Earth at Night in Colour

夜 The night.

一個暗影重重的世界 那裡藏著地球上超過一半的動物 A shadowy world that hides more than half the animals on our planet.

在過去的鏡頭中 我們只能匆匆一瞥動物的生活 Until now, cameras only offered a glimpse into their lives.

但憑藉新一代科技 But with next-generation technology,

我們眼中的夜晚和白天一樣清晰 we can see the night as clear as day.

有了比人類眼睛敏感100倍的攝像機 With cameras a hundred times more sensitive than the human eye. . .

我們終於能夠捕捉到夜晚的美 we can now capture the beauty of night. . .

以全真色彩 in color.

怪譎的自然風光 Alien landscapes.

在黑夜裡活躍的奇特生物 Strange creatures brought to life by the darkness.

前所未見的行為 Unseen behaviors.

現在我們能追蹤動物的生活 Now we can follow the lives of animals

前往地球最後的荒野 in Earth's last true wilderness.

夜 The night.

在肯尼亞的馬賽馬拉 又一天結束了 Another day draws to a close across Kenya's Maasai Mara.

非洲獅的最後一處棲息之所 A last refuge for Africa's lions.

這裡的草原棲居著 這個三代同堂的獅子小家庭 The grasslands here are home to three generations of a small family.

六隻處於青春期的獅子 Six adolescents.

一隻雄獅 A pride male.

和一位盡心竭力的母親 And one devoted mother.

母獅 The lioness.

它有三隻新誕生的幼崽 She has three new cubs.

幼崽只有十周大 At ten weeks old,

還無法保護自己 her youngsters are too small to defend themselves. . .

但已經開始惹麻煩了 but big enough to get into trouble.

接下來的幾周對於這位母親而言 會是前所未有的考驗 The coming weeks will test this mother more than ever.

三隻幼崽中只有一隻左右能存活過一周歲 Only around one in three cubs make it through their first year.

白天 母獅子必須休息 By day, the lioness must rest.

因為一旦太陽落山 Because as the sun sets. . .

它的工作就開始了 her work begins.

獅子主要在夜間行動 Lions are largely nocturnal. . .

80%的活動是在天黑後進行的 living out 80% of their lives after dark.

過去我們一直無法全面地了解 We've never been able to tell the full story

母獅和它的家庭在夜晚如何生活 of a lioness and her family at night.

但史上第一次 But for the first time,

低光度攝像機能夠展現 它們在月光下的世界 low-light cameras can see their moonlit world. . .

以全真色彩 in color.

這一捕捉夜晚景象的全新方式令人驚艷 This astonishing new way of seeing the night

為理解獅群生活提供全新視角 offers a whole new understanding of lion family life.

夜幕剛落下時 At the start of the night,

家庭中的一位重要成員不見了 one important member of the family is absent.

雄獅要四處巡邏 The pride male is out on patrol.

它的職責是守衛40平方公里的領地 His job is to protect his 40-square-kilometer territory

驅趕敵對的獅子 from rival lions.

它的吼聲是一種警告 His roar is a warning call

在夜晚天氣涼爽時 這個聲音能夠傳到很遠的地方 that travels further at night when the air is cool.

它以超過100分貝的聲音吼叫 Bellowing at over a hundred decibels. . .

8公里外都能聽見它的聲音 he can be heard eight kilometers away.

這份工作顯然很消磨精力 It's clearly exhausting work.

但它不遺餘力 But he gives it everything he's got. . .

只為了讓家人在黑暗中不受侵害 to keep his family safe in the darkness.

在雄獅的保護下 Protected by the male,

母獅在夜晚的第一個職責是喂幼崽 the lioness's first job of the night is to feed her cubs.

十周大的幼崽 At ten weeks old,

完全依賴母乳為生 cubs are entirely dependent on milk from their mother

每天晚上最多能喝1升 and can each drink up to a liter a night.

喂飽幼崽後 Once she's fed them. . .

母獅讓它們和哥哥、姐姐們在月光下玩耍 she lets them play with their older brothers and sisters in the moonlight.

獅子在夜晚不僅更活躍 Lions aren't just more active at night.

社交行為也更多 They're also more social.

雖然幼崽還小 但它們已經開始學習打鬥 The cubs might be small, but they're already learning to play fight.

不過 如果玩得太激烈 But if things get too boisterous. . .

母獅就要出場了 the lioness steps in.

玩耍時間… Playtime. . .

到此結束 is over.

作為最有經驗的雌性 母獅必須為整個獅群捕食 As the most experienced female, the lioness must feed the whole pride.

但身後跟著幼崽 它無法捕獵 But she can't hunt with her cubs in tow.

從人類的眼睛看來 To the human eye. . .

這幾乎是漆黑一片 it's almost pitch black.

但透過我們的鏡頭可以看到 But our cameras show. . .

為了給全家捕獵 that to hunt for her family,

它不得不拋下幼崽 her only option is to abandon her cubs.

小傢伙們失去了保護 With her little ones unguarded. . .

母獅知道自己必須快速行動 the lioness knows she must work fast.

獅子以群體捕獵著稱 Lions are known for hunting as a pride.

但今晚是個例外 But tonight. . .

母獅不打算倚賴團隊工作 the lioness doesn't rely on teamwork.

憑藉比我們敏感六倍的夜間視力 With night vision six times more sensitive than ours,

它選中一群角馬 she picks out a herd of wildebeest.

順風靠近 Approaching from downwind,

它必須距離獵物30米內 she must get within 30 meters of her prey.

它憑一己之力完成獵殺 She makes the kill all on her own.

一頭成年角馬能喂飽一整個家庭 An adult wildebeest will provide food for her whole family

作為兩天的食物 for up to two nights.

但母獅不能休息太久 But the lioness can't rest for long.

它必須回到幼崽身邊 She must get back to her cubs.

夜裡在草原上捕獵的不只是獅子 Lions aren't the only animals to hunt these grasslands by moonlight.

斑雕鴞 An African eagle owl.

憑藉天生適應黑暗的眼睛 With eyes adapted for the darkness. . .

和能夠降低噪音的鋸齒狀翅膀 and fringed wings that reduce noise. . .

它無聲地俯衝 突襲嚙齒動物和爬行動物 he swoops silently down on rodents and reptiles.

但在滿月之夜 它會被日常的獵物看見 But under a full moon his usual prey will see him coming.

於是它將目標改為藏在草中的小型獵物 So instead he targets smaller victims hiding in the grass.

為了捕捉獵物 斑雕鴞必須飛下枝頭 To catch them, the eagle owl must get off his perch

徒步追捕 and chase them down on foot.

相較於平日的食物 狼蛛是個美味的調劑 A wolf spider makes a tasty supplement to his normal diet.