From the depths along the colder Pacific coast, opalescent squid rise toward the full moon.
乳白色的鱿鱼从较冷的太平洋海岸深处 向着满月升起
A male grabs a female and his tentacles flush red.
一只雄性抓住了一只雌性 它的触须变成了红色
He passes a sperm package to her.
它递给它一包精子
They drift inshore, and by the time they arrive, the females are carrying pods of growing embryos.
它们漂向岸边 当它们到达时 雌鱿鱼已经带着正在发育的胚胎
They attached them to anything solid - even decorating a decorator crab.
它们把胚胎附着在任何固体上——甚至把它粘附在装饰蟹上
Once their eggs have been laid, all the adults die.
产卵之后 所有的成年鱿鱼都会死去
Their purpose in the chain of generations is fulfilled.
它们世代繁衍的目的实现了
Almost everything will eat the dying parents, but not so the eggs.
几乎任何动物都会吃濒死的成年鱿鱼 但不会吃它们的卵
The egg cases carry toxins, and most animals only try them once.
卵壳携带有毒素 大多数动物尝一次就不吃了
Inside each carefully protected home, the squid are already growing.
在每一个被精心保护的窝里 鱿鱼已经在生长
The squid will all hatch together, and the eruption of life will trigger so much more.
鱿鱼会一起孵化 生命的爆发会引发更多一系列反应
The majority of larvae is swept away, and become part of the plankton, the biggest nursery on the planet.
大多数幼体被水冲走 成为浮游生物的一部分 它们是地球上最大的托儿所
The ocean itself looks after them, feeds and protects them.
海洋会照顾它们 喂养它们 保护它们