潘塔纳尔和塞拉多:两个错综复杂、相互联系的生态系统，其规模之大，无人熟识 The Pantanal and El Cerrado: two intricately interconnected ecosystems as vast as they are unknown.
它们共同构成了整个地球上生物多样性最丰富的地区之一 Together they comprise one of the most highly biodiverse regions on the entire planet.
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就像两块独一无二的巨大的、活生生的三维拼图， Like two unique pieces of an immense, living, three-dimensional jigsaw,
潘塔纳尔和塞拉多的领土重叠在南美洲的巴西中心 the territories of the Pantanal and El Cerrado overlap in the Brazilian heart of South America.
尽管它们有着巨大的体量和丰富的自然资源， Despite their colossal dimensions and the richness of nature they share,
它们都是相对不为人知的地区 they are relatively unknown regions.
陆地还是水，湿气还是热，液体还是固体…… Land or water, moisture or heat, liquid or solid...
潘塔纳尔或塞拉多:表象可能暗示着两个相反的东西， Pantanal or El Cerrado: appearances may suggest two opposites,
对手,甚至。但在现实中，它们是两个互为补充的世界，构成了一个整体 antagonists, even.But in reality, they are two complementary worlds that make up a single whole.
潘塔纳尔湿地:水的世界 The Pantanal: a world of water.
生命在泛滥的平原、湖泊和水道中繁盛 Life teems in its flooded plains, lakes and water channels.
这里是数百种鸟类、哺乳动物、鱼类和昆虫的家园 This is home to hundreds of species of birds and mammals, fish and insects.
那么，这不是偶然的， It is not by chance, then,
这片土地也是新大陆最可怕的掠食者的家园 that this territory is also home to the most fearsome predator of the New World.
这里生命的数量和密度对任何一个以肉食为食的人来说都是不可抗拒的 The quantity and density of life here is irresistible to anyone whose feeding habits tend towards a meat-based diet.
凯门鳄细腻的白肉， The delicate, white flesh of caiman,
多汁的水豚, juicy capybara,
而柔嫩的沼泽鹿都在菜单上 and tender marsh deer are all on the menu.
这种动物数量的增加，正是南美美洲豹在潘塔纳尔地区发现最多的原因 Such proliferation of animal protein is precisely why the largest population of South American jaguars on the continent is found within the Pantanal.
美洲豹在这个生态系统中是绝对的王者: The jaguar is the absolute king of this ecosystem:
它的咬合力是所有猫科动物中最强有力的 its bite is the most potent and powerful of all felines.
说任何动物都逃不过它的虎口，这不仅仅是文学或传奇的发明 To say that no animal is safe from its jaws is no mere literary, or legendary, invention.
即使是小的巴西三带犰狳，有了这套盔甲，也无法抵御大猫的牙齿 Even the small Brazilian three-banded armadillo, with its suit of armour has no defence against the teeth of the big cat.
所以在任何可能发生的危险中，最好的办法就是躲开 So in the event of any possible danger, the best thing is to disappear.
这只美洲豹开始在潘塔纳尔草原上巡游 This jaguar is setting off on its rounds of the Pantanal.
它美丽的斑纹皮毛让它很好地隐身 Its beautiful dappled coat makes it almost invisible.
对于潘塔纳尔的其它居民来说，每天美洲豹习惯性的巡逻都是它们恐慌的时刻 The jaguar's habitual patrol is a daily moment of panic for the rest of the inhabitants of the Pantanal.
潘塔纳尔的美洲豹大多喜欢走靠近水的路 The jaguars of the Pantanal mostly prefer to follow paths close to the water.
从岸上，它们可以在两个世界寻找猎物，水栖和陆地， From the shore, they can search for their prey in both worlds, aquatic and terrestrial,
总是被植被和它们的伪装外衣保护着 always protected by the vegetation and their coat of camouflage.
这并不是说在这里打猎是一件容易的事。每个人都处于戒备状态，只要有一丝警报的迹象， That is not to say that hunting here is an easy task. Everyone is on alert, and at the slightest hint of alarm,
会逃离危险 will flee the danger.
在这种情况下，第一个发现大猫的是水豚 On this occasion, the first to spot the cat is a capybara.
水豚潜入水中，拉响警报 The capybara dives into the water and raises the alarm.
它尖锐的叫声，提醒一公里内的所有生物美洲豹正在伺机而动 Its piercing call alerts all creatures up to a kilometer away that the jaguar is on the prowl.
现在，这种顶端捕食者面临着更艰巨的任务 Now the apex predator has a much more difficult task.
尽管它有隐身、技巧和伪装， For all its stealth, skill and camouflage,
今天早上的狩猎将是一个复杂的过程 this morning's hunt will be a complicated one.
巨大湿地中的日出，就在几个小时前，统治不远处内陆的还是月亮 Sunrise in the gigantic wetland. Just a few hours ago, it was the moon that ruled not far away inland.
在月光下，塞拉多似乎是一个干燥、不适宜居住的地方， Under the light of the moon, El Cerrado seems a dry, unhospitable place,
在这个舞台上，另一种外形截然不同的大的掠食者开了个头 the stage upon which another large predator of a very different aspect plays a leading role.
鬃狼鬼鬼祟祟的脚步声在植被中几乎看不见 The furtive footsteps of a maned wolf are barely noticeable in the vegetation.
黎明前，鬃狼进行了大规模的、快节奏的突击 Before dawn, the wolf has carried out an extensive, quick-paced sortie.
鬃狼是所有南美犬科动物中体型最大的一种，主要是孤独的猎手 The maned wolf, the largest of all South American canine species, is a mostly solitary hunter.
它异乎寻常的长腿是对灌木丛生的生态系统的一种令人钦佩的适应， Its unusually long legs are an admirable adaptation to an ecosystem which is often shrubland,
长满了尴尬的草、灌木和荆棘 full of awkward grasses, bushes and briars.
与美洲豹相比，鬃狼有一种近乎空灵的马车， In contrast to the jaguar, the maned wolf has an almost ethereal carriage,
它的长腿每天晚上带着它穿越塞拉多平原 its long legs serving to carry it huge distances across the plains of El Cerrado every night.
这些夜间的长途跋涉只有一个目的:寻找食物 These long nocturnal treks have only one purpose: to find sustenance.
而这样的生活方式将它引向孤独: And this way of life leads it to solitude:
这不是群居动物 this is not a herd animal.
由于鬃狼捕食较小的动物， Since the maned wolf hunts smaller animals,
它不需要与同物种的其它物种合作 it does not need to collaborate with others of its species.
夜间活动的狗和白天活动的猫:鬃狼和美洲豹似乎已经转换了传统角色 Nocturnal dog and diurnal cat: wolf and jaguar seem to have switched traditional roles.
但和鬃狼一样，美洲豹也是不知疲倦的行者 But like the maned wolf, the jaguar is a tireless walker.
这只似乎找到了踪迹 This one seems to have found a trail
在潘塔纳尔中央: in the middle of the Pantanal:
除了食物的香味，空气中还弥漫着别的东西 Apart from the aromas of food, something else hangs in the air.
这是雌性用尿液标记领地的令人陶醉的气味 It is the heady scent of a female that has marked the territory with urine.
美洲豹的交配总是短暂的 The coupling of jaguars is always a brief affair.
这些猫几乎过着完全孤独的生活:只有在发情期的几天，它们才会容忍陪伴 These cats live almost entirely solitary lives: only for a few days when in heat will they tolerate company.
这对情侣相处得很舒服 This couple is comfortable with each other.
它们互相等待，互致问候，一起散步，寻找一个隐蔽的地方 They wait for each other, issue greetings and walk together to find a discreet place.
短暂交配后，各走各的路 After a brief copulation, each will go its own way.
空气中弥漫着爱，似乎不只是潘塔纳尔的美洲豹 Love is in the air, it would seem, not just for the jaguars of the Pantanal.
对许多动物来说，丰富的食物是形成结对的必要先决条件 For many animals, the abundance of food is an essential precursor to forming pairs.
翠鸟具有所有物种的最高效率，是对家族的一种生命保险 The supreme efficiency of all species of kingfisher is a kind of life insurance for the family.
有了一个充满希望的未来，成对的翠鸟将它们的关系发展到下一个层次 With a promising future likely, pairs of kingfishers take their relationships to the next level.
大量多样的鱼类生活在湿地中，使它们成为潘塔纳尔食物链的重要组成部分 The enormous quantity and variety of fish that live in the wetland make them a critical part of the Pantanal's food chain.
鱼是许多不同物种非常受欢迎的食物来源， Fish are a highly sought-after food source for many different species,
特别是对凯门鳄和大白苍鹭，或白鹭 especially for yacare caiman and great white herons, or egrets.
对这一资源的竞争似乎是无限的 Competition for this resource is seemingly limitless.
但它是如此丰富，是取之不尽用之不竭的 But its abundance is such that it is inexhaustible.
在这里，这是所有想吃的鱼的晚餐! Here, it's fish supper for all who want it!
潘塔纳尔泛滥平原的面积，相当于西班牙和法国面积的总和 The Pantanal floodplain is similar in size to the areas of Spain and France combined.
与潘塔纳尔相邻的是塞拉多， The Pantanal's contiguous neighbour is El Cerrado,
一种树木繁茂的稀树大草原，密度不一，延伸至南美洲的中心，面积相当于墨西哥 a wooded savannah, of varying density that extends throughout the heart of South America over an area the size of Mexico.
塞拉多和潘塔纳尔是互补的生态系统， El Cerrado and the Pantanal are complementary ecosystems,
一个是另一个的延续，两者密切相关，甚至共享许多居民 one the continuation of the other, both intimately related, even sharing many inhabitants.
潘塔纳尔是地球上最大的湿地， The Pantanal is the largest wetland on the planet,
据科学家称，是地球上生物多样性最丰富的地方 and according to scientists, the most biodiverse on Earth.
它是一颗潮湿、脉动的生态瑰宝 It is a wet, pulsating ecological jewel.
即使是南美所有鸟类中最高最大的大鹳，在这里也相对丰富 Even the jabiru, the tallest and largest of all South American birds, is relatively abundant here.
和潘塔纳尔的许多其它居民一样，它以鱼类为食 Like many other inhabitants of the Pantanal, its diet is fish-based.
大鹳有灭绝的危险， The jabiru is in danger of extinction,
它还小心翼翼地在池塘和洪水泛滥的土地边缘巡逻 and it cautiously patrols the fringes of ponds and flooded land.
这个耐心的猎人在等待机会 This patient hunter waits for its chance.
但这些浑浊的水域很危险，即使对像这样的大型鸟类来说也是如此 But these murky waters are dangerous, even for a large bird like this.
凯门鳄与大鹳有利益冲突:它们都吃鱼 Yacare caiman have a conflict of interest with the jabiru: they both eat fish.
而且凯门鳄还会吃掉任何经过足够近的其它动物 And the yacare will also eat any other animal that passes close enough.
最好不要冒险 It is best not to take any risks.
腿上如果有咬伤，会让鸟无可救药地受伤，所以它需要小心 A bite on a leg would hopelessly injure the bird, so it needs to be cautious
和凯门鳄保持安全距离寻找食物 and look for food at a safe distance from the caiman.
大鹳在不那么危险的地方找到食物，是没有问题的 The jabiru has no problem finding food in a less hazardous place.
它的饥饿满足了，是时候回家了 Its hunger satisfied, it is time to go home.
天色已晚，带个礼物到巢里是个不错的主意 It is getting late in the day, so a gift to bring to the nest is a good idea.
大鹳已经轮班孵蛋好几天了 The jabiru have been incubating their eggs in shifts for several days.
只要有机会，它们就会在巢穴里做一些家务 Whenever they can, they carry out some housekeeping on the nest.
偶尔，从湿地回来时， Occasionally, when returning from the wetland,
它们会打湿鸟巢，让蛋保持在合适的温度 they will dampen the nest to keep the eggs at the right temperature.
只有最大的树，才能承受巨大的大鹳巢穴的重量 Only the largest trees can support the weight of the huge jabirus' nests.
紫蓝色（风信子）金刚鹦鹉也面临着类似的挑战 Hyacinth macaws have similar challenges.
紫蓝色金刚鹦鹉是美洲最大的鹦鹉 Hyacinth macaw are the largest parrots in America
住在塞拉多和潘塔纳尔共用的区域 and live in common areas of El Cerrado and the Pantanal.
和大鹳一样，由于狩猎和首选栖息地的消失，它们也面临着灭绝的危险 Like the jabiru, they are in danger of extinction due to hunting and the disappearance of their preferred habitats.
但在潘塔纳尔和塞拉多的一些地区，它们仍然过着相对安全和平静的生活 But in some areas of the Pantanal and El Cerrado they still lead a relatively secure and calm life.
生活其实是如此平静， Life is so peaceful in fact,
这对宁静的情侣可以毫无顾虑地交配 that this serene couple can mate with no particular concerns.
在附近的一棵老树上，它们找到了一个可以安家的绝佳地方 Nearby, in an old tree, they have found an excellent place where they can set up home.
一对紫蓝色金刚鹦鹉之间的关系非常复杂。它们终生交配 Relationships between pairs of hyacinth macaws are very complex. They mate for life.
但它们的专属配对并不意味着它们没有健康的社交生活 But their exclusive pairing does not mean they don't have a healthy social life.
紫蓝色金刚鹦鹉成群聚集，穿过棕榈树和林地寻找食物 Hyacinth macaws gather in flocks that cross palm groves and woodlands in search of food.
风信金刚鹦鹉从潘塔纳尔的边界飞到邻近的塞拉多，以营养丰富的水果为食 Hyacinth macaws fly from the boundaries of the Pantanal to neighbouring El Cerrado to feed on nutritious fruits.
塞拉多干燥但肥沃，出产数百种不同的水果 El Cerrado, dry but fertile, produces hundreds of different fruits.
它们中的许多都有坚硬的外壳保护 Many of them are protected with a hard shell.
鹦鹉的喙是有力的切割器， The parrots' beaks act as powerful cutters,
能够打破最坚硬的外壳，够到里面美味的水果 capable of breaking open the hardest shells to reach the tasty fruit inside.
塞拉多的季节性干旱赋予了这里独特的景观: The seasonal droughts of El Cerrado lend the landscape a certain character:
这是硬币的一面;另一个原因是潘塔纳尔闷热潮湿 This is one side of the coin; the cloying humidity of the Pantanal is the other.
与干燥坚硬的地面形成对比， Contrasting with the dry, hard ground,
潘塔纳尔迫使它的居民过着两栖的生活 the Pantanal obliges its inhabitants to lead an amphibious way of life.
水豚这样的动物喜欢这种在中间的生活方式，总是在陆地和水之间 Animals like the capybara enjoy this halfway lifestyle, always between the land and the water.
即使是强大的美洲豹也必须接受潘塔纳尔的规则 Even the mighty jaguar must accept the rules of the Pantanal.
通常情况下，它会在追逐猎物或寻找新领地时跳入水道 Very often, it will plunge into its water courses in pursuit of prey or in search of new territories.
事实上，美洲豹是所有猫科动物中最喜欢水的动物之一。它可以非常自信地潜水和游泳很长一段距离 In fact, the jaguar is one of the most water-loving of all felines. It can dive and swim long distances with great confidence.
美洲豹与巨獭这种当地水域真正的帝王发生偶遇并不罕见 It is not uncommon for jaguars to cross paths with giant otters, the true monarchs of the local waters.
巨型河獭一生的大部分时间都在这片浑浊的水中度过， Giant river otters spend most of their lives in these murky waters,
在那里，它们完美适应的身体结构允许它们在闲暇时游泳和潜水 where their perfectly adapted anatomy allows them to swim and dive at their leisure.
它们动作敏捷 They are quick and agile.
潘塔纳尔是美洲最大的巨獭种群之一，原因很简单…… The Pantanal is home to one of the largest populations of giant otters in America for two simple reasons...
…水和食物都有保证 ...water and food are both guaranteed.
水獭几乎总是以小家庭群体活动， Otters almost always move in small family groups,
一次又一次地穿越它们的领地寻找鱼 traversing their territory again and again in search of fish.
巨獭是这条河中最有效的捕食者:没有其它渔夫能与之相比 Giant otters are the most effective predators in the river: there is no other fisherman to match them.
它们对河流的每一个角落，每一条鱼可能藏身的水流的了解，是无与伦比的 Their knowledge of every corner of the river, each current where fish might hide, is unparalleled.
于是，狩猎就以一个意料之中的结论结束了: And so the hunt ends in what is a foregone conclusion:
每个家庭成员都能毫不费力地捕捉到午餐， every member of the family captures its lunch without much ado,
当它们悠闲地游泳和漂浮在水里的家时，立即吞食它 devouring it immediately as they leisurely swim and float in their watery home.
水獭起得很早，通常是天一亮 Otters are very early risers, usually at first light.
但当它们在享受当之无愧的一夜休息时， But while they were taking a well-deserved night's rest,
几小时前，在附近的塞拉多干燥的土地上， a few hours earlier, on the dry land of El Cerrado nearby,
更多的环境中的居民在四处徘徊 more of the environment's inhabitants were on the prowl.
第一个出现在黑暗中的夜贼是一种体型惊人的动物 The first night prowler to emerge into the dark is an animal of daunting proportions.
南美洲貘是该大陆上最大的陆生动物，体重可达300公斤左右 The South American tapir, the largest terrestrial animal on the continent, can weigh in the region of three hundred kilos.
貘是巨型动物中仅存的一例 The tapir is the last remaining example of the megafauna
几千年前就居住在整个南美洲 that inhabited the whole of South America a few thousand years ago.
貘会栖息在各种生态系统中，如塞拉多和潘塔纳尔， Tapir will inhabit a wide variety of ecosystems such as El Cerrado and the Pantanal,
前提是满足两个基本条件:水让它以两栖的方式生活，以及丰富茂盛的植被 provided two basic conditions are met: water for it to lead its amphibious way of life, and abundant, lush vegetation.
一只捕食者在黑暗中靠近 A predator moves in the darkness close by.
虽然外表有点像美洲豹， But though somewhat like a jaguar in appearance,
这是一个微型版本，不会打扰到貘 this is a miniature version and not one to trouble the tapir.
这是一只小豹猫 It's an ocelot.
豹猫是一种极其敏捷的猫科动物，每天晚上都刻苦地履行着自己迷你超级捕食者的角色 Ocelots are tremendously agile felines, and every night assiduously carry out their role of mini-super-predator.
它们的食物包括各种中小型动物， Their diet includes all kinds of small and medium-sized animals,
从凯门鳄到猴子，甚至脆脆可口的昆虫，如果找不到更好的 from caiman to monkeys, and even crisp and tasty insects, if nothing better can be found.
再一次，伟大的塞拉多猎人从黑暗中出现 Once again, from the darkness, the great hunter of El Cerrado appears.
一对长腿、柔软的鬃狼 A pair of long-legged and supple maned wolves.
鬃狼对一切都嗤之以鼻: The maned wolf sniffs at everything:
和豹猫一样，它也在觅食 like the ocelot, it is also foraging for food.
这只狗永远都是一副忧心忡忡的样子，至少是一副谨慎的样子 This canine has a permanently worried, or at least cautious, look about it.
也许是它高跷般的腿给了它这种不确定的气氛 Perhaps its stilt-like legs lend it this uncertain air.
但只有美洲豹和美洲狮是体型较大的猎手 But only the jaguar and the puma are larger hunters.
鬃狼是和大型猫科动物一样优秀的捕食者 And the maned wolf is every bit as good a predator as the big cats.
尽管体型庞大，但它会满足于小啮齿类动物， Despite its size, it will be satisfied with small rodents,
事实上，它的饮食几乎是素食:大部分食物是从树上掉下来的种子 and in fact, its diet is almost vegetarian: much of what eats are the seeds that fall from the trees.
鬃狼似乎从食肉动物俱乐部离开了: The maned wolf seems to have resigned from The Carnivore Club:
它有意识地寻找出水果，是它得名的由来: it consciously seeks out the fruit to which it lends its name:
狼苹果，来自塞拉多洛贝拉灌木的 the wolf apple, from the lobeira bushes that grow in El Cerrado,
为它提供了所有必要的营养 which provide it with all necessary nutrients.
鬃狼在夜间寻找果实， While the maned wolf searches for fruit at night,
其它掠食者会充分利用白天，发挥它们的所有力量 other predators make the most of the daylight to deploy all their powers.
这只蝎子在加班: This scorpion is working overtime:
不是趁着第一缕阳光躲起来，而是延长了夜班，多猎了一点 instead of hiding with the first rays of sun, it prolongs the night shift to hunt a little more.
拥有战斗装甲的蛛形纲动物，蝎子在干旱的塞拉多非常自在， Battle-armoured arachnids, scorpions are supremely at home in the aridity of El Cerrado,
这只是这片树木繁茂的大草原上巨大自然财富的一小部分，它占了地球上所有生物多样性的5% just one tiny part of the great natural wealth of this wooded savannah, which accounts for 5% of all biodiversity on the planet.
但塞拉多这个微型世界的戏剧可能会有令人惊讶的结局 But the dramas of the miniature world of El Cerrado may have surprising denouements.
一只蝗虫或一只大蚱蜢是睡前最好的早餐 A locust or a large grasshopper would be an excellent breakfast before retiring to sleep.
蝎子敏捷敏捷，蚱蜢也一样 The scorpion is quick and agile. But so is the grasshopper.
蝎子的毒刺让蝎子感到自信和强大，这是可以理解的 With its venom-swollen sting, the scorpion understandably feels confident and powerful.
但它没有考虑到当地的塞拉多蜥蜴， But it hasn't taken into account a local Cerrado lizard,
阿根廷的黑白树栖蜥，一种凶猛的动物，而现在，它很饿 the Argentine black and white tegu, a fierce animal, and right now, a hungry one.
蜥蜴并不害怕蝎子，因为它相信自己知道蜘蛛的弱点 The lizard is not afraid of the scorpion, believing it knows the arachnid's weak points.
毫无疑问，另一场死亡决斗在塞拉多开始 There can be no doubt: another duel to the death begins in El Cerrado.
这是一场愤怒、无情的遭遇:这种爬行动物攻击、撕咬、摇晃它的猎物 It is a furious, ruthless encounter: the reptile attacks, bites, and shakes its prey.
但蝎子并没有被吓倒:它举起有毒的钩进行防御 But the scorpion is not overawed: it raises its poisonous hook in defence.
但最后蝎子再也抵抗不住了，蜥蜴把它整个吞了下去 But finally the scorpion can resist no longer and the lizard swallows it whole.
这个猎人已经被猎杀了 This hunter has been hunted.
相邻的小区，大湿地，也被洪水淹没，光线充足， The adjacent neighborhood, the great wetland, is also flooded, with light,
而且，和蜥蜴一样，美洲豹也会捕猎， and, like the lizard, the jaguar hunts,
寻找稍大一点的动物来充饥 looking for somewhat larger animals to satiate its hunger.
美洲豹是一种机会主义者，喜欢伏击猎食，喜欢在树木繁茂的环境中更好地给猎物一个突然 The jaguar is an opportunist that hunts by ambush, preferring wooded environments to better surprise its prey.
尽管是最伟大的猎人之一，湿地的恐怖，它的生活并不容易 Despite being among the greatest of hunters, the terror of the wetland, its life is not easy.
美洲豹必须努力而谨慎地工作来赚取食物 The jaguar must work hard and discreetly to earn its meal.
猫科动物一次又一次地在湿地岸边巡逻 The felines patrol the banks of the wetland again and again.
这有时会是令人沮丧的劳动。需要一点运气 It can be dispiriting labour at times. A little luck is needed.
一只孤独而心不在焉的水豚。或者是在岸边打瞌睡的凯门鳄 A lone and distracted capybara. Or perhaps a caiman dozing on the bank.
这是一出孤注一掷的戏 It's an all or nothing play.
闪电般的加速，它抓住了凯门鳄。但凯门鳄不会轻易放弃 With a lightning acceleration, he catches the caiman. But the caiman won't give up easily.
凯门鳄的体重几乎和美洲豹一样重， The caiman weighs almost as much as the jaguar itself,
而且把它从水里拖出来，看起来是不可能的 and it is near impossible to drag it from the water.
最后，这只大猫设法把这只巨大的爬行动物拖到它藏身的灌木丛中，在不受打扰的情况下进食 At last, the big cat manages to haul the huge reptile into the bushes where it hides to eat undisturbed.
凯门鳄会为美洲豹提供几天的美味肉 The caiman will provide the jaguar with delicious meat for a couple of days.
当美洲豹缓解饥饿时， While the jaguar assuages its hunger,
在塞拉多附近，其它动物也在寻找食物 nearby, in El Cerrado other animals also look for sustenance.
塞拉多是一片不断变化的林地，一些地区有部分被洪水淹没 El Cerrado is an ever-changing woodland with some areas that flood in sections.
但现在，正是干燥又非常炎热的季节 But right now, it is the dry and very hot season.
幸运的是，树里面还有地方可以躲避无情的阳光 Fortunately, there are places to shelter from the merciless sun within the trees.
一群黑条纹卷尾猴躲在树木和岩石之间 A troupe of black striped capuchin monkeys hides among the trees and rocks.
卷尾猴既极其聪明，又技艺高超 Capuchin monkeys are both extremely intelligent and skilled.
猴群中最年长的成员在岩石和树枝周围移动 The oldest members of the troupe move around the rocks and branches.
它们好像在找什么东西 It seems they are looking for something.
群中的一些成员来到地上，掂量不同石头的优劣 Some members of the group come down onto the ground to weigh up the merits of different stones.
这是一个令人惊讶的活动的前奏 This is the prelude to a surprising activity.
硬坚果把它们令人垂涎欲滴的宝贝保护着，在这里比比皆是 Hard nuts that keep their mouth-watering treasures protected within abound here.
而卷尾猴只需要一把锤子和一个铁砧 And the capuchins need only a hammer and an anvil.
它们寻找放置坚果的大石头，然后选择合适的石头来击打坚果 They search for large stones on which to place the nuts, and then choose an appropriate rock to hit them with.
它们已经被证明，可以根据坚果的状态来调整打击的力度，这样就不会破坏里面的东西 They have been shown to adjust the force of the blow according to the state of the shell so as not to destroy what is inside.
它们还会计算每块石头的重量，直到找到最适合手中掰开坚果的那块石头，才会满意 They also calculate the weight of each stone, not satisfied until they find the one most suitable to break the nut in hand.
这是一种非常精细的技术，用它它们成功地打开了一个又一个壳 It is an extraordinarily refined technique, and with it they succeed in opening one shell after another.
小卷尾猴通过观察它们的长辈来学习，然后模仿它们 The young capuchins learn by observing their elders,then copying them.
但所有这些努力实际上并不是为了种子: But all this effort is not in fact for the seeds:
卷尾猴追求的是更稀缺和有价值的东西:蛋白质 the capuchins are after something even more scarce and valuable: proteins.
它们敲碎坚果，寻找以里面的种子为食的脂肪幼虫 They crack the nuts in search of the fat larvae that feed on the seeds inside.
所以实际上这些猴子是小昆虫猎人 So in reality these monkeys are small insect hunters.
一只好奇的小啮齿动物，岩豚鼠，饶有兴趣地看着猴子们的努力 A curious little rodent, the rock cavy, watches the monkeys' efforts with interest.
豚鼠 或说岩豚鼠 会吃一些和卷尾猴一样的食物，比如植物芽和浆果 The rock cavy, or moco, eats some of the same food as the capuchins, such as sprouts and berries.
除了分享食物供应， As well as sharing food supplies,
啮齿动物是邻居，栖息在猴子寻找锤石的多岩石地方 the rodent is a neighbor, inhabiting the rocky places where the monkeys look for their hammerstones.
这些啮齿动物只居住在塞拉多的岩石地区，在那里它们可以躲避敌人 These rodents inhabit only the rocky parts of El Cerrado, where they can take refuge from their enemies.
它们出色的嗅觉和听觉，一旦有麻烦的迹象，它们就会消失在岩石中 Thanks to their excellent senses of smell and hearing, at the first sign of trouble they disappear into the rocks.
猴子们听到警报，也逃跑了 The monkeys pick up the alarm, and also flee.
一只美洲豹在塞拉多的林地里徘徊 A jaguar prowls through the wood lands of El Cerrado.
塞拉多的美洲豹比潘塔纳尔的要少得多，因为它们受到农场主的强烈迫害 There are far fewer jaguars in El Cerrado than in the Pantanal, since they are fiercely persecuted by ranchers.
然而，尽管发生了这一切，有些美洲豹仍然存在，隐藏在森林更深处 And yet, despite everything, some remain, hidden deep in the forest.
而在那里，没有人能和平地生活 And there, nobody can live in peace.
美洲豹是十项全能的动物，能轻松地跳跃、攀爬、高速奔跑和游泳 The jaguar is a decathlete, easily capable of jumping, climbing, running at high speed and swimming.
但并不是所有的动物都逃离美洲豹:一些动物知道如何利用它的存在 But not all animals flee the jaguar: some know how to take advantage of its presence.
在潘塔纳尔，长腿兀鹰和黑秃鹫发现了美洲豹捕获的凯门鳄的残骸 In the Pantanal, caracaras and black vultures have found the remains of the caiman that the jaguar caught.
它们不会让这只大猫再吃一次 They will not allow the big cat a second sitting.
这两种猛禽会争夺任何尸体和废物， The two species of raptor compete for any carcasses and waste,
但当时机成熟时，它们可以共享资源，虽然不是那么友好 but when the time comes, they can share resources, although not that amicably.
美洲豹要花上几天的时间，才能吃掉像凯门鳄这样结实的猎物，除非机会主义的腐肉食者抢在它们前面 Jaguars take a couple of days to eat all of a prey as substantial as a caiman, unless opportunistic carrion eaters beat them to it.
没有一定程度的紧张，这种性质的一顿饭是不完整的 No meal of this nature is complete without a degree of tension.
猛禽吃得很匆忙，知道美洲豹随时可能回来吃第二次 They eat in a hurry, knowing that the jaguar may come back at any moment for its second course.
如果来得太晚，美洲豹辛苦赚来的美餐就会荡然无存 If it comes too late, there will be nothing left of the jaguar's hard-earned meal.
当食腐动物们消灭凯门鳄时，美洲豹正在一个小海滩上休息， While the scavengers finish off the caiman, the jaguar is resting on a small beach,
不知道它的午餐正在迅速消失 unaware that its lunch is fast disappearing.
在对岸， 黑剪嘴鸥掠过和休息 On the opposite bank, black skimmers flit and rest.
这些鸟长时间呆在河滩上，或者在极低的高度沿潘塔纳尔海峡飞行， These birds spend long hours on the river beaches or flying at impossibly low levels along the Pantanal's channels,
从水面捕捉小生物 capturing small creatures from the surface of the water.
黑剪嘴鸥是专门的湿地鸟类 Skimmers are exclusively wetland birds.
在邻近的草原上，美洲鸵的步态无法识别塞拉多和潘塔纳尔之间的边界 On the neighbouring steppe, the measured gait of the nandu does not recognize the borders between El Cerrado and the Pantanal.
美洲鸵，或达尔文的鸵鸟， The nandu, or Darwin's rhea,
很好地适应了大草原上的生活，但也会在泛滥平原上游荡， is well adapted to life on the savannah, but it also wanders the floodplains,
尤其当被一种强烈的欲望感所打动时:这是交配的季节 especially when moved by a profound sensation of desire: it is the mating season.
这只雄性美洲鸵正在寻找配偶，并通过发出几乎亚音速的振动来广而告之 This male nandu is looking for a mate, and announces the fact by emitting almost subsonic vibrations
穿过平原和森林，但愿能传到善于接受的雌性的耳朵里 throughout the plains and forests, hopefully as far as the ears of a receptive female.
它粗壮的脚让它能不知疲倦地行走 It's large tough feet allow it to walk tirelessly.
在它奇怪的意图声明之后，它开始寻找食物，尤其是植物芽和种子 After his strange declaration of intent, he forages for food, especially sprouts and seeds.
相当数量的昆虫、蜥蜴和老鼠也包括在它的饮食中 A decent ration of insects, lizards and mice is also included in its diet.
贪婪的美洲鸵有一个竞争对手，尽管比它小得多，但它的头衔是“最佳平原步行者” The voracious nandu has a competitor, although much smaller, for the title of Best Plains Walker.
叫鹤 The seriema.
叫鹤是凶猛而坚定的捕食者，能捕获大量昆虫 Seriema are fierce and determined predators that capture large amounts of insects.
它钢铁般的喙和坚硬的脚都是死亡的工具 Both its steely beak and tough feet serve as instruments of death.
叫鹤还捕食各种小型脊椎动物，包括蛇 The seriema also hunts all kinds of small vertebrates, including snakes.
猎一条大蛇比猎许多小昆虫要有效率得多，即使这是一件有风险的事 It is much more efficient to hunt one large snake than many small insects even if it is a risky business.
叫鹤在进攻上无所畏惧 The seriema is fearless in attack.
它又快又猛，又踢又啄蛇， Fast and forceful, it kicks and pecks at the snake,
让爬行动物目瞪口呆，失去战斗力 leaving the reptile stunned and hors de combat.
叫鹤和它们的邻居美洲豹、鬃狼和紫蓝色金刚鹦鹉一样， Seriema, like their neighbors the jaguar, maned wolf and hyacinth macaws,
是潘塔纳尔和塞拉多生活中不可或缺的一部分 are an integral part of life in the Pantanal and El Cerrado.
这两个地方的生命财富都是惊人的，而这两个世界的特性， The wealth of life in both places is prodigious, and the personalities of these two worlds,
潘塔纳尔和塞拉多，都是独特而互补的， the Pantanal and El Cerrado, are each singular yet complementary,
相互影响，在南美洲的中心形成了一个独特的世界 exerting an influence the one on the other to form a unique world in the heart of South America.
它们共享的边界是如此之宽，以至于它们相互交融，不可能分开 The borders they share are so wide that they intermingle and are impossible to separate.
这是一块极其特殊的荒野， An extraordinarily special, wild territory,
一个完整而强健的生态系统，美洲最大掠食者的最后避难所， a complete robust ecosystem, the last refuge of the Americas' greatest predators,
如同传说中的美洲豹，也是地球上生命最集中的地方 such as the legendary jaguar, and home to the highest concentrations of life on the Planet.
时间轴调整 校对 chenym