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.

夜色中的地球

辛巴威灰塵滾滾的平原上 The dusty plains of Zimbabwe.

旱季裡最乾旱的時節 At the height of the dry season.

隨著日暮降臨 As day draws to a close...

一個家族正在前進 a family is on the move.

母親、姐妹、阿姨和表親 Mothers, sisters, aunts and cousins

踏上了尋找水源的遷徙之旅 on a migration to find water.

隊伍中最年長、最有經驗的成員當領頭 They're led by the oldest, most experienced member of the herd,

大象祖母 the grandmother.

它的家庭裡有四頭小象 Her family has four calves to look after.

有一頭是幾個月前剛出生的象寶寶 One, an infant born just a few months ago.

大象祖母帶領著大部隊 She leads them all...

循著鐫刻在它記憶中的路徑 following paths etched in her memory.

但在這片熾熱的土地上尋找到水的希望 But the promise of finding water across this parched land...

最終… all too often ends...

往往變成失望 in disappointment.

這個夏天 非洲南部的大象 This summer, the elephants of Southern Africa

遇到了40年來最乾旱的季節 have been through their worst drought in 40 years.

當地動物賴以為生的許多水坑 Many of the water holes that are the lifeblood for animals here

如今只能供它們洗泥土浴 now offer little more than a mud bath.

大象在不飲水的情況下最多只能存活三天 Elephants can only survive for three days without drinking.

它們必須儘快找到水源 They must find water soon.

隨著太陽落山 酷暑的熱氣也開始散去 As the sun sets, the heat of day begins to fade.

象群可以趁夜晚涼快時長途跋涉 The herd can travel vast distances in the cool of night.

從前 我們無法目睹 這些驚人的夜間跋涉過程 We've never been able to see what happens on these epic nocturnal journeys.

但憑藉能在月光下拍攝的攝像機 But with cameras that can film by moonlight...

我們終於能看到 世界上最大的陸地哺乳動物在夜晚的活動 we can now show what the world's largest land mammal gets up to at night.

在夜間 大象不僅利用視覺 Elephants don't just use their vision at night.

它們也具備最發達的夜間導航設備 They also have the most sophisticated night navigation equipment:

2米長的象鼻子 那堪比潛望鏡 a two-meter trunk that they use like a periscope.

其嗅覺受體數量是尋血獵犬的兩倍 With twice the scent receptors of a bloodhound,

它們抬起鼻子在黑暗中探尋 they raise their trunks to scan the darkness,

辨識夜風中的微弱氣息 picking up tiny odors on the night breeze.

它們能夠定位水源位置 They can pinpoint the location of water...

在1公里外就能知道確切地點 from over a kilometer away.

在夜晚 象群也會改變移動的方式 At night, the herd also changes the way it moves.

它們會縮短彼此之間的距離 They walk in tighter formation,

保護象群中央的小象 protecting their calves in the middle of the herd.

若有什麼東西讓小象受驚了 If anything ever scares the little ones...

附近總有成年象撫慰它們 there's always an adult nearby to comfort them.

大象家族呵護幼像是有道理的 And the family are right to guard their youngest.

到了晚上 At night...

很難看清陰影中埋伏著什麼 it's hard to see what's lurking in the shadows.

但我們的攝像機能捕捉到 它們所面對的危險 But our cameras show the dangers they face.

獅子 Lions.

這個地區有一些獅群專門在夜間捕獵大象 There are prides here that specialize in taking down elephants at night.

它們在通向水源的道路上等待 They wait on known routes to water.

伺機尋找目標 On the lookout... for a target.

大象家族感知到麻煩 加速前行 Sensing trouble, the family moves quickly on.

大象每小時能移動20公里以上 Elephants can travel at over 20 kilometers an hour.

但小象無法長時間保持高速 But the youngsters can't sustain these speeds for long.

獅子只需要緊追不捨 All the lions need to do is keep up the pressure...

等待機會來臨 and wait for their chance.

在趕路過程中 一頭小象和象群走散了 In the rush to get away, a calf has become separated from the herd.

它的個頭很小 一隻強壯的母獅就能撲倒 It's small enough to be taken down by just one powerful lioness.

聽到警示呼號 象群警覺了 An alarm call alerts the herd.

大象家庭中的每個成員都重達3噸 A family of three-ton elephants

能夠趕走最強大的獅群 can see off even the biggest pride of lions.

如果象群中有經驗豐富的領頭象 Herds with the most experienced leaders

救下小象的概率就很大 stand the best chance of saving their young ones.

但隨著夜晚深入 大象家族面臨的威脅遠不止如此 But the family will face even greater threats in the nights ahead.

草叢中 大象足邊埋伏著 Hidden in grassland, at the elephants' feet,

非洲大陸上最神秘的夜間覓食動物 is one of Africa's most secretive nocturnal foragers.

它的外表像一隻小恐龍 It may look like a tiny dinosaur,

但其實是世界上僅有的 全身披鱗甲的哺乳動物 but this is the world's only fully scaly mammal.

穿山甲 The pangolin.

白天 它們在洞穴中休息 夜晚才出洞 They spend their days in burrows and only venture out after dark.

它們在晚上捕食昆蟲 利用高度靈敏的嗅覺 They track down insects at night with an exceptional sense of smell...

以修長、捲曲的爪子將昆蟲挖出 rooting them out with their long, curved claws.

今晚 這只公穿山甲被一列螞蟻誘惑 爬出了舒適地帶 Tonight a trail of ants has led this male out of his comfort zone.

一些品種的穿山甲已經進化 能夠爬樹 There are some species of pangolin that have adapted to climb trees.

但這一隻 But this...

還不會 isn't one of them.

地穿山甲雖然不會爬樹 The ground pangolin may be no tree climber...

但它在一次夜間覓食期間 能移動6公里以上 but he can walk over six kilometers on a single nightly forage.

而它真正的目標是這個 What he's really on the lookout for... is this.

一個巨型白蟻丘 A giant termite mound.

對於饑餓的穿山甲而言 這可是一座美食高塔 For a hungry pangolin, this is a towering treasure trove of treats.

它有粘性的舌頭 Using a sticky tongue...

幾乎和身體一樣長 that's almost as long as his body...

穿山甲一晚上能夠吃掉多達三萬隻昆蟲 a pangolin can eat up to 30,000 insects a night...

這一定算得上非洲最奇怪的午夜饕餮宴了 in what has to be one of Africa's most bizarre midnight feasts.

一周時間過去了 A week has passed.

象群仍在尋找水源 The elephants are still searching for water.

它們還存活著 全是倚賴 They've survived so far by draining the last drops

路上乾涸的水坑中僅剩的水滴 from dried-up water holes en route.

象群最年長的成員 必須儘快帶領大家找到水 The oldest member of the herd must lead them to water soon.

憑藉腦中經過數十年所編織的記憶地圖 With a mental map formed over decades,

它帶領大象家族來到一個古老的泉眼 she's brought the family to an ancient seep,