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The Maui parrotbill has a strong, hooked beak for getting at the grubs inside dead wood.
毛伊島厚喙雀有著強壯的鉤形嘴用來找到腐木中的蛆
And then there's the 'akiapola'au, with one of the most remarkable beaks of any bird.
這是導顎雀，有著任何鳥中最引人注目的嘴
Its lower mandible is straight and chisel-like and can puncture the bark to drink the sap
較低的下顎筆直 像鑿子般能刺穿樹皮喝樹液
while its upper mandible is long and curved for winkling out grubs.
它的上顎長而彎曲 用來剔出蛆..
It's as close as a bill gets to a Swiss Army penknife.
它的嘴仿佛和瑞士軍刀有關系似的
Amazingly, one single type of finch evolved into 58 different species
真神奇！一只雀鳥進化成58種不同的鳥
and all because the birds that normally fill these roles,
全都因為這些鳥通常擔負的角色
like hummingbirds and woodpeckers, never made it to these islands.
蜂鳥和啄木鳥從未到過這些島嶼
Landfall in the Pacific is a risky business.
在太平洋島嶼上著陸是件冒險的事
Most islands are small, low and rather uniform, with few lifestyle choices on offer.
多數島嶼小又低 千篇一律景色，生活方式的選擇只能退其次
But there is an archipelago that truly bucks the trend.
有座群島卻有雄起的趨勢
Two of the largest islands in the Pacific have everything a castaway could dream of.
太平洋上有2座最大的島嶼 其一切都是漂流者的夢想
Here lives a greater diversity of unique island creatures
這里生活著獨有的島嶼生物
than almost anywhere else in the South Pacific.
幾乎比南太平洋上任何地方更多樣性
Forested valleys, turbulent rivers and glacier-topped peaks...this is New Zealand.
草木叢生的山谷 洶涌的河流 被冰川覆蓋的山峰...這是新西蘭
