BBC. 自然世界.安德莉亚-蝠鲼女王（2009）

The first time I saw a manta it took my breath away.
第一次看到蝠鲼时 它美得令我窒息
It just came out of the gloom right towards me and
它从暗处径直向我游来
it was like the most beautiful underwater bird I'd ever seen.
这可以说是我所见过最美的水下物种
It was so majestic
这太壮丽了
and I couldn't even focus on anything
这种神奇的生物彻底
except this magnificent animal.
吸引了我的眼球
This chance meeting
这次偶然的相遇
changed the course of Andrea Marshall's life.
彻底改变了安德莉亚·马歇尔的生活
Manta rays are unlike anything I've ever been in the water with.
蝠鲼和我所见的其他海底生物截然不同
They're inquisitive they will engage a diver.
他们好奇心很强 喜欢和潜水员打交道
It's just an amazing experience to be with them
和他们在一起的感觉很棒
because you can actually see
你可以很明显的
that they want to interact with you
看出他们愿意和你打交道
and they are quite curious.
而且他们的好奇心很重
And it was a brief encounter
这虽然是次短暂的会面
but at the same time I knew then
但我知道我的生活
that I would never be the same again.
将会发生翻天覆地的变化
Abandoning her life in California
这位年轻的生物学家抛弃了加州的生活
the young biologist moved to Africa
搬来非洲
for a life with manta rays.
与蝠鲼共同生活
Her dream to find out all
她的梦想就是尽一切可能
there is to know about these mysterious creatures.
去了解这个神秘的物种
And seven years on
7年过去了
her work has rocked the world of science
她的研究震惊了科学界
with the discovery of a new species of Giant manta
她发现了一种新的巨型蝠鲼物种
and remarkable new findings
还有许多关于他们生活习性的
about how they live their lives.
卓越新发现
But around the world
可纵观全球
mantas are in trouble - their numbers crashing.
蝠鲼仍处于水深火热中 他们的数量在骤减
It is terribly frightening
如蝠鲼般美丽且重要的物种
that something as beautiful and as important as a manta ray
正濒临灭绝
could ever be brought to the brink of extinction.
这让人无比惊恐
From fighting to protect these beautiful rays
从极力保护这些美丽的蝠鲼
to ground breaking revelations about their secretive lives
到对他们的神秘生活逐渐揭秘
this film charts a remarkable year of Andrea's life
这部影片截取了安德莉亚与蝠鲼共同生活的
living with mantas.
卓越一年
Tofo Beach Mozambique
莫桑比克的托佛海滨
where the Indian Ocean meets the east coast of Africa.
是印度洋与非洲东海岸交接的地方
And it's here on this wild inaccessible stretch of coast
安德莉亚居住并工作在这片绵延的
that Andrea lives and works.
人迹罕至的海滨
Look at him!
看啊
Too cool!
太酷了
We've motored about five miles down the coast
我们驾船离开海岸5英里
to dive at one of the many inshore reefs off here.
打算去一处近岸礁石附近潜水
The place we're going today is called Manta Reef
今天我们要去的地方叫蝠鲼礁
and it's a renowned cleaning station for manta rays.
这是一个闻名遐迩的蝠鲼清洁站
Every day Andrea makes the ten-mile round trip
安德莉亚每天都要跋涉10英里
to one of the many reefs that are scattered amongst these waters.
去某个零星分布在这片水域的礁石群
I think we should dive the south side of the reef today.
我认为我们今天应该在礁石的南边潜水
So about another 400 metres
大概再过400米
and slightly to the left would be good.
稍微偏左一点就到了
And it's amongst these newly discovered reefs
这是安德莉亚最新发现的
that Andrea has found
礁石群中的一处
one of the largest populations of manta rays in the world.
她找到了世界上蝠鲼数量最多的地方之一
Do me a favour
请你帮个忙
if you see any pregnant ones down there
如果你在下面看到怀孕的蝠鲼
just keep a track of how many that you see.
统计一下你一共看到多少只
We'll be about 40 minutes OK?
我们大概下去40分钟
Several major currents converge at Tofo
几条主要的洋流在托佛汇集
creating some of the richest waters on the African coast.
使其成为了非洲海岸最富饶的水域之一
I hadn't actually seen anything quite like
在来此之前 我从未看到过
the Mozambique coastline when I first came here.
如莫桑比克海岸般的景致
There was just so much life here.
这里的物种实在是多种多样
It was like the Galapagos of the Indian Ocean.
仿佛就是印度洋的加拉帕戈斯群岛
There's so much plankton it turns the waters cloudy
众多的浮游生物使得这里的水质略显浑浊
drawing in leviathans from across the Indian Ocean to feed.
吸引着这些庞然大物横跨印度洋来捕食
And it's here living amongst these reefs
在这儿的礁石群中
that Andrea has discovered more than 650 manta rays.
安德莉亚发现了超过650只的蝠鲼
With a wingspan of up to seven-and-a-half metres
由于翼展宽达7.5米
mantas are the largest of all the rays.
因此蝠鲼成为了魟科中最大的物种
Once feared as dangerous devil fish
它们曾一度被人们当做是"魔鬼鱼"
they're in fact harmless giants
其实他们只是以
feeding only on the tiny plants and animals
小动植物构成的浮游生物为食的
that make up the plankton.
不具任何攻击性的庞然大物
Yet intriguingly
神奇的是
mantas could be one of the most intelligent creatures
蝠鲼是海洋里
in the ocean.
最富智慧的物种之一
For their size they have the largest brain of any fish
就体积而言 蝠鲼的大脑是所有鱼类中最大的
and no-one knows why.
可无人知晓其原因
They almost have personalities.
他们几乎拥有自己的个性
Some of them are more shy some of them are more bold.
有些蝠鲼性格腼腆 而有些则大胆自信
Some of them love bubbles on their tummies some of them don't.
他们中有的喜欢肚子上的泡泡 也有的不喜欢
They don't swim away from you like a normal shark or fish would.
与一般的鲨鱼和鱼类不同的是他们不躲开人类
So they really engage you
他们会和你交流
and it makes working on them all the more fun.
因此研究蝠鲼的过程就会乐趣无穷
And that's a great feeling as a biologist
对于生物学家来说 能够和自己所研究的物种
to actually have a connection with the animal you're working with.
进行交流真的是意义非凡
Despite their size and curious nature
除了他们的体型和好奇的天性
very little is known about manta rays.
科学对他们还知之甚少
So armed with her camera
安德莉亚用它的相机
Andrea records every move they make.
记录着蝠鲼的一举一动
With each dive
每次潜水后
she's discovering more and more about them.
她对蝠鲼的了解都会更深一层
Building up an intimate picture of their secretive lives.
他们神秘的生活影像愈发清晰
Did you see Jo? She was one of the pregnant ones.
看见乔了吗 就是怀孕的蝠鲼里的一只
That's the second year I've seen her consecutively pregnant.
我已经连续两年看到她怀孕了
That's amazing.
太不可思议了
We saw a number of individuals maybe about ten.
我们看到许多蝠鲼 大概有十只
A lot of ones that I knew a couple of ones that I didn't know
大部分我都认识 只有几只我不认识
a lot of ID shots
我贴了许多身份标识
so there should be a lot of information there
因此会获得许多关于
a few pregnant ones.
一些怀孕的蝠鲼的信息
So that's a good sign.
这是个好迹象
That's exactly what we want to see.
这正是我们所期望看见的
From this straw hut
安德莉亚在这个稻草小屋里
Andrea runs the Mozambican Manta Ray Project.
经营着莫桑比克的蝠鲼项目
And with the support of the Save our Seas foundation
在"拯救我们的海洋"基金会赞助下
she's transforming this remote site on Tofo Beach
她从托佛海岸上这个偏僻的村庄将资料
into one of the leading research centres in the Indian Ocean.
传送给印度洋上最顶尖的研究中心之一
At the moment I'm actually uploading my photos from today's dive
现在我在上传今天潜水时所拍的照片
just to check the individuals I saw on the reef today.
只是想看看我今天在礁石看见的蝠鲼
Like a fingerprint
如同指纹
every manta's born with a unique spot pattern on its belly.
每只蝠鲼的腹部生来就有独一无二的斑点
And it's the shape of these spots
正因为这些不同形状的斑点
that gives Andrea the inspiration for naming her mantas.
给安德莉亚以灵感 命名这些蝠鲼
I try and see an image.
我将斑点尝试组合成某个影像
So I have basically have named all 650 mantas
所以当我感觉这像某个东西之后
after something that pops out at me.
我几乎给所有650只蝠鲼都起了名字
So I have names ranging from cartoon characters
它们的名字囊括了卡♥通♥人物和
all the way to presidents.
各届总统
Andrea calls the two new arrivals Spotty and Bleeding Heart.
安德莉亚称呼新来的为斯伯蒂和软心肠
And they join the likes of Homer Simpson
并把他们加入了与他们类似的
and Dracula on her growing database.
不断壮大的辛普森一家和吸血鬼家族的数据库中
What's important is not the name
重要的不是名字
but the fact that when I'm on the reef
而是当我处在礁石周围
I know all the different individuals
我能够清楚的辨别出
I'm seeing and the picture becomes so much more clear.
我所看到的蝠鲼
It's a more intimate type of research
这是非常亲密的一种研究
and it's quite exciting
它们就好比我的孩子
because they are kind of like my little children.
这让我非常兴奋