BBC. 自然世界.安德莉亚-蝠鲼女王（2009）

'I'm doing everything in my power to find my population.
我尽自己一切所能去寻找我的蝠鲼群
'I just don't know where else to look at this stage.'
事已至此 我不知道还能怎么做
Two weeks later
两周后
and a full eight weeks since she last laid eyes on a manta
距她最后一次见到蝠鲼整整八周
Andrea's luck looks like it's finally changing.
安德莉亚的好运似乎终于到来了
Manta & Whale Shark Research Centre
蝠鲼与鲸鲨研究中心
I was really excited when I just got a call
接到一位潜水员的电♥话♥时
from one of the dive operators
我兴奋极了
and they say there's mantas on the reef.
它们说 有蝠鲼到了礁上
I'm not sure which ones
我还不确定是哪种
but they could be Giants
但有可能是巨蝠鲼哦
so I've prepped the boats
我已经备好了船
and we're ready to go out now.
准备好出发了
If there ARE Giants around
如果真的有巨蝠鲼前来
it will finally be Andrea's chance to attach a tag.
安德莉亚就终于有机会为它打上标签
But in the gloomy depths mantas are nowhere to be seen.
但在幽暗的深海里 蝠鲼无处可寻
Then Andrea spots an unmistakable outline.
突然 安德莉亚认出一个不容怀疑的身影
With its distinct markings
带着独一无二的特征
the first manta to return to Tofo's reefs is a Giant.
回到托佛的首条蝠鲼 是条巨蝠鲼
Far more wary of humans than their smaller reef cousins
它们远比近亲礁蝠鲼 对人类更为戒备
getting close to a Giant is not going to be easy.
接近一条巨蝠鲼并非易事
Something has gone wrong.
出了纰漏
The tag has failed to attach.
标记没打上
Not good.
不行
We're going to have that not happen again.
下次绝不能再这样
There haven't been mantas for weeks
几周来都没有蝠鲼
finally we have a great opportunity. They're back.
我们最后得到个极好的机会 它们回来了
There are individuals on the reef that are co-operative.
礁上有些比较配合的蝠鲼
And now... Just so disappointing.
可这次 真是太让人失望了
Really disappointing.
真的很失望
We're going to have to go back to the drawing board tonight
今晚我们准备再起炉灶
to figure out how to get this to work tomorrow
想办法让这东西明天派上用场
before these Giants leave.
以防这些巨蝠鲼离开
Andrea decides she can't risk waiting until tomorrow.
安德莉亚决定不能冒险等到明天
Right copy that. We'll be swapping Richie over to this boat...
好的 收到 我们跟里奇交换船只
If her Giants leave the reef tonight
如果她的巨蝠鲼今晚离开豆腐礁
the chances are she won't see any more for weeks.
几周内她将不会再有同样的机会
With her project already months behind schedule
进度已然落后于计划数月
it's a delay she can't afford.
这样的延误她无法承受
Two hours later they've done all they can
两个小时后 他们就地取材
and the improvised tags are ready to go.
临时标签就此完成
Seems like it should be fine.
看样子能行
But nothing's ever fine in science.
但科学上不存在一定能行的事情
But we'll try this thing to go on now.
可我们现在要试上一试
30 metres down
水下30米
the Giant is still circling the reef.
巨蝠鲼仍在礁上巡游
It worked beautifully I think.
我想它很结实的扎上了
It went in perfect.
扎的很牢
I didn't see it again
我再没看到过那标签
but the tag looked so good when it moved off.
可射出去时它好像扎的很结实
I think it's in there for good.
我想应该是插在里面了
I hope it's on it's way to like
我希望它正前往
Bangladesh or something far away.
孟加拉共和国 或是什么遥远的地方
Oh it went in and I was going to cry I was so happy.
扎进去后我都要哭了 我太开心了
What a relief!
松了口气
It makes it all worth it you know?
为此的所有努力都是值得的
So first satellite tagged manta in Africa.
非洲首个被打上卫星定位标签的蝠鲼
Got to give it a pretty special name now.
现在要给它起个特别的名字
Simon. No not Simon.
西蒙 不 不要叫西蒙
Two days later Andrea tags her second Giant.
两天后 安德莉亚为第二只巨蝠鲼打上了标签
Both mantas are new to her database
两只都是首次出现在她的记录里
and she names them Cook and Magellan
她将他俩分别命名为库克和麦哲伦
after the famous oceanic explorers.
取自著名的航海探险家
The sat-tag will record the manta's every move
60天内 卫星标签会记录下蝠鲼的
for the next 60 days.
每一步动向
Then if all goes to plan it will release and transmit
而后 如果一切按计划发展 它会脱落
the Giants secrets to a satellite deep in space...
并将巨蝠鲼的秘密传送给遥远太空中的卫星
For now all Andrea can now do is wait.
现在 安德莉亚只能静静等待
Meanwhile reports come in of an alarming trend
与此同时 岸上传来的形势令人担忧
that could be a real threat to both the Giants
对于巨蝠鲼和其他托佛的蝠鲼
and Tofo's reef mantas.
都是真正的威胁
If you just go in to Google and type in "manta products"
你登陆谷歌♥ 输入"蝠鲼制品"
you come up with several sites
就会搜索出几个
that are selling fins the gill rakers skin...
贩卖♥♥蝠鲼鳍 鳃耙跟蝠鲼皮的网站
It's really alarming.
这真的很让人忧心
What's so shocking is
最惊人的是
that with the click of a button
只要轻点一个按钮
I can actually add manta products to my purchase bin.
我就能真的将蝠鲼制品添加进购物车
I mean it's that easy.
我的意思是 如此轻而易举
These products are coming from India
这些蝠鲼制品有的产自印度
they're coming from South-East Asia.
有的产自东南亚
But it's that quick. You can access them that quick online.
可弹指间 你就能在线上订购
The global online trade is a serious development.
全球线上贸易发展势如破竹
Andrea's seen for herself the devastation it can bring.
安德莉亚亲眼目睹了它能引起的灾难性后果
I was just so sad that these animals were dead.
这些动物的死 让我非常悲伤
I was angry that this is still allowed to
我很气愤 这样的罪行
happen in the world today
当今仍被容许发生
I'm angry that mantas aren't protected anywhere
我很气愤 蝠鲼在各地并不受到保护
and I'm frustrated in the fact
我也很绝望
that science is often a very slow road.
实际上科学的发展总是慢半拍
So yeah I do get very emotional.
我确实会很情绪化
I won't lie.
我不会撒谎
Protecting her mantas
保护她的蝠鲼
and finding out where the Giants are going
并查明巨蝠鲼的行踪
couldn't be more critical.
从未如此迫在眉睫
It's June and the satellite data
现在是六月 可能关乎巨蝠鲼
that could be the key to the Giants survival
生死存亡的卫星数据
is finally in.
终于传来了
Cook's tag released early after just 22 days
库克的标签22天后提前脱落了
but the data it reveals is fascinating.
但数据带来的信息令人叹为观止
It was always thought
普遍的观点认为
that mantas spent most of their time in shallow waters.
蝠鲼大部分时间都呆在浅海
But Cook behaved very differently
但库克的表现截然不同
staying down between 50
旅途中 她半途都潜入
and 150 metres for half of her journey.
50至150米的深海中
Why remains a mystery.
原因仍旧不为人所知
Magellan's tag stayed on for the full 60 days.
麦哲伦的标签待满了60天
She made an incredible journey.
期间她完成了惊人的旅程
Leaving Mozambique she entered South African waters
离开莫桑比克后 她进入了南非海域
where 90 miles off Durban the tag released.
在德班[南非东部港市]90公里开外 标签脱落了
The last data shows Magellan heading into
最后的数据表明 麦哲伦正前往
the cold waters of the southern Indian Ocean.
南印度洋的冷水区
It's a journey of over 700 miles...
这是个长达700英里的旅程
and the first evidence that Andrea's Giants are
这是第一手证据 证明安德莉亚的巨蝠鲼们
as she suspected ocean wanderers.
正如她猜测的那样 在全球海域间漫游
Where Magellan was heading will never be known.
麦哲伦的去向将永远不为人所知
But the significance of the journey is enormous.
但此次旅行的意义非同小可
It means protecting Giants like Magellan
这说明保护麦哲伦这样的巨蝠鲼
will need international cooperation.
将需要国际协作
As Andrea's year draws to a close
当安德莉亚一年的工作接近尾声时
there's a breakthrough for Tofu's reef mantas too.
对托佛的礁蝠鲼们的研究 也有了突破性进展
The latest listening station results are in.
最新的监听结果传来了
For the first time Andrea now has tantalising clues
安德莉亚第一次得到了有关她的礁蝠鲼
about where her reef mantas give birth.
在何处产子的诱人的蛛丝马迹
Tri-Star was pregnant when tagged.
三星被打上标签时已经怀孕了
And then just as she was about to pup
而后 她即将临盆时
she disappeared from the reef.
便从托佛消失了
What's really interesting about Tri-Star is that
有趣的是
she only left the inshore area for about two weeks
三星只离开了近海区域大约两周
so she probably didn't go very far.
就是说她很可能并没走远