making it a particularly difficult place for animals to live. 对动物而言是极为困难的生境
a technique that has been used here, in Mexico, to chart the largest underwater cave in the world - 在墨西哥的这个地方 这种科技被用来 测绘世界上最大的地下水洞
Cave exploration often requires you to push yourself through narrow gaps in the rock. 洞穴探险需要不时挤过 一些狭窄的岩石缝隙
that we've come to appreciate the full significance and scale of these flooded passageways. 我们才能完全了解 这些地下水道的重要性及其规模
one might not expect to find plants. 似乎不太可能会有植物
so the Maya relied on the cenotes - the flooded entrances to the water-filled caves. 因此玛雅文化完全依赖于沼穴 ——地下水洞的入口
can take many thousands of years to develop. 经历了数千年的形成过程
the colonies will continue to flourish. 燕群仍旧可以长盛不衰