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Not all arrangements with suckerfish are as comfortable.
跟吸盘鱼在一起并不总是这么舒服的。
This dugong in the Philippines has two sets of companions:
菲律宾海域里的这只儒艮有两组同伴：
the streamlined remoras seen on sharks and mantas, and striped golden jacks.
能在鲨鱼和蝠鲼身上看到的流线型鮣鱼，以及条纹金杰克鱼。
The placid dugong grazes the seagrass meadows.
性情温和的儒艮进食海床上的海草。
The golden jacks grab small shrimps that the dugong stirs up.
金杰克鱼便趁机捕食被儒艮搅动起来的小虾。
He seems content to have them around.
有这些鱼在它周围，它似乎很满意。
The remoras, on the other hand, seem to trouble him.
相反，鮣鱼好像就让它比较困扰了。
They don't seem to be useful cleaners.
它们并不是高效的清洁师。
In fact, they only want to eat what the shrimp goby feeds his shrimp.
其实，这些鮣鱼只想吃虾虎鱼的食物。
Most remoras are poop-eaters, just like the shrimp.
多数鮣鱼都是吃便便的，跟虾一样。
The dugong hates it.
儒艮很讨厌这一点。
It must be very uncomfortable.
这肯定让它极其难受。
First, he tries to rub them off, but that doesn't work.
一开始，它想把这些鱼都蹭掉，但好像不管用。
Plan B. He rolls around creating a cloud of silt and sand.
改变策略。它旋转起来，搅起一团淤泥和沙子。
He tries to bat them away.
以此把它们赶走。
Once he's got a dense cloud cover going, he sneaks off with his golden jacks and only one remora.
搅起一团浓密的烟雾后，它就带着金杰克鱼一起溜走了，只剩一只鮣鱼还跟着。
