Who Eats What

Who Eats What

奇妙的食物链

A caterpillar is eating a leaf on an apple tree.

一条毛毛虫正吃着苹果树上的叶子。

Later the caterpillar is spotted by a wren. It becomes part of the wren's dinner. Still later the wren is eaten by a hawk.

后来,毛毛虫被一只鹪鹩发现,成了鹪鹩的盘中餐。 后来，鹪鹩被鹰吃了。

Leaf, caterpillar, wren, and hawk are all linked. Together they form a food chain. Each is a link in the chain.

叶子、毛毛虫、鹪鹩和鹰彼此联系在一起,它们共同组成了食物链,各自是链上的一个环节。

The hawk is the top of the food chain, because no other animal attacks and eats hawks. The animal at the top of a food chain is always the last eater--the one nobody else eats.

鹰位于这条食物链的顶端,因为没有其他动物来吃掉它。食物链顶端的动物经常是最后一位捕食者-- 它不会被别的动物吃掉。

Suppose you eat an apple off the tree. That makes you part of a short food chain-the apple and you. You are the top of the food chain.

假设你从树上摘一个苹果吃,苹果和你组成了一个短短的食物链,位于顶端的就是你。