草莓箭毒蛙是世界上毒性最强的物种之一，却有着极为独特的育儿方式。在把卵产在林地上之后，她会守护着直到他们孵化出来，然后把小蝌蚪转移到安全的地方，并且给他们提供食物，直到他们变成小青蛙。
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Some have to depend on a dedicated single mother, and here she is, a strawberry poison arrow frog, no bigger than your fingernail.
有的只能靠专注的单亲妈妈，它就在这里，比指甲还小的草莓箭毒蛙。
★★ dedicated a.专注的，献身的
★★★ poison arrow frog 箭毒蛙
★ fingernail n.手指甲
She's laid her eggs on the forest floor. For most frog mothers that would be the job done, but her maternal instinct is so strong she guards them until they've hatched, and then she moves her tadpoles out of danger.
它在森林的地面产卵，对于大多数青蛙妈妈来说，这样就完成职责了。但它的母亲本能很强烈，会保护卵直到其孵化，之后它会带着蝌蚪离开险地。
★★★ maternal a.母亲的
★ instinct n.本能
★★ hatch vi.孵化
★★★ tadpole n.蝌蚪
She hitches a tadpole on her back then sets off. Surprisingly, she starts to climb.
它把蝌蚪驼在背上，然后就出发了，令人惊讶的是，它开始爬树了。
★★★ hitch vt.栓住，套住，钩住
★★★ tadpole n.蝌蚪
★ set off 出发
And this is what she's looking for: a special plant way up in the branches of a tree, 30 feet above the ground. There's water trapped in its leaves that makes it a perfect nursery pool.
这就是它要找的，寄生在树枝上10米高处的独特植物，叶子里集着水，做育儿所再好不过。
★★ way adv.非常，很（与介词或副词连用）
★ trap vt.困住
★ nursery n.育儿室
There's nothing to eat in these pools, so she feeds each tadpole with one of her own unfertilized eggs. A single egg won't sustain a hungry tadpole for long, so every few days she has to climb back up to each youngster.
小水池中没有吃的东西，所以她给每只蝌蚪一枚未受精的卵食用，一枚卵可不够饥饿的蝌蚪吃多久，所以每隔几天，它都会回到每个孩子们身边。
★★★ tadpole n.蝌蚪
★★★ unfertilized a.未受精的
★ sustain vt.维持
★ youngster n.年轻人
One day, this fine young frog emerges from his pool, and leaves his devoted mother behind.
终于，健康的小青蛙从小水池中出现，并且离开了尽心尽力的母亲。
★ emerge vi.浮现，出现
★ devoted a.献身的
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