Orange字幕组 翻译：Karma Tong Anna CHENC Cindy 校对：Joan 后期：歪二德 压制：Libsu 监制：歪二德 适应此版本时间调整：cym
远隔重洋 在海的那边 Far away, cut off by vast oceans...
坐落着诸多热带岛屿 ..Lie Earth's tropical islands.
流落荒岛的奇异动物们以此为家 Home to remarkable animal castaways...
独立进化 ..That have evolved in isolation.
人类文化以独特的方式适应着这里的环境 And human cultures that have adapted in extraordinary ways.
从生物多样性惊人的婆罗洲丛林 From the jungles of Borneo with their staggering wild diversity...
到夏威夷 这个最偏远的岛链 ..To Hawaii, the most remote island chain,
最顽强的开拓者主宰着这里 colonised by only the hardiest pioneers.
马达加斯加岛 世界上最古老的岛屿 And Madagascar, the oldest island of all...
在那里 时间造就了数千奇特的物种 ..Where time has given rise to thousands of unique species.
这些热带岛屿 These tropical islands
已演化出让人叹为观止的独特生态圈 have developed into astonishing and unique worlds.
地球上 Cradling precious life .
再也找不到如此珍奇的生命 found nowhere else on Earth
地球上 热带岛屿
的
马达加斯加
印度洋的热带水域中 In the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean...
分布着地球上最古老的岛屿 ..Lies the oldest island on Earth.
马达加斯加岛 Madagascar.
与世隔绝的时间最长 Isolated for longer than any other island.
生命用时间 以最令人惊讶的方式 Life has had time to evolve in the most surprising ways.
进化出15000多个特有物种 With over 15,000 species found nowhere else.
马达加斯加拥有世界上 Madagascar boasts more unique plants and animals
最独特的动植物 than any other island on the planet.
马达加斯加形成于近9000万年前 Madagascar was formed nearly 90 million years ago.
被称为冈瓦纳大陆的巨型大陆 分裂解体 Giant landmass, known as Gondwana, broke apart.
推测存在于南半球的古大陆 也称南方大陆 因印度中部的冈瓦纳地方而得名
随着印度从非洲分裂出来 As India split from Africa,
马达加斯加岛成为了沧海遗珠 Madagascar was cast adrift.
这座岛屿 面积与法国相当 It's a vast island almost the size of France.
遍布着诸多令人瞠目的远古栖息地 And home to an astonishing array of ancient habitats.
核心地带 伫立着诸多高原 At its heart lie the highlands,
巍峨的山脊 an immense mountainous spine
决定了岛上的气候 that determines the island's climate.
从印度洋吹拂而来的暖湿气流 Warm, wet air blows in off the Indian Ocean,
为马达加斯加东部带来了丰沛的雨水 drenching the east of Madagascar with rain.
但山脉阻挡了雨水的西进 But the mountains block this rain from reaching the west,
形成了大片的沙漠 creating a great expanse of desert.
这片干旱之地绵延了半个西海岸 This arid landscape stretches halfway up the west coast.
就是在这 大约5500万年前 It was here, around 55 million years ago,
一些流落的动物被冲上海岸 that a few animal castaways washed ashore.
在穿越非洲300英里的艰程中 意外地存活下来 Having somehow survived the 300-mile crossing from Africa.
其中最早到达的哺乳动物 One of the very first mammals to arrive
是一种古老的灵长类动物 was an ancient species of primate.
它们的直系后代至今仍生活在沙漠中 And their direct descendants still live here in the desert today.
环尾狐猴 Ring-tailed lemurs.
晨光初现 It's dawn.
一家九口沐浴着清晨的阳光 And a family of nine soak up the warmth of the early morning sun,
为即将到来的一天储存必需的能量 preserving vital energy for the day ahead.
这只小狐猴 This young lemur
只有六个月大 is just six months old...
出生在 岛上最恶劣的地方 ..And born into the harshest habitat on the island.
多刺林 Known as the Spiny Forest.
坚韧粗糙的小叶子几乎没有营养 Tiny leathery leaves provide little nourishment.
这只队伍每天花上8个小时 The troop spends up to eight hours a day
在沙漠里四处搜寻食物 scouring the desert for food.
即使是毒性最大的植物也不放过 Tackling even the most hostile vegetation.
从大戟属植物中渗出的粘液 The sticky sap that oozes out of Euphorbia plants
具有腐蚀性 can be caustic,
会灼伤人类皮肤 and burn human flesh.
然而 环尾狐猴却能抵抗这种腐蚀力 Yet ringtails are resistant to their corrosive powers.
大戟属植物的汁液还富含脂肪 Euphorbia sap is also rich in fats.
提供的能量 Much-needed fuel
让这只小狐猴得以在荒漠中生存下去 that will help this young lemur survive this inhospitable desert.
环尾狐猴只是众多狐猴中的一种 Ringtails are just one of the many species of lemur.
这些灵长类动物只生活在马达加斯加 These primates are found only on Madagascar.
它们古老的祖先穿过小岛向东迁移 Their ancient ancestors gradually spread east across the island.
适应了马达加斯加多种多样的栖息环境 Adapting to each of Madagascar's varied habitats.
如今演化出100多个不同的物种 They now number more than 100 different species.
人类大概在几千年前 Humans are thought to have arrived on this island
才来到这座岛上 just a few thousand years ago.
依次从亚洲 非洲而来 First from Asia, and then from Africa,
而后定居在沿海地区 they settled on the coast.
西部沿岸的人向内陆挺进 Pushing inland,
面临着危机四伏的沙漠 those in the west faced the hostile desert.
距离海岸线只有20英里的地方坐落着安波塔卡村 Just 20 miles from the coastline lies the village of Ampotaka.
现在是旱季 It's the dry season.
温度经常高达40摄氏度 Temperatures often reach 40 degrees Celsius.
已经有十个月滴雨未落了 It hasn't rained for ten months now.
最近的供水点在40英里外 With their nearest water supply over 40 miles away,
生活 举步维艰 life is a daily struggle.
今年收获的甜瓜 The remains of this year's melon harvest
勉强提供的汁水刚够煮食 provide just enough water to cook with.
62岁的阿道夫 经历了最干旱的时期 At 62, Adolphe has lived through the driest of years.
老天爷不下雨 村子里的人生活得很艰难
我们苦不堪言
今天 阿道夫和他的儿子莱里斯一起 Today, Adolphe is joined by his son Leris...
去探访他们生存的秘密 ..To visit the secret to their survival.
猴面包树 The baobab.
被称为“生命之树” Known as "The Tree Of Life."
寿命高达1000多年 They can live for over 1,000 years.
高30米 Growing up to 30 metres high,
猴面包树可在 baobabs can hold vast
粗壮的树干里存储大量的雨水 quantities of water in their immense trunks...
即使滴雨未下也可存活数年 ..And can survive for years without a single drop of rain.
对阿道夫来说 这棵猴面包树就是生命的延续 For Adolphe, this baobab provides a lifeline.
我们的祖先来自沿海
他们发现一棵猴面包树里有点水
因而决定在树里挖个洞
通过挖空柔软的树干 他们造了一个水箱 By hollowing out the soft trunk, they created a tank,
在短暂的雨季可以装满水 which they could fill with water during the brief rainy season.
然后所有的村民也开始这样做
这个活水库能储存几千升水 This living reservoir can store thousands of litres of water.
但这个旱季 But this dry season has
旷日持久 树已经空了 lasted so long that the tree is already empty.
不过 这也是一个修剪新生树皮的重要时机 Still, it's an important opportunity to trim back the growing bark,
来保持储水箱的大小 maintaining the tank's size
为盼望已久的雨水做好准备 ready for the rain they hope will come soon.
这个水箱可能已经干了 This tank may have run dry.
但阿道夫从父亲那儿继承了七个"水箱" But Adolphe inherited seven of these wells from his father.
只有一个还有些水 Only one still holds any water.
小心点儿 别洒出来
只够维持几个星期 With only enough water to last a few more weeks,
阿道夫和家人非常担心 it's a worrying time for Adolphe and his family.
在这个沙漠中能否生存 全看何时降雨 Survival in this desert depends on the arrival of the rains.
在森林地表 On the forest floor,
有迹象表明 天气在变化 there are signs that the weather is changing.
小拉堡德变色龙 Tiny Labord's chameleons,
只有三厘米长 开始孵化了 only three centimetres long, begin to hatch.
它们的寿命只有四个月 They live for only four months.
是陆地上寿命最短的脊椎动物 The shortest lifespan of any land vertebrate.
对这只年轻的雄性而言 For this young male,
就是一场和时间的赛跑 it's a race against time.
在旱季 食物很少 In the dry season, there is little food.
但它孵化的时机正好 But his hatching is perfectly timed.
雨季要开始了 It's the start of the rainy season.
干涸的大地 The parched landscape is transformed
一片翠绿 into a flush of green.
正是成长中的变色龙所需要的 Just what this growing chameleon needs.
两只眼睛能独立转动 As his eyes can move independently...
能看到各个方位上的美餐 ..He can spot a meal in any direction...
接着 两只眼睛锁定目标 判断距离 ..And, by locking both eyes onto a target, judge distance.
致命地精准 With deadly accuracy.
食物充足 With so much food on offer,
雄性拉堡德变色龙能在两个月内 the male Labord's chameleon can grow five times his size
长到原来的五倍 in just two months.
成为带有突出犄角的成年雄性 Transforming into an adult male with an eye-catching horn.
一只雌性靠近 A female approaches.
但情敌出现了 But the male has a rival.
生命过于短暂 With such short lives,
一有交配的机会 竞争就会非常激烈 there's fierce competition for a chance to mate.
赶跑了情敌 With his rival out of the way,
它很快就抓住了机会 he hasn't got long to take this opportunity.
四个月之后 After just four months,
这只雄性成功繁衍了后代 this male has succeeded in securing the next generation.
这只雌性会在死前 The female will lay her
将受精卵产在地下 fertilised eggs underground before she dies.
旱季回归 And as the dry season returns,
成年拉堡德变色龙 not a single adult Labord's chameleon...
无一存活 ..Will be left alive.
马达加斯加岛西部多半属于干旱地区 Arid regions cover more than half of western Madagascar.
包括一个最极端的地区 Including one of its most extreme habitats.
大馨吉 The Grand Tsingy.
超过500平方英里的锋利石灰岩石林 More than 500 square miles of sharp limestone pinnacles.
被雨水侵蚀了数百万年 Eroded by rainfall over millions of years.
它纵深荫蔽的沟壑仍然保持着湿润 Its deep, shaded ravines retain moisture.
让这小片森林得以生长 Allowing small pockets of forest to grow.
为一种独特的狐猴 And providing an oasis...
提供舒适的栖息地 ..For an extraordinary lemur.
德肯狐猴 Decken's sifaka.
这个小伙子三个月大了 This youngster is three months old...
已经在练习跳跃 这项重要技能了 ..And already practising the vital skill of leaping.
没有哪片树林 No one cluster of trees is large enough
能满足饥肠辘辘的狐猴全族 to sustain a whole family of hungry sifakas.
这对母子需要 This mother and son need
寻找另一片植被 to seek out another pocket of vegetation.
可能在几百米开外 Possibly hundreds of metres away.
它们必须接受致命的挑战 They must run a deadly gauntlet.
这些石灰岩碎片高耸林立 有100多米高 These limestone shards stand more than 100 metres tall...
锋利至极 能瞬间划破人类皮肤 ..And are sharp enough to shred human skin.
但狐猴有粗糙而宽厚的脚垫 But sifakas have thick, rubbery footpads,
弹簧一样的腿 能够一跃九米 and spring-like legs that can leap nine metres in a single bound.
这些狐猴进化成了刀锋奔跑者 These lemurs have evolved into blade runners.
安全地穿过石林 母子得到了奖励 Safely across, mother and son claim their reward.
赖以为生 新鲜又多汁的树叶 The fresh, juicy leaves they need to survive.
经过数百万年的进化 Over millions of years of evolution,
德肯狐猴克服了大馨吉 the Decken's sifaka has overcome the extreme conditions
极端的生存条件 of the Grand Tsingy.
但随着马达加斯加狐猴 But as Madagascar's lemurs
持续向岛东部迁移 continued to spread east across the island,
最终遇到了巨大的障碍 they eventually encountered an immense barrier.
绵延100多英里的内陆 高原群 Over 100 miles inland, the Highlands.
正是这高耸的山峰划分了马达加斯加岛的气候 It's these towering peaks that divide Madagascar's climate.
2000米以上的地区 Rising over 2,000 metres,
汇聚了自东而来的全部季节性降雨 they capture the full force of the seasonal rain blowing in from the east.
数百万年来的降雨 Millions of years of rainfall
塑造出了众多肥沃的山谷 ave carved out fertile valleys,
非常适合水稻生长 perfect for growing rice.
马达加斯加人民的主食 A staple food of Madagascar's people.
就在几千年以前 Just a few thousand years ago,
来自亚洲的移居者带来了耕种技术 settlers from Asia brought the skills to turn
甚至能把最陡峭的山峦变成水稻梯田 even the steepest mountains into terraced rice paddies.
如今 自给自足的农民 Today, subsistence farmers
每年产出稻米超过一百万吨 produce more than one million tonnes of rice here every year.
马里韦洛拥有四块梯田 Marivelo owns four paddy fields.
刚好够全家十口人的口粮 Providing just enough rice for her family of ten.
在马达加斯加 米饭是我们的主食
我们必须吃米 我们靠它生活
所以作物十分重要
现在是一月 雨季的降水高峰期 It's January, the height of the rainy season.
对稻农来说是最重要的时候 And the most important time for any rice farmer.
每一千克稻米都需要超过 Each kilogram of rice needs more than
2000公升的水灌溉 2,000 litres of water to grow.
当雨水淹没稻田 With rainwater flooding the rice paddies,
马里韦洛就要准备耕种了 Marivelo must prepare them for planting.
但她没有用犁 But instead of using a plough,
而是用了她最珍视的东西 she uses her most prized possession.
这些是源自亚洲的瘤牛 Originally from Asia, these are zebu cattle.
啊 非常好 很顺利
非常棒
争先恐后的牛群踩踏着泥土 The stampeding hooves churn up the soil.
这也许有些危险 It may be dangerous work,
但对于马达加斯加的人来说 but it's an ancient practice
却是一种独特的古老习俗 unique to Madagascar.
还能让整个部落的人团结一致 And brings the whole community together.
这个传统习俗从我们祖先开始就流传下来了
无论男女 每个人都沉浸在这份喜悦中
当泥土松好后 就是播种的时候了 With the soil prepared, it's time to get planting.
为了能最大化地利用降雨高峰期 To make the most of the peak rains,
马里韦洛还有她的女儿要加快工作了 Marivelo and her daughters need to work fast.
大家都坚持 坚持下去 别停下来
她们是插秧能手 They're precision planters.
每束秧苗都相隔20厘米 Every blade is 20 cm apart,
来确保产量最大化 ensuring maximum yield.
我很幸福 因为这是我的粮食和生活
三个月以后 就是水稻丰收的时候了 In three months' time, the rice crop should be ready for harvest,
为马里韦洛及其家人 providing Marivelo and her
带来了一年的食物储备 family with plenty of food for the year ahead.
除非庄稼遭到 Unless the crop is struck by one
最具破坏力的生物侵害 of the most destructive creatures on the planet.
蝗虫 Locusts.
它们通常是独居昆虫 They're normally solitary insects.
但一旦发现茂盛的庄稼时 But when there's an abundance of crops,
它们的数量就足以造成蝗灾 their numbers can reach plague proportions.
这些不会飞的跳虫大军绵延半英里 These flightless hoppers can form armies over half a mile long.
可这仅仅是破坏的序曲 But they have only just begun on their path of destruction.
只需五周 At five weeks old,
它们就能发育至成年 they morph into fully-fledged adults...
然后数十亿的蝗虫大军 振翅飞翔 ..And can take to the air in their billions.
在马达加斯加 此等规模的蝗群可能十年才能一遇 A swarm this size may only appear once in a decade in Madagascar.
在一天50多英里的飞行途中 Travelling over 50 miles a day,
可以吞食四万吨的植物 they can devour 40,000 tonnes of vegetation...
包括农民珍贵的水稻 ..Including the farmers' precious rice crops.
在到达高原时 On reaching the highlands,
由于山上降下暴雨 a plague is finally stopped
蝗灾才最终平息 by the heavy mountain rains.
雨水打湿了翅膀 蝗虫无法再继续飞行 Wet wings prevent the locusts from flying,
直到最后 蝗群弹尽粮绝 until, eventually, the swarm runs out of food,
等待死亡 and dies.
在高原的东面 便是另一番天地了 To the east of the highlands lies a completely different world.
随着暖湿气流从印度洋吹拂而来 With warm, humid air blowing in off the Indian Ocean,
高原东面的降雨量是西面的十倍 it receives ten times the rainfall of the west,
形成了茂密的雨林 creating lush rainforests.
马达加斯加远古流浪者 When Madagascar's ancient castaways
最终抵达东面的森林后 eventually reached these eastern forests,
便在此繁衍生息 they flourished.
随着时间的推移 Over time,
生物以各种各样奇特的方式进化着 creatures evolved in extraordinary ways...
居住在森林的各个角落 ..Colonising every corner of the jungle.
如今 岛上三分之二的动植物 Today, two thirds of the island's plants and animals
都在此生活 are found here.
森林地面上生活着另一种远古流浪者 The forest floor is home to another ancient castaway,
它们来源于非洲 originally from Africa.
这看起来像刺猬 It may look like a hedgehog,
但其实是"马岛猬" but this is a tenrec,
是马达加斯加的特有物种 found only on Madagascar.
马岛猬生育的宝宝比任何哺乳动物都多 They give birth to more babies than any other mammal.
一窝幼崽多达32只 As many as 32 in a single litter.
像狐猴一样 它们已经进化出多样的种类了 Like lemurs, they've evolved into a wide variety of species...
每一种类都能巧妙地适应森林之家 ..Each adapting in remarkable ways to their forest home.
在它们仅仅四周大时 At just four weeks old,
这些"低地斑纹马岛猬"就几近成年了 these streaked tenrecs are almost fully grown...
它们急切地用自己灵敏的鼻子来寻找食物 ..Eagerly sniffing out a meal with their flexible snouts.
为了满足快速的新陈代谢 To fuel their high metabolism,
它们一天可以吃掉30多条虫子 they can eat over 30 worms a day.
然后便四散开来 And they quickly disperse.
这是一条致命的"马达加斯加地蚺" A deadly Madagascan ground boa.
马岛猬妈妈这时察觉到了危险 The mother tenrec senses danger
立马通过 and quickly sounds the alarm...
摩擦背上可动尖刺发出警报 ..By rubbing together modified spines on her back.
这尖锐声穿透丛林的喧闹 The high pitched sounds cut through the clamour of the forest
小马岛猬们急忙跑回妈妈身边 and the youngsters scurry back to her.
这种沟通方式独一无二 This is a unique form of communication
是世界上其他哺乳动物所没有的 used by no other mammal on the planet,
是用来适应这茂密丛林的独特方式 a bizarre adaptation to survive in these crowded forests.
夜幕降临 一种更为奇特的生物登场 At night, an even stranger cast of creatures emerges.
一只名副其实的"鹈鹕蛛" The aptly-named pelican spider.
体型虽小如米粒 可下颚却强劲有力 No larger than a grain of rice, he has a formidable set of jaws.
这只雄性鹈鹕蛛正在狩猎下一餐 This male is on the hunt for his next meal.
利用自己超长的前脚 来寻找生命的迹象 Using his extra-long front legs, he searches for signs of life.
蛛丝 A silk thread...
用来探路再好不过 ..Is the perfect lead.
这是一只雌性圆网蛛 A female orb web spider.
但它有粘性网作保护 But she's protected by her sticky web.
该怎么办呢 What to do?
幸运的是 鹈鹕蛛 Fortunately, the pelican spider
已经用了数百万年的时间来调整捕猎技术 has had millions of years to fine-tune its technique.
模仿一只飞虫掉在蛛网上的动作 Mimicking the movements of a fly caught in her web,
诱惑猎物靠近 he lures her towards him.
它利用自己宽大的下颚与猎物保持距离 He uses his massive jaws to keep her at a distance
防止被它致命一咬 and avoid her lethal bite,
再利用自己的剧毒来麻醉猎物 then paralyses her with his own powerful venom,
然后尽情地享用 before tucking in.
在马达加斯加雨林里 The intense competition
对食物的激烈竞争 for food in Madagascar's crowded rainforest
逼迫着居民们用最极端的方式进化 has pushed its inhabitants to evolve in the most extreme ways...
而狐猴也不例外 ..And the lemurs are no exception.
这是一只在特备围场中拍到的狐猿 This is an aye-aye, filmed in a special enclosure.
它最喜欢的食物是蠕虫 Her favourite food is insect larvae,
而蠕虫只能在枝干最深处中才能找到 which can only be found deep inside the branches of trees.
但是狐猿已经完善了一个精妙的方法 But the aye-aye has perfected a truly remarkable
来捕获猎物 way of getting to them.
这项技巧需要四年时间才能完全掌握 It's a technique that's thought to take four years to master.
利用它那九厘米长的中指 Using her nine centimetre-long middle finger,
轻拍树枝 来判断空心的部分 she taps to hear where the branch is hollow.
然后咬开起保护作用的树皮 Then she gnaws away at the protective bark...
张开它那巨大的爪子 Before deploying her super-sized finger
捕捉肥美的蠕虫 to fish out any juicy grubs.
马达加斯加独有的野生动植物 Madagascar's unique wildlife
历经了数百万年缓慢进化 has had millions of years to slowly evolve.
而在过去几千年间 But in the last few thousand years,
生活节奏的加速 the pace of life has increased rapidly,
带来了致命的后果 with deadly consequences...
正如最近的一个新发现 As revealed by a recent discovery
位于马达加斯加最偏远的沙漠 in Madagascar's most remote desert.
这汪池水通往一个未曾被探索过的世界 This pool is a portal to a previously unexplored world.
在2015年 潜水员 In 2015, divers first ventured
才第一次进入这条水道探险 into this network of flooded passages.
在距离地表五十米的水下 50 metres below the surface,
他们进入了一个奇妙的地底世界 they entered a truly magical underworld...
发现了总长超过十一公里的隧道 Discovering more than 11 km of connected tunnels...
还有全球最大的水下空间 and some of the largest underwater chambers in the world.
而他们在这些洞穴里的发现 But what they found inside these caves
更令人瞠目结舌 was even more remarkable...
一大片墓地 A vast graveyard.
留存至今的神秘物种遗骸 The preserved remains of mysterious creatures...
四米长的"角鳄" Four metre-long horned crocodiles...
长得像美洲狮的掠食者 Puma-like predators,
上古时代的侏儒河马 and ancient pygmy hippos.
而最让人印象深刻的 But perhaps most impressive of all...
是体积如大猩猩的大狐猴头骨 The skulls of giant lemurs that grew to the size of a gorilla.
它们的主人早已逝去 All long gone.
它们的灭绝 与马达加斯加历史上 Their extinction coincided with the most disruptive change
最富破坏力的变革高度吻合 in Madagascar's long history...
人类的到来 The arrival of people.
如今 我们对这座岛屿的破坏变本加厉 And today, our impact on the island is greater than ever before.
马达加斯加森林面积消失得比其他任何热带国家都快 Madagascar's forests are disappearing faster than any other tropical country,
大部分用于农业生产 cleared largely for subsistence farming.
岛上森林面积仅剩原先的20% As little as 20% of the island's original forest remains.
这对马达加斯加特有物种的影响 And the impact on Madagascar's unique wildlife
是毁灭性的 has been devastating.
如今 95%的狐猴种濒临灭绝 95% of lemurs are now threatened with extinction...
成为世界上最脆弱的哺乳动物 Making them the most vulnerable group of mammals in the world.
在岛屿的东部 发现了最濒危的一个物种 One of the most endangered is found in the east of the island
大竹狐猴 The greater bamboo lemur.
与其他狐猴一样 它们拥有独门秘籍 Like all lemurs, they're highly-specialised.
尽管竹子充满了致命的氰化物 Bamboo makes up nearly 95% of their diet,
仍然占它们饮食的95%左右 despite being packed with deadly cyanide.
一只狐猴每天吃下的毒素 Every day, a single lemur
足够杀死五个人 can eat enough poison to kill five humans.
它们经过进化 可以承受毒性 They have evolved to withstand its toxic effects,
将这整片丛林全留给自己 keeping these thickets all to themselves.
而现在 他们独特的生存之道却把它们困在了这里 But now, their unique adaptation has left them trapped here...
无处可去 Unable to live anywhere else.
人类为了耕作 烧毁了竹林 As their bamboo forests are cleared for agriculture,
狐猴无处居住 these lemurs are left with nowhere to live,
无食可觅 and little to eat.
曾经一度 阔鼻驯狐猴被视为绝迹 The greater bamboo lemur was once thought to have gone extinct.
而由于人们齐心协力的保护 But thanks to a recent concerted effort to protect them,
现在还有一线希望 there is now a glimmer of hope.
去年 这群狐猴 In the last year, this group
哺育了72只小狐猴宝宝 had a record number of babies,
现在一共有四百只阔鼻驯狐猴了 adding 72 to their total population of 400.
马达加斯加岛已经到了关键节点 The island of Madagascar has reached a critical point.
只有加大保护力度 And only with intensive conservation efforts
这些独特的野生生物 will its remarkable and unique wildlife
才能生存下去 survive into the future.
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为了拍摄濒临灭绝的阔鼻驯狐猴 Filming the critically endangered greater bamboo lemur took
摄制组前往了马达加斯加东部最偏远的一个地区 the crew to one of the most remote regions of eastern Madagascar,
只有通过两天艰难的车程才能到达 only accessible by a challenging two-day drive.
路况在变差 The road is deteriorating.
木桥越来越窄 The wooden bridges are getting narrower.
路况比大家想象的还要差 The roads are worse than everyone expected.
我们有辆车已经抛锚了 We appear to have already got one of our vehicles stuck.
他们终于到达了 沃希特拉沃 Finally, they reach Vohitrarivo,
这种罕见狐猴仅存的栖息地 就在这座村庄附近 a village close to one of the last known refuges of this rare lemur.
随后两周 Over the next two weeks,
摄制组将由灵长类动物学家 德尔菲·鲁勒特带领 the crew will be led by primatologist Delphine Roullet,
十年前她曾来这里执行紧急任务 who came here ten years ago on an urgent
拯救竹狐猴 mission to save the bamboo lemurs.
我来到马达加斯加时 这些物种已经濒临灭绝
只有不到一百只了
在她所在组织的帮助下 With the help of her organization,
现在大约有四百只狐猴 around 400 lemurs now live
在这片竹林里生活 in these pockets of bamboo forest,
分散在这片广阔的区域里 but they're spread over a vast area.
但愿我们快到了 这样就不用再爬了 Hopefully, we're nearly there and can stop climbing up the hills.
为了缩小搜索范围 To help narrow their search,
他们走进丛林 they head into the bush
去见当地的狐猴研究人员诺雷特 to meet local lemur researcher Noret.
拍摄前 他设好了隐藏摄像机 Ahead of the shoot, he sets up camera traps
希望能确定狐猴的下落 to hopefully establish the lemurs' whereabouts.
我们来看看 Well. Let's see.
这是什么 Oh, what's that?
这有一只 There is one!
这是个好迹象 It's a good sign.
几天前 这片区域有一群竹狐猴 A troupe of bamboo lemurs were in the area just a few days ago.
- 看 就在这 - 对 一片漆黑 - Oh, look, just here. - Yeah, completely dark.
而狐猴可以在丛林中穿梭自如 But the lemurs can travel through these thickets with ease,
需要用诺雷特和德尔菲的全部技能来进行追踪 so it will take all of Noret and Delphine's skills to track them down.
我觉得诺雷特能看见它们 I think Noret can see them.
我看不到 I can't see them.
向正前方看过去 能看到一个黑点 You can see a dark spot, just straight.
他们可能在远处发现了它们 They may have spotted them in the distance,
但狐猴领着团队进入了更茂密的林子 but the lemurs are leading the crew into even thicker vegetation.
我会被杂草缠住 I'm getting entangled in sticky grass,
这里太密了 and it's dense here.
这根本行不通 No way this is going to work.
追踪了快一周后 After nearly a week of tracking,
摄影师贾斯汀终于靠近它们了 cameraman Justin is finally getting closer.
但得到清晰的影像 But getting a clear shot of them
仍然是个大难题 remains a significant challenge.
没错 现在我们底下就有两只 Yeah, right now there's two just below us
但我们拍不到 but we can't film it.
植被太繁茂了 There's too much vegetation.
他们追逐着野生狐猴 Their wild lemur chase eventually takes them
来到了竹林尽头 to the edge of the bamboo forest
远处的庄稼地里 and into the farmland beyond.
诺雷特一行人问当地人 Noret and the crew check in with the locals
最近是否见到过狐猴 to get the latest information on any lemur sightings...
却偶然发现狐猴就在眼前 ..Only to stumble upon the lemurs right in front of them.
我们刚过来就发现 So, we've just turned up to find them
它们正要穿过这片稻田 crossing this section of rice paddy,
去到另一片竹林 between one part of bamboo forest and another.
大部分竹林都被砍伐 种了庄稼 With much of their bamboo forest cleared for agriculture,
狐猴被迫冒险露面 the lemurs are forced to venture into the open.
有点惊讶能在这里看到它们 Sort of surprising to find them here
因为它们真的不喜欢狗 because they really don't like dogs
而村子里有养狗 and the villagers keep dogs,
但目前它们看起来很悠闲 but so far they seem relaxed.
尽管狐猴更喜欢吃竹子 Although bamboo is their preferred diet,
偶尔也会偷吃水稻 the lemurs will sometimes resort to raiding rice crops.
这在过去曾与当地人引起矛盾 In the past, this has led to conflict with the locals,
但德尔菲的方案改变了这一切 but Delphine's project has changed all that.
像诺雷特一样的村民被训练为狐猴守卫者 Villagers like Noret are trained as lemur guardians.
他们帮忙研究种群 They help study the troupes
在它们破坏庄稼前 and marshal them off farming land
把它们赶走 before any damage is caused.
贾斯汀仍在尝试拍到它们 Justin is still trying to get his shot...
这时情况变得更糟了 ..When conditions take a turn for the worse.
一下雨就有点难拍了 The rain makes filming quite difficult
一切都很容易会被淋湿 and it makes it really hard to keep everything and everybody dry
满身泥渍 and not muddy.
所以现在狐猴们都低着头 So, at the moment the lemurs are keeping their heads down,
我们也是 so we do the same.
狐猴可能近在咫尺 The lemurs may be close by,
但雨连着下了整整四天 but the rain continues for four whole days.
我们必须坐在外头 We're just having to sit out
寄希望于它们跑到我们能看到的地方 and hope they start moving somewhere we can see them.
你要的东西就在这儿 That frustration of having what you want,
但又看不到它 还蛮沮丧的 but not being able to see it.
但这场雨 But all this rain
给他们带来了意想不到的转机 brings about a surprising change to their fortunes.
雨水催生了大片的竹笋 The rain triggers a flush of growth in the bamboo shoots,
这是狐猴的最爱 the lemurs' favourite food
竹笋把狐猴引了出来 and draws them out into the open.
到现在已经连着下了五天雨了 So, it's been raining nonstop for five days now
我从头到脚都湿了 and I feel pretty wet from top to bottom.
我们看到有六只狐猴 We can see six of them
嘴里塞满了竹子 stuffing their faces with bamboo
好可爱 which is a lovely sight to see.
来这儿我很开心 除了下雨有点讨厌 I'm really happy to be here, despite the rain.
很特别 It's amazing.
还有一个额外惊喜 And there is an added bonus.
母狐猴们赶在新鲜竹子到来时 The mother bamboo lemurs have timed their births
诞生了小狐猴 to coincide with the arrival of fresh bamboo
于是团队拍到了这个季节最早的新生儿 and the crew can film one of the first newborns of the season.
能看到宝宝真是太棒了 好可爱啊 Oh, it's so good to see the babies! Cute!
等了好长时间 Took a long time to get to this point
才等到它们过来镜头前 of actually having them in front of us
让我们能拍到 so we can film them.
这样的时刻太赞了 It's just great to have moments like this.
这些稀有而温馨的狐猴宝宝影像 These rare and intimate portraits of baby lemurs
是纪录繁殖年的开始 is the start of a record breeding year.
接下来两个月内诞生了72个宝宝 Over the following two months, 72 babies are born.
使这个濒危种群得到了极大的发展 It's a huge boost to this endangered population.
但它们的命运掌握在 But their future rests in the hands of the next
下一代狐猴守护者的手中 of the next generation of lemur guardians.
诺雷特和德尔菲的工作很重要一部分 A vital part of Noret and Delphine's work
是向与狐猴毗邻而居的人 is sharing their knowledge
分享他们的知识 with those living side by side with the lemurs.
我们依然能改变一些事情
为所有的生物找到位置
为动物 为植物 为人类
我们只需
只需切实行动起来
多亏了德尔菲 诺雷特和他们的专业团队 Thanks to Delphine, Noret, and their dedicated team
马达加斯加最稀有的狐猴之一 one of Madagascar's rarest lemurs is now back
从灭绝的边缘活了下来 from the brink of extinction.
下一集 婆罗洲 Next time, Borneo...
这里聚集着缤纷多样的物种 ..Home to a staggering variety of habitats.
从熙熙攘攘的珊瑚礁 From its bustling coral reefs
古老的热带雨林 and ancient rainforests,
到多山的腹地 to its mountainous heart...
婆罗洲的生物多样性可能多于全球 ..Borneo holds possibly the greatest diversity of life...
任何一座岛屿 ..Of any island.