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Big Sur's redwoods harvest thousands of gallons of water every foggy morning.
每個煙霧迷蒙的早晨,大索爾的紅衫林都會吸收數千加侖的水分
These enchanted forests protect creatures that need wet conditions.
這些魔法森林庇護這需要潮濕環境的動物
Banana slugs graze the forest floor.
香蕉蛞蝓在森林的底下進食
They help the redwoods by eating small plants that might compete for water.
它們幫助紅衫吃掉競爭水分的低矮植物
The slugs have a defense strategy in lieu of a shell:
這種蛞蝓有堅硬的外殼作為防御工事
their slime contains chemicals that taste terrible.
它們帶有一種可怕的化合物氣味
The top predator here has no interest in banana slugs.
這里的頂級掠食者對香蕉蛞蝓毫無興趣
Cougars are the largest cats that purr...
美洲獅是這里最大的貓科動物
and they can leap over a bus...
而且它們可以跨過公汽...
...the long way.
...那么遠距離
They are solitary and like the privacy found in redwood glens.
它們是獨行俠并隱居在紅衫峽谷之中
The trees can only offer sanctuary if they're intact.
樹林是它們不曾被外界觸及的唯一避難所
Forest fires are a threat.
森林火災是一大威脅
