than in any tropical rainforest but it's all contained within the trees. 巨大针叶林里的有机物质要多的多 但是都在大树里
These are as inedible as those in the Taiga so animals are still scarce, 针叶依然如北极针叶林那样难吃 所以动物仍然稀少
They were in their prime twenty million years ago 2000万年前它们就已经在这里
There is more living matter in a forest of giant conifers, 比起热带雨林来
One grove of redwoods in California 加利福尼亚的这块红杉林
not for one month as it does in the Taiga but for half the year. 不是北极的一个月,而是半年
Here, water is never locked up in ice 这里,水再也不会冰封
and even if rains fail the needles can extract moisture from the fogs that roll in from the sea. 即使不下雨, 针叶也可以从海上蜂拥而来的水雾中汲取水分
Neither can afford a lapse in concentration. 必须全神贯注,不能失败
and when even a glutton can't eat more it stores what's left for later, in the surrounding deep freeze. 当吃不下的时候 就把食物储存起来,以应付酷寒的到来