It takes more than 30 days to complete one. 每个燕窝得花上30多天才能完工
Like bats they use echolocation to navigate. 和蝙蝠一样 它们也利用回声定位来导航
We need lights to see what's going on, 我们必须有光才能看清前方的路
but in the pitch black the swiftlets manage unerringly to locate their individual nesting sites, 但是金丝燕却能在黑暗中 准确无误地到达自己的筑巢点
these commuters rely on their loud clicks to find their way through the cave passages in total darkness. 这些住客利用它们响亮的叫声 在漆黑一片的洞穴通道内辨别方向
The wheeling bats seem to confuse a rufus-bellied eagle, 旋绕的蝙蝠群似乎已将 棕腹隼雕弄得晕头转向
to hunt for insects in the forest outside. 在森林外围捕食昆虫
allows some animals to gather there in huge numbers. 使得大批动物到此聚集
Rivers that flow over limestone often seem to completely disappear. 流经石灰岩的河川 到最后似乎总是无影无踪
But the glow worm doesn't leave everything to chance. 不过 萤火虫并不会听天由命