- Invertebrates dominate these upper reaches.
无脊椎动物统治着上游河段 - The hellgrammite, its body flattened to reduce drag,
这是鱼蛉 其扁平的身体 能减少水的冲击力 - has bushy gills to extract oxygen from the current.
并依靠浓密的鳃从水中过滤氧气 - Black fly larvae anchor themselves with the ring of hooks,
蚋的幼虫靠钩环固定自己 - but if these become unstuck,
即使不小心松脱了 - they're still held by a silicon safety line.
它们还有一根坚韧的“安全索” - There are advantages to life in the fast stream -
这些动物拥有在急流中生存的先天优势