The Medusa and the Snail: More Notes of a Biology Watcher
by Lewis Thomas
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《水母与蜗牛：一个生物学观察者的手记（续）》讲述了Medusa（美丢莎）是希腊传说中三大妖怪之一。她的头发是一条条蛇。有一个属的水母长有触手，像那妖怪的蛇发，因而得名。所谓Snail，是一种海生的蛞蝓，裸鳃类，没有壳。那篇文章，讲的是那不勒斯海水域中那一个特殊种的水母和那一个特殊种的蛞蝓结成共生关系的故事。刘易斯·托马斯一直关注着自然界和人类社会中的共生、依存和合作的现象。
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