huo shan lie dao 08

Song 火山列岛 08
Artist 英语听力
Album BBC南太平洋

Lyrics

[00:00.0] Far to the west,
[00:02.19] in the Solomon Islands,
[00:03.80] lives an animal that
[00:04.78] depends on another characteristic of volcanoes for its survival
[00:09.61] Heat
[00:11.23] Meet the megapode,
[00:13.19] also known as the incubator bird
[00:16.35] Megapodes work hard to find the perfect spot to lay their egg
[00:21.31] And thanks to this island's volcanic springs,
[00:24.66] that spot is just a foot or two below the sand,
[00:27.91] where the temperature is an ideal 33 degrees
[00:31.12] But some megapodes don't seem as keen to dig as others
[00:34.71] and this can sometimes lead to fights
[00:37.60] With the dispute,finally settled,
[00:39.75] the victor lays an egg and covers it with sand
[00:43.0] Parenting over,
[00:45.0] the megapode leaves the time consuming job of incubation
[00:49.59] to the volcano
[00:51.0] While the megapode thrives on a volcano's heat,
[00:54.57] back in Hawaii,
[00:56.40] there's a creature that thrives on the exact opposite