'It looked like a big condom': Diver is stunned as bizarre-looking 30-foot 'sea serpent' appears in front of him off of New Zealand
一名潛水員在紐西蘭海域看到30英尺長的「海蛇」出現在他面前時驚呆了：「它看起來像一個大保險套」
This is the moment a diver comes face to face with a bizarre-looking underwater 'sea serpent'.
這是一名潛水員與水下「海蛇」面對面的時刻。
Ben Laurie, 21, encountered the 30-foot creature while diving near Cape Brett on New Zealand's North Island.
21歲的本·勞裡在紐西蘭北島布雷特角附近潛水時遇到了這種30英尺長的生物。
Despite his years of diving experience he said he had no idea what it was and had never seen one before.
儘管他有多年的潛水經驗，但他不知道那是什麼，以前也從未見過。
In a video of the dive, the creature - which he compared to a condom - floats underwater surrounded by much smaller marine life.
他把這種生物比作保險套，它漂浮在水下，周圍是小得多的海洋生物。
'We were diving there for kingfish and we had plugged a couple, and then we were coming up from one of the dives when my friend saw this thing,' said Ben.
本說:「我們在那裡潛水尋找無鰾石首魚，從一處潛水點出來的時候，我的朋友看到了這個東西。」
'It did look almost like a big condom. It was 30 feet long and more than a foot and a half, and it was just flowing with the tide,' he added.
「它看起來確實像一個大保險套，有30英尺長，在那隨波逐流。」他補充說。
Ben Laurie, who has years of experience in the water and is an ambassador for the WildBlue dive shop, said he had seen nothing like it.
本·勞裡有多年的潛水經驗，是WildBlue潛水店的形象大使。
'I didn't know what it was at the time, so it was quite a confusing thing,' he said.
'We get these little like plankton build-ups – they're like small stringy things but they're only like eight inches long – so I thought it was just a large one of them.
'But one of the guys touched it and said it wasn't soft at all, it was more like a cardboard sort of texture.'
他說，當時我不知道這是什麼。這些微小的浮遊生物聚集在一起——它們就像細繩一樣但只有8英寸長，我以為這只是其中最大的一隻。其中一個人摸了一下，說它一點也不軟，更像是紙板的質地。
In fact it is believed to be a pyrosome, a floating colony made up of thousands of sea squirts which feeds by filtering microscopic plant cells out of the sea.
事實上，這是火體蟲，一種由成千上萬的海鞘組成的浮動群體，它們通過過濾海洋中微小的植物細胞來獲取食物。
Each squirt draws in water from outside the pyrosome and then releases the filtered water inside the colony.
每只海鞘從火體蟲外部吸進水，然後在內部釋放過濾過的水。
'Apparently they only come from depths of 2,000 metres, so it's quite rare for them to be up in the shallows like that,' said the diver, from Kerikeri.
「很明顯，它們是從2000米深處遊上來的，在那樣的淺水區裡生活對它們來說是很罕見的。」這位來自克裡克裡的潛水員說到。
'It must have been sick or something. Once it gets a bit too high, because it's got more of a softer texture, the fish seem to eat it, so that's why it stays deep.'
「它一定是病了還是怎麼樣的。一旦它從深處往上遊，就會變得更柔軟，魚似乎也會吃它，所以它要待在深水區。」
'A scientist said it's pretty much a once-in-a-lifetime rare thing to see.'
一位科學家說，這幾乎是一生難得一見的景象。
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譯文來源：三泰虎 http://www.santaihu.com/47038.html 譯者：Jessica.Wu
外文：https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6695527/Diver-stunned-30-foot-sea-serpent-appears-him.html
Orc, Auckland, New Zealand, 50 minutes ago
Wish they'd put a giant condom over New Zealand
真希望他們能在紐西蘭上空放一個巨大的保險套
cockycockney, london, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago
a whale condom maybe haha
鯨魚用的保險套，哈哈
Diverroy, Worcester, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago
He may be hunting for food.
它可能在尋找食物。
Gaynorloulou76, Manchester, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago
Looks nothing like a condom
看起來一點也不像保險套
Reg Snipe, Derby, United Kingdom, 2 hours ago
Has Nessie emigrated and moved south.
尼斯湖水怪已經向南遷徙了嗎？
banger377, rehoboth, United States, 3 hours ago
That's a plastic mast sock covered with algae.
那是一隻覆蓋著海藻的塑料襪子。
harrycoal, Tracy Island, United States Minor Outlying Islands, 4 hours ago
One of my old condoms.
我的一個舊保險套。
Hotoffthepress, L.A., United States, 4 hours ago
Looks like a plastic bag to me.
在我看來像一個塑膠袋。
Rainforest, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago
More like a kleenex.
更像一張紙巾。
Rainforest, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago
He called it a condom because he knew that would create a media storm.
他之所以說像保險套，是因為這樣才能引起媒體的注意。
Rainforest, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago
He should have called Ghost Busters.
他應該打電話給捉鬼敢死隊。
Rainforest, Nottingham, United Kingdom, 5 hours ago
Nessie.
尼斯湖水怪。
Luvinlulakins, Outermongolia, Ireland, 7 hours ago
Looks like plastic
看起來像塑料
Constable Plod, Sydney, Australia, 7 hours ago
Looks like plastic tube used to wrap a long carpet. Note the 'head" appears to be just folded over.
看起來像用來包裹長地毯的塑料管。注意，「頭部」似乎只是被摺疊起來了。
waianapa, Eastbourne, 10 hours ago
Sorry should not have flushed my condom down the loo
對不起，我不該把保險套衝進廁所
Dave Briody, Uk, United Kingdom, 11 hours ago
Rubbish that¿s all that is
那都是垃圾
Earthling, Milkyway, United States, 11 hours ago
Whale's condom, move on, nothing to see here....
鯨魚保險套，繼續，這裡沒什麼可看的
mortalanemones, Senoia, United States, 12 hours ago
Where does he buy his condoms from?
@Earthling 他從哪裡買保險套?
Northern Englishman, Durham, United Kingdom, 12 hours ago
Its a Salp.
這是一隻樽海鞘。
Fat_minister, Manchester, United Kingdom, 12 hours ago
If it looks like a piece of plastic, it probably is.
看起來像一塊塑料，那可能就是。
Texan Chick, Fort Wurth, United States, 12 hours ago
Nessie on vacation
尼斯湖水怪在度假
Steve, Dublin, Ireland, 12 hours ago
Straight to the comments
我是來看評論的
l_louk, london, United Kingdom, 12 hours ago
where is the head???? it looks like plastic rubbish
頭在哪裡?? 看起來像塑料垃圾
easyvibe421, Dublin , Ireland, 13 hours ago
it's just a moray eel I think they can grow to be quite long
一條海鰻而已，它們可以長得很長
BillLoni2, LoniLand, United Kingdom, 13 hours ago
Sponge Bob Square pants should investigate at once.
海綿寶寶應該立即展開調查。