纪录片《南太平洋》 第132期 奇异岛屿（08）（在线收听）

The Maui parrotbill has a strong, hooked beak for getting at the grubs inside dead wood.

毛伊岛厚喙雀有着强壮的钩形嘴用来找到腐木中的蛆

And then there's the 'akiapola'au, with one of the most remarkable beaks of any bird.

这是导颚雀，有着任何鸟中最引人注目的嘴

Its lower mandible is straight and chisel-like and can puncture the bark to drink the sap

较低的下颚笔直 像凿子般能刺穿树皮喝树液

while its upper mandible is long and curved for winkling out grubs.

它的上颚长而弯曲 用来剔出蛆..

It's as close as a bill gets to a Swiss Army penknife.

它的嘴仿佛和瑞士军刀有关系似的

Amazingly, one single type of finch evolved into 58 different species

真神奇！一只雀鸟进化成58种不同的鸟

and all because the birds that normally fill these roles,

全都因为这些鸟通常担负的角色

like hummingbirds and woodpeckers, never made it to these islands.

蜂鸟和啄木鸟从未到过这些岛屿

Landfall in the Pacific is a risky business.

在太平洋岛屿上着陆是件冒险的事

Most islands are small, low and rather uniform, with few lifestyle choices on offer.

多数岛屿小又低 千篇一律景色，生活方式的选择只能退其次

But there is an archipelago that truly bucks the trend.

有座群岛却有雄起的趋势

Two of the largest islands in the Pacific have everything a castaway could dream of.

太平洋上有2座最大的岛屿 其一切都是漂流者的梦想

Here lives a greater diversity of unique island creatures

这里生活着独有的岛屿生物

than almost anywhere else in the South Pacific.

几乎比南太平洋上任何地方更多样性

Forested valleys, turbulent rivers and glacier-topped peaks...this is New Zealand.

草木丛生的山谷 汹涌的河流 被冰川覆盖的山峰...这是新西兰