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Nectar was an excellent first course for the lemurs, but moths are the main dish.
花蜜是鼠狐猴的美妙的飯前點心，飛蛾才是正餐。
The moths are very important to the lemurs
飛蛾對狐猴相當重要，
for they will replenish the fat reserves that the lemurs need to survive the barren dry season.
因為飛蛾是狐猴挺過干季的重要的脂肪來源。
The lemurs might seem to be a pest for the baobab.
鼠狐猴好像對波巴布樹來說是害蟲。
They kill it's pollinators and rob it of it's nectar, but they do give something in return.
它們殺死授粉者又搶奪花蜜，不過鼠狐猴的確對樹木有所回報。
For, as the wrestle with the moths, their fur inevitably becomes dusted with pollen, so they, too, become pollinators.
因為當狐猴捕捉飛蛾的時候，它們的毛皮不可避免的會沾上花粉，所以它們也成了授粉者。
As the alternation of wet and dry seasons brings change to some tropical forests,
干季雨季的交替變換給熱帶的樹木帶來了變化，
so the progression of summer to winter dictates life in more temperate regions.
從夏季到冬季的變換也決定了溫帶地區的生物物種。
Whether trees have needles or broad leaves,
不管樹木是針葉還是闊葉，
it is their ability to survive annual change, that has enabled them to cover such vast areas of the Earth
它們這種在季節變化生存的本領，使得季相林覆蓋了地球上大片的地方，
and made the seasonal forests the greatest forests of all.
也使季相林變得最為偉大。
