Yet even this furnace can be transformed by water. 然而这个“火炉”也会因为水而发生改变
There are plenty of flies to go round, even with hundreds of lizards competing for them. 尽管已有几百只蜥蜴在此捕猎 这里仍聚集着无数飞虫
is now crucial to most of the animals that live or even travel through this land. 如今已关系到大部分 在此生活和旅行的动物
But moisture, lost even at night, has to be replaced sometime somehow 可是水分在晚上也会损耗 必须在什么时候想办法补充
even though their shells are actually watertight. 尽管它们的外壳其实并不透水
Even in the shade the earth is baking hot 即使是在树荫下 土地照样被烤得火热
But even that was not going to be the biggest surprise. 即便如此 这也不能算是最大的惊奇
but cave explorers were soon to make an even more astonishing discovery. 但是洞穴探险家们 很快又有了更惊人的发现
Some of the young have even taken to underwater swimming. 有的小猴甚至已经学会潜泳
Even for giant rivers like the Amazon 即使像亚马逊河这般巨大的江河