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At the top is the canopy, the engine room of the jungle.
雨林的頂部是樹(shù)冠層--雨林的動(dòng)力室。
It's up here that most of the animal life in a rainforest can be found.
在這里也可以找到大量的雨林動(dòng)物。
But despite the apparent abundance of vegetable food, gathering it is seldom easy.
顯而易見(jiàn)的原因是這里有豐富的蔬果，盡管這樣，收集食物也不容易。
With no real seasons, each tree flowers or fruits at a different time of the year,
因?yàn)闆](méi)有明顯的季節(jié)變化，樹(shù)木全年不同時(shí)候都可以開(kāi)花結(jié)果，
which means that food is very widely spaced.
食物就相當(dāng)廣泛了。
Monkeys, like these tamarins, must search the canopy for all kinds of food if they're to survive.
絹毛猴為了生存，要到處尋找樹(shù)冠層的食物。
But across the world's rainforests, there's one type of fruiting tree that always delivers. The fig.
遍尋世界的雨林，只有一種植物一整年都會(huì)結(jié)果。無(wú)花果樹(shù)。
Wherever they grow, figs are a magnet for a great diversity of animals.
不管怎樣，無(wú)花果樹(shù)是造成生物多樣性的一個(gè)重要原因。
In the Amazon, the first to appear are the spider monkeys.
在亞馬遜，第一個(gè)映入眼簾的是蜘蛛猴。
These large primates are big fig-eaters.
這些靈長(zhǎng)類(lèi)動(dòng)物最?lèi)?ài)吃無(wú)花果。
But they won't have the tree to themselves for long. Others will want a share.
但他們也不會(huì)輕易享受下去，還有猴子在覷覦著。
Like the diminutive Emperor tamarins.
這些皇檉柳猴也想霸占無(wú)花果樹(shù)。
The tamarins love figs, too, but being petite means they're easily scared off.
皇檉柳猴雖然也愛(ài)吃無(wú)花果，但因長(zhǎng)得細(xì)小也很容易受到驚動(dòng)。
Squirrel monkeys are also small, but they have strength in numbers.
松鼠猴也很細(xì)小，但他們以數(shù)量取勝。
Their time-share on the tree may be short so their tactics are more smash-and-grab.
他們?cè)跇?shù)上分享的時(shí)光可能很短，所以盡量多抓東西來(lái)吃。
Capuchin Monkeys are the bully boys in these forests and they want the ripe figs for themselves.
卷尾猴恃強(qiáng)凌弱，他們也來(lái)?yè)寠Z無(wú)花果。
