动物成长（2021）

(GENTLE MUSIC PLAYING)
她叫星星
Meet Star...
是一只雌性北海狮
a female Steller sea lion.
她今年五岁 对于海狮来说已值壮年
At five years old, she's in her prime.
不过有些事她还尚未经历
But there's something in life she's yet to experience...
比如成为一名母亲
becoming a mom.
而这一切都将在明年迎来改变
Over the course of the next year, that's all about to change.
在接下来的奇妙之旅中 见证新生命
In this incredible journey, witness the miracle of new life...
成长的奇迹
as it grows.
以及母子间独特羁绊的建立
And see a unique relationship develop between mother and baby.
星星的宝宝 月亮
Star's pup, Luna...
将在动荡之中降生
...will arrive in a time of turbulence...
并面对超乎想象的重重险阻
and face unimaginable dangers.
她必须迅速迎接挑战
She must quickly rise to the challenge...
踏上动物的成长之路
of Growing Up Animal.
《崽崽养成记》
《海狮宝宝的故事》
春天到了 不列颠哥伦比亚省
It's spring, and the North Pacific Ocean
沿岸外的北太平洋生机盎然
off the coast of British Columbia is bursting with life.
在度过了漫长的严冬后
After a long and difficult winter,
星星正尽情享受着美好时光
Star is making the most of the good times.
但生活并不只有玩乐
But it's not all fun and games...
她还有重任在身
she's on a mission.
奔波数日后她终于回到了这里
She's been travelling for days to return here...
她的出生地
her birthplace.
三角岛
Triangle Island.
这是个狂野而无情的地方
This wild and unforgiving outcrop...
四周是变幻莫测的水域
surrounded by treacherous waters,
似乎并不宜居
may appear inhospitable.
但对星星来说
But for Star,
这里是迎来第一个孩子的绝佳地点
this is the perfect place to start a family.
有此想法的不止她一个
And she's not the only one who thinks so.
还有五千只北海狮与她不谋而合
Five thousand other Steller sea lions had the same idea.
这是他们聚集于此的共同原因
They're all here for one very special reason.
这里出生的海狮数量位居世界第一
More pups are born on this island
than anywhere else in the world.
现在正是季节性婴儿潮
It's a seasonal baby boom.
和人类一样
Just like us humans,
北海狮妈妈为抚育后代也是倾尽全力
Steller sea lion moms give their all to rear the next generation.
对星星来说 成为一名妈妈任重道远
Star has quite the journey ahead of her.
但首先 她需要一名配偶
But first, she needs a mate.
幸运的是 三角岛同样适合寻找真爱
Luckily, Triangle Island is also the place to find love.
上百只雄海狮想方设法俘获她的芳心
With hundreds of males vying for her attention...
但星星想找到那个完美的伴侣
...Star wants to find the perfect suitor.
最出色的雄海狮往往拥有最好的地盘
The most successful bull will have the best patch of beach.
能够轻易接触到水源
With access to water...
和舒适的避风港
and shelter.
最终她将目光锁定在了一位雄性身上
At last Star's eyes settle on the one.
他叫布鲁特斯
Brutus.
全身肌肉和脂肪加起来重达2000磅
-Over 2000 pounds of muscle and blubber.
典型的优质配偶
A fine specimen.
现在星星只需引起他的注意
All Star needs to do is get his attention...
而她知道自己该怎么做
...and she knows just the trick.
先来一招欲擒故纵
First, she plays hard to get.
然后将对方引入一场追逐游戏
Then she entices Brutus to a game of chase.
这吊足了布鲁特斯的胃口
- That's got him interested.
现在再留下一两道爱的咬痕
Now time for a love bite or two.
虽然看上去有些粗鲁
It may look rough,
但这就是海狮的求爱方式
but that's sea lion courtship for you...
布鲁特斯似乎也很吃这一套
and the big guy seems to like it.
他们终于结成了一对
The pair has made its match.
顺利的话星星就要开始准备做妈妈了
With any luck, Star's journey to motherhood has begun.
但这也将是她最后一次看见布鲁特斯,他并不会参与抚养幼崽
But that's the last she'll see of Brutus. He'll play no role in raising a pup.
一切都要靠她自己了
It's all up to her now.
短短数日 奇迹已然萌芽
Within days, something miraculous has begun.
星星体内形成了一团细胞
Inside Star's body, a cluster of cells have formed.
这团细胞叫作胚泡，能够发育为新生命
Called a blastocyst, it holds the potential of new life.
但目前它正处于一种发育停滞的状态，即胚胎滞育
But it's in a kind of suspended animation, known as embryonic diapause.
胚胎滞育能推迟星星的妊娠期
Delaying Star's pregnancy from starting now
这也就意味着宝宝可以避开寒冬
means her pup will miss the tough winter
待明年夏天食物充足的时候再出生
and be born next summer, when food is most plentiful.
星星未来几个月的进食状况，将决定胚泡能否继续发育
How Star fares over the coming months could determine whether the cells implant.
星星必须积攒脂肪 保持最佳状态
She must fatten up and ensure she's in top condition.
三角岛的冷水域是世界上 养分最丰富的海域之一
The cold waters around Triangle Island are some of the richest in the world...
这里生活着许多怪诞奇妙的生物
alive with the most weird and wonderful creatures.
夏季数以百万计的鲱鱼聚集于此
In the summer months, herring gather in their millions.
在阳光下浮游生物大量繁殖，以此为食的鲱鱼被阳光引到海面
They feast on blooms of plankton, drawn to the surface by the sun.
这对星星来说是个不容错过的机会
This is an opportunity Star can't afford to miss.
和团队一起捕猎 成功的几率更大
By hunting as part of a group, she might stand a better chance.
他们齐力将鱼群聚拢
Working together, they corral the fish into tighter and tighter balls.
鲱鱼群可长达数英里
A Herring school can reach several miles in length
加起来近五万吨♥重
and contain nearly 50,000 tons of fish.
足以让海狮们饱餐一个多月
Enough to keep the entiresea lion colony fed for over a month.
这次狩猎收获颇丰
It's been a successful hunt.
但星星一天就要吃掉至少50磅鱼
But Star must eat 50 pounds of fish a day to survive.
继续孕育生命需要她保持良好状态
She needs to stay in good shape for her pregnancy to continue.
随着秋季的到来 暴风雨侵袭岛屿
As fall arrives, storms batter this exposed island
获取食物也变得更加艰辛
and food becomes much harder to come by.
是时候离开这里继续前行了
It's time for Star to move on.
截止到十二月
By December...
星星已经北行六百英里抵达阿♥拉♥斯加
she's made it 600 miles north to Alaska.
虽然这里的气温降到了冰点以下
Here, temperatures drop below freezing.
但连接内陆的海峡远比，开阔的海岸更能遮风挡雨
But these inland channels are far more sheltered than the coast.
最重要的是 这里有食物
And most importantly, there's food.
鲱鱼们也在此处过冬
Herring see out the winter here, too.
但星星还要花比以往更多的时间捕猎
Despite this, Star must spend more time hunting than ever before.
孕育新生命使得每次狩猎都至关重要
Each trip is vital,now that she's growing a new life.
星星的子♥宫♥里神奇的事情正悄然发生
Hidden inside Star's womb, something magical is happening.
十一周前 那一小团细胞开始发育
Eleven weeks ago, that tiny cluster of cells implanted and began to grow.
这就是月亮
This is Luna.
月亮的面部和鳍状肢仍在形成当中
While her face and flippers are still forming...
躯干内小小的肺正在发育
inside her torso, tiny lungs are developing...
心脏已经开始跳动
and a heart is already working away.
脐带将星星和月亮相连
The umbilical cord that joins Luna to Star
输送养分维持月亮的生命
delivers essential nutrients that are keeping her alive.
离出生还有五个月 路还很长
But with five months of growing to do, she still has a long way to go.
对星星来说这个冬天将颇具挑战
It's going to be a challenging winter for Star.
身负育儿重担 她必须再去觅食
The pressure is on. She must go hunt again.
春天终于来临
When spring finally arrives,
白昼从八小时延长到了十五小时
daylight hours stretch from eight to 15.
太阳散发出的能量使三角岛重焕生机
Energy from the sun brings the seas around Triangle Island back to life.
海狮们从四面八方赶回来准备生产
And sea lions are returning from far and wide in preparation to give birth.
但眼下星星却不知所踪
But Star is nowhere to be seen.
原来 再过几周，就要正式成为妈妈的星星
Just a few weeks away from becoming a mom,
正在享受着她最后的自♥由♥时光
she is enjoying her last taste of freedom.
她的摄入已足够支撑月亮健康发育了
She's managed to eat just enough to keep Luna's development on track.
二十八周过去 月亮变化惊人
Twenty-eight weeks in and Luna has changed so much!
她身上50%的部分都覆盖着一层胎毛
A downy hair called Lanugo now covers over 50 percent of her body.
出生的时候 这层皮毛可起保暖作用，为她积攒脂肪层争取时间
When she's born, this coat will keep herwarm while she builds up some blubber.
她的鳍状肢几乎完全成形，在子♥宫♥内扭动
With her flippers now almost fully formed, she wriggles around in the womb.
这些动作能够锻炼肌肉
These movements build up the muscles she'll need
为她几周大时第一次游泳做好准备
to take her first swim when she's just a few weeks old.
鳍状肢是海狮赖以生存的重要工具
For a sea lion, flippers are the tools of their trade.
星星收回前鳍推动身体前进
Star pulls herself forward by bringing her fore flippers together
挥舞着鳍的动作强而有力
in a powerful sweeping motion.
再将前鳍紧贴身体两侧
Then tucking them tightly against her body,
全身呈鱼雷状 以在水中滑行自如
she forms a torpedo-like shape to easily glide through the water.
获得过奥♥运♥会奖牌的游泳健将，每小时能游近六英里
And while an Olympic medalist swims at nearly six miles an hour,
而星星这样的成年北海狮，每小时可游十七英里
an adult Steller like Star can reach speeds of nearly seventeen.
但在昏暗的水底
But in these murky waters,
光靠速度可无法抓住同样敏捷的猎物
speed alone is not enough to catch her fast-moving prey.
她还可以借助另一件武器，而这件武器月亮也有
She relies on another attribute her baby already has...