美洲狮：冰山上的传奇（2021）

Stalking is difficult.
于是它坚持在柔软的雪地上，踩着自己的脚步
So she sticks to the soft snow, picking her footsteps.
[喋喋不休]
[ Chattering ]
[咆哮]
[ Growling ]
一只浅黄褐色的猫从斑驳的雪地里爆出
The explosion of a light tawny cat from the dappled snowfield
这是羊驼最不希望看到的
is the last thing the guanacos expect.
-[咆哮]
-[ Growl ]
-[咩咩声]
-[ Bleats ]
这让人困惑，而且是致命的
It's confusing, and lethal.
至少有一只幼崽接受了这一切，
At least one cub is taking it all in,
生死搏斗的每一刻，
every moment of the life-and-death struggle,
因为有一天，
because, one day,
这一课将对它的生活产生重大影响
this lesson will make all the difference in her life.
也是给它取名字的时候了--
It's time to name her, too --
“一个漂亮的女猎手，”
"A Beautiful Huntress,"
贝拉·卡扎多拉，
La Bella Cazadora,
尽管是在学习的最初阶段
albeit in the first stages of learning.
因为这种亲密关系，
Because of this closeness,
卡扎多拉只会长大一点
Cazadora will grow just a little larger
当其它狮玩的时候,它一口一口地往下压
with each mouthful she forces down, while the others play.
山谷的统治
The rule of the valley
就是那些哪怕只有一点点优势的人也能活下来
is that those who get even the slightest edge survive.
在一个竞争激烈的家庭里，
In a competitive family,
找出最佳位置的那个
the one that figures out the best spot
吸收多余的热量是一天的胜利
to absorb free heat wins the day.
通常是卡扎多拉
And it's usually Cazadora.
巴塔哥尼亚不是弱者居住的地方
Patagonia is not a place for the weak.
聪明的,很快就能适应
It's the wily that quickly adapt.
解冻是一个危险的时期，
And the thaw is a dangerous time,
外表温和的冰变成不祥的冰♥毒♥牙，
when benign-looking ice turn into the fangs of foreboding,
这是变化的指标
indicators of change.
是时候格外小心了
It's a time to be extra careful.
每个都在玻璃上行走
Everyone is walking on glass.
[嘎嘎声]
[ Squawking ]
火烈鸟来了
The flamingos here now
已经完成了微妙的平衡动作
have performed the tricky balancing act
等待冬天的到来以获得早期采摘，
of waiting out the winter to get the early pickings,
而其余的鸟群则向北迁移到阿根廷
while the rest of the flock migrated north to Argentina.
但大自然有自己的时间表，
But nature has its own timetable,
不管你有多饿.
no matter how hungry you are.
独居者饿了
And Solitaria is hungry.
它已经为自己消耗了体内大部分的脂肪储备，
She's burned up most of her body fat reserves for herself,
还有为了它的幼崽，
and for her suckling cubs,
所以，它不得不冒险出去
so, she has to go out on a limb.
大多数羊驼都迁移到了另一边
Most of the guanacos have moved to the far side
穿过冰冻的湖，就在它的地盘之外
of the frozen lake, just out of her territory.
幼崽们不安，犹豫
The cubs are uneasy, unsure.
它们只见过湖水沉睡，没有醒来
They've only ever seen the lake asleep, not rousing.
卡扎多拉需要安慰
Cazadora needs reassuring.
这不仅仅是它脚下吱吱作响的冰
It' not just the creaking ice beneath her feet.
这是一个非常陌生的领域
This is very unfamiliar territory.
但如果独居者和Cazadora觉得没事，
But if Solitaria and Cazadora feel it's fine,
其它幼崽也会跟着，
the other cubs will follow,
但仍然渴望不在作响的湖面上逗留
but still eager not to linger on the groaning lake.
它们对进入别人的土地犹豫不决
They're hesitant to go into someone else's land
冒着冒犯的风险
and risk offending.
美洲狮通常非常尊重边界
Pumas are usually very respectful of boundaries.
[隆隆声]
[ Rumbling ]
但独居者把它们带到了这里
But Solitaria led them here
因为灌木丛里有不同的气味
because of a different scent in the thicket.
在其它幼崽也找到它之前，
And well before the other cubs find it, too,
卡扎多拉自豪地夺冠
Cazadora has proudly claimed the top spot
在一个冰冻的羊驼屠宰场上
on a frozen guanaco kill.
正是这些被偷走的时刻让我们有了这样一个家庭
It's these stolen moments that get a family like this
在困难时期，
through the lean times,
直到羊群回到它们的领地
until the herds circle back into their territories.
不管羊驼现在是否回来，
Whether the guanacos return or not now,
独居者无法承受被切断的代价
Solitaria can't afford to get cut off
在湖的另一边，
on the wrong side of the lake,
所以在快速进食后，它再次测试了冰块
so after a quick feed, she tests the ice again.
它们脚下令人不安的声音似乎
The unsettling noises below their feet seem like
它们来自一个冰怪，
they are coming from an ice monster,
准备吞下它们
getting ready to swallow them up.
它会吓到幼崽，所以它应该这么做
It scares the cubs, and so it should.
自从它们渡冰河以来，太阳已经照耀了两天
The Sun has been shining for two days since they crossed
那时它们都轻了一点
and they were all a little lighter then.
它的时机很好
Her timing is perfect.
几天之内，融化就开始了
Within days, the melt has started.
童话般的冬天
The fairy-tale crystals of winter
跳出视线
dance off out of sight
湖面上闪耀着春天即将来临的光芒
and the lake shines with the certainty that spring is coming.
智利横跨北回归线
Chile straddles the Tropic of Capricorn
每年这个时候，
and, at this time of the year,
太阳划过冰原，
the Sun cuts a swath across the ice fields,
温暖黑暗的岩石，
warming the dark rocks,
融化托雷斯·德尔·佩恩的封盖，
melting the cover off Torres del Paine,
一点一点
drop by drop.
冰川河崩塌了
The glacier river breaks up.
独居者和它的幼崽们穿过湖面
The lake Solitaria and her cubs crossed
分♥裂♥消失
breaks apart and disappears
在越来越猛烈的洪流下
under an ever-increasingly raging torrent.
山上的冰把大量的水注入河中，
The ice from the mountains feeds volumes of water into the river,
加热它，改变它，
warming it, changing it,
为每个生物改变这个地方的整体特征
changing the entire character of the place for everyone.
一只罕见的激流鸭与失控的水墙搏斗，
A rare torrent duck fights the out-of-control wall of water,
几乎消失
nearly swept away into oblivion.
但它知道一两件事
But he knows a thing or two
关于如何在它周围汹涌的海水中生存
about how to survive in turbulent waters around him.
在山脚下远离疯狂，
In the foothills, away from the madness,
一个史前动物出现了
prehistoric beasts emerge.
一只美洲鸵，甚至美洲狮
A rhea, that even the pumas
可能会对攻击三思而后行
might think twice about attacking.
回到它的地盘，
Back in her territory,
独居者试图理解这种突然的变化
Solitaria tries to make sense of the sudden change.
变化中总有机会
There is always opportunity in change.
微风中的香味
Her scent on the breeze
对羊驼群来说只有一件事
means only one thing to a guanaco herd...
...跑
...run.
好像冬天不愿意放弃对夏天的控制，
As if winter is reluctant to give up its grip to summer,
一阵冷风突然吹过南方的冰原
a sudden cold wind blows in across the Southern Ice Fields.
它把风景重新变成了暴风雪，
It snaps the landscape back into a blizzard,
在湖边的开阔地捕捉幼崽
catching the cubs out in the open, down at the lake.
寒冷把它们冻成了锋利的冰块，
The cold bites them in razor-sharp shards of ice,
但除了挤在一起，它们不能移♥动♥
but besides huddling together, they can't move.
独居者离开它们去寻找食物
Solitaria left them to find food.
只有这样它才能很容易地找到它们
The only way she'll find them again easily
在大雪之后
after the dusting of snow
如果它们留在它留下的地方
will be if they stay where she left them.
这很难，
It's hard,
尤其是当山上的声音
especially when the voices from the mountain
从低语变成喊叫
turn from whispers to shouts.
旧雪之上的新雪造成了不稳定
New snow on top of old has created instability
然后爆发成爆♥炸♥性的雪崩
and that erupts into explosive avalanches.
[隆隆声]
[ Rumbling ]
[轰]
[ Boom ]
幼崽在高处是安全的
The cubs are safe up high.
但独居者不知道在哪里
But Solitaria could be anywhere.
几天后，仍然没有母狮的迹象
Days later, there's still no sign of her.
幼崽们自己找了避难所，
The cubs found shelter,
但是离它们离开的地方很远
but a long way from where they were left.
兀鹫冒险去侦察，