(单词翻译:单击)
In this case, a cleaner shrimp lives in the anemone with the fish, ready to spring into action whenever a fish needs cleaning.
在这种情况下,清洁虾和鱼一起生活在海葵中,随时准备在鱼需要清洁时行动 。
It's not a life without difficulty however.
然而,不是没有困难 。
But fish are not the only animals to get cleaned.
但是鱼儿并不是唯一需要清洗的动物 。
Sea turtles, manta rays and even sharks line up for the services of cleaners.
海龟、蝠鲼甚至鲨鱼都在排队等候清洁鱼的服务 。
On the reef in the Philippines, a Thresher shark, with a tail as long as its body, comes in from the open ocean to circle around its favorite cleaning station.
在菲律宾的珊瑚礁上,一条长尾鲨从辽阔的海洋来到这里,绕着它最喜欢的清洁站打转 。
Every morning, the sharks come here early for their cleaning.
每天早晨,鲨鱼早早地来这里清洗 。
Tiny cleaner wrasses swarm around them for a few minutes.
微小的清洁鱼在它们周围盘旋了几分钟 。
When the sharks are finished being cleaned, they leave the reef and swim back to the open sea.
鲨鱼被清理干净后,便离开珊瑚礁游回大海 。
Nobody knows where the Threshers go, but they will be back to this very cleaning station tomorrow morning to be cleaned again.
没有人知道这些长尾鲨要去哪里,但是明早,它们回到这个清洗站再次清洗 。
A few hundred miles away on a reef in Malaysia, a sea turtle is receiving the attention of a surgeonfish, which eats algae from her shell. Surgeonfish only eat plants,
在几百英里外的马来西亚的一个珊瑚礁上,一只海龟引起了一条热带鱼的注意,这条鱼以海龟壳上的海藻为食,只吃植物,
and the algae on this turtle's shell makes a delicious meal.
海龟壳上的海藻是一顿美餐 。
And since all that algae can slow a turtle down, the fish is doing the turtle a favor by removing it.
因为所有这些藻类减缓了乌龟的速度,清洁鱼帮忙把乌龟身上的海藻清走 。
Everyone gets something out of this deal!
每只鱼都能从这个交易中得到一些东西!
When the tide is running at just the right speed in Yap, Manta rays glide up to a coral head and hover in the current, like a runner on a treadmill.
在雅普,当潮汐以合适的速度运动时,蝠鲼会滑翔到珊瑚头,在水流中盘旋,就像跑步机上的跑步者 。
This allows them to maintain a spot right over the cleaning station, so they can enjoy the benefits of cleaners as well.
这使得他们可以在清洁站的正上方占据一个位置,这样它们也可以享受清洁鱼带来的好处 。
The cleaners go right in and out of their gills, cleaning off parasites like copepods.
这些清洁鱼直接从鳃里进进出出,像桡足类动物一样清除寄生虫 。
But of course the real question is, can I go to a cleaning station? I don't look like a fish,
当然,真正的问题是,我能去清洁站吗?我看起来不像鱼,
but it's worth a try. I find a nice anemone on the island of Bonaire with a cleaner shrimp looking bored with no customers.
但值得一试 。我在博内尔岛发现一只漂亮的海葵,还有一只清洁虾,看来它们对顾客没有感到厌倦 。
Maybe my hand will look like a really pathetic fish.
也许我的手看起来像一条楚楚可怜的鱼儿 。
It doesn't take long for this cleaner shrimp to get right down to business, picking over my hand. It's looking for dead skin and parasites.
用不了多久,这只清洁虾就开始干活了 。它在寻找死皮和寄生虫 。
I hope there are no parasites!
我希望没有寄生虫!
It doesn't hurt, but it does tickle!
不疼,但会痒!
As it turns out, humans can get a cleaning at the cleaning station!
事实证明,人类可以在清洁站清洁!
But only if there are no fish around wanting cleaning.
但前提是周围没有鱼儿需要清洗 。
So if I ever decide to live in the ocean permanently, I'll never need soap again!
所以如果我决定永远生活在海洋里,那么我再也不需要肥皂了!