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Seeing an opportunity,

只要看到机会

the bats pounced.

这些蝙蝠就扑上去

After all,

毕竟

why waste energy hawking for insects in the sky,

为什么还要浪费体力到天空中捕捉昆虫

when there is such a feast on the forest floor?

当在森林的地面上有这样的美食盛宴

New Zealand's night-time creepy-crawlies are at the mercy of these bats.

在新西兰的夜晚这些爬行昆虫是任蝙蝠宰割的

Some try to put up a fight

有些昆虫试图挑起和蝙蝠的斗争

but they're no match for this army of predators.

不过他们敌不过那一大队捕食者

These bats have special sheaths that protect their wings,

这些蝙蝠有着特殊的保护鞘保护着他们的翅膀

all the better to burrow through the leaves.

好到足以让它们在树叶中穿梭

So even worms aren't safe.

所以即使是蠕虫也不能幸免

The very first bat evolved from a mouse-like mammal many millions of years ago.

起初蝙蝠大约是在几百万年前由一种类似鼠类的哺乳动物进化而来的

Here on New Zealand,

在新西兰这儿

it seems evolution has gone into reverse.

似乎进化正沿着反方向进行

And if New Zealand's bats have turned to mice,

如果新西兰的蝙蝠变成了老鼠

what on earth has happened to the birds?

那么鸟类究竟发生了什么情况

In these forests lives a bird that

在这片森林里生活着一种鸟

is about as un-bird-like as it is possible for a bird to be.

不大像鸟类的鸟

It's nocturnal,

它是夜行性的动物

though it sometimes wakes up before sunset.

虽然它有时在日落之前起来

It has whiskers so it can feel its way in the dark.

它有胡须，所以它可以在黑暗中摸索。

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