huo shan lie dao 12

Song 火山列岛 12
Artist 英语听力
Album BBC南太平洋

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[00:00.15] Daylight reveals another reef predator.
[00:05.50] Crown-of-thorns starfish,
[00:09.00] coral killers.
[00:10.78] Climbing over their prey,
[00:12.15] they secrete digestive juices that turn the inside of the coral to liquid.
[00:17.02] Then they suck out the nutrients,
[00:19.66] leaving nothing behind but a ghostly skeleton.
[00:22.78] In only a few days,
[00:23.99] they can kill huge swathes of the reef.
[00:27.55] Fortunately, coral has an unlikely ally,
[00:32.28] the Triton's trumpet.
[00:34.98] Believe it or not,
[00:36.29] this is a predator on the prowl.
[00:40.34] Its killer pounce revealed only when time is speeded up.
[00:45.22] An unlikely hero, perhaps.
[00:47.71] But the Triton's trumpet is an invaluable control on these starfish.
[00:53.08] And the crown-of-thorns isn't the only coral killer on the reef.
[00:57.75] The razor-sharp beaks of bumphead parrotfish
[01:00.94] also put a dent in this living landscape.