- They're cave swiftlets.
它们就是洞金丝燕
- Like bats they use echolocation to navigate.
和蝙蝠一样 它们也利用回声定位来导航
- We need lights to see what's going on,
我们必须有光才能看清前方的路
- but in the pitch black the swiftlets manage unerringly to locate their individual nesting sites,
但是金丝燕却能在黑暗中 准确无误地到达自己的筑巢点
- which are only a few centimetres across.
而它们的巢窝相隔不过几厘米远
- It's a remarkable skill and one we still do not fully understand.
我们至今仍未能完全了解 这种了不起的本领
- These birds are unusual for another reason.
这些鸟之所以特别还有另外一个原因
来自《行星地球 第一季 第四集 Planet Earth S01E04 洞穴》第 115 行