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When it does fall, it can transform a desert.
雨水可以重塑沙漠。
And turn it into one of Earth's most productive landscapes. Grasslands.
将沙漠变成地球上最富有生产力的生态系统。草原。
They support the greatest concentrations of large animals to be found anywhere on the planet.
草原是地球上最大的大型动物聚集地。
Here nature is at its most spectacular.
这里展现着大自然最为壮观的一面。
This leopardess, believe it or not, is ready to hunt at a moment's notice.
尽管看起来很难相信，但这只豹子已经做好了随时启动捕猎的准备。
She is one of the few special leopards that have learnt to hide in the tree tops, and wait for their prey to come to them.
它是少有的几只学会了如何隐藏在树顶，并等待猎物送上门来的豹子之一。
Without making a sound, she gets into position.
悄无声息，它已经就位了。
Not this time. And now her presence is known to all.
这次没能成功。现在周围所有动物都知晓它的存在了。
But leopards will go to astonishing lengths to succeed.
但豹子为了成功，会付出惊人的努力。
And some are more daring than others.
而有些豹子的胆量尤为突出。
This leopard climbs up to a branch nine metres above the ground. She's higher than the roof of a two-storey house.
这只豹子爬到9米高的树枝上。这里的高度比两层楼还高。
Leopards have killed themselves jumping from these heights.
从如此高的地方跳下去很可能会危及自己的生命。
To succeed on these equatorial grasslands, you must be adaptable and sometimes brave.
想要在热带草原上独当一面，就必须有着极强的适应性和过人的胆识。
