NARRATOR: In one of Africa's last great wildernesses, 旁白：在非洲最后一片荒原上，
lives a family of hunters. 生活着一个猎人家庭。
(SNARLING) （咆哮）
The Hot Springs Pack. 温泉群。
This is a family on the edge. 这是一个濒临绝境的家庭。
(ELEPHANT TRUMPETS) （大象号角）
They're surrounded by enemies. 他们被敌人包围了。
(BARKING) （吠叫）
(LIONS SNARLING) （狮子咆哮）
(CROCODILE HISSING) （鳄鱼嘶嘶声）
These wild dogs live at the mercy of the changing seasons. 这些野狗受季节变化的摆布。
If the family is to survive these testing times, 如果这个家庭要在这些考验中幸存下来，
the pack's young pups must learn to hunt, and fast. 狼群的幼崽必须学会捕猎，而且要快。
Growing up is never easy. 成长从来都不容易。
But for these pups, it's a matter of life and death. 但对这些小狗来说，这是生死攸关的问题。
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING) （主题音乐播放）
(BIRDS CHIRPING) （鸟儿啁啾）
Hidden in a gully, in Zambia's South Luangwa National Park, 藏在赞比亚南卢安瓜国家公园的沟壑中，
an alpha female has pups deep inside a den. 雌性大熊猫在巢穴深处有幼崽。
She and her lifelong mate have raised several litters. 她和她的终身伴侣养了几窝。
Many of the older pups are still with them, 很多年长的幼崽还和它们在一起，
forming a family pack of 19 dogs. 组成一个由19只狗组成的家庭。
It's October, the height of the dry season. 现在是十月，是旱季的最高峰。
Each morning and evening, the dogs set off to find food. 每天早晚，狗都出发去寻找食物。
They hunt at dawn and sunset, 他们在黎明和日落时狩猎，
lolloping after their antelope prey. 懒洋洋地盯着他们的羚羊猎物。
They're long-distance runners, on spindly legs 他们是长跑运动员，腿细长
that carry them for many miles. 它们能载着它们走很多英里。
The pack hunts over a vast swath of bush covering 200 square miles. 狼群在200平方英里的大片灌木丛中狩猎。
At the heart of their territory is Hot Springs, 他们领土的中心是温泉，
a waterhole fed by a geothermal upwelling. 地热上升流形成的水坑。
It's a staging post for herds of antelope 这是成群羚羊的中转站
migrating through the pack's territory, 穿越狼群的领地，
on their way to the Luangwa River, 在去卢安瓜河的路上，
which lies to the west. 在西边。
(SCREECHING) （尖叫）
The pack's strong, plenty of experienced hunters. 这群人强壮，有很多经验丰富的猎人。
The alpha pair lead the hunt. 阿尔法一对领头猎杀。
The rest of the pack, all their offspring, spread out in pursuit. 剩下的人，他们所有的后代，都散开追赶。
They're a tight-knit team, 他们是一个紧密团结的团队，
and rely on each other to bring down enough prey to feed the family. 互相依靠，打掉足够的猎物来养家糊口。
While cheetahs sprint, leopards ambush, 当猎豹冲刺，豹子埋伏，
and lions overpower their prey, 狮子会制服猎物，
wild dogs simply keep running. 野狗只是继续奔跑。
As one dog tires, another takes up the lead. 一条狗累了，另一条狗占了先机。
Together, they have the stamina to exhaust their quarry. 在一起，他们有足够的精力耗尽猎物。
Back at the den, the seven pups wait patiently for breakfast. 回到书房，七只小狗耐心地等着吃早饭。
They're only four months old, 他们才四个月大，
too young to join in the hunt. 太小了不能参加狩猎。
As the dry season progresses, they get more confident 随着旱季的推进，他们变得更加自信
and spend more time outside the den. 多呆在书房外面。
One patient adult stays with them to babysit, 一个成年病人和他们一起照看孩子，
until the other adults return, successful. 直到其他成年人回来，成功。
They bring meat for the pups. 他们给小狗带肉。
(YELPING) （尖叫）
But a meal only increases their energy levels. 但是一顿饭只会增加他们的能量水平。
that'll stand them in good stead as adults. 这对他们成年后有好处。
Vultures make great target practice. 秃鹫是很好的打靶练习。
Scientists follow and monitor the pack using radio collars. 科学家们用无线电项圈跟踪和监测这个群体。
This is the alpha female's third litter. 这是雌性大熊猫的第三胎。
She's proving to be a good mum. But it's tiring work. 事实证明她是个好妈妈。但这是很累的工作。
The pack spends the day resting in the shade near the den. 狼群一整天都在巢穴附近的阴凉处休息。
There's always something new for the pups to experience. 总会有新的东西让小狗们去体验。
After this morning's vultures, they battle squadrons of bees. 今天早上秃鹫出没后，他们和一队队的蜜蜂战斗。
The bees are searching for water, and the pups' eyes and mouths are under attack. 蜜蜂在寻找水源，幼崽的眼睛和嘴巴受到攻击。
Time to go. 该走了。
The pups join the adults, 幼崽加入成年动物，
leaving their den behind for the first time. 第一次离开他们的巢穴。
The pack is now able to roam over a much larger area, following their food. 这群狼群现在可以在更大的范围内漫游，跟着它们的食物。
Wild dogs need huge areas to live in, and are very rare. 野狗需要大面积的生存，而且非常罕见。
Luangwa in Zambia is one of their last strongholds, 赞比亚的卢安瓜是他们最后的据点之一，
but even here there are only a dozen or so packs. 但即使在这里也只有十几包。
Over most of Africa, they are in serious decline, 在非洲大部分地区，它们都在严重衰退，
with only a few hundred packs left. 只剩下几百包了。
This may be one of the last generations before extinction. 这可能是灭绝前的最后几代人之一。
(WIND BILLOWING) （风浪滚滚）
As November approaches, rainstorms bring great change to the Luangwa Valley. 随着十一月的临近，暴雨给卢安瓜山谷带来了巨大的变化。
(HEAVY RAIN AND WIND) （暴雨和大风）
(THUNDER RUMBLING) （雷声隆隆）
Over the next few months the dogs' dusty home 在接下来的几个月里，狗狗们尘土飞扬的家里
is transformed into a wetland paradise. 变成了湿地天堂。
(BIRDS CALLING) （鸟儿在叫）
Fresh grass grows everywhere. 到处都长着新鲜的草。
The antelope scatter across the savannah, 羚羊散布在大草原上，
and the dogs follow. 狗也跟着来了。
For a few months, they disappear into a flooded landscape 几个月后，它们消失在洪水淹没的地方
of swamps and islands. 沼泽和岛屿。
By May the rains have passed, 到五月雨已经过去了，
and once more the dogs' world begins to dry. 狗的世界又开始变干了。
But the pack itself has undergone big changes over the wet season. 但在雨季，包装本身发生了很大的变化。
The dog pack has dwindled from 19 to 12. 一群狗从19只减少到12只。
Some of the older offspring have left, to try and start their own family 一些年长的后代已经离开，试图建立自己的家庭
and one of the pups has died. 一只小狗死了。
The remaining six pups are now a year old, 剩下的六只小狗现在一岁了，
almost adult size, but still very dependent. 几乎是成人尺寸，但仍然非常依赖。
In human terms, they're like adolescents. 就人类而言，他们就像青少年。
The two parents mark their territory together, reaffirming their bond. 这对父母共同标记着他们的领地，重申了他们的关系。
The yearling pups still beg for food. 一岁的幼崽仍在乞讨食物。
They tag along on hunts now but are more of a hindrance than a help. 他们现在跟着打猎，但更多的是阻碍而不是帮助。
The alpha male is aging. His days as lead hunter are numbered. 大男人正在变老。他当猎头的日子不多了。
But the mother is still strong and the family obediently follows her. 但母亲依然坚强，家人顺从地跟着她。
A lone puku at the waterhole is a tempting target. 水洞里的一个孤独的普库人是个诱人的目标。
Unfortunately, their arch rivals have got here first. 不幸的是，他们的主要竞争对手先到了这里。
Hyenas. 鬣狗。
They're twice the weight of wild dogs, 它们的重量是野狗的两倍，
and as a pack, formidable, 作为一个群体，强大，
when they're awake. 当他们醒着的时候。
(SNORTING) （鼾声）
But there's a hierarchy around waterholes. 但是水坑周围有等级制度。
Top are the elephants. 上面是大象。
Nobody gets in their way. 没人挡道。
So the hyenas slink off to find somewhere else to snooze 于是鬣狗溜到别的地方睡觉
until night falls. 直到夜幕降临。
The dogs, too, find a quiet corner to wait while the behemoths drink their fill. 狗狗们也会找一个安静的角落等待庞然大物喝得酩酊大醉。
The alpha male and female will face a much tougher dry season this year. 阿尔法雄性和雌性今年将面临更严峻的旱季。
This time around, the only other hunters in the pack are four 2-year-olds, 这一次，群里唯一的其他猎人是四个两岁的孩子，
their eldest offspring. 他们的长子。
Six hunters are only just enough to keep the pack going. 六个猎人只够维持狼群的生存。
They desperately need the additional six yearlings 他们急需额外的6岁的幼崽
to learn the skills and strategies of a hunt, 学习狩猎的技巧和策略，
if the family is to survive. 如果这个家庭要生存下去。
The dogs rest. 狗在休息。
They'll need all their energy to hunt tonight. 他们今晚需要全力以赴打猎。
(ELEPHANT TRUMPETS) （大象号角）
But peace doesn't last long. 但和平不会长久。
This elephant is male, on heat, in musth. 这头大象是公的，热的，发情的。
It makes him aggressive, unpredictable, 这让他变得咄咄逼人，变幻莫测，
and very dangerous. 而且非常危险。
His testosterone is 60 times higher than normal. 他的睾丸激素比正常人高60倍。
(GRUNTS) （咕噜声）
He's seven tons of belligerent frustration. 他有七吨好战的挫败感。
(TRUMPETS) （小号）
To the pups, surprisingly, he's no danger, 对幼崽来说，令人惊讶的是，他没有危险，
but a bit of fun, a game of tag on a giant scale. 但有点好玩，一个巨大规模的标签游戏。
(TRUMPETS) （小号）
(ELEPHANT GROWLING) （大象咆哮）
(TRUMPETING) （号角声）
The elephant will never catch them, 大象永远抓不到他们，
which must only add to his irritation. 这只会增加他的愤怒。
He did, however, leave a gift. 然而，他留下了一份礼物。
All dogs love dung, to roll in, and to smell of, 所有的狗都喜欢粪，喜欢滚进去，喜欢闻，
as every dog owner knows. 每个养狗的人都知道。
One theory is that they want to be as smelly as possible. 有一种理论认为，它们想要尽可能的臭。
Maybe it's to disguise their own smell. 也许是为了掩饰自己的气味。
We really don't know. 我们真的不知道。
Another thing that wild dogs and domestic dogs have in common 野狗和家养狗还有一个共同点
is that they play with sticks. 他们玩棍子。
It's something few other animals do. 这是其他动物很少做的事。
According to psychologists, 心理学家认为，
learning about objects promotes high-level thinking and self-awareness. 学习物体可以促进高级思维和自我意识。
We are only just beginning to realize how smart dogs really are. 我们才刚刚开始意识到狗有多聪明。
The alpha male and female are more focused 阿尔法男性和女性的注意力更集中
on the comings and goings around them. 在他们周围的来来往往。
Puku antelope are this pack's preferred prey, 普库羚羊是这群人最喜欢的猎物，
but the herd has many eyes and noses, and raises the alarm. 但牛群有许多眼睛和鼻子，并发出警报。
(SHRIEKING) （尖叫）
Impala are another favorite, but they are more athletic, and have another advantage. 黑斑羚是另一个最受欢迎的品种，但它们更具运动性，而且还有另一个优势。
They hang out with baboons. 他们和狒狒在一起。
(BABOON GRUNTING) （狒狒咕哝）
The baboons and impala look out for each other. 狒狒和黑斑羚互相照顾。
As the day wears on, warthog come by. 日子一天天过去，野猪来了。
A warthog could be a good meal, 一只野猪可能是一顿美餐，
and much slower on its feet than the dogs. 它的脚比狗慢得多。
But the adults have fearsome tusks, 但是成年人长着可怕的獠牙，
and will turn and fight a lion or hyena, let alone a dog. 会转身和狮子或鬣狗搏斗，更不用说狗了。
By late afternoon, hunger sets in, 下午晚些时候，饥饿感袭来，
and the family begins to stir once more. 这家人又开始骚动起来。
(TWITTERING) （叽叽喳喳）
They greet with twittering sounds. 他们用叽叽喳喳的声音打招呼。
African wild dogs have a complex communication system, 非洲野狗有复杂的通讯系统，
almost like a language. 就像一种语言。
There are 18 types of calls, with rumbles, buzzes, 有18种类型的电话，有隆隆声，嗡嗡声，
and moans that are all unique to wild dogs. 还有野狗特有的呻吟声。
(TWITTERING) （叽叽喳喳）
They are also among the least aggressive and most playful of all canines. 它们也是所有犬科动物中攻击性最小、最顽皮的。
There's hardly any real aggression linked to rank. 几乎没有什么真正的侵略性与等级有关。
Siblings will usually stay together all their lives, 兄弟姐妹通常一辈子都在一起，
often founding their own packs together. 经常一起建立自己的团队。
One of the older females plays with the pups as though she was the runt, 其中一只年长的雌象在和幼崽玩耍，好像她是个小矮人，
and the pups tickle her tummy, and play-bite. 小狗们搔她的肚子，玩咬人游戏。
(DOGS WHINING) （狗叫）
But it's time to eat. The alpha male leads off. 但该吃饭了。大男子领先。
His partner ends the play and joins the lead. 他的搭档结束了这出戏，加入了主角的行列。
Twilight is their most active time. 黄昏是他们最活跃的时候。
Each evening, they may travel up to 20 miles, 每天晚上，它们可能会行驶20英里，
searching for the herds of puku. 寻找普库的牛群。
In the fading light, they become silent-footed creatures of the shadows. 在渐弱的光线下，它们变成了影子中无声的动物。
They hunt firstly with their ears, like huge dishes turning to every sound. 它们首先用耳朵捕猎，就像巨大的盘子在每一个声音中转动。
No dog has better hearing. 没有狗的听力更好。
Getting wind of the dogs, antelope scatter. 风吹狗，羚羊散了。
A bushbuck. 一蒲式耳。
A puku. 普库语。
This pack specializes in creating chaos in the woodland. 这群人专门在林地制造混乱。
The dogs don't tire easily. 狗不容易疲劳。
And nightfall doesn't stop them. 夜幕并不能阻止他们。
They're too hungry to give up now. 他们太饿了，现在不能放弃。
They burn up food, each one needing double the energy humans do, 它们燃烧食物，每个人需要的能量是人类的两倍，
despite being a third the size. 尽管只有三分之一大。
The six yearling pups follow enthusiastically, 六岁的幼崽热情地跟着，
but in the confusion and the darkness, 但是在混乱和黑暗中，
they aren't much help yet. 他们还帮不了什么忙。
The hunt involves chase after chase, over several miles. 狩猎包括一个接一个的追逐，超过几英里。
They could overheat. 它们可能过热。
Their brain would be fried if it weren't for 如果不是因为
their big ears acting as cooling fans. 它们的大耳朵充当冷却风扇。
But as it gets darker, 但随着天越来越黑，
the advantage turns back to the puku. 优势又回到了普库族。
(HOWLING) （嚎叫）
Their night vision is more acute than the dogs'. 他们的夜视比狗的更敏锐。
Hyenas and lions take over the night shift. 鬣狗和狮子负责上夜班。
The twilight-loving dogs must make way. 爱黄昏的狗必须让路。
The hyenas have young to feed. 鬣狗有幼崽要喂养。
Their pups are only a few months old. 它们的幼崽只有几个月大。
Hyenas are social, like wild dogs. 鬣狗是群居动物，就像野狗一样。
The clan is built around the family. 这个家族是围绕家族建立起来的。
Though actually, they're more closely related to cats and civets than canines. 尽管事实上，它们与猫和灵猫的关系比犬科动物更为密切。
The wild dogs wait for dawn to resume hunting. 野狗等着天亮再打猎。
Their saliva shows up black in the night-vision camera. 他们的唾液在夜视摄像机上显示为黑色。
We can see who's got the most attention. 我们可以看出谁最受关注。
It's the alpha female, their devoted mother, 是阿尔法女性，她们忠诚的母亲，
and the linchpin of this family. 是这个家庭的关键。
As dawn breaks, the wild dogs go into action. 黎明时分，野狗开始行动。
Caught napping, a puku gets trapped. 一只普库人在午睡时被困住了。
They don't go for the throat. 他们不喜欢喉咙。
Wild dogs are too small to throttle an antelope three times their size. 野狗太小了，连三倍大的羚羊都抓不住。
It takes all of them to stop the puku escaping. 他们需要所有人来阻止普库人逃跑。
(PUKU GRUNTING) （普库咕哝着）
The dogs have to eat as fast as they can. 狗必须尽可能快地吃东西。
The prolonged kill has inevitably attracted attention. 长期的杀戮不可避免地引起了人们的注意。
The hyenas arrive to steal the meal. 鬣狗来偷食物。
The family sets off again, 一家人又出发了，
avoiding a battle with their rivals that they're sure to lose. 避免与他们肯定会输的对手战斗。
They're always on the move, naturally itinerant. 他们总是在移动，自然是流动的。
Wild dogs only use a den when there are young puppies. 野狗只有在有幼犬的时候才使用巢穴。
The rest of the year is spent exploring new areas 今年剩下的时间用来探索新的领域
within their massive home range. 在他们庞大的家园范围内。
Perhaps a new neighborhood will help the yearlings gain in experience. 也许一个新的社区将帮助一岁的孩子们获得经验。
Unaware, they move into the territory of a large female leopard. 它们不知不觉地进入了一只大型雌性豹的领地。
She's a ferocious cat, far more powerful than one of them, 她是一只凶猛的猫，比它们中的一只更强大，
but the dogs give chase anyway. 但不管怎样，狗都会追。
Some things are universal. 有些东西是普遍的。
They're not after her as prey, 他们不是把她当成猎物，
but as a rival predator, she competes with them for food. 但作为一个竞争对手，她与它们争夺食物。
She could easily take one of the dogs down, but she's no match for the pack. 她可以轻而易举地把一条狗打倒，但她不是那群狗的对手。
Cornered up a tree, the leopard waits out of reach, 被困在一棵树的角落里，豹子等在够不到的地方，
frustrating the dogs below. 让下面的狗受挫。
(LEOPARD GROWLING) （豹子咆哮）
Eventually, they give up. 最终，他们放弃了。
As the day warms, they rest, with the morning's puku in their bellies. 随着白天的变暖，它们会休息，肚子里装着早晨的普库。
The breakfast won't satisfy the pups for long. 这顿早餐短时间内不能满足小狗的需要。
When the afternoon cools, 当下午凉快下来的时候，
the ceremony of greeting and playing still includes 迎宾和演奏的仪式还包括
begging their mother for food like the big babies they were six months ago. 像六个月前的大婴儿一样向母亲乞讨食物。
But she's got nothing to give them. 但她没有什么可以给他们的。
As well as food, the dogs need water. 除了食物，狗还需要水。
Towards the river are drying lagoons. 朝河边是干涸的泻湖。
The dogs haven't visited here for a while, 狗已经很久没来了，
and the antelope are off their guard. 而羚羊却失去了警惕。
These isolated oxbow lakes form when the river changes course. 这些孤立的牛轭湖是在河流改道时形成的。
In the wet season they fill, but now thin puddles are all that remain. 在雨季它们会填满，但现在只剩下浅浅的水坑了。
There's barely enough for a drink but it still draws the animals in. 只够喝一杯，但还是吸引了动物。
Elephants should have no problem pushing the dogs off the waterhole. 大象把狗推离水坑应该没有问题。
But the pack holds its ground. 但狼群坚守阵地。
(ELEPHANT GROWLING) （大象咆哮）
The alpha couple stares the lead elephant down, 阿尔法夫妇盯着头象看，
and the family holds firm. 家庭也很坚定。
The elephant seems confused and backs away. 大象似乎很困惑，后退了。
That's something the locals don't see very often. 这是当地人不常看到的东西。
The yearlings all stand strong together. 一岁的孩子们都坚强地站在一起。
(TRUMPETS) （小号）
The elephants grow frustrated, 大象变得沮丧，
but nobody moves until the elephants give up. 但是在大象放弃之前没有人动。
The family seems to revel in its new-found bravado. 这家人似乎陶醉于新发现的虚张声势。
They seem more cohesive. 他们看起来更有凝聚力。
They're moving as a pack, 他们成群结队地移动，
traveling west towards permanent water and better hunting. 向西去寻找永久的水源和更好的狩猎。
The landscape around them is changing. 他们周围的风景正在改变。
This woodland is different, a little denser. 这片林地不同，有点密集。
And the animals they encounter are stranger. 他们遇到的动物都很陌生。
They've reached the open plains near the Luangwa River. 他们到达了卢安瓜河附近的开阔平原。
The adult dogs know that the nearer the river, 成年狗知道离河越近，
the more full of life it is in the dry season. 旱季越是生机盎然。
But it's all new to the yearlings. 但这对一岁的孩子来说都是新鲜事。
Puku and impala are everywhere, 普库和黑斑羚到处都是，
converging on the last permanent water in the valley. 汇合在山谷中最后一条永久的水上。
(WHINNYING) （呜咽）
But that doesn't make them any easier to catch. 但这并不能让他们更容易被抓住。
The antelope here seem more wary. 这里的羚羊似乎更小心了。
They're skittish, keeping a much greater distance from the dogs. 他们很神经质，离狗远得多。
This is a popular hunting ground for all predators, 这是所有捕食者的狩猎场，
including the biggest and most dangerous of all. 包括最大最危险的。
He'd steal anything they catch. 他会偷他们抓到的任何东西。
They keep moving, until they reach the end of the line. 他们继续前进，直到到达队伍的尽头。
The alpha pair have led their family to the bank of the Luangwa River. 阿尔法夫妇带着家人来到卢安瓜河畔。
The yearlings have never seen anything like it. 一岁的孩子们从来没有见过这样的东西。
The Luangwa is one of the longest unaltered rivers in Africa. 卢安瓜河是非洲最长的未经改变的河流之一。
The Valley covers 20,000 square miles 山谷占地20000平方英里
and is one of the richest places for wildlife in the world. 是世界上野生动物最丰富的地方之一。
To the dogs from Hot Springs, it must seem like so much water, 对那些从温泉里来的狗来说，这里一定是那么多的水，
and so many animals. 还有很多动物。
Some are strange and menacing. 有些是奇怪和威胁。
Others look harmless, but aren't. 其他人看起来无害，但事实并非如此。
The hippo calves are guarded by their mothers. 河马幼崽由它们的母亲守护着。
Like children on their first visit to the seaside, 就像孩子们第一次去海边，
the dogs can't contain their curiosity, 狗无法抑制他们的好奇心，
and excitement. 和兴奋。
Dogs love to dig, burying food, or digging for any meal. 狗喜欢挖洞，埋食物，或是挖掘任何食物。
Little edible lives under the sand, 沙子下的小动物，
but there is fresh water. 但是这里有淡水。
As evening approaches, the family is in for more surprises. 随着夜幕的临近，这家人将迎来更多惊喜。
The hippos head onto the grassy banks for a night of grazing, 河马冲上长满青草的河岸吃草，
and a herd of elephants arrives for an evening drink. 一群大象到这里来喝一杯。
So many large neighbors to contend with is a little overwhelming. 这么多大的邻居要与之抗衡有点势不可挡。
(GROWLING) （咆哮）
The crocodiles are intimidating. 鳄鱼很吓人。
They're feeding on the giant carcass of an elephant. 他们在吃大象的巨大尸体。
But the greatest threat lies on the opposite side of the river. 但最大的威胁就在河的对岸。
A family of lionesses, nicknamed the Hollywood Pride. 一个被称为好莱坞骄傲的母狮家族。
The channel separates the dogs, but lions often cross. 这条海峡把狗分开，但狮子经常横穿。
The water's only one foot deep. 水只有一英尺深。
The older youngsters chaperone the yearlings away. 年长的年轻人陪着一岁的孩子离开。
The alpha female challenges the lions. 雌性大熊猫挑战狮子。
(BARKING) （吠叫）
She'd risk her life for her family. 她会为了家人冒生命危险。
(BARKING CONTINUES) （继续吠叫）
(GROWLING) （咆哮）
(DOG CONTINUES GROWLING) （狗继续咆哮）
Her barks do little to intimidate the cats. 她的吠声几乎没有吓唬猫。
But eventually, the lions move on. 但最终，狮子们继续前进。
It's time for them to hunt. 是他们打猎的时候了。
(GROWLING CONTINUES) （继续咆哮）
The courageous mother defended the family, 勇敢的母亲保卫了家庭，
but she still has to feed them. 但她还得喂它们。
The yearlings are hungry again. 一岁的孩子又饿了。
The four older siblings, the 2-year-olds, take the lead. 四个姐姐，两岁的孩子，带头。
The brother and three sisters are almost ready for independence. 兄弟三姐妹几乎准备好独立了。
(SCREECHING) （尖叫）
For once, the yearlings are right behind them. 这一次，一岁的孩子们就在他们身后。
Working with their older siblings, they fan out and help herd the puku 他们和哥哥姐姐们一起工作，成群结队地帮助普库族牧民
down towards the beach. 朝海滩走去。
An older sister's got one. 一个姐姐有一个。
It's a big male puku, and she desperately needs help. 这是一只大公普库，她急需帮助。
It takes the yearlings a moment to realize 一岁的孩子们需要一点时间才能意识到
that their older sister has caught something, 他们的姐姐抓到了什么东西，
but they are beginning to understand what's needed. 但他们开始明白需要什么。
It's the first successful catch with their help. 在他们的帮助下，这是第一次成功捕获。
But another sister is on her own mission. 但另一个姐姐是在执行她自己的任务。
In the distance, she grabs another puku. 在远处，她抓住了另一个普库。
She can't hold it and also needs help. 她撑不住了，也需要帮助。
With the first puku down, 第一个普库倒下了，
the dogs come to her aid. 狗来帮助她。
This is what teamwork should look like. 这就是团队合作的样子。
It's a good evening for the dogs. 今晚对狗来说是个好天气。
But they need to eat quickly. 但他们需要快速进食。
The commotion draws the attention of bigger predators. 骚乱引起了更大的捕食者的注意。
The lionesses have crossed the river. 母狮已经过河了。
It seems making their kills on the beach wasn't the dogs' greatest idea. 似乎在海滩上杀人并不是狗狗们最棒的主意。
While they fed on one puku, 当他们吃一个普库的时候，
a huge croc stole the other. 一只大鳄鱼偷走了另一只。
The pack had a good meal first, 一大群人先吃了一顿好饭，
but the yearlings are reluctant to give up a prize 但是一岁的孩子们不愿意放弃奖品
they've helped earn themselves. 他们帮助自己挣钱。
(CROCODILE GROWLING) （鳄鱼咆哮）
They may not realize how dangerous these reptiles are. 他们可能没有意识到这些爬行动物有多危险。
This game is a bad idea. 这个游戏是个坏主意。
It gets worse. 情况变得更糟了。
Hyenas are on their way. 鬣狗在路上。
Behind them, the lionesses. 在他们后面，是母狮。
Both are after the dogs' kills, 都是在狗被杀后，
and neither would think twice about attacking them to get a meal. 也不会再三考虑攻击他们去吃饭。
(GROWLING) （咆哮）
Cats can see at night much more effectively than dogs. 猫在晚上比狗看东西更有效。
The pack abandons its kill, 狼群放弃了杀戮，
but the lions keep coming. 但是狮子不断地来。
(ROARS) （咆哮）
They just want the dogs away from the river. 他们只想让狗远离河流。
Any rival predator is bad news. 任何竞争对手都是坏消息。
(SNARLING) （咆哮）
The family flees down the beach to safety. 一家人沿着海滩逃到安全的地方。
The night has been eventful, 今晚是多事之秋，
but at least they've fed and, more importantly, 但至少他们吃了，更重要的是，
the yearlings have joined the hunt. 一岁的孩子也加入了捕猎行列。
(BIRDS TWITTERING) （鸟儿叽叽喳喳）
Over the next few weeks, the Luangwa River continues to fall, 接下来的几个星期里，卢安河继续往下流，
and draws increasing numbers of animals to its banks. 把越来越多的动物吸引到岸边。
Despite the run-in with the lions, the dog pack stays close to the river, 尽管和狮子发生了冲突，但这群狗却呆在河边，
and the yearlings get more competent every day. 一岁的孩子一天比一天更有能力。
But the rains are due soon, and then there will be water 但是很快就要下雨了，然后就会有水了
away from the river. 远离河流。
The antelope will disperse, 羚羊会散去，
and kills here will be harder to come by. 这里的杀戮会更加困难。
The dogs will stay until then, but the pressure is on now, 狗会一直呆到那时，但现在压力很大，
not only to eat, but for the youngsters to learn to hunt. 不光是吃饭，年轻人也要学会打猎。
The yearlings now regularly help the six adults. 一岁的孩子现在定期帮助这六个成年人。
The alpha pair and the four 2-year-olds 阿尔法一对和四个2岁的孩子
still make all the kills, 还是杀了所有人，
but the yearlings make up the crucial numbers needed. 但一岁的孩子们构成了所需的关键数量。
The pack's new-found success comes at a price. 该包新发现的成功是要付出代价的。
All the lions are on to them now. 所有的狮子都追上了。
After each successful kill, the dogs wolf down as much as they can 每次成功捕杀后，狗都会狼吞虎咽
before the lions and hyenas arrive. 在狮子和鬣狗到来之前。
They lose many of their meals. 他们失去了很多食物。
Male lions are mostly scavengers. 雄狮大多是食腐动物。
They don't need to hunt for themselves. 他们不需要为自己打猎。
Despite the dangers and frequent losses, 尽管危险重重，损失频繁，
the family is reluctant to leave the river. 这家人不愿意离开这条河。
Hunting school is still in session. 狩猎学校还在上课。
The yearlings are getting stronger and their muscles filling out. 一岁的孩子越来越强壮，肌肉也越来越发达。
They're gaining in confidence. 他们越来越有信心了。
Most days, the three 2-year-old sisters 大多数时候，三个两岁的姐妹
lead the yearlings down to the beach. 把一岁的孩子带到海滩上去。
They wash the night's evidence from their faces, and play. 他们洗去脸上的证据，然后玩耍。
It's a way to unwind, 这是一种放松的方式，
but it also reinforces the bonds between them 但这也加强了他们之间的联系
and the roles they play in the hunt. 以及他们在狩猎中扮演的角色。
It's an important part of the yearlings' training. 这是一年级学生训练的重要组成部分。
The lionesses are never far, a constant threat. 母狮从不遥远，是一种持续的威胁。
To the cats, the dogs are competition. 对猫来说，狗是竞争对手。
But they're so full of meals provided by the dogs, 但它们都是由狗提供的食物，
they're a lot less dangerous than if they were hungry. 它们比饥饿的时候危险得多。
The promise of rain begins to lure antelope away from the river, 雨的承诺开始引诱羚羊离开河流，
for easier water and fresher grass. 更容易喝水和更新鲜的草。
It's time for the dogs to leave too. 狗也该走了。
The yearlings seem happy, 一岁的孩子们看起来很快乐，
but the three older sisters hold back. 但是，三个姐姐却退缩了。
Eventually, they all set off together for the long journey home. 最后，他们一起踏上了回家的漫长旅程。
They're heading back to Hot Springs. 他们要回温泉去了。
As the day warms, they have to rest. 随着天气变暖，他们不得不休息。
The 2-year-old sisters sit apart from their younger siblings. 两岁的姐妹们坐在离她们的弟弟妹妹远的地方。
They're adults now, and ready to start breeding. 它们已经成年，准备开始繁殖了。
So they have a decision to make. 所以他们有一个决定要做。
Wild dog calls can travel many miles, 野狗的叫声可以传播很多英里，
and the three females listen, maybe for potential mates. 三只雌性在听，也许在寻找可能的伴侣。
The male moves away from his sisters. 雄性离开了他的姐妹。
He'll stay with the family for longer, 他会在家里待更长时间，
helping his parents and younger siblings. 帮助他的父母和弟弟妹妹。
But the sisters are restless 但是姐妹们都不安
and for a moment seem unsure. 有一刻似乎不确定。
They would be abandoning their family, and their brother, 他们会抛弃他们的家人和兄弟，
and everything they know. 以及他们所知道的一切。
But leaving would give them a chance to have pups themselves. 但离开会给它们一个机会，让它们自己生下幼崽。
They decide to go it alone. 他们决定一个人去。
The sisters will stay together, 姐妹俩会在一起，
traveling for maybe hundreds of miles 可能要走几百英里
across the Luangwa River basin, 穿过卢安瓜河流域，
searching for nomad males their own age, 寻找同龄的游牧男性，
or a pack they can join. 或者一个他们可以加入的团体。
Now, there are only three adults in the pack, 现在，只有三个成年人，
only three competent hunters. 只有三个能干的猎人。
Five is considered the minimum. 最少5个。
The six yearlings will have to fill the gap fast. 六岁的孩子必须尽快填补空缺。
Their new-found skills will really be put to the test. 他们的新技能将受到考验。
The first rains will signal the start of lean times 第一场雨将标志着萧条时期的开始
for the valley's predators. 为了山谷里的掠食者。
The three sisters' leaving could not have come at a worse time. 三姐妹的离开来得真是时候。
To add to the family's troubles, 给家里添麻烦，
one of the yearlings is injured and is slowing their progress. 其中一只一岁的幼崽受伤了，正在减慢它们的生长速度。
Without enough dogs, they won't be able to bring down prey. 如果没有足够的狗，它们将无法捕获猎物。
They can't afford to be another dog short. 他们不能再缺一只狗了。
Family ties compel the others to wait for him. 家庭关系迫使其他人等他。
It's only by all pulling together that this family will survive. 只有大家齐心协力，这个家庭才能生存下去。
(THUNDER RUMBLING) （雷声隆隆）
They're heading back to Hot Springs, 他们要回温泉，
where all the yearlings were born. 所有一岁的孩子都出生在那里。
There's permanent water, and a few antelope always return there. 那里有永久性的水，一些羚羊总是返回那里。
Blocking the way ahead, buffalo. 挡住前面的路，布法罗。
Buffalos are belligerent, heavily armored, built to fight off lions. 水牛是好战的，重甲，用来击退狮子。
The dogs will never catch a buffalo. 狗抓不到水牛。
But the yearlings do need to practice hunting. 但是一岁的孩子需要练习打猎。
This game of chase is dangerous, but it will hone their skills 这种追逐游戏很危险，但会磨练他们的技能
and build their confidence. 建立他们的信心。
(BUFFALO SNORTING AND GRUNTING) （水牛打呼噜）
The young dogs are fearless. 年轻的狗无所畏惧。
They work together as a team, moving the buffalo out of the way. 他们作为一个团队一起工作，把水牛赶走。
(SNORTING) （鼾声）
If they can take on these guys, they're ready to do anything. 如果他们能对付这些人，他们什么都可以做。
The promised rains never quite come before the family arrives back at Hot Springs. 在全家回到温泉前，答应下的雨永远不会来。
(THUNDER RUMBLING) （雷声隆隆）
Once home, the alpha male and female reaffirm their bonds. 一旦回到家里，阿尔法男性和女性再次确认了他们的关系。
A change in her scent means only one thing, 她气味的变化只意味着一件事，
she's ready to mate again. 她准备好再次交配了。
In a few months, there should be new pups. 再过几个月，就会有新的小狗了。
They den here because there'll be fewer lions and hyenas 他们在这里藏身是因为狮子和鬣狗会越来越少
than there are nearer the river. 比那条河更近。
At least, in theory. 至少在理论上。
The puku and impala are returning too, 普库和黑斑羚也回来了，
no longer reliant on the river for moisture. 不再依赖河流来获取水分。
Soon, the alpha female will retire to her den. 很快，雌性大熊猫就要回到她的巢穴了。
The alpha male is old now, 大男人现在老了，
not the hunter he used to be. 他不再是以前的猎人了。
The survival of the pack depends on the yearlings. 狼群的生存取决于一岁的幼崽。
They've learned well. 他们学得很好。
They know to split up and flank their prey. 他们知道分头攻击猎物。
(DOGS CALLING) （狗叫）
They know they just have to keep running 他们知道他们只需要继续奔跑
And eventually, the kill will come. 最终，杀戮终将来临。
The yearling drives the impala right into the jaws of his siblings. 一岁的小家伙把黑斑羚直接撞到了他的兄弟姐妹的嘴里。
(DOGS TWITTERING) （狗叽叽喳喳）
For the first time, they provide a meal for their mother. 他们第一次为母亲提供一顿饭。
They eat quickly. 他们吃得很快。
Little goes unnoticed on these plains 在这些平原上很少有人不注意到
and you never know who's coming to dinner uninvited. 你永远不知道谁会不请自来。
(HOWLING) （嚎叫）
Hyenas. Their old enemies. 鬣狗。他们的宿敌。
(HYENAS YIPPING) （鬣狗叶平）
But now the pack has confidence, and together the dogs stand strong. 但现在这群狗有了信心，它们一起坚强地站起来。
(GROWLING) （咆哮）
Let the hyenas fight over the scraps. 让鬣狗为残羹冷炙而战。
These hunters can always catch another meal. 这些猎人总能再捕到一顿饭。
For this family, six fresh young hunters is enough. 对这个家庭来说，六个年轻的猎人就够了。
The yearlings have come of age. 一岁的孩子已经成年了。
They're ready to help defend and feed the new puppies 他们准备好帮助保护和喂养新的小狗
when they come. 当他们来的时候。
For now, at least, the future looks secure for the Hot Springs Pack. 至少目前看来，温泉组合的未来是安全的。
It's a ray of hope for wild dogs in Africa. 这对非洲的野狗来说是一线希望。