These were creatures with limbs, gills, nervous systems, probing antennae, a brain of sorts, in Fortey's words, and the strangest eyes ever seen.

这仍可能是一件令人惊喜的事，它们是有肢、有鳃、有神经系统、有触角、“有某种大脑”（用福泰的话来说）、有最古怪眼睛的动物。

Fish have scales. Fish have gills. Gills help fish get oxygen from the water. Their tails bend from side to side.

有鳞片。有鳃。鳃助中获取氧气。它们的尾巴左右弯曲摆动。

So, how about growing bigger gills to allow for more oxygen intake?

那要是通过长出更大的鳃来摄入更多氧气呢？

Pardon me, do you have gills, ma'am?

你有鳃吗 夫人?

Gills of a fish are the organs it uses to breathe instead of lungs.

用来呼吸的器官是鳃而不是肺。

The U.S. government says the biggest threat to them is commercial fishing, whether they're caught accidentally or targeted for their meat or gill plates.

美国政府称，对蝠鲼而最大的威胁源于商业捕，它们可能会被意外捕捞，也可能是因为渔民以它们的肉或鳃盘为目标而被捕的。

She's got gills. But no, it's amazing.

她好像有腮 开玩笑的 但确实很厉害。

Gills wouldn't let us move underwater, but they'd help us in many other ways.

鳃不能让我们在下移动，但它们可以在许多其他助我们。

Fish have gills and live in the water.

有鳃，住在里。

Some animals, such as the Mexican salamander, have their gills on the outside.

有些动物，如墨西哥蝾螈，它们的鳃在外。

And here we thought gills were only for gaseous exchange.

我们以为鳃只是用来交换气体的。

First, there were gills. But gills, of course, still only work inside of water.

首先是鳃。当然，鳃仍然只在中工作。

After 16 hours, all the crabs had plastic lodged in their gills.

16个小时后，在它们的腮部都会留存有塑料微粒。

It has seven fins, and gills and eyes just like those of the gold-fish.

有七个鳍, 也有鳃、眼睛, 跟金一样。

Scientists have also documented how the salamander can breathe with lungs and gills.

科学家还记录了蝾螈是如何用肺和鳃呼吸的。

Underside of the gills are even brighter purple.

菌褶的下是更深的紫色。

Scientists still aren't sure what causes em, but possible explanations include hiccups being an evolutionary remnant from a few hundred million years ago when our ancestors still had to pump water over their gills.

科学家们仍然不确定它们是由什么引起的，但较合理的解释包括：打嗝是几亿年前我们的祖先还不得不往鳃上抽的进化遗留物。

Goosebumps are a feature we share with lots of animals that didn't lose their body hair, and even hiccups trace back to the brains of fish and tadpoles, a brain signal they use to squeeze water through their gills.

鸡皮疙瘩是我们和很多有体毛的动物的共性，甚至打嗝 都能追溯到类和蝌蚪的大脑，这个脑信号过去常用于把腮中挤出来。

Nurse sharks even nap on the seafloor; however, they use a form of ram ventilation in which they draw in water through nostril-like structures near the eyes, called spiracles, and force it out through the gills.

铰口鲨甚至会在海底打盹；不过，它们采用的是一种特殊的撞击呼吸，即通过眼睛附近的鼻孔状结构（称为鳃裂）吸，然后用鳃将排出。

Merpeople were emerging on all sides now, watching him eagerly, pointing at his webbed hands and gills, talking behind their hands to one another. Harry sped around a corner and a very strange sight met his eyes.

人四八涌现出来，都好奇地望着他，冲着他长蹼的手和鳃囊指指点点，并用手掩着嘴窃窃私语。哈利迅速转了个弯，眼前出现了一片十分奇特的景象。