我们的星球 Our planet may be home
大约是3千多万种动植物的家 to 30 million different kinds of animals and plants.
每个物种都会为生存而奋斗一生 Each individual locked in its own life-long fight for survival.
无论你将目光投向何方 陆地还是海洋 Everywhere you look,on land or in the ocean,there are extraordinary
总会看到为生存而战的壮观事例 examples of the lengths living things go to to stay alive.
这里是弗罗里达海岸 This is the coast of Florida.
海床上奇怪的图案 Here,strange scars on the sea bed
暗示着某种动物独特的战术 hint at one animal's remarkable strategy.
它们是宽吻海豚 These are bottlenose dolphins,
地球上最聪明的动物之一 one of the most intelligent animals on Earth.
它们的猎物是迅速 灵巧的鱼 Their prey is very elusive,fast-swimming fish.
但是海豚们进化出了一种全新的捕猎技巧 But the dolphins have invented a completely new way of hunting.
通过用力向下拍尾巴 将淤泥搅动起来 By beating its tail down hard,this dolphin stirs up the shallow silt.
再通过绕圈游动 And by swimming in a tight circle
用浑浊的泥水将一大群鱼包围起来 it creates a ring of mushrooming mud around a shoal of fish.
再像收网一样缩小包围圈 The contracting ring traps the fish just like a net.
由于恐慌 小鱼们四下乱跳 Panicked,the fish jump to escape.
海豚们张嘴以待 很多鱼落入口中 Right into the open mouths of the waiting dolphins.
通过默契的组织 协作 Again and again,the lead dolphin creates a circle,
海豚们造出一个接一个的包围圈 before they all line up with perfect timing.
这群海豚是目前已知的唯一使用这种捕猎方式的 这也让它们处于领先地位 These dolphins are the only ones known to have developed this hunting behaviour and it gives them an edge.
这种优势在这个适者生存的世界里 This sort of advantage may mean the difference between life and death
也许就能决定生死 in the survival of the fittest.
这些事例能显示出动植物 This series reveals the most spectacular and extraordinary
一些奇特而又壮观的生存策略 strategies that animals and plants have developed to stay alive.
对任何物种来说,每一天都充满挑战 For every creature,every day is full of challenges,
必须克服 然后生存下来 all of which must be overcome,somehow,in order to survive.
肯尼亚,以大型猫科动物举世闻名 Kenya,famous for its big cats.
顶级猎手 The supreme hunters.
猎豹专靠速度捕猎 Cheetahs specialise in hunting at speed.
尽管很快,但因为自身力量不足 Though fast,they are fragile creatures,
它们天生只能捕捉小型猎物 built to sprint after small prey.
它们不具备像狮子那样的力量和体重 They don't have the strength or weight of a lion
来扑倒大型猎物 to bring down larger animals.
这只公豹是不同的 This male is different.
并不单独捕猎 它明白"豹多力量大"的道理 He doesn't hunt alone. He's learnt that there is strength in numbers.
而且不只两头 而是三头 But here there are not just two,but three cheetahs.
兄弟连 A band of brothers.
它们改变战术 They have changed their tactics and,by doing so,
对猎物发动偷袭 have taken their prey by surprise.
它们学会了只要团结合作 They have learnt that working together
就能捕捉大的猎物 they can bring down large prey.
鸵鸟 An ostrich.
一种远比猎豹高大而且几乎比它们重两倍的鸟 A bird that towers over a cheetah and is more than twice as heavy.
虽然逃跑时不能飞 但拥有致命的"弹腿一踢" It can't fly to escape danger,but it can lash out with a deadly kick.
一只雌鸵鸟没有留意到任何危险 A female,unaware as yet,of any danger.
即便三头豹子 也要冒较高的风险 Even with three of them this is still highly risky.
如果有一头受伤 另两头是搞不定这么大的猎物的 If one gets injured the other two couldn't hope to tackle such large prey.
反之 如果这笔买卖成了 On the other hand,if they get it right,the rewards
回报是相当丰厚的 are huge.
雄鸵鸟已经发现了一头豹子 只是一头 The male has spotted one of the brothers,but only one.
不必担心 It's not too worried.
忽然变成三头! Then suddenly there are three!
雌鸵鸟意识到危险时 已经有点晚了 The female is slower to realise the danger
猎豹也改变了目标 and the cheetahs switch targets.
必须将三头豹子的力量全部联合起来 才能制服这种大鸟 It takes the combined effort and weight of all three brothers to bring down this powerful bird.
即便此时 鸵鸟也会发出最后一击 Even now the ostrich could land a fatal kick.
现在 豹子们赢了 So far,the brothers are winning.
鸵鸟们则必须学会应付这种攻击策略 Ostriches have yet to find a way to foil such tactics.
其它动物也进化出了类似的集体战术 Other animals have also evolved surprising tactics to outmanoeuvre
它们的对手 不但有惊人的力量 还有特殊的武器 the enemy,not with brute strength but with extraordinary weapons.
马达加斯加 Madagascar.
一个捉摸不透的奇怪地方 A strange world where nothing is quite as it seems.
在这里捕猎需要诡秘和花招 To hunt here requires stealth and subterfuge.
在这些树林里生存的一定是伪装大师 And living within the trees is a master of ambush.
螳螂 A preying mantis.
良好的伪装 轻巧的身手 Well camouflaged and lightning quick,
这种昆虫是高效的猎手 these insects are highly efficient predators.
但即便它全副武装 But even they are outgunned.
变色龙 A chameleon.
它的伪装极其出色 因为它能够改变皮肤颜色与环境一致 Its camouflage is exceptional because it can change its skin colour to match its surroundings.
它的两眼能独立转动 侦测猎物 Its eyes move independently to spot prey.
悄悄地向目标爬行 直到进入攻击范围 It creeps towards to its victim,until just in range.
然后使出超级武器 Then it unleashes a super weapon.
它的舌头能以15米/秒的速度弹射而出 Its tongue shoots out at 15 metres per second.
击中目标同时能将其牢牢黏住 And not only hits,but grasps its target.
不过很少的猎手能做到百战百胜 But few hunters are always successful.
它们捕猎只为果腹 For them a hunt is just one meal.
但对被捕者而言就惨了 For prey,the stakes are higher.
非生... 即死 It's life... or death.
南极洲由春入夏时 那些一度冰封的海湾得以解冻 As Antarctica moves from spring into summer,the inlets and bays,once choked with ice,become free.
动物们开始觅食 And animals move in to feed.
南极食蟹海豹 These are crabeater seals.
它们并非真的吃螃蟹 但会捕食这片水域里以数十亿集群的小虾 They don't actually eat crabs,but krill,small shrimps that swarm in their billions in these waters.
这些海豹躺在大的浮冰上是比较安全的 Resting on a large ice floe,these crabeaters are safe.
一旦下水 就得十分警惕 But as soon as they enter the water,they are on their guard,
事出有因 for good reason.
虎鲸(逆戟鲸) Killer whales.
在南极许多虎鲸只吃鱼 Here in Antarctica,many killer whales prey only on fish.
但这一群不同 它们专猎食海豹 But these whales are different,they specialise in hunting seals.
这只海豹下水后 没意识到危险正迎头袭来 This seal swimming to open water is unaware of the danger heading his way.
直到现在 Until now.
这次真的麻烦了 无法逃脱 除非躲在这块小浮冰后面 He's in real trouble. There is no escape unless he can hide behind this small piece of floating ice.
但已经被发现 并被包围 But he's been spotted and surrounded.
就看够不够敏捷了 Now agility is his only chance.
拼命地闪躲 不肯离开冰块半步 He dodges for his life,staying as close as he can to the iceberg.
它已累坏了 He's tiring.
虎鲸们缩小包围圈 准备吃掉它 And the whales tighten the circle,going for the kill.
但捕食者们并不是每次都能如愿 But hunters don't always get their own way.
最后 海豹的决心和技巧 In the end,the seal's determination and skill,using
利用冰块作掩护 保住了性命 the ice for protection,kept him just out of reach.
虎鲸们则继续远征 And the whales move on.
最近的观察得知 Recently it's been observed that killer whales
虎鲸们在捕食其它种类的海豹时成功率更高 are much more successful when hunting other types of seal.
像这只食蟹海豹 备战太充分了 Crabeaters like this put up too much of a fight.
生活在开放水域的生物则没地方躲避 For creatures living in the open ocean there is nowhere to hide from predators.
群体生活则相对安全 But there is safety in numbers.
有一种鱼进化出了独特的逃跑方法 One fish,however,has evolved a different escape tactic.
完全离开水面,空中飞翔! To leave the water completely,take to the air and fly!
经过一番努力的空中飞行 After a huge effort to get airborne,flying fish
飞鱼可以滑翔200米 来逃脱捕食者的追逐 can glide 200 metres or so,to escape the predators chasing them.
并非所有生物都是猎手 有些食素 Not all animals are hunters,many are vegetarians.
但即便是动植物之间 关系也会相当紧张 But the battle between animals and plants can also be intense.
Boa Vista 巴西中部 Boa Vista,central Brazil.
这个山谷布满了奇形怪状的石头 This valley is peppered with strangely pitted rocks.
这些并非自然形成的 而是动植物长期斗争的产物 These are not natural formations but the legacy of a long struggle between one animal and one plant.
棕毛僧猴 极度聪明的猴子 Brown-tufted capuchins,highly intelligent monkeys.
晚上它们在安全的洞里过夜 They spend their nights in the safety of caves,
早晨则出来觅食 emerging each morning to find food.
特别喜欢下到山谷里 Down in the valley is a particular favourite.
椰果 A nut palm.
果实里种子很大很多,但是有坚硬的外壳 The palms produce huge seeds,but they have very strong shells
防止饥饿的动物们取食 that protect them against attack from hungry animals.
对猴子来说这是一场消耗战 For the capuchins this is a war of attrition.
它们挑出成熟的果子,开始战斗 They check which seed is the ripest,and the battle commences.
第一步是撕开果子表面的粗纤维 The first job is to tear the tough fibrous husk from the nut.
它并不是直接将果实掰开 He doesn't try to crack the nut straight away,
而是将它放在地上 but drops it to the ground.
它知道一周后果实就会被太阳晒干 He's learnt that a nut should be given a week or so drying in the sun.
这些是它先前准备好的 These are ones he prepared earlier.
敲打 看是否已经好了 He taps them to see if they're ready.
这个大石块就是它的工具 This huge flat rock is his anvil.
锤子 And this is a hammer.
这种石头比锤子还要坚硬 It's made of a different and much harder rock than the anvil.
奇迹就要发生了 Now something extraordinary happens.
棕毛僧猴利用石块 The capuchins' use of these stone tools requires an exceptional level
需要极高的技巧 智商和计划 of intelligence,planning and dexterity.
果壳最终破裂 露出含油丰富的种子 The nut finally cracks and exposes a rich,oily kernel.
小猴子观察并模仿 就像我们的小孩一样 Youngsters watch and imitate the adults,just as human toddlers do.
如果它们想要自立 If they are to become independent,
就得学会如何打开这些硬果 they must learn to crack their own nuts.
但是学习的过程相当漫长 充满沮丧 But the learning process is long,with many frustrations.
它们很早就知道想要成功 They learn early on that to do a job properly,
就得有合适的工具 you need the right tool.
一般要花上八年时间才能练成这精湛的技艺 It can take eight years for a capuchin to master this art
攻破椰果坚不可摧的防线 and overcome the palm's formidable defences.
但有些植物反败为胜 专吃动物 But some plants have turned the tables and feed on animals.
这是一个极度精巧的陷阱 This is a highly sophisticated trap. The bait,
盘子的周围布满了香甜的蜜汁 sugary nectar around the rim of the disc.
一旦碰到了这些小刺中的两根 就发动了机关 The triggers,fine hairs,two of which have to be touched within 20 seconds of each other.
一只苍蝇受不了这颜色和香味儿的诱惑 The victim,a fly which finds the colour and nectar irresistible.
一根 One.
两根 Two.
一旦触发 笼子迅速合拢 苍蝇无法逃脱 When triggered,the trap snaps shut so fast that the fly is imprisoned.
维纳斯捕蝇草现在慢慢地消化食物 The Venus flytrap now slowly digests its victim.
生存的挑战不仅仅在于觅食 Life's challenges are more than just finding food.
每种动物都会有繁育期 In every animal's life there comes a time when its mind turns to breeding.
有种生物的表现令人惊异 One creature's approach is mind-boggling.
马来群岛 Malaysia.
这种奇怪的昆虫一直蛰伏在森林的地表 This strange insect has been lying dormant on the forest floor.
一旦树上安全了 这些雄虫就躲进树叶中 开始奇特的变形 Once safe in the trees,these males hide among the leaves and begin an extraordinary transformation.
有个特征显示出祖先和后代的差别 One that will make the difference between fathering offspring or not.
它开始大口地空气进入头部 He begins by gulping in air bubbles,forcing them up into his head.
然后把气泡挤到"眼棒"里去 He then pumps the bubbles into the stalks supporting his eyes,
就像吹气球一样 just like blowing up a balloon.
这也使它得到了这个名字: And this is what earns these creatures their name,
棒眼蝇 the stalk-eyed fly.
最后只需将褶皱稍稍抹平 A few final adjustments to straighten out any remaining creases
它已经准备好了 and he's ready for action.
看起来好像有难度 但眼睛位于棒上不但可以增强视力 发现天敌 They may look unwieldy,but eyes on stalks improve not only his ability
也是赢得异性青睐的关键 to spot predators,but they are key when it comes to winning females.
夜间雌雄聚集 雄虫们开始逐对逐对比较眼睛的尺寸 In the evening both males and females gather and the males begin to size one another up,eyeball to eyeball.
眼距最宽的得到最高的优先权 Having the widest eye span puts you at the top of the pecking order.
棒眼不是武器 而是标尺 The eye stalks are not weapons,they're measuring sticks,
衡量雄虫的强壮程度 used to gauge how big,and so how strong,a male is.
如果两只头号雄虫拥有同样的眼宽 But there's trouble if two top males have exactly the same eye width.
打架就不可避免 Then the contest descends into a brawl.
失败 Defeated.
胜者 将有权和附近所有的雌性交配 The winner. He now has the right to mate with all the females nearby.
像棒眼蝇这样绅士的举动并非争夺雌性的唯一方式 The rather gentlemanly way stalk-eyed flies settle their differences over females is not the only way.
许多动物更为暴力 Some animals are much more violent.
赞比亚的旱季 It's the dry season in Zambia.
河湾要么被烤干 要么太泥泞 给动物们带来很大的麻烦 The lagoons are either baked dry,or the mud is so thick animals get stuck,with fatal consequences.
这只公河马一直生活在此 到了旱季 这里便成了死亡地带 This male hippo has been living in one small lagoon,but as it dries,it's turning into a death trap.
不难理解 曾经与它同居的母河马们都离开了 Understandably,the females that once shared it with him have all left.
就算它想呆 也呆不长 Even if he wants to,he can't stay much longer.
它需要水来降温 更需要母河马 He needs water to keep cool and females to mate with.
它们都在这儿呢 And this is where they all are.
这个区域几乎所有的河马都到了Luangwa River的这里 Almost all the hippos in the area are in what is left of the Luangwa River,
这里是唯一水还较深的地方 because it's the last place where there's still deep water.
这个河湾被一头强大的公河马占据 This bend is controlled by an all-powerful male.
自干旱以来许多母河马纷纷投奔而来 Since the drought many more females have joined his herd.
它们一起其乐融融 但公河马也来了 They are happy to live cheek by jowl,but any male who comes here
想要得到母河马 必须打败这里的霸主 in the hope of mating must first defeat the overlord.
外来者必须做出决定: 战斗或屈服 The wandering male arrives and has a decision to make - submit or fight.
霸主获胜了 Victory for the overlord.
它仍享有这个水域的控制权 以及与母河马的交配权 His domination of his channel in the river remains and with it mating rights with the females.
失败者虽然活着 但已经被遗弃 The loser is alive,but is an outcast.
它撤到河的另一处 但那里太浅 没有母河马会跟随 He retreats to another part of the river where it's so shallow that no females will follow.
它传宗接代的愿望就此落空 His chance to father offspring is over for now.
对一些动物而言 繁育的挑战 不在于争斗 而在于求爱技巧 For some animals the challenges of breeding are not about fighting but about courtship.
对鸟类而言 物品展示 歌唱和舞蹈 会达到极高的水平 复杂而优美 Among birds,displays,songs and rituals can reach extraordinary levels of complexity and beauty.
春季 俄勒冈州的淡水湖 During spring,on the freshwater lakes of Oregon,
鸊鷉们聚集在一起 重新找感情 grebes join together to renew their partnership.
仪式以一种优美的二重唱开始 The ceremony starts with a series of graceful duets,
夫唱妻和 in which one partner echoes the actions of the other.
但真正的测试来了 But the real test comes now.
只有最强健和守信的 Only the strongest and the most faithful
才能一起跳最后的舞蹈 are prepared to join together for the final exultant dance.
这些有了后代的动物又面临全新的挑战 Those animals which have young now face a whole new set of challenges,
保护和养育它们 to protect and nurture their offspring.
在北太平洋的冷水海域 生活着一种巨兽 In the cold waters of the northern Pacific Ocean,there lives a giant.
一种巨型章鱼 体长大四米 A giant Pacific octopus at over four metres long.
她在寻找 不为食物 而是巢穴 She is hunting,not for prey,but for a den.
一个隐蔽可安顿的地方 Somewhere to settle down and hide.
必须大小合适 Her den has to be just right.
她打算在此度过余生 She's going to live here for the rest of her life.
她携带着受精过的卵 She's carrying fertilised eggs,
现在 她可以产卵了 and now,happy and settled,she lays them.
大概10万只 100,000 of them.
接下来六个月 她会细心呵护自己的亲骨肉 Over the next six months she carefully tends her precious brood.
用她的"手臂"爱抚它们 She caresses them with her arms
弄掉黏附的水藻 保证充足的供氧 to keep them free of algae and properly supplied with oxygen.
这是她第一也是唯一的后代 This is her first and only brood.
所以付出再多也不辞 And so she takes great care of them.
照料过程中她不会离开巢穴 While she's guarding her eggs she doesn't leave the den.
从不 Not once.
不能进食 Unable to feed,
她在挨饿 she is starving.
她最后一丝力气 也是鼓动水流 帮助卵孵化 Her last act of devotion is to blow water over the eggs to help them hatch.
幼小的 发育完全的章鱼破卵而出 Young,fully-developed octopus pop out.
尽管只有少数能活到成年 但它们的妈妈给了它们最好的开始 Though only a few will survive to adulthood,she's given them the best chance she can.
经过漫长而又孤独的守候 After her long and lonely vigil,
她死掉了 she is dead.
无疑 这种牺牲精神 使得她成为自然界最有爱心的妈妈之一 Surely this sacrifice must make her one of nature's most devoted mothers.
在哥斯达尼加森林之下 有另一个专注的母亲 Here,30 metres beneath the Costa Rican forest canopy,another dedicated mother
确保她的后代有个最好的起步 ensures that her young also have the best possible start in life.
这种小型的草莓色箭毒蛙 只有指甲般大小 正在守候产下的卵 This tiny strawberry poison arrow frog,only the size of a finger nail,is guarding her fertilised eggs.
从卵发育到蝌蚪 她和伴侣 Whilst the eggs and tadpoles are developing,she and her mate keep
一直守候 确保它们不会被天敌吃掉 watch,making sure that they are safe from predators.
但它们不可能一直守候 But they can't stay here for ever.
树叶快干掉了 蝌蚪需要水 The leaf litter is drying out and tadpoles need water.
她必须尽快处理 She must do something,and fast.
必须转移它们 于是她鼓励一只蝌蚪爬到她背上 She needs to move them and so encourages one tadpole to climb on her back.
开始了史诗般的旅程 She now begins an epic journey.
出乎你意料的是 她并不去水塘 But it's not to a pond,as you might expect,
她有特殊的目标 she is looking for something very particular.
她穿过空地 来到一棵大树的脚下 然后开始攀爬 Her journey takes her across the forest floor to the foot of a tall tree and then she starts to climb.
对一只蛙来说 这是一次马拉松式的攀爬 For such a little frog it is a marathon ascent,
如同一位人类母亲驼着孩子爬上帝国大厦 like a human mother climbing the Empire State Building with a child on her back.
她在找一种长在树上的凤梨科植物 She's looking for a plant,a bromeliad,growing on the tree.
它的中央有个盛水的小池子 完美的蝌蚪育儿所 It holds a pool of water at its centre,the perfect nursery pool for a developing tadpole.
她放下孩子 In slides her youngster.
但这只是六个中的一个 But this is only one of six tadpoles.
她必须冲回去营救剩下的孩子 She must rush back down to rescue the others.
将它们一只一只地背到各自的小池子里 One by one she collects them and carries each to its own bromeliad.
但还有个问题 But there is another problem.
小池中没有食物 The little pools contain no food.
她必须提供 So she has to provide it.
向每个小池里排一颗未受精的卵 作为小蝌蚪的食物 She lays an unfertilised egg in each pool for her tadpoles to eat.
然后离开 And then she leaves.
但一颗卵不足以维持小蝌蚪多长时间 But one egg won't sustain a growing tadpole for long,
所以她必须隔几天就回来排卵 so she has to return every few days with another egg.
接下来的两周 她几乎要爬行半英里来照看后代 Over the next two weeks she can climb almost half a mile tending her young.
这种小动物所创造的惊人奇迹 An astonishing feat for such a tiny creature.
就在她忙于产卵时 While she's busy delivering eggs,
小蝌蚪长出了腿 尾巴消失了 the tadpole grows legs and its tail begins to disappear.
直到一天 永久地离开这个育儿所 And then one day it leaves its bromeliad nursery for ever
爬向森林深处 and climbs out into the forest.
蛙妈妈也可以好好休息一下了 Whilst its mother has a well-deserved rest.
鸟类也是勤劳的父母 Birds are also diligent parents.
它们毕生花费大量心血 照料为数不多的后代 Over their lifetime they invest huge effort in just a few young.
但只有极少的鸟能做到这样 But there is only so much a parent can do.
整个南极的颔带企鹅 雌鸟和雄鸟每天交替 All along the Antarctic peninsula both male and female chinstrap penguins have been commuting
去海洋里为后代搜集食物 daily from the open ocean to collect food for their chicks.
从远处带回满嘴的磷虾 然后反刍给幼鸟 Mouthfuls of krill,caught many miles away at sea,are regurgitated.
但有一天幼鸟们没等到食物 But one day the chicks wait in vain for food.
父母不见归来 Their parents do not return.
幼鸟们现在必须独自面对 The chicks now face life on their own.
这是动物一生中最难熬的时刻 This is the toughest time in an animal's life
有些没有撑过去 and some are not going to make it.
接下来的几天 在饥饿的驱使下 幼鸟们自己来到海边 Over the next few days,driven by hunger,the chicks make their way down to the shore.
本能告诉它们 必须下海 Instinct tells them they have to head out to sea.
它们体内已经储存了一些 用于御寒的脂肪 Built to withstand the cold,they have already accumulated
外层的羽毛像一层防水衣 a layer of fat,and their outer feathers act as a waterproof shield.
但它们必须要学会游泳 But they still have to learn to swim.
南极的海洋充满挑战 The polar sea is challenging enough
风的一点改变 but with a change in the wind,
一块破冰阻塞了海湾 a slick of broken ice has choked the bay.
这块冰对任何企鹅来说都是麻烦 For any penguin this ice presents a real problem.
对幼鸟来说就是灾难 But for the chicks it's a disaster.
如果想吃到食物 就必须越过障碍到达空阔的水域 They must get through this barrier to the open water,if they are to feed.
有一只 也许是受不了饥饿 也许是更为勇敢 One,perhaps hungrier or braver than the rest,
在众鸟关注下带头试着从顶部划过去 leads the way and tries skittering over the top,while the others watch.
冰面很难游过 过程缓慢而痛苦 The ice is hard to swim through,and progress is painfully slow.
海豹 A leopard seal.
这只幼鸟从没学过如何避开海豹 This chick never had the chance to learn how to avoid the seal.
结局不言而喻 Its end is inevitable.
海豹熟练地将幼鸟扔出 每一次都撕下一块肉 The leopard seal efficiently flays the chick,tearing off a small piece with each throw.
余下的幼鸟也要冒险 Others take their chance.
现在海豹准备捕获下一个目标 But the leopard seal is now ready for its next victim.
只有最幸运的幼鸟能够到达开阔水域 It's a lottery,and the lucky chicks make it out to open water.
生活中总是有那么一点点 被上天注定的机遇 There is still an element of chance in life which an individual can do little about.
最终 战胜困难 In the end,overcoming life's challenges,
找到足够的食物或者战胜天敌 whether finding enough to eat or outwitting your predators,
是生命遇到挑战的唯一意义 is only significant if life's final challenge can be met.
从花费数周照顾蝌蚪的小箭毒蛙 From a tiny frog dedicating weeks to her few cherished tadpoles,to an orang-utan who spends
到花费8年时间养育后代的大猩猩 eight years bringing up her baby,
每个动物都为同一个目标奋斗 individual animals strive to reach this one ultimate goal,
将自己的基因传递下去 并保证后代的生存 to pass on their genes and to ensure the survival of the next generation.
最终 在自然界 Ultimately,in nature,
这就是生命的意义 that is what life is all about.
接下来是摄制花絮 同样精彩 别走开哦
在拍摄《生命》的三年间 我们摄制组 During the three years it took to film Life,our camera crews
探访了地球五大洲 但最刺激的还是南极洲 visited every continent on Earth,but the most challenging was Antarctica.
在这里拍摄唯一可能 Here filming was only possible
得到的帮助来自一批特殊的人和组织 with the help of an extraordinary range of people and organisations.
空军将供给运送到麦克默多研究站 An Air Force jet delivering supplies to McMurdo research station
将我们的一组人员空运到罗斯冰架 ferried one of our crews to the Ross Ice Shelf.
在大陆的另一面 一队人马航行了五天 And on the other side of the continent a team sailed for five days
跨越德雷克海峡抵达了南极半岛 across the Drake Passage to reach the Antarctic peninsular.
一小队人曾经登陆奇幻岛 Once there,a small crew was put ashore on Deception Island
露宿了一个月 与群居的企鹅为伴 to spend a month camping on the edge of a penguin colony.
两个人与20万只企鹅 Two people and 200,000 penguins.
另一组人加入了钻冰的科学家行列 Another team joined scientists drilling through the ice
探索下面美丽多姿的世界 to explore the beautiful and bizarre world below.
然而最顽强 最具野心的拍摄涉及了四个摄制组 But the hardiest and most ambitious shoot involved four film crews,
一名著名的法国帆船运动员以及国防部 a celebrated French yachtsman and the Ministry of Defence.
摄制组有两个月的最佳时间 The teams had a two-month window
来拍摄南极洲两种顶级食肉动物的活动 to film Antarctica's two top predators in action.
我们知道 可以发现一种徘徊在奇幻岛岸边 We knew that one could be found prowling the coast of
等待着年幼的企鹅首次入水 Rosenthal Island,waiting for young penguins to take their first plunge.
带领我们的是杰罗姆.庞塞特 And the man to take us there was Jerome Poncet.
他是首次扬帆南极圈以南的快艇的船长 过去35年里每年都要回去一次 He skippered the first yacht to sail south of the Antarctic Circle and has been back every year for the past 35.
他对南极航行的了解 无人可与比肩 He knows Antarctic sailing like no-one else.
他的快艇 金羊毛号 不是破冰船 His yacht,the Golden Fleece,is not an ice breaker,
然而杰罗姆却又其独特的穿越方式 but Jerome has his own unique way of getting through.
他调动一块浮冰来撞击另一块浮冰 He shunts one floe against another
来清除通道 犹如玩弹珠游戏一般 to clear a way through like playing marbles.
杰罗姆 一旦神情严肃起来 Jerome,once he gets his teeth into,
就不会继续前行了 into a situation he doesn't like to let it go.
所以我们就会在这里呆上几个小时 So,maybe we'll be here for a few hours yet.
杰罗姆坚决要穿越这条通道 Jerome is determined to get through this channel.
我们要对付的有数百吨 We talk about hundred,hundreds of tonnes,
或许上千 数万吨 maybe 1,000,250,000 tonnes or more.
这一汪水 你必须将它推开 It's a pooling of water,you have to push.
有些冰块是在是大 Some marbles are just too big.
眼下 杰罗姆遭受了挫折 不得不停泊过夜 For now,Jerome is foiled and has to moor for the night.
对他来说 停泊在10万吨冰里 For him,tying up to 100,000 tonnes of ice
只是很平常的事情 is just another day at the office.
前行缓慢 但是他们必须在企鹅离开前抵达罗森塔尔 Progress is slow,but they need to get to Rosenthal before the penguins leave.
他们要通过 而企鹅依然还在 They make it through and the penguins are still there.
颊带企鹅幼崽在每年特定的时段里羽毛丰满 Chinstrap penguin chicks fledge at a particular time of year.
摄制组知道这就像磁铁一般吸引着豹斑海豹 The crew knew this would draw leopard seals like a magnet.
豹斑海豹是海豹中的巨人 Leopard seals are giants among their kind,they have teeth
它们的牙齿超过狮子 bigger than a lion and a mouth that can open nearly 180 degrees.
道格可以靠得多近呢? How close can Doug get?
与这只海豹 亲密接触 With this seal,very.
它对自己的镜像失去了兴趣 He loses interest in his reflection
回头吃企鹅去了 and goes back to eating penguins.
太令人兴奋了 That was very exciting.
它是一只了不起的海豹 He was a super seal,
了不起的海豹 给了我好多近距离的极佳活动 super seal,gave me lots of action nice and close,
但是我必须承认你得同情那只企鹅 but I must admit you do have to feel sorry for the penguin,
实在是倒霉 just doesn't stand a chance.
摄制组知道找到豹斑海豹的地方 The team knew where to find leopard seals,
然而发现其它顶级食肉动物 but finding the other top predator
完全是另一码事情 was going to be another matter entirely.
对于南极虎鲸了解甚少 Very little is known about Antarctic killer whales.
只得召唤援兵了 Time to bring in reinforcements.
坚韧号 HMS Endurance,
皇家海军冰上巡逻舰 the Royal Navy's ice patrol ship.
她勘察南极水域 观察每年的变化 She surveys Antarctic waters and the crew see changes every year.
这个区域的最新海图 我们现在深入冰架6英里 The latest chart of this area,we are now six miles inside an ice shelf,which just goes to show
这证明了这里的冰架在过去五 六年里已经退缩了多少 how much retreation of this ice shelf has occurred over the past five or six years.
你的难题是...? Would you get complications...?
剧集制作人玛莎 霍姆斯和摄影师大卫.贝利 Series producer Martha Holmes and cameraman David Baillie
登机希望在空中发现并拍摄到虎鲸 were on board to find and film the killer whales from the air.
坚韧号携带有两架山猫直升机 Endurance carries two Lynx helicopters used to assist
用来帮助英国南极勘察及水文调查局 the British Antarctic Survey and the Hydrographic Office.
在这次旅行中 On this trip,
有时一架直升机就交给了生活摄制组了 some time on one of the helicopters is assigned to the Life team.
之前没人在南极半岛拍摄到虎鲸捕食 No-one has succeeded in filming killer whales hunting off the Antarctic peninsular before.
我们两个摄制组在一起拍摄就只有几天时间 Our two teams have just a few days when they can film together.
在金羊毛号的水面传来了激动的消息 At water level the Golden Fleece has exciting news.
他们发现了虎鲸 样子好像是在捕食 They've found killer whales which look as though they could be hunting.
海军435 海军435 这里是金羊毛 金羊毛 结束 And Navy 435,Navy 435,this is Golden Fleece,Golden Fleece over.
(电台里的模糊声) INDISTINCT VOICE ON RADIO
再说一遍 我们在接近中 'Copy that. We're on our way.'
伙计 风好大 我们... Guys,really windy,we'll be...
真幸运与它们一路同行 尽管我们很费劲 pretty lucky to stay with them through this. But we can try though.
435 这里是金羊毛 我们已经看不到虎鲸了 435,this is Golden Fleece,we have lost sight of the orca.
白颜色的 对 它们现在与冰山在一条直线上 The white.'Yeah,OK,they're in direct line with that iceberg now,
在我们与冰山之间 我们这一侧约100米处 'between us and the iceberg about 100 metres this side of it.'
看见了 看见了 'Visual. Yeah,visual.'
从空中 直升机摄制组跟踪虎鲸比船上那组要容易得多 From the air,the helicopter team can follow the killer whales more easily than the boat team.
435 这里是金羊毛 请重复 结束 435,this is Golden Fleece,full copy. Out.
依靠直升机和快艇的共同努力 能够在波涛汹涌中保持对虎鲸的跟踪 By working together the helicopter and yacht are able to keep track of the whales in the rough sea.
有四只 对 四只 我看到了四只 'There's four now actually yes,four,and four I can see.'
天气终于给了拍摄一次机会 A change in the weather gives a chance to film at last.
它们已经走到前头了 如果我们没跟丢的话 They've gone further up this way,if we follow them that's good.
然而它们会捕食吗? But will they hunt?
不错 它们过来了 OK,here they come through.
噢耶 它们 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 居然有12只 Oops,yeah,they 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,it's a good 12 huh,easy.
道格已经认出碎冰附近有只食虾海豹 然而虎鲸有没有看到它呢? Doug has spotted a crabeater seal near some ice,buthave the killer whales seen it?
不 保持镜头 No,just keep loosening the square screen.
它们发现了 They have.
不错的动作 Some good action.
你还能更近些吗? Can you go closer?
结束 它们已经抓住了它 It's over,that's it,they've got him.
还在那里 It's still there.
对于野生动物摄影师来说 总是惊喜不断 For a wildlife cameraman there are always surprises.
花了两个月 然而他们的成功多亏了 It has taken two months,but they've succeeded thanks to extraordinary
从整个船公司到一个孤独的船长的通力合作 collaboration from an entire ship's company to a lone skipper.
这样的合作将是整整三年间世界各地拍摄的基础 Collaborations like this would be the foundation of the whole three years of filming across the world.