地球脉动（2006）

所以它们等候大部队一同抵达
So, they wait for others to arrive.
数量越多就越安全
There's safety in numbers.
天光渐暗 城市上空被数百万只欧椋鸟占据
As daylight fades, the sky fills with a staggering one million starlings.
上演一场蔚然壮观的自然演出
And then follows one of nature's great spectaculars.
它们是如何 又是为何成群起舞
How, or indeed why, they perform these marvellous aerobatics,
至今我们还无法完全理解
we still do not fully understand.
最终 它们会成群结队地降落
Eventually, en masse，they brave the descent
挑选最喜欢的树枝落脚
and fill the branches of their favourite trees.
在这样寒冷的冬夜里
On these cold winter nights, the city's extra warmth
城市的温暖可能事关生死存亡
can mean the difference between life and death.
城市不仅能提供大量食物与庇护所
A city, of course, can provide
还有许多宝藏
not only shelter and abundant food, but glamour.
这些精心挑选的小物件
These varied objects have been carefully chosen
颜色鲜艳 溢彩流光
by a bird for their brightness and their colour.
这只园丁鸟花了十余年时间
This great bowerbird has spent over a decade
收集了这些物品 其中大部分是人造装饰
building this collection of mostly man-made objects.
澳大利亚汤斯维尔市的高尔夫球场上
Out on a golf course in Townsville, Australia,
他正在为这座巨型凉亭做最后的修饰
he's putting the final touches to his enormous bower,
争取能够博得来访雌鸟的青睐
that he hopes will impress a visiting female.
他每天都会花两小时来调整装饰物的布局
He spends two hours each day rearranging his prized objects.
“放在那边可能更好看一点”
"Perhaps that would look a little better over there."
可似乎还是差了点什么
But it seems that something is missing.
他没有进城去找新装饰
Instead of going into town to collect new objects,
而是决定抢劫邻居
he's decided to raid his neighbour's bower.
“晾衣夹 太棒了”
"A clothes peg! Excellent!"
“还有一辆闪亮的玩具车”
"And a shiny toy car."
如果被发现就不好玩了
It's a risky game if you get caught.
主人回来了
The owner is back.
有一座凉亭 值得去冒险
There is one bower where the risk is worth it.
一件特别的物品吸引了他的目光
A particular object has caught his eye.
他需要等主人离开
He'll have to wait for the owner to leave.
机会来了
This is his chance.
这是真正的宝贝
A real treasure.
深红色的心
A scarlet heart.
“拿到了”
"Got it."
供雌鸟参观的舞台已经准备就绪
The stage is now set for female visitors.
他似乎很走运
His luck may be in.
可以开始尽情引诱了
The seduction can now begin.
他开始炫耀自己的收藏
He's showing off his best goods.
“这个塑料管怎么样”
"Perhaps a little plastic piping?
“我还有鲜艳的红丝线”
"Or maybe a bit of coloured string?"
但这位访客似乎对此毫无兴趣
But his guest doesn't seem to be paying much attention.
“这把叉子呢”
"A fork?
“女士”
"Madame?"
对方依旧无动于衷
Nothing seems to be working.
事情有些不对劲
Something is just not quite right here.
但他还有一招
But he still has one trick up his sleeve.
那颗红心
The scarlet heart.
作为压轴节目 他张开了头部后
As a final thrill，he expands the pink crest
头部后侧的粉色羽冠
on the back of his head.
证明他已经成年
The sign of his adulthood.
但他弄错了
But he's made a mistake.
这只不是雌鸟
This is not a female
而是一只还没有长出羽冠的雄鸟
but a young male who hasn't yet developed that head crest.
他衔起红心飞走了
And he's making off with the scarlet heart.
在城里求偶着实不易
It's not easy finding sex in the city.
在城市里养活子女也不轻松
Raising a family in the city is not easy either.
多伦多已经到了春季
It's spring time in Toronto,
这只浣熊妈妈的家 从树顶换成了屋顶
and this mother raccoon has exchanged her native treetops for rooftops.
两个月前她产下的幼崽
Since giving birth two months ago,
被她放在烟囱里 那里温暖又安全
she's kept her offspring safe and warm inside a chimney.
现在 这些宝宝们住不下了
Now, her young have outgrown their nursery.
这是当妈妈的第一个大挑战
This is her first major challenge as a mother.
搬新家
The time has come to move to a new home.
她得把孩子们从屋顶带下来
She needs to get her youngster to ground level.
可脚下不是方便攀爬的树干
But instead of an easy climb down a tree,
而是垂直陡峭的墙壁
she is faced with a vertical drop,
几乎没有着力点
with little to cling onto.
浣熊宝宝第一次看到城市世界
Her baby's first glimpse of the urban world,
却是在惊悚的九米高空
from a terrifying 30 feet up.
这只浣熊宝宝是最后一个了
This is the last of her litter to be brought down.
它的兄弟们
Its siblings are already
已经忙着探索未知世界
busy exploring the area.
他们要学的还有许多
And they have much to learn.
这只浣熊宝宝掉进后巷 被困在了这里
This one has fallen into a back alley and is trapped.
妈妈来救它 告诉它应该怎么做
Mother comes to the rescue and demonstrates what must be done.
就是这样
That's the way.
浣熊是一群投机分子
Raccoons are opportunists.
十分渴望探索新世界
And they're eager to explore.
他们需要尽快学会
But they'll have to learn very quickly
如何适应这样一个既陌生
how to get along in this strange new environment
又充满危险的世界
so full of hazards.
妈妈再次前来救助
Mother comes to the rescue once more.
城市浣熊与乡村浣熊相比
Urban raccoons are now demonstrably better
拥有更加卓越的问题解决能力
at problem-solving than their country cousins.
食物来源如此丰富
When the feeding opportunities are this good,
花点时间想办法获取食物
the time spent working out how to get to it
也非常值得
is well worth it.
复杂的城市生活
The complexity of urban life
需要智取
favours the clever.
但是要想在白天与人类竞争
But to compete with humanity during daylight hours,
需要的不只是智慧
takes more than just intelligence.
还有胆量
It takes nerve.
一群雄心勃勃的猴子
One enterprising species of monkey
搬到了印度斋浦尔市
has moved into the city of Jaipur in India.
恒河猕猴
The Rhesus macaque.
如何拿到这些鲜嫩多汁的水果呢
But how to get a share of all this juicy fruit?
每天早上 猴子军团都会和上班族一样
Every morning, the troop make the same journey
走同样的路线 穿越城市丛林
through the urban jungle, just as human commuters do.
有时候 难免会遇到交通拥堵
Sometimes, inevitably, there are traffic jams.
等他们抵达市场 麻烦就开始了
Once they get to the market, trouble begins.
有勇有谋
Being both intelligent and brazen
才能在人类的地盘占上风
is the key to beating human beings on their home turf.
简直是光天化日下的抢劫
It's daylight robbery.
在大多数人看来 生活在城市中的
There are some animals that most would consider too dangerous
有些动物太过危险
to tolerate in the city.
斑鬣狗
Spotted hyenas.
它们所到之处 其他动物都退避三舍
They're feared throughout their range.
在埃塞俄比亚哈拉市郊外
In the outskirts of Hara in Ethiopia,
两群鬣狗针锋相对 准备争夺宝贵资源
two clans are coming face to face to battle over a prized resource.
两边队伍各有六十只左右
There are about 60 hyenas in each clan.
势均力敌
And they're well matched.
经过三小时的来回周♥旋♥
After three hours of posturing back and forth,
一支队伍败退
the losers retreat
赢家则出发去享受战果
and the victors head to claim their prize.
它们争夺的正是进入城区的权利
They have been fighting over access to the city.
一旦穿过城墙 它们就直奔目的地
Once inside the city walls，they head for one place.
而且也很清楚该如何去那里
And they know exactly how to get there.
一家历史悠久的肉店
The ancient meat market.
动物残骸的浓重气息飘散在空气中
The scent of all these carcasses lies heavy in the air.
这个传统已经持续了四百多年
This tradition goes back over 400 years.
屠夫们会把不要的骨头扔出来
The human butchers put out the bones they don't need
由这些鬣狗负责处理
and these hyenas deal with them.
只有它们有这个能力
They're the only animals that can.
其他动物的咬合力不足以咬断骨头
No other here has such powerful bone-crushing jaws.
人类与野兽的这种关系
And this relationship between man and beast
如今已经发展到了新高度
has now been taken a step further.
约瑟夫在呼唤鬣狗们去他家
Yousuf is calling the hyenas to his house.
他和他的祖辈 连续五代人
He and his forefathers, going back five generations,
在喂食这些鬣狗时
have been feeding the hyenas