隐秘王国（2014）

我们的星球是无数动物的家园
Our planet is home to millions of different animals.
庞然大物总是引人注目
The big and the powerful capture our attention...
但这里还有另一番天地
but there is another story to tell.
在我们的脚下 隐藏着神奇的世界
Beneath our feet are hidden almost magical worlds...
这里住着奇特的小生物
Teeming with extraordinary little creatures.
在它们眼中 世界全然不同
The world looks very different to them.
坠落的橡子犹如流星
A falling acorn becomes a meteor...
涓涓细流宛如海啸
A tiny trickle, a tsunami...
所有的敌人都是巨人
And every enemy is a giant.
最新的技术
Now, using the latest technology,
让我们得以还原它们眼中的世界
we can recreate the world from their perspective.
这是非洲平原和美洲索诺兰沙漠上
These are tales of life from the African plains...
两个关于生命的故事
and America's Sonoran Desert...
尽在隐秘王国
In the Hidden Kingdoms.
隐 秘 王 国
苍 穹 之 下
东非
East Africa...
解说 史蒂芬·弗莱
最大的动物行走于这片土地之上
and the largest animals that walk the Earth.
但细观其脚下
But look closely beneath their feet
你会看到一条条交织的小道
and you will see a network of tiny trails...
和造出这些小道的小生物们
And the tiny creature that constructed them.
这是一只象鼩
She's an elephant shrew,
在非洲被称为"桑吉鼠"
known by her African name "Sengi".
这样的小道是桑吉鼠得以生存的秘密
Trails like this are the secret to a sengi's survival.
这些跑道让它们能
They're race tracks that allow them
在这微缩的丛林里肆意奔跑
to sprint through this miniature jungle.
要躲避敌人和找寻食物
To escape their enemies and chase down food,
需要的只是...
all they really need...
速度
is speed.
以其尺寸来说 桑吉鼠的速度是猎豹的两倍
For their size, a sengi is twice as fast as a cheetah.
小道旁是它的幼崽
Just off trail is her youngster.
小桑吉鼠在初生几天都会隐藏起来
Sengi babies spend their first few days in hiding,
等待母亲短暂的到访
waiting for their mother's fleeting visits.
嗷嗷待哺的孩子使桑吉鼠妈妈
The mother's high-speed lifestyle
需要更多的食物来维持高节奏的生活方式
requires even more fuel now that there are two mouths to feed.
它被迫前往领地的角落觅食
She's forced to forage in the far corners of her territory.
一代代的白蚁筑就了这一堡垒
Generations of termites built this mountain fortress...
但现在已被一名猎手占领
but now it's the home of a hunter.
巨蜥能够靠舌头追踪气味
A monitor lizard can taste a scent trail.
但这叉状的舌头还有更大的能耐
But the forked tongue does more.
舌头的形状让巨蜥用味觉看世界
Its shape means it tastes in stereo...
它不仅知道猎物曾经过这里
So it not only knows that prey passed by,
还知道猎物去向了何方
but in which direction it was headed.
引开敌人是母亲的本能
A mother's instinct is to lure away the danger.
桑吉鼠深谙它们建造的小道
Sengi know their trails so well,
通常能甩开敌人
they can normally outrun an enemy.
但它们上方的世界非其所能控制
But the world above is beyond their control.
小道突然被堵住
With the trail suddenly blocked,
它无路可逃
there's no escaping the predator.
母亲离去
With her mother gone,
幼崽要如何学习桑吉鼠生存的秘诀
how will the youngster learn the secrets of sengi life?
一万英里外
Nearly 10,000 miles away,
地球的另一边
on the other side of the world,
在美洲的索诺兰沙漠
a different hidden kingdom...
有着另一个隐秘的王国
In America's Sonoran Desert.
早在人类定居之前
Long before the first human settlers,
就有一个个家庭在这荒漠上筑建家园了
there were already families struggling to make this wilderness home...
如今它们仍生活于此
And they're still here.
这是一家食蝗鼠
A family of grasshopper mice.
父亲离去
The father has long gone.
母亲独自抚养四个孩子
This mother is raising four hungry mouths alone.
又跳又叫地进入这个世界
20 days after they arrived
二十天之后
kicking and squeaking into the world,
它们精力旺盛 毛茸茸的
they're furred and feisty.
它们尚不能独自过活
They're not quite ready to make it on their own,
除了其中一位
except for one.
它年长一小时 比弟弟们更大胆
An hour older and bolder than his brothers,
已等不及去探索外面的天地
he already has the urge to explore the world beyond his birthplace.
每晚 母亲外出觅食
Every night, his mother goes out to find food.
它所见识的危机
And she sees things out there
能让幼鼠吓破胆
that could scare a young mouse to death.
这里的毒物比美国其它任何地方都多
There are more venomous creatures here than anywhere in the USA.
这里可不适合胆怯者
No place for the timid.
但它绝非等闲鼠辈
But she's not your average mouse.
食蝗鼠自古便与这位世仇为敌
Her kind has never known a time without this ancient adversary.
因此老一辈学者曾称其为
It's why old-timers would call her by an earlier name...
蝎鼠
Scorpion mouse.
蝎毒能致人于死地
The sting of a scorpion can cause death in humans.
但食蝗鼠却有超能力
But a grasshopper mouse has almost superpowers.
它们反应比蝎子的攻击更快
Their reactions are faster than a scorpion strike...
它们对蝎毒免疫
Their bodies immune to the venom.
它们擅长于捕杀致命的猎物
They specialise in killing deadly prey.
为保卫领地 它们以警告的长嚎宣示主♥权♥
To defend their territory, they stake a claim with a warning howl.
若我们缩小到鼠类的尺寸 其叫声犹如狼嗥
If we were shrunk to mouse size, it would sound more like a wolf.
年幼的食蝗鼠尚不知道
The young grasshopper mouse knows nothing
门外的危险
of the dangers outside his door.
对于不过三周大的幼鼠
But barely three weeks old,
增长的好奇心也意味着它将面对这重重危机
growing curiosity means he's about to face them.
沙漠很快会使它为生存而奔跑
The desert will soon have him running for his life.
山洪区
非洲 成为孤儿的桑吉鼠要学会照顾自己
In Africa, the orphaned sengi must learn to fend for herself.
没有母亲的指导
Without a mother to guide her,
它无法分清谁是敌 谁是友
she has no sense of who is friend or foe.
好奇心败给了饥饿感
Curiosity gives way to hunger.
它第一次踏上了母亲遗留的小道
For the first time, she's driven onto the trails her mother left.
小桑吉鼠每过几小时就要进食
A young sengi must eat every few hours.
捕获足够的食物是不小的挑战
Catching enough food is a challenge.
在茂密的草丛中捕食并不明智
It's no good trying to fight through thick grass.
各种障碍会让行动变迟缓
Obstacles just slow you down.
它恍然大悟
The penny drops.
小道是快速觅食的捷径
The trail is the key to finding food fast.
为了加快速度 它开始了清扫工作
So, to maximise speed, a spot of spring-cleaning is in order.
哺乳动物体积越小 新陈代谢越快
The smaller the mammal, the higher its metabolism.
所以在隐秘王国
So, in the hidden kingdom,
为了补充体力 要不断进食
there's a constant race to fuel your lifestyle.
所以桑吉鼠有些挑剔
It's why sengis are a little...fussy.
它们醒着时能花上一半的时间整理住所
They can spend half their waking hours tidying their home.
它要清理掉所有挡在它
The sengi needs to clear away everything that gets between it...
和食物之间的障碍
and its food.
但不论有多努力
But no matter how hard you work,
有些问题
some problems are just too big to deal with...
即便最关心家里陈设的桑吉鼠也无法解决
Even for the most house-proud sengi.
本来一切都很顺利的
Things seemed to be going so well.
所幸在隐秘王国 支援也随叫随到
Luckily, in the hidden kingdom, help is at hand.
蜣螂能嗅到近一公里外的粪便
Dung beetles can sniff the whiff of dung half a mile away.
不到一分钟 直升机救援队赶到
Within minutes, thousands helicopter in.
要没有这些神奇的小生物
Without these miniature marvels,
整个草原将浸于粪便当中
the savanna would be drowning in dung.
头上的锯齿将粪便锯开
Serrations on their head saw it up...
铁锹似的腿将粪便铲成完美的粪球
And legs like spades shape the dung into perfect balls.
大部分只是为了饱餐一顿
Most just take enough to eat.
而其它的则想吸引雌性蜣螂
Others are out to attract female company.
这样的话 粪球越大越好
And for that, the bigger the balls, the better.
雌蜣螂爬上粪球一试其风采
She climbs on board for the ride.
不久的将来 它就会把卵产在里面
Later, she'll lay her eggs inside...
等雄蜣螂找到隐蔽的藏身处
As soon as the male finds them a secluded spot
它们就可在那里组建家庭
where they can start a family.
若体重相同 蜣螂比大象更为强壮
Pound for pound, a dung beetle is stronger than an elephant.
不幸的是 两者相遇 蜣螂依旧吃亏
Sadly, this is no consolation when their worlds collide.
不过还没糟糕透顶
Still, it's not all bad.
至少小道清干净了
At least the trail is clear.