它們生而為征途... They are born to move...
為了加入追尋的隊伍... to join the chase...
和時間賽跑... racing against the clock...
趕往轉瞬即逝的伊甸園 to reach all-too-brief Edens.
言傳身教它們的後代 在這個永不停歇的世界裏... And teaching their young that in a restless world...
時間 就是一切 timing is everything.
我們的星球上 正在上演著一幕幕的長征... Right now our planet is on the march...
無論是在天上... on the wing...
還是在地面 on the run.
這是它們的史詩... And these are the tales of its creatures...
地球上最為宏大的故事... the most moving stories on Earth...
大遷徙的故事 the stories of the great migrations.
大 遷 徙
分 秒 必 爭
這是南半球的春天 It's spring in the Southern Hemisphere,
非洲斑馬正奢侈的享受著 天堂般的博茨瓦納濕地-- and Africa's painted horses luxuriate in the waters of Botswana's paradise-
奧卡萬戈三角洲 the Okavango Delta.
一年一度的洪水 製造出世界上最大的 內陸三角洲 Here, the yearly floods create the largest inland delta in the world.
而充滿誘惑的淡水之歌 And the siren song of water
帶來了地球上最豐富的 野生動物種群聚集的全景畫面 brings together one of the richest panoramas of wildlife on Earth.
壯觀的平原斑馬群 現在必須喝飽水 Magnificent plains zebras must drink their fill now.
它們即將遠征 They are about to set off
踏上地球上最為奇特的遷移之途... on one of the most curious migrations in the world...
...離開天堂般的濕地 前往一個殘酷的地獄 ...out of this flooded paradise and into a brutal inferno.
遠眺地平線 With eyes on the horizon,
它們等待著雨水落向南方-- they wait for the rains to fall to the south-
澆濕前往乾燥煉獄的道路 那裏藏有它們生存的密鑰 watering their path into a dry purgatory that holds the key to their survival.
以家庭為單位 成年種馬帶領著母馬們離開了伊甸園 Family by family, the stallions lead their mares out of Eden.
它們奇怪的目的地： Their strange destination:
一片平坦的 只有塵土和鹽的荒漠 a killing flat desert of dust and salt
那裏被稱之為：馬卡迪卡迪鹽沼 known as the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans.
離開博茨瓦納富饒的三角洲 Leaving Botswana's rich delta,
它們的旅途將會穿越這些細指狀的濕地 they will travel beyond its watery fingers
進入鹽沼 into the salt pans,
一百五十英里的艱難行軍 抵達地獄 a 150-mile slog into hell.
斑馬群幾乎立即就進入了 三角洲之外的乾燥草原-- Almost immediately, the zebras enter the desiccated grasslands beyond the delta-
那裏水源稀少 where water grows scarce.
數十隻變成數百隻... Dozens become hundreds...
然後是幾千隻 and then thousands
和在奧卡萬戈一樣 斑馬家族開始聚集 as the Okavango family groups join up with others
在奇異的朝聖之旅中 進入鹽沼 on the strange pilgrimage into the pans.
斑馬群顯示出的令人困惑的條紋 常常讓捕食者感到混亂 The herd presents a bewildering chaos of stripes to predators.
但對於斑馬來說 這些條紋意味著一切 But for the zebras,these stripes mean everything.
每只斑馬都有自己獨特的花紋 Each animal has a unique pattern,
就像我們都擁有自己獨特 並且易於識別的面孔一樣 as distinct and recognizable as faces are to us.
這隻小斑馬因此才能 在眾多雜亂的花紋之中 找到自己的母親 It's how this baby will find its mother from among the riot of patterns.
兩隻年輕的獅子 跟蹤著斑馬群 Two young lions stalk the herd.
它們知道如果尾隨遷徙的隊伍過久 They know that if they shadow the migration long enough,
炎熱和距離會讓自己吃不消 heat and distance will take their toll.
白天太熱 不適合捕獵 It's too hot to kill by day.
只能等待時機 That will come later.
第二天早晨 斑馬群看起來是在互相安慰 The next morning, the herd seems to take solace in each other.
昨晚它們好幾隻同伴 遭到了獅子的獵殺 They have lost several members to the lions.
現在 它們小心謹慎 亦步亦趨地追隨著彼此的腳印前進 They step carefully in each other's tracks now,
創造出一幅 它們遷徙的織錦 creating a tapestry of their migration.
偶爾的降雨 在這裏留下的臨時水坑 The occasional rains here have left temporary waterholes
為它們提供了旅途中的補給 to sustain them on their journey.
但這些綠洲正在萎縮 它們必須趕緊-- But these oases are shrinking, so they must now hurry-
進入荒蕪的鹽沼 into the deadlands of the salt pans.
和斑馬一樣 幾乎所有遷徙的生物 Like the zebras, virtually all migrating creatures
都活在時鐘的嘀嗒聲裏 Iive by a ticking clock.
大多數動物都是被季節催促著 踏上尋找豐腴之地的旅程 For most, it is the seasons that hasten their journeys to worlds of plenty.
在遙遠的北方 遷徙的時鐘 And in the far north, the migratory clock ticks down
卻是由反覆無常的冰期決定 according to the whims of the ice.
這裏 對這些北極巨獸來說 冰是避風港和指南針 Here, ice is haven and compass, port and transport,
港口和交通站 for the titans of the Arctic.
在阿拉斯加海岸 Off the Alaskan coast,
雄性海豹正在浮動的單身公寓上休息 male walruses rest on floating bachelor pads.
但它們的地盤正在縮小 But their platforms are shrinking,
過近的距離 導致了火爆的脾氣 and close quarters cause tempers to flare.
它們拋棄了正在融化的避風港 They abandon their melting havens
拉開了尋找食物和陸地的 史詩般的旅程 in an epic search for food and dry land.
海象的命運 取決於變幻莫測的冰-- The fate of a walrus lies in the vagaries of the ice-
而北極最近卻變得喜怒無常 and the Arctic has become temperamental lately.
在離雄海象不遠的地方 Not far from the males,
雌海象也開始面臨避風港開始融化的麻煩 females have also been contending with melting sanctuaries.
出生還不到一天的小海象 Born less than a day ago,
跟著媽媽一起進入了冰冷的海水 a pup follows his mother into freezing water.
它正在學習游泳課程 He now gets a swimming lesson
像人類的孩子一樣 受到了溫柔的呵護 as tender as any human child has received.
這看起來很有趣 其實是非常嚴肅的事情 It looks like fun, but this is serious business.
雌海象和寶寶 必須很快開始它們的遷徙 The females and the young must soon begin their own migration
去追逐冰-- in pursuit of ice-
小傢伙必須要跟上 and the little ones must keep up.
雌海象穿越狹窄的白令海峽 繞路北上 The females curve northward through the Bering Strait,
前往通常是充滿浮冰的俄羅斯弗蘭格爾島水域 headed for the usually ice-filled waters off of Russia's Wrangel lsland,
此時它們的雄性夥伴們 正趕往楚科奇海的岸邊 while their male counterparts make for the shores of the Chukchi Sea.
現在 它們開始在目的地聚集 Now the bulls are converging on their destination
在海裏耗時數周 游過好幾百英里 after weeks and hundreds of miles at sea.
它們掙扎著上岸 皮膚已經被泡成了粉紅色 They struggle ashore, pink with their efforts.
和雌海象不同 它們在陸地上度過夏天 Unlike the females, they summer on dry land.
擁擠 狂躁 而且不舒服 但它們至少是安全的 Crowded, cranky and uncomfortable, they will at least be safe.
但對雌海象而言 運氣卻和浮冰一起消失了 But for the females, luck and ice-have run out.
它們本該到達的 冰封的海面 Where once they would have found frozen seas,
現在卻汪洋一片 there is only open water.
天生無法長距離游泳 又習慣在浮冰上休息的它們 Not built to swim long distances, and used to resting on floes,
不得不增加一段危險的新旅程 they will have to add a new and dangerous leg to their journey.
它們沿著俄羅斯海岸 掉頭向南... They turn south along the Russian coast...
迎向遷徙中的大碰撞... headed for an epic collision of migrations...
最終抵達同一片海灘 and end up off the same beaches
這裏早已被雄性海象佔領 where the males have staked their claim.
這裏適合上岸的地點並不多 There are few suitable haul-out spots.
它們現在必須嘗試著 在擁擠的雄海象群中登陸 They must now attempt landfall among the crush of males.
雌海象們已經無法回頭 There's no turning back.
北極偉大時鐘的指針-- 冰 The mechanism of the Arctic's great clock-its ice-
已經融化殆盡 將它們困在這裏 has wound down, stranding them here.
而那個修表匠--太陽 卻每天都高高的掛在天上 And the watchmaker, the sun, tilts higher in the sky each day.
結冰的日子 遙遙無期... The days of ice are far off...
小海象的未來 懸而未決 and young lives hang in the balance.
在北半球的每一個地方 春天都在改變著那裏的風景... Everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere, spring is changing landscapes...
並引發了生物的巨大變動 and unleashing grand movements of creatures.
翻譯：一籮筐笨蛋 驚叫&特效：yuki十三涼 總監：小幺不催更
美國西部的象徵向來都是 The icons of the American West
行動 自由 和遷徙... have always embodied movement,freedom, migration...
不論是動物 還是人類 都一樣充滿著-- ...for animals and humans alike-
驕傲... proud...
...豪情滿懷 勇往直前 ...unconstrained, always on the move.
光榮 已隨鷹背蒼茫而遠去... Those days are slipping away-
但仍有一種不屈不饒的生物 在堅持著它們古老的遷徙旅程 but one indomitable creature insists on maintaining its ancient journey-
叉角羚羊 the pronghorn.
每年都有一小群叉角羚 Each year, a small band follows
沿著北極下方 展開美洲大陸上距離最遠的遷徙 the longest migration in the Americas below the Arctic.
僅有兩百隻成員的小族群 意志堅定地堅持著古老的路線 Only these determined 200 have managed to stick to the old routes.
有時被叫做美洲羚羊 其實它們根本不是羚羊 Sometimes called the American antelope, this creature is no antelope at all.
事實上 它們和世界上其它任何動物 都沒有親緣關係 In fact, it has no close living relative anywhere in the world.
害羞卻勇敢 還是美洲大陸迄今為止 跑的最快的陸生物種 Shy but gutsy, and by far the fastest land animal in the New World,
叉角羚羊的速度可以達到每小時六十英里 the pronghorn can move at up to 60 miles per hour.
它們需要依靠速度和膽量 去戰勝季節變遷的時鐘 It will need its speed and grit to beat the seasonal clock.
從懷俄明州南部出發 From southern Wyoming,
它們將要向北旅行一百二十多英里 到達提頓山脈 this herd will travel north more than 120 miles to the Tetons,
去往繁衍之地的旅途漫長 希望渺茫 a long way against longer odds to reach their calving grounds.
叉角羚羊的進化 還不足以應對眼前的挑戰 Nothing in the pronghorn's evolution could prepare them for this gauntlet.
叉角羚羊必須穿越人類造成的瓶頸區域 The pronghorn must pass through human-made bottlenecks
大約四分之一英里寬 as narrow as a quarter mile.
因此它們現在同時面臨著兩場較量-- And so they are now running two races-
對抗不斷蔓延的人類活動... against the spreading human footprint...
還要趕上季節的變換 and against the march of the seasons.
最終 它們進入了更有希望的地形-- Eventually they enter more promising terrain-
一連串尚未被人類觸及的紅土山丘 a spate of red hills untouched by man.
數千代流傳下來的記憶感召著它們 Driven on by a memory sustained over thousands of generations,
美好的未來 就在前方 they know that better lies ahead.
但現在 它們尚未成功 But they are not home free.
圍欄不僅是巨大的阻礙... Fences are formidable barriers...
還是潛在的死亡陷阱 ...and potential deathtraps.
但永遠不要低估 這種生物不可征服的求生慾望 But never underestimate this creature's unconquerable will to live.
冬季消退 融雪改變了地貌 As winter eases, snowmelt transforms the landscape.
溪流可能成為障礙 Creeks can be hurdled.
但穿越格羅斯.溫特這樣的河流 更需要鋼鐵般的意志 But rivers such as the Gros Ventre require nerves of steel.
如此罕見地涉水過河 其實非常危險 Rarely seen, this fording is perilous.
但叉角羚羊必須放手一搏 But the pronghorn are impelled to try it...
無論成功的幾率如何 no matter the odds.
只要過了河 它們就到家了... Once crossed, they're home...
安全地進入壯麗的大提頓國家公園 in the glorious safety of Grand Teton National Park.
一個遠離鐵絲網和致命公路的 自由的地方 A place free from barbed wire and deadly highways.
一個可以繁衍生息撫育後代的 安全的地方 The right kind of neighborhood for raising children.
每一隻小叉角羚羊 都是這個堅韌種群中 倖存者的勝利和希望 Each a triumph for this hardy band of survivors.
生而靈動 生而堅強 Fleet of foot and strong of heart,
它們將追隨古老的路徑 重返碧綠的牧場 who will trace prehistoric pathways to greener pastures...
只要人類不再阻擋 它們遷徙的方向 for as long as we will let them.
在非洲 草場一片枯黃 In Africa, the pastures are anything but green.
連續兩周冒著烈日趕路 After two hot weeks of walking,
斑馬群終於抵達 地獄般的馬卡迪卡迪鹽沼 the zebras have reached the inferno of the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans.
他們飢渴地不停啃舔 They hungrily nibble and lip
這個遠古湖泊的礦床-- at the mineral deposits of this ancient lake-
滿足性命攸關的渴望 feeding a life-or-death craving.
現在 它們詭異而殘酷遷徙的謎底 昭然若揭： Now the mystery of their strange and brutal migration becomes clear:
它們用豐腴的三角洲天堂-- they've traded the heaven of a lush delta-
交換了世界上最大的鹽舔河床 for one of the largest salt-licks in the world.
高大而粗糙的草 看起來難以下嚥 The tall harsh grasses would seem to be an unpleasant mouthful-
但卻富含珍貴的礦物質 but these have absorbed precious minerals from the pans.
新食物補充了體力 它們神采奕奕 Energized by their new diet,they kick up their heels.
現在它們可以在逃離這片焦土之前-- Now they can escape from this scorched earth-
先去尋找剩餘的水源 in search of remaining water.
已經很久不曾下過雨了 但仍有少數水坑殘存 It has been a long time between rains,but a few waterholes remain.
泥漿和鹽讓水顯得渾濁 Milky with the mud and salt of this place,
但還是可以緩解數百隻斑馬的乾渴 the water will nonetheless have to slake the thirst of hundreds.
狂躁的鴕鳥鄙視著斑馬群 Cranky ostriches tower over the zebras,
顯然很不滿這些四條腿的傢伙霸佔了水坑 clearly unhappy about the four-legged monopoly at the waterhole.
種馬朝著自己的妻妾咆哮 試圖保持控制 Stallions bark orders at their harems, trying to maintain control.
單身的雄性騷擾年輕的雌性... Bachelor males harass young females...
斑馬群陷入了緊張 fraying equine nerves.
雌斑馬們被打鬥所吸引 Females are riveted by the fights.
最終的結果將決定它們的命運-- The outcomes determine their own destinies.
誰將是它們未來孩子的父親 The future fathers of their foals.
戰鬥中的雄性斑馬 專門用牙去咬對方細長的腿 They go for slender legs with their teeth.
而且...還會使出後蹬腿 And...they kick.
一隻獲勝的雄斑馬召集自己的後宮 A victorious male rounds up his harem.
數周之後 水坑乾涸 After weeks in the pans, the waterholes are drying up.
是時候回到奧卡萬戈三角洲了 Time to head back in the direction of the Okavango Delta.
因此它們奇異旅程的步驟 將要重新來過 So they will retrace the steps of their strange journey.
這趟旅程 將會使它們付出可怕的代價 A journey that will take a terrible toll.
一位母親不幸死去 A mother has died.
它的小馬駒非常困惑 並且拒絕離去 Her foal bewildered and refusing to move.
年輕的父親突然停下腳步 懷著相互矛盾的心情 His young father brought up short by conflicting ties.
兒子？ 還是辛苦贏來的妻妾？ His son-or his hard-won harem.
還沒斷奶 小馬駒的未來看似毫無希望 Still nursing, the colt appears doomed.
雄斑馬似乎在衡量著自己的選擇... The stallion seems to consider his options...
此時它的妻妾 早已在路上 while his harem presses on.
小馬駒回到母親身邊... The foal turns back to his mother...
想要喚醒媽媽-- and tries to rouse her-
這是個致命的錯誤選擇 a choice that should prove fatal.
但父親看上去似乎不願意放棄它-- His father seems unwilling to give up on him-
一個父母為孩子無私奉獻的感人舉動 即將展開 and a stunning act of parental sacrifice is about to unfold.
夜幕降臨 Where night falls on the earth,
使得這場宏偉的遷徙 暫時停了下來 it brings many great land migrations to a halt.
但是在太陽落山之後的海洋世界 But wherever the sun goes down on the world's oceans,
一場大規模的微觀遷徙開始了-- a massive microscopic migration begins-
供給和改造我們的整個星球-- one that feeds and regenerates our entire planet-
每天都在發生 and it happens every single day.
每天晚上 在所有的大洋中 Each night, in all our oceans,
以萬億計微小的發電機 上升到海洋表面覓食 trillions of tiny dynamos rise to the surface to eat-
一場發光微生物的暴風雪 a luminous blizzard of microorganisms
造就了地球上最大規模的遷徙 who make up the largest migration on Earth.
它們是浮游生物-- They are plankton-
由蝦 蟹 小龍蝦 和其他生物的微小幼蟲組成 the minuscule larvae of shrimp, crabs, lobsters and other creatures,
像在太空中狂熱旋轉的恆星和星系一般 spinning like frenetic stars and galaxies in deep space.
這些微小而華麗的生物 These minute, gorgeous creatures
穩定並供給著 我們這個藍色星球的食物鏈 anchor the food chains that feed our blue planet.
在加勒比海水域 伯利茲大堡礁附近 In the waters of the Caribbean, just beyond Belize's Great Barrier Reef,
另一場微觀盛宴 即將開場 another microscopic feast is sbout to erupt.
這對世界上最大的魚 是無法抵禦的誘惑 An irresistible lure to the largest fish on Earth.
成千上萬的古布拉金線魚的漩渦中 From a whirl of thousands of cubera snapper,
出現了一個灰暗的身影-- a dark shape emerges-
一個真正的海怪 a true sea monster.
身長四十英尺 重達二十噸 At up to 40 feet long and 20 tons,
鯨鯊完美地校準了這次遷徙的時間 the whale shark has timed its migration perfectly
在這一刻 及時趕來 to be here at this instant.
鯨鯊對古布拉金線魚本身不感興趣-- The shsrk hss no interest in the snapper themselves-
它的目標更加寶貴--金線魚尚未出世的後代 but something more precious- their unborn young.
一個遙遠的信號 宣告時機已到-- A far-off beacon announces that it's time...
滿月 a full moon.
盛宴開場 And it begins.
魚群組成的漩渦 猶如生育的火山... A vortex of fish, a volcano of procreation...
隨著雌魚排卵和雄魚射精 火山開始噴發 erupting as females release eggs and males release sperm.
正是這些斷續排放的混濁岩漿 吸引著鯨鯊前來 These spasms of milky lava are why the whale sharks have come,
真空吸塵器一般 大量吞食金線魚的卵子和精液 to vacuum in massive quantities of eggs and milt.
還有另一場鯨鯊的盛宴也將開始 And there is yet another feast for the sharks.
九帶笛鯛也聽到了月亮的召喚 The dog snapper have also heard the csll of the moon...
源源不斷的涌上海面 釋放出他們基因延續的希望 streaming to the surface and exploding with their genetic hopes.
然後 九帶笛鯛蜂擁游回深海 它們生育的義務 已經完成 Then, they surge back to the depths, their procreative duty done.
在填飽肚子之後 When they have had their fill,
巨大 優雅的鯨鯊將要離開... the massive, graceful sharks will move on...
在富饒的海洋中 尋找下一頓短暫的盛宴 in search of the next brief gift from our bountiful sess.
跟大海一樣 雨林中的動物也必須精準掌握時間 Like the seas, rainforests demand exquisite timing
才能獲得豐盛的美食 from creatures chasing pulses of plenty.
一場引人入勝的盛宴也即將在 And a spectacular feast is about to explode
婆羅洲碧綠的心臟地帶上演 here in the emerald heart of Borneo.
圍繞著東南亞赤道 Draped across the equator of Southeast Asia,
婆羅洲是全球第三大島 Borneo is the third largest island in the world,
擁有十五萬平方英里的熱帶雨林... and home to 1 50,000 square miles of rainforest...
今天 一棵樹正在舉行一場盛大的狂歡 and today, one riotously blooming tree.
於是樹冠上綠色的高速公路 交通進入尖峰時段 And so rush hour begins in the green highways of the canopy.
靈長類動物在這場樹梢間的比賽中 佔盡優勢 Primates predominate in the race through the treetops,
展示出令人眼花繚亂的雜技動作 dazzling acrobatics on display.
甚至連獵食昆蟲的飛蜥 都想加入進來 Even the insect-hunting Draco lizard seems to want to get in on the act-
它一次完美的飛躍 就能跨越近兩百英尺 covering nearly 200 feet in a single fantastic leap of faith.
引起這一切騷動的原因是-- The cause of all this ruckus;
一棵樹上大量的果實將要成熟-- a single tree about to explode with fruit-
勒頸無花果樹 the strangler fig.
方圓數英里只有這一棵 這種樹兩年才開花一次 The only one for miles sround, it blossoms just once every two years-
註：無花果的花蕊包在花托裏面 因此開花就是指其果實成熟
而且只有短短幾周時間 and only for a few brief weeks.
它的果實--營養而又香甜 Its figs- fragrant, sweet and nutritious-
而且俯拾可撿-- are here for the picking-
僅對速度足夠快的動物而言 for those who get here soon enough.
在最先抵達的動物之中 包括行動最遲緩的紅毛猩猩 Among the first to srrive is the slowest-the orangutan.
母子倆現在獨自享有這棵樹 This mother and baby have the tree to themselves
在這個難得的平靜時刻... for a rare calm moment...
這多虧母親腦海中的地圖 thanks to mom's mental map.
它熟知每棵樹和它們的結果時間 才能安然抵達這裏 在高峰時段到來之前 She knows each tree and its season, and gets here before the rush.
但它們悠閒地壟斷這棵樹的時光 But their leisurely monopoly of the tree
即將結束 is about to come to an end.
活潑的赤葉猴個個爭先 前來赴宴 Sprightly Red Leaf Monkeys arrive and hurl themselves at the feast.
長尾彌猴跳上結果的樹枝 Long-tailed macaques vault into fruited branches.
森林裏真正的奧運選手閃亮登場 And the true Olympics of the forest makes a splashy arrives;
這是灰長臂猿 the gray gibbon.
這棵樹最多能結四萬顆果實 This single tree can produce up to 40,000 figs-
成為方圓五英里範圍之內 任何動物的迷你遷徙目的地 becoming a hub of mini-migrations for five miles in any direction.
有如此之多的果實 樹冠上的動物可以放鬆... With so much to eat, the creatures of the canopy can relax...
還能注意到其他的事情 and attend to...other matters.
但饋贈無法一直持續 But the bounty cannot last.
樹枝上剩餘的果實很快就會腐爛 Soon the remaining fruit will spoil on the branch.
因此進食成為一件嚴肅的事情 So eating becomes serious business.
長臂猿開始對剩下的無花果變得貪婪 The gibbon becomes covetous of the remaining figs.
看見赤葉猴開心地享用早餐 激怒了灰長臂猿 The sight of a red leaf monkey enjoying his breakfast irritates her.
神經緊張說明食物豐富的時間不多了 Frayed nerves are a sign that the days of plenty are running out.
這棵大樹使出了自己短暫的魔法-- This stupendous tree has worked its fleeting magic-
召集各種動物-- called together a vast congregation-
並為它們提供奢侈的美食 and fed it extravagantly.
現在 樹梢上的動物們 Now the creatures in its crown
競相爭取下一場比賽的獲勝 scramble to get a head start in the next race.
再一次 它們將要飛奔... Once again, they will fly...
跳躍... leap...
擺盪... swing...
和滑翔 and glide...
直到它們在婆羅洲的森林 發現另一處短暫但甜美的盛宴 until they find the next short but sweet feast in the Borneo forest.
在地球的頂端 俄羅斯楚科奇海沿岸 At the top of the world, along the coast of Russia's Chukchi Sea,
精疲力竭的雌海象正在休息 the exhausted female walruses rest.
母親們在海浪中漂浮 有些已經睡熟 Mothers bob in the surf, sound asleep,
有些則抱著孩子 some clutching babies to them.
但它們遲早得上岸... Sooner or later, though, they'll need to clamber ashore...
爬上早已擠滿爆脾氣雄海象的海灘 on a beach already packed with bad-tempered males.
雌海象們暫時登陸休息 Tentatively, they haul out.
絕望的遲到者毫無選擇 只能爬坡 Desperste latecomers have no choice but to climb.
兩萬隻海象擠在海灘上 連遠處的斜坡都被佔滿 With 20,000 walruses on the beach, bodies stretch far up the slopes.
它們的數量已經到達臨界點 They've reached a critical mass.
這些重達兩噸的巨獸 Creatures weighing up to two tons
在遍地起伏的肉體與長牙中間爬行 clamber over a heaving sea of flesh and tusks.
在找到空位之前 Before finding a spot,
一隻海象可能爬過半英里 都碰不到地面 a walrus can travel half a mile without ever touching the ground.
困惑的小海象掙扎前行 Bewildered youngsters flounder
在四散的長牙和龐大的身軀 造成的混亂之中 amidst the chaos of stray tusks and raw tonnage
面臨的危險激增 in the mounting crisis.
這種擠壓不可避免的 會產生致命後果 Inevitably, the crush proves deadly.
但現在 一絲希望終於來臨 But now, a sign of hope.
降雪預示著北極短暫的夏季已經結束 Snow signsls the end of the short Arctic summer.
寒冬開始降臨極北之地 With winter bearing down in the far north,
海面應該會再次凍結 the sea should begin freezing again.
冰的呼喚 帶領它們擺脫致命的海灘 And the call of the ice frees them from the deadly beach.
因此海象群涌入大海 再次開始它們的遷徙旅程... So they pour into the sea, taking up their migrstion once again...
追尋著冰 傾盡全力 following the ice, for as long as they can.
離開酷熱的博茨瓦納鹽沼 Out of the blistering salt pans of Botswana,
斑馬群已經踏入草原-- the zebras have emerged into the grssslsnds-
但並非毫髮無損 but not unscathed.
小斑馬徒勞地試圖喚醒 死去的母親 The foal tries in vain to rouse his dead mother.
它英俊的父親即將做出驚人之舉 His handsome father is about to do something startling
公斑馬的妻妾已經走遠 它並未阻攔-- While his harem pushes on, he lets them go-
那本是它生活的中心 和存在的理由 the center of his life, his reason for being.
相反的 它把賭注押在了兒子身上-- Instead, he gambles on his son-
但兒子會信任它嗎? but will the son trust him?
一場令人心碎的拉鋸就此開始 A heartrending tug of war begins.
在沒娘的兒子的凝視下 While the motherless son watches,
父親在它的面前來回走動 the father marches up and down in front of him.
一次又一次 小斑馬回到死去的母親身邊 Again and again, the youngster returns to his dead mother.
但只要它一抬起頭 爸爸就重新走動 But whenever he looks up, his father resumes his pacing.
這場孤注一擲的 踏步展示將持續數小時 It's s desperate parade that will go on for hours.
僅僅是因為兒子和遠離的妻妾 讓斑馬爸爸左右為難... Is he just torn between his son and his departing mares...
還是這舉動帶有更驚人的含意? or is there a more astounding possibility?
爸爸或許是想用自己身上的條紋 The stallion may be trying to imprint his stripes
取代兒子腦海中母親的條紋 over those of the mother's in the foal's brain.
但時間已然無幾 But time is short.
最後 食腐動物起到了決定性作用 Finally, the scavengers decide the issue.
父親將兒子帶走 不讓它見到這幅可怕的景象 The father herds his son away from the swful spectscle.
斑馬爸爸召喚它的妻妾 The male calls for his harem,
但它們已經落後妻妾們 but they have put many hours and miles
數小時的路程 between themselves and the lost pair.
這對父子和落單的陌生斑馬一起 走在隊伍的尾端 They mingle with straggling strangers at the end of the line...
雖然彼此好奇 但保持冷漠 curious, but aloof.
從未見過雌性斑馬收養孤兒-- No one has ever seen a female adopt an orphan-
但或許它的父親知道該怎麼做 but perhaps his father knows better.
不論結果好壞 這對父子已經生死與共 For better or worse, father and son have thrown in their lot together.
在日落前 它們趕上了遷徙隊伍的主體 By sunset, they have caught up with the body of the herd...
它們的前途仍然未卜 但它們的感情已經牢不可破 their future uncertain,but their bond unbreakable.
因此這一對意外的戰士繼續向前... And so the unlikely pair soldiers on...
如同全世界的偉大遊牧民族... Like great nomads the world over...
不屈不撓 頑強無畏 unflagging and undaunted.
集體踏上征程... Moving in masses...
一起爭取生存 surviving as one.
斑馬群的道路上 燃燒著烈日下的塵土 Their path is aflame with sun-fired dust.
但它們已經可以聞到前面就是 富饒而濕潤的的奧卡萬戈三角洲... But ahead they can smell the richly watered landscape of the Okavango Delta...
和撲鼻而至的 希望的芬芳 and the pungent aroma of hope.
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