PLANET EARTH Jungles

The digested remains of its booty will end up in the water jungle providing instant food for the plant. Other food, like mosquito larvae, seems to be out of reach but the spider has another surprising trick. By taking its own air supply trapped in a bubble the crab spider can actually dive to the very bottom of the pitcher. Once the prey is captured（捕获）, the spider hauls（拖拽） itself back up its silken safety line.



The pitcher is a one stop shop for this spider, but it's not alone. In the jungle there's competition for everything, even a small water filled pitcher plant. Such specialists create the jungle's remarkable diversity, but finding enough food to survive is so challenging that most animals living here tend to be small though there are exceptions.
This is the Congo（刚果） in Africa. It's a vast wilderness and the least explored of all jungles. From up here the forest looks similar to the ones that grow in the Amazon or Southeast Asia. but down below there are some unexpected sights. Crisscrossing（纵横交错） this forest, are countless miles of highways and they were made by something big.