无尽汪洋 07

The riches of the Galapagos were something

the survivors of the ***** could only fantasise about.

One month into their ordeal,

and still adrift in the Desolate Region,

they were slowly starving.

What the sailors didn't know

was that the endless blue hides a secret.

At dusk,

huge areas of otherwise empty ocean are transformed.

Squid shoot up from the depths to feed near the surface.

Surprisingly,

there are more squid in the ocean than fish

and they take part in the greatest migration

of animals on the Earth.

Every night,

a world of creatures rise up

from the depths to dine on the small amounts of surface plankton.

They are among the strangest-looking life forms on our planet.

In this dark world,

some are see-through,

perhaps for camouflage.

Some create their own light

to communicate or lure in their prey.

Others form inexplicable alliances.

This young slipper lobster

may be using this jelly as a buoyancy aid.