- The urchin plague strikes at the kelp's holdfasts their crucial attachments to the rock.
海胆们正在吃巨藻的固着器 把巨藻固定在石头上的重要装置
- Holdfasts are extremely tough,
固着器非常坚硬
- but each urchin has five teeth, which are self sharpening and are replaced every few months.
但是每只海胆有5个锋利的牙齿 而且每隔几个月就换牙
- Urchins fell vast areas of kelp forest creating clearings know as urchin barrens
海胆吃掉了大片的海藻森林 把它们变成了不毛之地.
- yet barrens is a poor description.
无法形容的荒凉.
- Millions of invertebrates invade the seabed.
百万只无脊椎动物侵袭了海床
- The most fearsome predator here is a giant.
这里有可怕的大型掠食动物
来自《行星地球 第一季 第九集 Planet Earth S01E09 海洋》第 184 行