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Plants have a family tree
植物的歷史
stretching back nearly half a billion years.
可回溯至將近五億年前
They have developed an extraordinary range of strategies to survive.
它們為了生存 發展出許多讓人驚奇的策略
This tree is a bristlecone pine.
這是一棵刺果松
It's taken thousands of years to reach this size.
它花了幾千年才長到這么大
It has seen empires rise and fall,
它看盡帝國崛起，衰微
kings, queens and presidents come and go
王朝興盛更迭
and may have seen the sun rise more than 1.5 million times.
而且可能歷經了 一百五十多萬次的日出日落
Bristlecone pines are the oldest living things on Earth.
刺果松是世界上最長壽的生物
Bamboo is the fastest growing plant.
竹子則是生長速度最快的植物
It will be full-grown - 30 metres tall - in just 90 days.
短短九十天 就能長到三十公尺高
Like animals, plants are constantly competing for food.
植物和動物一樣 無時無刻不在搶奪食物
Striving to produce offspring
努力繁衍后代
and battling against predators.
對抗掠食動物
They will deceive and, in some cases,
有的會欺瞞拐騙
they will even hunt.
有的甚至會獵食
