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Any land animals cut off from the mainland, had to adapt to perish, and on this island, one species has done so well, it's positively flourished.
而被隔绝的大陆动物如果不能适应就只好灭亡。在这个小岛上有一种动物就适应得很好，种群欣欣向荣。
This is a yellow spotted monitor lizard,goanna,a few from this neck of woods,and it's a very successful in abundant animal on this island,
这是一只黄点砂巨蜥。当地人叫它goanna, 它成功地适应了岛上的环境，大量繁衍。
And it made really impressional Captain Cook when he came here in 1770, to the degree when they sunk down to think about a name for the island,
当库克船长1770年来到这里时，巨蜥给他留下了深刻印象。当他坐下来为这个岛想一个名字的时候，
not to be a too long process I think, he thought it's a island, and it's covered in lizards, got it, lizard island, which is rather clever I think, you see why he did that.
我觉得一定没费多长时间。他想这是个岛而且到处都是蜥蜴，有了，蜥蜴岛。我觉得这个名字很贴切。你看到它在这里做了什么呢?
When hunting, the goanna is alert to any movement,if the grasshopper remains still, it has a chance of escaping the goanna's attention.
当猎食的时候，巨蜥对任何移动物体都相当敏感，如果蚱蜢不动，它就有机会逃脱。
