coral

Each of these tanks contains a miniature coral reef with the same species of coral.

每一个这样的水缸都装着一块缩小的珊瑚礁 里面的珊瑚种类都是一样的

The coral gardeners monitor the reef, looking for corals that need a helping hand.

珊瑚园丁负责照料珊瑚礁 寻找着需要帮助的珊瑚

When you went down the face of a coral reef, you could see how corals fed, how they fought each other, how they reproduced and still, we're only just scratching the surface.

当你潜到水下观察珊瑚礁表面时 你能看到珊瑚是如何进食 如何互相打斗 如何繁殖 然而我们仍然只知皮毛

The sediment itself is the result of the erosion of the coral skeletons from high above, but also from the remains of coral that parrot fish have munched and excreted and it's slowly drifting down here.

沉淀物本身就是 遥远上方的珊瑚虫骨架中腐蚀剥落的 还有被鹦嘴鱼咀嚼和排泄的珊瑚残骸 它们慢慢沉到这里

Maybe in five years or so, we will be allowed to place those corals onto a real reef, a disturbed reef and test that and use these selectivelybred corals will be able to restore that reef faster.

可能五年后 我们就能把这些珊瑚 植入到真正的珊瑚礁中 被破坏的珊瑚礁中 并进行试验 然后这些选择育种的珊瑚 就能更快地修复好那片珊瑚礁

Coral, this conversation is between you and me.

寇儿 现在是我在跟你说话

And it wasn't any propeller. It wasn't any coral reef.

既不是螺旋桨 也不是暗礁

But they are under attack from the coraleating starfish.

但它们现在遭到了捕食珊瑚的海星攻击

None of these creatures would be here were it not for the coral.

没有珊瑚 这些生物不可能在这里生存

Coral, she doesn't want your family history.

寇儿 她对你的家族史不感兴趣