The bird recordings and recreated songs you hear now 现在你听到的是录音再现 are all of species that have disappeared from these main-island forests. 这些鸣叫的鸟儿，都已经从主岛森林中消失 We can't just blame Tibbles and...
Tibbles proved to be a very efficient specimen collector. 蒂伯斯是一个非常有 能力的标本收集者 So much so, in fact, that one year later, 以至于实际上一年后 when the bird was officially declared a new species, 这鸟被正式宣...
Unlike mammals, tuatara live life in the slow lane. 不像哺乳动物 楔齿蜥的生命是生存在一个缓慢的通道中 Days can pass when they barely move a muscle...sometimes taking just one breath an hour. 数天过去了它们只不过动了一...
Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, the mammals have finally arrived in force. Australian possums. 聪明能干，哺乳动物最终大规模到达了。澳洲袋貂 Imported for their fur two centuries ago, 200年前它们的皮毛被进口 they soon reac...
Its favourite food is up above - the tiny seeds of the rimu tree. 它们最喜欢的食物在上面 芮木泪柏的微小种子 This fruit fuels kakapo reproduction and they only breed when the trees produce a bumper crop, 这种果实能促进鸮鹉的...
The very first bat evolved from a mouse-like mammal many millions of years ago. 数百万年前最初的蝙蝠是从类似老鼠的哺乳动物演化而来 Here on New Zealand, it seems evolution has gone into reverse. 在新西兰这里，似乎演化...
A freshwater stream through the forest makes a handy highway 淡水溪流穿过森林形成一条便捷的水路 for a parent penguin heading home from a fishing trip with a crop full of food. 方便了带着满满捕鱼收获的企鹅回家 Born in...
A thousand miles long and with a mountainous spine 一千哩长的山脊 rising one-and-a-half miles above the ocean, 高出海面1哩半 New Zealand offered a world of possibilities to creatures that found their way here. 新西兰为这里的生物以...
The Maui parrotbill has a strong, hooked beak for getting at the grubs inside dead wood. 毛伊岛厚喙雀有着强壮的钩形嘴用来找到腐木中的蛆 And then there's the 'akiapola'au, with one of the most remarkable beaks of any bird. 这是导...
The sharp teeth and rough scales of the needlefish are tangled in the spider silk. 有着锋利的牙齿和粗糙的鱼鳞的颚针鱼受到了蜘蛛丝的迷惑 It's clever, it's effective...and many fish can be caught in this way. 灵巧而又有效...
