It uses so much energy producing the slimy mucus and crawling over it that a mouse traveling the same distance uses only one twelfth as much energy.

它产生粘稠的黏液并在黏液上爬行消耗了大量的能量，而一只老鼠移动同样的距离只消耗了十二分之一的能量。

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A pool of slimy water beside one of the capped Wells shows where the surplus oil was dumped.

一口封口的油井旁是一塘脏水黏糊糊，显示剩馀的石油被抛弃了。

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