- Standing perfectly still, facing into the wind,
身体正直 迎面朝风 - the beetle does a headstand.
甲虫倒立在沙丘上 - Fog begins to condense on its body.
薄雾开始在它身上凝结成水滴 - Microscopic bumps on its wing cases
鞘翅上的小凸起 - direct the water to grooves that channel it towards the mouth.
将水引到通向嘴部的一个小沟渠里 - Before returning down the slip face,
在回到背风坡上之前 - it will drink 40% of its body weight.
它要喝下百分之四十体重的水分