The Pantanal now needs the apple snail more than ever.

现在潘塔纳尔比以往任何时候都更需要福寿螺。

For me the most important species in the Pantanal is the apple snail.

对我来说，在潘塔纳尔最重要的物种是福寿螺。

For now, the giant apple snail's presence in Europe is limited to the Ebro Delta.

目前，这种巨型苹果蜗牛在欧洲仅存在于埃布罗三角洲。

The apple snail spends much of its life on the river bed, safe from most of its predators.

福寿螺大部分时间都生活在河床，以远离大多数的天敌。

It's thanks to all of this recycling by the apple snail that the Pantanal is so full of so many giants.

潘塔纳尔能有这么多的巨型生物，完全得益于福寿螺所做的再生循环。

At the same time, this sea-water also kills off the greedy giant apple snail, an introduced pest that feeds on young rice plants.

与此同时，海水也杀死了贪婪的巨型苹果蜗牛，这种引入的害虫以水稻幼苗为食。

What does Neurice project manager say about the giant apple snail?

4. Neurice项目经理对巨型苹果蜗牛怎么说？

Now, you might expect my hero of the Pantanal to be one of the large creatures that we've already seen, but brace yourselves...My hero...is this, the apple snail.

你也许会认为，这位潘塔纳尔的大英雄是我们已经见过的一种大型生物，但是，打起精神来——我的英雄——是它，福寿螺。

The Ebro Delta, in Spain, famous as a battleground during the Spanish Civil War, is now the setting for a different contest, one that is pitting rice farmers against two enemies: the rice-eating giant apple snail, and rising sea levels.

西班牙的埃布罗三角洲作为西班牙内战时期的战场而闻名，现在是另一场比赛的场地，这场比赛使稻农们与两个敌人对抗：以大米为食的巨型苹果蜗牛和持续上升的海平面。