莫肯人世世代代生活在海上,从小就练就了一种超乎寻常的水下视力。莫肯人的起源早已无从考证,历史学家认为,他们的祖先为躲避战乱而流落海上,此后,再也没有离开过木船。他们驾船穿梭在缅甸和泰国海域之间,被称为“海上吉普赛人”。在莫肯人高度适应海上生活的诸多特性中,最令人惊奇的就是他们的水下视力。最近,瑞典隆德大学的眼科专家安娜·吉斯伦对这一特性进行了研究。她说:“我和孩子们一道潜入水下,我看到他们泳姿灵活自如,我也注意到,他们不借助面罩与泳镜,用肉眼就能看清海底 Moken people living in the sea from generation to generation, has trained an extraordinary underwater vision. The origins of the Moken people are long gone. The historians believe that their ancestors were fleeing the war and falling into the sea, never to leave a wooden boat ever since. They sail across the sea between Myanmar and Thailand, known as the ”Sea Gypsies.“ Among the many features that make Mokans highly adapted to life at sea, the most amazing is their underwater vision. Recently, Anna Gisllen, an eye specialist at Lund University in Sweden, studied this property. She said: ”I dived into the water with my children and I saw them swimming gracefully and flexibly. I also noticed that they could see the sea with their naked eyes without using their masks and goggles