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This show of strength finally gets her attention.
這段展示最終引起了雌鳥(niǎo)的關(guān)注
The best-dressed Goldie gets the girl.
羽毛最美的戈氏天堂鳥(niǎo)找到了伴侶
But while his feathers may have secured him a mate,
天堂鳥(niǎo)的羽毛雖然可以吸引異性
they're not strong enough to carry him off the island
卻不足以飛離小島
and further east across the South Pacific.
更無(wú)法從遙遠(yuǎn)的東方穿越南太平洋
Birds of paradise sacrificed flight efficiency for flights of fancy
它們賣(mài)力飛行，只是為了華麗的表演
So who did manage to colonise the South Pacific?
是誰(shuí)成功開(kāi)拓進(jìn)南太平洋?
New Guinea's enormous landscape is carved up into thousands of isolated valleys.
新幾內(nèi)亞廣袤的陸地由數(shù)千座獨(dú)立的山谷構(gòu)成
Each shelters huge numbers of potential colonisers.
每座山谷都庇護(hù)著數(shù)量龐大的開(kāi)拓者
Amazingly, one in twenty of the world's insect species may live here.
令人驚訝的是，這里的昆蟲(chóng)種類占地球上所有種類的1/20
As well as almost 300 species of mammal, like the bizarre, egg-laying, long-nosed echidna.
同時(shí)還有近300種哺乳動(dòng)物，例如奇異的卵生長(zhǎng)鼻針鼴
There are even kangaroos that have taken to the trees.
甚至還有喜歡依樹(shù)而居的樹(shù)袋鼠。
