The mammals have an insectivorous appetite.

这种哺乳动物有食虫嗜好。

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

啊，是，我让你说出著名食虫植物名字。

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

空中食虫鸟也受胁，因为它们食用昆虫越来越稀少。

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

金色曼蛙是食虫动物，它们食物包括白蚁，果蝇以及其他昆虫。

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

其中一位常客是这位研究食虫植物奇观魅力绅士。

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

所有这些不同食虫植物都在对相似环境压力。

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食虫动物。

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

这使得这些包裹在琥珀中微小叶子成为我们拥有食虫植物最好化石证据。

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

它们进化成体型较小食虫动物，具有下巴、短小四肢和单爪。

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

昆虫种群数量增加吸引饥饿食虫动物，如鸟类和爬行动物，它们吸引更大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，因为他们前臂介于他们肉食性祖先和后来专门食虫动物前臂之间。

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

这些是蝙蝠祖先是树栖， 或者住在树上；它是食虫， 或者吃昆虫；它可能是夜间活动。

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.

但又过一百多年，科学家们才提出今天经常使用食虫植物定义。

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?

谁会想食草短鼻袋鼠会需要食虫褐色袋鼠，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食虫植物，如金星捕蝇器、蝴蝶草、太阳露和猪笼草，可以捕捉和消化虫子以获取营养。

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.

请务必查看他们剧集“Cape Sundews Trap Bugs in A Sticky Situation”以解有关这些食虫植物更多信息 - 链接在说明中。

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.

他们手变得类似于今天食蚁兽和其他食虫哺乳动物手，它们手指变大，带有类似镐爪子，可以打破群居昆虫巢穴。

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，在侏罗纪早期，这个地方是一个湖泊，蜉蝣生活在那里，成群交配，就像今天一样，同时也为当地食虫动物提供一场盛宴。