- 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
- for at this stage they're flightless.
在这一阶段 它们还不能飞
- They find new feeding grounds by following the smell of sprouting grass.
它们循着萌发的草香寻找新的用餐场所
- Normally it takes four weeks for hoppers to become adults,
一般说来 若虫需要 经过4周才能变成成虫
来自《行星地球 第一季 第五集 Planet Earth S01E05 沙漠》第 304 行