无尽汪洋 07 - 英语听力

The riches of the Galapagos were something

The survivors of the Essex could only fantasise about

One month into their ordeal

And still adrift in the Desolate Region

They were slowly starving

What the sailors didn't know

Was that the endless blue hides a secret

At dusk

Huge areas of otherwise empty ocean are transformed

Squid shoot up from the depths to feed near the surface

Surprisingly

There are more squid in the ocean than fish

And they take part in the greatest migration

Of animals on the Earth

Every night

A world of creatures rise up

From the depths to dine on the small amounts of surface plankton

They are among the strangest looking life forms on our planet

In this dark world

Some are see through

Perhaps for camouflage

Some create their own light

To communicate or lure in their prey

Others form inexplicable alliances

This young slipper lobster

May be using this jelly as a buoyancy aid