- presents challenges for the animals living there.
岛上的动物也要面临挑战
- But the greatest threat they face is change.
但它们眼前的最大威胁已经改变
- Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.
这是印度洋上的圣诞岛
- For millions of years this remote spec of land has been ruled by crabs.
数百万年以来 这块遥远的陆地一直被蟹类统治着
- Their ancestors came from the sea,
它们的祖先来自海洋
- but most have now adopted a land-based existence.
但绝大多数品种现在已经适应了陆地上的生活
- Given there are so many of them, they get along relatively harmoniously.
鉴于它们的数量众多 彼此之间还算相对和谐
来自《行星地球 第二季 第一集 Planet Earth S02E01 岛屿》第 239 行