英国票选最丑动物 深海水滴鱼夺冠

爱思英语编者按：经过公众投票，长相闷闷不乐、黏糊糊的海底怪鱼水滴鱼成了英国丑陋动物保护协会的官方吉祥物。

Blobfish wins ugliest animal vote
英国票选最丑动物 深海水滴鱼夺冠

The grumpy-looking, gelatinous blobfish has won a public vote to become the official mascot of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society.
经过公众投票，长相闷闷不乐、黏糊糊的海底怪鱼水滴鱼成了英国丑陋动物保护协会的官方吉祥物。

This gives the fish the unofficial title of world`s ugliest animal. The winner was announced at the British Science Festival in Newcastle.
水滴鱼也非正式地成了世界上最丑的动物。冠军在纽卡斯尔的英国科技节公布。

The society began as a science-themed comedy night and devised its mascot campaign to draw attention to "aesthetically challenged" threatened species.
该协会举办了一个科学主题的搞笑节目，并安排了吉祥物的竞选活动，主要是为了增强人们对“挑战审美”的濒危动物的保护意识。

The blobfish tops a list that includes the huge-nosed proboscis monkey, the similarly afflicted pig-nosed turtle, an amphibian affectionately known as a "scrotum frog" and pubic lice.
在这张榜单中除了冠军水滴鱼，还有鼻子特征显著的长鼻猴、饱受同样折磨的猪鼻龟，一种被亲切地叫做“阴囊蛙” 的两栖动物，另外还有阴虱。

Biologist and TV presenter Simon Watt, president of the Ugly Animal Preservation Society, said he hoped the campaign would draw attention to the threats facing these weird and wonderful creatures.
生物学家兼电视节目主持人西门-瓦特是英国丑陋动物保护协会的主席，他表示希望这次的活动能够让公众关注这些长相奇怪但其实很棒的濒危生物。

The blobfish eventually won by almost 10,000 votes.
水滴鱼最后获得了超过1万张投票。

The bizarre creature lives off the coast of south-eastern Australia and Tasmania, at depths of between 600 and 1,200m, where atmospheric pressure is several dozen times higher than at sea level.
这种长相奇怪的动物生活在澳大利亚东南部和塔斯马尼亚岛的海洋中，深达600到1200米的海底，那里的气压要比海平面的气压强几十倍。