In doing so, animal castaways now reached new islands at a rate never seen before, 如今的漂流动物以前所未有的速度抵达新岛 changing the nature of the South Pacific for ever. 改变着南太平洋大自然的现状 For years, the Sol...
Taking to their sailing boats once more, descendants of the Lapita left the central Pacific 拉皮塔后裔又驾驶着他们的帆船再次离开太平洋中部 and set off again in search of new lands... into the great unknown. 动身去寻找新的岛...
The mourning gecko. It is the ultimate castaway... 鳞趾壁虎。它是最后的漂流者 the marathon winner on the long journey from New Guinea. 它是来自新几内亚的长途马拉松冠军 Incredibly, the female has done away with the need fo...
Winds in excess of 100mph can uproot a forest. 超过每小时160公里的风速，能卷起一片森林 Large insects can be sucked up into the sky... so why not birds, bats and lizards? 大型昆虫被卷入半空，鸟类、蝙輻或是蜥蜴也难逃...
Like spores, they, too, can hitch a ride on the jet stream. 孢子也能免费搭乘高空急流 Enduring temperatures of minus 30 degrees centigrade, 当温度低于30摄氏度时 a spider can cross the breadth of the Pacific in a matter of days. 一只...
From the 13 kinds of spider that made it here, 一开始到达这里的13种蜘蛛 over a 100 new species evolved - like the happy-face spider. 已演化出超过100个新物种，比如这种笑脸蜘蛛 From just one species of fruit fly came over...
There is one set of islands, however, that is so remote that even the coconut couldn't reach it. 有一组群岛由于太过偏远，连椰果都无法抵达 North of the equator, 2,500 miles from the nearest landmass of North America, 在赤道以北，...
There is one plant castaway that needs no help in finding new land 有一种漂流植物在寻找新陆地时无需帮助 a plant that has probably done more to change the fortunes of island life than any other, 这种植物或许比其它植物更能改...
Almost all animal castaways died of exposure, 漂流动物在抵达位于东太平洋的 hunger or thirst long before reaching French Polynesia in the eastern Pacific. 法属波利尼西亚之前，就会死于暴晒饥饿或极度缺水 Reaching lan...
The Lapita's first voyages into the unknown must have appeared suicidal. 为了完成向未知世界的处女航，拉皮塔人付出了巨大的牺牲 Although many were lost at sea, some Lapita DID reach new islands, 多亏了非凡的航海技能，...
