潜水员捕捉到世界上唯一已知的粉红色蝠鲼的照片

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

近日，世界上唯一的粉红色蝠鲼被发现了。

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

摄影师克里斯蒂安·雷恩在澳大利亚大堡礁潜水时拍下了这种极其罕见的生物。

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

科学家们仍然不知道为什么蝠鲼会有奇怪的粉红色，但他们排除了奇怪饮食的因素。

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

绰号克鲁索探长，著名的粉红豹探长，射线测量11英尺。

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

它是五年前发现的，最近雷恩在艾略特夫人岛附近拍下了它的照片。

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

“我从来没听说过粉色的蝠鲼，”雷恩对ScienceAlert说。

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

“当我第一次看到它的时候，我以为我的相机坏了。”

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

“那天晚上晚些时候，我在餐馆的告示板上看到一张粉红色的蝠鲼的照片，我以为这是个玩笑。”

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

这不是第一次发现这个粉红色的影像。

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

事实上，这张照片是2015年一位名叫瑞安·杰弗里的潜水员拍摄的。

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

当时，这条射线被命名为克鲁索探长——来自《粉红豹》的著名探长。

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

据《国家地理》报道，这种粉红色的蝠鲼只出现过10次左右。