巴布亚新几内亚和印度尼西亚的群岛 The islands of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
在这里，火山气体 形成海底喷泉 Here, volcanic gases form undersea fountains ...
海底火山爆发 形成千变万化的生活 and the sea erupts with kaleidoscopic life.
珊瑚礁环绕的这些太平洋岛屿 构成珊瑚大三角的中心 The reefs surrounding these Pacific Islands form the heart of the Coral Triangle.
生活在这里的海洋物种 比地球上其他任何地方更多 More marine species live here than anywhere else on Earth.
所以住在这里的许多物种 它们都可以生存下去 So many species live here that they can all survive...
只要与其他的生物明显的不同 only if each is distinctly different from the other.
这条像小狗一样的动物 实际上是一个肩章鲨 This puppy-like creature is actually an epaulette shark
这种生物只在珊瑚大三角生存 who lives only in the Coral Triangle.
它并不常游泳 所以他更喜欢爬行 He's not much of a swimmer, so he prefers to crawl.
须鲨看起来像一个粗毛地毯 The Wobbegong Shark looks like a shag carpet...
直到它行动 until he moves.
猎人需要伪装以及无限的耐心 Disguised hunters need almost endless patience.
晚餐必定会到来 Dinner must come to them.
巨型躄鱼像是学校里的大型扫除机 A giant frogfish is hoping the school of glassy sweepers
很容易将它误认为一块黄色的海绵 mistakes it for a yellow sponge.
鳄鱼鱼完美的混合在珊瑚礁中 The crocodile fish blends into the reef perfectly.
这一次 蓝鲷是幸运的 This time, the Blue Damselfish was lucky.
但是逃出煎锅外却反而跳入火里 But out of the frying pan and into the fire.
巨型躄鱼有许多种颜色 Giant frogfish come in all colors.
只试图在一处隐藏 可能是一个非常糟糕的主意 Trying to hide under one could be a really bad idea.
石头鱼长的相当粗糙 The stonefish is about as graceless as a fish can be.
它有点害怕天敌 It has little to fear from predators.
地球上没有一种鱼比它更恶毒 No fish on Earth is more venomous.
它可以花数天等待一条粗心的鱼 It might wait several days for a careless fish ...
在这丑陋的大嘴巴范围内游泳 to swim within range of that big ugly mouth.
经过耐心的等待 After waiting so patiently...
必须面临沮丧 that must be frustrating.
但是，最在这里恶毒的动物 并不是鱼 But the most venomous creatures here are not fish.
这是一种大海蛇 That distinction belongs to sea snakes.
它们的毒液更甚于眼镜王蛇 Their venom is many times more potent than a king cobra's.
它们像其他的蛇一样 呼吸空气 Like other snakes, these breathe air...
但是它们可以潜入水中一百英尺 并可停留数个小时 but they can dive more than a hundred feet, and stay down for hours.
即使在珊瑚大三角 这里的海蛇已经越来越少 Sea snakes are increasingly rare, even here in the Coral Triangle.
大多数已被制成钱包、鞋子或手提袋 Most have become wallets, shoes or handbags.
在珊瑚大三角 最边缘的红树林海岸线 In the Coral Triangle, mangroves fringe most shorelines.
这些沿海密林保护海岛免受侵蚀 These coastal jungles protect islands from erosion...
并提供对风暴的一个缓冲 甚至偶尔的海啸 and provide a buffer against storms and even the occasional tsunami.
红树林树根的迷宫 The labyrinth of mangrove roots
拦阻来自岛上洪水冲下的沉积物 captures sediments washed down from the islands
保持珊瑚礁不受淤泥隔绝阻碍 keeping the coral reef from being smothered in silt.
像迷宫一般的根 是许多动物一个遥不可及的栖息地 The maze of roots is a shadowy habitat for many creatures.
镶边鲶鱼群生长在这里 它们的食物 A swarm of Striped Catfish feeds on algae growing on the roots
是在水底淤泥的海藻 and on the silty bottom.
在这海湾泥沙沉淀 This silt settles in bays...
有机碎片，沙子和淤泥 形成广阔的平原 forming vast plains of organic debris, sand and muck.
如果你觉得没有什么生物能够住在这里 你可能会感到惊讶 And if you think nothing could live here, you might be surprised.
像瀑布般的鲶鱼群 在淤泥水底像一阵波浪 The catfish school cascades across the mucky bottom like a breaking wave...
鱼儿在前方进食 as fish feeding in the front are passed over by those in the rear.
像多数居住这里的动物 Like most animals living here...
隐藏在淤泥下的黄貂鱼 the stingray conceals itself by hiding beneath the muck.
猪头，我完全可以看到你的尾巴 Dude, I can totally see your tail.
虾虎鱼是一个极好的看门员 但却不那么善于洞穴建设 The goby is an excellent watchman, but not so good at cave building.
他留下重型建筑给他的个人承包商伙伴 He leaves the heavy construction to his partner and personal contractor...
近盲虾 the nearly-blind shrimp.
被称为共生关系 The relationship is called symbiosis.
这两种动物，它们认为 彼此有一个不错的交易 Both animals think they have a pretty good deal.
载体螃蟹期待自己的共生伙伴 A carrier crab is looking for his own symbiotic partner.
他相当高兴的找到了水母 He's happy to find a jellyfish...
他决定把水母当作帽子般作为保护 which he decides to wear as a protective hat.
这是一个三角恋爱 This is a love triangle.
火焰墨鱼 Flamboyant Cuttlefish.
这二只小的是绝望又虔诚的男性 The two small ones are the hopelessly devoted males.
女性是较大的一个 但他们永远不会告诉她 The female is the larger one, but they would never tell her that.
它们游技还不错 但是通常喜欢疾驰穿过淤泥 They can swim well enough, but usually prefer to gallop across the muck...
运用肌肉的技巧，小胳膊 on the tips of their fleshy, little arms.
你从不说你爱我 You won't admit you love me
那好吧，我要如何才能知道 And so, how am I ever to know
你总是告诉我 You always tell me
也许吧，也许吧，也许吧 Perhaps perhaps perhaps
我质问你无数次，然后呢 A million times I ask you, and then
我一遍又一遍的问你 I ask you over again
它们拥抱交配互相吸啜 很少超过一次 Their mating embrace is little more than a peck on the cheek.
男性只是向女性传递一个很小的东西 The male simply passes the female a tiny packet.
或者，至少他去尝试 Or, at least he tries to.
她是否会接受是另一回事 Whether she'll accept is another matter.
请不要再对我说 And please don't tell me
也许吧，也许吧，也许吧 Perhaps perhaps perhaps
这就是这么简单 That's all there is to it.
海湾深处，礁石乌贼的学校 Deeper in the bay, a school of reef squid
塑造出一个花束状半透明的卵 fashion a bouquet of translucent egg cases.
公乌贼在母乌贼附近移动徘徊 Male squid hover nearby as females move in...
并且添加到乌贼卵群 and add to the cluster.
大约三个星期 乌贼卵外壳将开始裂开 In about three weeks, the egg casings will begin to burst...
每束六个左右像宝石般的乌贼鱼卵 each releasing a half a dozen or so jewel-like miniatures.
然后将个的婴儿 跨越沙地平原漂走 The baby squid will then drift away across the sandy plain...
把握机会 to take their chances.
庭院鳗鱼耸立在海床的领域 A field of garden eels towers over the sea floor.
有些上升超过 6英尺 Some rise more than six feet
在高处抢食在潮流中微小的动物 reaching high to snap up tiny animals adrift in the current.
在礁石之上，一群鱼在珊瑚中搜寻 Above the reef, a swarm of baby convict fish forages over the coral.
然后，在黄昏 它们都聚集在一个沙洞 Then, in late afternoon, they all gather over a burrow in the sand...
那里可以作为它们的家 that serves as home.
黑暗中的生物欣欣向荣 这是斑马慈鲷 The dark creature emerging from the borough is an adult convict fish.
她短暂的露面可能是一种信号 召唤着她的孩子回家过夜 Her brief appearance may be a signal, beckoning her children home for the night.
但在睡觉前 幼鱼有一个重要的差事 But before sleeping, the babies have one important chore
它们必须喂养自己的父母 They must feed their parents.
对成年的斑马慈鲷 它们从来没有离开自己的巢穴 The pair of adult convict fish never leave their den.
而它们吃什么致因仍是一个谜 And what they eat is a mystery.
一些科学家认为 幼鱼分泌黏液喂养自己的父母 Some scientists believe the babies feed their parents a form of secreted slime.
但也有人认为妈妈和爸爸共同生存 But others think mom and dad survive...
每天晚上简单地吃了它们的几个孩子 simply by eating a few of their children every night.
当夜晚渐深 礁石乌贼正在狩猎 As evening deepens, reef cuttlefish are on the hunt.
它们瞬间变动颜色、样式和纹理 They communicate with instantaneous changes of calor, pattern and texture.
它们能够毫不费力地盘旋 Their ability to hover without effort...
是借助于一种多孔钙碳酸盐结构下的皮肤 is aided by a porous calcium-carbonate structure beneath their skin.
乌贼的这种钙质内壳使它产生浮力 This cuttlebone gives the creature buoyancy.
墨鱼是侵略性的猎人 Cuttlefish are aggressive hunters.
它们变化的速度 They strike with blinding speed...
一对快如闪电的触角 shooting out a pair of lightning fast tentacles.
尖锐舌头以及锋利的牙齿 A piercing tongue covered with razor-sharp teeth...
等待鱼儿到达攻击定位 waits to gnaw the fish to bits.
珊瑚大三角南方 地球上最大的生存结构 South of the Coral Triangle lies the largest living structure on Earth...
澳大利亚的大堡礁 Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
这个最新版本的大堡礁 This most recent version of the Great Barrier Reef...
大约在12000年前 开始成长 began growing about 12,000 years ago...
最后一次冰河期结束 at the end of the last Ice Age.
海平面比今天低400英尺 Then, sea levels were 400 feet lower than they are today.
由于冰开始融化，海水上升 As the ice began to melt, the seas rose.
生长在上面的珊瑚 Corals grew on top of coral...
建设了由石灰岩或碳酸钙组成的海底珊瑚山 building undersea mountains made of limestone or calcium carbonate.
珊瑚结合二氧化碳和阳光生长 Corals grow by combining carbon dioxide and sunlight.
但是，平衡我们的大气中的二氧化碳 是至关重要的 But the balance of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere is critical...
特别是对以珊瑚礁为家的生物 especially to coral reefs, and the creatures that call them home.
这里每一个动物的生存 以某种方式取决于另一动物 Every animal here depends on another in some fashion.
这条马铃薯鳕鱼准备好它的美容师 This potato cod is ready for her beautician.
让我们面对现实吧，当你是条鳕鱼 您可以得到所需要的各方面帮助 And let's face it, when you're a cod, you need all the help you can get.
清道夫鱼提供一个提供体贴的服务 鳕鱼是取之不尽 Cleaner fish provide a gentle service no self-respecting cod can be without.
清洁工人帮它吃掉脸部寄生虫 While giving her a facial, the cleaners eat parasites.
马铃薯鳕鱼用抗拒狼吞虎咽它们的诱惑 作为交换 And in exchange, the potato cod resists the temptation to gobble them up.
另一项很好的协议 Another good deal.
冠状水母缓慢的游动 A crown jellyfish slowly pulsates...
迫使小动物都可以通过它有刺的触角 forcing tiny animals to pass through its stinging tentacles.
当潮流运载一只水母进入礁石 When the current carries a jellyfish into the reef...
蝴蝶鱼加入了 butterfly fish join up.
即使它使它们的小嘴唇刺痛 Even if it makes their little lips sting.
有些动物不满意只有一种口味 Some creatures are not satisfied with only a taste.
绿海龟爱吃这种有毒的果冻 来填装它们像铸铁般的胃 Green sea turtles love to fill their cast-iron stomachs with venomous jelly.
海龟吞食着它的牺牲者 As the turtle devours its prey...
它小心的闭上它的眼睛 避免蜇到敏感的角膜 it carefully closes its eyes to avoid the sting to sensitive corneas.
东部边缘的大堡礁 The eastern edge of the Great Barrier Reef...
下潜到大海深处的珊瑚 plummets into the depths of the coral sea.
许多深海生物在这些海底悬崖聚集 Many deep-water creatures gather on these undersea escarpments.
鹦鹉螺用它飘浮的方式向更深的海洋游去 A chambered nautilus bobs its way toward deeper water.
它的外壳含有气舱，可以承受巨大的压力 Its shell contains gas-filled chambers that can withstand tremendous pressure...
它原始的眼睛 比光敏视网膜前面的一个针孔还小 and its primitive eye is little more than a pinhole in front of the light-sensitive retina.
像珊瑚礁一样 Like the coral reef itself...
其强大的外壳是由碳酸钙组成 its strong shell is made of calcium carbonate.
有一次，超过2000种的鹦鹉螺生活在大海 Once, over 2,000 species of nautiloids dominated life under the sea.
但那是很久以前恐龙漫游地球的年代 But that was long before dinosaurs roamed the planet.
并且在气候和海洋 从那以后已经改变了许多次 And the climate above and within the ocean has changed many times since.
今天，只有6种鹦鹉螺在深海出没 Today, only six species of nautilus haunt the deep sea.
气候的突然变化 可以灭绝不能很快适应的物种 Sudden changes in climate can exterminate species that cannot adapt quickly.
珊瑚的生长需要二氧化碳 Corals need carbon dioxide to grow...
但我们把大量的二氧化碳放入到空气中 but we're putting so much of it into our atmosphere...
导致全球气温上升 that it's causing global temperatures to rise.
如果海水过于温暖 将使珊瑚漂白和死亡 If sea water gets too warm, coral reefs bleach white and die.
但更致命的是一种新的威胁 所谓的海洋酸化 But even more deadly is a new threat called ocean acidification.
过多的二氧化碳抑制碳酸钙的形成 Too much carbon dioxide inhibits the formation of calcium carbonate...
都些都是组成珊瑚礁及鹦鹉螺外壳的材料 the stuff coral reefs are made of, and the shells of the chambered nautilus...
乌贼以及成千上万的其他物种的骨骼 the cuttlebone, and the skeletons of thousands of other species.
许多动物可能灭绝 Many animals could become extinct.
珊瑚礁可能开始分解 Coral reefs could begin to dissolve.
随着气温上升 许多物种可能向南移动至凉爽的水域 As temperatures rise, many species can move south toward cooler waters.
澳大利亚小须鲸在大堡礁度过它的冬天 The dwarf minke whale spends its winter in the Great Barrier Reef.
然后在春天，它向南大洋冰冷的海水游去 Then in the spring, it heads south to the cold waters of the Southern Ocean.
海角浩劫，南澳大利亚 Cape Catastrophe, South Australia.
在这寒冷的水域潜伏着一个古老的庞然大物 In these cold waters lurks an ancient leviatha ...
海洋中最强壮的猎人之一 one of the ocean's most magnificent hunters...
大白鲨 the great white shark.
大白鲨往往达到17英尺长 Great whites often reach 17 feet in length.
重量可能超过1吨 A shark that large may weigh more than a ton...
很轻易的能将一只200磅重的海狮当作一餐 and can easily make a single meal out of a 200-pound sea lion.
海狮必须保持时刻警惕 Sea lions must remain constantly alert.
世界上最大的黄貂鱼也到这里来猎食 The world's largest stingrays also hunt here...
寻找隐藏沙子底下的甲壳类动物和软件动物 searching for crustaceans and mollusks hiding beneath the sand.
它们随着光线移动 The rays often travel with their own entourage...
抱着机会主义的鱼群 a squadron of opportunistic fish ...
准备从它们的藏身之处 扑向害怕的小动物 ready to pounce on small animals frightened from their hiding places.
大多数时候，大白鲨会忽略一条魟鱼 Most of the time, the great white shark will ignore a stingray.
但并非总是如此 But not always.
往往发现英尺长的魟刺 Great whites have often been found with foot-long stingray barbs...
嵌入在大白鲨的下巴 embedded in their jaws.
澳大利亚海狮属于稀有的海洋哺乳类动物 Australian sea lions are among the rarest of marine mammals.
无情地捕杀，现在只有1万只左右仍然存在 Once hunted relentlessly, now only 10,000 or so remain.
它们似乎是最无忧无虑的生物 They seem to be the most carefree of creatures.
但随着全球气温上升 But as global temperatures rise ...
生活在南澳大利亚的动物 将无处进一步向南移动 the animals living in South Australia have nowhere further south to move.
每年，这些浅水区 巨型乌贼聚集在此产卵 Each year in these shallow gardens, giant cuttlefish gather for spawning.
它们是世界上最大的乌贼 They are the largest cuttlefish in the world.
公乌贼有时达到300多英尺长 Males sometimes reach more than 3 feet in length.
公乌贼为争夺异性互相对抗 Giant males confront each other, competing for females...
掩藏在黄色海绵下面 hiding in the yellow sponge below.
这些对抗很少导致严重的暴力 These confrontations seldom result in serious violence.
反而，雄性尽可能吹嘘自己看起来如何的凶恶 Instead, males puff themselves up and look as menacing as possible...
然后传达出它们愿意战斗的讯息 then communicate their willingness to fight. ..
藉由颜色和图案来显示愤怒 with angry displays of color and pattern.
随着体型较大竞争的雄性 As the big males compete...
体型较小的雄性会伪装自己是雌性 smaller males, called sneakers, disguise themselves as females.
然后，掩饰雌性的魅力 Then, cloaked in feminine charm ...
它们滑过正受到挑战的其他雄性 they slip past the dueling giants unchallenged.
雌性似乎发现伪装的雄性相当可爱 Females seem to find the cross-dressing males quite attractive.
伪装者有着惊人的成功 Sneakers are surprisingly successful lovers.
巨型乌贼面对面 Giant cuttlefish mate face to face ...
在错综复杂中怀抱，可能持续数分钟 in a tangled embrace that may last many minutes.
找到一个伴侣是强烈的迫切需要 但是这乌贼饿了 The urge to find a mate is strong but this cuttlefish is hungry.
螃蟹的利爪导致墨鱼犹豫 The crab's sharp claws cause the cuttlefish to hesitate.
没有人喜欢在脸上被捏 No one likes to be pinched in the face.
但拿螃蟹当晚餐似乎值得肯定的 But a crab dinner certainly seems worth it.
雌性将卵产在礁石的夹缝下 A female has deposited her eggs in a crevice beneath the reef.
这是她的最后一幕 This is her final act.
在接下来的几个星期 In the next few weeks...
所有的成年的雄性和雌性乌贼就会死亡 all of the adult male and female cuttlefish will die.
巨型乌贼的寿命只有两年 Giant cuttlefish live only two years.
但这些是它们留下的遗产 But these have left their legacy.
大约4个月，这些卵会孵化 In about four months, these eggs will hatch...
新的一代将继承这个的海底花园 and a new generation of giants will inherit this undersea garden.
虾群在礁石岩中像山雾一般 Swarms of mysid shrimp roll over the reef like a mountain fog.
这些微小的虾子成为许多物种的食物 These tiny shrimp become food for many species.
有一个所有海洋生物之中相当奇妙的生物 One is among the most bizarre of all ocean creatures.
草海龙 The weedy sea dragon...
是目前存活在地球上3种海龙的其中之一 is one of only three species of sea dragon that exist on Earth.
他驱动自己背上微小透明的鳍 He propels himself by undulating tiny transparent fins on his back...
以及可转到任何方向的头部 and on either side of his head.
草海龙使用细长的筒形口鼻啜食他的晚餐 The dragon slurps his dinner with a long tubular snout...
这是专为能够完美的捕捉小虾 that's perfectly designed for capturing tiny shrimp.
其他另外的海龙在这里生活 The other dragon living here...
甚至颠覆我们最丰富的想像力 defies even the most fertile imagination.
叶海龙 The leafy sea dragon.
它转身伪装成一个精美的艺术作品 He has turned camouflage into an exquisite work of art.
海龙很少远离家乡开拓生活 Sea dragons seldom venture far from home.
事实上，这些微妙的生物 不是设计成能够游的又快又远 Indeed, these delicate creatures are not designed to swim fast or far.
由于气候的变化 As the climate changes...
在南澳洲海湾的海底花园 undersea gardens in the gulfs of South Australia...
开始灭绝 are beginning to die out.
当这些花园消失 When these gardens disappear...
海龙必须与之一同消失 the dragons must vanish with them.
但也有一丝希望的迹象 一个更大的变化正在发生 But there are hopeful signs of an even greater change taking place.
是在我们改变 It's a change within us.
最后，我们似乎准备好 We finally seem ready to accept the responsibility...
对我们造成大气层的变化承担责任 for the changes we are causing to our atmosphere...
我们的海洋，我们的星球 our oceans, and our planet.
我们有技能 We have the skills.
如果我们运用这些技能 我们的遗产可能是一个海洋仙境 If we apply them, our legacy could be an ocean wonderland ...
那里 海龙依然漫游着 where dragons still roam...
并且，海狮永远在那地方嬉戏 and where sea lions are forever at play.