纪录片《我们的地球》 第237期 偏远岛屿(08)（在线收听）

Island life encourages animals to do things differently.

岛屿生态迫使动物另辟蹊径。

And on some islands that is essential.

在某些岛上，这是必备的生存技能。

There are islands still forming today... built by volcanoes.

由于火山运动，现在仍有岛屿不断形成。

Some erupt explosively.

有些火山喷发剧烈。

Others pour out rivers of molten rock. Lava.

有些则熔化岩石。化作岩浆。

In the last 50 years, ten new volcanic islands have been formed.

在近五十年内已经形成了十个新的火山岛。

Newly created and often remote, they're hard for colonists to reach.

由于形成时间晚，又常十分偏远，鲜少有生命踏足。

Even those that do find these are tough places to survive.

即使有，环境也极其难以生存。

This is Fernandina, one of the Galapagos Islands in the Pacific.

这是费尔南迪纳岛，太平洋加拉帕戈斯群岛的一部分。

Young and still volcanically active, it's a desolate place.

这座年轻的活火山岛屿一片荒凉。