地球脉动（2006）

草原是地球上最大的
They support the greatest concentrations of large animals
大型动物聚集地
to be found anywhere on the planet.
这里展现着大自然最为壮观的一面
Here nature is at its most spectacular.
尽管看起来很难相信
This leopardess, believe it or not,
但这只豹子已经做好了随时启动捕猎的准备
is ready to hunt at a moment's notice.
它是少有的几只学会了如何隐藏在树顶
She is one of the few special leopards that have learnt to hide in the tree tops,
并等待猎物送上门来的豹子之一
and wait for their prey to come to them.
悄无声息
Without making a sound,
它已经就位了
she gets into position.
这次没能成功
Not this time.
现在周围所有动物都知晓它的存在了
And now her presence is known to all.
但豹子为了成功 会付出惊人的努力
But leopards will go to astonishing lengths to succeed.
而有些豹子的胆量尤为突出
And some are more daring than others.
这只豹子爬到9米高的树枝上
This leopard climbs up to a branch nine metres above the ground.
这里的高度比两层楼还高
She's higher than the roof of a two-storey house.
从如此高的地方跳下去很可能会危及自己的生命
Leopards have killed themselves jumping from these heights.
想要在热带草原上独当一面
To succeed on these equatorial grasslands,
就必须有着极强的适应性和过人的胆识
you must be adaptable and sometimes brave.
欧亚大草原
The Eurasian Steppe,
地球上最大的草原
the largest grassland on earth.
动物在这里接受着不同的考验
It tests animals in a different way.
这里的风速可以达到每小时近130公里
Here, the wind can blow at speeds of nearly 80mph.
气温可以降至零下30摄氏度以下
And temperatures drop to below minus 30 degrees Celsius.
然而 一种奇异的生物进化出了
Yet one bizarre creature has evolved
在这种极端环境下生存的方式
ways to survive in these extremes.
高鼻羚羊
Saiga antelope.
是一种健壮的小型动物 曾与猛犸象生活在同一个时代
Small but tough animals that lived alongside woolly mammoths.
雄性高鼻羚羊巨大的鼻子既能过滤灰尘
The male's enormous nose both filters out the dust
又能将吸入的冷空气变温暖
and warms up the cold air before it reaches his lungs.
但每年的这个时候 鼻子还有个特别的用途
But at this time of year, it also serves a very different purpose.
那就是吸引雌性
It impresses the females.
鼻子越大 魅力越大
And the bigger it is, the better.
这只年长的雄性高鼻羚羊知道如何吸引雌性的注意
This old male knows what it takes to hold their attention.
但似乎还得加把劲
But they make him work for it.
如果收效甚微
And if that isn't effective,
那就来点别的招式
he has other ways of impressing them.
头顶一从灌木 威严十足
A bush - very majestic.
然而当你位居高位 称王称雄时
But when you are king of the steppe,
总会有挑战者虎视眈眈 觊觎你的王位
there's always someone waiting to claim your crown.
这只年轻的高鼻羚羊认为自己可以一试
This young buck fancies his chances.
它的目标是羚羊首领的眷群
He aims to steal the king's harem.
挑战者冲锋 准备战斗
The challenger charges, ready to do battle.
这可能会是一场殊死搏斗
This could be a fight to the death.
发♥情♥期中的雄性羚羊有70%会失去生命
70% of rutting males will die.
年长的雄羚羊最终开始占据上风
The older male eventually begins to gain the upper hand.
最后一击
And with one final effort,
它赶跑了这名年轻的对手
he drives the young rival away.
羚羊群之王守住了王位
The king has kept his crown -
以及它的眷群
and his harem.
只有最强壮的高鼻羚羊才能在这片
Only the strongest saigas can endure and succeed
地球上最严酷的环境之一顽强的生存下去
in one of the harshest places on Earth.
而在赤道附近 阳光和水资源得到了保障
But close to the equator, where there is constant warmth and water,
这里有着天堂般的广袤草原
there are grasslands close to paradise.
这是世界上生物多样性最丰富的草原
This is the most bio-diverse grassland in the world...
巴西的塞拉多草原
..the Cerrado in Brazil.
这里孕育着成千上万种独特的动植物
Here there are thousands of species of both animals and plants found nowhere else.
这个丰富多样的群落想要保持生态平衡
A rich and complex community that is kept in balance
便不能缺少这种幽灵般的生物
by this ghostly creature.
鬃狼
A maned wolf.
鬃狼安静而腼腆 它们鲜为人知 较为罕见
Quiet and shy, it's little known and seldom seen.
与世上其他狼不同
Unlike any other wolf in the world,
鬃狼以素食为主
their diet is mostly vegetarian.
其中最受鬃狼钟爱的是狼果
And they particularly like lobeira fruit.
这种植物可以增加土壤肥力
This plant increases the fertility of the land,
并有助于塞拉多草原的稳定
and helps to sustain the entire Cerrado.
尽管鬃狼看起来不像
The maned wolves, odd though it may seem,
但实际上它们是狼果这种独特植物的园丁
are, in effect, the gardeners of these unique plains.
茂密的草丛反过来为这只雌性鬃狼
The dense grass in turn provides this female
提供了一个舒适的家
with a comfortable home...
以及一个可以隐藏三只刚出生幼崽的地方
..and somewhere to hide her three puppies,
它们只有一个月大
just one month old.
鬃狼过于罕见 因此这只雌性鬃狼被戴上了无线电项圈
She is so rare that she's been fitted with a radio-collar
方便科学家进行持续的研究
so that scientists can study her continuously.
根据我们的遥控"巢穴摄像机"显示
And our remotely controlled "den camera" reveals a mother
一天中 雌性鬃狼在巢穴中哺乳幼崽的时间只有数小时
only comes here for a few hours a day to suckle her pups.
它将大部分时间都花在觅食上 以供养日益壮大的家庭
She spends much of her time foraging to provide for her growing family.
此时 单独留在巢穴中的幼崽
Now, alone in the den,
突然陷入了危险之中
her puppies are suddenly in danger.
危险并非来自于捕食者
Not from other predators...
而是来自于火灾
..but from fire.
它们的家园燃起了熊熊大火
Their home is being burnt all around them.
火情可以在数分钟内蔓延至近两公里以外
These fires can race through a mile of grassland in a matter of minutes.
塞拉多草原被摧毁了
The Cerrado devastated.
火灾原因是什么呢
Why?
是人类为了开垦土地种植庄稼
In order to clear land to grow crops.
这场大火没有波及到它们的巢穴
This particular fire didn't reach their den.
但巢穴里空空如也
But it's empty.
这一次 这一家子鬃狼很幸运
This time, the family were lucky.
但整个物种正面临着令人担忧的不确定未来
But her species faces an alarmingly uncertain future.
按照目前的栖息地破坏速度
At the current rate of habitat destruction,
这些可能将是最后一批生存于野外的鬃狼
these may be some of the last maned wolves to survive in the wild.
在草原上 动物与环境的联♥系♥十分紧密
In grasslands, the land and the animals
以至于哪怕一种关键物种灭亡
are so closely interconnected, that the loss of one key species
都很有可能引发整个生态系统的崩溃
could well trigger the collapse of the entire ecosystem.
这种悲剧正在非洲中部发生
That's what happened here in central Africa,
这里足有95%的大象因象牙而被猎杀
when 95% of the elephant population were killed for their ivory.
没有这些不可或缺的园丁
Without these essential gardeners -
生命便无法繁荣生长
life couldn't flourish.
这头雄性大象是是少数的幸存者之一
This male is one of the few survivors.
它身上依然留有过去的伤痕
He still bears the scars from his persecuted past.
但人类对象群的屠♥杀♥被及时制止了
But the slaughter was stopped just in time.
随着偷猎行为的终止
With an end to poaching,
这头雄象成为了一个日益壮大的象群中的一份子 生活在安全之中
this male is part of a growing herd that now lives in safety.
如今 人们认为这是最大的
Today, it's thought this is one of the largest groups
在野外生存的非洲象群之一
of African elephants surviving in the wild.
随着非洲象数量的恢复
As they recovered their numbers,
草原上的新苗也得以健康生长
their grazing encouraged a healthy growth of new grasses.
同时这也为其他动物创造了生存空间
And they created space for other animals...
让扎库马草原重获生机
..bringing life back to Zakouma.
如此奇迹般的转变
This miraculous transformation
表明如果大自然得以恢复平衡 生态环境将大大好转
shows what can happen if nature is allowed to restore its own balance.
阿巴卡尔是当地护林员团队的一员
Abakar is part of the team of local rangers
他们冒着生命危险保护这些大象
who risked their lives to protect these elephants.
我把它们视作家人
I see them as family
我将这头象视如己出
I think of this elephant as a son.
大象不仅仅使这片土地得以复原
And the elephants didn't just heal the land.
还做了一件没人预料到的事情
They did something no-one had anticipated.
我相信它们已经原谅了我们
I believe they've forgiven
并愿意再次信任人类
and trust us again.
随着我们对生态系统的奇异之处
As we understand more about the wonders,
生命彼此间的联♥系♥以及脆弱性有了更多的了解
the connections and the fragility of these landscapes...
我们的行为造成的后果逐渐成为了人们关注的焦点
..the consequences of our actions are thrown into sharp focus.
这表明我们迫切需要
They show we urgently need to do
尽一切努力帮助大自然自愈
everything we can to help nature heal itself.
幕后花絮
为了拍摄鬃狼
To film maned wolves,
「地球脉动」摄制组得到了巴西先驱科学家的帮助
the Planet Earth crew joined pioneering scientists in Brazil.
贝拉 如果你找到方向了请告诉我
If you get a direction, Bela, please let me know.
找到了 大概在汽车的三点钟方向
Yeah, she's like three o'clock from the car here.
800米远
Like 800 metres, too.
没有他们的帮助 我们几乎不可能追踪到鬃狼