如果你在自问你是谁 If you're wondering who you are...
你并不孤独 you're not alone.
你不是猴子它叔 You're no monkey's uncle.
但你非常奇特 But you are rather peculiar.
你来自哪里? 你的祖先是谁? Where did you come from and who were your ancestors?
不对 Nope.
再猜 Guess again.
答对了 That's right.
关于狐猴的故事要从六千万年前说起 The story of lemurs begins over 60 million years ago.
回到恐龙的时代 Back in the time of the dinosaurs.
猴子 猩猩 或者人类还要很久以后才会出现 Long before monkeys, apes, or humans ever existed.
狐猴是小型的夜行动物 Lemurs were small nocturnal creatures
恐龙在行星撞地球中灭亡, 狐猴却幸存了下来 and survived the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.
他们原本生活在非洲... - They were living in Africa...
...后来一场巨型的风暴把一片树木吹进了海里 ...when a massive storm blew a tangled raft of trees out to sea...
让小狐猴的一家开始了激动人心的探索之旅... and turned a family of tiny lemurs...
地球生物发展史上其中一场最棒的探索 into some of the greatest explorers in the history of life on Earth.
解说: 摩根·弗里曼
马达加斯加：狐猴之岛
狐猴一家登上了马达加斯加 The lemurs landed on Madagascar.
一个与世隔绝的荒芜海岛 A vast island isolated from the rest of the world.
在几百万年的时间里, 这里连鸟都没有, 更别说其他哺乳动物 For millions of years, there were no other mammals, or even birds.
没有了天敌... With no predators to fear...
狐猴在大白天也敢横行了 lemurs emerged into the daylight.
日月如梭 牠们进化出了各种体形和大小 And over time they evolved into a wild variety of new shapes and sizes.
牠们的祖先在非洲大陆早已灭绝 Their ancestors went extinct in Africa.
但在马达加斯加 狐猴们却猴丁兴旺... But in Madagascar, lemurs thrived...
成了牠们美好新天地的统治者 and became the rulers of their glorious new world.
狐猴是今天还活着的最古老的灵长类动物 Lemurs are the most ancient primate alive today.
而马达加斯加是牠们生活在地球上唯一的家园 And Madagascar is the only place on Earth where they live.
对一个寻找保护我们地球丰富的生物多样性的科学家来说.... For a scientist seeking to preserve our planet's rich biodiversity...
马达加斯加就是《金银岛》 Madagascar is Treasure Island.
灵长类动物学家帕翠莎.怀特博士来自纽约石溪大学 Dr. Patricia Wright is a primatologist from New York's Stony Brook University.
在寻找稀有而擅长隐蔽的狐猴方面 她是专家 She's an expert in finding rare and elusive lemurs.
年轻时的一次马达加斯加之旅 改变了她 一个初出茅庐的科学家 的命运 As a young scientist, her destiny was changed by a journey to Madagascar.
那时候 环境正发生巨变 Back then, the country was changing fast.
狐猴的好日子渐渐到头了 And the lemurs' good luck was running out.
我第一次来马达加斯加是为了解开一个谜团... I first came to Madagascar to solve a mystery...
和一种我们担心可能已经绝种的狐猴有关 about a lemur that we feared had gone extinct.
我的任务是找到牠 My mission was to find it.
大竹狐猴一度遍布整个马达加斯加 The greater bamboo lemur once lived throughout Madagascar...
但已经50多年没人见过了 but hadn't been seen in 50 years.
我找了好几个月 一只也没见到 I searched for months and never saw a single one.
在几乎就要放弃的时候 我去到了Ranomafana I had almost given up, when I got to Ranomafana.
然后在一个早上... Then one morning...
牠就在那儿 there he was.
活的 Alive.
正在吃着牠的大餐: Feasting on his favorite treat:
鲜嫩的脆竹笋 Crunchy, young bamboo shoots.
基于她的发现... After her discovery...
帕翠莎推动建立了国家公园以拯救将这片雨林 Patricia helped save this rain forest as a national park.
她致力于保护马达加斯加的原野... And she devoted her life to protecting the wild places of Madagascar...
和以之为家的各种动物 and all the animals that call it home.
狐猴(lemur)一词的意思是"流浪的精灵" The word lemur means "wandering spirit."
而这片森林里的狐猴有着与众不同的事情 And there is something otherworldly about the lemurs of this forest.
这些狐猴是马达加斯加的神兽 These lemurs are sacred in Madagascar.
传说森林里住着两兄弟 There is a legend about two brothers who lived in the forest.
一只跑掉变成了第一个人类 One ran off and became the first human.
另一只留下来 变成了... The other stayed and became...
一只大狐猴 an indri.
曾经有狐猴的体形和猩猩一样大 There were once lemurs as big as gorillas.
但是在几百年前牠们被捕杀殆尽 But those were hunted to extinction just a few hundred years ago.
大狐猴是遗留下来最大的狐猴 Indri are the largest lemurs that remain.
大狐猴以小家庭为单位 有着他们自己的领地 Indri live in small family groups that have their own territories.
他们通过对歌来交换消息 They trade news with each other by singing haunting duets.
每位家庭成员都是一个声部... Each family member adds their part...
...大合唱直穿森林深处 ...to a chorus that travels deep into the forest.
曾经 大狐猴的歌声在东部雨林中嘹亮回响 The song of indri once echoed loudly across the eastern rain forest...
但现在已经余音渐息 but now it's fading away.
笼中的大狐猴无一存活 No indri has ever survived in captivity.
想见到牠们 只有来这里... You can only meet one here...
...在马达加斯加 ...in Madagascar.
拉努马法纳位于古老的雨林边缘... The town of Ranomafana is on the edge of the ancient rainforest...
在那我发现了大竹狐猴 where I found the greater bamboo lemurs.
(法语) (WRIGHT SPEAKING IN FRENCH)
周围的村民都从国家公园里获益 The people in the surrounding villages benefit from the park.
但他们仍然依赖这片土地为生 But they still rely on the land to survive.
啊 Aah!
在成为科学家之前 我是一名布鲁克林的社工 Before I was a scientist, I was a social worker in Brooklyn.
解决问题是我的本性 It's my nature to solve problems.
而在马达加斯加, 人类和狐猴有着同样的问题: And in Madagascar, humans and lemurs have the same problem:
他们都需要资源 而资源却是有限的 Limited resources that they both need.
地球上有些地方很晚才有人类定居 马达加斯加是其中一个 Madagascar was one of the last places on Earth settled by humans.
他们带来了一种小黄牛 叫做瘤牛 They brought a small breed of cattle called zebu...
需要开阔的土地来放牧 that need open space for grazing.
两千多年前他们来到这里 Since their arrival 2000 years ago...
迄今已经烧毁了马达加斯加90%以上的森林 people have burned down over 90 percent of Madagascar's forests...
以清出地方来放牧和种植 to clear land for grazing and farming.
每年旱季 Every dry season...
整个岛上烧起千百个火点 thousands of fires still burn across the island.
火在田野中被点燃, 但火势失去控制 The fires are set in fields, but grow out of control...
一直烧到狐猴栖息的森林中 and spread to the forests where lemurs live.
那是对马达加斯加野生动物的最大威胁 It's the biggest threat to wildlife in Madagascar.
很多狐猴品种随着森林的消失而萎缩 Many lemur species are dwindling as their forests disappear.
但是有种聪明的狐猴因为具备适应变化的能力 But one crafty lemur has bet its survival...
而幸存下来 on the ability to adapt to changing conditions.
在大火烧不到的地方 Beyond the reach of fire...
环尾狐猴找到了他们绝佳的藏身之所 gangs of ring-tailed lemurs have found their perfect hideout.
环尾狐猴以大家庭群居 Ring-tails live in groups of extended families.
很容易就能观察到其中一件让所有狐猴都和其他灵长类动物不一样的事情 And it's easy to observe one of the things that makes all lemurs special among primates.
雌猴当家 The females are in charge.
去哪儿 吃啥 都由大姐大说了算 The alpha female decides where they go and what they eat.
这群的首领折了只手 This troop's leader is hobbled by a broken hand...
但她的老大地位不受影响 but that doesn't affect her position at the top.
即便是最小的雌猴 Even the smallest female...
也都支配着全部雄猴 is dominant over every male.
雌猴从母亲处继承权力 Females inherit their power from their mother.
她们通过经验和姿态来保持权威 They keep it through experience and attitude.
环尾狐猴在马达加斯加的分布曾经非常宽广 Ring-tails once covered much wider territory in Madagascar.
但随着人类的扩张, 环尾狐猴 But as humans spread out, the ring-tails...
退缩进了天然要塞的缝隙之中 retreated into the cracks of this natural fortress.
就像是狐猴中的绿林大盗 Like lemur outlaws...
他们生活在文明的边缘 对下面的农田发起偷袭 they live on the edge of civilization and launch raids on the farms below.
到了晚上, 白天的争吵都忘掉了 At night, the day's squabbles are forgotten.
环尾狐猴们互相捉食 抱成一团睡觉 The ring-tailed family grooms each other and sleeps cuddled up in one big lemur ball.
他们因粘在一起而存活 They survive by sticking together.
帕翠莎在马达加斯加的总部是瓦尔比奥中心
一个位于拉努马法纳国家公园边缘的最先进的研究所 a state-of-the-art research station perched on the edge of Ranomafana National Park.
15种狐猴的家 Home to 15 kinds of lemurs.
她正在这里培训新一代的 It's here that she's training a new generation...
西方和马尔加什科学家 of Western and Malagasy scientists...
为狐猴们建造未来 to build a future for the lemurs.
马达加斯加几乎所有的植物和动物都是独一无二的 Almost all the plants and animals in Madagascar are endemic...
在地球上任何其他地方都无法找到 and exist nowhere else on Earth.
我们对他们的复杂关系了解越多 The more we learn about their intricate relationships...
就越能保护好森林 并最终使之扩大 the more we can do to protect the forest and eventually to expand it.
对狐猴来说 所有这些科学家看起来全都无比神密 To the lemurs, all this science can seem awfully mysterious.
每个晚上, 赫曼和维克特都在瓦尔比奥周围的森林里布设陷阱 Each night, Herman and Victor set traps in the forest around ValBio...
用于捕捉世界上最小的灵长类动物 to catch the smallest primate in the world.
对这些倭狐猴来说 就像被外星人绑架了一样 To these mouse lemurs, it's like being abducted by aliens.
牠们被带到一个奇怪的实验室接受扫描和探测 They're taken to a strange laboratory and scanned, probed...
被巨型生物分析 and analyzed by giant creatures.
牠们可能不大 但倭狐猴却是凶狠的捕猎者 They may be small, but mouse lemurs are fierce predators...
让整个银河系的昆虫和青蛙都闻风丧胆 that strike terror into insects and frogs across the galaxy.
几小时后, 倭狐猴被放归森林 After a few hours, the mouse lemurs are released...
回到牠们的窝 讲述逃离这个世界的故事 and head home to their nests with an out of this world story to tell.
我无比享受在森林里和狐猴独处的时光 I'm happiest when I'm alone in the forest with lemurs.
狐猴的样子非常安定 Lemurs have a very calm presence.
大竹狐猴在我心里有着特殊的地位 The greater bamboo lemur has a special place in my heart.
牠们不是最出名的狐猴, 而且也不是最漂亮的... They're not the most famous lemur, and they're not the most beautiful...
...但牠们顽皮的魔力让我一见着迷 ...but they have this mischievous charm that I just fell in love with.
牠们的数量曾经超过千万, 但现在却极度濒危 There were once millions of them, but now they're extremely endangered.
这是生活在保护区里仅存的两只 These two are the only ones living in a protected forest.
两年前母亲消失后就只剩下牠们父女两个 This father and his daughter have been all alone for two years since mom disappeared.
为了让种族生存, 我现在必须要帮助这个家庭 For the species to survive, I have to help this family now.
他们需要来自公园外面的新同伴 They need new mates from outside the park.
而我要扮演的就是狐猴媒人的角色 And I'll have to play lemur matchmaker.
在整个马达加斯加, 当地的科学家们 All over Madagascar, the country's own scientists...
也在努力工作保护狐猴 are also working hard to protect the lemurs.
汉塔博士在荆棘林中工作 Dr. Hanta Rasamimanana works in the spiny forest.
一处奇异的大戟屬植物 还有带刺的仙人掌一样的树 A bizarre habitat of euphorbias and prickly cactus-like trees.
她是名普查员, 在寻找她最喜欢的狐猴... She's a census taker, on the lookout for her favorite lemur...
冕狐猴 the sifaka.
冕狐猴的好奇心很大 Sifaka are so curious.
当牠们发现我在记笔记时, 牠们跑下来研究我 When they see me taking notes, they come down to study me.
好像牠们才是灵长类动物学家 It's like they are the primatologists.
冕狐猴不喝水 Sifaka don't drink water.
牠们通过水果和植物刺间的小叶片 They get all the moisture they need from fruits...
来获得所需的全部水份 and the little leaves between the spines of plants.
我跟随牠们已经20多年了 牠们依然让我着迷 I've followed them for 20 years and they still amaze me.
我教我的学生说 狐猴是马达加斯加活的宝藏 I teach my students that lemurs are Madagascar's living treasure.
而冕狐猴的最惊人之处在于 But what's most amazing about the sifaka...
牠们的舞蹈 is how they dance.
经过数月的寻找 After months of searching...
帕翠莎的团队终于发现了一群新的大竹狐猴 Patricia's team finally found a new group of greater bamboo lemurs...
用来为国家公园里的家庭提供新的同伴 to provide mates for the family in the national park.
牠们的栖息地很可怕, 我的意思是, 非常糟糕 Their habitat is awful, I mean, very degraded.
我放心了 真的放心了 谢天谢地 I am so relieved. I'm really relieved. I mean, my goodness...
我们跟踪那些动物很长时间了 we have been chasing those animals for a long time.
今天我们必须抓到牠们 We have to catch them today.
当我们接触到狐猴时, 大火正在森林里燃烧... When we reached the lemurs, fires were burning throughout the forest...
我希望我们没来得太晚 and I hoped we weren't too late.
他们捕捉得正是时候 They captured them just in time.
但又一片森林消失了 But another piece of forest is gone.
看看她有没有奶, 或者是不是怀孕了 See if she has milk, or if she's pregnant.
回到瓦尔比奥 Back at ValBio...
获救的狐猴被注射了镇静剂并接受检查 the rescued lemurs are sedated and examined...
以确认牠们没长寄生虫 没有得病 to make sure they are free from parasites and disease.
尖牙有磨损 还好 The canine has tooth wear. Okay.
新狐猴戴上了无线电颈圈 The new lemurs wear radio collars...
这样科学家们就能轻易监控牠们的行踪了 so scientists can easily monitor their progress.
我研究这些动物这么久 I've studied these animals for so long...
但还是第一次抱一只在怀里 but this is the first time I've ever held one in my arms.
你真的好漂亮 You're really beautiful.
嗯 Mm.
真棒 So amazing.
我还以为你们已经灭绝了 I thought you guys were extinct. Yeah.
那得是多大的遗憾 What a shame that would be.
多漂亮的动物 Such beautiful animals.
但今后你们就住在国家公园里了 But now you're going to be in the national park. Yeah.
很快, 帕翠莎把获救的狐猴... Soon after, Patricia brings the rescued lemurs...
带到了雨林中的一个笼子里 to an enclosure in the rain forest...
这样在见到其他狐猴之前, 牠们可以先熟悉好环境 so they can get used to the environment before meeting the residents.
太多东西属于孤注一掷 So much was at stake.
连我也不知道能期望什么 But even I didn't know what to expect.
牠们会相爱么? Would they fall in love?
会不会打起来? Would they fight?
会不会连找都找不到对方? Would they even find each other?
第二天, 父亲和女儿发现了笼子... The next day, the father and daughter discover the cage...
明白牠们从此再不孤单了 and realize they are no longer alone.
我并不期望马上就有真爱 I didn't expect true love right away.
牠们必须先互相了解 They have to get to know each other.
但这看起来像是一段美好情谊的开始 But this seems like the start of a beautiful friendship.
如果一切顺利, 明年公园里就会有宝宝了 If all goes well, next year we'll have babies in the park.
我们就是以这种方式来拯救狐猴 That's how we're going to save these lemurs.
每次一代 One generation at a time.
在整个马达加斯加, 狐猴的生存之战正如逆水行舟 Across Madagascar, lemurs have an uphill battle to survive.
但情况正在朝着有利于牠们的方向发展 But momentum is shifting in their favor.
一些村民已经开始灭火 Some villagers have begun to fight fires...
而不仅仅是点火 not just start them.
还要感谢和汉塔一样的人们... And thanks to people like Hanta...
后辈在向长辈讲述保护意识 kids are teaching their elders about conservation.
学习避免祖先犯过的错误 And learning to avoid the mistakes of their ancestors.
狐猴因逃难而来到马达加斯加 Lemurs came to Madagascar as castaways.
牠们史诗般的探险已经延续六千万年 Their epic adventure has lasted for 60 million years.
命运把狐猴带到了马达加斯加 Fate brought the lemurs to Madagascar.
但为了更长久的生存, 牠们需要的不仅仅是运气 But they'll need more than luck to survive much longer.
牠们需要帮助 They'll need help.
你好 Hello.
你好吗? 你在上面没事吧? How are you? Are you doing okay up there?
我对狐猴了解得越多就爱得越多 The more I get to know lemurs, the more I love them.
我想和全世界一起分享这些不可思议的动物 And I want to share these incredible animals with the world.
狐猴有着奇迹般的故事 Lemurs have a miraculous story.
现在要靠我们让它继续 Now it's up to us to keep it alive.
无论如何 After all...
永不终结的故事才是自然界最美好的故事 the best stories in nature are the ones that never end.