4. The Unique Wildlife
獨(dú)一無(wú)二的野生動(dòng)物
New Zealand split from the large land mass joining Australia and Antarctica about 85 million years ago, resulting in bird and plant species that are found nowhere else. Forests contain an abundance of interesting plant life from the towering ancient kauri trees to fronds of nikau palms. You might even see a kiwi – a small, flightless bird that has become the national symbol.
新西蘭是大約8500萬(wàn)年以前和澳大利亞跟南極洲大陸一起與亞歐大陸分離,從未形成了獨(dú)特的野生動(dòng)植物物種 。森林包括了很多有趣的植物,從高聳的杉樹(shù)到尼考棕櫚 。你可能還會(huì)見(jiàn)到基維鳥(niǎo),一種體型小巧,不會(huì)飛行的鳥(niǎo)類(lèi),是新西蘭的象征 。