索科特拉島是也門(mén)群島四個(gè)島嶼中的一個(gè)小島，它們是遠(yuǎn)離非洲角海岸的印度洋中的一些小島，大約在阿拉伯半島以南350公里。索科特拉擁有大洲起源時(shí)地球最原始的地貌。該群島地貌的特點(diǎn)是狹窄的沿海平原，有溶洞的石灰?guī)r高原以及海拔1525米的山峰。
Like the Galapagos Islands, this island is teeming with 700 extremely rare species of flora and fauna, a full 1/3 of which are endemic, i.e. found nowhere else on Earth.
正如加拉帕戈斯群島一樣，該島盛產(chǎn)700多種極為稀有的植物物種和動(dòng)物物種，有三分之一的物種是其所特有的，也就是說(shuō)在其他地方?jīng)]有。
Socotra is home to more than 800 species of plants, some 240 of which are endemic to the island, and there are certainly many more plant species that have yet to be discovered. The climate is harsh, hot and dry, and yet - the most amazing plant life thrives there.
索科特拉島是800多種植物的產(chǎn)地，其中約240種是小島上特有的，當(dāng)然，還有很多植物物種尚未被發(fā)現(xiàn)。這里氣候非常惡劣，炎熱干燥，但是，令人驚嘆的植物在這里蓬勃生長(zhǎng)。
A Dragon抯 Blood Tree (Dracaena cinnabari) is seen in front of the Skund mountains on the island of Socotra, Yemen. The tree is so named because any injury to the bark results in a deep red liquid excreting from the scar ? compared in the past to the "Blood of Dragons".
龍血樹(shù)生長(zhǎng)在也門(mén)索科特拉島的斯綱克山前。這種樹(shù)這樣命名時(shí)因?yàn)楫?dāng)樹(shù)干遭受任何傷害的時(shí)候都會(huì)從疤痕的地方流出深紅色液體，在過(guò)去被認(rèn)為是龍的血液。
The branches spread out into the sky and from below appear to hover over the landscape like so many flying saucers... and from above they have a distinct mushroom look.
樹(shù)枝伸展向天空，從下面看去，就像盤(pán)旋在空中的許多飛碟......從上面看，它們又像是一個(gè)獨(dú)特的蘑菇的樣子。
There is also the Desert Rose (adenium obesium) which looks like nothing so much as a blooming elephant leg.
這里還有沙漠玫瑰（夾竹桃科），把它比作粗壯的大象腿再也合適不過(guò)了。
A Socotran Fig Tree (Dorstenia gigas) with a bizare swollen trunk that almost has human proportions grows against a limestone rock face on the island of Socotra. The plants are one of over 300 plant species endemic to the island.
索科特拉無(wú)花果樹(shù)倚靠著石灰?guī)r、面向索科特拉島生長(zhǎng)，它那腫脹的樹(shù)干跟人的身體比例幾乎一樣。這種植物就是島上300多種特有物種中的一種。
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