‘We have really cool sharks,” says Dr Lucy Hawkes. She is not referring to animals in the rich coastal waters of South Africa or Mexico, but instead talking about the species that live around Britain. Hawkes, an associate professor(副教授) at the University of Exeter, is co-leading a new three-year project to investigate the lives of three of England’s most vulnerable(脆弱的，易受伤害的) shark species.
“我们有非常酷的鲨鱼，”露西·霍克斯博士说。她指的不是南非或墨西哥富饶沿海水域的动物，而是生活在英国周边的物种。霍克斯是埃克塞特大学的副教授，正在共同领导一个为期三年的新项目，研究英格兰三种最脆弱的鲨鱼的生活。
“I like the porbeagle(鼠鲨), which looks like a baby great white shark,” she says. “Surfers could see one and absolutely poop their pants(吓得屁滚尿流), but they’re not dangerous. It’s amazing that we share the water with some pretty exciting animals.(我们竟然和这么刺激的动物共享一片水域，真是太神奇了。)”
“我喜欢鼠鲨，它看起来像幼年大白鲨，”她说。“冲浪者看到一条可能会吓得屁滚尿流，但它们并不危险。我们竟然和这么刺激的动物共享一片水域，真是太神奇了。”
More sharks swim in British waters than you might expect. From small catsharks and deepwater dogfish to migratory blue sharks and huge filter-feeding basking sharks, there are more than 40 different types in these waters.(从小型猫鲨和深水角鲨，到迁徙性的蓝鲨和巨大的滤食性姥鲨，这片水域有40多种不同的鲨鱼。) Yet scientists know surprisingly little about most of them.
在英国水域游弋的鲨鱼比你想象的要多。从小型猫鲨和深水角鲨，到迁徙性的蓝鲨和巨大的滤食性姥鲨，这片水域有40多种不同的鲨鱼。然而，科学家对其中大多数却知之甚少。