The mammals have an insectivorous appetite.

这种哺乳动物有食的嗜好。

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

啊，是的，我让你说出著名的食植物的名字。

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

空中食的鸟也受到了威胁，因为它们食用的越来越稀少。

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

金色曼蛙是食动物，它们的食物包括白蚁，果蝇以及其他。

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

其中一位常客是这位研究食植物奇观的魅力绅士。

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

所有这些不同的食植物都对相似的环境压力。

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

因为，一些古生物学家认为这些恐龙是专门的食动物。

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

这使得这些包裹中的微小叶子成为我们拥有的食植物最好的化石证据。

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动物，具有精致的下巴、短小的四肢和单爪。

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

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

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

古生物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动物的前臂之间。

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

这些是蝙蝠的祖先是树栖的， 或者住树上；它是食的， 或者吃；它可能是夜间活动的。

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使用的食植物的定义。

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.

我们频道上讨论过的食植物，如金星捕蝇器、蝴蝶草、太阳露和猪笼草，可以捕捉和消化子以获取营养。

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”以了解有关这些食植物的更多信息 - 链接说明中。

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.

他们的手变得类似于今天的食蚁兽和其他食哺乳动物的手，它们的手指变大了，带有类似镐的爪子，可以打破群居的巢穴。

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，侏罗纪早期，这个地方是一个湖泊，蜉蝣生活那里，成群交配，就像今天一样，同时也为当地的食动物提供了一场盛宴。