这种染料比海蜗牛染料便宜得多。
一万只死去的海蜗牛只提炼出一克紫色染料。
生物学家们发现这种海蜗牛的光散向各个方向，并不是集中为一条光束。
Biologists discovered that the snail scatters light in all directions, rather than focusing it into a single beam.
它的光芒能产生使海蜗牛看起来比实际大的假象，这种光芒使其呈现鲜艳的外表来吓退掠食者。
The light creates the illusion that the snail is bigger than it really is, giving it a glowing presence for warding off predators.
致力于研究这种海蜗牛的斯科·利普斯研究所的海洋生物学家们，正在探究它的生物光的特性怎样应用于光学或生物工程学领域。
The Scripps Marine biologists who studied the snail are now investigating how its luminescent properties could be applied to the fields of optics or bioengineering.
海蝴蝶：一只正在游动的食肉性海蜗牛。它们拥有像翅膀一样的由足进化而来的侧翼(位于右下方)，并靠拍打侧翼在水中前行。
Sea butterfly: a swimming predatory Marine sea snail. They have two wing-like outgrowths (lower right) derived from their foot, which they continually flap to swim through the water.
这张图片展现的是一种为clusterwink海蜗牛的物种，也叫Hineabrasiliana，正在用一种被称为生物发光的现象发光。
This image shows the species of clusterwink snail, Hinea brasiliana, producing light using a phenomenon known as bioluminescence.
这张图片展现的是一种为clusterwink海蜗牛的物种，也叫Hineabrasiliana，正在用一种被称为生物发光的现象发光。
This image shows the species of clusterwink snail, Hinea brasiliana, producing light using a phenomenon known as bioluminescence.
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