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The hot spring snake is unique to Tibet and is believed to have survived the inhospitable conditions up on the plateau principally thanks to this natural central heating.
這種溫泉蛇是西藏所特有的，人們把它在高原艱苦環境存活下來的原因，主要歸功于這里的天然地熱。
These cold-blooded snakes hang out in streams and rivers which are fed by the hot springs, where they enjoy a surprisingly productive lifestyle.
這些冷血的蛇在由溫泉形成的溪流中游弋，在溫泉中它們無憂無慮的生活著。
Slipping into the warm water, they wait patiently, bobbing their heads on the look-out for fish.
滑進溫暖的水中耐心地等待，腦袋在水面上下疾動靜等魚兒上鉤。
Thanks to its unlikely relationship with the volcanic forces which built the Himalayas, the hot spring snake is able to survive at altitudes up to 4,500 metres, making it the highest-living snake in the world.
正由于與形成喜馬拉雅山的火山的不尋常關系，溫泉蛇才得以生存在。海拔4500米的地方，這使它成為了世界上過著最奢侈的生活的蛇。
The slow-motion crash between Asia and India has been going on for 30 million years.
亞洲和印度板塊之間的緩慢運動，已經持續了3千萬年之久。
The Himalayas are the crumple-zone created by these two colliding landmasses, a bewildering maze of mountains and valleys, home to elusive wild creatures.
喜馬拉雅山脈就是這兩個大陸板塊撞擊后的結果，它是一個山巒和山谷的迷宮，也是各種難以捉摸的野生動物的家園。
In this rugged and unforgiving terrain, littered with fractured rock and ice cold rivers, the slightest miscalculation may have fatal consequences.
在這個多巖的惡劣環境中，散落著各種碎石和冰冷的河流，極微小的失誤也可能導致致命的后果。
