是因为我知道它
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is critical危急 to understanding理解 life in the ocean海洋
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会是理解海底那些常发光的
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where most bioluminescence生物发光 occurs发生.
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生命体的关键。
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I also use it as a tool工具
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我同时也把它作为一种工具
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for visualizing可视化 and tracking追踪 pollution污染.
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来可视化和跟踪污染物。
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But mostly大多 I'm entranced入神 by it.
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但最主要的是我为之而着迷。
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Since以来 my my first dive潜水 in a deep-diving深潜水 submersible潜水,
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自从我第一次用深海潜艇下潜,
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when I went down and turned转身 out the lights灯火
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当我深入海底并关灯的霎那
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and saw the fireworks烟花 displays显示器,
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看到了焰火般的演出,
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I've been a bioluminescence生物发光 junky瘾君子.
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我是一个生物发光的上瘾者。
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But I would come back from those dives潜水
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但是我会还原这些潜水经历
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and try to share分享 the experience经验 with words,
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并试着用语言的表达形式分享给大家,
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and they were totally完全 inadequate不足 to the task任务.
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但是它们并不代表这所有的工作。
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I needed需要 some way to share分享 the experience经验 directly.
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我需要用某种方式来直接的分享这份经验。
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And the first time I figured想通 out that way
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第一次我想出了这个方法
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was in this little single-person单人 submersible潜水
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那就是用小型单人潜水艇
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called Deep Rover流浪者.
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它取名为深河。
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This next下一个 video视频 clip,
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这下一个视频剪辑,
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you're going to see how we stimulated刺激 the bioluminescence生物发光.
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你将看到我们如何刺激生物体发光。
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And the first thing you're going to see
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第一个你将看到的是
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is a transect screen屏幕
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一个样带屏幕
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that is about a meter仪表 across横过.
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它的对角长度大约有一米。
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(Video视频) Narrator旁白: In front面前 of the sub,
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(录像)讲解员:在潜艇前方,
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a mess食堂 screen屏幕 will come into contact联系
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一个巨大的屏幕会接触到
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with the soft-bodied软体 creatures生物 of the deep sea.
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深海中的软体生物。
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With the sub's子的 lights灯火 switched交换的 off,
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随着潜艇的灯光关闭,
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it is possible可能 to see their bioluminescence生物发光 --
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我们就有可能看到那些生物发光体--
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the light produced生成 when they collide碰撞 with the mesh网孔.
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当它们撞网的时候光被激发出来。
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This is the first time
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这是第一次
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it has ever been recorded记录.
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它被记录下来。
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Edith伊迪丝 Widder威德: So I recorded记录 that with an intensified愈演愈烈 video视频 camera相机
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伊迪丝·威德:我用一个能模拟
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that has about the sensitivity灵敏度
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肉眼在完全黑暗的环境下
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of the fully充分 dark-adapted暗适应 human人的 eye.
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的特殊摄像机来记录下对这发光生物的感知。
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Which哪一个 means手段 that really is what you would see
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它意味着你事实上能看到的景象
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if you took a dive潜水 in a submersible潜水.
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如果你用潜艇潜入的话。
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But just to try to prove证明 that fact事实 to you,
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只是为了试着用事实证明给大家,
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I've brought along沿 some bioluminescent生物发光 plankton浮游生物
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我带来了一些能发光的浮游生物
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in what is undoubtedly无疑 a foolhardy蛮干 attempt尝试
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明显无疑是一次用生物见证
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at a live生活 demonstration示范.
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的鲁莽的尝试。
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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So, if we could have the lights灯火 down
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所以,如果我们能把光线暗下来
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and have it as dark黑暗 in here as possible可能,
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尽量保持黑暗状态,
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I have a flask烧瓶
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我有一个烧瓶
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that has bioluminescent生物发光 plankton浮游生物 in it.
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里面有能生物体发光的浮游生物。
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And you'll你会 note注意 there's no light coming未来 from them right now,
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你能注意到现在还没有发出光来,
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either because they're dead --
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要不就是它们全死了--
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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or because I need to stir搅拌 them up in some way
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要不就是我需要稍微摇晃它们
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for you to see what bioluminescence生物发光 really looks容貌 like.
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才能看到生物发光体是什么样子的。
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(Gasps喘气)
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(感叹声)
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Oops哎呀. Sorry.
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哦,意外。
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(Laughter笑声)
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I spend most of my time working加工 in the dark黑暗; I'm used to that.
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我花很多时间在黑暗中工作,我已经习惯了。
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Okay.
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好的。
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So that light
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这光
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was made制作 by a bioluminescent生物发光 dinoflagellate甲藻,
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是来自于一种生物体发光的腰鞭毛虫,
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a single-celled单细胞 alga藻类.
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一种单细胞海藻。
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So why would a single-celled单细胞 alga藻类
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为什么这种单细胞海藻
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need to be able能够 to produce生产 light?
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就能发光呢?
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Well, it uses使用 it to defend保卫 itself本身 from its predators大鳄.
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嗯,它用发光来保护自己远离捕食者。
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The flash is like a scream惊叫 for help.
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这亮光就像求救的尖叫。
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It's what's known已知 as a bioluminescent生物发光 burglar窃贼 alarm报警,
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这可以理解为一种生物荧光的防盗警报器。
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and just like the alarm报警 on your car汽车 or your house,
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就想你车上或家里的那种警报器一样,
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it's meant意味着 to cast unwanted不需要 attention注意 onto the intruder侵入者,
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它是为了把一些多余注意力投射给入侵者,
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thereby从而 either leading领导 to his capture捕获
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从而或者误导它的注意力
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or scaring惊吓 him away.
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或者吓走它。
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There's a lot of animals动物 that use this trick,
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有很多动物用这个把戏,
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for example this black黑色 dragonfish龙鱼.
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比如这黑海蛾鱼,
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It's got a light organ器官 under its eye.
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在它的眼睛下有一个发光的器官。
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It's got a chin下巴 barbel触须.
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它有着颏须。
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It's got a lot of other light organs器官 you can't see, but you'll你会 see in here in a minute分钟.
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它还有很多其它你看不到的发光器官,但是你过一会儿就可以看到。
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So we had to chase this in the submersible潜水 for quite相当 sometime某时,
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有些时候我们不得不提速潜艇来追赶它,
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because the top最佳 speed速度 of this fish is one knot,
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因为这种鱼的最高游速是每小时一海里,
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which哪一个 was the top最佳 speed速度 of the submersible潜水.
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也是潜艇的最高游速。
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But it was worth价值 it,
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但这是值得的,
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because we caught抓住 it in a special特别 capture捕获 device设备,
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因为我们用特制的设备捕获了它,
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brought it up into the lab实验室 on the ship,
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把它带到了船上的实验室,
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and then everything on this fish lights灯火 up.
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接着鱼身上所有的光都亮起来了。
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It's unbelievable难以置信的.
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多么难以置信啊。
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The light organs器官 under the eyes眼睛 are flashing闪烁.
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眼部下方的发光器官闪烁着。
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That chin下巴 barbel触须 is flashing闪烁.
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颏须闪烁着。
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It's got light organs器官 on its belly肚皮 that are flashing闪烁,
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闪烁的发光器官还覆盖在它的腹部,
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fin lights灯火.
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鳍也发着光。
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It's a scream惊叫 for help; it's meant意味着 to attract吸引 attention注意.
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它在尖叫求救;这意味着攻击的警告。
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It's phenomenal非凡的.
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太神奇了。
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And you normally一般 don't get to see this
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你平常是看不到这些的,
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because we've我们已经 exhausted the luminescence发光 when we bring带来 them up in nets.
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因为当我们拉起渔网的时候,它们的冷光已经耗尽了。
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There's other ways方法 you can defend保卫 yourself你自己 with light.
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还有其他方法用光来保护自己。
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For example, this shrimp
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比如,这虾
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releases发布 its bioluminescent生物发光 chemicals化学制品 into the water
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把自身的生物发光的化学物质释放到水中
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just the way a squid乌贼 or an octopus章鱼 would release发布 an ink墨水 cloud.
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就和乌贼或章鱼会释放墨汁雾一样的。
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This blinds百叶窗 or distracts分心 the predator捕食者.
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这会让捕食者失明或者受到干扰。
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This little squid乌贼 is called the fire shooter射手
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这个小乌贼叫做火枪乌贼
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because of its ability能力 to do this.
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因为它会做这个。
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Now it may可能 look like a tasty可口 morsel一口,
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现在它可能看起来像美味佳肴,
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or a pig's head with wings翅膀 --
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或者带翅膀的猪头--
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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but if it's attacked袭击,
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但是如果它被攻击的话,
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it puts看跌期权 out a barrage弹幕 of light --
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它就会释放出一连串的光--
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in fact事实, a barrage弹幕 of photon光子 torpedoes鱼雷.
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事实上,像一连串发光的鱼雷。
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I just barely仅仅 got the lights灯火 out in time
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我几乎不能及时的捕捉下这些光
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for you to be able能够 to see those gobs采空区 of light
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来让你们能看清这些撞击到
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hitting the transect screen屏幕
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样带屏幕随之
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and then just glowing泛着.
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发光的液体。
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It's phenomenal非凡的.
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太神奇了。
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So there's a lot of animals动物 in the open打开 ocean海洋 --
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广阔的大海中有很多生物--
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most of them that make light.
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它们大多数会发光。
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And we have a pretty漂亮 good idea理念, for most of them, why.
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我们也,对它们大多数,为什么发光有了深入的了解。
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They use it for finding发现 food餐饮, for attracting吸引 mates队友,
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它们以此来寻找食物,来吸引同伴,
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for defending卫冕 against反对 predators大鳄.
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来抵御捕食者。
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But when you get down to the bottom底部 of the ocean海洋,
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但是当你下潜到海底的时候,
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that's where things get really strange奇怪.
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那里才是事情变得真的奇怪的地方。
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And some of these animals动物
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are probably大概 inspiration灵感 for the things you saw in "Avatar阿凡达,"
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可能会让你想起“阿凡达”的一些事物。
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but you don't have to travel旅行 to Pandora潘多拉 to see them.
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但是你不必到潘多拉星球才能看到它们。
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They're things like this.
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它们就像这样。
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This is a golden金色 coral珊瑚, a bush衬套.
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这是金色的珊瑚,灌木。
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It grows成长 very slowly慢慢地.
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它的生长极其的缓慢。
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In fact事实, it's thought that some of these
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事实上,它们中的一些被认定为
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are as much as 3,000 years年份 old,
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大约3000多年的年龄,
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which哪一个 is one reason原因 that bottom底部 trawling拖网 should not be allowed允许.
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这也是为什么深海捕鱼是不被允许的。
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The other reason原因 is this amazing惊人 bush衬套 glows光晕.
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另外一个原因是这神奇的灌木会发光。
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So if you brush up against反对 it,
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如果你刷动它的话,
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any place地点 you brushed against反对 it,
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刷动任何位置,
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you get this twinkling闪烁 blue-green蓝绿 light
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你会看到这闪耀的蓝绿色的光
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that's just breathtaking惊险.
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多么窒息的美丽啊。
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And you see things like this.
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你能看到像这样的东西。
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This looks容貌 like something out of a Dr博士. Seuss苏斯 book --
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它就好像从瑟斯博士书中跳出来的一样--
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just all manner方式 of creatures生物 all over this thing.
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所有生物的特点都集中在这上面。
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And these are flytrap捕蝇草 anemones海葵.
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这些是捕蝇海葵。
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Now if you poke it, it pulls in its tentacles触手.
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如果你戳它的话,它会收回它的触角。
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But if you keep poking it,
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但是如果你一直戳它的话,
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it starts启动 to produce生产 light.
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它就会开始发光。
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And it actually其实 ends结束 up looking like a galaxy星系.
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它事实上最后看起来像一个银河系。
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It produces产生 these strings字符串 of light,
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它发出雾状的光,
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presumably想必 as some form形成 of defense防御.
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类似于某些保护的方式。
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There are starfish海星 that can make light.
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还有能发光的海星。
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And there are brittle stars明星 that produce生产 bands of light
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有能发出条纹光的海蛇尾
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that dance舞蹈 along沿 their arms武器.
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舞动着它们的发光的带状手臂。
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This looks容貌 like a plant,
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这看上去像一株植物,
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but it's actually其实 an animal动物.
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但其实它是个动物。
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And it anchors itself本身 in the sand
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它在它的基底部吹起个气球
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by blowing up a balloon气球 on the end结束 of its stock股票.
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来把自己固定在沙子中。
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So it can actually其实 hold保持 itself本身 in very strong强大 currents电流,
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以此它能在很强的水流中站住,
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as you see here.
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就像你这里看到的一样。
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But if we collect搜集 it very gently平缓, and we bring带来 it up into the lab实验室
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但是如果我们很小心的收集,并把它带回到实验室中
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and just squeeze it at the base基础 of the stock股票,
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挤压它的基底部,
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it produces产生 this light
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它发出了这种
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that propagates传播 from stem to the plume,
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从茎杆往枝干传播的光,
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changing改变 color颜色 as it goes,
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传播的同时还变换色彩,
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from green绿色 to blue蓝色.
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从绿色到蓝色。
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Colorization彩色化 and sound声音 effects效果
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声效和音效
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added添加 for you viewing观看 pleasure乐趣.
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只为了增加你观看的乐趣。
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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But we have no idea理念 why it does that.
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但是我们完全不知道为什么它要这么做。
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Here's这里的 another另一个 one. This is also a sea pen钢笔.
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这是另外一个。这也是个海笔。
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It's got a brittle star hitching拴马 a ride.
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它搭着海蛇尾的顺风车。
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It's a green绿色 saber军刀 of light.
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它发出着金属般的绿色的光。
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And like the one you just saw,
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就像你刚看到的那个一样,
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it can produce生产 these as bands of light.
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它能发出那种条状的光纹。
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So if I squeeze the base基础,
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所以如果我挤压底部,
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the bands go from base基础 to tip小费.
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光带从底部传到顶部。
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If I squeeze the tip小费, they go from tip小费 to base基础.
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如果我挤压顶部,它们就从顶部传到底部。
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So what do you think happens发生 if you squeeze it in the middle中间?
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那如果我挤压中部的话你们觉得会发生什么?
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(Gasps喘气)
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(感叹声)
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I'd be very interested有兴趣 in your theories理论 about what that's about.
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我会对你认为这是什么的理论感兴趣的。
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(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
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So there's a language语言 of light in the deep ocean海洋,
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在深海有一种光的语言,
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and we're just beginning开始 to understand理解 it,
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而我们才刚刚开始了解它。
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and one way we're going about that
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我们了解的其中一个方法
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is we're imitating冒充 a lot of these displays显示器.
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是我们对它们的行为作出效仿。
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This is an optical光纤 lure that I've used.
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这是我曾用过的一个视觉诱饵。
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We call it the electronic电子 jellyfish海蜇.
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我们叫它电子水母。
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It's just 16 blue蓝色 LEDs发光二极管
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它有16个蓝色发光二极管
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that we can program程序 to do different不同 types类型 of displays显示器.
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能让我们编程出不同的显示方式。
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And we view视图 it with a camera相机 system系统 I developed发达 called Eye-in-the-Sea眼在这海
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我们用我开发的叫做海之眼的摄影系统观测它
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that uses使用 far red light that's invisible无形 to most animals动物,
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这系统利用了大多数动物不可见的远红外光线,
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so it's unobtrusive不显眼的.
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所以这不会引起其注意。
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So I just want to show显示 you
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我想给大家看
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some of the responses回复 we've我们已经 elicited引起
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一些我们整合过的
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from animals动物 in the deep sea.
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一些深海动物的反应。
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So the camera's相机 black黑色 and white白色.
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这摄像是黑白的。
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It's not high-resolution高分辨率.
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它分辨率不是很高。
08:46
And what you're seeing眼看 here is a bait box
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这里你看到的是一个诱饵盒子
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with a bunch of -- like the cockroaches蟑螂 of the ocean海洋 --
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有着一堆--像海里的蟑螂--
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there are isopods等足类动物 all over it.
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类似甲壳类动物的东西。
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And right in the front面前
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正前方
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is the electronic电子 jellyfish海蜇.
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是电子水母。
08:57
And when it starts启动 flashing闪烁,
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当它开始闪烁的时候,
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it's just going to be one of the LEDs发光二极管 that's flashing闪烁 very fast快速.
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只有一个发光二极管快速的闪着光。
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But as soon不久 as it starts启动 to flash --
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但是当它开始闪光的时候--
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and it's going to look big, because it blooms绽放 on the camera相机 --
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它会看起来很巨大,因为它在镜头前发光--
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I want you to look right here.
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我想让大家注意这里。
09:08
There's something small there that responds响应.
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有一些小的东西作出了回应。
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We're talking to something.
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我们说的这些东西。
09:13
It looks容貌 like a little of string pearls珍珠 basically基本上 --
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它基本上看起来像一小串珍珠,
09:17
in fact事实, three strings字符串 of pearls珍珠.
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事实上,三串珍珠。
09:20
And this was very consistent一贯.
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这是非常一致的。
09:22
This was in the Bahamas巴哈马 at about 2,000 feet.
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这是在巴哈马群岛下2000英尺深。
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We basically基本上 have a chat room房间 going on here,
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我们在这里有个聊天室,
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because once一旦 it gets得到 started开始, everybody's每个人的 talking.
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因为一旦它运作,每个人都在说话。
09:30
And I think this is actually其实 a shrimp
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我以为这其实是一个虾米
09:32
that's releasing释放 its bioluminescent生物发光 chemicals化学制品 into the water.
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向水中释放出生物体发光的化学物质。
09:35
But the cool thing is, we're talking to it.
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但是有趣的事,我们和它在交谈。
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We don't know what we're saying.
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我们不知道我们说了些什么。
09:40
Personally亲自, I think it's something sexy性感的.
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个人觉得,这是一些性感的东西。
09:42
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
09:44
And then finally最后,
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接着最后,
09:46
I want to show显示 you some responses回复 that we recorded记录
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我想给大家看一些我们
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with the world's世界 first deep-sea深海 webcam摄像头,
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用世界首台深海摄像头录下的一些发光反应,
09:51
which哪一个 we had installed安装 in Monterey蒙特雷 Canyon峡谷 last year.
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这些是我们去年在蒙特里峡谷安装的。
09:53
We've我们已经 only just begun开始 to analyze分析 all of this data数据.
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我们已经开始分析所有的这些数据。
09:56
This is going to be a glowing泛着 source资源 first,
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起初这就像一个发光源,
09:59
which哪一个 is like bioluminescent生物发光 bacteria.
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就好像生物荧光细菌。
10:01
And it is an optical光纤 cue球杆
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这是一个视觉关于
10:03
that there's carrion腐肉 on the bottom底部 of the ocean海洋.
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深海底部有腐肉的提示。
10:06
So this scavenger清道夫 comes in,
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所以这食腐动物到来,
10:09
which哪一个 is a giant巨人 sixgillsixgill shark鲨鱼.
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这是一个巨型的灰六鳃鲨。
10:11
And I can't claim要求 for sure
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我不能确定是不是
10:13
that the optical光纤 source资源 brought it in, because there's bait right there.
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这视觉的光源吸引它过来,还是因为有诱饵在那里。
10:16
But if it had been following以下 the odor气味 plume,
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但是如果我们跟踪这气味痕迹,
10:18
it would have come in from the other direction方向.
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它可能会来自另外一个方向。
10:20
And it does actually其实 seem似乎 to be trying
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它的确在试着
10:22
to eat the electronic电子 jellyfish海蜇.
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吃掉这个电子水母。
10:25
That's a 12-foot-long-英尺 giant巨人 sixgillsixgill shark鲨鱼.
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这是只12尺长,巨大的灰六鳃鲨。
10:29
Okay, so this next下一个 one is from the webcam摄像头,
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好了,这接下来视频是
10:32
and it's going to be this pinwheel风车 display显示.
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它是旋转型的展示台,
10:35
And this is a burglar窃贼 alarm报警.
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这是个防盗报警器。
10:38
And that was a Humboldt洪堡 squid乌贼,
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那是个洪堡鱿鱼,
10:40
a juvenile少年 Humboldt洪堡 squid乌贼, about three feet long.
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一个幼年的洪堡鱿鱼,大约3英尺长。
10:43
This is at 3,000 feet in Monterey蒙特雷 Canyon峡谷.
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这是在蒙特里峡谷水下3000英尺。
10:46
But if it's a burglar窃贼 alarm报警, you wouldn't不会 expect期望 it to attack攻击 the jellyfish海蜇 directly.
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如果这是个防盗报警器,你不能指望它直接攻击这水母。
10:49
It's supposed应该 to be attacking进攻 what's attacking进攻 the jellyfish海蜇.
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它本应当要去攻击那个水母。
10:52
But we did see a bunch of responses回复 like this.
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但是我们的确观察到一系列像这样的发光反应。
10:55
This guy is a little more contemplative沉思.
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这家伙需要更多时间思考。
10:58
"Hey, wait a minute分钟.
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“嗨,等一下。
11:00
There's supposed应该 to be something else其他 there."
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这里本来应该是另外一个东西。”
11:02
He's thinking思维 about it.
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它在思考这个问题。
11:05
But he's persistent一贯.
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但是它是固执的。
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He keeps保持 coming未来 back.
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它一直来回游动。
11:09
And then he goes away for a few少数 seconds
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接着它离开了几秒钟
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to think about it some more,
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来更好的思考这个问题,
11:13
and thinks,
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并想到,
11:15
"Maybe if I come in from a different不同 angle角度."
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“也许如果我从不同角度攻击的话。”
11:19
(Laughter笑声)
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(笑声)
11:22
Nope.
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算了。
11:24
So we are starting开始 to get a handle处理 on this,
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我们开始着手做这些,
11:27
but only just the beginnings开始.
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但是仅仅是开始阶段。
11:29
We need more eyes眼睛 on the process处理.
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我们需要对流程有更多的关注。
11:31
So if any of you ever get a chance机会 to take a dive潜水 in a submersible潜水,
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所以如果你们中任何一个有机会做潜艇下潜的话,
11:34
by all means手段, climb in and take the plunge跳水.
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想办法,冒险试试。
11:37
This is something that should be on everybody's每个人的 bucket list名单,
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这是一件应该在每个人愿望单上的事,
11:40
because we live生活 on an ocean海洋 planet行星.
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因为我们生活在一个海洋星球。
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More than 90 percent百分, 99 percent百分,
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我们星球上90%以上的,99%,
11:46
of the living活的 space空间 on our planet行星
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的生物栖息的地方
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is ocean海洋.
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是海洋。
11:52
It's a magical神奇 place地点
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这是个神奇的地方
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filled填充 with breathtaking惊险 light shows节目
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充斥着窒息的光影表演
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and bizarre奇异的 and wondrous奇妙 creatures生物,
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奇怪而惊人的生物,
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alien外侨 life forms形式
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外星式的生命形式
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that you don't have to travel旅行 to another另一个 planet行星 to see.
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让你不用穿越到另一个星球去目睹。
12:12
But if you do take the plunge跳水,
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但是如果你真的冒险尝试,
12:15
please remember记得 to turn out the lights灯火.
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请记住关灯。
12:18
But I warn警告 you,
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但是,我警告大家,
12:21
it's addictive上瘾.
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这是会上瘾的。
12:30
Thank you.
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谢谢
12:32
(Applause掌声)
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(掌声)
Translated by Ralph Jin
Reviewed by Angelia King

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Edith Widder - Marine biologist
Edith Widder combines her expertise in research and technological innovation with a commitment to stopping and reversing the degradation of our marine environment.

Why you should listen

A specialist in bioluminescence, Edith Widder helps design and invent new submersible instruments and equipment to study bioluminescence and enable unobtrusive observation of deep-sea environments. Her innovative tools for exploration have produced footage of rare and wonderful bioluminescent displays and never-before-seen denizens of the deep, including, most recently, the first video ever recorded of the giant squid, Architeuthis, in its natural habitat.

In 2005 she founded the Ocean Research & Conservation Association (ORCA), which is dedicated to protecting aquatic ecosystems and the species they sustain through the development of innovative technologies and science-based conservation action.;  In an effort to protect and revitalize the ocean she loves she has been focusing on developing tools for finding and tracking pollution -- a major threat to all of our water ecosystems and ultimately to human health. She was awarded a MacArthur "genius" grant in 2006.

In 2012, Widder was among the team that filmed the giant squid (Architeuthis) for the first time in its home ocean.

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