If I would be a frog, I would like that bromeliad.

如果我是树，我会喜欢那种凤。”

I'm here sampling this bromeliad. I have to find out what lives in it.

我在给这棵凤取样看看都有什么在里面安家。

But not just any bromeliad pool will do.

但并不是每个凤水池都有。

Bromeliads are known as the best residential areas for the great hanging city.

凤是这悬浮城市中最佳的住所。

And of course, birds and amphibians lay their eggs up there in the bromeliads.

当然，鸟类和两栖动物在那里的凤物里产卵。

Take ferns and bromeliads—the family that includes Spanish moss and pineapple plants.

以蕨类物和凤物为例，凤物包括西班牙苔藓和菠萝。

A male finds a bromeliad and attracts a female, who lays her eggs directly into the water.

发现凤物后会在此吸引雌，雌会直接将卵产在水中。

He is in a much better position to collect some of the citizens in the bromeliad.

他的位置要收集凤上面居民就方便多了。

Turns out, after a twelve-hour test, it was the bromeliad that scrubbed the most chemicals from the air.

十二个小时的测试结果表明，凤最能吸收空气中的有毒气体。

But we won't find just insect larvae in these bromeliads, we will also find tadpoles.

不过我们在这些凤物中可不仅会发现虫幼虫我们还能发现蝌蚪。

It likes to hang out in the little ponds that form in cavities within bromeliad plants.

它喜欢待在凤物中小洞注水形成的小水池里。

And on land, mahogany and oak trees provide a habitat for other plants to grow, like bromeliads and ferns.

在陆地上，桃花心木和橡树为凤物和蕨类物等其他物的生长提供了栖息地。

But the very largest bromeliads were unoccupied by the frogs, which suggests there's a Goldilocks situation.

但特别大的凤却并没有被树占领，这说明其中存在“金发姑娘原则”（刚刚好就是最适的）。

And of course, birds and amphibians lay their eggs up there in the bromeliads.

当然，鸟类和两栖动物也在凤物中产卵。

Pitfall traps are the standard passive trap used  by things like pitcher plants and bromeliads.

陷阱是猪笼草和凤动物使用的标准被动陷阱。

Pitfall traps are the standard passive trap used by things like pitcher plants and bromeliads.

陷阱陷阱是 猪笼草和凤物使用的标准被动陷阱。

They form marvelous hanging gardens in the Amazon forest and fascinate many entomologists because bromeliads form their own special micro-habitat.

它们在亚马逊森林里形成了瑰丽的悬浮花园这迷住了无数虫学家因为凤能形成自己的微生态系统。

The biggest bromeliads can contain up to 8 quarts of water, so these tree tops' gardens are actually little swamps.

最大的凤能装下8夸脱水所以这些树顶花园其实是小沼泽。

If the bromeliad's water tank is too large, then the frog's head can't form a tight seal around the opening.

如果凤水池太大，那树的头部就不能形成紧紧锁住凤孔的密封盖。

It's so crazy that there are some really nice, big bromeliads and I never found our frog there.

“有些凤又大又好，但我在里面却没找到一只，这太不正常了。