- Rarely more than two hundred meters deep they lie on the continental shelves which may stretch sometimes for hundreds of miles
它们挨着大陆架 很少地超过200米深, 大陆架有时可能延伸达几百英里
- before the sea floor drops into deeper darker waters.
再往下就是漆黑的深渊
- All together they constitute a mere eight percent of the world's oceans
尽管浅水域仅仅占据了8%的海洋
- but they contain the vast majority of it's marine life.
不过大多数的海洋生物都生活在这里
- A male humpback whale sings to attract a mate.
一只雄性座头鲸正在用歌声吸引雌鲸来交配
- The whales have just returned to their breeding grounds in the shallow seas of the tropics.
座头鲸刚刚回到它的热带地区的浅海繁殖地
- The calf is no more than a few weeks old.
幼鲸才刚刚几周大
来自《行星地球 第一季 第九集 Planet Earth S01E09 海洋》第 5 行