纪录片《南太平洋》 第109期 水火相容（14）（在线收听）

Daylight reveals another reef predator.

白天显露出另一种暗礁掠食者

Crown-of-thorns starfish... coral killers.

长棘海星，珊瑚杀手

Climbing over their prey,

爬过它们的猎物

they secrete digestive juices that turn the inside of the coral to liquid.

它们分泌消化液使珊瑚内部化为液体

Then they suck out the nutrients, leaving nothing behind but a ghostly skeleton.

然后它们吸出其养分，离开后什么也没留下，就像一个可怕的骨架。

In only a few days, they can kill huge swathes of the reef.

只需几天，它们能破坏大块的暗礁带。

Fortunately, coral has an unlikely ally... the Triton's trumpet.

幸亏珊瑚有个不讨人喜欢的盟友，大法螺。

Believe it or not, this is a predator on the prowl...

相信还是不相信它，这名掠食者在徘徊

its killer pounce revealed only when time is speeded up.

这名杀手猛扑的动作只有加速那时的时间才能显露

An unlikely hero, perhaps.

一个不讨人喜欢的英雄，或许吧。