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This is our planet's hothouse, the jungle, the tropical rainforest.
這是我們地球上的溫室，叢林，即熱帶雨林。
Forests like these occupy only 3% of the land,
雨林雖然僅占陸地的百分之三
yet they're home to over half of the world's species.
卻匯集了世界上一半以上的物種.
But how do so many different kinds of plants and animals find the space here to live alongside one another?
那么如此眾多的動植物種類是如何獲得自己的生存空間的呢？
On the dark, humid forest floor, the jungle appears to be lifeless.
在幽暗的地表上，森林看上去毫無生氣。
Often, the only signs of life are what you hear.
只聽到各種生物的鳴叫。
A male Blue Bird of Paradise is advertising for a mate.
這只雄性藍極樂鳥正在做征婚廣告。
It's quite a performance. But he's not the only bird of paradise here keen to make an impression.
它的表演很精彩。不過它并不是唯一給人深刻印象的極樂鳥。
There are nearly 40 different kinds on the island of New Guinea,
在巴布亞新幾內亞島上大約有40種不同種類的極樂鳥，
each with a display seemingly more bizarre than the rest.
每一種都有令人驚異的外表。
