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The slow-motion crash between Asia and India
亞洲和印度板塊之間的緩慢運(yùn)動(dòng)
has been going on for 30 million years.
已經(jīng)持續(xù)了3千萬(wàn)年之久。
The Himalayas are the crumple-zone created by these two colliding landmasses,
喜馬拉雅山脈就是這兩個(gè)大陸板塊撞擊后的結(jié)果
a bewildering maze of mountains and valleys,
它是一個(gè)山巒和山谷的迷宮
home to elusive wild creatures.
也是各種難以捉摸的野生動(dòng)物的家園
In this rugged and unforgiving terrain,
在這個(gè)多巖的惡劣環(huán)境中
littered with fractured rock and ice cold rivers,
散落著各種碎石和冰冷的河流
the slightest miscalculation may have fatal consequences.
極微小的失誤也可能導(dǎo)致致命的后果
The snow leopard is the world's highest-living big cat.
雪豹是世界上居住的海拔最高的貓科動(dòng)物
But there's another,smaller predator that ranges even higher,
但這里還有一種更小的食肉動(dòng)物它居住在海拔更高的地方
almost to the roof of the world.
幾乎是在世界之巔
At a mind-numbing 8,848 metres high,
在令人目眩的海拔8848米的高度看
Everest is one of the most hostile places for life on Earth.
珠穆朗瑪峰是地球上最危險(xiǎn)的地方之一
Hundreds of people have died trying to conquer it.
數(shù)百人在試圖征服它的嘗試中死于非命
But when climbers first reached the ice fields three quarters of the way
但當(dāng)攀登者們第一次完成登山之路的四分之三的之時(shí)
up the mountain,something had already beaten them to it.
有種生物早已在這方面打敗了他們。
This jumping spider is the highest permanent resident on the planet.
這種跳蜘蛛是地球上海拔最高的永久居住民
Totally at home amongst the glaciers of Everest,
在珠穆朗瑪峰的冰川之中
it scours the slopes for wind-borne prey such as springtails.
它在斜坡上四處搜索靠風(fēng)飛行的獵物比如彈尾蟲(chóng)。
Chinese call this fierce little hunter the "fly tiger".
中國(guó)人把這種小而兇猛的獵食者成為“飛虎”
Jumping spiders are found all over the world.
跳蜘蛛在世界各地都有分布
Their eight eyes include an oversized central pair,
他們的八對(duì)眼睛中有一對(duì)很大
which act like powerful binoculars to spot potential victims.
像雙筒望遠(yuǎn)鏡一樣四處搜尋潛在的目標(biāo)
They use hydraulic pressure to work their legs like pistons,
他們利用水壓使腿像活塞一樣
catapulting up to 30 times their own body length.
可以彈跳到30倍于他們體長(zhǎng)的高度
The ideal way to get around in rocky terrain.
這是在山地中行走的理想方法
But like all mountaineers,they always secure a safety line first.
但像其他的登山者一樣他們也總是先確認(rèn)哪里是“安全線”
