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本影片片段來自《非洲》
The creatures that do most of the work,
正是這些生物做了大部分的工作
turn most of the energy,
轉化了大部分的能源
save most of the material
節約了大部分的材料
and allow us to reinsert big animals with some confidence.
才讓我們有信心把大型動物安置在這里
Have you got it in the vial yet?
你把螞蟻放到小瓶子里了嗎
Yeah, I've got three of them. - Oh, good!
是 我放了3只 -哦 好
Professor Wilson was one of the first scientists to explore this area
威爾遜教授是最早探索該地區的科學家之一
together with local wildlife biologist Tonga Tortuda.
同行的還有當地野生生物學家唐加·托奇塔
If you could gather them all up,
如果你可以把他們都聚在一起
all these little invertebrate creatures, and weigh them,
那些小小的無脊椎動物 然后稱下重量
they would weigh far more
他們可能
than all of the big animals put together,
比這里所有的大型動物加起來還要重
even in a fully restored park.
即使是在一個生態完全恢復的公園里
It's these little creatures, together with the plants and trees,
正是這些小小的生物 還有植物
that still make this place
使這個地方
a viable option for reintroducing bigger animals.
成為重新引進大型動物的可選之地
I can't be sure that's a new species,
我不確定這是個新物種
but this is the kind of thing that might be.
但很有可能是的
This park came that close to vanishing...
這個公園幾乎就要消失了
..And I'm happy to report it is coming back.
我非常高興地宣布它復蘇了