魔鬼鱼向人类求助？ / 开普饭

A massive manta ray has been filmed repeatedly seeking help from divers, in a remarkable encounter off the coast of Australia.

一只巨大的蝠鲼被拍到多次向潜水员寻求帮助，这是在澳大利亚海岸发生的一次非同寻常的事件。

Footage shows Freckles the ray approaching the divers, off the Ningaloo Coast in Western Australia, and showing them that it had fish hooks caught under its eye.

视频显示，在西澳大利亚宁格鲁海岸附近，这条叫做斑点的蝠鲼正在接近潜水员，并向他们展示，它的眼睛下面有鱼钩。

One of the divers removed the hooks after several attempts, and footage of the unusual meeting has gone viral.

其中一名潜水员在几次尝试后取下了鱼钩，这次不寻常会面的视频在网上疯传。

"We were really lucky in that we saw a manta nice and early, and quietly slipped into the water to spend some time with it," photographer Monty Halls said in a Facebook post.

摄影师蒙蒂·霍尔斯在脸书的一篇帖子中说:“我们真的很幸运，因为我们很早就看到了这只美丽的蝠鲼，然后悄悄地潜入水中与它共度时光。”

"After a few minutes we noticed that it had some fish hooks buried beneath (its) right eye, and was repeatedly presenting itself to our guide Jake."

“几分钟后，我们注意到它的右眼下面埋着一些鱼钩，它不断地出现在我们的向导杰克面前。”

"This wasn't my imagination, again and again it came back, turned over, and paused in the water, and -- plainly -- was looking to us to be helped," Halls added.

霍尔斯补充说:“这完全超乎我的想象，它一次又一次地回来，翻了个身，停在水里，很明显，它在期待我们的帮助。”

"Jake got some pliers, and -- made several attempts, with the manta returning each time to allow him another go (it was obviously painful for it).

杰克拿了几把钳子，试了几次，每次蝠鲼都回来让他再试一次(显然很痛苦)。

Finally, he managed it, and the manta settled quietly on the bottom and stayed with us for a wee while."

最后，他成功了，蝠鲼安静地躺在海底，和我们呆了一小会儿。”

"It was an extraordinary half hour or so, and such a clear illustration that these animals have intelligence, trust, and a strong association with folks who treat them with respect," he wrote.

“这是一个不寻常的半小时左右，因为它如此清晰的说明，这些动物有智慧、信任，并与尊重它们的人有着强烈的联系，”他写道。

In a video of the incident, Halls said the manta ray recognized the divers from previous expeditions.

霍尔斯在一段有关这次事件的视频中说，蝠鲼认出了之前探险队的潜水员。

Manta rays are one of countless creatures found in Ningaloo Reef, a World Heritage site and one of the world's longest near-shore reefs.

蝠鲼是在宁格鲁礁发现的无数生物之一，宁格鲁礁是世界遗产，也是世界上最长的近海岸礁石之一。