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Adrian' s mission is to uncover the secrets of these boneeating worms, from how they reproduce to the way the bacteria inside them digest the oilrich bones. But they aren' t the only mysterious characters that have been discovered living in this unique ecosystem. Meet the carpet worm, the candy floss worm and even the snowboarding worm, all specially adapted to live on whale bones. But I was curious to know why we need to study these bizarre forms of life. Does understanding the boneeating snot flower have any wider relevance? To some people it might just seem that this is a weird worm sitting on a whale bone. Well, that' s how I saw it, first of all. That' s right. I mean that' s what you think. But what it really tells us about is the process of evolution, and particularly evolution in the most extreme environment? How did this bizarre animal evolve? What' s its closest relatives? How did it evolve to actually live on what' s quite a toxic and quite difficult place to live? And, really, the sort of bigger picture is, how does a life evolve anyway, what is the process of evolution over time? |
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ài dé lǐ ān de rèn wù, jiù shì jiē kāi zhèi xiē shí gǔ chóng de mì mì. cóng tā men rú hé fán zhí, dào qí tǐ nèi xì jūn rú hé xiāo huà fù hán yóu zhī de gǔ gé, zài zhè dú yī wú èr de shēng tài xì tǒng zhōng, tā men bìng fēi wéi yī de shén qí shēng wù. lái kàn kàn dì tǎn chóng, mián huā táng chóng, shèn zhì hái yǒu huá xuě bǎn chóng, wán quán jìn huà wéi shì yìng zài jīng gǔ shàng shēng cún de xíng tài, dàn wǒ hěn hào qí, wǒ men wèi hé yào yán jiū zhèi xiē xíng tài guài yì de shēng mìng? liǎo jiě zhè zhǒng shí gǔ bí tì huā chóng, yǒu shén me gēng shēn yuǎn de yì yì ma? zài yǒu xiē rén yǎn lǐ tā men huò xǔ zhǐ shì, jīng gǔ shàng zhǎng chū de qí guài rú chóng. yī kāi shǐ, wǒ yě shì zhè yàng rèn wéi. méi cuò, yī kāi shǐ dōu huì zhè yàng xiǎng, dàn shì cóng tā men shēn shàng wǒ men néng liǎo jiě dào jìn huà de guò chéng. tè bié shì zuì jí duān huán jìng zhōng de jìn huà guò chéng. zhè zhǒng qí tè de shēng wù dào dǐ shì zěn yàng jìn huà de? tā de jìn qīn shì shén me? néng gòu zài dú xìng rú cǐ zhī dà, rú cǐ yán kù de huán jìng zhōng shēng cún, tā men de jìn huà lì chéng jiū jìng shì zěn yàng de ne? zǒng zhī, cóng hóng guān shàng kàn jiù shì, shēng mìng rú hé jìn huà? suí shí jiān de liú shì, jìn huà de guò chéng yòu shì zěn yàng? |