some, measured from the sea floor, are taller than Everest. 如果从海床开始算 甚至有一些比珠穆朗玛峰还要高
to the deep near the Galapagos Islands and there are yet other fissures venting superheated water. 加拉帕戈斯群岛附近的海底, 还有另一个海底裂缝在喷射炙热海水
These vents, too, like those in the Atlantic are isolated oases 这些火山口,也和大西洋里的火山口一样,是一个个孤立的绿洲
Eels are already feeding on the corpse. 鳗鱼已经在这里进食
but, in the deep sea, as everywhere else if there are grazers, there are hunters. 不过海底也和其他地方一样, 既然有吃素的,肯定有吃肉的
There are faint trails in the ooze, 海底泥中也有些微的踪迹