With the spider exposed, it's now a battle between the wasp's paralyzing sting and the spider's jaws. But the wasp has quick reflex es. Cornered, the spider now plays its trump card. Hurling itself do

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 浩瀚沙漠

Africa is dominated by deserts, from the Kalahari in the south to the mighty Sahara in the north. These are fascinating worlds, each one unique, all a challenge. Yet life can conquer them and in the m

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In this barren sea of sand, it's harder for larger animals to find enough to eat. You've got to be a real specialist, like the Namib sand snake. By sidewinding, it can swim its way up the dunes. But i

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Pinning the ants to the hot sand surface, the spiders first cook them to death before dragging them under. In the Namib, even the toughest animals struggle with the heat. Gemsbok trek to the crests of

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Each melon is a valuable package of moisture and seeds. The plant also benefits from this plunder as its seeds may be carried for fifty kilometers in the elephant's stomach before being dropped in a p

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On certain nights, the secret is revealed. Warm, damp air moving in from the mid-Atlantic is transformed to fog as it crosses the cold coastal current. A vast blanket of moisture steadily rolls across

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In spring , the desert undergoes a remarkable transformation. For just a few weeks a year, the flowers of over 3, 000 different plant species turn this desert into the Garden of Africa. This dazzling

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Within a month, the spring blooms are finished. The plants now set their seeds, taking advantage of the warm summer winds which sweep the desert. For a while, the karoo just glows. But trouble is stir

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Desert 沙漠 The desert is a very hot and dry place. 沙漠是非常炎热和干燥的地方。 Where is the biggest desert in the world? 世界上最大的沙漠在哪里呢? Africa has the biggest desert in the world. 非洲有着世界上最大的

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Arabian camels and nomadic people are the most recent in a long line of Saharan pioneers. The history of this great region is told in ancient rock art, glimpses of a vanished world. Just a few thousan

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The Arabian camel--not even a native , was domesticated in the deserts of Asia and brought to Northern Africa as a means of transport. In the past , Tuareg nomads used camels to move slaves, gold and

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Teamwork has helped the weavers find a neat solution to the problems posed by the Kalahari sun. But some creatures are even better equipped. Ground squirrels have ready-made parasols. Under the shadow

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Cheetah s are sprinter s, not made for a long-distance chase. So they must get close. But springbok have keen senses. True to their name, springbok can leap two meters high. It's jumping with a purpos

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Living underground, mole rats are sheltered from the Kalahari's worst extremes of temperature. We think of deserts as hot places. But nightly temperatures can fall well below zero. At dawn, meerkat s

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It’s the wettest of all African deserts, the great Kalahari. The sands of the Kalahari cover more of southern Africa than any other desert. But the higher rainfall here gives it a very distinctive a

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But this hasn't always been so. Over the last 15 million years, Africa's climate has repeatedly swung from wet to dry and back again as Ice Ages have come and gone. At times the Kalahari has been much

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desert 沙漠 ['dez?t] We traverse the desert by truck. 我们乘卡车横穿沙漠。 2desert 遗弃 [d?'z??t] Helen's husband deserted her years ago. Helen的丈夫数年前抛弃了她。 3dessert 甜点 [d?'z??t] She had homemade ice cream for de

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Chiles Atacama Desert is one of the driest places on the planet. But recently, its turned into something totally unexpected: an oasis of pink flowers. 智利的阿塔卡马沙漠是地球上最干燥的地方之一,但最近却也出人意料地变为

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When we had trudged along for several hours, in silence, the darkness fell,and the stars began to come out. 当我们默默地走了好几个小时以后,天黑了下来,星星开始发出光亮。 Thirst had made me a little feverish, and I look

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这个美丽的故事流传在美洲印第安土著中已近200年了,一朵荒漠中的小花,不是为了自己的艳丽,而执着于点缀这个世界的一角There was a young flower in the desert where all was dry and sad looking... It was

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