[国家地理--每日一图]马尔代夫，魔鬼鱼

This Month in Photo of the Day: Animals

每日一图：动物

Each year lunar tides and Indian Ocean monsoon currents combine to drive plankton and tropical krill into confined bays around the islands of the Maldives. These protein-packed waters invite large concentrations of manta rays to an all-you-can-eat buffet. Despite their large size, with wingspans stretching up to 12 feet (3.6 meters), as many as 200 mantas may pack a football field-sized bay during these feeding frenzies.

每年，在潮汐作用和印度洋季风洋流的共同作用下，浮游生物和磷虾就会聚集在马尔代夫的岛屿海湾来。于是，这样富含蛋白质（海洋生物蛋白质含量比较高——译注）的海水就会吸引大量魔鬼鱼来这里饱吃一顿“自助餐”。它们的体型巨大，展开它的“双翼”，能达到12英尺长（3.6米），大约200只魔鬼鱼就能占满一个足球场那么大的区域，然后来一场饕餮盛宴。

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