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Israel's Negev desert.
以色列的內蓋夫沙漠。
Otonycteris, the desert long-eared bat, is on the hunt.
中東尖耳蝠，沙漠中的長耳蝙蝠，正在捕獵。
Most bats catch flying insects on the wing,
大多數蝙蝠在飛行中捕捉飛蟲，
but there are so few of these in the desert that this bat must do things differently.
但在沙漠中飛蟲數量極少，這只蝙蝠必須另尋他路。
It has to hunt on the ground.
它必須在地面捕獵。
But what really sets it apart is what it's hunting...
但真正讓它與眾不同的是它的獵物。
A deathstalker scorpion. The venom of this species is potent enough to kill a human.
一只以色列金蝎。這種蝎子的毒液足以毒死一個人。
Tackling it seems madness for a bat weighing just half an ounce.
捕捉毒蝎對于僅有14克重的蝙蝠來說近乎瘋狂。
In the pitch-black, both predator and prey are effectively blind, but the scorpion has one advantage...
周圍一片漆黑，獵食者和獵物都喪失了視力，但是蝎子有一項優勢，
he can sense the approach of the bat through vibrations in the sand.
他能夠通過沙子的振動感知到蝙蝠的靠近。
Otonycteris must rely entirely on its hearing.
尖耳蝠則要完全依靠自己的聽覺。
If the scorpion doesn't move, it won't know it's there.
如果蝎子不動，它就無法感知其位置。
The battle is on.
戰斗打響了。
Armed with crushing pincers and a sting loaded with venom, this scorpion is a dangerous opponent.
憑借強大的雙鉗和一根毒刺，這只毒蝎是一個危險的對手。
A direct strike on the head.
蝙蝠腦袋遭到一記猛刺。
Is it all over? Not for this bat.
戰斗結束了嗎？對這只蝙蝠來說并沒有。
Otonycteris clearly has some immunity to the venom,
尖耳蝠顯然對毒液有一定的免疫，
but repeated stings must still be extraordinarily painful.
但連續的猛刺給它帶來了難言的劇痛。
And if the bat is not to go hungry, it must catch another three scorpions before sunrise.
如果這只蝙蝠不想挨餓，它必須在日出之前再抓住三只蝎子。
