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The of fifteen spent
over six hours trying to kill this
But now, having succeeded,
they have eaten nothing
more than its and its tongue
Valuable food like this will not
go to waste in the ocean
Before long the will sink
to the very bottom of this deep sea
But even there,
its flesh will not be wasted
Over a mile down in the
total darkness of the deep ocean
- the body of another ,
a thirty ton adult
settled here only a few weeks ago
Already,
it has attracted hundreds of
These , over half a metre long
and as thick as your arm,
are only found in the deep sea
They have been attracted
by the faint of
through the water
for miles around
With their heads buried
in the whale's flesh,
they breathe through
along the sides of their bodies
They're very primitive creatures
- not even true fish, for they lack jaws.
- They feed, not by biting, but by
flesh
with two rows of
just a few hours,
a can eat several times
its own weight of flesh
Next to arrive - a
moves so slowly to
- an important strategy for so large
an animal surviving in such a poor habitat
live over a mile down
and grow to over seven metres long
They can go for months without food,
slowly cruising along the bottom,
waiting for rare ,
such as this one, to arrive from above
A whole range of different
deep-sea
will this for a long time
before all its has been consumed
Eighteen months later, all that is left
is a perfect , stripped bare
The sun's energy that was captured
and turned into living tissue
by the floating
has been transferred from
one link to another in the food chain
and has ended up as far away from the sun
as it is possible to be on this planet
- at the bottom of the deep sea
But some energy also returns from the deep
Millions of are
on their way to the shallows
They have come up here to mate
As the males grab the females,
their red
For most of the year these
live at a depth of around 500 metres
They only come together in these great
breeding schools for a few weeks
Just one school was estimated to contain
animals that weigh around 4000 tonnes
Wave after wave rise from the depths
and soon
in the shallows is
with of
several metres across
As each female adds
another to the pile
the males fight to its contents
The make their huge journey
into the shallows because their eggs
will develop faster
in the warmer water here
and when the young emerge,
they will find more
food more easily than
they would in the ocean depths
Dawn the next morning and for
miles around is covered in .
The themselves have all gone
Many will have died, but some will have
returned to their home in the deep
They will not return
to the light of the sun
until the next time they are driven up
by the urge to
知识点
重点词汇
flush [flʌʃ] n. 激动，洋溢；面红；萌芽；旺盛；奔流 adj. 大量的；齐平的；丰足的，洋溢的；挥霍的 vt. 使齐平；发红，使发亮；用水冲洗；使激动 vi. 发红，脸红；奔涌；被冲洗 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :5416}
calf [kɑ:f] n. [解剖] 腓肠，小腿；小牛；小牛皮；(鲸等大哺乳动物的)幼崽 { :5425}
feast [fi:st] n. 筵席，宴会；节日 vt. 享受；款待，宴请 vi. 享受；参加宴会 {gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts :5626}
skeleton [ˈskelɪtn] n. 骨架，骨骼；纲要；骨瘦如柴的人 adj. 骨骼的；骨瘦如柴的；概略的 {cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :5954}
decay [dɪˈkeɪ] n. 衰退，[核] 衰减；腐烂，腐朽 vt. 使腐烂，使腐败；使衰退，使衰落 vi. 衰退，[核] 衰减；腐烂，腐朽 n. (Decay)人名；(法)德凯 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts :6007}
spawn [spɔ:n] n. 卵；菌丝；产物 vt. 产卵；酿成，造成；大量生产 vi. 产卵；大量生产 {toefl gre :6476}
gill [ɡɪl] n. 鳃；菌褶；（山谷中的）沟壑，峡流；及耳（容量单位） vi. 被刺网捕住 vt. 用刺网捕鱼；去除内脏 n. (Gill)人名；(英、法、德、匈、印)吉尔；(瑞典、挪)伊尔；(西)希尔 { :7313}
tentacles ['təntəkəlz] n. [动] 触手；[动] 触须（tentacle的复数） { :7471}
capsules [ˈkæpsju:lz] n. [药] 胶囊（capsule的复数）；太空舱；小盒 v. 压缩；把…装在小盒内（capsule的三单形式） { :7480}
capsule [ˈkæpsju:l] n. 胶囊；[植] 蒴果；太空舱；小容器 adj. 压缩的；概要的 vt. 压缩；简述 {gk cet6 ky ielts gre :7480}
conserve [kənˈsɜ:v] n. 果酱；蜜饯 vt. 保存；将…做成蜜饯；使守恒 {cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre :7632}
pod [pɒd] n. 蚕茧；豆荚 n. (Pod)人名；(罗)波德 vt. 从豆荚中剥出 vi. 结豆荚 {gre :8381}
Lt [ ] abbr. 书信电报（letter message）；数据处理（Language Translation） { :9242}
carcass [ˈkɑ:kəs] n. （人或动物的）尸体；残骸；（除脏去头备食用的）畜体 {toefl :9410}
rotting [rɒtɪŋ] vt. 腐败，腐坏之（rot的现在分词形式）；深蚀刻 n. 沤麻 { :9578}
strewn [stru:n] adj. 撒满的；散播的 v. 撒；散播（strew的过去分词） { :9997}
sleeper [ˈsli:pə(r)] n. 卧车；卧铺；枕木；睡眠者 n. (Sleeper)人名；(英)斯利珀 { :10755}
squid [skwɪd] n. 鱿鱼；乌贼；枪乌贼 {gk :11582}
whiff [wɪf] n. 一点点；单人小划艇；琴鲆属鱼；吸气或吹气 vt. 吸；喷出 vi. 喷气；垂钓；轻吹 {gre :12029}
bonanzas [bəˈnænzəz] n. （突然的）财源( bonanza的名词复数 ); 意想不到的幸运; 富矿脉; 大矿囊 { :13031}
难点词汇
scavengers ['skævɪn(d)ʒə] n. 食腐动物；清道夫；[助剂] 清除剂；拾荒者 { :15319}
rasping ['rɑ:spɪŋ] n. 锉屑；挫刀痕 adj. 令人焦躁的；锉磨声的 v. 用锉刀锉；发出刺耳声（rasp的ing形式） { :17032}
suffusing [səˈfju:zɪŋ] v. （指颜色、水气等）弥漫于，布满( suffuse的现在分词 ) { :17080}
horny [ˈhɔ:ni] n. (Horny)人名；(德)霍尔尼；(法)奥尔尼 adj. 角的；角状的；淫荡的 { :17227}
phytoplankton [faɪtəʊ'plæŋktən] n. [植] 浮游植物（群落） { :21785}
seabed [ˈsi:bed] n. 海底；海床 {toefl :23196}
fertilise ['fɜ:tɪlaɪz] vt. 使受精；施肥于；使肥沃 { :23467}
ln [ ] abbr. 自然对数（Napierian Logarithm）；液态氮（Liquid Nitrogen） { :28828}
opalescent [ˌəʊpəˈlesnt] adj. 乳白色的；发乳白光的 { :30136}
生僻词
hagfish ['hægfɪʃ] n. 八目鳗类鱼
nutriment ['nju:trɪmənt] n. 营养物；促进生长的东西 {toefl :0}
词组
conserve energy [ ] [网络] 节约能源；保存能量；节能
dense patch [ ] 密斑
egg capsule [ ] na. 蛋壳 [网络] 卵囊；卵膜外的卵鞘
feast on [ ] [网络] 大吃大喝；享受美食；尽情欣赏
gill opening [ ] 鳃孔
grey whale [ ] na. 【动】灰鲸 (Eschrichtius glancus) [网络] 与灰鲸亲密接触；小鲸鱼；鲸鱼都是灰鲸
horny tooth [ ] 角质牙, 角质齿
killer whale [ˈkɪlə hweil] n. 虎鲸；逆戟鲸；恶鲸；杀人鲸 [网络] 杀手鲸；倒戟鲸；虎鲸逆戟鲸
low jaw [ ] 颏, 下巴
lower jaw [ˈləuə dʒɔ:] n. 下颚 [网络] 下颌；下颚骨；下颌骨
rasp off [ ] [网络] 锉掉
sleeper shark [ˈsli:pə ʃɑ:k] 睡鲨
the seabed ['si:bed] n. 海底；海床
to conserve [tu: kənˈsə:v] [网络] 对内节约；养护
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