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Can anything survive the North African desert
是否有生物能在北非沙漠
when the sun is at its fiercest?
烈日的炙烤下存活呢
It's approaching mid-day.
此刻響午時分將至
A fringe-toed lizard is hungry.
一只棘趾蜥早已饑腸轆轆
He's on a stake-out.
他正在監視獵物
Flashy scales reflect some of the sun's rays.
閃耀的鱗片能夠反射一些陽光
Nevertheless, the heat is almost unbearable.
盡管如此 高溫依舊令他難以忍受
His prey hasn't left home all day.
他的獵物一整天都沒有離開巢穴
The lizard is the last animal still out on the dunes.
那只蜥蜴是沙丘上唯一暴露在外的生物
But even he can't take it any more.
但他也無法忍受這酷熱了
To survive longer, you would need a spacesuit.
想活得更久 需要一件太空服
And in a way, that's what these insects have.
而這些昆蟲就好像是穿著太空服一樣
Silver ants' armoured skin reflects light.
銀蟻的皮膚能夠反射光線
They can tolerate temperatures
他們因此能夠承受
that would kill any other land animal.
足以殺死任何陸地生物的高溫
Even so,
即便如此
they can only survive for less than ten minutes in the midday sun.
他們在正午驕陽的炙烤下 也存活不到10分鐘
