亚洲最奇异（2021）

寻觅伴侣
Find a partner.
组建家庭
Raise a family.
听起来很简单 但当你很怪的时候
It sounds so simple, but not...
其实不然
when you're weird.
大自然的异类正在执行任务
Mother Nature's misfits are on a mission.
而且它们会采取任何极端手段
And they will go to any extreme,
不计一切代价去创造下一代
do whatever it takes, to make the next generation,
一旦它们开始执行便会如此
as they embark on...
亚洲最怪
Asia's Weirdest...
寻爱之旅
"Quest for Love."
《亚洲最怪》
新生命的奇迹
The miracle of new life.
它长得不怎么样 却注定会很伟大
He doesn't look like much, but he's destined for greatness.
但它得先靠腐烂的植物成分 养成强壮的体魄
But first, he must grow strong on a diet of decomposing plant matter.
饱餐一顿后 它就会开始变身
Once he's eaten enough, he begins to transform.
它挣脱胶状的幼虫身体
He breaks free from the gelatinous, larval body,
突破蛹的限制
through the pupa's restrictions.
它是一只独角仙
He is a Japanese rhinoceros beetle.
装甲的甲壳为它提供坦克般的保护
An armored carapace gives him tank-like protection,
而且它配备了重型火炮 也就是头上的犄角
a cephalic horn. and he's equipped with heavy artillery,
有些独角仙能举起 比自己重850倍的东西
Some rhinoceros beetles can lift up to 850 times their body weight,
就它们的体型而言 这让它们成为 世界上最强壮的动物之一
making them some of the strongest animals relative to body size in the world.
但要成为真正的英雄 它需要一场旅程
But to be a true hero, he needs a quest.
一场寻爱之旅 去寻觅它的公主
A quest for love. To find his princess.
到这棵树上去找似乎是个好选择
Up this tree seems like a good bet.
但其他公独角仙也同样在寻爱
But other males are on the same quest.
它必须与其交战才能前进
He must battle them to advance.
它的犄角很快就解决了它们
His horn makes short work of them.
但这只是开始
But this is just the beginning.
它进入更深的未知领域
He pushes deeper into the unknown.
要找到公主 它必须先找到这个
To find his princess, he must first find this.
甜甜的汁液从树枝上渗出
Sugary sap is seeping from the branch,
但那里有一群锹形虫严密防守
but it's heavily defended by a contingent of stag beetles.
它们敌不过它强大的力量
They are no match for his superior strength.
它们并不是可敬的对手
They are not worthy adversaries.
另一只独角仙
Another rhinoceros beetle.
体型和力量相似
Similar in size and strength.
它们角逐地位 双方都试着把犄角伸到对方身体下方
They joust for position, each trying to get their horn under the other.
它的对手占据了优势
His opponent gets the superior position.
我们英雄的盔甲 已经为它做好重摔的准备
Our hero's armor has prepared him for such a fall.
而且它没有气馁
And he's undeterred.
第二回合
Round two.
第三回合
Round three.
终于 我们的独角仙 取得了它所需的杠杆作用
Finally, our beetle gets the leverage he needs,
击败了它的劲敌
and his nemesis is defeated.
它将面临更多挑战
He will face many more challengers,
但现在 这香甜的树汁都是它的了
but for now, the sweet sap is all his.
还有甜美的公主
And so is the sweet princess.
好吧 是甜美的公主们
Well, sweet princesses.
它将夺得领地并尽可能交♥配♥ 但它只有两个月的时间
He will win territories and mate as much as possible, but he only has two months.
到了秋天 它就会死去
In the Autumn, he will die.
但它的生命将延续至自己受精的卵中
But he'll live on in the eggs he's fertilized.
新的一代
A new generation,
注定要伟大
destined for greatness.
亚洲孕育着许多地球上最美丽的动物
Asia is home to some of the most beautiful animals on Earth.
但美丽只是表象 基因里藏着的其实是古怪
But beauty is only skin deep, while weird is in your DNA.
来见见无法抗拒的魅力
Meet The Irresistibles.
泰国斗鱼
The Siamese fighting fish.
雄性斗鱼的美貌与它凶猛的名声不符
The male's beauty is incongruous with his reputation for ferocity.
只有在家庭生活方面
It's only when it comes to family life
它的性格才似乎能与华丽的外表般配
that its character seems to fit with its luxuriant appearance.
这位天生的战士小心地吹着泡泡
The born warrior delicately blows bubbles,
上面沾满了黏液
covered with mucus.
它把泡泡放在水面的树叶下方 形成一个泡泡巢
Placing them against leaves at the surface, forming a bubble nest.
现在它准备吸引雌鱼了
Now he's ready to attract a female.
雌鱼的长相比它朴素多了
She's much plainer than him.
肚子上像蛋一样的记号♥ 代表它准备好要繁殖了
An egg-like marking on her belly shows she's ready to breed.
雄鱼再次短暂地展露出它的侵略性
The male's aggression briefly returns.
它追求雌鱼 直到雌鱼接受它的攻势
He pursues the female until she accepts his advances.
它吸取受精卵
He siphons up the fertilized eggs...
并把它们安置于泡泡巢里
and places them into his bubble nest.
鱼苗会在48小时内孵化 并开始以卵鞘为食
The fry hatch within 48 hours and begin to feed on their egg sacs.
它是个机警的父亲
He's a vigilant father.
会送流浪的小鱼回安全的泡泡里
Young that stray are returned to the safety of the bubbles.
这看似过度溺爱
It might seem like molly-coddling,
但利用泡泡提供氧气是很高超的方法
but the bubbles are an ingenious way to provide oxygen
尤其在湄公河流域的泥泞死水中
in the muddy, stagnant waters of the Mekong basin,
这种鱼类通常栖息在此
where the fish typically live.
狮子是动物界中的一线明星
Lions are A-listers of the animal kingdom.
母狮光鲜亮丽 仪态优雅
The females are glamorous, graceful,
力量强大
powerful.
它们与帅气的伴侣生下最可爱的孩子
With handsome partners, they give birth to the cutest kids.
在食物链顶端的生活似乎很棒
It seems like an amazing life, being top of the food chain.
毫不费力
Effortless.
但再更仔细看
But look a little closer,
其实生活
and life...
并没那么容易
is not so easy.
夜晚是母狮辛勤狩猎的时刻
Night-time is when lionesses put in the hard work of hunting.
但是交♥配♥的纪律 让它们成为亚洲最怪的动物之一
But it's the discipline of mating that puts them amongst Asia's weirdest.
在印度吉尔国家公园
In India's Gir National Park,
母亚洲狮会对领导的公狮低吼
a female Asiatic lion growls to the dominant male
证明它已准备好交♥配♥了
to show she's ready to mate.
于是漫长的磨难就此开始
And so begins a lengthy ordeal.
过程相当快速 通常持续不到一分钟
The act itself is fairly quick, often lasting less than a minute.
虽然母狮似乎不想继续下去
Though she doesn't seem interested in it lasting any longer.
但那只是开始
But that's just the beginning.
公狮大约每25分钟就会重复一次
They will repeat this every 25 minutes or so
趁母狮还在受孕期中
while the female remains receptive,
就这样长达七天
as long as seven days.
在印度艳阳的炙热高温下
Under the searing heat of the Indian sun,
这对情侣需要一连串的休息
the couple needs a series of time-outs.
靠单次交♥配♥成功产下一窝孩子 机率是千分之一
The chances of a single mating producing a litter is 1 in 1000.
因此这件事 是场数字游戏
So this... is a numbers game.
公狮会杀害非亲生的幼狮
Male lions will kill cubs that aren't their own.
所以一旦母狮休息过后
with other males that overlap her territory, So she'll repeat this exhausting exercise
就会与地盘重叠的其他公狮 重复进行这个累人的运动
once she's had a rest.
当美丽的幼狮诞生时
When the beautiful cubs are born,
与母狮交♥配♥过的公狮都不会攻击它们
none of the males she's mated with will attack them.
完美的幻象
The illusion of perfection,
都是辛勤建立起来的
it's built on hard work.
说到辛勤
Speaking of hard work,
在亚洲 你越奇怪 寻爱之旅只会越困难
the weirder you become. Asia's quests for love only get more difficult,
我们认识了一些亚洲最迷人的情侣
We've met some of Asia's most glamorous lovers.
现在该与最不迷人的情侣见面了
Now it's time to meet the least.
身为“可抗拒”的一员 要如何找到特别的对象
How do you find that special someone when you're one of The Resistibles?
据说若想找到英俊的王子
They say that to find your handsome prince,
你必须亲吻一些青蛙
you have to kiss a few frogs.
而世上有很多青蛙
And there are plenty of them!
全球约有6500个物种
There are about 6,500 species worldwide.
有些青蛙比其他更容易被抗拒
and some are more resistible than others.
日本有超过50种青蛙
Japan is home to over 50 species.
湍急的山间溪流中住着河林蛙
In the fast-moving mountain streams lives the stream brown frog.
它皱折的皮肤感觉很不讨喜
His wrinkly skin might seem unappealing,
但它看起来像发霉的葡萄干 是有充分理由的
but there's a good reason for him to look like a moldy raisin.
现在是交♥配♥季
It's mating season.
越多皮肤就表示表面♥积♥越大 有助于从水中吸取氧气
More skin means more surface area to help extract oxygen from the water.
这样它才能在水下待越久 并守住交♥配♥地盘
So he can stay underwater for longer and hold his mating territory.
它看起来也许像放了三周的生日气球
He might look like a three-week-old birthday balloon,
但派对才刚要开始
but the party's just getting started.
它在“抱合行为”中紧抱着一只雌蛙
He latches on to a female in a mating embrace called amplexus.
其他雄蛙试图加入