我们的星球（2019）

Our Planet S01E05

Part 3 May 13, 2021, 12:27 p.m.

Here, there are places where, for mile after endless mile,
在那些一望无际的土地上
there are no roads or fences.
没有道路没有围栏
Here, where there are no trees, eagles nest on the ground.
这里没有树木鹰只能在地面上筑巢
Once, these eagles would have preyed on
这些鹰曾经
antelope that numbered in millions.
以数以百万计的羚羊为食
And some are still here.
有些羚羊仍栖息于此
These are saiga,
这是高鼻羚羊
antelope that live nowhere else in the world.
这里独有的羚羊品种
Their extraordinary noses are specially adapted
它们的鼻子进化出特别的功能
to filter out the dust kicked up by the immense herds
用于过滤曾经生活在这里的大群动物
that once lived here.
荡起的尘土
Now, they're critically endangered.
现在它们是极危物种
Poaching and the loss of habitat
偷猎和栖息地的减少
have had a devastating impact on them.
给它们带来了毁灭性的打击
But conservation efforts
但是近期采取的
have recently started to make a difference.
保护措施已经开始发挥作用
There is still hope for these extraordinary plains dwellers.
这些非凡的平原居民依然有一线生机
And the proof of this can be found further east, in Mongolia,
而更遥远的东方国度蒙古可以证实这一点
where the grasslands still remain largely intact.
这里的草原基本上依然保持完好
These are Przewalski horses.
这是普氏野马
Fifty years ago, they were extinct in the wild,
五十年前它们在野外绝迹
but a few adults survived in captivity.
但少数圈养的成年野马存活了下来
Careful breeding from 12 of them increased their numbers
其中的十二只经过精心的繁殖
until there were sufficient to release on the plains.
种群达到一定规模后放归草原
These are their descendants.
这些都是它们的后代
A stallion protects each harem.
公马捍卫着母马
They must be vigilant, and they race to defend their herd...
它们必须保持警惕全力捍卫自己的族群
or chase off bachelors trying to lure away a mare.
或者赶跑试图偷腥的年轻公马
With their numbers now topping 300,
如今它们的数量已经超过三百匹
the future for these wild horses looks more secure.
未来的道路也更加有保障
Their recovery was only possible
它们的族群能够复苏
because the vast Mongolian steppe
完全是建立在辽阔的蒙古干草原
still remains largely untouched.
开♥发♥程度很低的前提下
These grasses are some of the tallest
这些野草
to be found anywhere on our planet.
是地球上最高的野草之一
They're so tall
它们生长得如此之高
they can conceal elephants.
甚至可以掩盖大象的行踪
They make the giants that live among them seem small.
这些庞然大物在其中都显得娇小玲珑
A last hiding place
这里是极度濒危的
for the highly endangered greater one-horned rhino.
大独角犀最后的藏身之处
This is India,
这里是印度
one of the most populous countries on Earth.
世界上人口最多的国家之一
Yet here there is a great determination
但这里的人们
to protect these crucial grasslands.
对保护珍贵草原态度坚决
What must it be like
生活在这种
to live in this dense, claustrophobic world?
密集而幽闭的环境会是什么感觉呢
Just moving about could mean walking into danger.
仅仅是四处走动就可能会陷入危险
The grasses conceal tigers.
老虎隐藏在草丛中
Stripes and shadows blend.
条纹与阴影融为一体
Long grass may hide a tigress from her prey,
茂盛的草丛可以使雌虎避开猎物的视线
but it also hides the prey from her.
但也隐藏了猎物的踪迹
She must get within 20 meters of it.
它必须进入目标二十米之内
And she must always know exactly where the prey are hidden.
也必须时刻知晓对方隐藏的方位
She may have lost them.
猎物似乎失去了踪迹
She risks a look.
它冒险看了一眼
Every deer around now knows exactly where the tiger is.
周围的鹿群都知道了老虎的位置
Others have heard the signal that announced her failure.
其他老虎听到了宣示失败的信♥号♥♥
Her cubs.
它的幼崽们
She had left them hidden in the grass.
它之前将孩子们隐藏在草丛中
In the last hundred years,
过去一百年
the number of wild tigers
野生老虎的数量
has declined by over 95 percent.
减少了百分之九十五以上
But here in India,
但在印度
despite the enormous pressure from poaching,
尽管面临着偷猎的巨大压力
and a growing human population,
以及增长的人类数目
tiger numbers are actually increasing.
老虎的数量却在增加
Protect the precious space that grasslands and deserts provide,
保护好宝贵的草原与沙漠
and the animals will bounce back.
动物们就会重新恢复生机
Please visit ourplanet.Com
欢迎浏览ourplanet.com
to discover what we need to do now to protect wild grasslands.
进一步了解保护天然草原我们能做些什么