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For the select few animals that arrived here,
對于選擇到達這里的動物來說
these were brave, new worlds, filled with possibilities.
這里要大膽 新世界里充滿著變數
And to make the most of what they found here, some adopted a whole new way of life.
要盡可能的在這里安家，有些采用了全新的生存方式
Among the successful colonists were skinks...
其中的成功開拓者就是石龍子
lizards that are usually small with short legs.
蜥蜴通常身小腿短
Quite a variety live here in the Solomons,
有不少種類生活在所羅門
but there is one in these forests that's unlike any other skink on the planet.
但這里森林有一種完全不像 地球上其它的石龍子
The monkey-tailed skink is up to 50 times heavier than your average skink,
猴尾石龍子比普通石龍子重50倍
and is the world's largest.
是世界上最大的
Most skinks spend their lives on the ground, but not this monster.
多數石龍子畢生都在地上生活 但這個怪物不
This is the only skink to possess a prehensile tail...
這是唯一具有卷纏尾的石龍子...
..and unlike nearly all other skinks which dine on insects,
幾乎不像其它吃昆蟲的石龍子..
this gentle giant is entirely vegetarian.
這個溫和的巨人完全吃素的
As in New Guinea, there are no monkeys on these islands,
在新幾內亞 這些島嶼上沒有猴子
so this skink simply filled the gap in the market and branched out.
因此石龍子就簡單得填補了這個市場 并且枝開葉散
It even forms social bonds with other monkey-tailed skinks,
它甚至和其它卷尾石龍子 結成了群體連系
a rare characteristic among reptiles of any description.
這個特征在任何種類的 爬行動物當中相當罕見
This skink may be an oddity, but that is exactly why it thrives here.
石龍子也許是個怪物 但這正是它為什么能在此興旺發達
