Perhaps he had just got tired of swimming.
也許他只是游得累了。
For this odd-looking fish looks like he's just decided to head out for an evening stroll along the ocean floor.
看來這只怪模怪樣的魚決定今天晚上要在海底散散步了。
But while it looks like he has sprouted legs, this angler fish's limbs are just the fins he uses to balance himself on the sea bed.
不過雖然看上去好像他長出了腿，其實這條琵琶魚的“四肢”只是它用來在海床上保持自身平衡的鰭罷了。
The fish rests on the ocean floor as he prepares to make a dart for any passing prey he has lured towards him using the protrusion above his mouth.
這條魚在海底靜靜地等待被他嘴巴上面的突起物應有過來的獵物，隨時準備對游過的美餐發(fā)動突襲。
An angler fish appears to 'walk' across the ocean floor as it waits for its prey
這條琵琶魚在等待獵物時仿佛是在海底“走路”一般。
這個動物全身布滿玻璃狀的針，看上去像是朵花，不過科學家認為這很可能是種食肉海綿。那些粉紅色的針被粘性組織覆蓋，似乎用來抓捕游過的食物。
Faye Archell, or the Centre of Applied Zoologym said: 'Many species of Angler Fish are what are known as ambush predators. Their fins have adapted as limb like structures to allow them to remain stationary on the sea bed while causing minimal disturbance to the substrate and remaining totally camouflaged.
Faye Archell，或者叫實用動物學中心表示：“許多種類的琵琶魚據(jù)了解是伏擊型肉食動物。他們的鰭演化為類似四肢的結構，讓他們在海床上保持穩(wěn)定，盡可能減小與環(huán)境的差別，保持完全的潛伏。”
'They then use a protrusion on their heads, just above their mouths, that they use as a lure to catch their prey'.
“然后他們把頭部，就在嘴巴上面，的突起物作為誘捕他們的獵物的餌。”
Most of these species live in the great depths of the oceans, but some are found in shallower, tropical environments
這類生物大部分都生活在較深的海底，不過也有的出現(xiàn)在淺水、熱帶環(huán)境中。
The stunning picture was taken by scientists using cutting-edge technology to explore waters off Indonesia.
這張震撼人心的圖片是由科學家通過尖端科技探索印度尼西亞（Indonesia）海域時拍攝的。
已確認這是一種新發(fā)現(xiàn)的物種，包括這一類型的蟹類都是未知的，需要科學家深入研究并進行相關調查。要了解它們可能要花上數(shù)年
The red arms of a Sea Lilly living 516 metres deep off the Sangihe Talaud Region near Indonesia
一條生活在印度尼西亞附近的 Sangihe Taluad 區(qū)域海底 516 米深處的海百合（Sea Lilly）長有紅色的“手臂”
這條仿若科幻電影里的生物是這次歷時 3 周的探險所發(fā)現(xiàn)的 50 種新發(fā)現(xiàn)的動植物之一
They predict that as many as 40 new plant and animal species may have been discovered during the three-week expedition that ended last week.
他們預計在這次于上周結束的歷時三周的探險中發(fā)現(xiàn)了多達 40 種新的動植物。
More than 100 hours of video and 100,000 photographs, captured using a robotic vehicle with high-definition cameras, were piped to shore in real-time by satellite and high-speed Internet.
通過裝有高清攝像頭的水下機器人拍攝的超過 100 個小時的視頻與 10 萬多張照片，通過衛(wèi)星和高速網(wǎng)絡實時傳送到地面上。
Verena Tunnicliffe, a professor at the University of Victoria in Canada, said the images provided an extraordinary glimpse into one of the globe's most complex and little-known marine ecosystems.
來自加拿大維多利亞大學（University of Victoria in Canada）的教授 Verena Tunnicliffe 稱這些圖像是對全球最復雜而最鮮為人知的海洋生態(tài)學的驚鴻一瞥。
'Stalked sea lilies once covered the ocean, shallow and deep, but now are rare,' she said in a written statement. 'I've only seen a few in my career. But on this expedition, I was amazed to see them in great diversity.'
“潛伏型的海百合一度覆蓋整個海洋，不管是淺水還是深水，不過現(xiàn)在卻變得稀有了，”她在一篇文本聲明中說道，“我在職業(yè)生涯中只見過幾回。不過在這次探險中，我驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)他們大量地分布著。”
One animal captured on video looks like a flower, covered with glasslike needles, but scientists think it is probably a carnivorous sponge. The spikes, covered with sticky tissue, appear to capture food as it passes by.
在視頻中拍攝到的一種動物看上去像是朵花，覆蓋著玻璃狀的針，不過科學家認為這可能是一種食肉海綿。被粘性組織包裹的針似乎是用來捕獲游經(jīng)的食物的。
Scientists used powerful sonar mapping system and the robotic vehicle to explore nearly 21,000 square miles of sea floor off northern Indonesia, at depths ranging from 800 feet to over two miles.
科學家利用強大的聲納探測系統(tǒng)和水下機器人探索了印度尼西亞北部接近 2 萬 1 千平方英里，深度從 800 英尺到 2 英里不等的海床。
A deep-sea Chimaera. Chimaeras are most closely related to sharks,
這是一條深海銀鮫。銀鮫是最接近于鯊魚的物種，雖然他們在約 4 億年前與鯊魚分開進化為了另一分支，之后他們就一直是獨立的種群。
An odd-looking type of anemone and a purple octopus were among the creatures on the ocean floor
這只奇形怪狀的?？瓦@只紫色章魚都是海底居民之一
