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This is Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano and Hawaii's tallest mountain.
这是莫纳克亚山，一座休眠的火山，并且是夏威夷最高的山峰。
Incredibly for a tropical island, its peak is covered with snow.
难以置信的是，对于这样一座热带的岛屿，它（莫纳亚克山）的山峰却被雪覆盖。
Little can survive at such freezing heights. Bugs blown up here don't stand a chance.
很少有生物可以在这样极冷的高度上存活。被风吹到这来的昆虫没有机会（存活）。
Stunned or trapped in snow, they slowly die.
它们要么昏迷，要么被困在雪中，然后慢慢死去。
But not everything succumbs to the cold.
但并不是所有东西都会向严寒屈服。
These tiny creatures are wekiu bugs.
这些微小的生物名为Wekiu虫（？）。
Their cells are filled with a special kind of antifreeze that allows them to live around the snow line.
它们的细胞被一种特殊的抗凝剂填充，因此它们可以在雪线附近的高度生活。
Originally, wekiu bugs were seed-eating vegetarians, but their descendants have adapted to this hostile environment.
最初，Wekiu虫是以种子为食的素食者，但它们的后代已经适应了这恶劣的环境。
Now with a taste for blood, they are the Pacific's own vampire bugs.
现在，伴着血的气息，它们是太平洋上特有的吸血昆虫。
Needle-sharp mouthparts pierce their dead and dying victims before they suck out anything that's left inside.
针状的口器会刺穿它们已死或濒临死亡的猎物，直至它们被吸食得什么都不剩。
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