We get rid of excess salt from our stems by sending it up into old leaves, which fall off, returning it to the sea. That's not all our leaves do. Because it's so salty here, we need to store up water.
雖然「四體不勤」，不能像八爪橫行的蟹，一漲潮，溜的倒快；但我們葉子上有特殊腺體，能將根部吸收濃度過高的鹽水排掉；或把它輸送、貯存於「老葉」上，待老葉枯落，鹽分也就還諸大海了。