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The American conifer forests may not be the richest in animal life,
美洲的針葉林可能不是動(dòng)物的樂(lè)園，
but their trees are extraordinary.
但這些樹(shù)木非常特別。
This giant sequoia, a relative of the redwood, is the largest living thing on Earth.
這些美洲杉是紅杉的親戚，也是世界上最大的生物。
Known as General Sherman, it's the weight of ten blue whales.
謝爾曼將軍樹(shù)有十頭藍(lán)鯨那么重。
Higher up in the nearby mountains, bristlecone pines, the oldest organisms on the planet.
附近的高山上，狐尾松是地球上最長(zhǎng)壽的生物。
Some have been here for five thousand years.
有的在這里已經(jīng)待了5000年。
They were alive before the pyramids were built and were already three thousand years old when Christ was born.
它們?cè)诮鹱炙ㄔ熘熬桶l(fā)芽了，耶穌誕生的時(shí)候它們已經(jīng)活了3000年。
Across the Equator, in the southern hemisphere there are forests that mirror those of the north.
穿越赤道來(lái)到南半球，這里的森林如同北半球的翻版。
Here in South America, araucaria trees or monkey puzzles are like the conifers of the Taiga.
這是南美洲，綽號(hào)叫“猴子謎”的南洋杉看上去和極地針葉林沒(méi)什么兩樣。
They have waterproof scales, instead of needles
它們用防水的鱗片代替了針葉，
and their cones look a little different but the principles are the same.
球果也有些不同，不過(guò)它們?cè)诒举|(zhì)上還是一樣的。
Slender billed parakeets rather than crossbills, extract their seeds.
尖嘴錐尾鸚鵡和交喙鳥(niǎo)一樣啄出種籽取食。
