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It's home to a living fossil
这是活化石的家园
A relict
残垣断壁
Barely changed for over 100 million years The tuatara
在超过一亿年的时间里几乎没有什么变化
And half the world's population survive on this one island refuge
世界上一半的人口只能在这个海岛上存活
During the reign of the dinosaurs
在恐龙统治时期
The ancestors of the tuatara were everywhere
图拉人的祖先无处不在
They survived the cataclysm that killed off the dinosaurs
他们幸免于恐龙灭绝的浩劫
But then couldn't compete with the mammals and died out
但后来无法与哺乳动物竞争就灭绝了
Everywhere except on what was then a mammal-free New Zealand
到处都是除了那个没有哺乳动物的新西兰
Unlike mammals
不像哺乳动物
Tuatara live life in the slow lane
图阿塔拉过着慢悠悠的生活
Days can pass when they barely move a muscle
他们寸步难行的日子就这样过去了
Sometimes taking just one breath an hour
有时候一小时只吸一口气
They feed on wetas
他们以那种东西为生
Beetles and other invertebrates
甲虫和其他无脊椎动物
But don't appear very good at catching them
但似乎并不擅长抓住机会
Even after millions of years of practice
即使经过数百万年的修行
Eye-mouth co-ordination is not what it could be
口齿伶俐可不是什么都能做到的
Survival of the fittest just doesn't seem to apply here
适者生存在这里似乎并不适用
The tuatara's survival
大蜥蜴的生存之道
First on New Zealand
首先是新西兰
Now on Stephens Island
现在在斯蒂芬斯岛
Proves a point
证明了一点
Islands are pretty safe places to be
海岛是很安全的地方
At least until invaded
至少在入侵之前