在南美洲的顶端 NARRATOR: At the tip of South America,
横跨智利和阿根廷 spanning Chile and Argentina,
位于一个遥远而冰冷的领域 lies a remote and frozen domain.
它被称为巴塔哥尼亚 It's known as Patagonia.
一千七百万年前 17 million years ago,
构造板块的碰撞 the clash of tectonic plates...
皱巴巴的 风景。 creased and buckled the landscape.
巨大的冰川塑造了它 Vast glaciers shaped it
一个独一无二的伊甸园 into an Eden like no other.
因距离遥远而与世隔绝... Isolated by sheer distance...
并及时保存下来 and preserved in time.
适应性和弹性 生物.. Adaptable and resilient creatures...
GRUNTING
旁白: ...进化独特 NARRATOR: ...evolved unique
生存策略... survival strategies...
SQUAWKING
旁白: ...繁荣昌盛 NARRATOR: ...to flourish
穿过它非凡的栖息地。 across its remarkable habitats.
从陡峭的 山区城堡. From precipitous mountain citadels...
和冰冷的沙漠高原 and icy desert plateaus...
狂风肆虐的草原高地 windswept steppe uplands...
通过远程， 原始森林.. through remote, primal forests...
冰川峡谷的马赛克。 to a mosaic of glacial valleys.
在这里茁壮成长 To thrive here
就是尽可能的极端 就像土地本身一样 is to be as extreme as the land itself.
地球上仍然有地方 There are still places on Earth
保持原始状态 that remain pristine.
野生动物繁盛的地方 Where wildlife flourishes.
这些是最后的区域 那可以叫做 These are the last regions that could be called...
伊甸园 Eden.
我们的旅程从高处开始 在安第斯山脉。 Our journey begins high in the Andean mountains.
将近9000公里 参差不齐的山峰. Almost 5,000 miles of jagged peaks...
延伸巴塔哥尼亚的长度， extend the length of Patagonia,
他们的影响力 塑造生命本身 where their influence shapes life itself...
在这个遥控器里 和神秘的土地 in this remote and mysterious land.
在巴塔哥尼亚北部， 在安第斯山的阴影下 North of Patagonia, in the shadow of the Andes,
是世界上最干燥的地方之一， 最不适宜居住 lies one of the driest, most inhospitable
地球上的沙漠 deserts on earth...
阿塔卡马。 Atacama.
将近10万平方公里 Almost 40,000 square miles.
这里有些地方 没有降雨记录 There are places here with no recorded rainfall
五百年后 in 500 years.
大约5000米高... Around 16,000 feet up...
紫外线辐射 是如此强烈 the ultraviolet radiation is so intense...
它会灼伤人的皮肤 分钟内 it can burn human skin in minutes.
然而对一些人来说 Yet for some,
这是天堂 this is paradise.
SQUAWKING
旁白:每年春天，从as 远在巴塔哥尼亚南部， NARRATOR: Every spring, from as far away as southern Patagonia,
3200公里外 2,000 miles away,
成千上万的火烈鸟聚集在一起 thousands of flamingos gather.
降落在浅水泻湖 Descending on shallow lagoons,
他们以此为生 巨大的藻华 they feed on vast algal blooms...
以及多产的盐水虾 在这里蓬勃发展. and the prolific brine shrimp that flourish here...
鸟类从中继承 它们火红的颜色 from which the birds inherit their fiery coloring.
小有帮助 你需要吸引一个伴侣 Every little helps when you need to attract a mate
在一群相似的人中。 in a crowd of lookalikes.
22周后 22 weeks later,
这个湖是一个托儿所 对于成千上万的小鸡来说 the lake is a nursery for thousands of chicks.
为了安全起见， 他们一起呆在托儿所 For safety, they stick together in creches.
CHIRPING
Culpeo狐狸在岸边巡逻 NARRATOR: Culpeo foxes patrol the shore...
所以跟上是值得的 so it pays to keep up.
警惕的守护者 就在手边. Watchful guardians are on hand...
牧羊人 饥饿的年轻人 shepherding the hungry youngsters
去最富饶的觅食地 to the richest feeding grounds.
他们只有三个月的时间 They have just three months
吃虾长胖... to fatten up on shrimp...
增强飞翔的力量... and build the strength to fly...
CHIRPING
旁白: ...在冬天来临之前 NARRATOR: ...before the onset of winter.
到了四月，夜间温度 By April, nightly temperatures
降到-5摄氏度 冰点以下。 fall to 22 degrees below freezing.
黎明时分，湖面上 At dawn, the surface of the lake
冷冻是固体吗... is frozen solid...
WHIMPERING
旁白:...切断 食物供应. NARRATOR: ...cutting off the food supply...
囚禁雏鸟 and imprisoning the fledglings.
只有成年人才有力量 打破他们的束缚... Only adults have the strength to break their bonds...
让他们逃脱 and make good their escape.
甚至当湖 开始解冻 Even as the lake begins to thaw...
盐和冰的枷锁 shackles of salt and ice
继续称重 小鸡下来了 continue to weigh the chicks down.
CHIRPING
旁白:每一天 更深的冬天 NARRATOR: And with every day deeper into winter...
寒冷和缺乏食物 付出代价 cold and lack of food take a toll.
而是一阵季节性的风 带来了希望 But a breath of seasonal wind offers hope.
CHIRPS
旁白: 获得力量. NARRATOR: Gaining strength...
它提供了足够的升力... it provides just enough lift...
为了最后一次自由的机会 for a last chance at liberty.
#振奋人心的古典音乐 (演奏等的)表现，风格；(乐曲)演奏 # UPLIFTING CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING
旁白:交易他们的财富 苗圃喂养场... NARRATOR: Trading their rich nursery feeding grounds...
对于南部低地来说 for the southern lowlands,
他们会找到避难所 摆脱冬天的束缚。 they'll find refuge from the grip of winter.
WIND BLOWING
旁白:作为安第斯山脉 向南延伸到巴塔哥尼亚.. NARRATOR: As the Andes runs south into Patagonia...
它最高的山峰高耸入云 4000米或更高。 its tallest peaks tower 13,000 feet or more.
尽管条件非常恶劣 Despite the extreme conditions,
一些生物找到了避难所 some creatures find sanctuary
在这个偏远的山区避难所 全年无休。 in this remote mountain refuge year round.
从洞穴中出现 捕捉第一缕阳光... Emerging from its burrow to catch the first rays...
维斯卡查 the viscacha.
这些成员 龙猫家族的成员 These members of the chinchilla family
是坚强的山地专家 are hardy mountain specialists.
在这上面， Way up here,
日光浴更能救命 比奢侈品... sunbathing is more lifesaver than luxury...
提高他们的体温 raising their body temperatures
寒夜过后。 after the chill of night.
寒夜过后。 But snoozing in the sun...
可能是一种危险的消遣。 can be a perilous pastime.
可能是一种危险的消遣。 On the prowl...
一只安第斯猫 an Andean cat.
这些亲密的图像 是第一个被拍摄下来的 These intimate images are the first ever filmed
南美洲的 最稀有的猫科动物 of South America's rarest feline species,
数量在一千或更少 numbering a thousand or less.
两倍大小 他的近亲 Twice the size of his domestic cousins,
他被保护免受严寒 he's protected from bitter cold
浓密的皮毛 by dense fur
超过38毫米长 over an inch and half long.
但是猫仍然需要 用作燃料的鲜肉 But a cat still needs fresh meat for fuel.
但是猫仍然需要 用作燃料的鲜肉 Even when dozing,
那双64毫米长的耳朵 those 2.5-inch ears
正在收听 麻烦的迹象。 are tuned in to signs of trouble.
他知道他会得到 又一次机会... He knows he'll get another chance...
超过78平方公里 的领土 in over 30 square miles of territory.
但是随着全球气温 随着气候变化而上升 But as global temperatures rise with climate change,
他寒冷的山区栖息地 正在萎缩... his cold mountain habitat is shrinking...
这只独一无二的猫， and this unique cat,
如此完美的适应 so perfectly adapted,
会过热 在温暖的条件下 would overheat in warmer conditions.
但是现在，安第斯猫 继续享受 But for now, the Andean cat continues to enjoy
它的顶级生活 its top-of-the-world life.
每个黎明，另一个 巴塔哥尼亚的居民 Each dawn, another of Patagonia's residents
在它的山巢中醒来。 awakens in its mountain eyrie.
世界最重的 翱翔的鸟. The world's heaviest soaring bird...
安第斯秃鹰 the Andean condor.
将近27斤重， At almost 30 pounds,
这只六个月大的幼龙 this six-month-old juvenile
已经达到了 他的体重极限。 has already reached his weight limit.
天一亮就发射 Launching at first light
可能意味着冒险 紧急着陆.. could mean risking a crash landing...
在1200米以下 4,000 feet below.
所以，他的飞行计划 So, his flight plan
就是跟随 经验越丰富的成年人 is to follow the more experienced adults.
耐心等待 对于热气流 Waiting patiently for thermals...
随着...而上升 不断增强的太阳 that rise with the strengthening sun.
拔下的羽毛让它们知道 A plucked feather lets them know
何时可以安全飞行 when it's safe to fly.
如果它浮上来 If it floats up,
他们可以起飞了 they're clear for take-off.
现在是一个有信心的年轻人 And now a youngster can have confidence
在他的信仰飞跃中 in his leap of faith.
在3米长的翅膀上 On ten-foot wings,
秃鹰在翱翔 the condors soar.
毫不费力地滑行 Effortlessly gliding
一天超过500公里 寻找食物 over 300 miles a day in search of food...
穿过高原 在安第斯山脉的东面 across the high plateau to the east of the Andes
被称为大草原。 known as the steppe.
在雨中 在群山中 In the rain shadow of the mountains,
降水在很大程度上受阻 在高高的山峰旁 precipitation is largely blocked by the high peaks.
所以在这寒冷的沙漠中， So in this wintry desert,
只有草和灌木 能生根发芽。 only grass and shrub can take root.
然而这已经足够了 And yet it's more than enough
对于最大的野生食草动物来说 在巴塔哥尼亚草原上. for the largest wild herbivore on the Patagonian steppe...
瓜纳可河。 the guanaco.
SNORTS
旁白: 骆驼的近亲 NARRATOR: A relative of the camel,
它们可以获得所有的水分 他们需要放牧 they can gain all the moisture they need from grazing.
穿着大衣 双层绝缘的 Kitted out in coats of double-layered insulation...
WIND BLOWING
旁白: ...它们经受住了极地风.. NARRATOR: ...they withstand polar winds...
呼啸而过 开阔的草原 that howl across the open steppe.
为了安全起见， 它们聚集成大群 For safety, they gather in large herds.
这些草原在觅食 These grasslands are prowled...
在美洲狮旁边 by the puma.
HISSES
旁白: 体重270斤 NARRATOR: At 300 pounds,
一只成年瓜纳哥 是她的三倍大 an adult guanaco is three times her size.
踢一脚可能会离开她 受了重伤。 A kick could leave her badly wounded.
WIND BLOWING
旁白: 有这么多眼睛盯着 NARRATOR: With so many eyes keeping watch
这么小的封面 and such little cover...
美洲狮必须使用 土地的形状 pumas must use the shape of the land
对他们有利 to their advantage.
顺风接近 Approaching downwind
拉近距离 到9米。 to close the distance to 30 feet.
风向的改变 A change in wind direction...
HISSES
GUANACOS SCREECHING
旁白: ...她的身份暴露了 NARRATOR: ...and her cover is blown.
GRUNTING
旁白:但是这是 坚韧的猎人。 NARRATOR: But this is a resilient hunter.
跟踪猎物 长达五个小时 Stalking prey for up to five hours...
可能比任何时候都长 孤独的猫 possibly longer than any of the solitary cats.
终于进入射程了， 她开始行动了 Finally within range, she makes her move.
GUANACO SCREAMS
旁白:这次杀戮 会喂她四天 NARRATOR: This kill will feed her for four days.
穿过大草原，任何残骸 很快成为目标 Across the steppe, any remains are quickly targeted...
通过天空中的眼睛 by the eye in the sky...
秃鹰。 the condor.
FLIES BUZZING
旁白: 首先到达现场的 NARRATOR: First on the scene,
年轻的雄性获得了他的战利品 the young male claims his prize.
FLIES BUZZING
旁白:无视他的小 0.6米高的表弟 NARRATOR: Ignoring his smaller two-foot-tall cousin,
一只黑色秃鹫 a black vulture,
他钻进被窝， 知道他活不了多久了。 he tucks in, knowing he won't have long.
从4500米的高度 From a height of 15,000 feet,
其他秃鹰 可以找到一具尸体 other condors can locate a carcass
从6.5公里之外 from over four miles away.
下一个到达的是一只成年雄性 Next to arrive, an adult male.
HISSES
旁白: 几乎有1.2米高 NARRATOR: Standing almost four feet tall,
戴着他自己的王冠 adorned with his very own crown.
SQUAWKS
旁白:秃鹰坚持 严格的食物等级制度 NARRATOR: Condors adhere to a strict feeding hierarchy.
年轻人呢 在底部 And the youngster is at the bottom
等级制度 of the pecking order.
只有当他成熟的时候 再过五年左右 Only when he reaches maturity in just another five or so years
他会加入贵族吗 在最上面的桌子上 will he join the grandees at the top table.
在那之前， Until then,
他必须等他们 退休进行大扫除 he must wait for them to retire for a clean-up...
HISSES
旁白:...在凑合之前 用剩菜 NARRATOR: ...before making do with leftovers.
WIND BLOWING
旁白:在高原上 在秃鹰之下， NARRATOR: On the plateaus below the condor eyries,
每年春天，冰川融水 every spring, glacial melt water
洼地里的水池 pools in depressions.
水晶湖 暂时转变 Crystal lakes temporarily transform
贫瘠的草原 the barren steppe...
变成天堂 into a paradise
对于巴塔哥尼亚的一个 最珍贵的居民 for one of Patagonia's most precious inhabitants.
BIRDS SQUAWKING
旁白: 几乎濒临灭绝 NARRATOR: Driven almost to extinction
通过入侵物种 by invasive species...
戴兜帽的格雷布 the hooded grebe.
这是他们闪耀的时刻. This is their time to shine...
作为世界人口 超过700人聚集在一起 as the world population of just over 700 gather.
巧合的是 每年大量涌现 Coinciding with the yearly mass-emergence
蜉蝣号。 of mayfly.
这里最吸引人的是 The main attraction here...
是机会... is the chance...
去跳舞 to dance.
唱 SINGS
#播放欢快的音乐 # UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING
旁白: 对于年轻的男性来说 NARRATOR: For a young male,
这是第一次机会 去寻找伴侣 it's the very first opportunity to find a mate.
如果他要 认真对待， If he's going to be taken seriously,
他需要开导 一些拉丁风情 he needs to channel some of the Latin flair
这里展示的是华丽 and flamboyance on show here.
SINGING
#拉丁音乐播放 # LATIN MUSIC PLAYING
旁白: 看起来也不错 NARRATOR: It helps to look good too.
成败在此一举 下一步可能是 The next move could be make or break.
交配或者再等一年 Mate or wait another year.
这些举动肯定是 回头率 These moves are certainly turning heads.
这只雌性喜欢她所看到的 This female likes what she sees.
他们一起站在舞台中央 They take center stage together.
她会在技术上给他打分 She'll score him on technique...
创造力.. creativity...
和性能。 and performance.
最高分被授予 Top marks are awarded
一片水草 叫做洋蓍（师）草 with a frond of waterweed called milfoil...
他尽职尽责地归还了 which he dutifully returns.
在巴塔哥尼亚 In Patagonia,
即使是狂风大作的湖泊 even a blustery lake...
可以设置场景 can set the scene
为了一段辉煌的罗曼史 for a glorious romance...
这给了他们的物种希望 that gives their species hope.
CALLING
而东部高原 巴塔哥尼亚安第斯山脉 While the eastern plateau of the Patagonian Andes
被干燥的草原所定义 is defined by the dry steppe...
巴塔哥尼亚的西部斜坡 Patagonia's western slopes
无法提供 对比度更大。 could not offer greater contrast.
数千年的流动冰川... Millennia of flowing glaciers...
和汹涌的融水洪流.. and raging meltwater torrents...
塑造了一幅风景画 令人眩晕的峡谷 have sculpted a landscape of vertiginous ravines
和孤立的山谷... and isolated valleys...
如此遥远的森林 活化石 so remote that forests of living fossils
唤起恐龙时代的记忆 evoke the days of the dinosaur.
最后一批 地球上的猴子拼图树 The last tracts of monkey puzzle trees on Earth.
雕刻的峡谷 一直延伸到海岸线 Canyons carved as far as the coastline
形成最大的 广阔的峡湾 form one of the most extensive fjordlands
在世界上 in the world.
INSECTS CHIRPING
旁白:沐浴在湿气中 从太平洋席卷而来 NARRATOR: Bathed in moisture swept in from the Pacific Ocean,
丰富，未触及 温带雨林... rich, untouched temperate rainforests...
庇护所多产， 原始生命... shelter prolific, primordial life...
其他地方都没有 found nowhere else.
只有30厘米多高 Just over one foot tall,
普渡人 the pudu,
世界上最小的鹿 the world's smallest deer.
达尔文的鹿角虫 Darwin's stag beetles
用怪物的大颚武装 armed with monster jaws
与对手摔跤 to wrestle opponents.
和世界的 最南边的蜂鸟 And the world's most southerly hummingbird...
绿背火冠 the Green-backed Firecrown,
尽管寒冷也能繁荣. can prosper despite the cold...
由糖驱动 五倍子甘露 powered by sugary quintral nectar.
夜幕降临前， 它必须找到庇护所 Before nightfall, it must find shelter
气温骤降 from plummeting temperatures.
INSECTS BUZZING
旁白: 然而一种动物的好奇心 NARRATOR: Yet one animal curiosity
天黑后冒着严寒 braves the cold after dark.
易缠绕的尾巴 A prehensile tail
和树上杂技... and arboreal acrobatics...
赢得了这个名字 earned it the name
“小山猴”， the 'little mountain monkey',
莫尼托·德尔·蒙特酒店 the monito del monte,
一种古老的有袋动物 an ancient marsupial.
重量不到 两个银元. Weighing less than two silver dollars...
让他活了下来 在薄薄的秋色中 allows him to survive on the slim autumn pickings.
但是个子小 But being small
也让他 易受寒 also makes him vulnerable to cold.
随着夜间气温下降 降到冰点以下 As night temperatures drop to below freezing...
他急需避难所。 he needs shelter fast.
树洞提供了避难所 Tree holes offer refuge...
但是一个空巢 but an empty nest, nuh-uh,
对他没有好处 is no good for him.
这可能行得通。嗯？ This could work. Hmm?
那里没人 No one there.
正是他在寻找的... Just what he's looking for...
公司。 Company.
五个人一组打盹 山地猴子... A group of five snoozing mountain monkeys...
形成一个救命的茧 that form a life-saving cocoon
集体体温 of communal body heat.
莫尼托还有最后一招 A monito has one last trick.
通过降低他的心率 By lowering his heart rate
一分钟三次 to just three beats a minute...
他进入了麻木状态 he enters into torpor,
冬眠 a hibernation
这样可以节约能源 that conserves energy.
他的极端适应 His extreme adaptation...
变成一片冰冷的树林 transforms a chilly wood
享受奢华的生活 into the lap of luxury.
作为巴塔哥尼亚的 温带雨林 As Patagonia's temperate rain forest
下降到海平面.. descends to sea level...
白天的温度 上升到21摄氏度 daytime temperatures rise to 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
如果你的身体 大约50%是脂肪 And if your body is around 50 percent fat...
躲到阴凉处是值得的 it pays to take to the shade.
南方象海豹 The Southern elephant seal.
超过四吨重 At over four tons,
地球上最大的海豹 the largest seal on Earth.
拖出 在这个冰川湾... Hauling out in this glacial bay...
疯狂的 BARKING
旁白:...给他们一个机会 梳理他们的皮毛... NARRATOR: ...gives them a chance to spruce up their fur...
有恢复性蜕皮 with a restorative molt.
在过去， 这使他们变得脆弱。 In the past, this left them vulnerable.
鼻息声 SNORTS
旁白:猎人们珍视 它们的脂肪和肉。 NARRATOR: Hunters prized their blubber and meat.
呼噜的 GRUNTING
旁白:今天， 多亏了严格的保护 NARRATOR: Today, thanks to strict protection,
这是一个70岁的健康群体。 this is a healthy colony of 70.
但是资历 仍有争议 But seniority is still being disputed,
就像任何一群年轻男性一样 as in any group of young males.
吼叫 BELLOWING
旁白:如果威胁咆哮 还不够， NARRATOR: If menacing bellows aren't enough,
瞄准打击 钢化颈部皮革 blows aimed at toughened neck hide
确立谁是谁的老板。 establish who's the boss of who.
呼噜的 GRUNTING
旁白:但是这个成年阿尔法 NARRATOR: But this adult alpha,
凭借他出众的鼻子 with his outstanding nose,
很少注意 给自以为是的人 pays little heed to whippersnappers
只有他一半大 half his size.
傍晚时分 By early evening,
他们激起了食欲 they've worked up an appetite...
所以他们出发了 进入肥沃的水域 so they head out into the fertile waters
为这些巨人提供了 that provide these giants
他们需要的所有食物。 with all the food they need.
这些沿海峡湾 欠他们的生产力... These coastal fjords owe their productivity...
去巴塔哥尼亚广阔的冰原 to Patagonia's vast ice fields.
在南极洲之外 Outside Antarctica,
它们最大 在南半球 they're the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.
自形成以来 在上一个冰河时期 Since forming in the last ice age,
他们有 逐步推进 they have incrementally advanced,
结转 carried forward
5000亿吨的重量 by 5,000 gigatons of weight.
5000亿吨的重量 From mountain to coast...
圣拉斐尔冰川延伸 山谷上方32公里处 San Rafael Glacier extends 20 miles up the valley.
盛夏 是它最活跃的时候 The height of summer is when it's most active.
它30米长的表面断裂了.. Its 100-foot face fractures...
变成冰山 小房子的大小 into icebergs the size of small houses.
它们逐渐融化 They gradually melt away...
解锁商店 火山养分 unlocking the store of volcanic nutrients
从山顶搬运 carried from the mountain tops.
但是现在，由于气候变化 But now, due to climate change,
这是 消失最快的冰川 this is one of the fastest-disappearing glaciers
在地球上 on the planet.
它先前高度的一半 Half its previous height,
它的小腿超过18米 每天都是。 it calves more than 60 feet every day.
释放潜能 肥料过量 Releasing a potential overdose of fertilizer
进入峡湾... into the fjord...
这威胁到 微妙的平衡 that threatens the delicate balance...
这个生态系统的一部分 of this ecosystem.
冰川融水 Glacial melt water...
夹杂着丰富 南极洋流... mingled with rich Antarctic currents...
允许巴塔哥尼亚的 漫长的海岸线 allow Patagonia's extensive coastline...
来维持一些 浓度最高的 to sustain some of the greatest concentrations
地球上的海洋生物。 of marine life on Earth.
海鸟嘎嘎叫着 SEABIRDS SQUAWKING
旁白: 在水中狩猎一天后 NARRATOR: After a day's hunting in waters
盛产鱼和鱿鱼 abounding in fish and squid...
大约两百万 麦哲伦企鹅 around two million Magellanic penguins
回来喂养它们的后代。 return to feed their young.
长途跋涉 内陆1.6公里多. Some trudge over a mile inland...
前往他们的殖民地 heading for their colony.
在蒙特莱昂 In Monte Leon,
87000只企鹅 87,000 penguins
挤进去 5公里的海岸线 crowd into just three miles of coastline.
企鹅鸣笛 PENGUINS HONKING
旁白: 无数的洞穴 NARRATOR: Myriad burrows,
深达1.8米 up to six feet deep,
被挖了 一代又一代的企鹅 have been dug by generations of penguins.
鸣 HONKING
旁白:每个掩体 竞争激烈。 NARRATOR: Each bunker is fiercely contested.
HONKING
旁白: 赌注很高 NARRATOR: The stakes are high.
黑暗带来危险 Darkness brings danger
给那些无处可藏的人 to those with nowhere to hide.
捕获使用 热敏技术. Captured using heat-sensitive technology...
一只雌性美洲狮 a female puma
正在寻找。 is on the hunt.
Equipped with keen night vision...
企鹅鸣笛 PENGUINS HONKING
旁白: ...她穿过了殖民地 NARRATOR: ...she passes through the colony
几乎未被发现 被企鹅吃掉了 virtually undetected by the penguins...
谁的微光瞄准器 whose low-light sight...
比较穷 is comparatively poor.
在海滩上， 他们很容易得手 On the beach, they're easy pickings.
HONKING
旁白:恐慌在蔓延 穿过殖民地... NARRATOR: Panic spreading through the colony...
丝毫不能阻止她 does nothing to deter her.
她会抓到八个或更多。 She'll catch eight or more.
太多了，她吃不完 Too many for her to eat...
但她是个母亲 but she's a mother.
她需要提供 为了她的幼崽 She needs to provide for her cubs.
HONKING
旁白: 12周大的时候 NARRATOR: At 12 weeks old,
他们太年轻了 为自己狩猎 they're too young to hunt for themselves.
在行为上 只是最近观察到的， In behavior only recently observed,
企鹅现在提供了 美洲狮丰富的食物来源 penguins now provide a rich food source for pumas.
黎明时分，一家人开始 内陆9公里或更多 At dawn, the family heads five or more miles inland.
回到他们的家 在低洼的草原上。 Returning to their home in the low-lying steppe.
羊咩咩叫 SHEEP BLEATING
旁白: 在过去的100年里 NARRATOR: Over the last 100 years,
高达百分之九十 它们的栖息地 as much as 90 percent of their habitat
被羊过度放牧. has been overgrazed by sheep...
强迫自然猎物 搬走... forcing natural prey to move away...
和领先的农民 与美洲狮发生冲突 and leading farmers into conflict with the puma.
但还是有希望的 But there is hope.
一些人正在退耕 Some are returning farmland...
回到自然状态 to the natural state...
允许大草原地区 重新开始 allowing areas of steppe to rewild.
在这个极端的世界里， In this world of extremes,
适应性 adaptability...
是成功的关键。 is the key to success.
只要我们保护 As long as we protect
如此独特 和多样的栖息地 such a unique and varied habitat...
对巴塔哥尼亚来说， for Patagonia,
生命的尽头 地球的. life at the very ends of the Earth...
可能是一个永恒的伊甸园。 could be an everlasting Eden.
旁白: 拍摄了一年多... NARRATOR: Filming for over a year...
伊甸园小组勇敢的 不断变化的 the Eden team braved the ever-changing
男人: 典型的巴塔哥尼亚夏季 MAN: Typical Patagonian summer.
旁白: ...和极端条件下 NARRATOR: ...and extreme conditions
巴塔哥尼亚 of Patagonia.
男人: 看那个 MAN: Look at that!
这是巨大的 That is whopping!
旁白:雇佣 最新的拍摄技术 NARRATOR: Employing the latest filming technology,
船员们开始捕捉 the crew set out to capture
开创性的新行为 groundbreaking new behaviors...
从它的海岸 from its coasts...
原始低地森林. and pristine lowland forests...
男人: 快快快 MAN: Go, go, go, go, go!
旁白:登上高峰 安第斯山脉... NARRATOR: up to the high peaks of the Andes...
寻找 它最稀有的野生动物。 in search of its rarest wildlife.
男:我们真的不知道 关于安第斯山的猫就这么多 MAN: We really don't know that much about the Andean cat.
想象一下这就像 一辆迷你雪豹 Imagine this is like a mini snow leopard.
旁白:随着近距离接触 比他们预料的要多。 NARRATOR: With closer encounters than they had bargained for.
男人: 我刚在帐篷里找到的 MAN: I just found in my tent.
NARRATOR: But the greatest challenge
就是讲述这个故事 was to tell the story
就是讲述这个故事 of flamingo chicks' epic struggle to fledge
在一些最大的 测试地球上的条件 in some of the most testing conditions on Earth.
摄像师汤姆·罗斯 和团队 Camera operator Tom Ross and team
冒险进入茫茫大海 无情的阿塔卡马沙漠 venture into the vast and unforgiving Atacama Desert.
汤姆: 晚上非常冷 TOM: It's freezing cold at night,
中午热得要命 it's boiling in the midday.
基本上就像工作一样 在刀刃上 It's basically like working on a knife edge.
旁白: 安排他们到达的时间 NARRATOR: Timing their arrival to coincide
火烈鸟的顶峰 筑巢季节. with the peak of the flamingo nesting season...
只是为了面对 带来了毁灭性的消息 only to be confronted with devastating news.
你可以告诉我周围的人 As you can tell all around me,
有几千个 空巢 there are thousands of empty nests.
旁白: 今年，成年火烈鸟 NARRATOR: This year, the adult flamingos
已经放弃了 它们刚刚产下的蛋。 have abandoned their newly-laid eggs.
游骑兵认为 这可能是由于 The rangers believe that this could be due
到气候，它已经 今年更热更干燥 to the climate, it's been hotter and drier this year.
去年有500人出生 Last year there was 500 born,
今年却没有 and this year there's none.
意识到并看到这一点 第一人称角色. To realize and see that first-person...
挺硬碰硬的。 it's quite hard-hitting.
旁白: 该团队负责人更高 NARRATOR: The team head higher
进入 阿塔卡马沙漠腹地 into the heart of the Atacama Desert...
希望火烈鸟 仍在繁殖 in the hope that the flamingos are still breeding
在较冷的条件下 在这上面 in the cooler conditions up here.
但是最近的洪水 But recent flooding
创造了水涝平原， has created waterlogged plains,
让他们通过 几乎不可能 making their passage near impossible.
引擎加速 ENGINES REVVING
杰斯丁: 我们的救援车 JUSTINE: Our rescue car
现在也陷在泥里 is now also stuck in the mud,
嗯，所以我们要 去营救救援车 um, so we're gonna have to rescue the rescue car
发动机转速 ENGINE REVVING
旁白:如此遥远， 手头没有其他帮助. NARRATOR: Being so remote, there's no other help on hand...
所以没什么选择 但是要等待 so there's little choice but to wait
直到平原干涸。 until the plains dry out.
三天后.. Three days later...
女人: 耶 WOMAN: Yeah!
旁白: ...重新上路 NARRATOR: ...back on the road.
男人高兴地大叫 MAN SHOUTS IN JOY
队伍终于到达了 NARRATOR: The team finally reach
最高的之一 和最偏远的盐滩 one of the highest and most remote salt flats
在阿塔卡马 in Atacama.
他们的奖励 Their reward?
健康的群体 A healthy colony
新孵化的 火烈鸟雏鸟 of newly-hatched flamingo chicks.
它们只是一些小包裹 快乐的观看 They're just little bundles of joy to watch.
他们瘦长的腿 Their gangly legs,
他们小小的内脏翅膀 their little giblet wings,
而且，你知道， 他们跑起来像个孩子 and, you know, they run like a kid
披着斗篷 在学校操场周围 with a cape around the school playground,
试着像超人一样飞翔 trying to fly like Superman.
旁白: 汤姆现在可以安顿下来了 NARRATOR: Tom can now settle in
一个月的隐藏工作 for a month of hide-work,
绘制他们的 早期发展 charting their early development.
但是极端的条件 那来了 But the extreme conditions that come
在这里工作 高海拔沙漠 with working in this high-altitude desert...
开始让他们付出代价。 begin to take their toll.
汤姆:穿过去 几乎没膝深的泥 TOM: Going through nearly knee-deep mud,
这是一个绝对的任务 it's an absolute mission.
嗯...缺氧 Um... the lack of oxygen
真的很难处理 is really hard to deal with.
有些人，比如我自己， 头疼 Some people, like myself, get headaches.
嗯...我是说，你所做的一切， Um... I mean, everything you do,
让人精疲力尽 is exhausting.
旁白: 坚持下去会带来好处。 NARRATOR: Toughing it out brings benefits.
当地人正变得 更友好。 The locals are becoming more friendly.
汤姆:花了几个星期 一周又一周 TOM: It's taken weeks and weeks and weeks
对这些火烈鸟来说 来适应我们 for these flamingo chicks to get accustomed to us.
今天早上 And this morning,
他们真的刚刚走过 直接越过我 they've literally just walked straight past me
无忧无虑 without a care in the world.
旁白:为了捕捉 小鸡们的全部故事， NARRATOR: To capture the chicks' full story,
船员们回来了 两个月后 the crew returns two months later
去面对更多 极端条件 to face even more extreme conditions.
到了初冬 By early winter,
小鸡们必须应付 随着温度 the chicks must cope with temperatures
温度降到零度以下 that drop to sub-zero.
汤姆: 他们不仅被牵制住了 TOM: Not only were they pinned in
从前天晚上开始 from the night before,
他们也有这些枷锁 冰和盐 they also have these shackles of ice and salt
这使他们感到沉重 which weigh them down.
他们才刚刚开始 羽翼丰满 They've only just started to fledge,
它们不会飞 因为它们充满了冰 and they can't fly because they're full of ice.
太疯狂了。 [笑] It's just crazy. [CHUCKLES]
旁白:过了三分钟 几个月来分享他们的公司 NARRATOR: After over three months of sharing their company,
见证一切 他们经受住了 witnessing all they have endured,
汤姆建立了深厚的感情 敬小鸡们 Tom has formed a deep attachment to the chicks.
最难的事情之一 拍摄野生动物 One of the hardest things of filming wildlife,
存在...不是的 is... it's not
冒着恶劣的天气 the braving the elements,
这更像是精神上的 和情感的过山车 it's more of a mental and emotional rollercoaster,
尤其是当你拍摄的时候 如此年轻的东西 especially when you film something that's so young
你看着他们灭亡 一个接一个 and you see them perish one by one.
他们什么都有 扔向他们 They have absolutely everything thrown at them,
绝对是一切 absolutely everything.
这是真实的 It's just true to how hardy
这些火烈鸟是因为 these flamingos are because
这里绝对是野蛮的 it's absolutely savage up here.
旁白:尽管困难重重 他们早年的生活 NARRATOR: Though the hardship of their early lives
有时很情绪化 对船员来说 was sometimes emotional for the crew...
提供的安全性 这种极端的栖息地 the safety offered by this extreme habitat
意思是巴塔哥尼亚的火烈鸟 means flamingos in Patagonia...
会继续蓬勃发展 will continue to flourish.