奇妙島嶼 08

This birds beak is perfect for sipping nectar from tubular flowers.
這隻鳥嘴能完美地從管狀花朵中吸取花蜜
Its an Iiwi...
這是鐮嘴管舌鳥
a long-billed honey creeper only found in Hawaii.
一種只在夏威夷發現的長嘴吸蜜鳥
But when blown to these shores four million years ago,400
萬年前曾在這些海岸興盛
its ancestors looked very different.
它們的祖先外形非常不同
Those first Hawaiian honey creepers were finch-like,
起初夏威夷吸蜜鳥像雀鳥
with short bills, perhaps quite similar to this modern honey creeper, the palila.
有著短短的嘴或許體形也比現在的黃胸擬管舌鳥要小
Its stout bill is perfect for ripping open tough seed pods.
它結實的嘴能劈開堅果的殼
But once here, the honey creepers made the most of it,
但在這吸蜜鳥為了充分利用嘴
evolving into a variety of birds with some very distinctive bills.
進化成多種帶有特色嘴部的鳥
The Maui parrotbill has a strong, hooked beak
毛伊島厚喙雀有著強壯的鉤形嘴
for getting at the grubs inside dead wood.
用來找到腐木中的蛆
And then theres the akiapolaau,
這是導顎雀
with one of the most remarkable beaks of any bird.
有著任何鳥中最引人注目的嘴
Its lower mandible is straight and chisel-like
較低的下顎筆直像鑿子般
and can puncture the bark to drink the sap...
能刺穿樹皮喝樹液...
..while its upper mandible is long and curved for winkling out grubs.
它的上顎長而彎曲用來剔出蛆..
Its as close as a bill gets to a Swiss Army penknife.
它的嘴彷彿和瑞士軍刀有關係似的