And now... they spawn.
留下细小的,滴答作响的计时炸♥弹♥
Leaving behind tiny, ticking, time bombs.
丽鱼妈妈本能地收集所有的鱼卵
The burtoni mother instinctively collects any eggs.
它不会吃掉它们
She's not eating them.
它有一种特别的能力
She has a special ability.
有些超级丽鱼妈妈
Some cichlid supermoms
会把宝宝含在嘴里抚养
raise their babies in their mouths,
为了让宝宝们有安全成长 把自己当做流动育婴室
using them as mobile nurseries to keep their young safe as they grow.
但这条丽鱼已经被利用了
But this burtoni cichlid has been hijacked.
躲开大家的视线,在它嘴里
Hidden from sight, inside her mouth,
不同的鱼卵开始孵化
her mixed brood begins to hatch.
有些长得比另外的要更快
And some... grow much faster than others.
这条丽鱼被蒙在鼓里 花费时间帮其它鱼凑大宝宝
The oblivious burtoni is devoting time to raising the wrong offspring.
贪婪的鲶鱼宝宝体型是丽鱼宝宝两倍
Twice the size, ravenous baby cuckoo catfish...
它们发动攻击
turn on the cichlid young.
它们张开血盘大口 吞掉养母家的兄弟姐妹
Opening jaws wide enough to swallow their foster siblings,
从头开始吞
headfirst.
很快,育婴室里就住不下 这些背信弃义的鲶鱼宝宝了
The treacherous catfish babies soon outgrow their nursery.
它们独自上路,保持低调
They head off alone, keeping a low profile,
直到准备好去伏击另一条 没有疑心的鱼妈妈
until ready to prey on another unsuspecting mother.
留下这条丽鱼保护自己活下来的后代
Leaving the burtoni to protect her surviving offspring,
在这个危险的世界 尽其所能给后代最好的机会
giving them the best chance she can in this dangerous world.
在义大利阿尔卑斯山的草地上 有一种动物宝宝
In Italy's Alpine meadows, there's one baby animal...
把与敌人共生这个概念 提升到了一个新的层次
...who takes living with the enemy to a whole other level.
来看看大无畏的阿尔康蓝蝶的幼虫
Meet the intrepid Alcon blue caterpillar.
它只有两周大
Only two weeks old,
体型和一粒米相若
and just the size of a grain of rice.
它准备要开始整个自然界中
It's about to embark on one of the most amazing adventures
最奇妙的冒险历程之一
in the whole of the natural world.
在寻找食物时
In search of food,
它必须钻到地底
it must descend into the underworld,
那里有残暴的斗牛犬蚁军队
patrolled by savage armies of Myrmecia ants.
它们可以击倒 体积比它们大几千倍的猎物
They can take down prey thousands of times their size.
一条小小的毛虫看起来 是非常容易得手的目标
A tiny grub seems an easy target.
特别是这种散发出诱人香味
Especially one that emits an alluring scent,
暴露了自己位置的小毛虫
betraying its presence.
这种蚂蚁的触角比大部分 昆虫的触角灵敏五倍
With antennae five times more sensitive than most other insects,
像猎犬一样扑上来
an ant is onto it like a bloodhound.
毛虫的体积细小,方便蚂蚁带返基地
The caterpillar is an easy size to carry back to base,
基地里的蚂蚁正为幼虫准备食物
where ants prepare food for their young.
但这条毛虫的气味
But this caterpillar
闻起来不像食物
doesn't smell like food,
它的味道闻起来像家人
it smells like family.
这种特别的毛虫天生就会骗人
Born to deceive,
它们散发出来的气味
that special caterpillar odor
闻起来就像是蚂蚁的幼虫
smells so similar to the ant's grubs,
蚂蚁就把它当做自己的幼虫对待
that they treat it like their own.
不仅如此
And that's not all.
为了强化它的伪装
To enhance its disguise,
毛虫甚至会唱歌♥
the caterpillar sings.
模仿蚁群里最重要的成员
It's copying the song of the most important ant in the colony,
蚁后的歌♥声
the queen.
让勤劳的工蚁专心照顾它
Forcing dedicated workers to tend to its every need,
而忽略自己的需要
and neglect their own.
蚁群保护它
While the colony protects it,
帮它清洁,喂它
cleans it, and feeds it,
这条大无畏的毛虫会将这种行为
the audacious caterpillar can keep up the act
持续两年之久
for two long years.
直至长成原本体重的一百倍
Until 100 times its original weight,
蓝蝶的幼虫
the baby blue
终于准备好展示真正的自己了
is finally ready to reveal its true colors.
蝶蛹之内
Inside the chrysalis,
毛虫的身体组织分解
caterpillar tissue is broken down...
重组
and reformed.
但当阿尔康蓝蝶变成蝴蝶时
But, when an Alcon blue becomes a butterfly,
它就失去了保护
it loses its protective power.
闻起来不再像是蚂蚁幼虫了
No longer smelling like a baby ant,
它必须尽快出去
it needs to get out... fast.
要赶在蚂蚁发现入侵者 一直和它们同住之前逃走
Before the ants catch onto the intruder in their midst.
终于,阿尔康蓝蝶自♥由♥了
Finally, the Alcon blue is free.
数十亿年来
Over billions of years,
生物为了在这个星球上占据一席位
living things have evolved amazing abilities
进化出奇妙的能力
to compete for their place on this planet.
但当新的对手出现时
But when a new rival comes along,
就会改变一切
it changes everything.
在卑诗省的沿海水域
The coastal waters of British Columbia
孕育着一种大名鼎鼎的海中怪物
are home to a legendary sea monster.
是世界上生长速度最快的动物之一
One of the planet's fastestgrowing animals.
它主要吃甲壳类动物 每两个月就可以长大一倍
It doubles its weight every two months on a diet primarily of crustaceans.
自恐龙时代之前
Since before the age of dinosaurs,
这种巨型太平洋章鱼
the giant pacific octopus
就一直是这里没有对手的螃蟹猎人了
has been the unrivaled crab hunter down here.
现在情况有变
Until now.
我们有巧妙的方法来捞海鲜
We have cunning ways to catch seafood
甚至可以不用落水
without even entering the water.
这些陷阱可以有效地吸引 章鱼最喜欢的食物
Traps are effective in attracting the octopus's favorite food.
但当世界上最聪明的
But when the world's most intelligent invertebrate
无脊椎动物面临挑战时
is presented with a challenge,
它不会放弃
it doesn't give up,
只会解决问题
it solves it.
它们有两千个吸盘
Two thousand suckers,
每个吸盘上都有比人类舌头 更多的味觉感受器
every individual one with more taste receptors than a human tongue,
这有助于它们在 最浑浊的海水中找到猎物
help to detect prey in the murkiest water.
它们有九个大脑
Guided by nine brains,
一个在头部
one in its head,
八条触须中每条都有一个迷你大脑
and a minibrain in each of its eight arms,
章鱼靠近了
the octopus closes in.
它的骨架用水做
A boneless skeleton made of water,
意味着它可以 把2.7米长的身体控制自如
means it can contort it's ninefoot body
穿过一个西柚大小的洞
through a hole, the width of a grapefruit.
现在,在陷阱被取走之前赶快开餐
Now, to dine before the trap is lifted.
陷阱只能从一边打开
The trap only opens one way.
但对这位厉害的逃脱大♥师♥来说
But that's no problem
根本不是问题
for this extraordinary escape artist.
我们可能很聪明
We may be smart,
但仍在不断发现动物们无数的技巧
but we're still discovering animals have countless skills,
每一样都令人惊叹
every bit as impressive.
(终生号♥)
忽视它们
Overlook them,
我们就可能一无所获
and we may be left emptyhanded.
世界上充满着意想不到的敌人
In a world full of unexpected foes,
竞争是进化的终极原动力
competition is evolution's ultimate driving force.
也是地球上令人惊叹的物种多样化 以及最奇异的动物力量背后
The secret behind the incredible diversity of life on earth,
隐藏着的秘密
and the most extraordinary animal powers.
你认为自己了解大自然?
If you think you know nature,
再想想看
think again.