New Crab Species Discovered in Taiwan

台湾发现新品种螃蟹



本新闻影音出处：新唐人电视台英语新闻

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【新闻关键字】

1. obvious : adj. 明显

2. impact: n. 影响

3. shipwreck: n. 沉船

4. economic: adj. 经济的

5. appreciation: n. 观赏

6. preserve: v. 保存

Taiwan biologist Ho Ping-ho wants his newly discovered crab to be called the “strawberry crab” for obvious reasons.

台湾生物学家何平和希望他新发现的螃蟹命名为“草莓螃蟹”，理由明显。

He and his students found the crab on a beach in southern Taiwan last year while they were investigating the environmental impact of a recent shipwreck.

他和学生去年在南台湾海边发现这种螃蟹，当时他们正在研究最近沉船对环境的影响。

[Ho Ping-ho, Asst. Professor, National Taiwan Ocean University]:

“The strawberry crab is very small and has little economic value, because it’s too small to eat. But some people may want to keep them as appreciation pets. I think there would be a problem if people are capturing them without control, or keep on looking for them at the shore. That is absolutely harmful to them.”

国立台湾海洋大学助理教授何平和说：“草莓螃蟹非常小，经济价值不高，太小只不能吃，但是有人想养来当观赏宠物，我想人们如果滥捕，或继续在海边寻找，就会造成问题，绝对会对它们造成伤害。”

What they found were two female crabs. One was dead. The other was dying, probably from exposure to oil in the water.

他们发现的是两只母蟹，一只死了、另一只也在垂死边缘，可能因为泡在水中的油里。

Six months later, Professor Ho says he’s confident their accidental discovery is in fact, a new species that should be protected.

六个月后，何教授说他相信他们意外的发现，实际上是新物种必须保护。

The crabs are being preserved at the National Taiwan Ocean University.

这两只螃蟹被保存在台湾海洋大学。

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