与恐龙同行（2025）

For T Rex
地狱翼龙只是一道开胃菜
a light snack.
而对克洛弗来说
For Clover
这绝对是一场可怕的遭遇
a terrifying first encounter.
但这绝不是最后一次
And it won't be her last.
拉腊米迪亚古陆
Up to 20, 000 T Rex
生活着多达20000只霸王龙
roam Laramidia.
要想生存下来
To survive
克洛弗必须尽快
Clover needs protection
得到庇护
and fast.
准备好了吗
You ready?
好了
Ready.
为了寻找更多线索
In the search for more clues
埃里克和演化生态学家约翰·克尼普
Eric and evolutionary ecologist John Kern ipe
准备深入荒野腹地
are heading deeper into the wilderness.
你不是问过我遇蛇的经历嘛
So you asked me about snakes earlier.
是的
Oh yeah.
悬崖底部就有一条小响尾蛇
There's just a baby rattler in the bottom there.
他们想知道除了克洛弗
They want to understand
这片森林中还生活着哪些恐龙
who was sharing the forest with Clover.
好的 我准备好了
Alright, I'm ready when you are.
他们很快就从地面上发现了证据
It's obvious from the evidence on the ground.
这里有一些暴露在外的化石
A bit of bone here coming out.
克洛弗生活的地区有很多恐龙
That Clover's world was teaming with other dinosaurs.
这儿有更大的碎骨 都碎了
Some bigger pieces. Pretty busted up.
这个断面还算完整
That's got a bit more surface.
而发现最多的是一个他们非常熟悉的物种
One familiar species is turning up more than any other.
大部分都是三角龙化石
Most of them belong to Triceratops.
这个地区曾被三角龙统治着
Triceratops, once dominated this area.
由于在空气中暴露了太久
They've been sitting on the surface a really long time.
已经严重风化了
They're pretty weathered.
一块化石揭示了三角龙在此鼎盛的原因
One fossil shows why Triceratops was so successful.
好像是一个巨大的眉角
It's like a big brow horn.
天哪 已经断开了
Oh man, it's a bit busted up.
从眉角化石上能清晰看到血管的脉络
You can still see where all the blood vessels would be even on the horn.
是的
Yeah.
这只三角龙的眉角应该超过一米长
In life this horn would have been over a metre long
长在近两米宽的骨质颈盾前方
and behind it a protective bony shield almost two metres wide.
这简直是专为抵御
Here was a creature seemingly custom built
大型掠食者进攻的完美身体结构
for fighting off large predators.
面对摇晃的巨角和颈盾
Got these big horns on the front of your face, wave them around
想要攻击的霸王龙会权衡利弊
and may be make a T Rex think twice before attacking ya.
凭借强大的防御能力
Triceratops formidable defences
三角龙成为白垩纪晚期最兴旺的恐龙之一
made it one of the most successful dinosaur species of it's day.
这也意味着成年三角龙
Meaning an adult Triceratops
可以为克洛弗提供庇护
would be the perfect protector for Clover.
这只年迈的雄性三角龙
This old bull
是一位理想的保护者
will do nicely.
但问题是
But there's a problem.
它并不想让一个麻烦的小家伙跟着自己
Who needs a troublesome youngster following you around?
太阳要落山了
As another day ends,
克洛弗仍然无依无靠
Clover is still alone.
夜幕即将降临
And darkness is setting in.
通过研究克洛弗的化石
Eric thinks Clover may have had good reason
埃里克认为它可能非常害怕黑暗
to fear the night time most of all.
在营地里
Back at base camp,
埃里克扫描了霸王龙的头骨化石
he uses a scan of a T Rex skull
并打印出这种
to print a 3D model
可怕猎手的颅腔三维模型
of the killers brain cavity.
这就是霸王龙的颅内模型
This is the endocast of a T Rex.
对头部长度约为1.5米的动物来说
For an animal that has a head a metre and a half long,
它的大脑并不算大
not a real big brain,
恐龙当然不会做微积分
a dinosaur's not doing calculus
但已足够它成为顶级猎食者
but was enough to do the animal needed to do, was very successful.
没错 它只需要信息处理能力
Right, it just needs to process the information.
它能获取大量感官信♥号♥♥
It's got a lot of sensory input.
虽然体积小于人脑
Though small compared to a human's,
但是霸王龙的大脑结构非常适合捕猎
this brain is fine tuned for hunting.
霸王龙大脑前端的嗅球非常大
We got these really big olfactory bulbs in the front.
是用来嗅闻气味的
That's, that's for smell.
嗅闻气味 没错
That's for smell, yeah.
霸王龙可能拥有所有恐龙中最灵敏的嗅觉
T Rex probably had one of the most sensitive noses of any dinosaur.
或许能嗅到浓度低至百万分级的微弱气味
It's probably picking up on miniscule parts per million.
而且这种可怕猎手
And it wasn't just the killers sense of smell
并不只拥有强大的嗅觉
that was super charged.
大脑中间部分应该是视觉处理区
Here in the middle would be the part of the brain that controls vision.
霸王龙的眼睛很大
T Rex does really big eyes,
就像猫头鹰的眼睛一样
just like an owl,
拥有极强的夜视能力
they take in a lot of light.
凭借这些强大的感官
These incredible senses
霸王龙成为了致命的夜间猎手
likely made T Rex a lethal nocturnal hunter.
在夜间
As darkness descends,
霸王龙开始了行动
it's time to begin the hunt.
很快它就锁定了一种气味
Locking on to a telltale scent.
猎物似乎就在附近
It seems that supper is nearby.
尽管大部分动物已寻得安全之地入睡
Whilst most creatures have sought safe places to sleep,
但克洛弗仍在游荡
Clover is awake,
它每年必须摄入一吨♥的食物
she must bulk up by a tonne each year
才能满足成长的需要
to reach full size
所以克洛弗经常在夜间觅食
so feeds often through the night.
克洛弗在黑暗中并不显眼
In the darkness, she seems little.
但霸王龙却能将它看得一清二楚
But T Rex sees her perfectly.
克洛弗凭借体形优势逃过一劫
Saved by her size.
克洛弗似乎非常走运
Luck seems to be on Clover's side.
在与霸王龙的遭遇中它幸存了下来
She survived a close encounter with T Rex.
不远处响起了熟悉的声音
And from the sound of things
克洛弗或许能找到一个盟友
a new allie may be close at hand.
为了寻找更多巨兽
In the search for more giants,
发掘团队
the team is putting to the test
准备使用最先进的化石搜寻技术
the very latest fossil hunting techniques.
借助21世纪的技术
A 66 million year old treasure hunt
探寻6600万年前的"宝藏"
using 21st century technology.
如果能在空中俯瞰恶地
If we fly out towards those Badlands
可能会有大发现
that would be a great spot.
陀螺仪系统稳定
The gyros stabilise.
与埃里克一起搜寻的是
Eric's teamed up
古生物学家托马斯·凯
with palaeontologists Thomas Kay...
收放起落架
Going for arm.
以及迈克尔·皮特曼博士
and Doctor Michael Pitman.
准备起飞
Ready to launch.
他们的原型激光无人机
Their prototype laser drone
能利用紫外线扫描地面
scans the ground with UV light
搜寻远古化石中的矿物质发出的荧光
searching for the telltale glow of minerals within ancient fossils.
并构建出史前遗骸的"藏宝图"
To create a treasure map of prehistoric remains.
可以看到这里有一些亮点
See here we've got some specs
可能有网球那么大
may be the size of a tennis ball.
非常有趣 不过我们想找更大的
Interesting but you know we want the big stuff.
这项技术还处于早期阶段
It's early days for the technology
仍有一定的局限性
and it has limitations.
不过他们发现了一个
But one spot on the ground...
啊 看啊
Bang, look at that.
非常明亮的区域
is glowing brightly.
应该是一块巨大的化石
So that must be a really big piece.
是的 非常大
Yeah, that's big.
黎明时分
As dawn breaks,
埃里克和尼基准备前往恶地
Eric and Nicky head into the Badlands
一探究竟
to see this enormous fossil.
它可真大啊
Look, how big it is.
这是一只巨大恐龙的小腿化石
It's the lower leg bone of a truly colossal dinosaur.
应该在空气中暴露了很长一段时间
Seems to have been sitting out on the surface for quite some time.
真是根大骨头