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Have you ever heard of a "googly-eyed, stubby squid?" Well, you have now.
你听说过瞪着眼睛、矮壮的乌贼吗？好了，现在给你讲讲。
Scientists working to map the Pacific Ocean floor off the coast of North America found a purple squid with big eyes. The squid is called the Rossia Pacifica.
在北美沿海测绘太平洋海图的科学家发现了一种大眼睛的紫色乌贼。这种乌贼被称之为太平洋僧头乌贼(Rossia pacifica)。
It is only about six centimeters long.
它只有大约六厘米长。
The small sea creature was found at a depth of about 900 meters, off the coast of southern California.
这种小型海洋生物是在南加州沿海900米深处发现的。
Money for the mapping project comes the Ocean Exploration Trust. The trust was the idea of Robert Ballard, who discovered the wreckage of the ship Titanic in 1985.
该测绘项目的资金来自于海洋探索信托。该信托是1985年发现泰坦尼克号残骸的罗伯特·巴拉德（Robert Ballard）的主意。
The scientists making the map are working on a large boat called the Nautilus. The Nautilus has remote-controlled roving vehicles that can explore the ocean floor.
绘制地图的科学家在一艘名为鹦鹉螺号的大型船只上工作。鹦鹉螺号拥有可以探索海底的遥控浮动设备。
The researchers have a number of cameras, all of which are connected to the boat with fiber-optic cables. When researchers found the brightly colored squid, they were very excited.
研究人员拥有很多通过光纤电缆同该船相连的摄像头。当研究人员发现这种颜色鲜艳的乌贼，他们都非常兴奋。
You can see the excitement in a video posted to YouTube. It has more than one million views. You can hear the scientists saying "Whoa! What is that? He has weird eyes."
你可以在一则发布到Youtube上的视频看到他们的兴奋。该视频被点击超过1百万次。你可以在视频中听到科学家说，“哇！那是什么？它眼睛好怪！”
The scientists are laughing. One of them jokingly suggests that the squid is actually a child's toy dropped into the ocean by accident.
科学家们都笑了。其中一人开玩笑说，这其实是一个儿童玩具意外掉入大海。
It turns out the Rossia Pacifica uses its big eyes to look for shrimp that it can catch for food.
原来太平洋僧头乌贼用它的大眼睛寻找可以抓来吃的虾子。
The Nautilus left from Canada in May and will complete its trip in September.
鹦鹉螺号于5月份离开加拿大，并将于9月份结束它的行程。
And that's What's Trending Today.
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I'm Ashley Thompson.
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