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And it's not alone on the top of the dunes.
然而它并非沙丘頂部唯一的訪客。
Web-footed geckos use a similar trick.
蹼趾虎也采用了相似的辦法。
Surely, few animals go to greater lengths to get a drink.
肯定少有動(dòng)物跋涉更遠(yuǎn)的距離去獲取水分。
Unfortunately, Namaqua chameleons know that on foggy mornings,
不幸的是，納米比亞變色龍知道在薄霧彌漫的早晨，
the beetles coming down the dunes are juicier than those going up.
從沙丘上下來(lái)的甲蟲(chóng)會(huì)比上去的更多汁。
The diversity of life that thrives in a world almost totally devoid of water is truly remarkable.
在這樣一個(gè)水資源完全匱乏的世界，生物多樣性如此之高，確實(shí)令人驚嘆。
Success in the desert depends on an extraordinary variety of survival strategies that have evolved over millions of years.
在沙漠中成功存活依靠的是數(shù)百萬(wàn)年進(jìn)化而來(lái)的非凡多樣的生存策略。
But our planet is changing.
但我們的地球正遭受著變故。
The world's deserts are growing bigger, hotter and drier, and they're doing so faster than ever before.
世界沙漠的面積在擴(kuò)大，溫度更高，更加干燥，而且在以史無(wú)前例的速度變化著。
How life will cope here in the future remains to be seen.
沙漠生命在未來(lái)如何存活，依舊有待觀察。
