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It happens on just one night a year, in November. Armed with torches and homemade nets, these islanders prepare for a harvest. They gather in the reef shallows, watching and waiting for what will soon be a flurry of activity. As the moon rises, it triggers a natural phenomenon and a very strange spectacle the rising of worms palolo worms. These are actually the worms' rear ends their reproductive segments. The part with the head remains in the coral rock. When they reach the surface, eggs and sperm will mix. The tide washes the wriggling worms into the shallows where they are scooped up by the bucketful. The whole event lasts just a couple of hours, but in that time, hundreds of kilos can be gathered. |
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tā zhǐ fā shēng zài yī nián zhōng 11 yuè mǒu gè wǎn shàng, dài zhuó shǒu diàn tǒng hé zì zhì yú wǎng, xī sà mó yà dǎo zhèi xiē dǎo mín zhǔn bèi shōu huò. tā men jù zài àn jiāo qiǎn tān, guān chá bìng děng dài bù jiǔ jiāng zhì de huó dòng zhòu zhì. dàng yuè liàng shēng qǐ shí, yǐn fā le yí gè zì rán ér fēi cháng qí yì de xiàn xiàng rú chóng shēng qǐ lái le jī shā cán. shí jì shang zhè shì shā cán de hòu bàn bù fèn, yě jiù shì tā men de shēng zhí bù fèn. tā men de tóu bù réng liú zài jiāo shí shàng, dāng dào dá hǎi miàn shí luǎn zǐ hé jīng zǐ hùn hé, cháo xī jiāng rú dòng de cán tuī dào qiǎn tān zhōng, nà lǐ tā men néng bèi shōu jí dào mǎn mǎn yī tǒng. zhěng gè shì jiàn zhǐ yǒu èr gè xiǎo shí de shí jiān, dàn jiù zài nà duàn shí jiān lǐ néng shōu jí shù bǎi gōng jīn. |