Unless it was the giant lizards controlling the government!

除非是巨型蜥蜴在控制着政府！

Well, this giant lizard would make the oceans a much more dangerous place for humans.

这种巨型蜥蜴会使海洋成为一个对人类来说更危险的地方。

Take, for instance, the Komodo dragon, a giant monitor lizard that today lives on a handful of islands in eastern Indonesia.

以科摩多龙为例、一种巨大的巨蜥，如今生活在印度尼西亚东部的少数几个岛屿上。

But while giant lizards like this mosasaur ruled the oceans, a very different group of reptiles filled the skies.

但是，像沧龙这样的巨型蜥蜴统治着海洋时，天空中却有一群截然不同的爬行动物。

The English physician Gideon Mantell, for example, figured that if dinosaurs were reptiles, then they must've basically been just giant lizards.

英国医生吉迪恩·曼特尔 (Gideon Mantell) 认为， 例如，如果恐龙是爬行动物，那么它们基本上就是巨型蜥蜴。

And at the time, it summed up what experts thought ancient reptiles were like: Giant, vicious lizards who hissed and snapped at each other.

当时， 它总结了专家们认为古代爬行动物的样子：巨大、凶猛的蜥蜴，它们会发出嘶嘶声并互相猛咬。

And with help from other invasive reptiles like black and white tegus — giant lizards who devour alligator eggs — these snakes have made a serious play for the top of the local food chain.

而且，在其他外来入侵爬行动物的助力下，如黑白泰加巨蜥（一种会吞食鳄鱼蛋的巨型蜥蜴），这些蟒蛇已经开始争夺本土食物链顶端的位置。