亚洲的杀手世界 拥有一个肮脏的黑暗面
Asia's world of killers has a seedy underbelly.
躲在暗处的刺客所遗忘的刺杀方法
Where shadowy assassins have forgotten more ways to put you to sleep than
远超众人的认知
most will ever know.
动作慢了点
Be a little slow.
反应晚了些
A little late.
只要那么一次
Just once.
就准备任由...
And you're at the mercy of
亚洲最怪的神秘刺客摆布
Asia's Weirdest Mystery Death Squad.
《亚洲最怪》
真是完美的夏日
Ah, a perfect summer's day.
一只蜻蜓在温暖的空气中飞舞
A dragonfly buzzing through the warm air.
但生活并非一直如此美好
But life wasn't always like this.
它有个奇怪又血腥的背景故事
It has a strange and blood curdling backstory.
蜻蜓曾经是水虿
The dragonfly was once a nymph.
险恶的水下食物链中的致命一环
A lethal link in a vicious underwater food chain.
一个致命的地下世界
A deadly underworld.
凶残的杀手横行于此
Overrun by brutal killers.
其中最可怕的是水虿
But the most terrifying of all is the nymph.
在芦苇丛中等待下一个猎物经过
Waiting in the reeds for the next sucker to pass by.
等等 我们倒带一下
Hang on, let's play that back.
看似无害的水虿拥有可怕的武器
The unassuming looking nymph has a terrifying weapon.
可以伸长的下颚
An extendable jaw.
加上来自两组弹簧弹射系统的动力
Powered by two spring-loaded catapults.
它紧咬着猎物不放
It latches onto a victim,
全都在不到十分之一秒完成
all in less than a tenth of a second.
现在正值春天 湖里充满了蝌蚪
It's spring and tadpoles flood the lake.
水虿得以大快朵颐
The nymph feasts.
它过着这种阴暗的生活好几年了
It's been living this murky lifestyle for years.
但是时候往前走了
But it's time to move on.
唯一的方法就是完全改变身份
The only way to do that is by completely changing identity.
在大半夜
In the dead of night.
它离开唯一熟悉的家
He leaves the only home he's ever known.
蜕变的时候到了
The time to transform has arrived.
坚硬的外皮裂开来
The hard, outer skin splits open.
全新的胸腔就出现了
And a brand-new thorax emerges.
翅膀是通往新生活的护照
Wings, it's a passport to a new life.
30分钟后 腿就会变硬
The legs harden in 30 minutes.
水虿揭晓了新的身份
And the nymph reveals its newfound identity.
蜻蜓
The dragonfly.
自♥由♥
Freedom.
亚洲各地都有蜻蜓出现
All across Asia, dragonflies emerge.
从原本的水虿彻底蜕变
Completely transformed from the nymphs they once were.
但要抛下过去的生活很难
But it's hard to leave an old life behind.
正当我以为蜻蜓自♥由♥了
Just when it thought it was out.
青蛙又把它拉了回去
The frog pulls it back in.
水是生命之源
Water, it's the stuff of life.
同时也是死亡之源
But it's also the stuff of death.
来认识水中杀手吧 水中杀手
Meet the Liquid Killers.
对泰国红树林的昆虫来说
For the bugs of this mangrove forest in Thailand,
即将涌入的潮水带来极大的危险
the incoming tide brings great danger.
水里有邪恶的东西
There's something sinister in the water.
射水鱼
The archerfish.
这只鱼长得很大
This one has grown big.
射击技巧替它带来收获
Reaping the rewards of his marksmanship.
但这项技能并非与生俱来
But he wasn't born with this skill.
而是日积月累而成的
It must be mastered over time.
小鱼可以通过观察大♥师♥来学习
The smaller fish can learn by simply watching the master,
对鱼来说很不简单
remarkable for a fish.
但这种猎食方式非常困难
But this kind of hunting is very difficult.
要把猎物从高处打下来有三个步骤
There are three steps to knocking a victim off its perch.
第一步 搞清楚目标有多重 距离又有多远
Step one: Work out how heavy your target is and how far away.
第二步 瞄准
Step two: Aim.
考虑光线进入空气和水面的折射
Taking into account the bending of the light through air and water.
第三步是集中力量 一次出击
And step three: Concentrate the force into one massive burst.
失败是要付出代价的
Failure has a cost.
射击能力不佳的鱼长不大
A poor marksman will stay small,
食物被较大的鱼抢走 也难以吸引交♥配♥对象
bullied out of food by bigger fish and less desirable as a mate.
危急时刻
Desperate times...
必须使出极端手段
Mean desperate measures.
捕鱼蜘蛛生活在东亚各地
The fishing spider lives all across East Asia.
它的猎食方式非常奇特
It has some very strange hunting methods.
在揭晓以前 它必须先将美丽的尖牙清干净
But before she unveils them she must clean her beautiful fangs.
捕鱼蜘蛛抛弃传统的蜘蛛网
Fishing spiders have abandoned the traditional web.
它解锁了全新的佳肴
It's unlocked a whole new smorgasbord.
包括 青蛙
Including, frogs.
这种大小的猎物不可能被蜘蛛网抓住
Prey this size could never be caught in a web.
它释放出强力毒液的潜力
She's unleashed the potential of her powerful venom.
青蛙被液化了
The frog is liquefied.
它的内脏像冰沙一样被吸出来
Its innards are sucked out like a smoothie.
该清洁了
Time to clean up.
捕鱼蜘蛛并不挑食
The fishing spider isn't fussy.
它还是喜欢吃昆虫
It still likes insects.
前提是它能抓到昆虫
When it can catch them.
但当它去钓鱼时 就真的很奇怪了
But it becomes truly weird, when it goes fishing.
用一条丝固定住自己
A single silken thread anchors her.
它将后腿放在树叶上
She rests her back legs on a leaf,
它的前腿则在水面上
while her front legs sit on the water's surface.
它腿上的毛能感应下方鱼群的动静
Hairs on her legs sense the movement of the fish below.
它不是每次都能成功
She's not always successful.
当猎物移♥动♥到更深的水域时
And when the prey moves to deeper water...
它就必须使出超能力
She must unleash her superpower.
捕鱼蜘蛛能在水上行走
The fishing spider can walk on water.
重量分散在八条腿上 就不会破坏表面张力
Weight spread across eight legs doesn't break the surface tension.
它的消化酵素能分解整条鱼
Her digestive enzymes will break down the entire fish.
饱餐一顿后 它就能好好休息了
She can rest easy after such a good meal.
或许还是不能
Or perhaps not.
接下来的猎食活动越来越诡异了
And the hunting just gets weirder.
因为亚洲的神秘刺客 变得更加诡谲多变
As Asia's mystery death squad gets a bit more sophisticated.
有些杀手不只要夺取猎物的性命
Some killers don't just want to take a life.
它们还要展现格调
They want to do it with style.
来认识狡猾的罪犯吧
Meet the Smooth Criminals.
长相奇特的藏狐
The fantastic looking Tibetan fox
会用一种怪异的狡猾方式觅食
has a weirdly criminal way of finding a meal.
它的品味很高雅 鼠兔
He has refined tastes, pika.
它具备各种技能
He has all the tools:
绝佳的听力 能听到地底下极度微弱的声音
Terrific hearing to pick up the faintest sounds from deep underground.
还有嗅觉灵敏的鼻子 来辨识它们的气味
And a powerful nose to recognize their scent.
但挖掘青藏高原的永冻土
But digging in the permafrost of the Tibetan plateau is just
只会挖断指甲
asking for broken nails.
能用骗的 何必还要大费周章呢
Why go to all that trouble when there's a scam to be pulled?
藏狐一眼就能看出谁是傻子
The fox knows a chump when he sees one.
西♥藏♥棕熊是灰熊的远房♥表亲
The Tibetan brown bear is the grizzly's long-lost cousin.
长得比较不起眼
Less distinguished looking,
但它在这艰困的环境中 诚实地谋生
but he earns an honest living in this harsh environment.
而藏狐准备占它便宜
And the fox is ready to exploit him.
熊也会猎杀鼠兔
The bear hunts the pika too.
它的力气够大 能突破它们的地下堡垒
And he has the strength to breach their underground fortresses.
熊在洞穴的一端用力出击时
As the bear does the heavy lifting at one end of the burrow,
藏狐在另一端耐心等待
the fox waits patiently at the other.
它不需要等太久
He doesn't have to wait long.
藏狐不会分享食物
The fox doesn't share.
甚至埋进地底下的天然冷藏库 准备待会再吃
He even saves some for later in the natural underground refrigerator.
熊不想要这种单方面付出的关系
The bear doesn't need this one-sided relationship.
但藏狐一眼就能看出骗食物的好时机
But the fox knows a good scam when he sees one.
它会保持安全距离跟着熊
He'll just follow the bear around, at a safe distance.
趁着熊出力的时候
And while the bear does the work...
藏狐只要摆出优雅的姿态
The fox just concentrates on looking good.
还有吃鼠兔就行了
And eating pika.
婆罗洲的雨林
The rainforests of Borneo.
是个竞争激烈的环境
It's a competitive environment.
植物在奇特的极端环境下 寻找生♥态♥区♥位