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A flight of fish.
鱼儿凌空飞翔
Escaping predators is not the only test facing the flying fish.
逃离掠食动物 并非飞鱼面对的唯一挑战
They must also protect their developing young.
它们还得保护发育中的幼鱼
These flying fish are searching for the one thing
这些飞鱼正在寻找一样东西
that will make this possible.
好让幼鱼得到保护
In such a vast ocean it's not easy.
在这片汪洋大海这差事可不简单
They're in luck.
它们走运了
A palm frond.
一片棕榈叶
It's a tiny island adrift in a huge ocean.
这是漂浮在 浩瀚汪洋中的一座小岛
And like an island it offers shelter,
如小岛一般提供栖身之所
not for the flying fish, but for their eggs.
收容的不是飞鱼 而是飞鱼卵
The females lay eggs on the raft, where the males fertilise them.
母鱼在叶子上产卵 由公鱼让卵子受精
The first fish spawn and this triggers the others to start.
第一条鱼产卵 触发其他飞鱼跟进
Soon thousands join the melee.
随即有数千条鱼加入这场乱局
Innumerable strands of eggs are laid.
产下数之不尽的一串串鱼卵
The raft starts to tilt under their weight.
压得叶子开始倾斜
