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Seeing an opportunity
看到一个机会
The bats pounced
蝙蝠见机猛扑来
After all
终究
Why waste energy hawking for insects in the sky
何需费力于空中捕虫
When there is such a feast on the forest floor
林间盛宴
New Zealand's night-time creepy-crawlies are at the mercy of these bats
任由这些蝙蝠摆布
Some try to put up a fight
试图负隅顽抗
But they're no match for this army of predators
但难敌这队猛禽之军
These bats have special sheaths that protect their wings
独特翼膜，守护双翼
All the better to burrow through the leaves
更利于它穿梭于落叶之中
So even worms aren't safe
所以即使是虫子也不安全
The very first bat evolved from a mouse-like mammal many millions of years ago
最早的蝙蝠是在数百万年前由类老鼠的哺乳动物进化而来的
Here on New Zealand
在新西兰
It seems evolution has gone into reverse
似乎进化已经逆转
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
鸟儿到底怎么了
In these forests lives a bird that
森林里住着一只鸟儿
Is about as un-bird-like as it is possible for a bird to be
几无鸟类之特征
It's nocturnal
这是夜间活动
Though it sometimes wakes up before sunset
虽然有时在日落之前醒来
It has whiskers so it can feel its way in the dark
它有胡须所以它能在黑暗中摸索