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Of all these island clusters, Fiji is the largest
其中最大的島嶼是斐濟群島
made up of over 300 volcanic islands, formed some 40 million years ago.
由300多座火山島組成，是在約4千萬年前形成的
Fiji is around two-thirds the size of the Solomons,
斐濟面積約為所羅門群島的三分之二
so remained a reasonable target for would-be colonisers.
它是漂流者們理想的落腳點
Despite its isolation, it is still home to nearly half the number of plant species found in the Solomons.
盡管與世隔絕，它依然是所羅門群島已發現的近一半植物品種的家園
But animal colonisers were not so successful.
但動物開拓者們卻并不成功
At night, the forests are eerily quiet.
夜晚，森林寂靜下來
Only a handful of bats made it here,
只有極少數蝙蝠在這里
the only mammals to do so, and there are far fewer birds.
它們是這里僅有的哺乳動物，鳥類就更加少了
In the absence of ground predators, invertebrates evolved into monsters.
由于缺乏陸地掠食者，無脊椎動物進化成龐然怪物。
