在印尼弗洛雷斯岛外的毛梅雷海湾里,一条有着亮丽的桔黄色条纹的虾虎鱼在一些气泡珊瑚前游动。在大多数海洋中,浑浊昏暗的海水迫使生活在其中的生物不得不使用其非视觉感官,如嗅觉,味觉,触觉,和听觉。但在清澈干净,阳光照耀的珊瑚礁水域中,则有着充足的光线,视觉占主导地位,生活在这里的动物都有着鲜艳的颜色。
A goby fish with brilliant orange streaks stands out on a bit of gray bubble coral in Maumere Bay off Indonesia’s Flores Island. In most of the ocean, turbid or murky waters force creatures to use nonvisual means of communication-smell, taste, touch, and sound. But in the clear, sunlit waters of coral reefs, light abounds, vision predominates, and animals drape themselves in blazing color.
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