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Undisturbed species like Sandager's wrasse attract sport divers from around the globe to Poor Knights reserve.
颜色鲜艳的圣达哥濑鱼吸引世界各地的潜水爱好者来到普奈茨海洋保护区。
Blue maomao round a lush bed of kelp in Poor Knights reserve. Though off-limits to commercial fishing since 1981, the island reserve suffered pressure from recreational fishing until 1998, when full protection was conferred.
一群蓝毛毛鱼围绕着一大片褐藻游动。从1981年起，普奈茨保护区就禁止捕渔。
Outside the reserve at Five Fingers Peninsula, a fur seal pup in Dusky Sound remains protected, as are all marine mammals in New Zealand's waters.
五指半岛不在保护区内，附近的达斯基海峡里有海豹出没，这里所有的海洋哺乳动物都是受到保护的。
River water stained by tannins from leaf litter flows from the peaks of Fiordland National Park into Gaer Arm reserve. The dark waters provide shade for a menagerie of creatures normally found in far deeper waters.
被腐烂的树叶产生鞣酸所污染的河水，从峡湾地带国家公园的山顶上顺势流下,冲进嘎尔姆保护区。黑水为下游深海里的生物提供了一个阴凉场所。
Reserve status protects creatures as small as this fanciful sea slug foraging in the Poor Knights Islands.
五彩斑澜的海参正在觅食。
A short-tailed stingray rides the currents through arches and caverns at Poor Knights. New Zealand, praised as a world leader in marine protection, considers the ecological preservation of such seascapes to be in its national interest.
一条短尾魟鱼在拱门和洞穴之间遨游。新西兰在生态保护方面在全世界处于领先地位。
"It was late one afternoon in Fiordland," says photographer Brian Skerry. "I was shooting images of tiny invertebrates when I suddenly saw this shark about 20 feet (6 meters) away." The seven-gill shark isn't a picky eater; it feeds on squid, rays, octopuses, fishes, and small sharks. "It's considered somewhat dangerous," Skerry says. "But it moved slowly and didn't stick around for long."
作者在一个偶然的情况下拍到一条距自己约6米的鲨鱼。这种七腮鲨不挑嘴，什么都吃，包括乌贼，鳐，章鱼，鱼，甚至小鲨鱼。
Scientists call them Parika scaber, but most folks call them therjackets, a fish that's not endangered or threatened or in any particular peril at all—at least not collectively. The species can be found around New Zealand—like this one in Poor Knights reserve—and along the southwest coast of Australia.
科学家们管它们叫 Parika scaber，但当地人叫它们 leatherjacket。通常在新西兰周围海岸都能看到，包括澳洲的西南水域。
A blue-eyed triplefin, small as a matchstick, guards its territory with an aggressive pose.
这是一条蓝眼睛的鳚鱼，与一要火柴差不多长，正在虎视眈眈地守卫着领地。
Nestled in a rocky crevice at Poor Knights, an octopus can also claim a special spot in New Zealand's mythic history. According to Maori legend, this land was discovered by a Polynesian explorer named Kupe, who, during his adventures, disturbed a giant octopus hiding in a coastal cave. Kupe chased the octopus, then killed it with his adze, which he then used to carve new islands from existing ones. Kupe later returned to his native land of Hawaiiki, where he gave instructions on how to reach Aotearoa (New Zealand), though he never went back there himself.
一只在岩石上休息的章鱼。在新西兰充满离奇的历史中章鱼占有特殊的地位。毛利人有一个传说，一个名叫库普的波利尼西亚探险家首次发现了新西兰，在他观察这个地方的时候，无意冒犯了一只岩洞里的巨型章鱼。库普用随身携带的小锤子杀死了它。后来，库普回到了自己的家乡夏威夷，并带回了去往新西兰的地图，而他本人再未回去过。
A pod of Hector's dolphins bobs and weaves around Banks Peninsula Marine Mammal Sanctuary. Found only in New Zealand's waters, these dolphins are named after Sir James Hector (1834-1907), who once served as the director of the Colonial Museum (now called Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa) in Wellington. Hector examined one of the nation's first dolphin specimens. Today, this mammal ranks as one of the world's smallest dolphins—just three or four feet (one meter) long—as well as one of the most endangered.
班克斯半岛海洋哺乳动物禁捕区，一群赫克特海豚在嬉戏。这种海豚仅在新西兰附近海域才能看见。赫克斯来自惠林顿的克隆尼尔博物馆的前任馆长詹姆斯·赫克特（1834-1907）。赫克特生前是研究海豚的专家。赫克特海豚今天被认为是世界上体型最小的海豚之一——仅3到4英尺长——属濒危物种。
Restoring balance between predator and prey, once overfished snapper eat sea urchins that had nearly denuded the reefs at Goat Island reserve.
高特岛保护区,一只啮鱼在吃一只海星。
Waiting for a meal, a moray eel hides in a sponge.
一条海鳝静静地在海绵中守候猎物自己上门。
Soft corals called sea pens, usually found at depth, and a blue cod appear in shallow waters in Long Sound reserve, where tannin-stained water blocks light. When disturbed, sea pens emit a greenish light and can deflate, retreating into their bulbous feet.
海鳃通常出现在深海中，一条蓝鳕鱼来到被丹宁污染的海水中，这里见不到阳光。当感到遇到威胁的时候，海鳃立刻放出绿光，并向球根状的足部充气。
A forest of black coral, which can live 300 years, grows in Wet Jacket Arm reserve. New Zealand's reserves offer a benchmark of such wonders, a way to gauge change in the oceans, says Bill Ballantine, a biologist who champions reserves. "We could learn what was natural, instead of just imagining it."
在威杰阿姆保护区里，有一片黑珊瑚森林，能够存活300年。
A school of koheru flash through the waters of Poor Knights reserve, a no-go zone for fishermen and other human predators. Despite the legal protection, it's still a jungle down there: Koheru chomp on shrimp and other tiny crustaceans, while dolphins feast on koheru.
普奈茨保护区里一群鲹鱼，这里禁止渔夫和其他人进入。鲹鱼以虾和其他小型贝类为食。
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