Consider the nematode roundworm, the most abundant of all animals.

再看看线虫，它们是所有动物家族当中最为繁盛的。

Nematodes, of course, are much smaller than sandworms.

当然，线虫的体型比沙虫要小得多。

" Most nematodes, you can just barely see."

“大多数线虫几乎无法用肉眼看见。”

And indeed, they found eight species of nematodes living there!

他们确实在那里发现了8种线虫！

It would be really interesting if we could get the nematodes to photosynthesize.

如果我们能让线虫进行光合作用，那将非常有趣。

For every single human on this planet, there exist 57 billion nematodes.

对于这个星球上的每个人来说，有 570 亿条线虫。

" They look like nematodes. You know, anything in the popular culture that has a relationship to worms, we follow."

“它们看起来很像线虫。流行文化中与蠕虫有关的任何东西，我们都会研究。”

Others may look familiar, but be stranger still, like nematodes.

其他人可能看起来很熟悉，但仍然很陌生，就像线虫一样。

Not a snake nor an earthworm, nematodes are a creature all of their own.

不是蛇也不是蚯蚓，线虫是一种完全属于它们自己的生物。

Their charges are susceptible to intestinal nematode worms which cause them to waste away and can, in severe cases, kill them.

他们的羊群容易受到肠道线虫的影响，这些蠕虫会使它们日渐消瘦，在严重的情况下，会令它们死亡。