它们生而为征途... They are born to move...
为了加入追寻的队伍... to join the chase...
和时间赛跑... racing against the clock...
赶往转瞬即逝的伊甸园 to reach all-too-brief Edens.
言传身教它们的后代 在这个永不停歇的世界里... And teaching their young that in a restless world...
时间 就是一切 timing is everything.
我们的星球上 正在上演着一幕幕的长征... Right now our planet is on the march...
无论是在天上... on the wing...
还是在地面 on the run.
这是它们的史诗... And these are the tales of its creatures...
地球上最为宏大的故事... the most moving stories on Earth...
大迁徙的故事 the stories of the great migrations.
大 迁 徙
分 秒 必 争
这是南半球的春天 It's spring in the Southern Hemisphere,
非洲斑马正奢侈的享受着 天堂般的博茨瓦纳湿地-- and Africa's painted horses luxuriate in the waters of Botswana's paradise-
奥卡万戈三角洲 the Okavango Delta.
一年一度的洪水 制造出世界上最大的 内陆三角洲 Here, the yearly floods create the largest inland delta in the world.
而充满诱惑的淡水之歌 And the siren song of water
带来了地球上最丰富的 野生动物种群聚集的全景画面 brings together one of the richest panoramas of wildlife on Earth.
壮观的平原斑马群 现在必须喝饱水 Magnificent plains zebras must drink their fill now.
它们即将远征 They are about to set off
踏上地球上最为奇特的迁移之途... on one of the most curious migrations in the world...
...离开天堂般的湿地 前往一个残酷的地狱 ...out of this flooded paradise and into a brutal inferno.
远眺地平线 With eyes on the horizon,
它们等待着雨水落向南方-- they wait for the rains to fall to the south-
浇湿前往干燥炼狱的道路 那里藏有它们生存的密钥 watering their path into a dry purgatory that holds the key to their survival.
以家庭为单位 成年种马带领着母马们离开了伊甸园 Family by family, the stallions lead their mares out of Eden.
它们奇怪的目的地： Their strange destination:
一片平坦的 只有尘土和盐的荒漠 a killing flat desert of dust and salt
那里被称之为：马卡迪卡迪盐沼 known as the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans.
离开博茨瓦纳富饶的三角洲 Leaving Botswana's rich delta,
它们的旅途将会穿越这些细指状的湿地 they will travel beyond its watery fingers
进入盐沼 into the salt pans,
一百五十英里的艰难行军 抵达地狱 a 150-mile slog into hell.
斑马群几乎立即就进入了 三角洲之外的干燥草原-- Almost immediately, the zebras enter the desiccated grasslands beyond the delta-
那里水源稀少 where water grows scarce.
数十只变成数百只... Dozens become hundreds...
然后是几千只 and then thousands
和在奥卡万戈一样 斑马家族开始聚集 as the Okavango family groups join up with others
在奇异的朝圣之旅中 进入盐沼 on the strange pilgrimage into the pans.
斑马群显示出的令人困惑的条纹 常常让捕食者感到混乱 The herd presents a bewildering chaos of stripes to predators.
但对于斑马来说 这些条纹意味着一切 But for the zebras,these stripes mean everything.
每只斑马都有自己独特的花纹 Each animal has a unique pattern,
就像我们都拥有自己独特 并且易于识别的面孔一样 as distinct and recognizable as faces are to us.
这只小斑马因此才能 在众多杂乱的花纹之中 找到自己的母亲 It's how this baby will find its mother from among the riot of patterns.
两只年轻的狮子 跟踪着斑马群 Two young lions stalk the herd.
它们知道如果尾随迁徙的队伍过久 They know that if they shadow the migration long enough,
炎热和距离会让自己吃不消 heat and distance will take their toll.
白天太热 不适合捕猎 It's too hot to kill by day.
只能等待时机 That will come later.
第二天早晨 斑马群看起来是在互相安慰 The next morning, the herd seems to take solace in each other.
昨晚它们好几只同伴 遭到了狮子的猎杀 They have lost several members to the lions.
现在 它们小心谨慎 亦步亦趋地追随着彼此的脚印前进 They step carefully in each other's tracks now,
创造出一幅 它们迁徙的织锦 creating a tapestry of their migration.
偶尔的降雨 在这里留下的临时水坑 The occasional rains here have left temporary waterholes
为它们提供了旅途中的补给 to sustain them on their journey.
但这些绿洲正在萎缩 它们必须赶紧-- But these oases are shrinking, so they must now hurry-
进入荒芜的盐沼 into the deadlands of the salt pans.
和斑马一样 几乎所有迁徙的生物 Like the zebras, virtually all migrating creatures
都活在时钟的嘀嗒声里 Iive by a ticking clock.
大多数动物都是被季节催促着 踏上寻找丰腴之地的旅程 For most, it is the seasons that hasten their journeys to worlds of plenty.
在遥远的北方 迁徙的时钟 And in the far north, the migratory clock ticks down
却是由反复无常的冰期决定 according to the whims of the ice.
这里 对这些北极巨兽来说 冰是避风港和指南针 Here, ice is haven and compass, port and transport,
港口和交通站 for the titans of the Arctic.
在阿拉斯加海岸 Off the Alaskan coast,
雄性海豹正在浮动的单身公寓上休息 male walruses rest on floating bachelor pads.
但它们的地盘正在缩小 But their platforms are shrinking,
过近的距离 导致了火爆的脾气 and close quarters cause tempers to flare.
它们抛弃了正在融化的避风港 They abandon their melting havens
拉开了寻找食物和陆地的 史诗般的旅程 in an epic search for food and dry land.
海象的命运 取决于变幻莫测的冰-- The fate of a walrus lies in the vagaries of the ice-
而北极最近却变得喜怒无常 and the Arctic has become temperamental lately.
在离雄海象不远的地方 Not far from the males,
雌海象也开始面临避风港开始融化的麻烦 females have also been contending with melting sanctuaries.
出生还不到一天的小海象 Born less than a day ago,
跟着妈妈一起进入了冰冷的海水 a pup follows his mother into freezing water.
它正在学习游泳课程 He now gets a swimming lesson
像人类的孩子一样 受到了温柔的呵护 as tender as any human child has received.
这看起来很有趣 其实是非常严肃的事情 It looks like fun, but this is serious business.
雌海象和宝宝 必须很快开始它们的迁徙 The females and the young must soon begin their own migration
去追逐冰-- in pursuit of ice-
小家伙必须要跟上 and the little ones must keep up.
雌海象穿越狭窄的白令海峡 绕路北上 The females curve northward through the Bering Strait,
前往通常是充满浮冰的俄罗斯弗兰格尔岛水域 headed for the usually ice-filled waters off of Russia's Wrangel lsland,
此时它们的雄性伙伴们 正赶往楚科奇海的岸边 while their male counterparts make for the shores of the Chukchi Sea.
现在 它们开始在目的地聚集 Now the bulls are converging on their destination
在海里耗时数周 游过好几百英里 after weeks and hundreds of miles at sea.
它们挣扎着上岸 皮肤已经被泡成了粉红色 They struggle ashore, pink with their efforts.
和雌海象不同 它们在陆地上度过夏天 Unlike the females, they summer on dry land.
拥挤 狂躁 而且不舒服 但它们至少是安全的 Crowded, cranky and uncomfortable, they will at least be safe.
但对雌海象而言 运气却和浮冰一起消失了 But for the females, luck and ice-have run out.
它们本该到达的 冰封的海面 Where once they would have found frozen seas,
现在却汪洋一片 there is only open water.
天生无法长距离游泳 又习惯在浮冰上休息的它们 Not built to swim long distances, and used to resting on floes,
不得不增加一段危险的新旅程 they will have to add a new and dangerous leg to their journey.
它们沿着俄罗斯海岸 掉头向南... They turn south along the Russian coast...
迎向迁徙中的大碰撞... headed for an epic collision of migrations...
最终抵达同一片海滩 and end up off the same beaches
这里早已被雄性海象占领 where the males have staked their claim.
这里适合上岸的地点并不多 There are few suitable haul-out spots.
它们现在必须尝试着 在拥挤的雄海象群中登陆 They must now attempt landfall among the crush of males.
雌海象们已经无法回头 There's no turning back.
北极伟大时钟的指针-- 冰 The mechanism of the Arctic's great clock-its ice-
已经融化殆尽 将它们困在这里 has wound down, stranding them here.
而那个修表匠--太阳 却每天都高高的挂在天上 And the watchmaker, the sun, tilts higher in the sky each day.
结冰的日子 遥遥无期... The days of ice are far off...
小海象的未来 悬而未决 and young lives hang in the balance.
在北半球的每一个地方 春天都在改变着那里的风景... Everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere, spring is changing landscapes...
并引发了生物的巨大变动 and unleashing grand movements of creatures.
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美国西部的象征向来都是 The icons of the American West
行动 自由 和迁徙... have always embodied movement,freedom, migration...
不论是动物 还是人类 都一样充满着-- ...for animals and humans alike-
骄傲... proud...
...豪情满怀 勇往直前 ...unconstrained, always on the move.
光荣 已随鹰背苍茫而远去... Those days are slipping away-
但仍有一种不屈不饶的生物 在坚持着它们古老的迁徙旅程 but one indomitable creature insists on maintaining its ancient journey-
叉角羚羊 the pronghorn.
每年都有一小群叉角羚 Each year, a small band follows
沿着北极下方 展开美洲大陆上距离最远的迁徙 the longest migration in the Americas below the Arctic.
仅有两百只成员的小族群 意志坚定地坚持着古老的路线 Only these determined 200 have managed to stick to the old routes.
有时被叫做美洲羚羊 其实它们根本不是羚羊 Sometimes called the American antelope, this creature is no antelope at all.
事实上 它们和世界上其它任何动物 都没有亲缘关系 In fact, it has no close living relative anywhere in the world.
害羞却勇敢 还是美洲大陆迄今为止 跑的最快的陆生物种 Shy but gutsy, and by far the fastest land animal in the New World,
叉角羚羊的速度可以达到每小时六十英里 the pronghorn can move at up to 60 miles per hour.
它们需要依靠速度和胆量 去战胜季节变迁的时钟 It will need its speed and grit to beat the seasonal clock.
从怀俄明州南部出发 From southern Wyoming,
它们将要向北旅行一百二十多英里 到达提顿山脉 this herd will travel north more than 120 miles to the Tetons,
去往繁衍之地的旅途漫长 希望渺茫 a long way against longer odds to reach their calving grounds.
叉角羚羊的进化 还不足以应对眼前的挑战 Nothing in the pronghorn's evolution could prepare them for this gauntlet.
叉角羚羊必须穿越人类造成的瓶颈区域 The pronghorn must pass through human-made bottlenecks
大约四分之一英里宽 as narrow as a quarter mile.
因此它们现在同时面临着两场较量-- And so they are now running two races-
对抗不断蔓延的人类活动... against the spreading human footprint...
还要赶上季节的变换 and against the march of the seasons.
最终 它们进入了更有希望的地形-- Eventually they enter more promising terrain-
一连串尚未被人类触及的红土山丘 a spate of red hills untouched by man.
数千代流传下来的记忆感召着它们 Driven on by a memory sustained over thousands of generations,
美好的未来 就在前方 they know that better lies ahead.
但现在 它们尚未成功 But they are not home free.
围栏不仅是巨大的阻碍... Fences are formidable barriers...
还是潜在的死亡陷阱 ...and potential deathtraps.
但永远不要低估 这种生物不可征服的求生欲望 But never underestimate this creature's unconquerable will to live.
冬季消退 融雪改变了地貌 As winter eases, snowmelt transforms the landscape.
溪流可能成为障碍 Creeks can be hurdled.
但穿越格罗斯.温特这样的河流 更需要钢铁般的意志 But rivers such as the Gros Ventre require nerves of steel.
如此罕见地涉水过河 其实非常危险 Rarely seen, this fording is perilous.
但叉角羚羊必须放手一搏 But the pronghorn are impelled to try it...
无论成功的几率如何 no matter the odds.
只要过了河 它们就到家了... Once crossed, they're home...
安全地进入壮丽的大提顿国家公园 in the glorious safety of Grand Teton National Park.
一个远离铁丝网和致命公路的 自由的地方 A place free from barbed wire and deadly highways.
一个可以繁衍生息抚育后代的 安全的地方 The right kind of neighborhood for raising children.
每一只小叉角羚羊 都是这个坚韧种群中 幸存者的胜利和希望 Each a triumph for this hardy band of survivors.
生而灵动 生而坚强 Fleet of foot and strong of heart,
它们将追随古老的路径 重返碧绿的牧场 who will trace prehistoric pathways to greener pastures...
只要人类不再阻挡 它们迁徙的方向 for as long as we will let them.
在非洲 草场一片枯黄 In Africa, the pastures are anything but green.
连续两周冒着烈日赶路 After two hot weeks of walking,
斑马群终于抵达 地狱般的马卡迪卡迪盐沼 the zebras have reached the inferno of the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans.
他们饥渴地不停啃舔 They hungrily nibble and lip
这个远古湖泊的矿床-- at the mineral deposits of this ancient lake-
满足性命攸关的渴望 feeding a life-or-death craving.
现在 它们诡异而残酷迁徙的谜底 昭然若揭： Now the mystery of their strange and brutal migration becomes clear:
它们用丰腴的三角洲天堂-- they've traded the heaven of a lush delta-
交换了世界上最大的盐舔河床 for one of the largest salt-licks in the world.
高大而粗糙的草 看起来难以下咽 The tall harsh grasses would seem to be an unpleasant mouthful-
但却富含珍贵的矿物质 but these have absorbed precious minerals from the pans.
新食物补充了体力 它们神采奕奕 Energized by their new diet,they kick up their heels.
现在它们可以在逃离这片焦土之前-- Now they can escape from this scorched earth-
先去寻找剩余的水源 in search of remaining water.
已经很久不曾下过雨了 但仍有少数水坑残存 It has been a long time between rains,but a few waterholes remain.
泥浆和盐让水显得浑浊 Milky with the mud and salt of this place,
但还是可以缓解数百只斑马的干渴 the water will nonetheless have to slake the thirst of hundreds.
狂躁的鸵鸟鄙视着斑马群 Cranky ostriches tower over the zebras,
显然很不满这些四条腿的家伙霸占了水坑 clearly unhappy about the four-legged monopoly at the waterhole.
种马朝着自己的妻妾咆哮 试图保持控制 Stallions bark orders at their harems, trying to maintain control.
单身的雄性骚扰年轻的雌性... Bachelor males harass young females...
斑马群陷入了紧张 fraying equine nerves.
雌斑马们被打斗所吸引 Females are riveted by the fights.
最终的结果将决定它们的命运-- The outcomes determine their own destinies.
谁将是它们未来孩子的父亲 The future fathers of their foals.
战斗中的雄性斑马 专门用牙去咬对方细长的腿 They go for slender legs with their teeth.
而且...还会使出后蹬腿 And...they kick.
一只获胜的雄斑马召集自己的后宫 A victorious male rounds up his harem.
数周之后 水坑干涸 After weeks in the pans, the waterholes are drying up.
是时候回到奥卡万戈三角洲了 Time to head back in the direction of the Okavango Delta.
因此它们奇异旅程的步骤 将要重新来过 So they will retrace the steps of their strange journey.
这趟旅程 将会使它们付出可怕的代价 A journey that will take a terrible toll.
一位母亲不幸死去 A mother has died.
它的小马驹非常困惑 并且拒绝离去 Her foal bewildered and refusing to move.
年轻的父亲突然停下脚步 怀着相互矛盾的心情 His young father brought up short by conflicting ties.
儿子？ 还是辛苦赢来的妻妾？ His son-or his hard-won harem.
还没断奶 小马驹的未来看似毫无希望 Still nursing, the colt appears doomed.
雄斑马似乎在衡量着自己的选择... The stallion seems to consider his options...
此时它的妻妾 早已在路上 while his harem presses on.
小马驹回到母亲身边... The foal turns back to his mother...
想要唤醒妈妈-- and tries to rouse her-
这是个致命的错误选择 a choice that should prove fatal.
但父亲看上去似乎不愿意放弃它-- His father seems unwilling to give up on him-
一个父母为孩子无私奉献的感人举动 即将展开 and a stunning act of parental sacrifice is about to unfold.
夜幕降临 Where night falls on the earth,
使得这场宏伟的迁徙 暂时停了下来 it brings many great land migrations to a halt.
但是在太阳落山之后的海洋世界 But wherever the sun goes down on the world's oceans,
一场大规模的微观迁徙开始了-- a massive microscopic migration begins-
供给和改造我们的整个星球-- one that feeds and regenerates our entire planet-
每天都在发生 and it happens every single day.
每天晚上 在所有的大洋中 Each night, in all our oceans,
以万亿计微小的发电机 上升到海洋表面觅食 trillions of tiny dynamos rise to the surface to eat-
一场发光微生物的暴风雪 a luminous blizzard of microorganisms
造就了地球上最大规模的迁徙 who make up the largest migration on Earth.
它们是浮游生物-- They are plankton-
由虾 蟹 小龙虾 和其他生物的微小幼虫组成 the minuscule larvae of shrimp, crabs, lobsters and other creatures,
像在太空中狂热旋转的恒星和星系一般 spinning like frenetic stars and galaxies in deep space.
这些微小而华丽的生物 These minute, gorgeous creatures
稳定并供给着 我们这个蓝色星球的食物链 anchor the food chains that feed our blue planet.
在加勒比海水域 伯利兹大堡礁附近 In the waters of the Caribbean, just beyond Belize's Great Barrier Reef,
另一场微观盛宴 即将开场 another microscopic feast is sbout to erupt.
这对世界上最大的鱼 是无法抵御的诱惑 An irresistible lure to the largest fish on Earth.
成千上万的古布拉金线鱼的漩涡中 From a whirl of thousands of cubera snapper,
出现了一个灰暗的身影-- a dark shape emerges-
一个真正的海怪 a true sea monster.
身长四十英尺 重达二十吨 At up to 40 feet long and 20 tons,
鲸鲨完美地校准了这次迁徙的时间 the whale shark has timed its migration perfectly
在这一刻 及时赶来 to be here at this instant.
鲸鲨对古布拉金线鱼本身不感兴趣-- The shsrk hss no interest in the snapper themselves-
它的目标更加宝贵--金线鱼尚未出世的后代 but something more precious- their unborn young.
一个遥远的信号 宣告时机已到-- A far-off beacon announces that it's time...
满月 a full moon.
盛宴开场 And it begins.
鱼群组成的漩涡 犹如生育的火山... A vortex of fish, a volcano of procreation...
随着雌鱼排卵和雄鱼射精 火山开始喷发 erupting as females release eggs and males release sperm.
正是这些断续排放的混浊岩浆 吸引着鲸鲨前来 These spasms of milky lava are why the whale sharks have come,
真空吸尘器一般 大量吞食金线鱼的卵子和精液 to vacuum in massive quantities of eggs and milt.
还有另一场鲸鲨的盛宴也将开始 And there is yet another feast for the sharks.
九带笛鲷也听到了月亮的召唤 The dog snapper have also heard the csll of the moon...
源源不断的涌上海面 释放出他们基因延续的希望 streaming to the surface and exploding with their genetic hopes.
然后 九带笛鲷蜂拥游回深海 它们生育的义务 已经完成 Then, they surge back to the depths, their procreative duty done.
在填饱肚子之后 When they have had their fill,
巨大 优雅的鲸鲨将要离开... the massive, graceful sharks will move on...
在富饶的海洋中 寻找下一顿短暂的盛宴 in search of the next brief gift from our bountiful sess.
跟大海一样 雨林中的动物也必须精准掌握时间 Like the seas, rainforests demand exquisite timing
才能获得丰盛的美食 from creatures chasing pulses of plenty.
一场引人入胜的盛宴也即将在 And a spectacular feast is about to explode
婆罗洲碧绿的心脏地带上演 here in the emerald heart of Borneo.
围绕着东南亚赤道 Draped across the equator of Southeast Asia,
婆罗洲是全球第三大岛 Borneo is the third largest island in the world,
拥有十五万平方英里的热带雨林... and home to 1 50,000 square miles of rainforest...
今天 一棵树正在举行一场盛大的狂欢 and today, one riotously blooming tree.
于是树冠上绿色的高速公路 交通进入尖峰时段 And so rush hour begins in the green highways of the canopy.
灵长类动物在这场树梢间的比赛中 占尽优势 Primates predominate in the race through the treetops,
展示出令人眼花缭乱的杂技动作 dazzling acrobatics on display.
甚至连猎食昆虫的飞蜥 都想加入进来 Even the insect-hunting Draco lizard seems to want to get in on the act-
它一次完美的飞跃 就能跨越近两百英尺 covering nearly 200 feet in a single fantastic leap of faith.
引起这一切骚动的原因是-- The cause of all this ruckus;
一棵树上大量的果实将要成熟-- a single tree about to explode with fruit-
勒颈无花果树 the strangler fig.
方圆数英里只有这一棵 这种树两年才开花一次 The only one for miles sround, it blossoms just once every two years-
注：无花果的花蕊包在花托里面 因此开花就是指其果实成熟
而且只有短短几周时间 and only for a few brief weeks.
它的果实--营养而又香甜 Its figs- fragrant, sweet and nutritious-
而且俯拾可捡-- are here for the picking-
仅对速度足够快的动物而言 for those who get here soon enough.
在最先抵达的动物之中 包括行动最迟缓的红毛猩猩 Among the first to srrive is the slowest-the orangutan.
母子俩现在独自享有这棵树 This mother and baby have the tree to themselves
在这个难得的平静时刻... for a rare calm moment...
这多亏母亲脑海中的地图 thanks to mom's mental map.
它熟知每棵树和它们的结果时间 才能安然抵达这里 在高峰时段到来之前 She knows each tree and its season, and gets here before the rush.
但它们悠闲地垄断这棵树的时光 But their leisurely monopoly of the tree
即将结束 is about to come to an end.
活泼的赤叶猴个个争先 前来赴宴 Sprightly Red Leaf Monkeys arrive and hurl themselves at the feast.
长尾弥猴跳上结果的树枝 Long-tailed macaques vault into fruited branches.
森林里真正的奥运选手闪亮登场 And the true Olympics of the forest makes a splashy arrives;
这是灰长臂猿 the gray gibbon.
这棵树最多能结四万颗果实 This single tree can produce up to 40,000 figs-
成为方圆五英里范围之内 任何动物的迷你迁徙目的地 becoming a hub of mini-migrations for five miles in any direction.
有如此之多的果实 树冠上的动物可以放松... With so much to eat, the creatures of the canopy can relax...
还能注意到其他的事情 and attend to...other matters.
但馈赠无法一直持续 But the bounty cannot last.
树枝上剩余的果实很快就会腐烂 Soon the remaining fruit will spoil on the branch.
因此进食成为一件严肃的事情 So eating becomes serious business.
长臂猿开始对剩下的无花果变得贪婪 The gibbon becomes covetous of the remaining figs.
看见赤叶猴开心地享用早餐 激怒了灰长臂猿 The sight of a red leaf monkey enjoying his breakfast irritates her.
神经紧张说明食物丰富的时间不多了 Frayed nerves are a sign that the days of plenty are running out.
这棵大树使出了自己短暂的魔法-- This stupendous tree has worked its fleeting magic-
召集各种动物-- called together a vast congregation-
并为它们提供奢侈的美食 and fed it extravagantly.
现在 树梢上的动物们 Now the creatures in its crown
竞相争取下一场比赛的获胜 scramble to get a head start in the next race.
再一次 它们将要飞奔... Once again, they will fly...
跳跃... leap...
摆荡... swing...
和滑翔 and glide...
直到它们在婆罗洲的森林 发现另一处短暂但甜美的盛宴 until they find the next short but sweet feast in the Borneo forest.
在地球的顶端 俄罗斯楚科奇海沿岸 At the top of the world, along the coast of Russia's Chukchi Sea,
精疲力竭的雌海象正在休息 the exhausted female walruses rest.
母亲们在海浪中漂浮 有些已经睡熟 Mothers bob in the surf, sound asleep,
有些则抱着孩子 some clutching babies to them.
但它们迟早得上岸... Sooner or later, though, they'll need to clamber ashore...
爬上早已挤满爆脾气雄海象的海滩 on a beach already packed with bad-tempered males.
雌海象们暂时登陆休息 Tentatively, they haul out.
绝望的迟到者毫无选择 只能爬坡 Desperste latecomers have no choice but to climb.
两万只海象挤在海滩上 连远处的斜坡都被占满 With 20,000 walruses on the beach, bodies stretch far up the slopes.
它们的数量已经到达临界点 They've reached a critical mass.
这些重达两吨的巨兽 Creatures weighing up to two tons
在遍地起伏的肉体与长牙中间爬行 clamber over a heaving sea of flesh and tusks.
在找到空位之前 Before finding a spot,
一只海象可能爬过半英里 都碰不到地面 a walrus can travel half a mile without ever touching the ground.
困惑的小海象挣扎前行 Bewildered youngsters flounder
在四散的长牙和庞大的身躯 造成的混乱之中 amidst the chaos of stray tusks and raw tonnage
面临的危险激增 in the mounting crisis.
这种挤压不可避免的 会产生致命后果 Inevitably, the crush proves deadly.
但现在 一丝希望终于来临 But now, a sign of hope.
降雪预示着北极短暂的夏季已经结束 Snow signsls the end of the short Arctic summer.
寒冬开始降临极北之地 With winter bearing down in the far north,
海面应该会再次冻结 the sea should begin freezing again.
冰的呼唤 带领它们摆脱致命的海滩 And the call of the ice frees them from the deadly beach.
因此海象群涌入大海 再次开始它们的迁徙旅程... So they pour into the sea, taking up their migrstion once again...
追寻着冰 倾尽全力 following the ice, for as long as they can.
离开酷热的博茨瓦纳盐沼 Out of the blistering salt pans of Botswana,
斑马群已经踏入草原-- the zebras have emerged into the grssslsnds-
但并非毫发无损 but not unscathed.
小斑马徒劳地试图唤醒 死去的母亲 The foal tries in vain to rouse his dead mother.
它英俊的父亲即将做出惊人之举 His handsome father is about to do something startling
公斑马的妻妾已经走远 它并未阻拦-- While his harem pushes on, he lets them go-
那本是它生活的中心 和存在的理由 the center of his life, his reason for being.
相反的 它把赌注押在了儿子身上-- Instead, he gambles on his son-
但儿子会信任它吗? but will the son trust him?
一场令人心碎的拉锯就此开始 A heartrending tug of war begins.
在没娘的儿子的凝视下 While the motherless son watches,
父亲在它的面前来回走动 the father marches up and down in front of him.
一次又一次 小斑马回到死去的母亲身边 Again and again, the youngster returns to his dead mother.
但只要它一抬起头 爸爸就重新走动 But whenever he looks up, his father resumes his pacing.
这场孤注一掷的 踏步展示将持续数小时 It's s desperate parade that will go on for hours.
仅仅是因为儿子和远离的妻妾 让斑马爸爸左右为难... Is he just torn between his son and his departing mares...
还是这举动带有更惊人的含意? or is there a more astounding possibility?
爸爸或许是想用自己身上的条纹 The stallion may be trying to imprint his stripes
取代儿子脑海中母亲的条纹 over those of the mother's in the foal's brain.
但时间已然无几 But time is short.
最后 食腐动物起到了决定性作用 Finally, the scavengers decide the issue.
父亲将儿子带走 不让它见到这幅可怕的景象 The father herds his son away from the swful spectscle.
斑马爸爸召唤它的妻妾 The male calls for his harem,
但它们已经落后妻妾们 but they have put many hours and miles
数小时的路程 between themselves and the lost pair.
这对父子和落单的陌生斑马一起 走在队伍的尾端 They mingle with straggling strangers at the end of the line...
虽然彼此好奇 但保持冷漠 curious, but aloof.
从未见过雌性斑马收养孤儿-- No one has ever seen a female adopt an orphan-
但或许它的父亲知道该怎么做 but perhaps his father knows better.
不论结果好坏 这对父子已经生死与共 For better or worse, father and son have thrown in their lot together.
在日落前 它们赶上了迁徙队伍的主体 By sunset, they have caught up with the body of the herd...
它们的前途仍然未卜 但它们的感情已经牢不可破 their future uncertain,but their bond unbreakable.
因此这一对意外的战士继续向前... And so the unlikely pair soldiers on...
如同全世界的伟大游牧民族... Like great nomads the world over...
不屈不挠 顽强无畏 unflagging and undaunted.
集体踏上征程... Moving in masses...
一起争取生存 surviving as one.
斑马群的道路上 燃烧着烈日下的尘土 Their path is aflame with sun-fired dust.
但它们已经可以闻到前面就是 富饶而湿润的的奥卡万戈三角洲... But ahead they can smell the richly watered landscape of the Okavango Delta...
和扑鼻而至的 希望的芬芳 and the pungent aroma of hope.
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