A study in 2009 revealed that waste excreted by clownfish provides vital nutrients to anemones.

2009年的一项研究显示，小丑鱼的排泄物是海葵极其重要的营养物。

Clownfish use sea anemones as their home and personal bodyguards.

小丑鱼把海葵作为自己的家和私人保镖。

Immune to the paralyzing venom of the sea anemone, clownfish hide in her tentacles.

小丑鱼对海葵的麻痹毒液免疫，躲在海葵的触手里。

Now researchers have found clownfish can boost their hosts' oxygen supplies at night too.

研究人员现在又发现小丑鱼还可以在夜间为其宿主增加供氧量。

Due to their small size, clownfish are easy prey for sharks, eels, and larger fish.

由于体型小，小丑鱼很容易成为鲨鱼、鳗鱼和大鱼的猎物。

Clownfish escape the anemone's sting by covering themselves in a protective layer of mucus!

小丑鱼利用保护性的粘液层覆盖体表，从而逃脱海葵的针刺。

" Hey, dude, have you seen a clownfish? "

“嘿，老兄，你看到小丑鱼了吗？”

A relative of both coral polyps and jellyfish, anemones have their own partner to help make life easier...clownfish.

相比于珊瑚虫和水母而言，为了让生存更加容易，海葵有它自己的伙伴… … 小丑鱼。

In return for safety, clownfish provide nutrients to the anemone and keep it clean of parasites.

作为对安全的回报，小丑鱼为海葵提供营养，并使其远离寄生虫。

The clownfish gets to enjoy whatever food is leftover after the sea anemone is done feasting.

海葵吃完之后，小丑鱼就可以享用剩下的食物了。

By hiding inside the anemone, clownfish are protected from predators that don't want to be hurt by the anemone.

通过躲藏在海葵中，小丑鱼摆脱了怕被海葵刺痛的捕食者。

So why didn't the shark swallow the clownfish?

那么，为什么鲨鱼不吞下小丑鱼呢？

For a clownfish, he really isn't that funny.

对于一个小丑鱼来说， 他的笑话很冷。

Because a lot of other clownfish had their eyes on this place.

因为有许多其他的小丑鱼也觊觎这块地方。

Clownfish and anemones live on coral reefs where oxygen levels in the water often plunge at night as photosynthesis shuts down.

小丑鱼和海葵生活在珊瑚礁中，由于夜间不再有光合作用，海水在夜间的氧气含量常会骤然下降。

It tasted " ha ha" , it's a clownfish, and hmm strange, right?

它尝起来“哈哈”，是小丑鱼，嗯很奇怪，对吧？

The over 100 species of coral have attracted some 300 species of marine life including giant clams, groupers and clownfish, he said.

他说，超过一百种珊瑚吸引了约三百种海洋生物，包括大蛤，石斑鱼和小丑鱼。

[Jane] In " Finding Nemo, " Nemo's a clownfish, and his dad takes care of him; is that true to life?

这是真的吗？

There are at least 30 known species of clownfish that mostly live in shallow waters of the Red Sea, Indian, and western Pacific Oceans.

目前已知的小丑鱼至少有30种，它们大多生活在红海、印度洋和西太平洋的浅水区。

First we have, " Why didn't the shark swallow the clownfish? " Now first we have to understand the verb " swallow" .

首先我们有，“为什么鲨鱼不吞下小丑鱼？”现在我们首先要理解“吞”这个动词。