澳大利亚附近发现的奇怪深海生物

科学家在澳大利亚附近已经发现了几十种外貌奇特的深海动物。这些动物居住在一个水深四千米的且完全黑暗的环境。研究者习惯使用一艘能抵御海底强压的特殊潜艇工作。在这艰苦的环境和条件下，也以为这这个地方是很难做勘测工作的。研究者Tim O’Hara博士说道：“澳大利亚的深海环境比澳大利亚的大陆大，但是至今我们仍然对这些生物一无所知。我们对我们刚才发现的事实觉得非常兴奋，我们现在将要分享这些新发现给澳大利亚和国际的公众。”

科学家们对这些长相奇特的生物感到非常惊讶。随后，研究队便给了这些动物起了一些相似但又奇怪的名字。他们发现了‘红色棺材鱼’，‘饼干压模鲨鱼’，‘僵尸蠕虫’，‘三脚架鱼’和‘海洋猪’。这些动物里面有些还可能是新的物种。研究者们对‘红色棺材鱼’特别有兴趣。他们说它有蓝色的眼睛，红色的鳍，还能在黑暗的环境下捕猎。科学家们说它使用“一条有松软诱饵的鱼竿在头上”。研究们也发现了“非常担忧的垃圾数量”，这个包括“汽船时代的垃圾”。他们还说：“海底上有两百年的垃圾”。

Strange deep-sea creatures found near Australia
Scientists have found dozens of strange-looking deep-sea creatures off the coast of Australia. The underwater beasts live in total darkness four kilometres below the surface of the ocean. The researchers used a special submarine that could cope with the crushing pressure of being so deep in the ocean. The difficult environment and conditions mean it is a difficult place to explore. Researcher Dr Tim O'Hara said: "Australia's deep-sea environment is larger in size than the mainland, and until now, almost nothing was known about life [there]. We're really excited about the discoveries that we've made and are thrilled that we can now share them with the Australian and international public."

The scientists are surprised at how odd-looking many of the sea creatures are. The research team gave them some similarly odd names. They discovered a red coffin fish, a cookie cutter shark, zombie worms, tripod fish and sea pigs. Some of these creatures may be new species. Researchers are particularly interested in the coffin fish. They say it has blue eyes, red fins, and a unique method for catching prey in the dark. The scientists said it uses a "fishing rod tipped with a fluffy bait on top of its head". The researchers also found, "highly concerning levels of rubbish" including, "debris from the days when steamships plied our waters". They said: "The seafloor has 200 years of rubbish on it."