The loves and lies of fireflies

The loves and lies of fireflies


螢火蟲，
夏夜之美。
螢火蟲之光，
充滿浪漫，
生物學家Sara Lewis指出螢火蟲演化的歷程顯示了
natural selection, the struggle for survival, and sexual selection, the struggle for reproductive opportunity.
螢火蟲之光，
是求偶的光，
談情說愛：
It's amazing to think that the luminous displays we admire here and in fact everywhere around the world are actually the silent love songs of male fireflies. They're flying and flashing their hearts out. I still find it very romantic.
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These creatures speak their love in the language of light.
但是螢火蟲的世界
不盡是愛，
也有為了自己的安全防護，
欺騙別的螢火蟲，以吸取toxins的firefly vampire。
愛和謊言，
螢火蟲的世界，
一樣充滿虛虛實實。
Sara Lewis也提醒大家，
夏夜的螢火蟲，
也在銳減中，
因為土地的開發，
因為光害，
因此我們要重視這個問題：
I hope we can find a way to keep these bright lights shining.
很美的演說，
學習生態，
也從了解中，
感受自然的奧妙。