The people of southwest China have found an extraordinary number of ways to exploit this most versatile of plants. Part of bamboo's phenomenal success is that it's so tough that few animals can tackle it. Yet, bamboo does come under attack. A bamboo rat. Feeding almost exclusively on bamboo, they live their entire lives in tunnels beneath the forest.


中国西南部的人民找到了很多种方法来利用这种用途异常广泛的植物。竹子非凡成功中的一部分原因是因为它足够坚硬以至于只有很少的动物能够食用。看 竹子确实正在遭到攻击。一只竹鼬。吃的差不多全是竹子，它们一辈子都生活在树林之下的地道之中。