[00:00.20] | Amazingly, |
[00:01.26] | one single type of finch evolved into 58 different species and all because the birds that normally fill these roles, |
[00:09.26] | like hummingbirds and woodpeckers, never made it to these islands. |
[00:20.63] | Landfall in the Pacific is a risky business. |
[00:24.40] | Most islands are small, low and rather uniform, |
[00:28.93] | with few lifestyle choices on offer. |
[00:31.75] | But there is an archipelago that truly bucks the trend. |
[00:40.02] | Two of the largest islands in the Pacific have everything a castaway could dream of. |
[00:54.83] | Here lives a greater diversity of unique island creatures than almost anywhere else in the South Pacific. |
[01:09.82] | Forested valleys, turbulent rivers and glacier-topped peaks, |
[01:15.45] | this is New Zealand. |
[01:25.49] | A thousand miles long and with a mountainous spine rising one-and-a-half miles above the ocean, |
[01:31.39] | New Zealand offered a world of possibilities to creatures that found their way here. |
[01:35.96] |
[00:00.20] | Amazingly, |
[00:01.26] | one single type of finch evolved into 58 different species and all because the birds that normally fill these roles, |
[00:09.26] | like hummingbirds and woodpeckers, never made it to these islands. |
[00:20.63] | Landfall in the Pacific is a risky business. |
[00:24.40] | Most islands are small, low and rather uniform, |
[00:28.93] | with few lifestyle choices on offer. |
[00:31.75] | But there is an archipelago that truly bucks the trend. |
[00:40.02] | Two of the largest islands in the Pacific have everything a castaway could dream of. |
[00:54.83] | Here lives a greater diversity of unique island creatures than almost anywhere else in the South Pacific. |
[01:09.82] | Forested valleys, turbulent rivers and glaciertopped peaks, |
[01:15.45] | this is New Zealand. |
[01:25.49] | A thousand miles long and with a mountainous spine rising oneandahalf miles above the ocean, |
[01:31.39] | New Zealand offered a world of possibilities to creatures that found their way here. |
[01:35.96] |
[00:00.20] | Amazingly, |
[00:01.26] | one single type of finch evolved into 58 different species and all because the birds that normally fill these roles, |
[00:09.26] | like hummingbirds and woodpeckers, never made it to these islands. |
[00:20.63] | Landfall in the Pacific is a risky business. |
[00:24.40] | Most islands are small, low and rather uniform, |
[00:28.93] | with few lifestyle choices on offer. |
[00:31.75] | But there is an archipelago that truly bucks the trend. |
[00:40.02] | Two of the largest islands in the Pacific have everything a castaway could dream of. |
[00:54.83] | Here lives a greater diversity of unique island creatures than almost anywhere else in the South Pacific. |
[01:09.82] | Forested valleys, turbulent rivers and glaciertopped peaks, |
[01:15.45] | this is New Zealand. |
[01:25.49] | A thousand miles long and with a mountainous spine rising oneandahalf miles above the ocean, |
[01:31.39] | New Zealand offered a world of possibilities to creatures that found their way here. |
[01:35.96] |
[00:00.20] | 令人惊奇的是 |
[00:01.26] | 单一品种的雀演变成了58个不同的种类,这一切都是因为这些鸟类通常所扮演不同角色 |
[00:09.26] | 蜂鸟和啄木鸟从未到过这些岛屿 |
[00:20.63] | 在太平洋岛屿上着陆是件冒险的事 |
[00:24.40] | 多数岛屿小又低 千篇一律景色 |
[00:28.93] | 生活方式的选择只能退其次 |
[00:31.75] | 有座群岛却有雄起的趋势 |
[00:40.02] | 太平洋上有2座最大的岛屿 其一切都是漂流者的梦想 |
[00:54.83] | 这里生活着独有的岛屿生物几乎比南太平洋上任何地方更多样性 |
[01:09.82] | 草木丛生的山谷 汹涌的河流 被冰川覆盖的山峰... |
[01:15.45] | 这是新西兰 |
[01:25.49] | 新西兰的领土绵延千里,有着许多高过海平面1.5英里的山脉 |
[01:31.39] | 新西兰为找到这儿来的许多生物提供了生存下去的可能性 |
[01:35.96] |