In the direct path of the cyclone,waves pulverised the reef and huge swells seriously damaged corals 500km from the eye of the storm. 沿着飓风前进的路线，海浪把珊瑚礁磨成粉末，风眼范围内500公里的珊瑚礁都被严重破坏。...
A cyclone can be over 500km across,with winds swirling around the eye at 300km per hour. 一个气旋直径能有500公里，风绕着风眼旋转的速度有300公里每小时。 It's the most destructive force the Great Barrier Reef must face. 这是...
It means the living can slip away, for now. 这意味着现在活着的动物可以逃跑。 She'll not go far, for she'll be back again,up to eight times during a single breeding season to deposit up to 100 eggs on each visit. 它不会走的很远，...
Tiger sharks are generally solitary,so this gathering of 16 is extremely unusual. 虎鲨通常都是独居的,所以聚集了16只是极其少见的。 This is the largest number of tiger sharks seen in one place at any one time. 这是头一次在一个...
This is no mindless killer, this shark is smart. 没有愚笨无知的杀手，这些鲨鱼非常聪明。 It pitches up at the peak of the turtle nesting season and simply waits for the tide to deliver its food. 它在海龟的繁殖高峰大吃了一...
A tiger shark could dismember this turtle and can even saw through her shell. 虎鲨能够肢解这只海龟能锯开它的壳。 She's on high alert. 它现在警惕性很高。 She turns and tilts rapidly,presenting her widest profile. 它迅速的转...
Contrast that with this monster,a tiger shark. 相比于这些怪物,虎鲨。 Like the tiniest marine life,it too rises up from the ocean's depths,but, unlike the plankton, it's planning to stay a while. 像最小的海洋生物一样，它也同样来...
But that pales into insignificance when compared to the daily vertical migration of these microscopic animals called zooplankton. 但是当和每天在珊瑚礁墙上垂直活动的浮游生物相比它显得又是那么微不足道。 At sunset,all...
And extremely cold. 极端的寒冷。 At four degrees, it's the same temperature as the sea in the Antarctic. 只有四摄氏度和南极洲海水同样的温度。 The ROV reaches a depth of 800 metres,not quite at the bottom, but not far off. 水下...
Here the mottled hues of the shallow reef meet the dark blue of the deep sea. 在这里浅水礁石的斑驳色彩与大海的深蓝交汇在一起。 The reef wall plunges down vertically down to the ocean floor, 1000 meters below. 礁壁垂直向下插...
For the young unlucky few, this is the last journey they'll ever make. 对不幸的少数来说，这次旅途将是他们的最后一次旅行。 Every turtle that lives in the sanctuary of the ocean is taking a gamble, and it's real knife edge whet...
It's been an absolutely exhausting night for any of the turtles that you can see behind me. 这绝对是精疲力竭的一夜，从我身后任何一只海龟身上，你都能看得出来。 In fact you can actually make out this old girl here is ab...
Each one of her clutch of 100 eggs is the size of a pingpong ball. 一窝蛋100个，每个蛋和乒乓球差不多大。 A soft shell prevents them from breaking as they drop into the hole. 蛋壳是软的，这样落入坑中时能避免摔破。 W...
There are just too many turtles for the space available. 海龟数量太多，但岛上空间有限。 She spends much of the night heaving her bulk back and forth across the sand, searching for a vacant nest site. 这位妈妈花了大半个晚上拖着...
They are one of the ten species of whales that visit the reef each year. 座头鲸是每年造访大堡礁十种鲸鱼当中的一种。 They were once hunted almost to extinction, but numbers here have bounced back to 15 thousand, about half the pre...
