as each year rainwater eats away a little more limestone. 因为每年雨水都会侵蚀掉少许石灰岩
As soon as its nest is removed a bird will immediately build another. 燕窝被摘去后 金丝燕很快又会再吐一个
which are only a few centimetres across. 而它们的巢窝相隔不过几厘米远
It's a remarkable skill and one we still do not fully understand. 我们至今仍未能完全了解 这种了不起的本领
becomes a clear and obvious target and is asking for trouble. 立刻成为显眼的目标 很快便遭了殃
the stream of bats form a doughnut-shaped ring. 即在空中组成一个面包圈一样的队列
The wheeling bats seem to confuse a rufus-bellied eagle, 旋绕的蝙蝠群似乎已将 棕腹隼雕弄得晕头转向
In the absence of plants this food chain is based on a continuous supply of bat droppings. 在缺少植物的情况下 这里的食物链 完全依赖供应不断的蝙蝠粪便