spend most of their lives in the high canopy and only come down when it's time to breed. 大部分时间在高高的树冠层生活 只有在交配繁殖时期才会下来
and right on cue the six o'clock cicada. 蝉很准时的在六点钟开始鸣叫
In the middle of the day little stirs in the jungle and the hot dense air muffles the sound. 时近中午,声音稀少, 雨林中湿热的空气也阻挡了声音的传送
And if you live in the treetops there's perhaps no better way of staking your claim to a territory, than this. 如果你居住在树顶上 那么可能没有比这种声明领土主权更好的方法了
The calls of the siamang gibbons begin as a duet between the dominant male and female. 合趾猴通过叫声来联系公猴和母猴
The rest of their families soon join in, and it results in a frenzy of activity. 家庭的其他成员也加入进来,猴群开始活跃起来
And howlers are too big for the capuchins to chase off. 这些大猴子就不是卷尾猴所能赶走的了
Figs are so popular, that as many as 44 different kinds of bird and monkey have been seen working a shift system on a single tree. 无花果树非常受欢迎 甚至可以吸引多达44种的不同鸟类猴类来交替进食
Their timeshare on the tree may be short, so their tactics are more smash and grab. 他们在树上分享的时光可能很短 所以尽量多抓东西来吃