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Imagine each island as a castle,
把島嶼想象為一座城堡
and the ocean a giant moat stretching to the horizon in every direction,
海洋就是一直延伸到遙遠(yuǎn)地平線的巨大的護(hù)城河
and you have captured the essence of their isolation.
你就可以體會到其與世隔絕的本質(zhì)
It's a wonder how any life reached these islands at all.
任何能夠抵達(dá)這座島嶼的生命都是一個(gè)奇跡
But no matter how remote or small an island is,
但無論島嶼多么偏遠(yuǎn)或者微小
animals have somehow conquered the massive ocean barrier to reach these specks of land.
動(dòng)物們總有辦法克服廣闊海洋的障礙，抵達(dá)這里
For the lucky few that made it, South Pacific islands provided great opportunities.
對于少數(shù)幸運(yùn)者而言，南太平洋群島提供了很多生存機(jī)遇
Once here, they had the freedom to be different.
一旦來到這里，它們便享有進(jìn)化的自由
Crabs may not seem unusual, but there's one kind here that's like no other.
螃蟹看似普通，但這里有一種螃蟹與眾不同
On this little island in Vanuatu lives a real oddity.
在瓦努阿圖的梅托馬島上生活著一種怪物
It's the largest terrestrial invertebrate on Earth.
這是地球上最大的陸棲無脊椎動(dòng)物
