Sea stations and sea slugs are our next story.

我们接下来要说的是海洋站和海蛞蝓。

Many scientists have studied the green sea slugs to confirm that they are actually able to create energy from sunlight.

很多科学家对这种绿色海蛞蝓进行了研究，证实它们确实能够从阳光中产生能量。

Well, those dividing lines come crashing down with the discovery of a sea slug that's truly half animal and half plant.

但是随着一种半动物半植物的生物——海蛞蝓的发现，这些分界线开始变得模糊。

Meanwhile, a sea slug called the Spanish dancer cuts a swath through Australian waters like a whirl of a flamenco skirt.

此时，一只名为西班牙舞者的海参像一件西班牙舞衬衫一样旋转穿过澳大利亚水域。

What is the distinctive feature of a sea slug?

1. 海参有什么显着特征？

What does the author say about baby sea slugs?

3. 作者对小海蛞蝓怎么说？

These are the sacoglossan sea slugs.

这些是 sacoglossan 海参。

A) They are stolen from animals like the sea slug.

A) 它们是从海蛞蝓等动物身上偷来的。

D) They can readily be converted to sea slug genes.

D) 它们可以很容易地转化为海蛞蝓基因。

What do we learn about sea slugs from the passage?

5. 我们从这段经文中了解到什么有关海蛞蝓的知识？

And even sea slugs flinch when they know they're about to receive a noxious stimulus.

甚至海蛞蝓在知道自己即将受到有害刺激时也会退缩。

So I hope you've enjoyed this introduction to sea slugs.

所以我希望你喜欢这篇关于海蛞蝓的介绍。

My favorite thing to do is go scuba diving in a tropical coral reefand look for sea slugs.

我最喜欢做的事情是去热带珊瑚礁潜水，寻找海蛞蝓。

And so far, this green sea slug is the only known animal that can be truly considered solar-powered, although some animals do exhibit some plant-like behaviors.

尽管有些动物确实会有一些类似植物的行为，但是目前为止，这种绿色的海蛞蝓是已知动物中唯一一种可以称作是真的以阳光为能量的动物。

Depending on whim and availability, guests to Buckland's house might be served baked guinea pig, mice in batter, roasted hedgehog, or boiled Southeast Asian sea slug.

取决于他的一时冲动和是否有货，他招待家里的客人会以烘豚鼠、面糊耗子、烤刺猬或煮东南亚海参。

The sea slugs are so good at gathering energy from the sun that they can live up to nine months without having to eat any food.

海蛞蝓很擅长从太阳中收集能量，因此就算不吃任何食物，它们也能存活长达九个月。

This is a sea slug that squirts this lovely, bright purple ink at any creature that tries to eat it.

这是一只海蛞蝓，它会向任何试图吃掉它的生物喷出这种可爱的亮紫色墨水。

And sea slugs eat jellyfish nematocysts, prevent their activation with compounds in their mucus, and repurpose them for their own defenses.

海蛞蝓吃水母线虫囊，用粘液中的化合物阻止线虫激活，并将它们重新用于自身防御。

And a sea slug, ultimately, or any slug, is a snail that, over the course of evolution, has lost its shell.

归根结底，海参或任何海参是一种在进化过程中失去了外壳的蜗牛。

And the lettuce sea slug, which lives throughout the Caribbeanand the primary one I study, photosynthesizes three or four months after a meal.

还有生菜海参， 它生活在整个加勒比海， 也是我研究的第一个海参，它在饭后三四个月进行光合作用。