Petrified Forests

美 [ˈpetrɪfaɪd ˈfɔrəsts]英 [ˈpetrɪfaɪd ˈfɒrɪsts]

Petrified Forests

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I was familiar with the latest research on this bizarre zoophyte-which turns to stone while taking on a tree form , as some naturalists have very aptly observed -- and nothing could have been more fascinating to me than to visit one of these petrified forests that nature has planted on the bottom of the sea .

我知道最近关于这种奇怪的植虫动物的研究结果，照生物学家的很正确的观察，珊瑚虫在分支繁殖中就起矿化作用，对我来说，去参观大自然种植在海底下的一处石质森林，实在是最有兴趣不过的了。