The mammals have an insectivorous appetite.

种哺乳动有食虫的嗜好。

Ah yes, I asked you to name the famous insect-eating topical plant.

啊，的，我让你说出著名的食虫植的名字。

Birds known as aerial insectivores are also at risk because the insects they eat are getting harder to find.

空中食虫的鸟也受到了威胁，因为它们食用的昆虫越来越稀少。

Golden mantellas are insectivores, feeding on termites, fruit flies, and a range of other insects.

金色曼蛙食虫动，它们的食包括白蚁，果蝇以及其他昆虫。

And one of the regulars was this charismatic gentleman studying the wonders of carnivorous plants.

其中一位常客位研究食虫植奇观的魅力绅士。

Because, some paleontologists think these dinosaurs were specialized insect-eaters.

因为，一些古生学家认为些专门的食虫动。

That makes these tiny bits of leaves encased in amber the best fossil evidence  we have of carnivorous plants.

些包裹在琥珀中的微小叶子成为我们拥有的食虫植最好的化石证据。

They evolved into smaller-bodied insectivores with delicate jaws, short limbs, and single claws.

它们进化成体型较小的食虫动，具有精致的下巴、短小的四肢和单爪。

All these different carnivorous plants are  responding to similar environmental pressures.

所有些不同的食虫植都在应对相似的环境压力。

Rising populations of insect species attract hungry insectivores, like birds and reptiles, who entice larger carnivores and apex predators.

昆虫种群数量的增加吸引了饥饿的食虫动，如鸟类和爬行动，它们吸引了更大的食肉动和顶级掠食者。

Paleontologists aren't sure what they ate, as their forearms were in between those of their carnivorous ancestors and the later specialized insectivores.

古生学家不确定他们吃什么，因为他们的前臂介于他们的肉食性祖先和后来专门的食虫动的前臂之间。

These are that the bat ancestor was arboreal, or lived in trees; it was insectivorous, or ate insects; and it was probably nocturnal.

些蝙蝠的祖先树栖的， 或者住在树上；它食虫的， 或者吃昆虫；它可能夜间活动的。

In fact, some of the island's insectivorous bats are currently thriving and this has important implications for farmers and conservationists alike.

事实上，岛上的一些食虫蝙蝠目前正在繁衍生息，对农民和自然资源保护主义者等都有重要意义。

But it would take another hundred-plus years  before scientists would propose the definition of what counts as a carnivorous  plant that's often used today.

但又过了一百多年，科学家们才提出今天经常用的食虫植的定义。

Who would have thought that a bettong would need a bandicoot, that a leaf-cutter ant would need a maned wolf, or, indeed, that a gecko would need a giraffe?

谁会想到食草的短鼻袋鼠会需要食虫的褐色袋鼠，切叶蚁会需要鬃狼，又或者，壁虎需要长颈鹿？

Insectivorous plants, like venus fly traps,   butterwort, sundew and pitcher plants, which we've talked about on the channel,   catch and digest bugs for nutrients.

我们在频道上讨论过的食虫植，如金星捕蝇器、蝴蝶草、太阳露和猪笼草，可以捕捉和消化虫子以获取营养。

Their hands became similar to those of anteaters and other insect-eating mammals today, which have an enlarged finger with a pick-like claw to break open social insect nests.

他们的手变类似于今天的食蚁兽和其他食虫哺乳动的手，它们的手指变大了，带有类似镐的爪子，可以打破群居昆虫的巢穴。

Be sure to check  out their episode, " Cape Sundews Trap Bugs in A Sticky Situation" to learn more about these  carnivorous plants - link is in the description.

请务必查看他们的剧集“Cape Sundews Trap Bugs in A Sticky Situation”以了解有关些食虫植的更多信息 - 链接在说明中。

Some 180m years ago, during the early part of the Jurassic period, this site was a lake where mayflies lived and swarmed to mate, as they do today, providing, as a side-effect, a feast for local insectivores.

大约1.8亿年前，在侏罗纪早期，个地方一个湖泊，蜉蝣生活在那里，成群交配，就像今天一样，同时也为当地的食虫动提供了一场盛宴。