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Bugs blown up here don't stand a chance.
臭蟲不可能出現(xiàn)在這
Stunned or trapped in snow, they slowly die.
昏厥或受困于雪中，它們緩慢地死去
But not everything succumbs to the cold.
但不是每個東西都臣服于寒冷
These tiny creatures are wekiu bugs.
這個微小的動物是萬寇蟲
Their cells are filled with a special kind of antifreeze that allows them to live around the snow line.
它們的細(xì)胞充滿著一種特殊的防凍劑，使它們能生存在雪線附近。
Originally, wekiu bugs were seed-eating vegetarians,
起初萬寇蟲以植物的種子為食
but their descendants have adapted to this hostile environment.
但它們的后代已經(jīng)適應(yīng)了這種惡劣環(huán)境
Now with a taste for blood, they are the Pacific's own vampire bugs.
如今它們嗜血為生，它們是太平洋本土吸血蟲。
Needle-sharp mouthparts pierce their dead and dying victims,
針般口器刺入已死或快要死的受害者中
before they suck out anything that's left inside.
不吸到東西是不會離開的
Measured from the sea floor, the wekiu's home is the tallest mountain in the world... about a kilometre taller than Everest.
從海床測量起，萬寇蟲的家是世上最高的山，比珠穆朗瑪峰還高約1公里。
But it won't hold this record for ever.
但它沒有保持住記錄
After millions of years of growth,
成長了數(shù)百萬年后
this mountain is slowly but surely losing height at a rate of 20 centimetres every 100 years.
這座山以每百年20厘米的速度慢慢失去高度
In fact, it's so massive that it's buckling the seafloor beneath it and sinking into the ocean.
事實上，它絕大部分是扣在海床下面，并下陷到海洋里。
