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This is Scientific American — 60-Second Science. I'm Jason Goldman.
In the jungle, home is anywhere you can raise your babies — while trying not to get gobbled up by somebody else. Take a tiny creature from Brazil whose name is longer than it is: the Bahia's broad-snout casque-headed tree frog. It likes to hang out in the little ponds that form in cavities within bromeliad plants.
These petite pools are technically known as "phytotelmata," from the Greek words for plant and pond. A male finds a bromeliad and attracts a female, who lays her eggs directly into the water. The male stays behind to guard the eggs and tadpoles — spending the rest of his life within that one plant. But not just any bromeliad pool will do.
"It's so crazy that there are some really nice, big bromeliads and I never found our frog there. If I would be a frog, I would like that bromeliad."
Herpetologist Mirco Solé, from Brazil's State University of Santa Cruz, quoting his graduate student, Amanda Lanter-Silva.
"But then we made the research, and we saw that there were tradeoffs."

In all, Solé and his team surveyed 239 bromeliads within a protected part of Brazil's Atlantic rainforest, of which 74 were occupied by frogs.
The frogs preferred big bromeliads. But the very largest bromeliads were unoccupied by the frogs, which suggests there's a Goldilocks situation. And the researchers think it has to do with the size of the frog's alligator-shaped heads.
If the bromeliad's water tank is too large, then the frog's head can't form a tight seal around the opening. Which would make them and their offspring an easy meal. But if the pool is too small, it might dry out completely.
"So they are really picky concerning their houses. They need a clean house, with fresh water, and it should not be too large, nor too small."
The study is in the journal PLOS ONE.
Solé says that these findings remind us that we need to think about the nuanced habitat needs of a species when it comes to conservation. It's not enough to breed some frogs and release them into the rainforest. We also need to ensure that they're able to find the habitats they need to live, mate and raise their young.
Thanks for listening for Scientific American — 60-Second Science. I'm Jason Goldmann.

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谢谢大家收听科学美国人——60秒科学#ie4LvWA@T。我是杰森·古德曼,JTDZzp]!PsX%dfXC8[G。

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重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. gobble up 狼吞虎咽；贪婪地吃；
The boy gobbled up an ice-cream cone.
那个男孩大口大口地吃完了一个蛋卷冰淇淋0U+V6Qb(p0&(#qNiPF1。
2. stay behind 留下；
He found it unnecessary for us to stay behind.
他感到我们不必要留下来*Y72-%E2U1]%。
3. dry out (使)变干；(使)干透；
Environmentalists say that diverting water from the river will lower the water table and dry out wells.
环保主义者称引流河水会导致地下水位下降和水井干枯^F!BRP~~COK@i@yY#。
4. when it comes to 谈到；涉及；
They are inexperienced when it comes to decorating.
说到装修，他们就没有什么经验了MH~NBK8Cl9u6%fLLQ。