1·In many marine creatures, however, the skeleton is composed of a mineral variety of calcium carbonate called aragonite.
然而，很多海洋生物的骨骼由一种叫作霰石的碳酸钙矿物变体组成。
2·X-ray examination of thin slabs of rock sometimes reveals the ghostly outlines of tentacles, digestive tracts, and visual organs of a variety of marine creatures.
对岩石薄片的 X 射线检查有时会发现可怕的触角轮廓、消化道和很多种海洋生物的视觉器官。
3·Marine creatures are those which live in the sea.
海洋生物是生存在海里的生物。
4·Marine creatures are those which live in the sea.
海洋生物 感到奇怪。
5·Other Marine creatures such as oysters and whales have fared even worse.
其他海洋生物，如牡蛎和鲸鱼已经表现更糟。
6·That is bad because many Marine creatures rely on shells made of calcium carbonate to protect themselves.
这是相当糟糕的，因为很多海洋生物生活在钙质碳酸盐的贝壳里以保护自己。
7·Modern baleen whales, such as blue whales, can filter small Marine creatures from huge volumes of water.
现代的须鲸，如蓝鲸，可以从，从大量的水中过滤小海洋生物。
8·But despite its small size, blooms of plankton are visible from space and can sustain billions of Marine creatures.
虽然它的体积很小，但是密集孳生的浮游生物在太空中都看得见，而且能够供养数十亿的海洋生物。
9·Coral reefs cover less than one percent of the ocean floor, but they support one out of every four Marine creatures.
珊瑚礁只是覆盖了大洋海底不到1%的地方，可是它却支持着海洋生物中的四分之一的生存。
10·It is a story that spans 500 million years and stars some of the most exotic and wondrous Marine creatures on earth.
跨越500万年前和星，地球上最具有异国情调和奇妙的海洋生物，它是一个故事。