潛水員捕捉到世界上唯一已知的粉紅色蝠鲼的照片

潛水員捕捉到世界上唯一已知的粉紅色蝠鲼的照片

Stunning images of what may be the world’s only pink manta ray have been revealed.

近日，世界上唯一的粉紅色蝠鲼被發(fā)現(xiàn)了。

Photographer Kristian Laine snapped the ultra-rare creature during a dive in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef.

攝影師克里斯蒂安·雷恩在澳大利亞大堡礁潛水時拍下了這種極其罕見的生物。

Scientists still don’t know why the manta has its strange pink hue, but have ruled out an odd diet.

科學家們仍然不知道為什么蝠鲼會有奇怪的粉紅色，但他們排除了奇怪飲食的因素。

Nicknamed Inspector Clouseau, the famous inspector from Pink Panther, the ray measures 11 feet.

綽號克魯索探長，著名的粉紅豹探長，射線測量11英尺。

It was discovered five years ago and was recently pictured by Laine just off Lady Elliot Island.

它是五年前發(fā)現(xiàn)的，最近雷恩在艾略特夫人島附近拍下了它的照片。

“I had never even heard of a pink manta,” said Laine, speaking to ScienceAlert.

“我從來沒聽說過粉色的蝠鲼，”雷恩對ScienceAlert說。

“And when I first saw it, I thought my camera was playing up.”

“當我第一次看到它的時候，我以為我的相機壞了。”

“Only later that night I saw a photo of a pink manta on the restaurant’s notice board and thought it was a joke.”

“那天晚上晚些時候，我在餐館的告示板上看到一張粉紅色的蝠鲼的照片，我以為這是個玩笑。”

This isn’t the first time the pink ray has been spotted.

這不是第一次發(fā)現(xiàn)這個粉紅色的影像。

In fact, it was previously snapped in 2015 by a diver named Ryan Jeffery.

事實上，這張照片是2015年一位名叫瑞安·杰弗里的潛水員拍攝的。

At the time, the ray was named Inspector Clouseau – the famous inspector from Pink Panther.

當時，這條射線被命名為克魯索探長——來自《粉紅豹》的著名探長。

The pink manta has only been seen around 10 times, according to National Geographic.

據(jù)《國家地理》報道，這種粉紅色的蝠鲼只出現(xiàn)過10次左右。