Krill, shrimp like creatures. By weight they're the most abundant animals on the planet. A single swarm can contain two million tons of them 磷虾,一种小型虾类,如果按重量计算 他们是地球上最多量的动物,一群就可达200万吨
tiny colonial animals like minute sea anemones 一种象小海葵的有机生命群体
They're one of the few jungle animals able to do so. 很少有丛林动物有这样的生活方式
then groups of large animals actually living together, are even rarer. 那么群居的大型动物就更加稀罕了
If large animals are rare in jungles 如果说雨林中的大型动物是相当稀罕
and they're not the only animals attracted to the clearing. 大象不是唯一被吸引到空旷地带的动物
All these large forest animals have come here to collect an essential element of their diet that lies buried beneath the mud. 所有的这些森林动物来到这里 收集埋在泥下的对身体有益的微量元素
but finding enough food to survive is so challenging that most animals living here tend to be small 但由于寻找食物是个巨大的挑战 因此很多雨林生物都长得很小巧
and this has led to the evolution of some very intimate relationships between plants and animals. 这让一些生物在动植物之间进化出了非常的关系
Wherever they grow, figs are a magnet for the great diversity of animals. 不管怎样 无花果树是造成生物多样性的一个重要原因