- the vast swamps began to disappear.
广阔的沼泽开始消失 - Lacking water, most amphibians struggled.
由于缺水 多数两栖动物苦苦挣扎 - But not all.
但并非全部如此 - One evolved a revolutionary adaptation
有一种两栖动物 进化出了一种革命性的适应性 - that enabled it to thrive.
使其繁荣发展 - Its egg developed a protective shell
它的卵进化出了一层保护性外壳 - that held the embryo in its own private pool of fluid.
将胚胎保护在“私家泳池”之中