奇妙岛屿 11 - 英语听力

Born in the forest

They stay in the forest

While Mum and Dad bring fresh meals straight from the ocean

They can hear the waves

They can even smell the spray

But they have no idea what it looks like

These chicks won't have their first splash in the ocean

Until they're three months old

When they'll finally set off on their first fishing trip alone

1500 miles from the nearest continent

New Zealand is beyond the reach of most mammals

Marine mammals aside

The only ones that did succeed

Before humans arrived had wings

Bats

This is the short-tailed bat

It roosts in tree cavities and comes out at night to feed

So far so normal

But these bats have been living the island life

Far too long not to have become a little ''different''

And they're not the only ones

Wetas are primitive relatives of the locust

But they can't fly