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本影片片段來自《非洲》
Down here there are animals, too, that seek out the sunlight.
在這下面也有些動物 是喜光的
The forest's largest predator.
森林中最大的掠食者
A female rock python.
一條雌巖蟒
Her body is five metres long,
她的身體長達5米
weighs 100 kilos and has 4,000 muscles
重達100公斤 有著4000塊肌肉
that she uses to crush the life out of her victims.
用來碾碎她的獵物
But right now, her need is not for food. It's for warmth.
但是現在 她需要的不是食物而是溫暖
She finds a rare patch
她發現了一小塊地
where a shaft of sunlight strikes the ground
只見一縷陽光撒到地面上
and she begins to bask.
她開始曬日光浴了
She's cold-blooded,
蛇是冷血動物
so this is the only way she can raise the temperature of her body.
所以這是她提高體溫的唯一方法
But now she's becoming very warm indeed,
可是現在 她的身體已經非常暖和了
more than ten degrees hotter than usual.
甚至比平常高出十幾度
At 40 degrees centigrade, she's in danger of killing herself.
如果體溫達到40度 就有死亡的危險
Just in time, she moves off.
于是她及時離開
