遥远又与世隔绝 Remote and isolated,
南太平洋岛屿都有自己的生命 the islands of the South Pacific have a life of their own.
动物们与世隔绝地生活了很久 Animals have been living in seclusion for so long,
它们以最奇妙又神奇的方式演化 they've evolved in the most curious and surprising ways.
但岛上的生存代价很高 But island living can carry a high price.
如今一些显著的变化迅速 传遍这些奇异的岛屿 Recently, some dramatic changes have been sweeping through these strange islands.
奇异的岛屿
在太平洋西面边界里 At the western limits of the Pacific Ocean,
这是新几内亚岛 this is New Guinea,
世界上最大的热带岛屿 the world's largest tropical island.
在这些与世隔绝的丛林里 In these isolated jungles,
这里的动物只是最近才被西方人发现 there are creatures only recently discovered by Westerners...
他们从未见过的山脉.. ..and mountains that they have never visited.
这是直到1994年才被科学家首次发现的 一个哺乳类动物的家 This is the home of a mammal first seen by scientists
这是直到1994年才被科学家首次发现的 一个哺乳类动物的家 as recently as 1994.
甚至当地人都很少见到过 Even the locals rarely see it,
它也从未被拍摄过... and it has never been filmed...
直到现在 until now.
RUSTLING
它生活在树上 但不是猴子 It lives in trees, but it's not a monkey.
灵长类从未跨过海域来到这个岛上 Primates never made the jump across the water to this island.
这是相当罕见 几乎无人知晓的岛怪 This is a rare glimpse of an almost unknown island oddity...
SNORTS SOFTLY
白腹树袋熊.. ..the dingiso.
相当于拉布拉多犬的大小 About the size of a Labrador
特征像熊 可令人惊讶的 它是属于袋鼠品种 and with bear-like features, it is - amazingly - a type of kangaroo,
树袋鼠 a tree kangaroo.
比起其它袋鼠来说生活得海拨更高 It lives at a higher altitude than any other kangaroo,
因此有羊毛般的毛皮 hence the woolly coat.
袋鼠通常以草为食 Kangaroos usually feed on grass,
但在这新几内亚 它们进入森林 but here on New Guinea, they've climbed into the trees
那里的绿叶更丰盛 where the greenery is more abundant.
因此白腹树袋熊是一只生活在高山并且爬树的袋鼠 So the dingiso is a kangaroo
因此白腹树袋熊是一只生活在高山并且爬树的袋鼠 which lives high in the mountains and climbs trees...
然而岛屿有生产珍稀动物的特性 but then islands do have a habit of producing rather unusual animals.
为什么? Why?
因为岛屿用自己的方式为动物提供生机 Because islands offer fresh opportunities
因为岛屿用自己的方式为动物提供生机 to the creatures that find their way there.
由于新几内亚没有猴子 With no monkeys in New Guinea,
袋鼠可以随意地在丛林间自由地吃草 the freedom to browse in the trees has gone to the kangaroos.
新几内亚是大岛 紧靠着澳大利亚洲大陆 New Guinea is a vast island nestled close to the continental landmass of Australia.
当我们迁到南方和东方更小更远的岛屿时 As we move south and east, to smaller, more distant islands,
野生动物变得更加独特 the wildlife becomes even more unusual.
鲜为人知又狭小的新喀里多尼亚岛 The little-known island of New Caledonia is a small sliver of Australia
6千万年前从澳大利亚海岸漂移出去 that was cast adrift over 60 million years ago.
似乎成了演化奇怪的动物们的发源地 It's home to a creature that seems to have evolved quite strangely.
DISTANT SQUAWKING, RUSTLING
有翅膀却不会飞 It has wings, but it can't fly.
RUSTLING
THROATY GURGLES
这是鹭鹤 It is the kagu.
WHISTLING TRILLS
FRENZIED TRILLING
鹭鹤的家庭成员彼此忠诚 Kagu families stick together,
从前年怀胎起就宣布了家族的领地 with young from previous years helping to declare the family territory.
FRENZIED TRILLS
任何擅入者都被赶走 All intruders are chased away.
现在是繁殖季节 It's the breeding season,
当雄性再次燃起终身配偶的热情时 when males rekindle the flame with their life-long partners.
很难理解鹭鹤为什么是 It's hard to know what the kagu is related to...
同鹭 秧鸡 a heron, a rail,
或者是鸽子有关系 or maybe a pigeon.
实际上它是七千英哩以东 南美日鳽的近亲 Its closest relative may actually be the sun-bittern of South America,
实际上它是七千英哩以东 南美日鳽的近亲 7,000 miles to the east.
她似乎并那么引人注明 She may not seem too impressed,
然而鹭鹤的脚总是紧紧地抓住地面 but then kagus always keep their feet very firmly on the ground.
它们的翅膀太弱无法飞行 Their wings are too weak to get them airborne,
为什么食物全在地上还要去飞？ but why fly when all the food you need is on the ground?
这个岛没有大型掠食者的围捕 And with no large predators stalking this island,
几乎没有要飞的理由 there's not much cause to take flight.
它一生也无需担心什么 But this life is not without its worries.
新近孵出的幼雏躲在树叶里 A newly hatched chick is hiding among the leaves.
幼雏来到世上 把食物送进嘴里到是一个挑战 As with babies the world over, getting food into mouth can be quite a challenge.
或许粘滑的虫子不太有吸引力 Perhaps slimy worms just don't appeal.
幼雏的伪装能帮助避开像新几内亚乌鸦之类的空中掠食者 The chick's camouflage helps to hide it from aerial predators
幼雏的伪装能帮助避开像新几内亚乌鸦之类的空中掠食者 like the New Caledonian crow.
CAWING
幸亏父亲的翅膀还有一个用处... Fortunately, Dad's wings still have a use...
CAWING
使它看上去大些 恐怖些.. ..to help him look big and intimidating.
鹭鹤或许是岛怪 The kagu may be an island oddity,
几个游荡的掠食者在搜寻太平洋的孤岛 but with few prowling predators reaching the Pacific's isolated islands,
这里无战斗力的鸟类比其它地方普遍要多 flightless birds are more common here than anywhere else on Earth.
岛屿是纷乱的世界 Islands are a topsy-turvy world,
进化似乎遵循不同的规则 where evolution seems to follow a different set of rules.
新几内亚北部座落着所罗门群岛 North of New Caledonia lies the Solomon Islands archipelago,
散布着千座热带岛屿 a scattering of a thousand tropical islands.
对于选择到达这里的动物来说 For the select few animals that arrived here,
这里要大胆 新世界里充满着变数 these were brave, new worlds, filled with possibilities.
要尽可能的在这里安家 And to make the most of what they found here,
有些采用了全新的生存方式 some adopted a whole new way of life.
其中的成功开拓者就是石龙子 Among the successful colonists were skinks...
蜥蜴通常身小腿短 lizards that are usually small with short legs.
有不少种类生活在所罗门 Quite a variety live here in the Solomons,
但这里森林有一种完全不像 地球上其它的石龙子 but there is one in these forests that's unlike any other skink on the planet.
猴尾石龙子比普通石龙子重50倍 The monkey-tailed skink is up to 50 times heavier than your average skink,
是世界上最大的 and is the world's largest.
多数石龙子毕生都在地上生活 但这个怪物不 Most skinks spend their lives on the ground, but not this monster.
这是唯一具有卷缠尾的石龙子... This is the only skink to possess a prehensile tail...
几乎不像其它吃昆虫的石龙子.. ..and unlike nearly all other skinks which dine on insects,
这个温和的巨人完全吃素的 this gentle giant is entirely vegetarian.
在新几内亚 这些岛屿上没有猴子 As in New Guinea, there are no monkeys on these islands,
因此石龙子就简单得填补了这个市场 并且枝开叶散 so this skink simply filled the gap in the market and branched out.
它甚至和其它卷尾石龙子 结成了群体连系 It even forms social bonds with other monkey-tailed skinks,
这个特征在任何种类的 爬行动物当中相当罕见 a rare characteristic among reptiles of any description.
石龙子也许是个怪物 但这正是它为什么能在此兴旺发达 This skink may be an oddity, but that is exactly why it thrives here.
对于食叶的来说这些岛就是天堂 For a leaf-eater these islands are paradise.
对于其它的动物，尽管生存有点艰难 For others, though, life can be a little harder.
岛民们唯一成功的机会就是 充分利用周围一切 Islanders only succeed by making the most of what's around them.
甚至蜘蛛都有自己的一套办法 Even spiders have their uses.
在所罗门群岛的圣凯特丽娜岛上 On Santa Catalina Island in the Solomons,
一名渔夫准备去捕鱼 a fisherman prepares to go fishing.
他认出一张特别的蜘蛛网 He seeks out a particular spider web,
一张有力而杂乱的结网 one that is strong and intricately spun.
他想得到的鱼是不能用钩子捕获的 The fish he's after can't be caught on hooks...
鱼嘴太狭小了 their mouths are too narrow.
因此他必须要有创造性 So he has to be creative.
不用竿和卷轴 只用风筝... No rod or reel, just a kite...
蜘蛛丝拉成一个诱饵.. ..and the spider silk, wound into a lure.
风筝下面是蜘蛛丝诱饵垂 The spider-silk lure hangs below the kite,
就像昆虫一样在水中掠过 flitting across the water like an insect.
现在他必须把风筝控制在 他认为鱼群聚集的地方 Now he must steer the kite to where he thinks the fish are gathered.
某处 在水面下 颚针鱼群埋伏以待 Somewhere, just beneath the surface, shoals of needlefish lie in wait.
他留心注意风筝 如果它下跌 鱼就中圈套了 He keeps a close eye on the kite - if it drops, a fish is snared.
无需鱼钩 No hook is needed.
有着锋利的牙齿和粗糙的鱼鳞的颚针鱼 受到了蜘蛛丝的迷惑 The sharp teeth and rough scales of the needlefish are tangled in the spider silk.
灵巧而又有效... It's clever, it's effective...
许多鱼就用这种方法捕获.. ..and many fish can be caught in this way.
适应了既能在海洋也能在陆地觅食的技能 Their ability to adapt and find food both on land and at sea
是太平洋首批人类开拓者生存的关键 was crucial to the survival of the Pacific's first human colonisers.
但并非一切都是顺利的 But it wasn't all plain sailing...
太平洋许多偏远岛屿是 the Pacific's more remote islands
人类最晚发现的一些地方 were some of the last places on Earth to be discovered by humans.
夏威夷列岛是其中最偏僻的 And the island chain of Hawaii is the remotest of them all.
人类到达前这些岛屿很难触及 These islands are so hard to reach that before humans arrived,
每隔35000年才会有一个新的植物或 动物物种出现在这里 only one new species of plant or animal turned up here every 35,000 years.
对于那些幸运到达的 这是一片肥沃而丰裕的土地 For those lucky few that made it, this was a land of milk and honey.
这只鸟嘴能完美地从管状花朵中吸取花蜜 This bird's beak is perfect for sipping nectar from tubular flowers.
这是镰嘴管舌鸟 It's an 'I'iwi...
一种只在夏威夷发现的长嘴吸蜜鸟 a long-billed honey creeper only found in Hawaii.
400万年前曾在这些海岸兴盛 But when blown to these shores four million years ago,
它们的祖先外形非常不同 its ancestors looked very different.
起初夏威夷吸蜜鸟像雀鸟 Those first Hawaiian honey creepers were finch-like,
有着短短的嘴 或许体形也比现在的 黄胸拟管舌鸟要小 with short bills, perhaps quite similar to this modern honey creeper, the palila.
它结实的嘴能劈开坚果的壳 Its stout bill is perfect for ripping open tough seed pods.
但在这 吸蜜鸟为了充分利用嘴 But once here, the honey creepers made the most of it,
进化成多种带有特色嘴部的鸟 evolving into a variety of birds with some very distinctive bills.
毛伊岛厚喙雀有着强壮的钩形嘴 The Maui parrotbill has a strong, hooked beak
用来找到腐木中的蛆 for getting at the grubs inside dead wood.
这是导颚雀 And then there's the 'akiapola'au,
有着任何鸟中最引人注目的嘴 with one of the most remarkable beaks of any bird.
较低的下颚笔直 像凿子般 Its lower mandible is straight and chisel-like
能刺穿树皮喝树液... and can puncture the bark to drink the sap...
它的上颚长而弯曲 用来剔出蛆.. ..while its upper mandible is long and curved for winkling out grubs.
它的嘴仿佛和瑞士军刀有关系似的 It's as close as a bill gets to a Swiss Army penknife.
真神奇！一只雀鸟进化成58种不同的鸟 Amazingly, one single type of finch evolved into 58 different species
全都因为这些鸟通常担负的角色 and all because the birds that normally fill these roles,
蜂鸟和啄木鸟从未到过这些岛屿 like hummingbirds and woodpeckers, never made it to these islands.
在太平洋岛屿上着陆是件冒险的事 Landfall in the Pacific is a risky business.
多数岛屿小又低 千篇一律景色 Most islands are small, low and rather uniform,
生活方式的选择只能退其次 with few lifestyle choices on offer.
有座群岛却有雄起的趋势 But there is an archipelago that truly bucks the trend.
太平洋上有2座最大的岛屿 其一切都是漂流者的梦想 Two of the largest islands in the Pacific have everything a castaway could dream of.
这里生活着独有的岛屿生物 Here lives a greater diversity of unique island creatures
几乎比南太平洋上任何地方更多样性 than almost anywhere else in the South Pacific.
草木丛生的山谷 汹涌的河流 被冰川覆盖的山峰... Forested valleys, turbulent rivers and glacier-topped peaks...
这是新西兰 this is New Zealand.
一千哩长的山脊高出海面1哩半 A thousand miles long and with a mountainous spine
一千哩长的山脊高出海面1哩半 rising one-and-a-half miles above the ocean,
新西兰为这里的生物以自己的方式生存 提供了无限的可能性 New Zealand offered a world of possibilities
新西兰为这里的生物以自己的方式生存 提供了无限的可能性 to creatures that found their way here.
ROARING WATER
在世界尽头的这些岛屿上 On these islands at the end of the world
生存着一些独特的动物 live some unique animals.
WHINING CALLS
高山鹦鹉 叫"坎亚" 以它们的叫声命名 Alpine parrots, called "kea", after their calls.
WHINING CALLS
生活在比其它鹦鹉要高的海拨上 Living higher than any other parrots,
它们可能是世上最爱玩的鸟 these are possibly the world's most playful birds.
但新西兰多数开拓生物被吸引至 下面的森林里 But most of New Zealand's pioneering creatures were drawn to the forests below.
这里同样孕育着太平洋岛屿上 奇特的自然生命 And here too, given the strange nature of life on Pacific islands,
值得去期待意外 it pays to expect the unexpected.
SHUFFLING
最没想到在这里可以看到的... And the last thing you might expect to see here...
企鹅.. ..is penguins.
这些是福德兰峡湾企鹅有着时髦的发型 These are Fiordland crested penguins,
以新西兰南部的这个海角的名字命名 named after this corner of south New Zealand, and their funky hairdo.
SHRILL SQUAWKING
他们每天都要到大海去 They're on their daily trip to the sea.
尽管居住在森林里 但它们没有丢掉尝鱼的嗜好 Despite hanging out in the forest, they haven't lost their taste for fish.
为什么林地对企鹅这么吸引力 So why are these woodlands so attractive to penguins?
因为这里没有大型掠食者 Because there are no large predators here,
对于养育幼雏这是安全场所 it's a safe place for bringing up baby.
淡水溪流穿过森林形成一条便捷的水路 A freshwater stream through the forest makes a handy highway
方便了带着满满捕鱼收获的企鹅回家 for a parent penguin heading home from a fishing trip with a crop full of food.
BUBBLING WATER
出生在森林里 留在森林里 Born in the forest, they stay in the forest,
父母径直从海洋带回新鲜的食物 while Mum and Dad bring fresh meals straight from the ocean.
CHEEPING
WATER WHISPERING CLOSE BY
它们能听到海浪声 甚至能嗅到浪花味 They can hear the waves, they can even smell the spray,
但它们不知道大海是什么样子 but they have no idea what it looks like.
这些幼雏还没有在海洋里溅过水 These chicks won't have their first splash in the ocean
要到3个月大才行 until they're three months old,
它们最终将独自出发进行首次捕鱼之旅 when they'll finally set off on their first fishing trip, alone.
最近的大陆在1500哩外 1,500 miles from the nearest continent,
新西兰是大部分哺乳动物到不了的地方 New Zealand is beyond the reach of most mammals.
海洋哺乳动物这一边 只有一个成功了 Marine mammals aside, the only ones that did succeed,
在人类到达之前 有了翅膀 before humans arrived, had wings.
蝙蝠 Bats.
这是短尾蝙蝠 This is the short-tailed bat.
栖息在树洞 晚上出来觅食 It roosts in tree cavities and comes out at night to feed.
到目前为止 太正常了 So far, so normal.
但这些蝙蝠生活在岛上已很久很长了 But these bats have been living the island life far too long
没有变得一点"不同" not to have become a little "different".
它们不只是某一类 And they're not the only ones.
沙螽是蝗虫的原始近亲 但它们不会飞 Wetas are primitive relatives of the locust, but they can't fly.
看准机会 蝙蝠猛得一扑 Seeing an opportunity, the bats pounced.
当林地有如此美餐还用浪费能量 在空中捕食昆虫么？ After all, why waste energy hawking for insects in the sky,
当林地有如此美餐还用浪费能量 在空中捕食昆虫么？ when there is such a feast on the forest floor?
RUSTLING AND CHIRPING
新西兰夜间爬行昆虫在 这些蝙蝠面前毫无办法 New Zealand's night-time creepy-crawlies are at the mercy of these bats.
有些试着抵抗... Some try to put up a fight...
但它们不是这群掠食者的对手.. ..but they're no match for THIS army of predators.
蝙蝠有层特殊的外皮本是 保护它们的翅膀 These bats have special sheaths that protect their wings,
现在反而更好得用来翻寻树叶 all the better to burrow through the leaves.
即便蠕虫也不安全 So even worms aren't safe.
数百万年前最初的蝙蝠是从类似 老鼠的哺乳动物演化而来 The very first bat
数百万年前最初的蝙蝠是从类似 老鼠的哺乳动物演化而来 evolved from a mouse-like mammal many millions of years ago.
在新西兰这里 似乎演化被推翻了 Here on New Zealand, it seems evolution has gone into reverse.
即使新西兰蝙蝠是从老鼠转化而来 And if New Zealand's bats have turned to mice,
地上的鸟发生了什么？ what on earth has happened to the birds?
在这些森林里？ In these forests
生活着一种既像鸟又不像鸟的鸟 lives a bird that is about as un-bird-like as it is possible for a bird to be.
它是夜间活动的 虽然有时也会在日落前活跃起来 It's nocturnal, though it sometimes wakes up before sunset.
它有在黑暗中感知道路的腮须 It has whiskers so it can feel its way in the dark.
它是世上最重的鹦鹉 体重超过4公斤 It's a parrot, and weighing up to four kilos, it's the world's heaviest.
是的 你猜对了 它不会飞 And yes, you've guessed it - it can't fly.
见识一下鸮鹉 Meet the kakapo.
要飞翅膀太短 身体太重 Too heavy and short-winged to get airborne,
只能改为爬树 it climbs trees instead.
鸮鹉昔日相当成功 Kakapo were once one of the most successful
新西兰有大量的食草动物 几维鸟就像我们的兔子 and abundant herbivores in New Zealand - the Kiwi equivalent of our rabbit.
1899年 探险家查理·道格拉斯写道 "在晚上只要 In 1899, explorer Charlie Douglas wrote, "They could be caught in the moonlight
简单地摇动树或灌木 "by simply shaking the tree or bush
直到它们跌到地面...就像摇落苹果一样" "until they tumbled to the ground... like shaking down apples."
它们最喜欢的食物在上面 芮木泪柏的微小种子 Its favourite food is up above - the tiny seeds of the rimu tree.
这种果实能促进鸮鹉的繁殖 This fruit fuels kakapo reproduction
它们只在树结果的丰年才繁殖 and they only breed when the trees produce a bumper crop,
约每4年才发生一次 so about once every four years.
鸮鹉比任何其它鸟类的繁殖都要慢 Kakapo breed slower than any other bird,
但也寿命更长 but they also live longer,
有时寿命超过百年 sometimes more than a hundred years.
雄性的嗓音独特 The male's song is as peculiar as the bird itself.
比起鹦鹉来更像是蛙叫 三哩外都能听到 More frog than parrot, it can be heard up to three miles away.
BUZZY BOOMING
在繁殖季节 他能三个月 每晚8小时不停地发出隆隆声 In a breeding season, he will boom non-stop for eight hours every night
在繁殖季节 他能三个月 每晚8小时不停地发出隆隆声 for up to three months.
BUZZY BOOMING
雌性只对周围是否有大量的芮木泪柏 种子的雄性有回应 But a female will only respond if there are plenty of rimu seeds about.
所以这些鸟在繁殖季像兔子一样挖洞 So while these birds may nest in burrows like rabbits,
很不幸 它们的繁殖不像兔子 unfortunately, they don't breed like them.
它们的数量惊人地下降 And their numbers have dwindled dramatically.
PIERCING WHISTLING
如今鸮鹉存活不足百只... Today, fewer than a hundred kakapo survive...
珍贵的幼雏得到了帮助之手 ..and precious chicks receive a helping hand.
捕获幼雏进行人工饲养以提高鸮鹉的数量 Captive rearing has helped raise the number of kakapo
从95年的51只 from just 51 in 1995
到如今的存活了91只 to the 91 birds alive today.
CHIRPING
它们曾经有成百上千只 They used to number in the hundreds of thousands.
如今它们的未来却在我们的手中 Today, their future is truly in our hands.
FEEBLE CHIRPING
因此现在是座空森林？ So is this now an empty forest?
事实上 树木受到前所未有的摧残 Actually, the trees are under attack like never before.
危险潜伏在叶子中 There's a menace lurking amongst the foliage.
白天 它蛰伏着 During the day, it slumbers.
一旦黑暗降临 侵略者显身了 But under cover of darkness, an invader is revealed.
聪明能干 哺乳动物最终大规模到达了 Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, the mammals have finally arrived in force.
澳洲袋貂 Australian possums.
200年前它们的皮毛被进口 Imported for their fur two centuries ago,
不久就带来了鼠疫 毁坏了草木 they soon reached plague proportions, stripping trees of their vegetation.
一场对它们发动的战争... A war is being waged against them...
陷阱装置和散布的毒物 traps set and poison scattered.
可是它们的数量远远超过鸮鹉的数量 And yet they are now far more numerous than the kakapo ever were.
难以置信得超过7千万只袋貂 散布在新西兰的森林里 A staggering 70 million possums overrun New Zealand's forests.
鸟失败了 哺乳动物嬴了 Where a bird failed, a mammal has succeeded.
为什么？袋貂是不知情的移民 But why? The possums were unwitting immigrants,
鸮鹉生活在这里已数千年 while the kakapo have lived here for millennia...
完美地适应了这里的森林 perfectly adapted to this forest.
具有讽刺的是这里并不仅有鸮鹉和袋貂 It's an irony that is by no means unique to the kakapo and the possum.
横过太平洋 类似的场景依然在演化着 Right across the Pacific, similar scenes have been unfolding.
新西兰海岸外的小岛 Tiny islands off the coast of New Zealand
是一大群动物最后的避难所 它们如今在二个主岛上已经消失了 are the last refuge for a host of animals now vanished from the two main islands.
这是斯蒂芬岛 This is Stephens Island...
是从海上突出的一平方英哩的岩石 one square mile of rock protruding from the ocean.
它是一位活化石的家 It's home to a living fossil,
一位残遗体 1亿年来几乎没有改变过 a relict, barely changed for over 100 million years.
楔齿蜥 The tuatara.
全球一半的数量生存在这个岛屿庇护所 And half the world's population survive on this one island refuge.
在恐龙统治时期 During the reign of the dinosaurs,
楔齿蜥的祖先无处不在 the ancestors of the tuatara were everywhere.
它们从恐龙灭绝的剧变时代中存活下来 They survived the cataclysm that killed off the dinosaurs,
却无法与哺乳动物相抗争 but then couldn't compete with the mammals
灭绝了...无论何处 and died out...
除了不受哺乳动物影响的新西兰 everywhere, except on what was then a mammal-free New Zealand.
不像哺乳动物 楔齿蜥的生命是生存在一个缓慢的通道中 Unlike mammals, tuatara live life in the slow lane.
数天过去了 Days can pass
它们只不过动了一下肌肉 when they barely move a muscle...
有时1小时才呼吸一次.. ..sometimes taking just one breath an hour.
它们以沙螽 甲虫或其它无脊椎动物为食 They feed on wetas,
beetles and other invertebrates...
但显得很不擅长捕捉它们 ..but don't appear very good at catching them.
即使练习了数百万年之后 Even after millions of years of practice,
眼嘴协调不是它们能做到的 eye-mouth co-ordination is not what it could be.
"适者生存"似乎并不适合这 "Survival of the fittest" just doesn't seem to apply here.
楔齿蜥的生存首先在新西兰 现在在斯蒂芬岛 The tuatara's survival, first on New Zealand, now on Stephens Island,
证明了一点... proves a point...
岛屿是相当安全的地方 至少没有干扰 islands are pretty safe places to be, at least until invaded.
斯蒂芬岛的楔齿蜥是幸运的 Fortunately for the Stephens Island tuatara,
从哺乳动物短暂入侵中生存下来 it did survive a brief mammal invasion.
但对于一些其它的野生动物来说 But for some of the other wildlife here,
入侵是更多的是...灾难的 the invasion was rather more...catastrophic.
岛屿杳无人迹 多半是自生自灭 The island had been uninhabited and largely ignored,
但自1894年有了灯塔后一切都改变了 but that all changed with the construction of this lighthouse back in 1894.
新近设备维护员莱奥先生 When the newly installed keeper, a Mr Lyall,
在岛上发现一种珍稀的鹪鹩 found an unusual wren on the island,
他送了一个样本到伦敦作鉴定 he sent a specimen to London for identification.
像多数岛屿鸟类 它是不会飞的 Like many island birds, it was flightless.
或许这就是为什么不是莱奥先生 首次发现这种鸟 And perhaps that's why it wasn't Mr Lyall who first discovered the bird,
而是他的四足伙伴 but his four-legged companion.
蒂伯斯是一个非常有 能力的标本收集者 Tibbles proved to be a very efficient specimen collector.
以至于实际上 So much so, in fact,
一年后 这鸟被正式宣布为新品种 that one year later, when the bird was officially declared a new species,
莱奥先生不得不懊悔地告诉科学界 Mr Lyall had to regretfully inform the scientific community at large
这个品种现在已灭绝了 that the species was now extinct.
事实上 蒂伯斯不是唯一 被指责的猫科动物 In truth, Tibbles wasn't the only feline to blame,
斯蒂芬岛的鹪鹩毫不费力地被了结了 but the ease with which the Stephens Island wren had been dispatched
华盛顿科学院惊慌了 WAS alarming.
猫被移出了斯蒂芬岛 但对于鹪鹩来说已经太晚了 The cats were removed from Stephens Island, but it was too late for the wren.
现在只能从被猫咬过的博物馆 标本上了解鹪鹩了 Now only known from a few cat-chewed museum specimens,
进化成无法飞行被证明是致命的 evolving to be flightless had proven fatal.
这似乎是场交换 So it seems there is a trade-off.
岛屿生活的自由让一个 物种放松了它的警惕 The freedom of island life allows a species to relax its guard,
留下的只是毫无防御 but that can leave it defenceless.
在新西兰主岛上 On the main islands of New Zealand,
类似的剧本周而复始得在上演 similar dramas have played out time and time again.
曾经覆盖岛屿北部的巨大 南洋杉主宰着森林 Forests dominated by giant kauri trees once covered the North Island.
残存的树木看上去好像存在了数千年 The fragments that remain look much like they have for millennia,
但表象是可能假的 but looks can be deceiving.
几百年前 A few centuries ago,
这里的森林响彻奇异又绝妙的鸟叫 this forest echoed with the calls of strange and wonderful birds.
CACOPHONY OF BIRD CALLS
最有名的是大恐鸟 Most famous was the giant moa,
看上去有点像驼鸟 但比像要高 which looked a bit like an ostrich, but taller than an elephant.
这里更多的萦绕于心的鸟鸣 And there are many more birds
如今只存在记忆中 whose haunting songs now exist here only in memory.
CACOPHONY OF BIRD CALLS
现在你听到的是录音再现 The bird recordings and recreated songs you hear now
这些鸣叫的鸟儿，都已经从主岛森林中消失 are all of species that have disappeared
这些鸣叫的鸟儿，都已经从主岛森林中消失 from these main-island forests.
我们不能责怪蒂伯斯和他的家族 人类带来了... We can't just blame Tibbles and his kin. Humans have brought
一整系列的哺乳动物对手和 掠食者到这些海岸 a whole range of mammalian competitors and predators to these shores.
如今的新西兰人正在改正 Today, the people of New Zealand are making amends.
这是新西兰最知名的树... This is New Zealand's most famous tree...
贝壳杉 森林之王 Tane Mahuta, Lord of the Forest.
这种杉树比世上任何热带树 都有更多的木材 There's more wood in this kauri tree than in any other tropical tree in the world.
生态环境保护人员正极力保护和培育 这些特殊的森林 Conservationists are working hard to protect and nurture these special forests.
通过收集杉树种子并确保新树得以栽种 By collecting kauri seeds, they ensure that new trees can be cultivated
使森林延伸至从前的范围 and the forest expanded into its former range.
同时动物入侵者得到控制 Meanwhile, the animal invaders are being controlled,
鸟类只在偏远的小岛上幸存 and birds that only survived on small outlying islands
如今再次引入到这些大森林中 are now being reintroduced to these mighty forests.
回到所有群岛最偏远的夏威夷 Back in Hawaii, being the remotest of all archipelagos,
你可能期望珍稀的野生动物遭遇要好些 you might expect the unique wildlife to have fared rather better.
在低地 那些茂盛的海岸雨林充满着生物 In the lowlands, there are lush coastal rainforests teeming with life.
但没有本地生物 But not indigenous life.
这里你所看到动植物都不是本地的 None of the plants or animals you see here is actually native.
杰克逊变色龙是作为外国 宠物从东非引入的 Jackson's chameleons were brought from East Africa as exotic pets.
来自印度的白腰鹊鸲 来自北美的红衣主教 The white-rumped shama from India and the northern cardinal from North America
引进都增添了自然鸟类的生机 were both introduced to supplement the native bird life,
红嘴相思鸟是从中国引入的观赏鸟 while the red-billed leiothrix was a cage bird imported from China.
暗绿绣眼鸟是为控制虫害而引进的 And the Japanese white-eye was imported in an attempt to control insect pests.
人类到达前 每35000年才有一个新种类来到夏威夷 Before humans, only one new species reached Hawaii every 35,000 years.
现在上升至每年50个新种类 Now up to 50 new species turn up every year.
入侵者无处不在 Invaders are everywhere,
有些已产生了重大影响 and some have had a significant impact.
为了控制传入的老鼠 In an attempt to control introduced rats,
人类把印度猫鼬引入夏威夷 humans brought the Indian mongoose to Hawaii.
很不幸 没人考虑过老鼠是夜间活动 Unfortunately, no-one considered the fact that rats are nocturnal,
而猫鼬却是白天捕食的事实 while the mongoose hunts by day,
所以饥饿的猫鼬将注意力转到了 so the hungry mongoose turned its attention
毁灭岛上那些特有的鸟类生命上来 to decimating the island's unique bird life instead.
数千种类要感谢人类把它们 带到了太平洋各岛 Thousands of species have humans to thank
数千种类要感谢人类把它们 带到了太平洋各岛 for bringing them to islands throughout the Pacific.
对于要航行这片海洋的人类来讲 有一种动物是有价值的旅行伙伴 But there's one animal that has been a valued travelling companion
对于要航行这片海洋的人类来讲 有一种动物是有价值的旅行伙伴 for as long as people have sailed this ocean.
GRUNTING
人走到哪儿 Wherever people went,
猪跟到哪儿 pigs went too.
ALL SING
新西兰北面1200哩的瓦努阿图 In Vanuatu, 1,200 miles north of New Zealand,
塔纳岛上的人们为节目聚在一起 the people of Tanna Island have gathered for a festival.
就像西方文化中的名贵车 Like an expensive car in Western culture,
这里的猪是财富和地位的象征 here pigs are a symbol of wealth and status.
塔卡节是庆祝对抗宗族之间的战争结束 The Toka festival celebrates the end of warfare between rival clans,
猪是节日的中心 and pigs are at the centre of it.
为了参与 每个村庄必须拿些猪到节日上 To attend, each village must bring some to the party,
因此有许多猪 and that's a lot of pigs.
PIGS SQUEAL AND GRUNT
有些将杀掉用于宴会 其它的则分发掉 Some will be butchered for a feast, others given away.
想要带一头回家 But to take one of these pigs home,
一个家庭必须承诺某天会还帐 a family must agree to one day repay the debt...
这些猪债 ..and it's these pig debts
有助于不同村庄之间加固关系 that help strengthen the bonds between the different villages.
SINGING
主庆祝会场周围都是赠予和 接受的礼物资产 Major celebrations surround the giving and receiving of these prized assets.
塔卡节每三年或四年才举行一次 And since the Toka only occurs once every three or four years,
人人都抓紧改变装束 everyone jumps at the chance to dress up.
SINGING AND STAMPING
舞会将持续三天 The dancing goes on for three days.
在友谊赛的展示中每个村庄 都想要跳得比邻村好 Each village attempts to out-dance its neighbours
在友谊赛的展示中每个村庄 都想要跳得比邻村好 in a display of friendly rivalry.
你可以说这是瓦努阿图版的"舞动奇迹" You could say this is Strictly Come Dancing, Vanuatu-style.
SINGING
DRUMS BEAT RHYTHMICALLY
在过去 部落对抗是极为认真的 In the past, tribal rivalry was far more serious.
在岛上 能狩猎的野生动物很少 On this island, there were precious few wild animals to hunt.
猪是不可缺的蛋白质 Pigs would have been essential protein,
要是猪得瘟疫死了 岛民还有别的可吃么？ but if they died, perhaps through disease, what else did the islanders have to eat?
这些舞者的祖先是食人族 The great-grandparents of these dancers were cannibals.
在与世隔绝的太平洋岛屿上 生命常常前途未卜 Life on an isolated Pacific island is eternally poised on a knife-edge.
没什么地方比这个太平洋中最偏僻的孤岛更为明显的 Nowhere is this more apparent
没什么地方比这个太平洋中最偏僻的孤岛更为明显的 than on the single most remote island in the Pacific...
复活节岛 Easter Island.
这块弹丸之地是特别要讲述的故事 This tiny speck of land has an extraordinary story to tell,
新的转折至今才出现 with new twists turning up still to this day.
只有13哩长 7哩宽 Just 13 miles long and 7 miles wide,
复活节岛犹如一座城堡从海面上耸起 Easter Island rises like a fortress from the waves,
四周是一往无际的大海 surrounded by thousands of miles of ocean in every direction.
人类首次到达这里不足1千年 People first arrived here less than 1,000 years ago.
我们最想了解他们的文明 Most of what we know about their civilisation
只有从他们遗留下来的残迹中拼凑起来 can only be pieced together from the relics that remain.
这是一片陌生而荒凉的地方 It is a strange and desolate place.
阴冷又寒风凛冽的景色中最显著的特征 The most striking features in this bleak and windswept landscape
是数百座叫摩艾的石像 are the hundreds of giant stone statues, known as moai,
雕刻着貌似酋长或族长之类 thought to be carved in the likeness of chiefs or ancestors.
难以相信一个成长在如此贫瘠景致里的先进文明能够雕刻和竖立这些巨石 It's difficult to believe that an advanced culture
难以相信一个成长在如此贫瘠景致里的先进文明能够雕刻和竖立这些巨石 capable of carving and erecting these monoliths
难以相信一个成长在如此贫瘠景致里的先进文明能够雕刻和竖立这些巨石 grew up in such a barren landscape.
事实是 The truth is,
它不是 it didn't.
首批开拓者发现复活节岛时 When those first colonisers discovered Easter Island,
这里是天堂 this was a paradise.
这些空寂的峭壁 These empty cliffs
曾是南太平洋中最大的海鸟群栖息地 were once home to the largest seabird colonies in the South Pacific.
SEABIRDS CRY
肥沃的火山灰土滋养着巨大的棕榈林 Rich volcanic soils nourished a forest of giant palms
也是许多珍稀物种的发源地 that was home to many unique species,
包括复活节岛鹭 鹦鹉 秧鸡 鸮 including Easter Island versions of herons, parrots, rails and owls.
BIRDSONG
如今它们都消失了 Today, they are all gone.
SILENCE
人类最终没有做得更好 The people, ultimately, didn't do much better.
复活节岛的人类经历了兴盛和悲惨的灭亡 The rise and tragic demise of the Easter Islanders,
拉帕奴伊是现代传奇 the Rapa Nui, is now legendary.
这个采石场曾经有半数以上 This quarry once occupied the majority of the island's workforce,
数千的岛民在工作 thousands of people,
由于每个宗族都想把塑像 with each clan trying to carve and raise a bigger, grander figure
雕得比邻族更大更高 than those of their neighbours.
HAMMERING AND HUBBUB
用于传送和耸立摩艾的大量木材是心不可少的 Vast amounts of timber would have been required
用于传送和耸立摩艾的大量木材是心不可少的 to transport and erect the giant moai,
森林虽慢却一点点地消失了 and slowly but surely, the forests vanished.
最后 Eventually,
甚至没有木材用于造船了 there was no wood left even to build boats.
没有了捕鱼船 Without fishing boats,
他们就没有了食物主要来源 they would have been denied their main source of food,
也无法逃出 and their one means of escape.
当资源匮乏时 As resources dwindled,
复活节岛的社会走向了混乱和战争 Easter Island society descended into chaos and warfare.
或许是宗族之间的破坏行为 巨大的雕像被推翻在地 The giant statues were pulled to the ground...
或许是宗族之间的破坏行为 巨大的雕像被推翻在地 possibly acts of sabotage between rival clans.
房子被抛弃 房屋基石 Houses were abandoned and the foundation stones used
用来修建加固在地下洞穴里的居处 to construct fortified dwellings in caves underground.
甚至有迹象证实岛上任何可吃的都耗尽了 Some evidence even suggests that once everything edible had been consumed,
饥饿将产生不顾一切的行为-同类相食 the starving were driven to that most desperate of acts - cannibalism.
可以理解这个版本的复活节岛 历史留有争议 Understandably, this version of Easter Island's history remains controversial,
因为它暗示复活节岛上的人类 竟然是鼠目寸光 because it suggests the Rapa Nui were incredibly short-sighted.
当树木稀少时 为什么他们什么也不做呢？ As the trees dwindled, why did they do nothing about it?
有一个新的理论提出复活节岛上的人类 无法阻止他们的没落 But a new theory suggests the Rapa Nui were powerless to prevent their downfall,
当它们抵达这个岛上时 for when they arrived on this island,
他们不再孤独 they were not alone.
老鼠在太平洋每个角落都与人作伴 Rats travelled with people to every corner of the Pacific.
在复活节岛 它们的影响也许是灾难性的 On Easter Island, their impact may have been catastrophic.
染疫比例大为增加 它们吃光了野生的果实 Multiplying to plague proportions, they would have devoured the wild fruits,
海鸟、甚至棕榈树的果实 the seabirds, even the nuts of the giant palms,
所以树木也停止了繁殖 so that the trees may have stopped reproducing
很多年前，最后一颗树倒下之前 long before the last one was felled.
或许复活节岛的命运是砍倒最后一颗树的人未曾料想的 Perhaps the fate of Easter Island was not sealed
或许复活节岛的命运是砍倒最后一颗树的人未曾料想的 by the human who felled that last tree,
但是老鼠吃掉了最后一颗棕榈树的果实 but by the rat that ate the last palm nut.
其它南太平洋岛屿同样 看到文明的升起与陨落 Other South Pacific islands have also seen civilisations rise and fall,
虽然没有留下什么象拉帕奴伊的巨大塑像那么让人印象深刻的回忆 though none have left such dramatic reminders of their passing
虽然没有留下什么象拉帕奴伊的巨大塑像那么让人印象深刻的回忆 as the giant statues of the Rapa Nui.
如今的重新竖立 Now re-erected,
它们作为在一座与世隔绝的孤岛上 生命是多么的变幻无常的象征 they've come to symbolise how precarious life can be on an isolated island.
这座孤岛并没有被放弃 For this island has not been abandoned.
有几个拉帕奴伊人幸存下来 如今他们又再次兴盛 A few Rapa Nui survived, and now they're thriving once more,
招待来自外面世界的游客 entertaining visitors from the outside world.
栽种了树木 Trees have been planted,
尽管对于曾经生活在这里的 珍稀动物来说有点太晚了 though it's too late for the unique creatures that once lived here.
遍及太平洋各处的其它岛屿仍有时间 Elsewhere, on islands throughout the Pacific, there is still time.
人们努力移走不属于本地的动物 People are working hard to remove the creatures that don't belong here
再次为那些珍稀物种腾出空间 and make space once again for the curiosities,
从鹭鹤到鸮鹉 from kagus to kakapo,
南太平洋是如此独特而精彩的世界 that make the South Pacific such a uniquely wonderful world.
在节目所有的动物中 Of all the animals in this programme,
拍摄白腹树袋熊是困难的 the dingiso was the most difficult to film.
它极其罕见 只是近来才被西方科学家发现 It is extremely rare, and only recently discovered by Western science,
这也是小组要把它记录到影片的原因之一 which is one of the reasons why the team wanted to record it on camera.
他们要到山地部落的保留禁地中去寻找 Their quest took them to a forbidden land guarded by a mountain tribe.
没人知道前面有什么精彩的旅程 No-one knew what an emotional journey lay ahead.
他们飞到新几内亚的扑迦帕 They flew to Pogapa, New Guinea...
一个摩尼族的村庄 白腹树袋熊的守护者 a village of the Moni tribe, guardians of the dingiso.
会见将讨论来访者的提议 A meeting was called to discuss the visitors' proposal.
THEY SPEAK LOCAL LANGUAGE
对于摩尼族人 白腹树袋熊是祖传的神灵 To the Moni, the dingiso is an ancestral spirit.
捕捉它是绝对禁止的 那要如何拍到它那？ Hunting it is strictly forbidden. But how would they feel about filming it?
许多人从未见过莱克伍蒂迪 Many of these people have never visited Lake Wutidi,
白腹树袋熊生活在神圣之地 the sacred area where the dingiso lives,
所以让我们小组去那要下很大的决心 so letting our crew go there was a big decision.
我一直在想"要是他们走出去 There were so many times that I thought, "These people are gonna walk out the door
我们就得回家了" "and we're gonna have to go home."
最终我们人人都上船了 But eventually, we got everybody on board, and yeah,
我真得高兴这样通过了 现在终于可以上路了 I'm really glad we're over that and now we can finally get going.
派力蒙是同意陪同摄制小组的村庄族长 Pilemon is a village chief who agreed to accompany the team.
摩尼人现在真的热心帮助小组找到 在野外的白腹树袋熊 The Moni were now really keen to help the team track down a dingiso in the wild.
早上好! Good morning!
人人都以自己的步速行走 Everyone walked at their own pace.
拍摄小组不得不带着东西走得很慢 The film crew had to take things rather more slowly.
我们已经断送了未来 We've been left for dead
老妪和儿童 by the old ladies and the kids
带着发电机和摄影机 that are carrying the generator and the cameras
我们只是带着帐篷和其它剩下的东西！ and our tents and all the rest of the stuff that we brought!
小组到达了伍蒂迪禁区的边缘 The team has reached the edge of the sacred area of Wutidi.
从这里起 一切都变了 From here on in, everything changes.
因为从这里起 追踪将变得湿滑和危险 So from here, the trail gets really slippery and really dangerous,
我们前进很慢 so we've got to go very slow.
从现在起 有些我们使用的名称要改变 From here on out, some of the names we use change.
伍蒂迪是...我们不允许使用的 我们用教名 Wutidi is... We're not allowed to use that - we use the sacred name.
对于白腹树袋熊也同样 我们必须用白腹树袋熊的教名 Same for the dingiso. We have to use the sacred name for the dingiso...
我们不允许使用"dingiso"这词 we're not allowed to use the word "dingiso" any more.
小组继续攀登 The team continue to climb.
他们现在的海拨超过3000米 They are now over 3,000 metres above sea level.
这有点疯狂 景致完全变了 JAMES MAIR: It's madness. The landscape's totally changed.
这里空气干燥又稀薄 It's really dry and wiry and...sparse,
我认为这里有点像动物生活的栖息地 and I think this is the kind of habitat where the animal lives,
多数是 矮小的树木 kind of in the much more stunted trees.
最后来到了圣湖 他们必须牢记圣规 Finally, they reach the sacred lake. They must remember the sacred rules.
这是艾兹莫迦湖 This is Lake Ezimoga,
这是圣区里用得的名字 which is the name they use in the sacred area.
And this is a central point
- 这里是中心点 from which it's a good area to look for the manimomaga, - 是寻找美尼莫玛迦理想之地
这是我们要找的树袋鼠的另外的名字 which is the other name for the tree kangaroo we're looking for.
人人... And everyone's...
人人情绪高涨地来到这里 everyone's pretty emotional to be here.
甚至族长派力蒙也被深深地感动了 Even Chief Pilemon is deeply moved.
这个湖是摩尼文明中最重要的一部分 JOE YAGGI: This lake is one of the most important parts of the Moni culture.
对于来到这里 看到这块地方的伙计们来说 它是真正的大人物 It's a really, really big deal for these guys to come here, to see this place.
With base camp established,
大本营已经建立 搜索白腹树袋熊正式开始 the search for a dingiso begins in earnest,
不久派力蒙就宣布他找到线索 and it's not long before Pilemon announces he's found something.
PILEMON SPEAKS LOCAL LANGUAGE
地面上的迹象显示白腹树袋熊就在这里 迹象很新鲜 Signs on the ground suggest a dingiso was here, and the signs are fresh.
他说动物填满了约这么大的地方 所以它是很大的 He's saying the creature filled a space about this big, so he was quite large,
它用鼻子插入这里寻找虫子 and he sticks his nose in there, he's looking for worms,
因为它把鼻子插在这里 so he sticks his nose in there
所以它用爪将泥土推向外面 and he takes his claws, and pushes the soil out of the way.
但白腹树袋熊应该吃叶子不是虫子 But dingiso are supposed to eat leaves, not worms.
或许是食蚁兽或针鼹的痕迹 Perhaps these are the marks of a spiny anteater, or echidna.
派力蒙的动物感觉消除了小组的疑虑 他没错... Pilemon's impression of the animal reassures the team he wasn't mistaken...
针鼹不会爬树 echidnas don't climb trees.
这是对白腹树袋熊仅有的认知 It just shows how little is known about the dingiso.
看到这种动物存在的迹象真让人兴奋 JAMES MAIR: It's really exciting to see a kind of sign that this animal exists,
这感觉有点像是一个神话 cos it was kinda feeling a bit like a myth,
持续几个星期 它没有再回到这里 especially the last couple of weeks where it's taken so much to get here
拍摄的机会变得渺茫 and the chances of filming it have felt so slim,
但它的感觉就像马上就有机会似的 太好了 but it feels like we're kind of in with a chance now, which is great!
但动物仍是难以捉摸 But the animal itself remains elusive.
一个星期马上就要过去了 A week has now passed,
追踪员开始从不同方向加大搜索范围 and the trackers set out in different directions to widen the search.
这些人中只有三个从前看到过白腹树袋熊 Only three of these men have ever seen a dingiso before.
改善的机会正变得渺茫 The chances of improving on that are looking slim.
村里族长派力蒙穿越山谷到达另一边 Village chief Pilemon has crossed to the other side of the valley.
如果他发出好新消息 小组准备跟随 The crew are ready to follow if he signals good news.
第二天早上 有点特别 邮递员呼喊说有一封来自派力蒙的信 Next morning, bizarrely, the postman calls. It's a letter from Pilemon.
但没有我们想要的消息 But it's not the news they wanted.
他只是要新鲜的补给 He's just requesting fresh supplies.
小组差不多要放弃希望了 The team have all but given up hope.
那天深夜 Late that night,
族长派力蒙带着令人震惊的意外回到营地 Chief Pilemon arrives back in camp with a shocking surprise.
MAN SHOUTS
山谷另一边的伙计刚到 The guys from the other side of the valley have just come in,
我们不确定他们捉到没有 and we're not sure what they're carrying yet.
他们只是来到...营地 They've just come in to... to the camp.
小组作最坏的打算 The crew fear the worst.
SPEAKS IN LOCAL LANGUAGE
他显然带着一头活生生的动物 He appears to be carrying a live animal.
这不是我们的计划部分 This was never part of the plan.
在整个旅程中 小组试图讲明白 Throughout the trip, the crew had tried to make it clear
他们只是想拍摄野外的白腹树袋熊影片 they only wanted to film a dingiso in the wild.
这是白腹树袋熊 It is a dingiso.
小组成员不得不见证这非常不适的事 This was the very last thing any of the team wanted to witness,
它非常痛苦 and it was very distressing.
如今小组只为动物的健康担心 Now the team's only concern is for the animal's welfare.
我们明天必须要把它送回去 JAMES MAIR: We're gonna have to take it back with them tomorrow.
我们不能在这释放它 它必须放在出生领地上 We can't release it here - it needs to be released in its home territory.
所以我们要像这样让它过夜 Um...so we're gonna have to keep it like this overnight...
这是保证它安全的唯一方法 it's the only way that it can be kept safe...
明天把它送回释放 and then take it back and release it tomorrow.
SPEAKS IN LOCAL LANGUAGE
对于派力蒙来说 白腹树袋熊是一只神圣的动物 For Pilemon, the dingiso is a sacred animal.
所以他为捕获的神灵举行一个仪式 So he performs a ceremony to the spirits for capturing it.
一旦可以 小组就出发返回 白腹树袋熊在森林中的家 As soon as they can, the team set off to return the dingiso to its forest home.
白腹树袋熊在摩尼族文明 中是很受崇敬的 The dingiso is so highly revered in Moni culture
派力蒙想与它分享这野外的世界 that Pilemon wanted to share it with the outside world.
这似乎是奇异，用他的方法给小组 Strange as it seems, bringing it to the team
展示了对动物的极大敬意 was his way of showing great respect for the animal.
现在拍片更多是依赖白腹树袋熊 被释放后的表现 Filming it now depends on how the dingiso behaves once it's released.
我终于在那找到美尼莫玛迦 We're finally where the manimomaga was found.
我想肯定在树...我们周围的某棵树 I think it was literally at the tree... one of these trees just around us.
我们准备在丛林里释放它 看它会发生什么 We're gonna release it in the jungle and see what happens.
白腹树袋熊没有出现紧张或任何的伤害 这让小组大大的放心了 To the crew's great relief,
白腹树袋熊没有出现紧张或任何的伤害 这让小组大大的放心了 the dingiso doesn't appear to be stressed or harmed in any way.
它跃上一棵树 然后的行动就像什么事也没发生过 It bounds up a tree, and then acts as if nothing unusual has happened.
它开始吃点东西 这是个好信号 OK, he's started to feed a little bit, which is a great sign.
不管麻烦 护送等等一切 After all this trouble, and walking and everything,
看到它咀嚼着食物真的好高兴 it's really great just to see him chewing on a bit of food
打着几分盹 看上去好幸福 and kind of half dozing and looking a lot happier.
在那里 也应该在那里 在树上 There he is, where he should be, up in a tree.
树袋熊! Tree kangaroos!
对整个小组来说这是次激动人心的旅程 This had been an emotional journey for the whole team.
最终 Finally,
详细拍到了难以找到的几乎只存在神话里白腹树袋熊 intimate shots of the elusive, almost mythical dingiso