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This little female is known to researchers as Gyra.
研究人员称这位体型娇小的女士为“吉拉”。
She's tiny, weighing a mere two pounds-200 times less than a lion.
它很小，体重只有两磅，是狮子体重的200分之一。
She'd be almost impossible to find, but she's being tracked with a radio collar.
她很难被发现，不过研究人员用无线电项圈对她进行追踪，
And using surveillance cameras that rival a cat's night-vision,
同时还使用了具有可以媲美猫的夜视能力的监控摄像头。
we can, at last, reveal her nocturnal pursuits.
如此我们才得以揭开她的夜间活动。
She can walk 20 miles a night in search of food, the farthest recorded for any small cat.
她一晚可以走20英里寻找食物，是目前记录的所有小猫里走得最远的一只。
Guided by superb night vision and responding to the smallest of sounds,
凭借高超的夜视能力以及对微小声音的反应，
she finds almost anything that moves is a potential meal.
她可以发现并捕捉几乎所有移动的生物。
She'll even eat locusts, but she prefers gerbils.
她甚至会吃蝗虫，但她更喜欢沙鼠。
Or if that doesn't work-birds!
如果还不行，她可以捉鸟！
With a wiggle to tuck her legs in, she gets as low to the ground as possible.
她扭动着把腿缩进去，尽可能地靠近地面。
Primed like a spring, she can deliver maximum power to jump.
像弹簧一样准备就绪，这样她可以用最大的力气弹跳出去。
She hits her target 60 percent of the time.
她成功的几率为60%。
It's what makes black-footed cats the most lethal hunters in the entire cat family.
这就是黑脚猫成为整个猫科动物家族中最致命的猎手的原因。
