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With summer drawing to a close, the race to stock up is on.
夏天即將結束，儲備食物的競賽已然打響。
Soon, the grass will wither, and this opportunity will have gone.
草很快就會枯萎，屯食良機轉瞬即逝。
As the dry season takes hold, food becomes increasingly thin on the ground.
到了旱季，地面的食物愈發稀缺。
Now, only the most specialised predators on the plains can make a living.
只有在真正身懷絕技的草原捕獵者才能維持生活。
She may be spotted like a cheetah, but this cat is no sprinter.
她雖然形似獵豹，但這只貓并非短跑能手。
Instead, she has extra-long legs which give her a high vantage point.
相反，修長的四肢給予她獨特的獵捕優勢。
But a serval cat's main weapon are enormous radar ears.
不過藪貓最主要的武器是她雷達般的雙耳。
They help her pinpoint prey hiding in the grass.
能精確定位草叢中獵物的藏身之處。
But the prey she seeks are canny. Southern vlei rats.
可是她的獵物十分機警。非洲溝齒沼鼠。
They know that any sustained movement can give them away.
他們知道持續移動會暴露行蹤。
So they move in short bursts.
于是選擇短距離爆沖。
But even the slightest rustle will give her a clue.
但是最細微的窸窣聲也會被藪貓察覺。
Warm. Warmer. Missed.
快找到了。更接近了。沒抓到。
In better times, she could catch 10 a day,
形勢好的時候，她一天能抓十只，
but now, with so few rodents around, she will have to go hungry.
但現在嚙齒動物數量極少，她只能挨餓了。
