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[00:01.400]North of the equator,
赤道以北 [00:02.620]two and a half thousand miles from the nearest landmass of North America,
在离北美洲最近的大陆块2500英里处 [00:06.930]lies the most isolated chain of islands in the world - Hawaii
座落着世上最偏远的一列岛屿——夏威夷 [00:12.520]The longest archipelago in the Pacific,
作为太平洋中最长的群岛 [00:15.210]Hawaii consists of over 100 ancient volcanic islands,
夏威夷由100多个古老的火山岛屿组成 [00:19.150]stretching for 2,000 miles
连绵2000英里 [00:22.270]Yet it is so remote that less than 500 kinds of animal settled here in 30 million years
然而由于它太偏僻，三千万年来也只有不到500多种动物得以在此定居 [00:29.920]But for those who did make it to this lush and fertile land,
但对那些成功抵达这个茂盛和富饶之地的生物来说 [00:34.020]the world was their oyster
它们要什么有什么 [00:36.370]Here, coconut palms have been replaced by giant tree ferns standing over seven metres tall
这里的椰子树被大树蕨取代了，这些树有七米高 [00:42.280]From the 13 kinds of spider that made it here,
从13种来到这里的蜘蛛种类里 [00:45.150]over 100 new species evolved - like the happy-face spider
进化出了一百多种新种类——像开心脸蜘蛛 [00:49.150]From just one species of fruit fly came over 1,000 others
从单一种果蝇进化出了一千多种其他种类 [00:53.560]And here, caterpillars were free to become carnivores
这里的毛毛虫也能自由变成食虫性