- But every year, a hundred thousand socotra cormorants gather here to breed.
可每年大约有10万只黑喉鸬鹚在这里繁殖
- It's swelteringly hot
这里相当酷热
- and only vigorous panting can prevent the birds from fatal overheating.
黑喉鸬鹚只好加速呼吸避免中暑
- This hardly seems a good place to rear young
看上去这里不是抚育后代的好地方
- but at least, there are no land based predators here.
不过至少没有陆基的捕食者
- The only source of trouble is likely to be the neighbors
麻烦的唯一来源可能就是邻居了
- so each nest is built just beyond pecking reach
所以每一个鸟窝都筑在邻居啄不到的地方
来自《行星地球 第一季 第九集 Planet Earth S01E09 海洋》第 121 行