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This display of raw power and aggression .
这种原始力量和侵略性的表现

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is the way by which a male chimpanzee
是雄性黑猩猩

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proclaims his high status.
宣布他的崇高地位

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He is willing to fight anyone if necessary.
必要时他愿意与任何人战斗

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Male chimpanzees may become dominant in their 20s,and high rank brings
雄性黑猩猩在20多岁时可能会成为支配者 高等级会带来

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great privileges,such as the right to mate.
极大的特权 如交配权

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But not every male chimp is in the same position.
但并非所有雄性黑猩猩都处于相同的位置

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Damien,so named by the researchers observing him,is 14 years of age
达米恩 由观察他的研究人员命名 14岁

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and not yet old enough to be dominant.
而且还没有老到可以称霸的程度

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Adolescence is a testing time in a chimp's life.
青春期是黑猩猩生命中的一个考验期

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This is when he must decide if and how he will stand out
此时他必须决定是否以及如何脱颖而出

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from other young males.
从其他年轻男性那里

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The chimpanzees of Ngogo in Uganda live in the largest chimp society
乌干达恩戈戈的黑猩猩生活在最大的黑猩猩社会中

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known to science.
为科学所知

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And thanks to the year-round abundance of food,there are nearly
多亏了全年丰富的食物 这里几乎有

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always females ready to mate.
雌性总是随时准备交配

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Some years,more than 20 babies are born here.
有些年 超过20个婴儿在这里出生

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But the majority of them are fathered by the most dominant males.
但他们中的大多数人的父亲是最具统治力的男性

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The females usually have little say in the matter.
女性在这件事上通常没有什么发言权

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Coercion is common.
强迫是常见的

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In time,Damien may become dominant,and then he too may use his rank
随着时间的推移 达米恩可能会占据统治地位 然后他也可以使用他的军衔

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and strength to gain access to females.
以及接近女性的力量

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For now,though,he's always respectful to his superiors
不过现在 他总是尊重他的上司

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and shows that by taking his turn to groom them.
通过轮到他来为他们梳洗来证明这一点

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He lacks the physical strength of the dominant males,
他缺乏优势男性的体力

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but he's old enough to mate,so he's found a different way
但他已经长大到可以交配了 所以他找到了另一种方式

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of getting close to a female.
接近一个女性

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This is Penelope.
我是佩内洛普

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She's a friend of Damien's,and he is regularly
她是达米恩的朋友 他经常

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beside her when she needs a scratch.
当她需要擦伤的时候 在她身边

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This is Sabin.
我是萨宾

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She,too,is a friend of Damien's.
她也是达米恩的朋友

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Then there's Maya and Anna.
还有玛雅和安娜

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Damien may not be the biggest or the strongest,
Damien可能不是最大或最强的

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but he's a popular chimp.
但他是一只很受欢迎的黑猩猩

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And it's not just a grooming service he offers.
他提供的不仅仅是美容服务

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As any mother of two will tell you,offering to play with the kids
任何两个孩子的母亲都会告诉你 愿意和孩子们一起玩

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while she has a break is a sure-fire way of ingratiating yourself.
当她休息的时候 肯定是讨好你自己的好方法

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These are not his offspring,but Damien often spends time
这些不是他的后代 但达米恩经常花时间

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with Anna and her infants,on hand for a spot of childcare.
带着安娜和她的孩子 在手边照看孩子

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And that has led to the two of them having a special bond.
这使得他们俩有了一种特殊的关系

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But now Anna has come into oestrus - her most fertile time.
但现在安娜进入了发情期——她最有生育能力的时期

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And an older male knows that she has.
一个年长的男人知道她有

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Damien gives him a wide berth.
达米恩对他敬而远之

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For now,all he can do is to watch from the sidelines.
现在 他所能做的就是站在场边观看

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A female who's already proved herself to be a capable mother
一位已经证明自己是一位有能力的母亲的女性

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is always in high demand when she becomes ready to mate again.
当她准备好再次交配时 她的需求量总是很大

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Shaking branches signals the older males desire to mate.
摇动的树枝表明年长的雄性想要交配

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She is clearly nervous.
她显然很紧张

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And before he gets a chance to get really close,her calls alert
在他有机会真正接近之前 她打电话提醒他

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the other heavyweight males.
其他重量级男子

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They will be prepared to fight for a chance to mate.
它们将准备为交配机会而战

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Damien knows he would stand no chance against them.
达米恩知道他没有机会对抗他们

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Despite their bravado,in the chaos,none of them succeeds
尽管他们虚张声势 但在混乱中 他们都没有成功

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in mating with Anna.
与安娜交配

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After,the males are keen to repair their friendships .
之后 雄性渴望修复他们的友谊

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and Anna slips away.
安娜溜走了

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With the threat of violence gone for the moment and being slightly
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away from the dominant group .
远离主导群体

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Damien finally gets close to Anna while she's still fertile.
Damien终于在Anna还可以生育的时候接近了她

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It's not uncommon for males to develop close friendships
男性发展亲密的友谊并不罕见

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with females in order to mate.
与雌性交配

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And Damien has clearly got a talent for doing just that because,
Damien显然有这样做的天赋因为

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two years ago,he became the youngest father in the history
两年前 他成为历史上最年轻的父亲

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of the Ngogo group .
Ngogo集团的成员

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which proves that a little charm can go a long way.
这证明了一点魅力可以走很长的路

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Jungles cover just 2% of the planet,but they're home to 80% of all
丛林只占地球的2% 但它们是80%地球的家园

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land-living animal species.
陆生动物种类

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To win the mating game in these dense forests,
为了在茂密的森林里赢得交配的机会

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you need to find a way to stand out,and some male animals
你需要找到一种脱颖而出的方法 还有一些雄性动物

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spend their entire lives honing their seduction techniques.
他们一生都在磨练诱惑技巧

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In the remote valleys of New Guinea,there are strange sounds .
在新几内亚的偏远山谷里 有奇怪的声音

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and the most curious constructions
还有最奇怪的结构

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that mystified the first European explorers.
这使第一批欧洲探险家感到困惑

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Some believed these structures had been made by the local people
一些人认为这些建筑是当地人建造的

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in their tribal rituals.
在他们的部落仪式中

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They're ringed with moss and littered with seeds.
它们长满了苔藓 到处都是种子

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Strange decorations hang from the branches nearby.
附近的树枝上挂着奇怪的装饰品

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But,in fact,this 60 centimetre tall construction has been built
但事实上 这座60厘米高的建筑已经建成

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by a bird no bigger than a thrush .
一只比画眉鸟还小的鸟

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a male MacGregor's bowerbird.
一只雄性麦克格雷戈鲍伯德犬

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He has built this tower with hundreds of sticks,
他用几百根棍子建造了这座塔

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and he maintains it year after year.
他年复一年地维护着它

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It has one purpose and one purpose only .
它有一个目的 而且只有一个目的

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to impress females.
给女性留下深刻印象

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It requires constant maintenance.
它需要经常维护

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What's that stick doing there?
那根棍子在那里干什么？

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That won't do!
那不行！

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But now this.
但是现在这个

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Perfect!
完美的

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This construction,his bower,dominates his life.
这个建筑 他的凉亭 主宰着他的生活

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With maintenance done for the day,it's time to renew the decorations.
一天的维护工作完成后 是时候更换装饰品了

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Rotting berries and .
腐烂的浆果和

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caterpillar droppings.
毛虫粪便

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Delightful!
使人快乐的

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A female assesses his construction,and now he sings to her.
一个女人评估他的构造 现在他给她唱歌

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As a younger bird,before he started gathering sticks .
作为一只年轻的鸟 在他开始收集树枝之前

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he collected sounds .
他收集声音

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and now,to entice her closer,he reproduces some of them.
现在 为了吸引她靠近 他复制了其中的一些

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Some are songs he has heard elsewhere in the forest .
有些是他在森林里其他地方听到的歌

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the calls of other kinds of birds.
其他鸟类的叫声

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Others are harder to identify.
其他人更难识别

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Chopping wood,perhaps.
也许是砍柴吧

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A barking dog.
吠叫的狗

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Even the sound of children playing .
甚至孩子们玩耍的声音

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and their frustrated parents.
还有他们沮丧的父母

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The range of his mimicry,it seems,like his bower,is also a way
他模仿的范围 就像他的凉亭一样 似乎也是一种方式

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of impressing her.
给她留下深刻印象

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She seems to be listening attentively.
她似乎在专心听

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Now they begin to dance around their maypole.
现在他们开始绕着五月柱跳舞

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He's careful not to completely reveal himself.
他很小心 没有完全暴露自己

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Excitement mounts.
兴奋之情与日俱增

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And now he goes for it.
现在 他开始努力了

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Was it too soon?
是不是太早了？

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She's back .
她回来了

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still interested.
仍然感兴趣

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Their union is brief.
他们的结合是短暂的

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She will now return to her nest,lay her eggs and raise her young .
她现在将回到她的巢穴 产卵并抚养她的幼崽

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while he stays beside his maypole,
当他呆在他的五月柱旁

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keeping it in good repair,
保持良好的维修状态

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ready for more females.
准备迎接更多的女性

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On Kenya's forested mountain slopes .
在肯尼亚森林覆盖的山坡上

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another male will also have to seek the approval of a female
另一名男性也必须寻求女性的批准

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if they are to mate .
如果他们要交配

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a Jackson's chameleon.
一只杰克逊变色龙

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He lives high in the trees,camouflaged among the foliage.
他隐匿在树叶中 住在高高的树上

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A loner,he rarely ventures to lower levels.
作为一个孤独的人 他很少冒险到较低的层次

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One thing,however,will entice him down.
然而 有一件事会让他失望

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Females usually stay at lower levels in the vegetation.
雌性通常停留在植被的较低水平

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But despite his panoramic vision,looking for a partner can be tricky
但是 尽管他视野开阔 寻找伴侣还是很棘手的

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when your potential mate matches her surroundings so closely.
当你的潜在伴侣与周围环境如此接近时

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Leaf .
叶

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or partner?
还是合伙人？

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To him,it seems she's perfect and,from now on,
在他看来她很完美而且从现在开始

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he's only got eyes for her.
他只盯着她

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She is less interested .
她不太感兴趣

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but she's keeping an eye on him.
但她一直在监视他

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He could be a mate.
他可能是个伴侣

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He's able to change the spacing between pigment cells in his skin
他能够改变皮肤中色素细胞之间的间距

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and so emphasise different colours.
因此强调不同的颜色

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And this is how they communicate .
这就是他们沟通的方式

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and how he hopes to court her.
以及他希望如何向她求爱

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His opening gambit is to turn bright green .
他的开场白是变成鲜绿色

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and then to flare his neck to signal his desire.
然后张开脖子表示他的愿望

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Next,his signature move - a sort of staccato quickstep.
接下来是他的招牌动作——一种断断续续的快步

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It's got her interested.
这让她很感兴趣

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Then a bit of sidestepping.
然后有点回避

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And,lastly,a brandish of his magnificent trio of horns.
最后 他挥舞着华丽的三角

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She casts a critical eye over him.
她用挑剔的眼光看着他

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If she then turns bright green herself,he's probably
如果她自己变成鲜绿色 他可能

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onto a winner.
一个胜利者

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Oh,dear.
哦 天哪

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She's going darker.
她越来越黑了

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Just so she makes herself clear,
就为了让她说清楚

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it's a definite no.
绝对不行

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What now?
现在怎么办？

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If he stays around,she may be more receptive
如果他留下来 她可能会更容易接受

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in a few days' time.
几天后

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But he's not the only male on the lookout for a female.
但他并不是唯一一个关注女性的男性

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This new male displaying his bright green isn't flirting.
这只新来的雄鸟展示了它的鲜绿色 这不是在调情

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Bold colours shown to the same sex are a sign of aggression.
向同性展示醒目的颜色是一种侵略性的表现

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And showing his flank means that this is only going one way.
显示他的侧翼意味着这只是单向的

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His aim is to unbalance his opponent until he concedes defeat
他的目的是平衡他的对手 直到他承认失败

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by going darker.
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And that's what's happened.
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It's all over.
一切都结束了

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And now that his competitor has been seen off,perhaps
现在他的竞争对手被送走了 也许

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she's had a change of heart .
她改变了主意

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and colour.
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Alas,it's still clearly a no.
唉 这显然还是一个否定

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Changing colour among chameleons brings a swift end to conflict.
变色龙之间颜色的变化迅速结束了冲突

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And when mating competition could be really violent,colour
当交配竞争可能非常激烈时 颜色

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can help to reduce the chance of coming to blows.
有助于减少发生打击的机会

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The jungles of Gabon in West Africa are home to the most
西非加蓬的丛林是世界上最大的森林

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brightly coloured of all mammals .
所有哺乳动物的颜色都很鲜艳

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mandrills.
山楂

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The males are also the heaviest monkeys in the world - over three
雄性猴子也是世界上最重的猴子——超过三只

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times heavier than the females.
体重是雌性的三倍

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This alpha male's brilliant patches of skin colour helps him
这只阿尔法男性的皮肤颜色有助于他

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to stand out from the crowd .
从人群中脱颖而出

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whether he's advancing .
他是否在进步

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or walking away.
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The intensity of the colour is an indication
颜色的强度是一种指示

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of the levels of testosterone in his body .
他体内的睾丸激素水平

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and that is both a come-on to females
这对女性来说都是一种诱惑

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and a warning to males.
以及对男性的警告

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Only the brightest get to mate.
只有最聪明的人才可以交配

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And he has been dominant all year.
他一整年都占据着统治地位

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But challengers have arrived .
但挑战者已经到来

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also hoping that their colours will impress the females.
也希望她们的颜色能给女性留下深刻印象

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The alpha male will have his work cut out to deal
阿尔法男性将有他的工作削减处理

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with these newcomers.
和这些新来的人在一起

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He keeps as close as he can to the fertile females.
他尽可能地接近有生育能力的雌性

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But a rival .
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is never far away.
永远不会遥远

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The alpha assesses his opponents by their colour.
阿尔法通过对手的肤色来评估他们

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Only if a rival is really bright
除非对手真的很聪明

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will he be considered a threat.
他将被视为威胁

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But this one .
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is just that.
就是这样

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The alpha proclaims his authority with a head jerk.
阿尔法头一跳 宣布了他的权威

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Grinding his teeth shows just how tense and stressed he is.
磨牙表明他是多么紧张和紧张

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With his opponent refusing to back down,
他的对手拒绝让步

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it'll take more than body language to decide
这不仅仅需要肢体语言来决定

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who has this year's mating rights.
谁有今年的交配权

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In just a matter of seconds,the alpha has lost his crown .
就在几秒钟内 阿尔法失去了他的王冠

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and been badly wounded.
而且受了重伤

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His reign is over.
他的统治结束了

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The victor will have a rush of testosterone,
胜利者会有一股睾丸激素分泌

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making his future bright.
使他的前途光明

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The deposed alpha's colour,however,will fade .
然而 被废黜的阿尔法的颜色会褪色

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and,with it,his chance of mating again.
还有 他再次交配的机会

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Rivalry is often dangerous,but in some cases it's the potential
竞争通常是危险的 但在某些情况下 它是潜在的

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mate herself who is the real threat.
她自己才是真正的威胁

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If a male Australian tree-running mantis is to stand any chance
如果一只雄性澳大利亚树螳螂有机会

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of mating,he must approach the female from behind.
为了交配 他必须从后面接近雌性

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And he must do so cautiously.
他必须谨慎行事

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Something she appears keen to prevent,and that leads to a lot
她似乎很想阻止的事情 这导致了很多

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of false starts and a lot of running around trees.
错误的起步和很多绕着树跑

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A whole new approach to speed dating.
一种全新的快速约会方式

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So close .
如此接近

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and yet so far.
但到目前为止

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Giving him the runaround tests his fitness.
让他跑来跑去测试他的体能

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A stealthy approach will show whether he is a capable hunter .
一个隐蔽的方法将显示他是否是一个有能力的猎人

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an important skill to pass on to her offspring.
一项重要的技能可以传给她的后代

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Or he could just be a cautious male
或者他可能只是一个谨慎的男性

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who knows that it's best not to approach any predator head on.
谁知道最好不要正面接近任何捕食者

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The thing about trying to get cosy with killers is that it's often best
试图与杀手亲近的一点是 这通常是最好的

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to do it when they have their hands full.
当他们忙得不可开交的时候去做

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Even then .
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it's prudent to approach from the rear.
从后面接近是谨慎的

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But not all male praying mantis appear to take the same approach.
但并不是所有雄性螳螂都采取同样的方法

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A male false garden mantis has also detected the scent
一只雄性假园螳螂也发现了这种气味

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of a female.She's close.
指女性 她很接近

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She's attracting him with her seductive pheromones.
她用她诱人的信息素吸引他

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She's also much larger and heavily armed.
她体型更大 全副武装

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But to him,she smells so good.
但对他来说 她闻起来很香

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To her,though .
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he looks good enough to eat.
他看起来很好 可以吃了

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The female of this species consumes her partner's head first.
这个物种的雌性先吃掉它伴侣的头

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His struggles are not an attempt to flee.
他的斗争不是企图逃跑

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He's just trying to position himself properly.
他只是想把自己的位置调整好

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He has lost his head,but he hasn't given up on mating.
他失去了理智 但他并没有放弃交配

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Amazingly,his body,though headless,is able to find and
令人惊讶的是 他的身体 虽然没有头 却能找到和

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latch on to the female.
抓住母老虎

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His abdomen will continue mating with her for several hours
他的腹部将继续与她交配数小时

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before all signs of life disappear.
在所有生命迹象消失之前

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The strategy may seem macabre,but it gives the female
这一策略似乎令人毛骨悚然 但它给女性

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a large quantity of protein with which she can produce
她能产生的大量蛋白质

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even more eggs.
甚至更多的鸡蛋

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So,in spite of losing his head,
因此 尽管失去了理智

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this male fathers posthumous offspring.
这名男性父亲是死后的后代

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When a potential mate really is deadly,it's best to keep
当一个潜在的伴侣真的是致命的时候 最好保持沉默

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a low profile.
低调的人

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But if that's not an option,expect to get eaten.
但如果这不是一个选择 期待被吃掉

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For others,the mating game appears to be more romantic.
对其他人来说 交配游戏似乎更浪漫

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Once the sun sets in the coastal forests of Malaysia,one of nature's
一旦太阳在马来西亚的沿海森林落下 这是大自然最美丽的地方之一

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most magical spectacles begins.
最神奇的景象开始了

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The fading light rouses a male beetle.
渐暗的光线唤醒了一只雄性甲虫

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For this tiny creature,just five millimetres long,
对于这个只有5毫米长的小生物来说

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successful courtship depends on cooperation
成功的求爱依赖于合作

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with literally thousands of others.
和成千上万的人在一起

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It's time to get lit up.
是时候点灯了

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His bioluminescent flash carries a simple message .
他的生物发光闪光传达了一个简单的信息

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I am here and ready to mate.
我在这里 准备交配

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But he's not alone.
但他并不孤单

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More fireflies begin to show their lights.
更多的萤火虫开始发光

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And before long,their entire tree is illuminated.
不久 他们的整棵树都被照亮了

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And then patterns in the flashing begin to emerge.
然后闪烁的图案开始出现

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The fireflies are synchronising their display.
萤火虫正在同步它们的显示

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One moment,the light show appears as a repeated simultaneous flash .
一瞬间 灯光显示为重复的同步闪光

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and the next .
接下来

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waves of light ripple along the river bank.
光波沿着河岸荡漾

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By the time the night is at its darkest,the forest edge
当夜晚最黑暗的时候 森林的边缘

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is throbbing with living light.
生命之光在跳动

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Alone,an individual male's flash will not travel very far .
单独一个人 一只雄性个体的闪光不会传播很远

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but by flashing at the same time as other males .
但通过与其他雄性同时闪烁

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his light is that much brighter .
他的光线就那么明亮

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carrying his signal to females far and wide.
向远方的女性传递他的信号

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It's believed the gaps in the synchronous flashing provide
据信 同步闪光中的间隙提供了

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moments in which the females can respond with flashes
雌性能够做出闪光反应的时刻

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of their own.
他们自己的

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It's all the encouragement he needs.
这是他所需要的全部鼓励

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But her continual movements as he mounts suggests that she is yet
但当他上山时 她不断的动作表明她还活着

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to be convinced.
被说服

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He isn't attempting to mate yet.
他还没有试图交配

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He is contorting his body so that his lantern
他正在扭曲他的身体 使他的灯笼

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is over her face,dazzling her.
在她的脸上 让她眼花缭乱

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It may be that he's trying to prevent her from seeing other males.
这可能是他试图阻止她看到其他男性

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He doesn't want her catching a flash from someone brighter.
他不想让她从一个更聪明的人那里得到闪光

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Most species of fireflies stop displaying once they've attracted
大多数种类的萤火虫一旦被吸引 就会停止展示

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a female,but he continues.It seems his cooperation
一个女人 但他继续 看来是他的合作

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has become a con.
已经成为一个骗局

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His continual flashes trick his rivals into believing
他连续不断的闪光使他的对手相信了

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he's still on the lookout with the rest of them.
他仍在和其他人一起监视

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She has now accepted him while his former collaborators
她现在接受了他 而他以前的合作者

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flash away,none the wiser.
一闪而过 无人知晓

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But the fact is that many jungle courtship rituals
但事实是 许多丛林求爱仪式

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are still not properly understood.
仍然没有正确理解

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The rainforests of Southeast Asia are the home of a bird that produces
东南亚的雨林是一种鸟的家园 这种鸟能生产

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one of the most dramatic and barely studied of all courtship displays.
这是所有求爱表演中最具戏剧性和几乎没有人研究过的一次

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Even many local people only know of its existence from the loud calls
甚至许多当地人也只是通过大声叫喊才知道它的存在

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that sometimes echo through the forest.
有时会在森林中回响

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The great argus pheasant.
大阿古斯雉

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A male is calling to attract a female.
一只雄性正在打电话来吸引一只雌性

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He's created a wide clearing in the forest to serve as the arena
他在森林中开辟了一片广阔的空地作为竞技场

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in which he will dance.
他将在其中跳舞

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He keeps it immaculately tidy.
他把它保持得一尘不染

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Though why he should choose to remove one leaf rather than another
尽管他为什么要选择去掉一片叶子而不是另一片

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is often not clear.
这一点常常不清楚

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It's a time-consuming job,but he also has a special technique .
这是一项耗时的工作 但他也有一项特殊的技术

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for removing leaves wholesale.
用于批量清除树叶

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Who needs a leaf blower when you have a wingspan
当你有翼展的时候 谁需要吹风机

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of more than a metre?
超过一米？

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Sticks,however,still have to be removed one by one.
然而 棍子仍然需要一个接一个地移除

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He must also,it seems,loosen up his feathers
他似乎也必须放松自己的羽毛

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and extend his gigantic wings before a female arrives.
在雌鸟到来之前展开它巨大的翅膀

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Now he chooses a particular stick as the focus for a full workout.
现在 他选择一根特定的棍子作为全面训练的重点

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He hopes to use the pattern on his splayed wings
他希望在张开的翅膀上使用这种图案

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to beguile a female.
诱骗女性

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They transform him.
他们改变了他

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There's a sound of something approaching.
有东西接近的声音

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Oh,dear.
哦 天哪

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A monkey.
猴子

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Not who he was waiting for.
不是他在等谁

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And now there's a wild pig.
现在有一只野猪

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With all these interruptions,it's just as well
有这么多的干扰 也没关系

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he's left plenty of time for rehearsals.
他有足够的时间排练

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And there she is.
她在那儿

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Now time for action.
现在是采取行动的时候了

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One or two preliminary skirmishes.
一到两次初步的小冲突

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And then .
然后

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a spectacle that has never been filmed in the wild before.
一个从未在野外拍摄过的奇观

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The full display.
全屏显示

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The lines of eyespots along each of his wing feathers
沿着每根翅膀羽毛的眼点线

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astounded Charles Darwin.
查尔斯·达尔文大吃一惊

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Why should they be so detailed that they have
为什么它们要如此详细 以至于它们

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a three dimensional appearance?
三维外观？

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He could only conclude that it particularly pleases females.
他只能得出这样的结论：它特别讨女性的欢心

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But not apparently this one.
但显然不是这个

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And now the pigs are back.
现在猪又回来了

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Even the most spectacular displays .
即使是最壮观的表演

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don't always do the trick.
别总是耍花招

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On the Caribbean island of Dominica,another bird has found it takes
在加勒比海的多米尼加岛上 另一只鸟发现它需要

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more than just pretty plumes to win over some females.
不仅仅是漂亮的羽毛来赢得一些女性

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The male purple-throated carib is a hungry hummingbird.
雄性紫喉加勒比是一种饥饿的蜂鸟

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Beating his wings around 20 times a second,he burns energy
他以每秒20次左右的速度拍打翅膀 燃烧能量

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at a phenomenal rate.
以惊人的速度

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The sweet nectar produced by these flowering heliconias
花蜜这些开花的海螺产生的甜花蜜

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is the energy-rich food he must have to keep him flying.
是他保持飞行所必须的能量丰富的食物

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His species evolved in parallel with his source of food .
他的物种与他的食物来源同时进化

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the heliconia's flowers,which he pollinates as he moves
赫利科尼亚的花 他一边移动一边授粉

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from bloom to bloom.
从一朵花到另一朵花

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And now,as a result,the heliconias
而现在 作为结果 赫利科尼亚

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produce their flowers at exactly the same time as the birds
它们的花与鸟类的生长时间完全相同

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begin to mate.
开始交配

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While he's busy fuelling up,
当他忙着加油的时候

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a female is also making her preparations.
一位女性也在做准备

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She is collecting spider silk.
她正在收集蜘蛛丝

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She uses it as an adhesive in making her tiny nest.
她用它做她的小巢的粘合剂

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And now all she needs is a mate.
现在她只需要一个伴侣

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The male needs a way to ensure he is the one for her.
男人需要一种方法来确保他是她唯一的男人

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His way of doing so is simple.
他的方法很简单

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Within his territory,he has five times more nectar-producing flowers
在他的领地内 他有五倍多的花蜜

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than he himself needs.
比他自己需要的还要多

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But those he doesn't drink from himself will attract females.
但他不喝自己的酒会吸引女性

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His problem is that it's not only hummingbirds that have a taste
他的问题是不仅蜂鸟有品味

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for the sweet stuff.
为了甜食

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So have bananaquits,and there's a flock of them.
巴纳基特人也是 他们有一群

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He has a constant battle .
他有一场持续不断的战斗

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trying to prevent them drinking his flowers dry.
试图阻止他们把他的花喝干

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The sheer size of his territory and the large number of flowers
他的领土之大和鲜花之多

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it contains makes his job never ending.
这使他的工作永无止境

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During a rare respite in his guard duties,the female arrives to see
在他执行守卫任务的一段难得的休息时间里 这名女性来看望他

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what he has on offer.
他提供的东西

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Not so fast.
别那么快

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He's no pushover.
他不是一个容易上当受骗的人

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He's not going to let any bird drink his nectar.
他不会让任何鸟喝他的花蜜

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Chasing her away,however,is part of his strategy.
然而 赶走她是他的策略的一部分

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He does so repeatedly until he's certain that she really wants
他反复这样做 直到他确定她真的想要

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to be in his territory.
在他的地盘上

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And only then .
只有那时

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does he allow her to feed.
他允许她吃饭吗

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As she flits from flower to flower,he shows her his true colours.
当她从一朵花飞到另一朵花时 他向她展示了他的真实面目

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He's given her flowers and impressed her with his aerobatics.
他给了她鲜花 他的特技飞行给她留下了深刻的印象

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They are now a pair.
他们现在是一对了

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Food is available the year round in jungles,and this enables
丛林里一年四季都有食物供应 这使得

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many species to have mating seasons that last for months.
许多物种的交配季节持续数月

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Some,however,must wait all year for one special night.
然而 有些人必须整年等待一个特别的夜晚

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Some frogs in French Guiana need more water in which to breed
法属圭亚那的一些青蛙需要更多的水来繁殖

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than even the humid rainforest air can provide.
甚至连潮湿的雨林空气也无法提供

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But at the very wettest time of year .
但是在一年中最潮湿的时候

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pools appear on the forest floor.
森林地面上出现了水池

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Horned frogs spend much of their time hidden,
角蛙大部分时间都躲在隐蔽处

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but the moment for action has arrived.
但采取行动的时刻已经到来

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The rain has stopped,but this is the calm before the storm.
雨停了 但这是暴风雨前的平静

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A pair of tree frogs in the foliage above the pool.
池塘上方树叶中的一对树蛙

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They need to find a leaf in a particular position,
他们需要在特定位置找到一片叶子

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and this will do nicely.
这会很好

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They lay their eggs in a sticky jelly on a leaf
它们在叶子上的粘性果冻中产卵

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above the newly formed pool.
在新形成的水池上方

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Below,the horned frog takes a more direct route.
下面 有角的青蛙走的是一条更直接的路线

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He heads straight in.
他径直走了进来

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Other males have already started calling.
其他雄性已经开始打电话了

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00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:14,360
And before long,several species up in the treetops are also doing so.
不久 树梢上的一些物种也在这样做

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All of them need pools as nurseries for their tadpoles.
它们都需要游泳池作为蝌蚪的托儿所

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00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:32,320
Frogs,that for most of the year are rarely seen,
青蛙 一年中大部分时间都很少见

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come down from the tree canopy.
从树冠上下来

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Golden-eyed tree frogs take the short cut down.
金眼树蛙走捷径

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The throat sacs that bulge out on either side of their head
咽喉囊在头部两侧凸出

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amplify their calls.
扩大他们的呼吁

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Different species of males jostle for a position in the water.
不同种类的雄性在水中争夺一个位置

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Thousands of frogs are now calling as loudly .
成千上万的青蛙在大声叫喊

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and as frequently as they can.
并且尽可能频繁

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But what makes this place unlike anywhere else in the world
但是是什么让这个地方不同于世界上任何其他地方呢

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is that as many as ten different species are trying
有多达十种不同的物种在尝试

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00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:31,440
to mate simultaneously.
同时交配同时交配

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As each male endeavours to call louder than his rivals .
当每一个男性都努力比他的对手大声叫喊时

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the chorus becomes almost deafening.
合唱声几乎震耳欲聋

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Things are becoming chaotic.
事情变得越来越混乱

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Some males in the confusion are attempting to mate
混乱中的一些雄性正试图交配

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with the females of a different species.
与不同物种的雌性

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The winner is the one with the tightest grip
胜利者是握得最紧的人

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and the strongest kick.
而且是最强的一脚

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00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:12,520
The strategy is simple - find a female quickly .
策略很简单-快速找到一个女性

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and cling on tight.
紧紧抓住

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But make sure she's your type.
但要确定她是你喜欢的类型

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And in less than 12 hours .
在不到12小时内

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00:48:27,280 --> 00:48:28,280
it's all over.
一切都结束了

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00:48:32,800 --> 00:48:39,080
Left behind - a soup of mixed spawn,a future for at least ten different
留下来的——一碗混合鱼卵汤 至少十种不同鱼种的未来

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00:48:39,080 --> 00:48:40,280
species of frog.
青蛙的种类

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And it's time for those dangling tadpoles to join the crowds below.
是时候让那些摇摇欲坠的蝌蚪加入下面的人群了

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Millions of frogs,some of which will be back next year,
数以百万计的青蛙 其中一些明年会回来

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doing their best once again to contribute to the next generation.
再次竭尽全力为下一代做出贡献

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00:49:06,960 --> 00:49:12,080
It is exactly because jungles are so crowded with life that animals
正是因为丛林里充满了生命 动物们才得以生存

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00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:15,520
have to have so many complex strategies
必须有这么多复杂的策略

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00:49:15,520 --> 00:49:18,920
if they're all to win the mating game.
如果他们都想赢得交配游戏

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00:49:31,680 --> 00:49:34,800
To film courting animals in jungles around the world
拍摄世界各地丛林中求爱的动物

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took determination .
下定决心

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00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:38,480
Into the forest again.
再次进入森林

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grit .
砂砾

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and a sense of humour.
还有幽默感

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00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:46,840
It's definitely going to be a nightmare.
这肯定会是一场噩梦

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00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:55,920
Argh!
啊！

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00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:00,160
You can't leave me there!
你不能把我留在那里！

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00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:04,040
We're in this together.
我们在一起

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00:50:04,040 --> 00:50:08,480
A minute ago,it was too much water,now it's too much mud.
一分钟前 这里的水太多了 现在这里的泥太多了

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00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:09,680
Oh,wow!
哦 哇！

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00:50:09,680 --> 00:50:12,000
You're well and truly stuck there,aren't you?
你真的被困在那里了 不是吗？

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00:50:13,040 --> 00:50:14,240
Sorry.
很抱歉

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00:50:14,240 --> 00:50:17,160
But there was one story in particular which posed
但有一个特别的故事

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00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:18,520
a unique challenge .
一个独特的挑战

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filming explosive breeding in rainforest frogs in French Guiana.
拍摄法属圭亚那热带雨林青蛙的爆炸性繁殖

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Walter Hodl,the team's guide,is a herpetologist who's spent
该团队的向导沃尔特·霍德尔（Walter Hodl）是一位爬虫学家

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over 25 years studying frogs in French Guiana.Explosive breeding
在法属圭亚那研究青蛙超过25年 爆发性繁殖

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is a fascinating thing.
这是一件迷人的事情

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00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:45,080
On one single day in the year,thousands of frogs homing in
一年中的一天 成千上万的青蛙归巢

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on a little pond,and they are coming from the canopy,
在一个小池塘上 它们从树冠上飞来

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where you never have access to,or they're coming
你永远无法进入的地方 否则他们就要来了

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from the leaf litter.
从落叶上

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You never look under the leaf litter,
你从不看落叶下面

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and there they live all year,
他们一年四季都住在那里

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and only on one or two days you see them out there in the pond breeding.
只有一两天你才能看到它们在池塘里繁殖

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And that's what we call the explosive breeding event.
这就是我们所说的爆炸性繁殖事件

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The phenomenon the crew were hoping to film happens on just one night
剧组希望拍摄的这一现象只发生在一个晚上

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between November and February.
11月至2月之间

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The team have chosen a four-week period over Christmas and New Year.
该团队选择了圣诞节和新年期间为期四周的时间

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Cameraman Philipp Klein and Jack Hynes wait for a temporary
摄影师菲利普·克莱因和杰克·海恩斯在等待一个临时的

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pond to form .
池塘形成

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without which the frogs won't breed.
没有它青蛙就不会繁殖

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The heavy rain begins.
大雨开始了

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00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:56,000
It's raining! It's raining.
下雨了！下雨了

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00:51:57,280 --> 00:52:00,200
We've been waiting two weeks for this rain,and hopefully
我们等这场雨已经等了两个星期了 希望如此

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00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:04,120
it's going to stay and,you know,properly flood the forest.
它会留下来 你知道 适当地淹没森林

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00:52:04,120 --> 00:52:10,880
Well,this is definitely good news,but it has to keep on going.
这绝对是个好消息 但它必须继续下去

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00:52:10,880 --> 00:52:16,560
The rain started a few minutes ago,and it should rain for hours.
几分钟前开始下雨 应该会下几个小时

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00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:18,760
This is what the frogs and we like.
这就是青蛙和我们喜欢的

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In the previously dry area of the forest,a new pond has formed -
在以前干旱的森林地区 一个新的池塘已经形成-

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an excellent frog nursery.
一个极好的青蛙托儿所

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You can go underneath.
你可以到下面去

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00:52:33,600 --> 00:52:34,800
Stay there!
呆在那儿！

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00:52:34,800 --> 00:52:36,520
Things are looking good.
情况看起来不错

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When we came here this afternoon,this was completely dry,
我们今天下午来的时候 这里完全干燥

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and it has rained all afternoon and all night.
整个下午和晚上都在下雨

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And now we have got our pool of water.
现在我们有了一池水

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Despite a promising start,the heavy rains stop and the frogs have yet
尽管有一个很好的开端 大雨还是停了 青蛙们还没有回来

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to make an appearance,but Christmas provides a welcome distraction.
但圣诞节提供了一个受欢迎的消遣

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It's Christmas Eve today,and we've got a lot of new visitors
今天是平安夜 我们有很多新客人

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coming to celebrate Christmas with us.And even Father Christmas
来和我们一起庆祝圣诞节 甚至圣诞老人

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makes it to the jungle.
去了丛林

491
00:53:18,480 --> 00:53:19,480
Whoo!
哇！

492
00:53:20,680 --> 00:53:22,560
Explosive night in French Guiana.
法属圭亚那爆炸性的夜晚

493
00:53:28,600 --> 00:53:32,920
We were just getting settled in for the night.
我们刚刚安顿好过夜

494
00:53:32,920 --> 00:53:35,960
They're cooking a big,big,nice Christmas dinner,
他们正在做一顿丰盛可口的圣诞晚餐

495
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and then it's just started heavily raining.
然后就开始下大雨了

496
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So we've come out to see how the ponds are looking,
所以我们出来看看池塘的样子

497
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and would be a bit of a Christmas miracle if it happens this evening.
如果发生在今晚 那将是一个小小的圣诞奇迹

498
00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:50,280
Oh,my God!
哦 天哪！

499
00:53:50,280 --> 00:53:55,040
And this is going to be a pool full of frogs.
这将是一个满是青蛙的池塘

500
00:53:55,040 --> 00:53:57,040
What's happening,Jack?
发生什么事了 杰克？

501
00:53:57,040 --> 00:54:00,960
It's Christmas Day,and we have just found out that the frogs
今天是圣诞节 我们刚刚发现青蛙

502
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have started to explosively breed.
已经开始爆发式繁殖

503
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So it's all systems go.
所以所有的系统都在运行

504
00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:09,840
Well,I think this is a good,good Christmas present.
嗯 我想这是一份很好的圣诞礼物

505
00:54:09,840 --> 00:54:12,440
There are hundreds of frogs there,
那里有数百只青蛙

506
00:54:12,440 --> 00:54:15,440
so it will be a fantastic night tonight.
所以今晚将是一个美妙的夜晚

507
00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:19,120
You ready? I'm ready.
准备好了吗？我准备好了

508
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:21,840
Let's go!
走吧！

509
00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:33,760
Thousands of frogs from several different species descend
数千只来自不同物种的青蛙下降

510
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upon the pond.
在池塘上

511
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It's impossible to be near the pond without wearing earplugs.
在池塘附近不戴耳塞是不可能的

512
00:54:42,640 --> 00:54:45,160
The noise of the frogs calling is deafening.
青蛙的叫声震耳欲聋

513
00:54:47,760 --> 00:54:48,880
Crazy!
疯子

514
00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:02,160
Can you hear the noise? I mean,you can hear it!
你能听到噪音吗？我是说 你能听到！

515
00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:03,920
It's quite a sound back there.
后面的声音很响

516
00:55:03,920 --> 00:55:07,760
And we're still about 50 metres away from the real site.
我们离真正的地点还有50米远

517
00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:09,280
How's it looking,Jack?
看起来怎么样 杰克？

518
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:12,320
It's looking crazy out there - so unbelievably noisy.
外面看起来很疯狂——太吵了 令人难以置信

519
00:55:16,600 --> 00:55:21,760
I mean,this is really explosive breeding at its best,
我的意思是 这真的是爆炸性的繁殖

520
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and especially also from the acoustic point of view,it sounds
尤其是从声学的角度来看 听起来

521
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like fighter planes coming.
就像战斗机来了

522
00:55:27,520 --> 00:55:30,280
It's a roaring sound in the background.
背景是一种轰鸣的声音

523
00:55:30,280 --> 00:55:34,520
You have high-pitched frogs calling,little ones,and you have also
你们有高音的青蛙在叫 小家伙们 你们也有

524
00:55:34,520 --> 00:55:36,600
the "grrr" frog.
“grrr”青蛙

525
00:55:36,600 --> 00:55:39,840
So you do have a great mix,and you can hear it.
所以你有一个很好的混音 你可以听到

526
00:55:39,840 --> 00:55:43,200
It's unbelievable what's happening here in this forest.
这片森林里发生的事情真是难以置信

527
00:55:45,800 --> 00:55:49,600
The crew film continuously for over ten hours.
摄制组连续拍摄了十多个小时

528
00:56:08,800 --> 00:56:10,600
It's a new dawn.
这是一个新的黎明

529
00:56:10,600 --> 00:56:12,800
It's a new day.We missed Christmas!
新的一天 我们错过了圣诞节！

530
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:17,160
Maybe they left .Maybe they left us some dinner.
也许他们离开了  也许他们给我们留了些晚餐

531
00:56:17,160 --> 00:56:20,400
Hopefully.But I realised we didn't eat.No.
有希望地但我意识到我们没有吃饭 不

532
00:56:24,840 --> 00:56:26,280
It is almost spooky.
这简直令人毛骨悚然

533
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:30,480
There's nothing - you don't see a frog.
什么都没有 你看不到青蛙

534
00:56:30,480 --> 00:56:32,040
It is silent.
寂静无声

535
00:56:32,040 --> 00:56:33,480
It's unbelievable.
难以置信

536
00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:34,760
But that's what it is.
但事实就是这样

537
00:56:34,760 --> 00:56:37,000
That's what explosive breeding is all about.
这就是爆炸性繁殖的意义所在

538
00:56:37,000 --> 00:56:39,000
It happens and then it's gone.
它发生了 然后就消失了

539
00:56:41,520 --> 00:56:45,320
Throughout production of The Mating Game,the team were reliant
在交配游戏的整个制作过程中 团队都是依赖的

540
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on expert help to be in the right place at the right time.
在专家的帮助下 在正确的时间出现在正确的地方

541
00:56:51,400 --> 00:56:55,240
Thanks to Walter's knowledge and a bit of luck,the crew timed
多亏了沃尔特的知识和一点运气 船员们终于准时出发了

542
00:56:55,240 --> 00:56:59,160
it right for the best Christmas present they could have hoped for.
这正是他们所希望的最好的圣诞礼物

543
00:57:03,680 --> 00:57:07,680
Next time,it is the most fleeting of habitats .
下一次 这是最短暂的栖息地

544
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fresh water.
淡水

545
00:57:10,480 --> 00:57:15,640
Animals that rely on it to breed must time their mating strategies
依靠它繁殖的动物必须调整它们的交配策略

546
00:57:15,640 --> 00:57:16,640
to perfection.
完美

547
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When they do,the results can be spectacular.
当他们这样做的时候 结果可能是惊人的