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Something fishy's going on in California.
加州發生了一件怪事。

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For the second time this week, a rare sea creature has been found.
本週這裡已經兩度發現罕見的海中生物。

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So, what's bringing them close to shore?
那麼，是什麼促使牠們到岸邊來呢？

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CNN's Casey Wian investigates.
本台的凱西．懷安進行調查。

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It started when a snorkeler came across this 18-foot creature that's likely an example of what ancient mariners called sea serpents.
事情的開始是一名浮潛者發現了這隻十八英尺長的生物，很可能是古代水手所謂的海蛇的樣本。

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They seem kind of sea monster-ish, and so it catches a lot of attention.
這種生物看起來有點像是海怪，所以會吸引很多注意。

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And it's exciting for the scientists, too.
此外，也相當令科學家興奮。

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Normally found only in the deep ocean, this oarfish was in just 15 feet of water off Catalina Island.
皇帶魚通常只見於深海，這條卻是在卡特林納島外海只有十五英尺深的水中。

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Two days later, this bizarre looking mammal washed ashore across the channel on Venice Beach.
兩天後，這隻外貌古怪的哺乳類動物被沖上海峽對岸的威尼斯海灘。

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It's believed to be a rare saber-toothed Stejneger's beaked whale.
這隻生物據信是罕見的軍刀齒史氏中喙鯨。

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It's usually found in much colder waters and almost unheard of in southern California.
這種鯨魚通常出沒於比較寒冷的海域，在加州南部幾乎從來沒人聽說過。

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They're never seen around here,
從來沒有看過牠們在這裡出現，

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and to have something this unique wash up, which is a once-in-a-lifetime-so-far experience for me, was a real treat.
能夠有這麼獨特的生物被沖上岸，實在是一大樂事，而且是我到目前此生唯一一次的經驗。

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Manhattan Beach surfers are used to seeing great white sharks, but not this many.
曼哈頓海灘的衝浪客對於大白鯊的身影早就習以為常，但他們從沒看過數量這麼多。

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Well, I've been seeing an abnormally high quantity of great white sharks out here lately.
我最近在這邊發現數量異常之多的大白鯊，

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So I figured I'd take a stand-up paddleboard out,
所以我打算帶著直立式划槳衝浪板出海，

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put my GoPro camera on my head and see if I can get some footage.
把我的 GoPro 運動攝影機裝在頭上，看看能不能拍到一些影片。

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Did he ever.
看看他拍到的影片有多麼精彩。

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Holy (EXPLETIVE DELETED). He's checking me out.
老天（鄙語消音），他在打量我。

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Whoo! Oh, my God, right under the board.
呼！天哪，就在我的板子下方。

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Oh, my God, look at that. I'm (EXPLETIVE DELETED) shaking like a leaf.
老天，你看。我（鄙語消音）全身發抖得像一片樹葉一樣。

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So what's going on here?
這裡到底發生了什麼事？

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I'd say something along the lines of a global climate change.
我覺得和全球氣候變遷有關。

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The temperature of ocean currents are definitely changing up a bit.
海洋洋流的溫度絕對有些改變。

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I don't know. It sounds scary, though, especially with the great whites.
我不知道，不過聽起來很可怕，尤其是那些大白鯊。

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I have four little kids out here and I tell them not to go in the water.
我有四個小孩在這裡，我都叫他們不要下水。

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Scarier for southern Californians than any shark sighting is a theory about the oarfish.
對於加州南部居民而言，比起發現鯊魚出沒更可怕的事情，則是一個有關皇帶魚的理論。

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Japanese legend holds that oarfish actually beach themselves to warn of an impending earthquake.
日本傳說指稱皇帶魚上岸是來警告地震即將發生。

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And, in fact, dozens of them did just that in Japan about a year before the devastating Fukushima quake and tsunami in 2011.
實際上，在二○一一年災情慘重的福島地震與海嘯發生的前一年左右，就有數十條皇帶魚在日本擱淺。

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Usually there is some truth behind every legend.
每一個傳說背後通常都有些真實性。

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In that particular instance, I don't know, it seems a little far-fetched.
至於這個例子，我不知道，似乎有點牽強。

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Scientists don't know why all of this is happening.
科學家不曉得這一切現象發生的原因。

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For now, the Catalina oarfish has been dissected, cut in pieces and frozen
就目前而言，卡特林納島的那條皇帶魚已經被解剖、切成塊以及冷凍，

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so its flesh can be boiled off later and its skeleton reconstructed and mounted.
以便之後將肉煮脫，再把骨骸重組之後架起來。

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Wonder if that will keep the earthquakes away.
不曉得這麼做能不能讓地震不要來。