1·Ms. Scales recalls her first sighting of a wild seahorse as "like glimpsing a unicorn trotting through my garden".
斯盖尔斯女士回忆起自己第一次看到野生海马的情景，就像“瞥见一只独角兽在我的花园里小跑”。
2·Indeed, the world's 37 species of seahorse are fish, breathing through gills and using a swim bladder to control their buoyancy.
事实上，世界上有37种海马是鱼，它们通过鳃呼吸，用鱼鳔来控制浮力。
3·Seahorse's populations could fall precipitously, because so much of their habitat could have been lost to the spill.
由于大量的栖息地可能会因为漏油事故而消失，海马数量可能会急剧下降。
4·Zooming in on a fractal reveals ever-increasing complexity and repetition. This section is known as a "seahorse tail."
把一个分形放大，你会看到更多的复杂性和重复性。这张图片被称为“海马尾巴”。
5·The male seahorse has a pouch on its stomach in which to carry babies-as many as 2,000 at a time.
这种雄海马在肚子上有一个育儿袋，在里面带着它的孩子们——每次同时多达2000只。