On the other side of the planet, in the western Pacific bordering Japan 在地球的另一端,西太平洋和日本的交界处
another series of hot vents, erupting in the darkness. 另一些在黑暗的海底喷发的火山口
The floor of the Atlantic Ocean is split in two by an immense volcanic mountain chain that winds unbroken for forty five thousand miles around the globe. 大西洋被一条无边的火山山脉劈成两半, 绕地球绵延45000英里
In places, it's riven by great fissures, from which superheated water loaded with dissolved minerals 在这里 海底裂缝中含有大量溶解矿物质的滚烫海水
Crabs can detect the faintest of tastes in the water and that helps them locate the latest body to drift down from above. 蟹类可以从水里嗅到从上面落下的尸体的极细微的气味 并以此追踪到食物
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
In fact they're spots at the end of it's mantle. A bite there, would leave the head unscathed. 实际上这些发光的触手末端用来吸引掠食者攻击 从而保护头部不受伤害
The weirdest, in this world of the strange, 这个奇异世界中的最神秘生物
Marine snow, detritus from the creatures swarming in the sunlit waters above. 海雪是海洋表面上的生物产生的小型有机物碎屑