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沙漠
Deserts.

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沙漠
Deserts.

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灼热 荒凉而凶险
Scorched, desolate, hostile.

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但也同样充满生机
But, alive.

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上百万只饥饿的蝙蝠
One million hungry bats

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在夜晚降临之前飞出了它们安全的洞穴
Forced to leave the safety of their cave before nightfall.

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太阳的炙烤如此强烈
The sun is so powerful here,

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这里几乎没有任何食物
There's barely anything to eat.

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蝙蝠只有早些行动 才能捕捉到足够的昆虫
The bats can only catch enough insects by leaving early.

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但是 把自己暴露在阳光之下 非常危险
But, in daylight, they're dangerously exposed.

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鹰等来了时机
Hawks wait for them.

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在沙漠中 时机至关重要
In the desert, timing is everything.

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把握不好 就会让你代价惨重
Get it wrong and you pay the price.

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太阳掌控着沙漠生命的节奏
The sun governs the rhythm of desert life.

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动物们在这里生活
And the animals that make their home here

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要完全受太阳的支配
Are at the mercy of its power.

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水深火热的星球

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在我头顶上方是一个直径可达160万公里的巨大核反应堆
Above me is a nuclear reactor almost a million miles across.

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太阳每秒喷发的能量能超过人类历史上
Every second, the sun spits out more energy than humans

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消耗的全部能量
Have used in all our history.

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而当你置身沙漠 对太阳威力的感受将最为深切
And nowhere is its power more potent than in the desert.

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然而不可思议的是 竟然有动物终生都生活在这种
Amazingly, there are animals that spend their lives

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炽热的环境中
In this scorching heat.

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但是现在 地球上最炎热的地方正变得更加炙烤
But now the hottest places on earth are getting even hotter.

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就连最顽强的动物也面对着前所未有的
And even the most resilient creatures are facing a fight

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斗争
Like never before.

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太阳的统治开始了
The sun's rule begins.

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从现在开始 每过去一个小时 生存就愈加艰难
From now on, survival gets tougher by the hour.

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努比亚羱羊生活在沙漠中最高
Nubian ibex make their home in the highest,

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最陡峭的地方
Steepest corners of the desert.

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在这里养育两个孩子 简直无法想象
A daunting place to raise two kids.

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(bleating).

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然而它们最大的挑战却来自太阳
But, their greatest challenge comes from the sun.

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过去几十年里
In the last few decades,

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热浪变得越来越强烈
Heatwaves have become more severe.

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努比亚羱羊需要水 但是水源在300多米以下的地方
They need water, but it lies 1000 feet below.

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这对只有几天大的幼崽们来说 是一次危险之旅
It's a perilous journey for kids only a few days old.

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但是它们软底攀岩鞋般的蹄子能牢牢抓住岩壁
But, their soft soled hooves grip like climbing shoes.

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它们似乎也不会恐高 目眩
And, they appear utterly immune to vertigo.

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这些被太旧炙烤的陡峭山坡上 几乎没有任何植物
Little grows on these steep, sun baked slopes.

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它们的脚下只有不断崩塌的岩石
All that's underfoot is crumbling rock.

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在太阳的驱赶下
Driven downward by the sun,

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努比亚羱羊一家快要到山脚了
The family's journey is almost over.

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但是现在 它们远离了
But now, they no longer enjoy the protection

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高耸悬崖的保护
Of the high cliffs.

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一只阿拉伯狼出现了
An arabian wolf.

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它的体重是努比亚羱羊幼崽的1O倍之多
He outweighs an ibex kid ten to one.

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在这片沙漠中 它是努比亚羱羊最害怕的猎食者
In this desert, he's the ibex's most feared predator.

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妈妈让孩子们攀上山坡
By keeping her family up slope,

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它的纤瘦体形占据了优势
She has a slender advantage.

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但是滚落的岩石无法阻止阿拉伯狼
But falling rocks won't stop him.

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幼崽拥有无可战胜的灵活性
The kids have unbeatable agility,

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但是它们经验不足
But lack experience.

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妈妈现在无能为力了
There's nothing the mother can do.

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接下来 它将集中自己的全部精力
Now, she will focus all her energy on protecting

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来保护和养育唯一的幼崽
And providing for her remaining kid.

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在太阳无法照射到的峡谷中
Deep in the canyon, sheltered from the sun,

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则是另一番景象
It's a different world.

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这就是它们铤而走险的原因
This is what they've risked everything for.

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这也是沙漠中最宝贵的资源
The desert's most precious resource.

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它们的生命线
A lifeline.

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但这也让它们代价巨大
But a costly one.

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太阳逐渐爬升 它的威力也在加强
As the sun climbs higher its power intensifies,

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而它对沙漠生命的蹂躏也在变本加厉
Tightening its grip on desert life.

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在一些地方 任何能生存下来的动物
In some places, it seems miraculous

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都堪称奇迹
That anything can survive.

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这里气温的上升速度
The temperature here is rising three times faster

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是全球平均水平的3倍
Than the global average.

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这座矿城是60多年前废弃的
This mining town was abandoned over 60 years ago.

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据说这些建筑里会闹鬼
Some believe these buildings are haunted.

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但是行走在这座鬼城之中的
But whatever's stalking this ghost town

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却是活生生的动物
Is very much alive.

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在非洲的纳米布沙漠中
In africa's namib desert...

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一只非洲鬣狗在一座鬼城中安了家
A brown hyena has set up home in a ghost town.

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它的幼崽们非常饥饿
Her pups are hungry.

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在这个荒凉的地方 似乎不太可能
And, finding food in this desolate landscape

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找到食物
Seems impossible.

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但是在一公里之外 这片沙漠却连接着
Yet, less than a mile away, the desert meets one of the

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世界上富饶的海洋
Richest seas in the world.

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大西洋把生命带到了纳米布沙漠
The atlantic brings life to the namib.

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成千上万只南非海狗聚集于此
Thousands of cape fur seals.

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海狗幼崽极易成为攻击目标
Pups could be an easy target.

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它们就像将近7公斤重的脂肪球
15 pound balls of blubber,

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完全无法适应沙漠的生活
Totally unsuited to desert life.

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黑背胡狼也展开了捕猎行动
Black backed jackals are also on the hunt.

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但是海狗幼崽身边有难以应付的保镖
But, the pups have formidable bodyguards.

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这么大规模的海狗聚居地
In a colony this size,

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会有不少其它机会
There are plenty of other opportunities.

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一个从初生宝宝身上脱落的胎盘
A placenta from a recent birth.

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一个从初生宝宝身上脱落的胎盘
A placenta from a recent birth.

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因为有3只幼崽需要喂养
With three pups of her own to feed,

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这只鬣狗要选择更大的目标
The hyena needs a bigger meal.

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随着海滩温度的升高 “保镖”们回到了海水中
As the land heats up, bodyguards retreat to the sea.

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南非海狗拥有锋利的牙齿
Armed with sharp teeth,

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甚至落单的幼崽都敢于积极反抗
Even a lone pup can put up a brave fight.

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等到太阳发挥威力 捕猎或许更容易一些
It's easier to wait until the sun takes its toll.

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被热昏头的海狗幼崽
Disoriented by the punishing heat,

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在沙漠中迷失了方向
This pup strays into the desert.

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鬣狗掌握了完美的捕猎时机
She timed her hunt to perfection.

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是时候在一天中最炎热的时刻放松一下了
Now it's time to relax during the heat of the day.

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即使现在气温还在不断升高
Even now, with temperatures still rising,

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但并非所有动物都能够休息
Not all animals can afford to rest.

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这些细尾獴幼崽刚出生5周
These meerkat pups are just five weeks old.

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还需要学习许多关于沙漠生存的技巧
They still have a lot to learn about desert survival.

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现在是旱季
It's a dry season.

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6个月之后才会有降雨
Rain is six months away.

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最近的河流已经7年没有水了
And the closest river hasn't flowed in seven years.

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寻找食物是最大的挑战
Finding food is the toughest challenge.

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大部分食物都隐藏在炙热的沙土之下
Most of it's hiding under sun-baked soil.

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成年细尾獴负责放哨 警惕危险
With adults on guard duty scanning for danger.

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随时准备发出警告
Ready to sound the alarm.

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幼崽们则可以安全地开始学习了
It's safe for the pups' lessons to begin.

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首先是挖掘
First, digging.

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这比想象中要难
Harder than it looks.

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成年细尾獴几秒钟就能挖出相当于自己体重的沙土
An adult can dig its own body weight every few seconds.

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但是对一只幼崽来说 求助会更容易一些
But, for a pup, it's easier to beg.

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何不把繁重的工作交给成年细尾獴呢
Why not let the adults do the hard work?

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然而 得来之食未必能直接下肚
But, not all handouts make for a simple meal.

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一只蝎子
A scorpion.

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成年细尾獴已经破坏了蝎子的蛰针
The adult has already disabled its stinger,

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但蝎子的蛰仍然功能完备
But its pincers are still fully functional.

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学习如何应对危险的动物
Learning how to deal with dangerous animals

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学习如何应对危险的动物
Learning how to deal with dangerous animals

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是一项重要的沙漠技能
Is a vital desert skill.

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很快就该休息一下了
All too soon, it's time for a break.

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它们需要在灼热阳光下找到阴凉
They need to find shade in the searing sun.

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但是课程还没有结束
But, lessons aren't over yet.

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在非洲的卡拉哈里沙漠中
In Africa's Kalahari Desert,

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一只年幼的细尾獴遭遇了一条金黄眼镜蛇
A young meerkat is face to face with a cape cobra.

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一对一 它陷入了大麻烦
One on one, he's in big trouble.

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但家人在听到求救声之后
But when his family hear the call,

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迅速赶来营救
They race to the rescue.

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这将是最重要的一课
This will be one of the most important lessons of all.

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如何对付一条有剧毒的金黄眼镜蛇
How to handle a venomous cobra.

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如果它们不能把这条蛇赶出领地
If they can't see the snake off their territory,

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整个细尾獴家族仍将面临风险
The entire family remains at risk.

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细尾獴幼崽现在知道
The pups now know,

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它们在这片凶险的沙漠中 生存的秘诀就是
Their secret to living in this inhospitable desert,

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团队合作
Teamwork.

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时间接近中午
Midday is approaching.

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学习结束了 是时候躲藏起来了
School's over and it's time to take shelter.

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因为未来的几小时 太阳将施展全部的威力
For the next few hours, the sun's full power is unleashed.

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很少有动物能在外面生存下来
Very few animals can survive out in the open.

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纳米布沙漠 纳米比亚
这是世界上最古老的沙漠
This is the world's oldest desert.

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它至少存在了5500万年
It's existed for at least 55 million years.

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如今这里的气温还在不断升高
And now the temperature is rising even higher.

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一个世纪增加一两度或许不算什么
An extra degree or two a century may not sound much.

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但当动物们已被逼近极限时
But where creatures are already pushed to the limit

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这就会关乎生死
It could be fatal.

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中午时分 沙子的温度甚至能熔化你的鞋子
At midday, the sand is hot enough to melt your shoes.

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铲吻蜥蜴会通过“跳舞”
The shovel snouted lizard

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来避免自己的脚被烫伤
Avoids burning its feet by dancing.

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隆头蛛能够承受其它蜘蛛
The buck spoor spider can survive higher temperatures

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难以忍受的温度
Than any other spider.

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近40摄氏度的高温
Up to 120 fahrenheit.

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但是气温很快会升得更高
But it's gonna get hotter than that.

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它必须快速织出一个沙毯
She must work fast, weaving a blanket of sand

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来覆盖自己洞穴的入口
To cover the entrance to her burrow,

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而它就能躲在里面纳凉
Where she escapes the heat.

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现在 沙子的温度超过了70摄氏度
Now, the sand hits 160 degrees.

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但是对沙漠速蚁来说 这只是工作日的开始
Yet, for hotrod ants, it's the start of the working day.

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在沙丘上 它们搜寻着太阳的受害者
Alone on the dunes, they scavenge the sun's victims.

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长腿真是帮了大忙
Long legs are a lifesaver.

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仅仅升高了5毫米 温度就会下降12度
Just a fifth of an inch up is 12 degrees cooler.

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速蚁真是名副其实
And, the hotrods live up to their name,

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它们跑动得如此之快 甚至能制造出阵阵凉风
Running so fast they create a cooling breeze.

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地面温度升的太高时 它们会完全离开地面
When it gets too much, they climb off the sand entirely.

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通过挑战自己的耐热生存极限
By pushing the limits of thermal survival,

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蚂蚁可以在它们的天敌躲藏时 自如行动
The ants can be active when their predators are in hiding.

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但是它们也必须尽快返回巢穴
But, even they must get back to the nest soon.

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以免被烤焦
Before they boil to death.

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蚂蚁的挣扎不会被忽略
The ants' struggles won't go unnoticed.

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震动沿着丝线传到了
Vibrations travel down silk threads,

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地下洞穴中
To an underground lair.

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有时候 隆头蛛会把杀戮交给太阳
Sometimes, the spoor spider lets the sun do its killing.

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它则会晚一点出现 获取现成的食物
It will emerge later to eat its precooked meal.

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在世界各地的沙漠中
Across the world's deserts,

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气温都会在午后达到最高点
Temperature peak in the early afternoon.

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这些地放几乎没有一丝生命的迹象
With barely a trace of life,

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看起来就像是火星的表面
These landscapes look like the surface of mars.

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而从太空中 我们可以充分领略到沙漠的地貌之美
From space, the full beauty of desert geology is revealed.

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在非洲 撒哈拉之眼有48公里宽
In africa, the eye of the sahara is 30 miles wide.

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那是有着数百万年历史的 坍塌的圆顶形岩石
A collapsed dome of rock millions of years old.

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在我们日渐温暖的世界中 如果沙漠继续扩张
Landscapes like this will become more common if deserts

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这种景象会变得越来越普遍
Continue to expand in our warming world.

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现在最接近沙漠化的大陆
Right now, the closest we have to a desert continent

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就是澳大利亚
Is Australia.

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这是最干旱的大陆板块栖息地
The driest of all inhabited land masses.

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面积相当于美国加州和蒙大拿州之和的地区
A brutal drought has hit an area the size of

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遭遇了可怕的干旱
California and Montana combined.

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在一些地方 年降水量甚至不足25毫米
In places, under an inch of rain has fallen in a year.

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现在 最重要的就是生存下来
Right now, survival is all that matters.

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和小型动物不同
Unlike smaller animals,

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红袋鼠无法钻到洞穴中躲避高温
Red kangaroos can't burrow to escape the heat.

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而是进化成沙漠中
Instead, they have evolved to be some of the toughest

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最顽强的动物
Of all desert creatures.

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但在46摄氏度的高温下 它们也快顶不住了
But at 115 degrees, even they begin to struggle.

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这位妈妈和它的幼崽就快中暑了
This mother and her joey are dangerously overheating.

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它们必须尽快躲藏起来
They must find shelter and fast.

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在澳大利亚 一只红袋鼠和它的幼崽
In Australia, a kangaroo and her joey

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被热浪威胁
Are dangerously overheating.

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它们只有一个躲避的机会
They have one chance to escape.

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阴凉能让太阳的威力减弱80%
Shade cuts the sun's energy by 80%.

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但是后来者是不受欢迎的
But latecomers are not welcome.

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在太阳的威力达到极点时
In the full force of the sun,

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这位妈妈必须发挥所有的生存技能
This mother must draw on all her survival skills.

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挖坑能让它有所缓解
Digging offers a little relief.

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仅在十几厘米的地下
Just five inches underground,

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土壤的温度就能比地表低10摄氏度
The soil can be 50 degrees cooler.

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它最后的办法是使用储备的宝贵水分
As a last resort, she uses precious water reserves.

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唾液的蒸发能给皮下毛细血管中的
Evaporating saliva cools the blood in capillaries

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血液降温
Beneath her skin.

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但是温度还在升高
But the heat keeps rising.

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澳大利亚接收的太阳能量
Australia receives more solar energy

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比其它大陆板块都多
Than any other landmass.

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红袋鼠几乎丧失了移动的力量
They barely have the strength to move.

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因为几乎没有任何食物
And, with almost nothing left to eat

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它们处于饿死的边缘
They're all slowly starving.

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如果遭受最严酷的干旱 80％的红袋鼠会死去
In the most severe droughts, 80% of red kangaroos can die.

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它们的尸体会在干燥的沙漠空气中迅速变成干尸
Their bodies quickly mummify in the dry, desert air.

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但是几只异常顽强的红袋鼠
Yet, a few of the very toughest kangaroos

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却生存了下来
Somehow manage to survive.

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当降雨最终到来时 它们的后代
When the rains finally come, their offspring will

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将重新返回澳大利亚的内陆
Repopulate the outback.

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并非所有的沙漠都荒凉得令人绝望
Not all deserts are so desperately bleak.

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索诺拉沙漠 美国亚利桑那州
树形仙人掌可以长到18米的高度 重量可达两吨
Saguaro cacti can tower over 60 feet and weigh two tons.

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而它只是这里生长的2000多个植物物种之一
Just one of over 2,000 plant species that grow here.

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在这片充满绿色和尖剌的沙漠中
In this green, spiky desert.

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一只年幼的栗翅鹰遇到了一个麻烦
A young harris hawk has a problem.

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它的猎物有许多地方可以躲藏
There are lots of places for his prey to hide.

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这让栗翅鹰进化出了不同于其它鸟类的捕食策略
It forces harris hawks to hunt like no other bird.

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群体捕食
In a pack.

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太阳开始下落
And, now the sun's dropping.

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现在足够凉爽 可以发动攻击了
It's cool enough to launch an attack.

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作为最小的家庭成员
As the youngest family member,

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它的工作就是把兔子赶到开阔地带
His job is to flush the rabbit into the open.

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而在上空 它的母亲协调着捕猎行动
Above, his mother coordinates the hunt.

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其余的家庭成员则各就各位
The rest of the family take their positions,

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准备追击
Ready for the chase.

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俯冲标志着攻击的开始
A dive signals that the hunt is on.

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三位追逐者开始了围捕
The three chasers enter the game.

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第一次失败了 而另一名追逐者继续跟进
After a miss, another chaser takes over.

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最终轮到了最年幼的栗翅鹰
Finally, it's the youngster's turn.

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通过每秒钟拍打4次翅膀
Beating his wings four times a second,

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它能加速到时速近50公里
He accelerates to over 30 miles an hour.

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通过团队合作
By working as a team,

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栗翅鹰大大增加了成功几率
The hawks more than double their chances of success.

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这是在沙漠多遮蔽地区
A smart hunting strategy

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发展出的巧妙捕食策略
In a desert with so many places to hide.

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索诺拉沙漠是美国
The sonoran is the most diverse desert

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最多变的沙漠
In the united states.

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季节性风暴为它带来了生机
But, the monsoonal storms that bring it life

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但也带来了可怕的怪物
Also spawn monsters.

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在美国西部夏季的午后
On summer afternoons in the western united states,

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太阳迫使积聚在空气中的水分 形成风暴
The sun whips up winds that suck moist air

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投向沙漠地区
Into the desert.

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风暴为这片土地带来了生机
Storms bring life to the land.

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但有时候风也能造就可怕的怪物
But, sometimes the winds generate a monster.

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它以80公里的时速移动着
Moving at 50 miles an hour.

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沙尘暴能够吞没沿途的动物
A dust storm can engulf and even suffocate

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甚至让它们窒息
The animals in its path.

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太阳势不可挡的破坏力展露无遗
An unstoppable manifestation of the sun's destructive power.

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傍晚时分 沙漠终于稍稍恢复了平静
By late afternoon, deserts finally become less hostile.

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天气变得平稳而凉爽
Conditions are calmer and cooler.

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这是捕猎的完美时机
The perfect time for a hunter.

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虽然白天即将结束
It may be the end of the day,

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但是这只狞猫的捕猎才刚刚开始
But this caracal is just getting started.

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它要寻找的猎物要回巢过夜了
The prey she's after are all coming home for the night.

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成百上千只群居织巢鸟 返回它们巨大的公共鸟巢
Hundreds of sociable weaver birds return to roost in their

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栖息
Enormous communal nest.

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强壮的后腿把狞猫弹向空中
Muscular legs propel her into the air.

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张开的爪子则像钩锚一样锋利
And, with claws splayed like grappling hooks

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它会努力抓住任何它能触及到的织巢鸟
She'll try to catch any bird within reach.

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它能垂直跳跃3米多高
She can leap 11 feet vertically.

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这可能是它日落之前最后的机会
This could be her last chance before sunset.

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沙漠不会轻易放弃它稀有的资源
Deserts seldom give up their scarce resources.

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但是狞猫会在夜间继续捕猎
But, the caracal will continue hunting through the night.

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它只是众多利用终极生存策略
She's just one of many species that use the ultimate

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对抗太阳的物种之一
Survival strategy against the sun.

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那就是调整生命节奏 以完全地避开太阳
Timing their lives to avoid it almost entirely.

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只有到了晚上
It's only at night that

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沙漠才会展示出真正的魔力
The true magic of deserts is revealed.

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这些耳廓狐白天会躲藏起来
These fennec foxes have been holed up for the day,

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只等夜晚的到来
Waiting for darkness.

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所以你很难看到它们
Just to catch a glimpse of them is extremely rare.

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见到两只耳廓孤幼崽则更是难得
Let alone to see two pups.

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它们进入了一个充满动物的世界中
They've emerged into a world bustling with creatures,

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这些动物已经在地球上最大的沙漠中适应了夜间生活
Adapted to a nocturnal life in our planet's largest dessert.

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浓密的皮毛能起到隔绝作用 从而帮助耳廓狐御寒
Dense fur insulates the fennecs against the cold.

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反光的视网膜可以增强它们的夜视能力
A reflective retina enhances night vision.

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巨大的耳朵则能够锁定极其微弱的声音
And, enormous ears pinpoint the slightest sound.

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能有如此众多的动物在这种初看起来
The fact that such a diversity of animals can thrive here in

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难以生存的环境中兴盛起来
A landscape that at first seems uninhabitable,

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本身就非常不可思议
Is remarkable.

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然而对于在夜间活动的沙漠动物来说
Yet, for all nocturnal desert animals,

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生活就是在和时间赛跑
Life is a race against time.

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很快 太阳将再次升起
Soon enough, the sun will rise again.

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伴随着每一天的开始 这里的生活也变得愈加艰难
With each new day, life here gets more challenging.

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随着全球气温的升高
As global temperatures rise ever higher,

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我们的沙漠几乎每年
Our deserts are expanding by almost

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都会扩张近13万平方公里
50,000 square miles every year.

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所以或许只有充满创造力和身经百战的沙漠动物
So, perhaps the ingenious and battle hardened creatures of

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能够继承地球
The desert might just inherit the earth.

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在澳大利亚 沙漠生命展示了
In Australia, desert life shows its remarkable ability

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非凡的恢复能力
To bounce back.

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红袋鼠这样的动物
Creatures like the red kangaroo have evolved over

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经过无数个世代的进化 适应了太阳的威力
Countless generations to cope with the power of the sun.

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它们在几乎没有食物和水的环境中存活下来
They thrive in a landscape with barely any food or water.

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并能在人类难以生存的环境中
And are able to raise a new generation in conditions

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繁衍生息
That would kill us.

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我们不知道变暖的世界究竟会带给我们怎样的命运
We don't know exactly what our warming world will bring.

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但是不论发生什么 可以肯定的是
But, whatever happens, you can bet that desert animals will

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沙漠动物绝对不会轻易放弃
Never give up without a fight.

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