纪录片《南太平洋》 第46期 四海为家（14）（在线收听）

Of all these island clusters, Fiji is the largest

其中最大的岛屿是斐济群岛

made up of over 300 volcanic islands, formed some 40 million years ago.

由300多座火山岛组成，是在约4千万年前形成的

Fiji is around two-thirds the size of the Solomons,

斐济面积约为所罗门群岛的三分之二

so remained a reasonable target for would-be colonisers.

它是漂流者们理想的落脚点

Despite its isolation, it is still home to nearly half the number of plant species found in the Solomons.

尽管与世隔绝，它依然是所罗门群岛已发现的近一半植物品种的家园

But animal colonisers were not so successful.

但动物开拓者们却并不成功

At night, the forests are eerily quiet.

夜晚，森林寂静下来

Only a handful of bats made it here,

只有极少数蝙蝠在这里

the only mammals to do so, and there are far fewer birds.

它们是这里仅有的哺乳动物，鸟类就更加少了

In the absence of ground predators, invertebrates evolved into monsters.

由于缺乏陆地掠食者，无脊椎动物进化成庞然怪物。