隐秘王国（2014）

不过更大的问题即将来临
Alas, bigger problems are brewing on the horizon.
在索诺兰沙漠 留下的幼鼠
In the Sonoran Desert, the remaining youngsters
在洞穴里耐心等待着妈妈的归来
wait patiently in the burrow for their mother.
它们品尝着外面的世界
They're getting a taste of the world outside.
至此 它们还在母亲的安全保护下
So far, their mother has protected them from its dangers.
至于老大 母亲已无能为力
But there's nothing she can do for her eldest.
它正独自面对在沙漠里的第一夜
He faces his first night in the desert alone.
沙漠公路汲取的热量在夜间吸引了不少昆虫
The heat absorbed by this desert road lures insects at night.
这是饥饿鼠类最佳的猎食场所
It's the perfect place for a hungry mouse to find food,
对其它动物来说 也是埋伏的绝佳之地
and for others to set up an ambush.
这里的响尾蛇比地球上其它任何地方都多
There are more rattlesnakes here than anywhere else on Earth.
食蝗鼠小心翼翼地穿过危机四伏的雷区
A grasshopper mouse tiptoes through a living minefield.
食蝗鼠每晚都面对致命的沙漠居民
Grasshopper mice face deadly locals every night.
干涸的河床通常是安全的庇护所
Usually a dry riverbed would be a place of safety.
不过今晚 一股强大的力量威胁着幼鼠
But tonight a powerful force threatens...
它非常罕见 老鼠终其一生都可能不曾遇到
One so rare, a mouse could go its whole life without seeing it.
这处避难所即将成为陷阱
This refuge will soon become a trap.
这片沙漠中部分地区
There are places in this desert
已经一千多天滴雨未降
that don't see a drop of rain for 1,000 days.
当雨水终于来临
Yet when it does arrive,
一年的降雨量在一夜中落下
a year's worth can fall in a single night.
对如此小的生物
For one so small,
湿皮毛可能使其冻死
wet fur can lead to a fatal chill.
一只老鼠每秒可以抖动三十次
A mouse shakes up to 30 times a second,
产生七十倍重力加速度的力
generating forces of 70G.
雨水虽已降下
It may have rained,
可数月的烈日
but months of blazing sun
将亚利桑那州的土地灼烤得硬如石块
has baked Arizona's earth as hard as stone.
雨水不能被土地吸收
The water can't soak away.
反而 雨水顺着山坡流下
Instead, it gathers momentum
渐渐聚集动量
as it races downhill.
对我们 不过是涓涓细流
To us, it's a tiny stream.
对老鼠 则是高三十厘米的海啸
To a mouse, it's a 12-inch high tsunami.
回到非洲 草原如导火索般干燥
Back in Africa, the grassland is tinder-dry.
目前 隐秘王国的世界一片安宁
For now, life in the Hidden Kingdom appears tranquil.
说到毅力
When it comes to perseverance,
一只小桑吉鼠可以从非洲
a young sengi could learn a lot
最勤奋的垃圾处理专家身上学到很多
from Africa's hard-working waste disposal expert.
蜣螂可以推动相当于三吨♥重的卡车
Dung beetles can push the equivalent of a three-tonne truck.
提供给这只雄性蜣螂全家所需的所有食物
It provides all the food this male's family will ever need.
头朝下也会带来麻烦事
The trouble with keeping your head down, though,
你往往看不到走向哪里
is that you can't always see where you're going.
蜣螂不言放弃
Dung beetles don't give up.
即便丢掉了粪球 它们立刻从头开始
Even when they've lost the ball, they get right back on,
向着同一个方向前进
heading off in the same direction,
无论前方有何阻碍
no matter what is in their way.
超级力量的秘密在于微小的体型
The secret to super strength is diminutive size.
小动物体重轻
Small animals weigh less,
无需浪费过多的肌肉力量来移♥动♥
so waste less muscle power moving their bodies.
相对于自身重量
Relative to body weight,
动物越小 身体越强壮
the smaller the animal, the stronger it becomes.
它们势不可挡
They are unstoppable.
几乎不能
Almost.
牛羚狂奔是有原因的
Wildebeest stampede for a reason.
草丛下方 很难看到即将到来的麻烦
Down here, you're the last to see trouble ahead.
桑吉鼠的小道是它最强大的武器
A sengi's trails are its greatest strength
也是它的阿喀琉斯之踵
and its Achilles heel.
阿喀琉斯之踵 指致命的弱点 要害
它们过于依赖小道 以至于被小道束缚
They're so dependent on them, they're effectively a prisoner.
每年 闪电都在干旱的草原上引发火灾
Every year, lightning sets the bone-dry savanna alight.
几乎没有小型动物能逃离这火烧地狱
Few small creatures can escape the inferno.
当火焰威胁将近 它可以逃过火舌
When fire threatens, she can outrun the flames...
可却跑向了未知
But it's into the unknown,
离开了那些生它养它的小道
leaving the very trails that kept her alive.
狂野西部 日当正午
High noon in the Wild West.
如此酷热 最后一滴水早已干涸
So hot, the last drop of water is long gone.
最高温度就在老鼠所处的地表
The highest temperatures are down at mouse level,
可以达到灼人的六十摄氏度
where it can reach a blistering 60 degrees centigrade.
这被太阳烤焦的荒漠
It's a side of the sun-scorched desert
本不该被夜行的老鼠看到
a nocturnal mouse should never see.
除非它被水流冲走 精疲力尽
Except for those washed up, exhausted,
远离家园
and swept very far from home.
在白天 这片沙漠就是真实的侏罗纪公园
In daytime, the desert is a real-life Jurassic Park,
炽热赋予了这些蜥蜴生命
where heat brings the lizards to life.
这个爬行动物王国的统治者来自天空
This realm of reptiles is ruled from the air.
栗翅鹰
Harris hawks.
"鹰的眼睛" 绝非虚言
"Eyes like a hawk" is no empty phrase.
据信它们的视力超出我们八倍
Their vision is thought to be eight times as good as ours.
智胜这个聪明的团队绝非易事
It's hard to outwit this intelligent team.
它们是世上唯一团队狩猎的猛禽
They're the world's only pack-hunting raptors.
一只驱赶猎物
While one attempts to flush the prey,
其他准备好埋伏
others prepare an ambush.
鹰喜欢活吃猎物
Hawks tend to eat animals alive,
它们的巨爪可以抓住挣扎的猎物
so have giant talons to hold down struggling prey.
长而无毛的腿很适合把老鼠
Long, feather-free legs are ideal for extracting mice
从隐秘的地方抓出来
from those hard-to-reach places.
当一个猎物逃出爪心
When one victim is out of reach,
另寻猎物也是不错的选择
it pays to be open to other opportunities.
斑马尾蜥蜴是西部跑得最快的蜥蜴
A zebra-tailed lizard is the fastest in the West.
环颈蜥却会追逐任何会动的东西
But a collared lizard will chase anything that moves.
它们都飞快加速 不由自主地"翘头"
Both accelerate so fast they can't help but "Pull a wheelie".
有时两脚着地 就像小暴龙
At times, like tiny T-rex, they're on two legs.
当危险临近 只有一只能施以如此诡计
When danger threatens, only one has this trick up its sleeve.
摇摆着钻入沙中 这条斑马尾蜥蜴得救了
With a shimmy beneath the sand, the zebra-tail is saved.
环颈蜥的肤色使它成为明显的目标
A collared's colours make it an easier target.
对于食蝗鼠 白天处处危险
The daytime is not safe for a grasshopper mouse.
现在 最好等到黑夜降临
For now, best to wait till darkness falls.
非洲
Africa.
在我们眼中 大火只意味着灾难
It's hard to see a fire as anything but disaster.
但对草原 它像日出一般普通
But for the savanna, it's as natural as the rising sun.
当浓烟散去 草原就已开始复苏
As the smoke clears, it's already recovering.
对于幸存者 大火给未来带来了崭新的希望
For the survivors, it brings fresh hope for the future.
干草燃烧得如此迅速
The dry grass burns so swiftly
桑吉鼠的小道几乎毫发无损
that a sengi trail can survive almost unscathed.
充满干劲的春季大扫除后 一切都能解决
It's nothing that an enthusiastic spring-clean can't solve.
在小道周围 草原不单纯是恢复
Around the trail, the grassland doesn't so much recover
而是迸发出新的生命力
as burst back into life.
火焰吞噬了老去的植物
The flames have swept away the old,
化作肥沃的灰烬 孕育出新生的草原
allowing fertile ash to fuel the growth of fresh young grass.
短短几天中 草原变了模样
In a few short days, the savanna is transformed.
桑吉鼠的世界再次恢复正常
And the sengis' world is once again restored.
它回家了
She's home.
只要它照料小道
And as long as she looks after the trails,
小道就会养育它
they will keep her alive.
在索诺兰 太阳落下
Sundown in the Sonoran.
食蝗鼠就是为在此时外出探险而生的
This is the time when grasshopper mice were born to venture out.
它们的地盘可以宽达三百米
Their territories can be over 300 metres wide...
并用特别气味标记
And marked with a distinctive scent.
当离得够近 迷路的老鼠可以依靠自己的鼻子
When close enough, a lost mouse can follow its nose,
一路找回家
all the way home.
说实话 我们生命中追求的东西
It's true to say that the things we want in life
并非总是我们需要的
are not always the things we need.
所以到了某个时候
So it is that there comes a time
每只幼鼠都要面对一个艰巨的选择
when every youngster faces a difficult choice.
轻松的生活
An easy life...
还是独♥立♥自主
Or independence.
世界充满危险
The world is full of danger.
可没有挑战的生活又有什么意义
But what would life be without a challenge?
生活充满艰辛
Life will be hard.
不过即便是两头怪物也不能让它放慢脚步
But not even a two-headed monster will slow it down.
巨大毒蜈蚣的假头可以迷惑猎物