These are Pill millipedes, a species that is unique to Madagascar.

它们是球马陆是马达加斯加独有的。

When I find a millipede insect, I rub it over my body.

当我发现一种千足虫，便把它擦在身上。

The millipedes do not have eyes.

千足虫没有眼睛。

That's millipede researcher Petra Sierwald at the Field Museum in Chicago.

芝加哥菲尔德博物馆的马陆研究员佩特拉·西尔瓦尔德说到。

On the menu today, we have millipedes, beetles, ants, termites, caterpillars, earwigs, eggs from snakes, and tortoises.

在今天的菜单上，我们有千足虫、甲虫、蚂蚁、白蚁、毛毛虫、蠼蚣、蛇卵和乌龟。

It was not a direct ancestor of the millipedes that live now.

它并不是现代千足虫的直系祖先。

Among the species recently identified by Australian researchers, is the first millipede with more than 1,000 legs.

在澳大利亚研究人员最近发现的物种中，有一种是第一个长有1000多条腿的千足虫。

But today there aren't enough millipede researchers to determine if their populations are stable and healthy.

但如今，没有足够的马陆研究者能确定其种群是否稳定和健康。

And if they like to eat or break down already-dead organisms, we call them decomposers like millipedes or fungi.

如果它们喜欢吃或分解已经死亡的生物，我们就称它们为分解者，比如千足虫或真菌。

It looked like modern millipedes, but it was a member of a group that died out.

虽然看起来像现代千足虫，但它其实属于一个灭绝的种群。

So that scientists can help millipedes keep the soil healthful, for them and for us.

这样科学家就能帮助马陆保持土壤健康，这对它们和我们都有益。

But the color-coded private parts do make identifying millipedes much easier for scientists.

但是，用颜色编码的隐私部位，确实令科学家更易识别马陆。

And even with 12,000 species of millipedes, no two varieties of gonopods are exactly the same.

虽然有12000种马陆，但没有两种生殖肢是完全相同的。

Wetlands developed, sporting ten-foot-long millipedes and giant dragon flies.

湿地发达，有十英尺长的千足虫和巨大的蜻蜓。

That's millipede researcher Petra Sierwald at the Field Museum in Chicago.

那是芝加哥菲尔德博物馆的千足虫研究员 Petra Sierwald。

You know those cute little millipedes you find curled up under rotting logs in the woods?

你知道那些蜷缩在树林里腐烂的原木下的可爱小千足虫吗？

But today there aren't enough millipede researchers to determine if their populations are stable and healthy.

但是今天没有足够的千足虫研究人员来确定它们的种群是否稳定和健康。

Buzatto said the insect comes from a " harsh, " dry area in Australia where it is hard to find any millipedes on the surface.

布扎托说，这种昆虫来自澳大利亚" 严酷" 的干旱地区，在那里很难在表面找到任何千足虫。

The word millipede means " a thousand feet, " but until now, no insect had ever been found with that many legs, or feet.

千足虫这个词的意思是" 一千只脚" ，但到目前为止，还没有发现有这么多腿或脚的昆虫。

" If you look at a millipede, it's not that big to begin with. So you can imagine their modified legs... are even smaller."

“如果你观察马陆，它们的生殖肢一开始没有那么大。所以你可以想象它们改进过的腿… … 甚至更小。”