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She may not seem too impressed,
她似乎并那么引人注明
but then kagus always keep their feet very firmly on the ground.
然而鷺鶴的腳總是緊緊地抓住地面
Their wings are too weak to get them airborne,
它們的翅膀太弱無法飛行
but why fly when all the food you need is on the ground?
為什么食物全在地上還要去飛？
And with no large predators stalking this island,
這個(gè)島沒有大型掠食者的圍捕
there's not much cause to take flight.
幾乎沒有要飛的理由
But this life is not without its worries.
它一生也無需擔(dān)心什么
A newly hatched chick is hiding among the leaves.
新近孵出的幼雛躲在樹葉里
As with babies the world over, getting food into mouth can be quite a challenge.
幼雛來到世上 把食物送進(jìn)嘴里到是一個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)
Perhaps slimy worms just don't appeal.
或許粘滑的蟲子不太有吸引力
The chick's camouflage helps to hide it from aerial predators like the New Caledonian crow.
幼雛的偽裝能幫助避開像新幾內(nèi)亞烏鴉之類的空中掠食者
Fortunately, Dad's wings still have a use.....to help him look big and intimidating.
幸虧父親的翅膀還有一個(gè)用處...使它看上去大些 恐怖些..
The kagu may be an island oddity,
鷺鶴或許是島怪
but with few prowling predators reaching the Pacific's isolated islands,
幾個(gè)游蕩的掠食者在搜尋太平洋的孤島
flightless birds are more common here than anywhere else on Earth.
這里無戰(zhàn)斗力的鳥類比其它地方普遍要多
Islands are a topsy-turvy world, where evolution seems to follow a different set of rules.
島嶼是紛亂的世界，進(jìn)化似乎遵循不同的規(guī)則
North of New Caledonia lies the Solomon Islands archipelago,
新幾內(nèi)亞北部座落著所羅門群島
a scattering of a thousand tropical islands.
散布著千座熱帶島嶼
