兩名潛水員去檢查一艘二戰(zhàn)時期的沉船，卻意外發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個巨大的魷魚卵囊

兩名潛水員去檢查一艘二戰(zhàn)時期的沉船，卻意外發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個巨大的魷魚卵囊

A group of divers outside Ørsta in Norway were visiting a WWII shipwreck 200 meters from the coast, at the beginning of this October. On their way back, Ronald Raasch and Nils Baadness together with their team members from the research group REV Ocean discovered a mysterious floating shape. The blob that was captured on camera was floating 17 meters below the sea surface. Turns out, the pair of divers had discovered a 10-armed squid egg’s sac containing thousands of babies.

在今年10月的開始，一群潛水員在挪威二戰(zhàn)訪問一個海難Ørsta外200米的海岸。在回去的路上，羅納德·拉施和尼爾斯·巴德內(nèi)斯以及他們的研究團(tuán)隊(duì)REV Ocean發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個神秘的漂浮形狀。攝像機(jī)拍攝到的這個團(tuán)狀物漂浮在海面以下17米的地方。原來，這兩名潛水員發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個10只烏賊卵囊，里面有數(shù)千只幼烏賊。

Two Norwegian divers stumbled upon a mysterious floating shape in the waters of Ørstafjorden,

兩名挪威潛水員偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個神秘的漂浮Ørstafjorden水域的形狀

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The see-through, otherworldly ball was found floating around in the darkness of the fjord by captain Nils Baadnes and diver Ronald Raasch. Soon enough, they discovered what the massive blob actually was – a huge mass of squid eggs.

這個透明的、來自另一個世界的球是由船長尼爾斯·巴恩斯和潛水員羅納德·拉施在峽灣的黑暗中發(fā)現(xiàn)的。很快，他們就發(fā)現(xiàn)了這一大團(tuán)東西——一大堆魷魚蛋。

The huge mysterious mass was discovered on October 5th and two days later, REV Ocean – research expedition vessel – posted on their Twitter account: “Mystery solved! REV Ocean captain Nils Baadnes & Ronald Raasch discovered this giant gel ball while diving in Orstafjord Norway, which is actually an eggmass of 10-armed squid.”

10月5日，人們發(fā)現(xiàn)了這個巨大的神秘物體。兩天后，海洋考察船REV Ocean在他們的推特賬戶上寫道:“謎團(tuán)解開了!REV Ocean captain Nils Baadnes & Ronald Raasch在挪威Orstafjord潛水時發(fā)現(xiàn)了這個巨大的凝膠球，它實(shí)際上是一個由10只烏賊組成的蛋團(tuán)。

Such masses are rarely seen by humans

這樣的數(shù)量是人類很少看到的

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These sacs are rarely seen by humans as they tend to be laid deep in the sea. Afterward, they sink lower and lower until reaching the depth of about 150 meters (500 feet) where the baby squids hatch.

這些囊很少被人類看到，因?yàn)樗鼈兺环胖迷谏詈Ｖ小Ｖ?，它們下沉得越來越低，直到約150米(500英尺)深的地方，小烏賊在那里孵化。

Eggs of squid are usually laid deep in the sea

魷魚蛋通常產(chǎn)在深海

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It is yet unknown which species exactly of squid produced the Ørstafjorden mass. While REV Ocean on their Twitter account mentioned the “10-armed squid”, all squids have 10 tentacles. In addition to this, it is often really difficult to specifically identify marine species judging just by their eggs.

它是未知物種完全Ørstafjorden質(zhì)量產(chǎn)生的魷魚。REV Ocean在他們的推特賬戶上提到了“10只胳膊的烏賊”，但是所有的烏賊都有10條觸須。除此之外，僅憑魚卵判斷海洋生物的種類通常是非常困難的。

The giant egg sac contains thousands of squid babies

這個巨大的卵囊里有成千上萬的魷魚寶寶

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It is believed that squids lay a smaller mass which expands on contact with the water

一般認(rèn)為，魷魚的體積較小，接觸水就會膨脹

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Scientists believe that one of the two species of squids laid the giant egg mass – either the European flying squid or a much smaller – Boreoatlantic armhook – squid. Sizes of both species vary from 25cm to 35cm (10-14 inches).

科學(xué)家們認(rèn)為，這兩種烏賊中的一種產(chǎn)下了巨大的卵團(tuán)——要么是歐洲的飛行烏賊，要么是小得多的北大西洋旋臂烏賊。這兩個物種的大小從25厘米到35厘米(10-14英寸)不等。

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