- The periods of boom in Death Valley are short.
死亡谷中的花期很短
- but they're just frequent enough to keep life ticking over.
但它们发生的次数 足以保证生命长盛不衰
- A sudden flush of vegetation is what every desert dweller waits for,
植物的突然兴盛是 所有沙漠动物都盼望的事
- and when it happens they must make the most of it.
一旦发生 它们必须尽可能地利用它
- There is no other species on the planet that responds as quickly and as dramatically to the good times as the desert locust.
好日子到来时 地球上没有其它物种 能像沙漠蝗那样迅速而又戏剧性地作出反应
- Eggs that have remained in the ground for 20 years begin to hatch.
在地下埋藏了20年的虫卵开始孵化
- The young locusts are known as hoppers,
沙漠蝗的若虫是跳跃能手
来自《行星地球 第一季 第五集 Planet Earth S01E05 沙漠》第 301 行