A kangaroo rat or some other desert rodent inhales cocci while digging its burrow.

袋鼠鼠或其他一些沙漠啮齿动物在挖洞时吸入了球孢子菌。

In the Mojave they fret about a species of tortoise. Elsewhere they have gone to court for the blunt-nosed leopard lizard and the giant kangaroo rat.

在莫哈韦，这些环保者担心环境的破坏会影响到一种乌龟。而在加州其它地区，他们为保护钝头黑斑项圈蜥和体型巨大的鼠菐而对簿公堂。

See, kangaroo rats make lots of burrows, and bury seeds to eat later.

看，袋鼠鼠会挖很多洞， 然后埋下种子以供日后食用。

It shows a rattlesnake, a type of pit viper, aiming for a kangaroo rat.

它展示了一条响尾蛇，一种响尾蛇，瞄准一只袋鼠。

Some desert animals, like the kangaroo rat, have adapted to almost never drink water.

一些沙漠动物，比如袋鼠，已经适应了几乎从不喝水。

As it turns out, this kangaroo rat is a keystone species – an animal with a big effect on

事实证明， 这只袋鼠鼠是一个关键物种——一种对人类有很大影响的动物。

At this point, you may be worrying about our guide — but never fear, rodents like our little desert kangaroo rat have their own skills to evade the serpent's tooth.

你这时可能会有点担心我们的导游——别怕，像沙漠更格卢鼠的啮齿动物有自己的技能能逃过蛇的魔爪。

In the late 1900s, researchers even ran an experiment where they excluded three species of kangaroo rats from small areas of desert shrubland over ten years.

在 1900 年代后期，研究人员甚至进行了一项实验，他们在十年内从沙漠灌木丛的小区域中排除了三种袋鼠。