We have explored almost every corner of our planet,
and it's easy to imagine that there's nothing left to discover.
But the natural world can still surprise us...
with astonishing, wild places...
remarkable spectacles...
and breathtaking animal dramas.
In this programme, we celebrate highlights from Planet Earth III.
We travel across the globe,
from hidden forests...
and turbulent coasts...
through vast, unexplored deserts.
We will also see in this changing world
how animals are adapting to new challenges.
This is Planet Earth III.
This is the most ancient desert on the planet.
The Namib, in Southwest Africa.
It is one of the hottest places on earth.
Yet this male ostrich and his mate...
have come here to start a family.
Few predators venture out during the heat of the day.
But such safety comes at a price.
Out in the open, the newly hatched chicks
are exposed to the crushing heat of the sun.
But not all of the brood have hatched.
Until they do, the family will stay here.
The adults take it in turns to protect the brood.
So, whilst the female takes a well-earned break,
the male takes over for the most testing shift.
He gently rolls the unhatched eggs...
calling to the young within them.
He doesn't want to leave anyone behind.
The temperature continues to rise by five degrees Celsius every hour.
CHICK CHIRPS
He protects the chicks that have emerged...
shading them with his own body.
At the end of another gruelling day in the sun...
he's lost almost all his energy.
But he must resist the urge to rest.
The cool of the night brings some relief,
but now, predators are out and about.
JACKAL BARKS
JACKAL MOANS
It's going to be a long night.
Dawn brings a surprise.
Three additions to the family...
to greet the returning female.
But there's a problem.
The chicks won't survive another day in these temperatures.
Yet the male is reluctant to leave.
Some of the eggs have still not hatched.
But time has run out.
They must depart.
Just a few minutes too late.
CHICK CHIRPS
Alone and without the protection of its parents,
this hatchling's chances are slim.
CHICK CHIRPS
CHIRPING CONTINUES
OSTRICH CHIRPS
CHIRPING CONTINUES
BOTH CHIRP
These ostrich have overcome a battle
with the deadly power of the sun.
But its intensity can also be life-giving.
Here in the shallow seas of North America,
the sun fuels the growth
of an underwater forest.
Giant kelp.
One of the fastest-growing organisms on the planet.
It can increase its length by up to two feet a day...
and eventually reach the height of a 12-storey building.
These forests are nurseries for young horn sharks.
As the sun begins to set, they leave their daytime shelter...
and set off into the heart of the kelp forest to find food.
Barely half a metre long,
this little shark is extremely vulnerable.
There are monsters here.
A giant sea bass
weighing over 200kg...
and wolf eels with big teeth
that can crush little red sea urchins.
But the biggest danger comes from other sharks.
Hound sharks...
and huge broadnose sevengills.
In this forest, it pays to keep a low profile.
An angel shark.
One of the most deadly sharks in the kelp forest
and certainly the best camouflaged.
An angel shark will lie in wait for days.
But this one
has already attracted too much attention.
It's not welcome here.
Now the coast is clear.
But angel sharks hunt around the clock.
Openings for breathing called spiracles
blow out sand that helps cover its body.
The trap is set.
Staying close to the seabed
is a good way to avoid most predators.
Faster than the blink of an eye.
But it's not over yet.
Horn sharks have a secret weapon.
Sharp spikes keep them very much off the menu for most...
so this young horn shark can continue hunting...
safe from attack.
From kelp forests...
to rainforests,
animals must develop remarkable strategies in order to survive.
This is a tree hopper.
Here in the Amazon,
there are hundreds of different species of them...
and they come in an extraordinary variety of shapes.
HOPPER HUMS
But they also communicate...
in a remarkable way.
HOPPERS CHIRP
Most of these calls we can only hear
by using special microphones.
Each tree hopper species has its own repertoire...
HOPPER HOOTS
HOPPER RUMBLES
HOPPER COOS
and every sound...
OVERLAPPING CALLS CONTINUE
has its own particular meaning...
whether it is to attract a mate...
HOPPER BUZZES
share information about food...
or warn each other about the arrival of predators.
HOPPER CHIRPS
This tree hopper mother uses sounds to communicate with her young...
encouraging them to stay together...
so that she can protect them...
for there are plenty here waiting to eat young tree hoppers.
Ants - on the hunt.
Tree hoppers know how to defend themselves.
But not all threats are so easily dealt with.
An assassin bug.
Armed with piercing mouth parts
and sticky front legs.
Capable of literally sucking the life out of her entire brood.
She uses her body to block the assassin's path...
but she can't guard them all.
She needs help from friends in high places.
BEES BUZZ
Bees.
They're very aggressive.
MUSIC: Ride Of The Valkyries by Richard Wagner
This is more than the assassin bargained for.
Mission accomplished.
Her brood are safe...
and the bees claim a reward.
A little tickle on a tree hopper's back...
and the hopper excretes some of its partly digested plant sap...
which we call, rather flatteringly, honeydew.
A sweet reward for protecting them.
In the Amazon, it pays to work together.
On the open grasslands of Africa...
where many eyes watch for danger...
hunters are driven to new heights to gain the advantage.
This leopardess, believe it or not,
is ready to hunt at a moment's notice.
She is one of the few special leopards
that have learnt to hide in the tree tops
and wait for their prey to come to them.
Without making a sound,
she gets into position.
Not this time.
And now her presence is known to all.
BABOON BARKS
But leopards will go to astonishing lengths to succeed...
and some are more daring than others.
This leopard climbs up to a branch
nine metres above the ground.
She's higher than the roof of a two-storey house.
Leopards have killed themselves jumping from these heights.
To succeed on these equatorial grasslands,
you must be adaptable...
and sometimes brave.
Here in southern Africa,
the lives of animals are driven by huge seasonal changes.
Every year, over 5,000 square miles of grassland
are transformed by water.
The Okavango in flood...
attracts millions of animals.
And for some,
now is the perfect time to raise a family.
A lily-trotter.
EGGSHELL CRACKS
And he is a father on duty.
TROTTER CHIRPS LOUDLY
He has not just one...
but four newly-hatched chicks.
They won't be able to fly for another six weeks...
CHICK CHIRPS
so, until then,
he alone is their protector.
Walking on water is not straightforward...
so he must show them how to be a lily-trotter.
The floodwaters make the perfect training ground.
And in two weeks...
his chicks not only double in size...
they grow in confidence.
But this is a dangerous place to stray.
HE CHIRPS
He sounds the alarm
and his chicks instantly freeze.
They can't yet fly to safety.
But there is one thing he can do to protect them...
TROTTER SQUAWKS
and it's risky.
Get close enough to distract...
and hopefully divert the crocodile.
SQUAWKING CONTINUES
Mission accomplished.
HE CHIRPS LOUDLY
He signals the all-clear...
CHICK CHIRPS
but one chick is missing.
HE CHIRPS LOUDLY
His calls...
go unanswered.
HE CHIRPS LOUDLY
CHICK CHIRPS
A little bedraggled, but alive and well.
This chick just hadn't heard his call.
And when danger threatens,
it's always better to be safe than sorry.
He's brought his chicks - all four of them -
to the verge of independence.
The early stages of any animal's life are their most vulnerable...
and in the treacherous coastal waters
of South Africa's Robberg Peninsula,
Cape fur seals face an unexpected challenge.
SEALS BARK AND GRUNT
This pup was born into a crowded world.
But now, at nearly a year old,
he can escape to the water.
There is no question
as to where this pup belongs.
In the water,
he's fast and agile...
and he needs to be.
The rolling surf conceals life-threatening dangers.
The great white shark.
This young pup has had a very lucky escape.
SEALS BARK AND GRUNT
Here on Africa's southern coast,
seals risk their lives every time they set out to eat.
Powerful ocean currents attract huge shoals of fish.
But in recent years,
this stretch has attracted increased numbers of great whites, too.
The great whites are shrewd hunters
and use whatever cover is available.
This shark won't need to eat for another few days...
SEAGULLS CAW
but he's not alone.
These usually solitary hunters
are gathering in unprecedented numbers...
a dozen at a time.
The seals are nimble...
but great whites are patient...
and have explosive acceleration...
hitting top speed with just five swipes of their tails.
Cornered, the seals keep close to the jagged cliffs.
They're trapped.
But as the great whites move in for the kill...
the seals do something astonishing.
Together...
they turn on their enemy.
As more join, the mob grows...
in both number and confidence.
The tables are turning.
By sheer force of numbers, these fur seals
drive the world's most notorious predator...
back out to sea.
These seals have found a remarkable way
to meet the demands of life in the wild.
But many animals must now rise to a new challenge...
living alongside us...
and few have managed to exploit this more brazenly
than this troop of long-tailed macaques in Bali.
They have everything they could want for...
and that is thanks to us.
The troop heads for a building in the centre of their territory.
Uluwatu Temple.
MACAQUE CHITTERS
Tourists come here every day in crowds...
so the temple grounds are full of opportunities...
if you know where to look.
TOURIST GASPS
There is a constant supply of hats...
and sunglasses...
and, if you've mastered the element of surprise...
it's easy to get them.
CELL CAMERA CLICKS
But this harvest is not for eating.
It's for bargaining.
Seems like a fair trade.
But there are greater rewards to be had
for those who know how to get them...
PHONE CAMERAS CLICK
and this old male appears to be doing...
very well.
He and the other elders in this troop
have both experience and knowledge.
They've been working the temple for over ten years,
and now concentrate on the big stuff...
things that human beings just can't do without.
TOURIST GASPS
No-one wants to walk home with just one shoe.
MACAQUE CHITTERS
And these old boys can't wait to get their hands on the latest tech.
TOURIST GASPS
They've worked out that we simply can't survive
without our phones...
or our wallets.
MACAQUE SCREECHES
TOURIST GASPS
The older males understand something the youngsters have yet to learn...
the art of the deal.
A banana?
How dare you?
MACAQUE SCREECHES
A bar of chocolate?
That's better.
The real skill is in the negotiations.
The macaques are playing us at our own game.
They demand...
whatever they want.
A lucky few are able to succeed
in a human world...
but our impact now extends to even the most remote corners
of the planet.
Raine Island.
One of the planet's most important breeding sites...
for one particularly precious species...
the green turtle.
On a few special nights each year,
as many as 20,000 females come ashore here.
Their instinct to nest is strong...
and many haul themselves far inland in search of nesting space.
In a single night,
they may lay as many as two million eggs.
Dawn.
This exhausted female has nested,
but now she faces a long return journey
through the dunes to the sea.
As the sun rises...
she's at risk of being baked alive.
Every inch she travels is gruelling...
and the ebbing tide has exposed a rocky reef.
It has already claimed many lives...
other females overcome by heat and exhaustion.
Her temperature is rising.
She has to keep going.
SHE EXHALES
As many as 2,000 female turtles
may die here each year.
SHE GRUNTS
TIDE APPROACHES
But the coast is always changing...
and the turning tide
may yet save her.
Half of all the green turtles in the Pacific
come here to nest,
as they have done for at least a thousand years.
But for how much longer?
If sea levels rise as predicted,
within the next 30 years,
Raine Island will disappear beneath the waves.
We have reached a crucial time in our planet's history.
Life faces many challenges...
but the natural world is remarkably resilient...
and many great wonders still remain...
The question is...
for how much longer?
Habitat Explorer brings animals and their habitats to life.
Explore this free interactive and make origami animals.
Go to...
and follow the link to the Open University.
Or to order a free printed version,
visit the website or call the numbers on the screen.
我們已經探索了差不多 我們星球的每個角落，
很容易想像 沒有什麼好發現的了。
但自然界 還是能帶給我們驚喜...
有著令人驚嘆的、狂野的地方…
非凡的眼鏡...
以及令人驚嘆的動物戲劇。
在這個節目中，我們慶祝 《地球脈動 III》的亮點。
我們走遍全球，
來自隱藏的森林...
還有洶湧的海岸…
穿過廣闊、 未開發的沙漠。
我們還將看到在 這個不斷變化的世界
動物如何適應 迎接新的挑戰。
這是地球脈動III。
這是最古老的 地球上的沙漠。
納米比亞，位於非洲西南部。
它是其中之一 地球上最熱的地方。
然而這隻雄性鴕鳥 和他的伴侶...
來這裡是為了 組成家庭。
很少有掠食者冒險出去 在白天炎熱的時候。
但這樣的安全 這是有代價的。
在戶外， 剛孵出的小雞
暴露於 太陽的熱量令人窒息。
但並非所有的 雛鳥已經孵化。
直到他們這樣做之前， 家人會留在這裡。
大人們把它帶進去 輪流保護雛鳥。
所以，雖然雌性 好好休息一下，
雄性接管 最考驗的轉變。
他輕輕地滾動 未孵化的蛋...
打電話給 他們內心年輕。
他不想 留下任何人。
氣溫持續昇高 每小時昇高攝氏五度。
小雞嘰嘰喳喳
他保護小雞們 已經出現的...
用自己的身體遮蔽它們。
在另一個的結尾 陽光下的日子眞是辛苦了…
他幾乎失去了所有的精力。
但他必須反抗 想要休息的衝動。
夜色微涼 帶來一些緩解，
但現在，掠奪者 外出活動。
豺狼吠聲
豺狼的呻吟聲
這將會是一個漫長的夜晚。
黎明帶來驚喜。
家裡又添了三位新成員…
迎接歸來的雌性。
但有一個問題。
小雞們再也活不下去了 在這樣的溫度下度過一天。
然而男的是 捨不得離開。
有些雞蛋有 還沒孵化。
但時間已經不多了。
他們必須離開。
衹是晚了幾分鐘。
小雞嘰嘰喳喳
獨自一人且沒有 保護父母，
這隻幼體的 機會很小。
小雞嘰嘰喳喳
嘰嘰喳喳的聲音仍在繼續
鴕鳥鳴叫聲
嘰嘰喳喳的聲音仍在繼續
兩者都鳴叫
這些鴕鳥有 戰勝一場戰鬥
與致命的 太陽的力量。
但其強度可 也能賦予生命。
這裡淺水處 北美洲海域，
陽光促進生長
的水下森林。
巨型海帶。
成長最快的國家之一 地球上的生物。
它可以增加它的長度 每天最多兩英尺...
並最終達到 12層樓的高度。
這些森林是苗圃 對於年輕的角鯊。
當太陽開始落山時，他們 離開他們白天的庇護所......
並出發進入 到海帶森林尋找食物。
僅半米長，
這條小鯊魚是 極度脆弱。
這裡有怪物。
一條巨大的鱸魚
體重超過皕公斤...
還有長著大牙齒的狼鰻
可以壓碎一點 紅海膽。
但最大的危險 來自其他鯊魚。
獵犬鯊...
和巨大的寬鼻七鰓。
在這片森林裡，它付出了代價 保持低調。
天使鯊。
最致命的之一 海帶森林中的鯊魚
當然還有 最好偽裝。
天使鯊會 埋伏等待數天。
但這個
已經吸引了 太多的關註。
這裡不受歡迎。
現在海岸已暢通無阻。
但天使鯊捕食 全天候。
呼吸開口 稱為氣孔
吹出沙子 有助於覆蓋其身體。
陷阱已設。
靠近海底
是一個好方法 避開大多數掠食者。
比眨眼還快。
但事情還沒結束。
角鯊有 一個秘密武器。
鋒利的尖刺使它們非常 對於大多數人來說，菜單上有很多...
所以這隻年輕的角鯊 可以繼續狩獵...
免受攻擊。
來自海帶森林...
到雨林，
動物必須發展卓越 為了生存而採取的策略。
這是樹蟬。
在亞馬遜這裡，
有數百個 它們的不同種類...
他們進來了 形狀多種多樣。
料斗嗡嗡聲
但他們也有交流...
以一種非凡的方式。
漏斗嘰嘰喳喳
大多數這些電話 我們衹能聽到
透過使用特殊的麥克風。
每個樹蟬種類 有自己的曲目...
漏斗叫聲
料斗隆隆聲
霍普•庫斯
還有每一個聲音...
重疊的通話繼續
有它自己的 特別的意思...
是否是為了 吸引伴侶...
料斗嗡嗡聲
分享有關食物的資訊...
或互相警告 掠食者的到來。
漏斗嘰嘰喳喳
這隻樹跳媽媽使用聲音 與年輕的她交流...
鼓勵他們 待在一起...
這樣她就可以保護他們…
因為這裡還有很多人在等待 吃幼小的樹跳蟲。
螞蟻——狩獵。
樹跳躍者知道如何 為自己辯護。
但並非所有威脅都是 所以很容易處理。
一個刺客錯誤。
配備可刺穿的口器
和黏糊糊的前腿。
能夠從字面上吸 她整個後代的生命。
她用身體擋住 刺客之路…
但她無法守護他們所有人。
她需要幫助 身居高位的朋友。
蜜蜂嗡嗡聲
蜜蜂。
他們非常有攻擊性。
音樂：騎行 理查‧華格納的《瓦爾基里》
這比 刺客討價還價。
任務完成。
她的孩子很安全…
蜜蜂索取獎勵。
身上有點癢 樹蟬的背影...
漏斗會排出一些 它部份消化的植物汁液...
我們稱之為 奉承，蜜露。
甜蜜的獎勵 保護他們。
在亞馬遜地區，它 一起工作是有代價的。
在開闊的草原上 非洲的...
那裡有很多眼睛 註意危險...
獵人被驅使到新的 高度來獲得優勢。
這隻豹女， 信不信由你，
已準備好狩獵 請稍候。
她是其中之一 一些特殊的豹子
已經學會了 躲在樹頂
並等待他們的 獵物來到他們身邊。
不發出任何聲音，
她就位。
這次不行。
而現在她的出現 眾所周知。
狒狒樹皮
但豹子會去 取得成功的驚人長度...
還有一些更多 比別人大膽。
這隻豹子正在爬 直到一個分支
距地面九公尺。
她比屋頂還高 一棟兩層樓的房子。
豹子自殺了 從這些高度跳躍。
要想在這些方面取得成功 赤道草原，
你必須有適應能力...
有時也很勇敢。
在南部非洲這裡，
動物的生命被驅動 由於巨大的季節變化。
每年超過五千平方英里的草原
被水轉化。
奧卡萬戈洪水氾濫…
吸引了數百萬動物。
對某些人來說，
現在就是完美的 是時候養家了。
百合蹄。
蛋殼裂紋
他是一位値班父親。
豬蹄大聲鳴叫
他擁有的不衹是一...
但是四隻剛孵出的小雞。
他們將無法飛翔 再過六個星期…
小雞嘰嘰喳喳
所以，直到那時，
衹有他才是他們的保護者。
水上行走是 不簡單...
所以他必須向他們展示如何 成為一隻百合小跑步。
洪水使得 完美的訓練場。
兩週後...
他的小雞們不僅 尺寸是原來的兩倍...
他們的信心不斷增強。
但這是一個危險的 流浪的地方。
他嘰嘰喳喳
他拉警報
他的小雞們立刻就凍僵了。
他們還不能飛到安全的地方。
但他有一件事 可以做些什麼來保護他們...
豬蹄叫聲
而且這是有風險的。
靠得夠近以分散註意力...
並希望能轉移 鱷魚。
尖叫聲仍在繼續
任務完成。
他大聲鳴叫
他發出解除警報的信號…
小雞嘰嘰喳喳
但失蹤了一隻小雞。
他大聲鳴叫
他的來電...
沒有得到答案。
他大聲鳴叫
小雞嘰嘰喳喳
有點髒兮兮的， 但還活著並且活得很好。
這小妞剛剛 沒有聽到他的電話。
而當危險來臨時，
總是更好 安全勝於遺憾。
他帶來了他的小雞們 - 他們四個 -
到了獨立的邊緣。
任何動物的早期階段 生命是他們最脆弱的...
並在姦詐的 沿海水域
南非的 羅伯格半島，
海角毛皮海豹面臨著 意想不到的挑戰。
海豹吠叫和咕嚕聲
這隻幼崽誕生了 進入一個擁擠的世界。
但現在已經快一歲了，
他可以逃到水裡。
沒有問題
至於這隻幼崽屬於哪裡。
在水里，
他又快又敏捷…
他需要這樣做。
滾滾的海浪掩蓋了 危及生命的危險。
大白鯊。
這隻年輕的幼崽已經 一次非常幸運的逃脫。
海豹吠叫和咕嚕聲
在非洲南部海岸，
海豹每次都冒著生命危險 他們出發去吃飯的時間。
強大的洋流 吸引大群的魚群。
但近年來，
這條路吸引了更多 大白鯊的數量也很多。
偉大的白人 是精明的獵人
並使用任何東西 封面可用。
這條鯊魚不需要 又吃了幾天...
海鷗鳴叫
但他並不孤單。
這些通常是孤獨的獵人
正在聚集在 前所未有的數字...
一次十幾個。
海豹很有彈性...
但偉大的白人有耐心......
並且具有爆炸性 加速度...
衹需達到最高速度 尾巴擺動五次。
角落裡，密封件保持 靠近鋸齒狀的懸崖。
他們被困住了。
但作為偉大的白人 移動到殺戮...
海豹做 令人驚訝的事。
一起...
他們轉而攻擊敵人。
隨著越來越多的人加入，暴民越來越多...
無論是數量還是信心。
形勢正在改變。
憑藉純粹的力量 數字，這些海狗
駕駛世界上最多的 臭名昭著的掠食者...
回到大海。
這些密封件具有 找到了一個非凡的方法
以滿足要求 的野外生活。
但許多動物現在必須 迎接新的挑戰...
和我們一起生活...
很少人能夠做到 更明目張膽地利用這一點
比這支隊伍 峇裡島的長尾獼猴。
他們擁有一切 他們可能想要...
這都要歸功於我們。
部隊前往一棟大樓 在他們領土的中心。
烏魯瓦圖寺。
獼猴嘰嘰喳喳
遊客來到這裡 每天都在人群中...
所以寺廟場地是 充滿機會...
如果你知道去哪裡找。
遊客喘息
有一個常數 供應帽子...
還有太陽眼鏡...
並且，如果你已經掌握了 驚喜的元素...
很容易得到它們。
手機相機點擊
但這次的収穫 不是為了吃的。
是為了討價還價。
看起來像是公平交易。
但還有更大的 應有的回報
對於那些知道的人 如何獲得它們...
手機相機點擊
還有這個老男人 似乎正在做...
很好。
他和另一個 這支隊伍中的長輩
兩者都有經驗 和知識。
他們一直在努力 建寺十餘年，
現在集中精力 在大事上...
人類所擁有的事物 就是離不開。
遊客喘息
沒有人願意走路 衹帶一隻鞋回家。
獼猴嘰嘰喳喳
這些老男孩已經等不及了 讓他們掌握最新的技術。
遊客喘息
他們已經解決了 我們根本無法生存
沒有我們的手機...
或我們的錢包。
獼猴尖叫聲
遊客喘息
年長的雄性明白一些事情 年輕人還沒學...
交易的藝術。
一根香蕉？
你怎麼敢？
獼猴尖叫聲
一塊巧克力？
這樣更好。
眞正的技巧是 在談判中。
獼猴在玩耍 我們在自己的遊戲中。
他們要求...
無論他們想要什麼。
少數幸運者能夠成功
在人類世界...
但我們的影響現在延伸到 即使是最偏僻的角落
這個星球的。
雷恩島。
地球上最 重要繁殖地...
對於一個特別 珍貴物種...
綠海龜。
關於一些特殊的 每年的夜晚，
多達兩萬個 雌性在這裡上岸。
他們的本能 巢很強大...
許多人把自己拖得很遠 內陸尋找築巢空間。
在一個晚上，
他們可能會躺很多 相當於皕萬個雞蛋。
黎明。
這筋疲力盡 雌性已築巢，
但現在她面臨著 漫長的回程
穿過沙丘到達大海。
當太陽昇起時...
她有危險 被活活烤死。
她走過的每一寸 很累...
退潮了 露出了一塊礁石。
它已經 奪走了許多人的生命…
其他雌性克服了 因炎熱和疲憊。
她的體溫正在上昇。
她必須繼續前進。
她呼氣
多達2000隻雌龜
每年都可能死在這裡。
她咕噥著
潮汐臨近
但海岸是 總是在改變...
和潮流的轉變
也許還能拯救她。
一半是綠色的 太平洋中的海龜
來這裡築巢，
正如他們所做的那樣 至少一千年。
但還能持續多久呢？
如果海平面如預期上昇
未來卅年內，
雷恩島將會消失 在波浪之下。
我們已經到了關鍵時刻 我們星球歷史上的時間。
人生面臨很多挑戰...
但自然世界是 非常有彈性...
和許多偉大的奇蹟 仍然保持...
問題是...
還要多久？
棲息地探索者帶來了動物 和他們的棲息地的生命。
探索這個免費的互動 並製作摺紙動物。
去...
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