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翻译：罗玉凤/伊丽莎白s/梦猎人
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变形 Shape shifting
幻色 Color shaking
跳舞 唱歌 令人眼花缭乱 Dancing Singing Dazzling
校对/监制：盲橘右京
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热衷交配 Sex crazed
变化多端 Transformers
时间轴：爱他,风停了
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传说中的天堂鸟 The fabled birds of Paradise.
后期：剑齿虎
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它们与世隔绝 几乎没人知道它们的存在 Cut off from the modern world virtually unknown
直到 两名现代探险家 until two modern day explorers
开始了他们长达十年的探索之旅 set out on a decade-long quest.
我们必须要比它们更机智 We have to try to outsmart them.
如果我们能捕捉它们变形的瞬间 If we succeed in getting the moment of
那将是最高的赏赐 transformation that's gonna be the holy grail.
一次寻找和拍摄 A quest to find and photograph
所有三十九种奇特生灵的探险之旅 all 39 species of these spectacular creatures.
这个点窄的 Kind of a narrow spot
很难穿越 to get through here.
还有为科研捕捉一些从 And to capture some never-before-seen
未被发现的物种 firsts for science
不是吧! No way!
天 堂 鸟
国家地理杂志摄影师蒂姆·拉曼 National geographic photographer Tim Laman
康奈尔大学鸟类学家艾德·斯科尔斯 and Cornell university ornithologist Ed Scholes
已经在新几内亚的丛林中 have travelled the jungles of New guinea
探索近十年了 or nearly a decade.
从工作任务变成了痴迷 It's an assignment turned obsession.
为寻找大自然中的圣杯 A search for one of nature's holy grails
捕捉这种艳丽鸟类中 Images of every species of
各种品种的影像 this flamboyant family of birds.
五彩斑斓的羽毛 Iridescent feathers
奇异的形状 outlandish shapes
精密的编排舞 Precision choreography
夸张的装饰 extreme ornamentation
喧闹的扑翅声 Cacophonous flapping
雄性天堂鸟的 male birds of Paradise
这些适性只有一个目的 whose adaptations have only one purpose
为了吸引异性 to attract a mate.
新几内亚 天堂鸟们居住的 New Guinea where birds of Paradise live
地球上最偏远的地区之一 is one of the most remote places on earth.
蒂姆和艾德已经进行了二十多次探险 Tim and Ed have taken over 20 expeditions
超过五十多个地区 to more than 50 field sites
在连绵的雨林中度过了无数日日夜夜 suffered countless days in the rain-soaked jungle
还有一次阑尾炎发作 and one burst appendix.
他们全部经受住考验 They've survived it all
加上心惊肉跳的飞行 plus dubious flights
危险的小船驾驶 perilous boat rides
精疲力尽的跋涉 grueling hikes.
我们在这里左转 Here's where we go left.
还有丛林离 Narrator: And the jungle
潜伏着的有毒生命体 pulsing with poisonous life.
你得时刻提防它们 You gotta keep your eye out for them.
当你迅猛地穿越丛林时 So when you're bashing through the forest
一定要多加注意 you gotta pay attention
否则其中一只掉在你脸上就完蛋了 or you might end up with one of these on your face.
他们已经拍摄很多鸟儿了 They've filmed a lot of birds
但他们的天堂鸟清单上 but they still have a few adventures left
还有几只要探寻 on their birds of Paradise bucket list.
他们的第一个目标 Their first target
瓦氏六羽天堂鸟 the Wahne's Parotia
是一种能够 is a creature that
在眨眼间变成 transforms from bird to ballerina
芭蕾舞者的鸟 in the blink of an eye.
它们居住在萨鲁瓦吉德群山 They live way up in the Saruwaged mountains.
在过去几天里 Getting into this location has
抵达这里的旅程简直就是 turned into a bit of a transportation nightmare
一场噩梦 in the last few days.
我们本指望的那架飞机 The plane that we were counting on flying
在跑道起飞时出了点小麻烦 in on had a small incident at an airstrip
紧急迫降了 And had a crash landing.
所以我们决定 So we decided to go
改坐直升飞机 with the helicopter option.
最后他们终于启程了 When they finally do take to the Air
但所朝向的降落点 they'll be heading for a landing pad.
连他们自己也不确定是否存在 They're not even sure exists.
我们不知道那里 So we have no idea whether
是否有可以供直升机降落的停机坪 it's even a helipad that a helicopter can land on.
他们只有在天气好的时候 They can only safely fly
飞行才安全 in clear weather.
这的群山真的非常非常陡峭 The mountains here are really really steep.
有的山脊超过6000英尺高 some of these ridges are over 6,000 feet.
巴布亚新几内亚飞行员在看不见的 No pilot in Papua New Guinea flies
情况下是不会飞行的 when you can't see.
幸运的是 Fortunately
第二天天气就放晴了 the next day breaks clear.
他们将飞向地球上最偏远的地方之一 They're flying into one of the least explored places on earth.
从飞机上俯瞰 From the air
看不到公路的影子 there isn't a road in sight.
哇喔 今天比昨天强多了 Wow what a day compared to yesterday.
天堂鸟们也同样 Birds of Paradise are also
与世隔绝 cut off from the world.
权威的荒野探险指南对于这些道路 The definitive field guides have countless entries
也知之甚少 that read simply unknown.
蒂姆和艾德现在就是填补其中的空白 Tim and Ed are filling in the blanks.
意义不仅在于初窥其境 It's not so much just being the first
确实也是从未有人完成的壮举 but just the fact that it hasn't been done.
这群鸟还没有在野外 This group of birds hadn't been documented
被发现过 in the wild.
它们是生物领域的世界奇观 They're a biological wonder of the world
大金字塔算什么? It's like why the great pyramids ?
马丘比丘神殿算什么? why Machu Picchu ?
就等同于观察 It's like the avian equivalent of
另一个星球上的鸟儿 looking at animal life on another planet.
或许是许多星球 Or perhaps from many planets
每个种类愈发惊艳 each species more incredible than the next.
天堂鸟的看家本领是 Parotia are famous for
错综复杂的舞蹈 the intricacy of their dancing.
它们的编舞像似大河之舞 Their choreography is part Riverdance
像似强迫症 part OCD
这是只白肋六线天堂鸟 this one Carola's Parotia
不停地在空中画着八字 draws an endless figure 8 in the air.
很怪诞 但雌鸟们似乎很喜欢 Strange but the females seem to like it.
破解雄鸟们吸引雌鸟的 Deciphering what the male's behavior
行为方式 就像学习一门外语 means to the females is like learning another language
这次任务旨在破解瓦氏六羽天堂鸟 This mission is all about cracking the code
舞蹈中的密码 of the Wahne's display.
能够回到这里 Real excited to be back
看到这种天堂鸟真令我激动不已 to see this species of Parotia.
我花了很多年研究它们 I spent so many years studying them
故地重游真好 and it's nice to be back.
对我来说 它们就像是老朋友 They're kinda like old friends for me.
在这些山脊之上 On one of these ridges
有个野外营地 蒂姆和艾德会在接下来的 is a field camp Tim and Ed will call home
三个星期里把这当成家 for the next three weeks.
如果他们能安全着陆的话 If they can land.
罗里 咱们在山上找找 Rory we're just looking for
清晰的路径 a cut clearing on a ridge.
好的 Ok.
希望他们 And hopefully
为我们准备了降落场 they get the helipad for us.
是啊 Yeah.
关键时刻到了 It is the moment of truth.
确实 Yeah really.
让我们祈祷吧 祈祷 祈祷 Let's hope let's hope let's hope.
我看到正前方山脊上有烟 I see smoke dead ahead on the ridge.
就在那边 Right there.
你还能看到竹子 You can see the bamboo there.
是的 Yes.
罗里 你怎么看? What do you think Rory?
没问题 Yeah no problem.
小菜一碟 Barely a challenge.
这话我们爱听 That's what we like to hear.
弄到直升机只需一个卫星电话 We've got a helicopter only a satellite phone call away
和几千美刀搞定了 and a few thousand dollars.
天堂鸟王国终于到了 Parotia territory at last.
天堂鸟是 The Parotia is one of
典型的能变形的物种之一 the quintessential shape shifting species.
雄鸟在展示自己的时候 When the male displays
会收起翅膀 he tucks his wings away
露出特殊的胸部羽毛 pops out specialized breast feathers.
观看它们 They're kinda funny
让人忍俊不禁 and comical to watch.
你会情不自禁把它们当成 You can't help but to think of them
森林里穿着裙装 as like a little person in the forest
跳舞的小人 wearing a skirt dancing around.
有五种天堂鸟 There are five species of Parotia
蒂姆和艾德把它们都拍下来了 And Tim and Ed have photographed them all.
但这次他们要改变一下 But this time they want to change it up.
他们想从正上方拍摄雄天堂鸟 They're trying to film a male Parotia from above
从雌鸟的视角来拍摄 from the perspective of the females
它们才是雄鸟舞蹈的评判 who are the arbiters of what makes a good display.
艾德觉得俯瞰画面能看到 Ed thinks the aerial view will be very different
与以往截然不同的景象 from anything they've ever seen.
雌鸟观看它们的视角是 The way the females look at them is from
居高临下的俯视 above looking down.
雌鸟看到的是个特别的圆环 So the females see this really distinct circular shape
形成了裙子 that's made by the skirt.
好了 这就是营地 Alright this is the camp.
他们这已经有旧的帆布帐篷了 They've already got the old tarp up.
艾德通晓本地语言 Ed's command of the local language
皮钦语现在派得上用场了 pidgin comes in handy.
!@#$%...[皮钦语]
就在杂务工扎营的时候 As their porters make camp
他们俩去侦察雄鸟的跳舞地点 they strike out to scout display sites.
这有一对老鸟 There's a couple of old ones
就在这个草丛里 right over here in this thicket.
我一开始就发现了 That's what I first noticed.
我想就是这里 I think it's here.
这像个凹坑 There's like a sink hole
像是新挖的 and this one's a fresh one
里面的鸟粪还很新 because look it's got fresh bird poop.
皮钦语里他们管这个叫"派克 派克" Or as they say in pidgin peck peck.
这块裸露地是雄鸟表演的舞台 This bare patch is the male's display territory
叫求爱场 it's called a court.
天堂鸟是洁癖鬼 Parotia are neat freaks
保持它们的求爱场明晰且一尘不染 keeping their courts spotless and clear.
艾德架起微型照相机后 So Ed sets up a tiny camera
撒了些树叶 Then scatters some leaves.
这是他判断雄鸟是否使用 It's his sneaky way of telling
这个地点的鬼祟小伎俩 if the males are using this site.
求爱场上的这些树叶 Really drives them crazy
会让它们抓狂的 to have those leaves down there.
它们非常挑剔 They're very fastidious.
所以如果他路过这 So when he comes by here
看到这些树叶 and sees those
他会情不自禁的 he won't be able to help himself
飞下来 he'll come right down.
把树叶全部扔开 Toss them all off the court.
不是吧! 伙计 Holy cow man.
从这里我们几乎能 We can almost get the looking down
居高临下地俯视了 view from up here.
没错 Yeah.
如果这地方被证实雄鸟会使用 If the site proves to be active
很适合拍摄俯瞰图像 It's perfect for the overhead shot.
这距离对天堂鸟来说不会有戒心 This distance is very safe for parotias.
我的意思是 只要我们把那根藤蔓移开的话 I mean, I think that's a wide enough view right there
那边的视野就足够宽阔 if we just clean out that vine.
没错 Yeah.
这办法真心可行 This one's totally doable.
如果能用画面捕捉到雌鸟的视角 capturing the female perspective on film
将会是科学上的一个突破 would be a scientific breakthrough
艾德的梦想也将得以实现 and a dream come true for Ed.
如果我们能成功 尤其是 If we succeed in especially
拍摄下雄鸟变形的瞬间 getting the moment of transformation
这将会是最高的赏赐 that's gonna be the holy grail.
他们在查看隐蔽相机 They check the spy camera
果然 and sure enough
雄鸟没过多久就来了 it doesn't take long for the Parotia to arrive.
那就是我们放的树叶 That's the leaf we put down.
扔它 Tosses it.
好极了! Yeah!
他正朝GoPro相机 he's coming like right up
走过来 next to the GoPro.
他是多么专注于打扫啊 He's so intent on cleaning up
一点都没注意到相机! He doesn't even notice the camera!
不是吧 No way.
- 这不是开玩笑吧 - 哇 我们拍到了 Are you kidding me? Wow we actually got an awesome
天堂鸟最赞的画面了! GoPro shot of a Parotia!
太搞笑了 That's hilarious.
不敢相信方法成功了 I can't believe that worked
他完全没注意到有相机 He totally didn't care at all.
哇 这是个大家伙 Whoa this guy is big.
尾巴很长 That tail is long.
的确很长 That tail is long
真是只大鸟 That's a huge bird.
不知道比之前的大多少 I forget how much bigger.
大太多了 This is a lot bigger.
这只天堂鸟要比其他的大一些 This parotia is than some of the others.
蒂姆打算在这块求爱场 Tim plans to position
周围放三架同步相机 three synchronized cameras around the display area.
艾德将通过笔记本控制其中的两台 Ed will control two from his laptop
同时蒂姆从隐蔽有利位置 While Tim shoots the third
操纵第三台 from a hidden vantage point.
我需要一捆藤绳 I just need to get a bunch of bush rope
捆扎起来做个梯子 start lashing together a ladder.
幸运的是 丛林本身 Thankfully the forest itself
就是一个五金店 is as good as a hardware store.
艾德研究天堂鸟求爱舞已经很多年了 Ed has been studying Parotia displays for years
他们的舞蹈是所有鸟之天堂里中最错综复杂的 their dances are the most complex of any bird of Paradise
艾德对它们的每个舞步都了如指掌 and he knows every move they make.
几乎在同时一个瞬间 In pretty much an instant
他会鞠个躬 he'll do a bow.
然后基本上会蓬松 And he basically then fluffs out
那些胸部的长羽毛 those long feathers of the breast
扑扇两翼 and flanks
同时他舒展那些羽毛围绕他的身体 and that's when he forms them around his body
直到羽毛延伸至后背 and they go back behind his back
遮住他的翅膀 and cover his wings
当他向前的时候 and when he comes up
他头顶的三根羽毛会向两边张开 and he's taking these 3 long head wires from each side.
向前走时展示他的舞裙 And as he starts walking forward with his skirt out
来来回回的抖动羽毛 He's shaking them back
先前舞动着头顶的羽毛 and forth waving them in front of his head.
然后 他开始来回摇摆脖子和头 Then he begins waggling his neck and head back
就像那样 and forth like that.
如果我们不能 None of it really makes sense
从雌鸟观察的角度来看 unless we can interpret it from the perspective
这些动作对我们而言就毫无意义 that the females are seeing him.
对天堂鸟来说 For birds of Paradise
雌鸟的是舞姿变化的决策者 the females are the evolutionary decision makers.
好的 Ok
现在是十二点一刻 我们要趁着今天 it's 12:15 we're getting this all
午间暂时的平静 set up during this sort of lull
做好所有的准备 in the middle of the day.
当那只鸟下午回来活动的时候 So if the bird starts coming back
我们就能一切就绪了 for some afternoon activity we'd be ready to go.
复杂的拍摄装备 It's a complicated rig.
隐藏以太网线的完美材料 Perfect ethernet hiding material.
特制的电缆 Custom built cables
专用软件和电子设备 specialized software and electronics.
好了 我要回去把电脑设置好 Alright I'm going back to set up the computer.
全都不是丛林动物们喜欢的东西 And none of it very jungle-friendly.
F**K!
太滑了 Slippery.
很好 Great.
好的 相机正常运行了 All right so it's working the cameras are on.
我们可以开工了 And I think we're in business.
蒂姆进入隐蔽点 Tim settles into his blind
盼望着那只上镜的天堂鸟 hoping their camera-ready Parotia
能再次出场 will make another appearance.
它们似乎到处都去 They seem to be everywhere
就是不来我们需要他们出现的求爱场 but on the court where we need them.
下午5:20
我还蹲在 Well I'm still sitting here
隐蔽点里 in my blind.
我想再等一会就放弃吧 Think I'm gonna call it quits pretty soon.
嘿 天色越来越暗了
我想我要开始收拾装备
好的 我来收拾这个 Okay let me pack this up.
好吧 只能收工 Alright, calling it quits.
还不错 Well.
第一天就能拍到他 算人品爆发了 Too much good luck to get it all in the first day.
是啊 Yeah.
我们太"贪心"了 Asking a bit too much indeed.
第二天清晨 Early the next morning
他们又回来了 they're back at it.
上班途中我得在星巴克 Ed Scholes: I had to stop by Starbucks
"买杯咖啡" on my way back to work.
不可思议的是 Miraculously
那只天堂鸟在早班出现了 the Parotia also shows up for the morning shift.
我拍到了 两台摄像机都拍到了
是啊 太棒了 Yeah it's great.
回去看这些照片肯定很有趣 It's going to be fun to review this.
是啊 我已经这么觉得了 Yeah great alright.
欧耶 我们拍到了 Yeah, we got one!
唯一问题只在 The question is
三台照相机是否在运行 were all three cameras rolling ?
关键时刻到了 Alright moment of truth here.
左顾 右盼 Lookin' left lookin' right.
鞠躬 bow.
看他的尾巴 yeah his tail.
他真是个芭蕾舞大师 Ok he's coming out of the ballerina
转身了 turning around.
他头羽的画面真漂亮 It's a nice view of his wires.
他走到雌鸟下面去了 Oh and he goes under there.
哇喔! Wow!
那闪亮点太美了 That flash is amazing.
对 对 真的很美 Yeah yeah it is amazing.
闪点比艾德期待的还要大 This is even bigger than Ed expected.
哇 你知道吗 Wow you know what
闪点都能看的很清楚 So you can even see the flash
他的后脑还有一个亮纹 So he's got this other ornament on the back
是你之前几乎看不到的 of his head that you almost never see
在反面闪了一下 and it flashes right on the opposite side.
哦 看他... Oh look he's.
对 他看上去很不一样 Yeah he looks so different.
对 很漂亮 Yeah that's nice.
他早就知道从上往下看 He knew the view from up top
会很不一样 would be different
但这些荧光般的闪点还是让他大吃一惊 but these iridescent flashes are a shock.
就好像雄鸟在暗送秋波 It's like the male is sending out secret love messages
只有处在他上方的雌鸟能看到 that only the female above him can see.
我们通常会在地面的 Usually we always filmed it
隐蔽点拍摄 from a blind on the ground
所以那个闪亮点的朝向就是给 so that flashing really is designed to face upward
上方的雌鸟看的 to flash to the females.
现在我们从上往下看 So now that we're really looking down
才确确实实看到了闪亮点在闪烁 On it we're really seeing that flash flash!
从不同的角度看 That's just really cool to see it
真是个不错的点子 from different angles.
通过这三架同步相机 With all three cameras synched up
他们能在环境中自上而下的拍摄 They can see the top-down shot in context.
真棒 Nice.
伙计 这些头羽真美 Man, those head wires look great.
他夸张的就像在"嘀 嘀 嘀"敲鼓 He kind of does that tick tick tick exaggerated.
啊 快看那个闪亮点 Tim Laman: Ah look at that flash.
多么迷人啊 That is like so cool.
蓝色和黄色相间 Blue and yellow.
没错 从这角度 Yeah from this perspective
你能同时看到两种颜色 you're kind of getting both colors at once you know
是啊 Yeah.
棒极了 That's good.
干得不错 Alright nice work.
正因为谜团 It's the unknown
才让天堂鸟如此迷人 that makes birds of Paradise so fascinating.
蒂姆和艾德是首次发现 Tim and ed were the first to discover
黑蓝长尾天堂鸟这一物种的人 that one species the Arfak Astrapia
它们能做出倒悬的动作 performs its displays upside down!
这就像是 That's as close as you get to
科学界的"顿悟时刻"[灵光一现的发现] a-ha moments in science anymore.
黑蓝长尾天堂鸟不是唯一一种 And the Arfak isn't the only one
通过调转头部方向求爱的天堂鸟 to turn the mating dance on its head.
还有蓝天堂鸟 红天堂鸟 The blue bird of Paradise the red bird of Paradise
帝王天堂鸟 and the emperor.
这段影像是首次记录 This footage of the emperor displaying
帝王天堂鸟的求爱舞 Is the first ever recorded.
但拍摄天堂鸟向来很困难 But the birds rarely make it easy.
艾德有次苦苦守候了80个小时 Ed once spent 80 hours waiting for
只为拍摄一段90秒的丽色掩鼻天堂鸟求爱舞 just 90 seconds of magnificent Riflebird display.
这些年来蒂姆爬过近150颗树 Tim has climbed nearly 150 trees over the years.
他最高记录是离地165英尺[50米] His highest perch was 165 feet in the air
爬上去就像是 getting to it was like climbing
爬15层的大楼 a 15 story building.
有时他的午餐由“客房服务”提供 Sometimes he gets room service for lunch.
好吧 Alright.
我这有全套印尼午餐 I got the full Indonesian lunch here.
有大米 蔬菜 I got rice I got vegetables.
还有面条 I got noodles.
树上午餐就是这副模样 对吧? Quite a lunch for up in a tree huh?
但他们清单上的下一种鸟 But the next bird on their list
难度又愈发增大了 could be even more challenging.
可以出发了吗? So we good to go?
应该可以了 Seems like it.
伙计 真是场大雨啊 对吧? Man it's pouring huh ?
为了找到它 To reach it
蒂姆和艾德正要出海 Tim and Ed are heading out to sea.
他们现在寻找 They're now on the trail of
罕见的黄金天堂鸟 the rare Goldie's bird of Paradise.
黄金天堂鸟的栖息范围非常有限 Goldie's have an incredibly limited range.
它们仅出现在新几内亚 They only exist on two tiny islands
东海岸的两个小岛[弗格森岛和诺曼拜岛] off the eastern coast of New Guinea.
这种几内亚黄金天堂鸟 The genus Paradisaea
被绣在了国旗上 these are the ones that are on the flag
它还有最受人类追捧的 and have the most sought after plumes
羽毛 for human interest
尤受新几内亚文化青睐 especially New Guinea culture.
在20世纪初的时候 The plume trade impacted
羽毛贸易对天堂鸟的许多物种 many bird of Paradise species
产生了严重影响 at the turn of the century.
几内亚天堂鸟迷人的羽毛 But the striking feathers of the Genus Paradisaea
极其有价值 were particularly prized.
那时起他们的数量开始回升 Their numbers have rebounded since then
但还是很难找到它们 but they're still hard to find.
好吧 看看我能不能 Alright see if I can get on
安全登上这条破艇而不落水 this sucker without falling in.
这是我们所有探险之旅起始天气里 It's like the wettest start to an expedition
雨最大的一次了 that we've ever had.
黄金天堂鸟 Goldie's bird of Paradise
在树冠跳舞 display in the canopy.
蒂姆必须在树上 Tim will have to build himself
给自己造个伪装隐蔽点 a camouflaged blind high in a tree.
他曾成功在树冠 He's had success in the canopy
拍摄过体型更大的天堂鸟 with the greater bird of Paradise
当时他用的是一套多相机组合装备 using a multi camera rig.
这是求爱舞的主树枝 This is the main display perch.
我的隐蔽点在那边 and there's my blind over there.
这里是我的"叶子相机" And right here is my leaf camera.
我们在这些树叶里放了一整套单反镜头 We put a whole SLR here inside these leaves.
好了 希望能管用 Alright, let's hope this works.
蒂姆用笔记本控制这台"叶子相机" Tim monitored the leaf cam with his laptop
同时他还用隐蔽点里的第二台相机拍摄 while he shot with a second Camera from the blind.
好的 我们准备好了 Alright so we are good to go.
外事具备只等鸟儿 Now we just need the birds.
首先是雄鸟出现了 First the males show up
蓬松它们的羽毛借此吸引雌鸟 and ruffle their plumes to attract the females.
女士们一到场 Once the ladies get there
雄鸟变得相当兴奋 the males get really excited.
真的起作用了! It's actually working!
令人难以置信 It's kind of unbelievable.
这叫花样姿态 This is called the flower pose.
如果雌鸟看到喜欢 If the female likes what she sees
她会留恋并寻求羽毛的抚慰 she'll stick around for some feather tickling
最终交配 and eventually mating.
创新的"叶子相机"捕捉到了 The innovative leaf cam captures a never before
之前从未发现的求偶仪式影像 seen perspective of the mating ritual.
这次 他们希望能结合 This time, they're hoping to combine
全部的成功之道 all of their successful tactics.
他们需要把镜头设在树冠上 They need to get their cameras up in the canopy
来拍摄雌性黄金鸟的生活 to capture the experience of a female Goldie's.
但首先他们得找到它们 But first they have to reach them.
我们正前往 We're headed into some
那片天色昏暗的地方 dark weather over there.
我们正前往 We're headed into some
那片天色昏暗的地方 dark weather over there.
自我们从港湾出来 As we came out of the mouth of the bay
海浪就变得越来越汹涌 it just kept getting choppier and choppier
现在我们正承受倾盆大雨 so now we were in pretty much serious downpour rain
狂风大浪 as well as rough seas.
这条通往黄金天堂鸟之家 This passage to the Goldie's home
弗格森岛的航道是众所周知的死亡航线 Fergusson island is notoriously deadly.
艾德·斯科尔斯和蒂姆·拉曼必须穿越 Ed Scholes and Tim Laman have got to cross the open straight
弗格森岛顶尖与另一个岛之间的开阔航路 motor between the islands and around the tip of Fergusson
然后内陆跋涉到达一个小村庄 then hike inland to a tiny village
那将是他们的基地 that will be their home base.
岛上传来的情报确认 Scouting reports from the island have confirmed
那有黄金天堂鸟 that the birds are there.
这样一来我们到达后就不必 So we're not going to have to spend any time
花大把时间找寻它们 when we first get there searching for the birds
找它们的求偶舞树 and trying to find the display tree.
新几内亚的工作近乎 It's legendarily inconvenient
传奇性的不便 to work in New Guinea
但与世隔绝的丛林 but the same impenetrable jungles
遥远的荒岛 far-flung islands
极高海拔的群山 and extreme elevations
让通行变得步履蹒跚 that make passage nearly impossible
但同样给这些超凡脱俗的生灵们 are also what has given rise to
提供了栖息的环境 these otherworldly creatures.
小侏罗纪公园 Little Jurassic Parks
口袋样的环境 pocket environments
切断了彼此的联系 cut off from each other
还有与外界的沟通 and the outside
为一小部分鸟类 create fertile ground
进化出奇特非凡的构造 for small populations of birds
提供了沃土 to evolve extraordinary characteristics.
我们成功了 Hey we made it.
他们熬过了这趟旅程 They've survived the passage
但是前方仍然有条艰难的路 but there's still a rough road ahead.
他们的向导 大卫·米歇尔 Their guide local conservationist
地方环保人士 刚探路回来 David Mitchell returns from scouting
带来了坏消息 the inland trail with bad news.
多数水位涨到这么高 Most of the water is up to about here
淹没了路径 on what's the walking track.
也就是说 So what does that mean about
天堂鸟栖息的森林周边 the forest around where the birds of Paradise are?
那里发洪水了? Is it going to be flooded there?
发洪水了 It's flooded.
但过两天洪水可能会退去 But give it two days it might go down.
好极了 Great.
很遗憾 Sorry.
我们最好在这里扎营 在海滩上 Tim Laman: Might as well camp here on the beach
或什么地方 or something.
就呆着这里吧 Just stay here.
我们该怎么办 What would we do
干坐着等洪水退吗? Just wait for it to go down?
带着我们所有的装备 Well it's not really practical
穿过淹过脖子的洪水 to carry all of our gear to the flooded village
也不太实际吧 through neck deep water.
我是说这样也没用 I mean that's not going to work either.
要不我们过去看看 Can we walk over there and look?
没错 过去看看 Yeah come have a look.
真不敢相信 I don't believe this.
是啊 雨都停了 Ed Scholes: Yeah the rain finally stops
我们还被洪水困着寸步难行 but now we can't go anywhere because of the flood.
噢 我的天 Oh gosh.
没时间浪费了 With no time to waste
没装备他们也没法开工 and no way to work without their gear
蒂姆和艾德出发寻找另一条路 Tim and Ed set off in search of another route.
乌哈 Whoa!
水位又开始变深了 Is it getting deeper again?
没错 Yeah.
当地的村民积极投身于 The local villagers eagerly pitch in
开辟穿越丛林新通道当中 cutting a new path through the jungle.
在新几内亚不管你走到哪 It's like a universal in New Guinea
总能看到孩子和妹子 wherever you go it's always the kids
帮你搬东西 and girls carrying your stuff.
站在一个帮你搬大包包的 You don't look so tough next to
十二岁妹纸身边 你就知道你老了 a 12 year old girl carrying your big bag for you.
现在就差倾盆大雨了 Now all we need is a good downpour.
好了 Alright.
最终他们到达了村子 At long last they reach the village.
我们到了 Here we are.
是啊 家~甜蜜的家 You're right home sweet home.
弗格森岛 Fergusson island.
黄金天堂鸟就住在附近的丛林里 The Goldie's live in the forest nearby.
你们好 Hello.
你好 Hello!
你们好吗 How are you?
这片林子 The patch of forest
离鸟儿非常近 where the birds are very close.
他们焦急地寻找 They're anxious to see the tree
黄金天堂鸟跳舞的树枝 where the Goldie's display.
注意这的泥很滑 Slippery mud right there.
那是黄金天堂鸟的叫声 That's the Goldie call
很给力不是吗? Isn't that awesome?
这次行程会把脚泡烂 This could be a quick trip to foot rot.
在洪水肆虐的森林里 In the flooded forest
所有生物都在争相把自己弄干 all sorts of creatures are scrambling to stay dry.
就像这只带刺的圆蛛 Some like this spiny orb weaver are as colorful
色彩堪比天堂鸟 as a bird of Paradise.
但他们来这看的是这种鸟 But it's the birds they are here to see.
听上去很像 That sounds more like
它们开始跳舞前的... what they do before theystart displaying.
它们像是在聊天 You know they do that chatter.
然后它们就会散开 and then they would go
之后就开始跳舞了 and then they would jump right into it.
嗯 声音变小了 Well that sounds a little.
最终 他们设法找到了 Finally they manage to find
有用的树 an active tree.
看那棵树怎么样 See how that tree that goes up
树枝像个叉子 And has got this fork in it.
分开的树叉 There's kind of like an open gap
就像个丛林健身馆 of a bunch of little jungle gym-like sticks.
天堂鸟就在那 That's where the birds are.
这里没有地方搭设隐蔽点 There is no place up there to build a blind
所以他们得因地制宜 so they have to adjust their plan.
主要方法将是 The main approach is gonna be to
遥控操作这些相机 try to use these remote control cameras.
当我要爬树后 So when I climb up in the tree
我会把这台相机 I'm gonna rig up this camera
用几层叶子包裹起来隐藏好 hidden with also a layer of leaves over this.
试着把它藏在距离求偶舞 And try to hide it you know in the next tree
最近的那棵树上 closest to the display site.
然后我们连上接地电缆 Then we'll be able to run these cables down to the ground
用笔记本上的遥控程序 and shoot with the remote control setup
进行拍摄 from our laptops.
我们觉得这将是自然拍摄史上 We think it's gonna be a natural history
第一次在如此高的树冠 filmmaking first to film birds of Paradise
拍摄天堂鸟 like this up in the canopy.
他们只需将这一大堆设备 They just need to turn this pile
组合成一个能工作的拍摄系统 of gear into a working camera system.
这样看来 This goes to that.
这会是你的 This is going to be your
2号笔记本连线 number 2 laptop connection.
嘿 蒂姆 有只 Hey Tim there's one of
大千足虫在你身上爬 those big millipedes going right by.
噢 没事 没事 Oh yeah yeah.
虽然这它不咬人 Though not a biter
但是千足虫能分泌一种腐蚀性的酸 the millipede can secrete a caustic acid
引发剧烈疼痛 that causes a painful burn.
我得等他爬到裤子上 I'm going to wait so if he decides to
这样它分泌腐酸时 spray his chemicals
就不会粘在我的腿上了 he'll hit my clothes instead of my leg.
好了 是时候把这老兄赶走了 Alright, I'm going to get rid of this dude.
我想 我们可以准备测试了 I think we're about ready for this test.
好的 我看到两个镜头 Alright I am seeing two cameras.
现在我们需要一只跳舞的小鸟 Now we need a dancing bird.
小鸟来了 Here we go.
我要尽全力模仿 I'm gonna do my best imitation of
一只黄金天堂鸟 a Goldie's bird of Paradise.
有效果吗? Alright you working?
停! Cut!
好的 Ok.
再来一次 Here it comes.
好的 看这家伙 Alright look at that guy.
我确信他演的很到位 I'm pretty sure he'll be successful.
好的 成功了 Alright it worked.
我该穿那件红色T恤 Shoulda had my red shirt on.
好了 我们现在要把它装在树上 Tim Laman: Alright now we gotta rig it up in a tree.
黄金鸟的跳舞点 The Goldie's display site
在离地100英尺处[30米] is a hundred feet up.
大哥 你射中了 Man you had it
但我想你只是射中了一片树叶 but I think you hit a leaf.
是啊 朝右边那个点飞去了 Yeah it went right over to the right
但是又弹到了... spot but then it bounced back off of a
一片叶子 A leaf.
是另一根树枝 Another branch.
蒂姆 摩西刚才说 Tim Moses was saying
这是一种软质树 所以不够坚硬 that's a soft wood so it's not very strong
树枝容易折断 and the branches are easy to break.
好的 Okay.
但如果我爬到最粗的那根树干上 So uh but if I go over one of the biggest branches
应该没有问题 对吧? should be all right yeah?
摩西 你怎么看? What do you think Moses?
你认为蒂姆是不是太重了? Do you think Tim's too heavy or?
没错 That's right.
你认为树枝 You don't think
不能支撑他吗? it'll support him eh?
不能 Yeah.
他说这棵树 He said this is a
木质太软 看你射箭的时候 soft wood so he was having reservations
他就本想提前跟你说的 when he saw you putting an arrow up in it.
这木质有多柔软? How soft is soft wood?
我想我要拉起一条绳子 Well I think I'll pull a rope up
测一下它到底有多软 and see how strong it is.
小心为上 It's good to be careful.
我们可以在绳子上加 We can put some double weight
一倍的重量 on the rope
看看树枝的弯曲程度 and just see how much it bends and.
树枝会整体折断 See if the whole thing breaks off.
好了 发射 All right here goes.
有点短了 A little short.
好了 Alright.
正中红心 Got it in the right spot.
绳子绑好了 The rope is secure
是时候来看看它能否撑住蒂姆的重量了 it's time to see if itwill hold Tim's weight.
国家地理摄影师 National Geographic photographer
蒂姆·拉曼小心翼翼地爬上 Tim Laman gingerly navigates
这棵软质树 the soft wood tree.
好了 我到达位置了 Alright I'm at the level now.
是吗? Yeah?
木质相当轻 It is pretty light wood.
不会有问题吧? Is it gonna be all right?
我站在树叉中间的时候没有 As long as I stay in the middle.
我在绳上绑个环卡在树里 I put a loop in the rope and clipped it in
如果我在的整个树冠断裂 so if the whole top of the tree where I'm at actually cracks
腰折 and bends over.
绳索能保护我不会直接摔在地面上 My rope actually will still keep me from hitting the ground
虽说也肯定会重重摔一跤 it still would be a nasty fall
但比直接摔到地面要好得多 but it would be better than hitting the ground.
由于最近的医院要两天路程 With the nearest hospital two day's journey away
安全至关重要 safety is paramount.
枝头的风景怎么样? How's the view of the branch?
看得清楚吗? Can you see it pretty easily?
这里视野非常清晰 I got a perfectly clear view
鸟就在两米开外 And it's two meters away.
两米? Two?
那真是太好了 That's gonna be awesome.
噢 我的脚 Oh my feet.
在这呆久了真不舒服 This is not gonna be comfortable up here.
当蒂姆急忙将镜头安设到位时 As tim rushes to get the cameras in place
黄金天堂鸟开始加速求偶了 the Goldie's start revving up for a display.
那是派对开始的信号 It's a call to action.
意味着开始随着节奏舞动了 It means it's time to get your groove on.
就像是一个人 It's like the guy standing
对着镜子自娱自乐 in front of the mirror going.
对于大多数雄性天堂鸟来说 For the males of most species of birds of Paradise
滥交就是全职工作 promiscuity is a full time job.
它们四处挑逗 They flirt and flirt
想吸引雌性的注意 to get the female's attention.
雄鸟在交配季节 The males would mate repeatedly
会反复向同一只雌鸟 with the same females throughout
展示求爱舞 the course of the display session.
和很多雌性交配 Would mate with multiple females
或者和同一只交配 would mate with the same females
反复交配几天或几周 repeatedly over multiple days or weeks
说真的 他们不在乎 so yeah they're not very
和谁 和几只交配 so discriminating about who and how many.
这向来是雌鸟决定的 It's pretty much up to the female.
镜头能告诉我们雌鸟们对看到的 Which is why it's critical to see
有多么挑剔 what the females see
她们怎么选真命天子 how they decide who's worthy.
好了我到了树冠了 Alright I'm up here in the canopy
旁边就是黄金天堂鸟呆的树 by the Goldie's bird of Paradise tree
这是我的遥控相机 一号和二号 and here are my two remote control cameras #1 and #2.
蒂姆花了三个小时 It's taken three hours for Tim
完美摆放镜头 to perfectly position the cameras.
我的腿开始 My legs are starting
僵硬了 to get gripped up from
就因为在树上的怪异姿势保持太久了 just holding these weird positions for too long.
我要休息 I need a break.
在脆弱的树枝上是没办法休息的 Unable to rest on any of the fragile branches
蒂姆只能在他的腿劲 Tim has got to get down
消耗殆尽前下来 before his legs give out.
那有一块很窄的洞 Tim Laman: Kind of a narrow spot
需要穿过 to get through here.
哇喔 Whoa.
哦 天哪 上面真是累死人了 Oh man it's really tiring up there.
鸟儿们就在我们身后鸣叫 The birds are calling just behind us.
就在后面树上 just above back over here.
也就是说它们只在25米远处 So they're only about 25 meters away.
但他们或许会被我上面的相机吓到 But maybe they're all spooked by my
一切都不好说 cameras up there we're not sure.
数码偷拍装置设好了 The digital trap is laid
但没有鸟上钩 but no one's biting.
来吧 孩子们 洗澡水烧好了 Come on in boys the water's warm.
它们应该靠近了 They're kind of closer.
站的更高了 They're up higher.
如果我们有一只雌鸟做诱饵 If we had a stuffed female bird of Paradise
把它放在树上 stuck her up there
它们肯定飞奔过来 they'd be down there in a second.
灵光一现 Unintentionally,
艾德打算用自己的声音招雄鸟 Ed tries to call them in himself.
真是个最给力的水瓶啊 That's the most ridiculous water bottle.
我也不知道怎么弄出来的 I don't know what to do about it.
这份工作中有很多等待过程 There's a lot of waiting in this business.
不会吧 Oh man.
它们刚才绝对在那 They're definitely there when they come around.
但现在就是不在了 but they're just not in the right tree.
来吧 伙计们 Come on dudes.
来吧 Come on.
今天不是个好日子 But today is not going to be the day.
妈的!
开始下雨了 It's starting to rain.
关了吧 Shuttin' down.
真不敢相信 它们曾经如此之近 I can't believe they're coming so close
结果天黑了 Right when it's getting dark
我必须上去把相机拿下来 and I have to go up and get the cameras down
因为开始下雨了 because it's also starting to rain.
结果它们又好像来了 And now they're like right here.
他们无法在夜间拍摄 They can't film at night
相机不是防水的 the cameras aren't waterproof
弗格森岛上的这天失败了 so day one on Fergusson is a bust.
愿上帝保佑我们的努力有所回报 Let's just hope we get the payoff moment
带走一切痛苦与苦厄 to go with all the misery and suffering.
第二天早上 The next morning
他们在黎明前就回来了 They're back before dawn.
好的 我们要保持绝对安静 Alright we're going to try to be really quiet
因为鸟儿们还在睡觉吧 because we think the birds are sleeping
它们离这棵树很近 very close to the tree here
所以 我们要悄悄地在上面 so we're just going to try to sneak up there
把相机设好 and set up the cameras
尽快下来 get back down as fast as I can.
就好像软木不再危险了一样 As if the soft wood isn't dangerous enough
蒂姆在漆黑一片下攀爬 Tim's climbing in total darkness
树木又湿又滑 and the tree is soaked and slippery.
好了 Alright
我要快速检查一下线缆 I'm gonna do a quick cable check here.
确保老鼠一夜之间没有咬坏这些线缆 make sure the rats didn't chew the cable overnight
那会造成很大麻烦 which would be a big problem.
啮齿动物喜欢咬橡胶电线 rodents love this rubbery wire.
树鼠 tree rats.
鸟类学家的克星 the bain of every ornithologist.
好了 5点28 Alright 5:28.
进展很顺利嘛 So we're on schedule
比我预计的5点30分快了 I made it back down before 5:30.
是啊 干得好 Yeah good job.
是啊 Yeah.
现在我们只要稳坐钓鱼台 Now we just got to sit tight
大约等一小时后就天亮了 and wait for like an hour for it to get light.
鸟儿们还没来求爱点 They haven't come to the display site yet.
昨晚下了一夜雨 You know, it was raining all night
早上身子肯定被淋湿了需要弄干 and it's been a really wet and kind of drippy morning
我们希望这是鸟儿 so we hope that that's the reason
今早没活动跳求爱舞的原因 that they're not being active and displaying this morning.
但我们也不确定 but we don't know
只能守株待兔了 it's just kind of a waiting game.
它们似乎已经来了 They're getting temptingly close now
我还想着他们不买账呢 but I just don't think they're buying it.
天堂鸟好像在刻意 The Goldie's seem to be
躲避有相机的树 avoiding the rigged tree.
已经有俩天早上是好天气了 It's been like two good mornings now
它们还没出现 and they haven't come
所以我可以肯定 so I'm pretty sure that
树上的那些相机里它们太近 having those cameras up there close to
以至于把它们吓跑了 the display site is putting them off a bit.
所以我们打算换其他的鸟 So we're gonna have to try something different.
失败于黄金天堂鸟的不配合 Frustrated by the Goldie's lack of cooperation
蒂姆和艾德起身去寻找 Tim and Ed head off in search of
他们之前听说的另外一种鸟 a different bird they've been hearing.
天堂鸟正在附近鸣叫 Manucodes are calling nearby.
我打算把它们拍下来 So I'm gonna try toget that on video.
嘿 你想拍哪一只 Hey which one do you want to chase
那边也有一只在鸣叫 there's one over here now too.
我们走吧 回到大无花果树那里 Let's go back toward the big fig tree.
卷冠天堂鸟 Curl-crested Manucodes
有着很壮观的叫声 have a spectacular call.
听上去就像是飞碟在降落 Sounds like a UFO landing.
啊 它们就在这 Ah they're right here.
但我们站在了光线的另一边 But we're on the wrong side of the sun.
F**K!
天堂鸟是一种反祖物种 The Manucode is a throwback species.
它们的外貌与祖先很接近 It looks more similar to the ancient
鸣叫声比它们艳丽的现代近亲 crow-like ancestor of all birds of Paradise
和祖先的叫声更为相似些 than it does to its flamboyant modern-day cousins.
这种天堂鸟是有趣的一夫一妻制 Manucodes are quaintly monogamous;
它们不需要华丽的羽毛来吸引异性 They don't need fancy feathers to convince a female
与他们交配 to mate with them
和其他天堂鸟类物种不同 Like the males of other species.
过去很长一段时间里它们由 Somewhere along the way they made the shift
一夫一妻变成了一夫多妻 from being monogamous to polygynous
之后性选择变的 And then things just went crazy
混乱不堪 with sexual selection.
与优胜劣汰的 Unlike natural selection
自然选择不同 which weeds out the weak
性选择确保了雄鸟最吸引 sexual selection ensures the survival of
雌鸟的特貌特征 the male traits the female finds most attractive.
当一只雌天堂鸟选择了一只雄鸟交配后 When a female bird of Paradise selects a male to mate with
她就成为了他的资产 she is endorsing his assets
来确保他的基因能遗传下去 making sure those genes will live on.
你对某种特定行为或者外貌 The more extreme your preference is
偏好越显著时 for certain kinds of behaviors or ornaments
雄鸟的后代的特征 the more extreme those traits are
就越和自己相近 in the offspring of the males that have them.
因此 雌鸟花时间打量 So because of that the females' behavior
雄鸟和它们选择性交配的行为 of spending time watching males and mating
这种挑剔 极端和怪异的品味 is sort of equally as obnoxious and extreme
也是雄鸟自己酿成的 and bizarre as what the males are doing themselves.
富饶的食物加上少有的天敌 Plentiful food and few predators
使得雄性天堂鸟在求配上 free up male birds of Paradise
消耗了自己大部分的精力 Most of their energy to mating.
取悦只和最性感雄鸟 to devote the choosy females
交配的雌鸟 only mate with the sexiest males.
每一次邂逅都是从跳舞开始 But every encounter starts with an audition.
她们通过不定的 They've created their
数小时来观察那些继承了 destiny of spending inordinate number of hours watching
祖先通过性选择 the very males
产生的雄性特征 来决定自己的命运 that their ancestors have created through sexual selection.
天堂鸟不是一下子 The Manucodes never made
就跃进一夫多妻制 the leap to polygamy.
但并不意味着它们 But that doesn't mean
没有吸引力的要求 they're without sex appeal.
对它们来说是声音 For them it's an oral thing.
艾德记录了一只雄鸟的叫声并回放 Ed records a male's call and plays it back
骗得一只天堂鸟暴露自己的位置 to fool a bird into revealing its position.
它们来了 There they go.
它们在哪? Where'd they go?
就在那 Right there.
他就在那吗? Is that him right there?
他在更低的某个位置 He's low in there somewhere.
他在那 他在那 That's him that's him.
就在树后面 Just behind the tree.
他就在阳光下
没错
哇喔 你看
他的喉咙在动
这只鸟的喉咙里就像有支 This is the bird that has this really
风气管 相当给力 crazy like windy trachea on its throat there
用它来发出疯狂的叫声 that it's using to make that crazy call.
这真是意料之外 This is an unexpected
却又异常重要的收获 but important catch.
这动作太酷了 This is a cool behavior
没有人记录过这些 that nobody has documented the postures
雄鸟在鸣叫时会摆出这个动作 that these guys do while they're calling.
比我们早上在黄金天堂鸟那 Better than what we did with Goldie's
收获更大 this morning.
蒂姆和艾德把辉风鸟看作一个好兆头 Taking the Manucodes as a good sign
起身回去寻找黄金天堂鸟 Tim and ed head back to the Goldie's.
哦耶 有一只黄金鸟非常近 Oh yeah there's a bird really close.
科学家与摄影师组成的团队 Scientist/photographer team
艾德·斯科尔和斯蒂姆·拉曼 Ed Scholes and Tim Laman
发现了两只雄性黄金鸟正在枝头跳舞 have spotted two male Goldie's displaying on a branch
距离他们装备相机的树大约50码 about 50 yards from their rigged tree.
这正是他们所期待的 This is what they've been waiting for.
这真是太棒了
它们很低
从这个距离在用长焦镜头看
就感觉你是和他们一起的
雌鸟有这场表演的 The females have box seats
包厢席位 for the performance.
好的 看上去雌鸟回来了
他现在在慢慢靠近
他成功了
现在它们交配了
那只雄鸟搞定了
我影像正记录交配 I just got a mating on film.
永恒不变的前奏触发了 An eternity of foreplay leads up
一夕温存 to a Hit and run transfer of sperm.
它们什么都做完了 So they did their whole thing
我什么都拍到了 I got the mating and everything.
是啊 你这的视野非常好
没错
太棒了
这树枝有点...
嗯 这根树枝就
在那对情侣面前
就像那样
我不喜欢那根树枝
现在要是他们能用"叶子相机" Now if they can just get a display
拍到这一幕就好了 with their leaf cam.
咖啡好了 Coffee's on.
很好喝的样子 It's pretty good.
我们有袋包装上画着天堂鸟的 We got our Papua New Guinea coffee
巴布亚新几内亚咖啡 with a bird of Paradise on the front there.
没有我的心碎马克杯我可不喝 Can't go without my little broken heart mug.
在蒂姆爬树遥控镜头之前 Before Tim climbs up to rig the remote camera
他想尝试航拍 he attempts an aerial extraction.
这下不怎么样 No that was a bad one.
噢 Oh!
好的 我想我们做到了 Yes I think we did it.
我想这也是棵软木树 I think it's one of those softwood trees.
好吧 烂树枝已经没了 Well the offending branch is no more.
我要上去了 Alright I gotta go up.
这是来自树冠镜头的画面 Here's a view of the canopy camera.
它要拍摄那棵树 It's going to be looking out
就在那 on that tree over there.
希望鸟儿会来 Hopefully the birds will come
跳一下舞 do a little displaying
这样我们就能得到树冠角度的画面 and we'll get the canopy perspective.
哇喔 这东西工作的很好 Wow this is working great.
现在就等鸟儿来了 Now if the birds will just come.
好的 我去架设我的长焦镜头 Alright I'm going to get my big lens set up.
有几棵小树挡住了 I got a small tree in my way.
它们开始兴奋了
他在那 He's there.
你在拍吗 艾德? Are you rolling Ed?
伙计 它们来的好快 Boy they're coming in fast.
他来了 来了 There he is there he is.
噢 太棒了! Oh awesome!
两只雄鸟 两只雌鸟 Two males two females.
嘿 这是"树叶相机"第一次拍到黄金天堂鸟 Hey, first leaf cam footage of Goldie's.
好了 我们拍下来了 Alright we'll take it.
我们拍下来了 We'll take it.
他走了 There he goes.
在他们离岛之前 Before they leave the island
蒂姆首次展示了他们 Tim reveals their groundbreaking shots
开拓性的照片 for the first time.
这是快速顺序浏览 This is a rapid-fire sequence.
特殊的"叶子相机"展现了 The unique leaf cam perspective
之前未被发现的行为 exposes previously unknown behavior
雌鸟似乎对雄鸟的红色羽毛着迷 The females seem to be mesmerized by the males red feathers.
在每一次跳舞前 And during every display
雄鸟会梳理它们的尾线 the males brush their tail wires
将羽毛靠在雌鸟的胸脯 and plumes against the female's breast.
- 上帝啊 - 为美好的一天干杯 Well Jesus Well cheers to a good day.
蒂姆和艾德完成了许多第一次 Tim and Ed have accomplished many firsts
最后的这次探险也毫无意外 And this last expedition is no exception.
第一次记录卷冠天堂鸟的舞蹈 The first documented Curl-crested Manucod display.
第一次用"叶子相机"拍到黄金天堂鸟 The first leaf-cam footage of Goldie's.
第一次从雌性天堂鸟的角度拍摄 The first Parotia female perspective shot
以及进十年来 and over nearly a decade
拍摄所有天堂鸟物种的 the first photographs of every species
全家福 of bird of Paradise.
这是我从事过的 It's both sort of the most exciting project
最令人激动的项目 I have ever worked on
同时也是我从事过的最考验人的项目 and it's also the most frustrating project I have ever worked on.
看到天堂鸟有美丽的羽毛 It's one thing to see a bird of Paradise
是有洁癖的鸟儿 And think oh its beautiful plumes
只是一方面 and it's a neat bird.
但只有你真实看到 身处它们进化 But it's mind-blowing when you really see it
和生活的环境之中 才能真正为之痴狂 in context of what they're doing and how it evolved.
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