夜 The night.
一个暗影重重的世界 那里藏着地球上超过一半的动物 A shadowy world that hides more than half the animals on our planet.
在过去的镜头中 我们只能匆匆一瞥动物的生活 Until now, cameras only offered a glimpse into their lives.
但凭借新一代科技 But with next-generation technology,
我们眼中的夜晚和白天一样清晰 we can see the night as clear as day.
有了比人类眼睛敏感100倍的摄像机 With cameras a hundred times more sensitive than the human eye...
我们终于能够捕捉到夜晚的美 we can now capture the beauty of night...
以全真色彩 in color.
怪谲的自然风光 Alien landscapes.
在黑夜里活跃的奇特生物 Strange creatures brought to life by the darkness.
前所未见的行为 Unseen behaviors.
现在我们能追踪动物的生活 Now we can follow the lives of animals
前往地球最后的荒野 in Earth's last true wilderness.
夜 The night.
津巴布韦灰尘滚滚的平原上 The dusty plains of Zimbabwe.
旱季里最干旱的时节 At the height of the dry season.
随着日暮降临 As day draws to a close...
一个家族正在前进 a family is on the move.
母亲、姐妹、阿姨和表亲 Mothers, sisters, aunts and cousins
踏上了寻找水源的迁徙之旅 on a migration to find water.
队伍中最年长、最有经验的成员当领头 They're led by the oldest, most experienced member of the herd,
大象祖母 the grandmother.
它的家庭里有四头小象 Her family has four calves to look after.
有一头是几个月前刚出生的象宝宝 One, an infant born just a few months ago.
大象祖母带领着大部队 She leads them all...
循着镌刻在它记忆中的路径 following paths etched in her memory.
但在这片炽热的土地上寻找到水的希望 But the promise of finding water across this parched land...
最终… all too often ends...
往往变成失望 in disappointment.
这个夏天 非洲南部的大象 This summer, the elephants of Southern Africa
遇到了40年来最干旱的季节 have been through their worst drought in 40 years.
当地动物赖以为生的许多水坑 Many of the water holes that are the lifeblood for animals here
如今只能供它们洗泥土浴 now offer little more than a mud bath.
大象在不饮水的情况下最多只能存活三天 Elephants can only survive for three days without drinking.
它们必须尽快找到水源 They must find water soon.
随着太阳落山 酷暑的热气也开始散去 As the sun sets, the heat of day begins to fade.
象群可以趁夜晚凉快时长途跋涉 The herd can travel vast distances in the cool of night.
从前 我们无法目睹 这些惊人的夜间跋涉过程 We've never been able to see what happens on these epic nocturnal journeys.
但凭借能在月光下拍摄的摄像机 But with cameras that can film by moonlight...
我们终于能看到 世界上最大的陆地哺乳动物在夜晚的活动 we can now show what the world's largest land mammal gets up to at night.
在夜间 大象不仅利用视觉 Elephants don't just use their vision at night.
它们也具备最发达的夜间导航设备 They also have the most sophisticated night navigation equipment:
2米长的象鼻子 那堪比潜望镜 a two-meter trunk that they use like a periscope.
其嗅觉受体数量是寻血猎犬的两倍 With twice the scent receptors of a bloodhound,
它们抬起鼻子在黑暗中探寻 they raise their trunks to scan the darkness,
辨识夜风中的微弱气息 picking up tiny odors on the night breeze.
它们能够定位水源位置 They can pinpoint the location of water...
在1公里外就能知道确切地点 from over a kilometer away.
在夜晚 象群也会改变移动的方式 At night, the herd also changes the way it moves.
它们会缩短彼此之间的距离 They walk in tighter formation,
保护象群中央的小象 protecting their calves in the middle of the herd.
若有什么东西让小象受惊了 If anything ever scares the little ones...
附近总有成年象抚慰它们 there's always an adult nearby to comfort them.
大象家族呵护幼象是有道理的 And the family are right to guard their youngest.
到了晚上 At night...
很难看清阴影中埋伏着什么 it's hard to see what's lurking in the shadows.
但我们的摄像机能捕捉到 它们所面对的危险 But our cameras show the dangers they face.
狮子 Lions.
这个地区有一些狮群专门在夜间捕猎大象 There are prides here that specialize in taking down elephants at night.
它们在通向水源的道路上等待 They wait on known routes to water.
伺机寻找目标 On the lookout... for a target.
大象家族感知到麻烦 加速前行 Sensing trouble, the family moves quickly on.
大象每小时能移动20公里以上 Elephants can travel at over 20 kilometers an hour.
但小象无法长时间保持高速 But the youngsters can't sustain these speeds for long.
狮子只需要紧追不舍 All the lions need to do is keep up the pressure...
等待机会来临 and wait for their chance.
在赶路过程中 一头小象和象群走散了 In the rush to get away, a calf has become separated from the herd.
它的个头很小 一只强壮的母狮就能扑倒 It's small enough to be taken down by just one powerful lioness.
听到警示呼号 象群警觉了 An alarm call alerts the herd.
大象家庭中的每个成员都重达3吨 A family of three-ton elephants
能够赶走最强大的狮群 can see off even the biggest pride of lions.
如果象群中有经验丰富的领头象 Herds with the most experienced leaders
救下小象的概率就很大 stand the best chance of saving their young ones.
但随着夜晚深入 大象家族面临的威胁远不止如此 But the family will face even greater threats in the nights ahead.
草丛中 大象足边埋伏着 Hidden in grassland, at the elephants' feet,
非洲大陆上最神秘的夜间觅食动物 is one of Africa's most secretive nocturnal foragers.
它的外表像一只小恐龙 It may look like a tiny dinosaur,
但其实是世界上仅有的 全身披鳞甲的哺乳动物 but this is the world's only fully scaly mammal.
穿山甲 The pangolin.
白天 它们在洞穴中休息 夜晚才出洞 They spend their days in burrows and only venture out after dark.
它们在晚上捕食昆虫 利用高度灵敏的嗅觉 They track down insects at night with an exceptional sense of smell...
以修长、卷曲的爪子将昆虫挖出 rooting them out with their long, curved claws.
今晚 这只公穿山甲被一列蚂蚁诱惑 爬出了舒适地带 Tonight a trail of ants has led this male out of his comfort zone.
一些品种的穿山甲已经进化 能够爬树 There are some species of pangolin that have adapted to climb trees.
但这一只 But this...
还不会 isn't one of them.
地穿山甲虽然不会爬树 The ground pangolin may be no tree climber...
但它在一次夜间觅食期间 能移动6公里以上 but he can walk over six kilometers on a single nightly forage.
而它真正的目标是这个 What he's really on the lookout for... is this.
一个巨型白蚁丘 A giant termite mound.
对于饥饿的穿山甲而言 这可是一座美食高塔 For a hungry pangolin, this is a towering treasure trove of treats.
它有粘性的舌头 Using a sticky tongue...
几乎和身体一样长 that's almost as long as his body...
穿山甲一晚上能够吃掉多达三万只昆虫 a pangolin can eat up to 30,000 insects a night...
这一定算得上非洲最奇怪的午夜饕餮宴了 in what has to be one of Africa's most bizarre midnight feasts.
一周时间过去了 A week has passed.
象群仍在寻找水源 The elephants are still searching for water.
它们还存活着 全是倚赖 They've survived so far by draining the last drops
路上干涸的水坑中仅剩的水滴 from dried-up water holes en route.
象群最年长的成员 必须尽快带领大家找到水 The oldest member of the herd must lead them to water soon.
凭借脑中经过数十年所编织的记忆地图 With a mental map formed over decades,
它带领大象家族来到一个古老的泉眼 she's brought the family to an ancient seep,
地下井水从地面涌出 where water oozes up from underground wells.
在干旱时节 这是一个不显眼的生命之源 It's a hidden lifeline in times of drought.
大象能够嗅到地下的水源 The elephants can smell the water through the earth,
它们知道要喝到水 必须挖掘 and they know that to get to it, they must dig.
对于成年象来说 这是小菜一碟 For the adults, it's easy.
但对于小象而言 But for calves...
就有点难度了 it's more of a challenge.
它们要长到两岁 才会有象牙 可以用来挖掘 They won't have tusks to dig with until they're two years old.
今晚 喝上急需的水这一希望 Tonight their chance of a much-needed drink
眼见要落空了 is about to be cut short.
象群似乎受惊了 The herd seems spooked.
在黑暗中 In the darkness...
很难看清四周有什么 it's hard to see what's out there.
但透过夜间摄像机 我们发现了… But night cameras reveal...
一群鬣狗 a gang of hyenas.
它们被一种名叫扭角林羚的羚羊吸引而来 They've been attracted here by a large antelope known as a kudu
这只羚羊陷入泥土 无法脱身 that's become stuck in the mud.
一头成年象比一只鬣狗重40倍 An adult elephant is 40 times heavier than a hyena.
但象群明白小象们仍有危险 But the herd knows their little ones could still be at risk.
是时候继续前进了 It's time to move on.
大家都不能掉队 Everyone will need to keep up.
很难够到扭角林羚 The kudu is hard to reach.
鬣狗不能冒险 免得自己也陷入泥潭 The hyenas can't risk getting stuck in the mud themselves.
但月光下 鬣狗们发现了 一个更具诱惑力的目标 But in the moonlight the gang spots a more tempting target.
大象母亲正在哺育未满月的新生象宝宝 A mother nursing her newborn calf, less than a month old.
它才意识到它们掉队了 焦灼不堪 She's anxious, only now realizing they've been left behind.
通常 鬣狗不构成威胁 Hyenas aren't usually a threat,
但在非洲南部的这个地区 but in this one part of Southern Africa
这里的鬣狗会在夜间突袭小象 they've been known to attack elephant calves at night.
鬣狗捕猎小象的方式很骇人 Hyenas have a chilling way to hunt young elephants.
它们的攻击目标是尾巴 They target the tail.
如果能够咬到尾巴 If they can grab it...
它们会拉住尾巴 将小象拽倒 they'll pull the calf off its feet.
大象母亲必须把小象护在腿间 The mother must keep her little one under her legs to protect him.
但每当它试图带它去安全地带 But whenever she tries to lead him to safety,
小象都暴露在危险中 the calf is left dangerously exposed.
更多鬣狗加入袭击行动 More hyenas join the attack.
母亲被逼到死角了 The mother has nowhere left to turn.
但它们挣扎的声音 But their struggle...
被听见了 has been heard.
在黑暗中 大象紧密的家族情 In the darkness, the elephants' tight family bonds...
让象群得以救下最宝贵的新生宝宝 have allowed the herd to save their most precious new arrival.
远处的风暴标志着旱季的结束 Distant storms mark an end to the drought.
让人感到惊奇的是大象能听到低频的雷声 Amazingly, elephants can detect low-frequency rumbles of thunder...
100公里以外的雷声都能听到 from 100 kilometers away.
它们极灵敏的足部能够感知地下的震动 It's believed their highly sensitive feet pick up vibrations through the ground.
象群年纪最大的成员凭借直觉 Instinctively, the oldest member of the herd
带着家族向雨水的方向行进 leads her family towards the rains.
经过数周的跋涉 After journeying for weeks...
通过在凉快的夜晚穿行数百公里 and conserving energy by covering hundreds of kilometers
以节省体力 in the cool of night...
这个大象家族终于找到了目标 this family finds what it's been looking for.
跟着大象群在夜间穿行 Following elephants through the night...
我们看到最大的陆地哺乳动物 在黑夜中竟是如此脆弱 has shown just how vulnerable the largest land mammal can be after dark.
也看到了象群是如何竭尽全力 And how far the herd must go...
保护幼小 to protect their young...
在夜晚的各种考验中存活下来 from the unseen trials of night.
（镜头下的黑夜）
《Earth at Night》团队 在非洲南部平原上搜寻了两年多 The Earth at Night team scoured the plains of Southern Africa over two years...
拍下黑夜中大象的生活 to reveal the lives of elephants after dark...
以及威胁它们的夜行捕猎者 and the challenges they face from nocturnal predators.
狮子是非常厉害的捕猎者 因为它们成群捕猎 Lions are very successful as predators, in that they actually hunt in numbers,
所以狮子能够捕猎体型远大于它们的动物 and that's why lions can take down animals which are much bigger than themselves.
（野生动物专家 汤姆瓦力）
津巴布韦的大象在夜间很容易受袭 The elephants of Zimbabwe are vulnerable to attack at night,
而气候的快速变化也让情况变得更糟 and rapid changes in our climate are making things worse.
面临40年以来最严重的旱灾 Facing the most serious drought in four decades...
从未有过这么多大象被迫聚集到 more elephants than ever have been forced to gather around
它们所能找到的任何水源周围 whatever water they can find.
狮子则学会了利用这一点 And lions have learned to take advantage.
这里有超过三万五千头大象 There's well over 35,000 elephants,
只能倚赖为数不多的水坑 so everything has to come to very few remaining water holes.
狮子发现这是它们饱餐的机会 The lions have figured out that it's the most abundant food source for them.
所以它们必须想出捕猎大象的办法 So eventually they gotta learn how to take them down.
此刻 仅靠我的眼睛 我什么都看不见 Currently, with my own eyes, I can't see anything at all.
我只能听见附近有几只狮子 I can just hear some lions just outside here.
但可惜月亮还没完全出来 But unfortunately the moon's not quite up yet
（助理制片人 丹妮歌德温）
所以我们用应用查看 so we're checking on the app.
月亮15分钟后才出来 We've got about another 15 minutes until the moon comes up.
由于附近有狮子 拍摄团队必须从特制汽车上拍摄 With lions around, the crew had to film from specially adapted vehicles
车上装着陀螺稳定月光级摄像机 fitted with gyro-stabilized moonlight cameras.
操纵这个控制杆 摄像机就会移动 When I move my hand across this joystick, it makes the camera move.
你能看到这里漆黑一片 You can see just how dark it is out there.
这真的揭示了一个看世界的全新角度 It just unlocks a whole new world of seeing things.
夜复一夜 团队跟拍象群 Night after night, the team followed the herd
拍下它们穿越狮子领地的危险跋涉 on their perilous journey through lion country.
但一个没有料到的威胁出现了 拍摄团队大吃一惊 But an unexpected threat emerged, taking the crew by surprise.
那是鬣狗吗？鬣狗在哪？ Are those hyenas? Where the hyenas?
这下有意思了 This could be interesting.
它在11点钟方向 He's at 11:00.
-好 聚焦在… -是 我本来就在拍象宝宝 -Okay, focus... -Yes, I'm on the baby anyway.
不错 它挡住它了 Nice one. She's nipping the back.
研究发现当七只或以上鬣狗集体捕猎 Research shows that when seven or more hyenas hunt together,
就能杀死一头小象 they can kill an elephant calf.
有一只鬣狗 它正朝扭角羚羊跑去 There's a hyena. He's running towards the kudu now.
它们要围攻了 继续用广角镜头 They're going in now, so just keep a wide.
这真是一场黑暗中的生死挣扎 It was a true life-and-death struggle in the darkness...
过去的镜头从未拍下这个场面 that had never been filmed before.
在夜间跟拍大象走过两个旱季 Following elephants at night over two dry seasons
团队对于世界上最大的陆地动物 有了全新的认识 gave the team a fresh insight into the world's biggest land animal.
镜头让我们看到这些伟岸动物的真实力量 It showed the true power of these majestic animals
在于象群的凝聚力 comes from the herd sticking together as one.
字幕翻译：易晗