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布满岩石峭壁的原始海岸 Granite cliffs conceal pristine shores.
沿岸茂密的红树林，还有大片海下森林 Coastal redwoods echo rich, undersea forests.
这片壮观的景象位于加州的边缘 This majestic slice of California remains a frontier.
它也许是世界上最大的陆地与海洋交汇之地 lt may be the greatest meeting of land and sea on Earth.
但...它充满野性之美 But...its beauty is savage.
无情的海浪此起彼伏 Ruthless waves hide endless battles.
金特尔牧场孕育着大量的掠食者 Gentle meadows spawn tawny predators.
最壮观的日落似从火中诞生 The most sublime sunsets are born from fire.
生存需要牺牲 Survival requires sacrifice.
生存与死亡的竞技场... Life and death share the heartbeat...
大索尔海岸 of Big Sur.
坐落在旧金山和洛杉矶之间 Carved between San Francisco and Los Angeles,
充满诱惑的"大南方" the "Big South" beckons.
它惊人的延伸至90英里长,20英里宽 Its magic stretches just 90 miles long and 20 miles wide.
圣安地列斯断层分隔了大自然和文明世界 The San Andreas Fault creates natural obstacles to civilization.
大索尔海岸位于圣露西亚山-- Big Sur is flanked by the Santa Lucia Mountains--
和太平洋的侧面腹地 and the Pacific Ocean.
离岸正好是北美最大的海底峡谷 Just offshore is the largest submarine canyon in North America.
海獭是海底圣地的守护者 Sea otters are the protectors of this undersea Mecca.
海獭远离陆地,但沿岸的岩石上挤满了 Otters avoid land, but the rocky coast is mobbed
多达5种海豹和海狮 with up to five species ofseals and sea lions.
两英里的陆地，沿岸的红衫林中藏匿这美洲狮 Two miles inland, coastal redwoods hide cougars...
和刚孵出的秃鹫幼雏 and newly hatched condor chicks.
从东部的红衫林,到大索尔绵延数里的草场和橡树林 East of the sequoias, Big Surstretches into meadows and oak woodlands.
每个地方都是一张与众不同的明信片 Each unique address could be a postcard.
但大索尔的命脉却动荡不安 But Big Sur's lifeblood is turbulent.
戏剧般的展露出每一个细节 Dramas unfold in every niche.
海岸线是舞台的中心 The coastline is at centerstage.
海獭是大索尔海岸的代言人 The stars are Big Sur's iconic sea otters.
这些冲浪好手属于鼬鼠家族 These champion surfers belong to the weasel family.
这些小动物潜入水中找寻食物 This pup is still too buoyant to dive for food.
小海獭的叫声 [pup squeaking]
它的母亲把空气吹入它的毛皮使得它不至于沉入水中 His mother blows air into his fur that renders him unsinkable.
海獭叫声 [squeaking]
它无助的等候母亲归来 He's helpless until she returns.
幸运的是,它的哭声是它所在位置独特的灯塔 Fortunately, his cry is a unique beacon for his location.
海獭叫声 [squeaking]
现在,这些小海獭很安全 For now, this pup is secure.
当它的母亲再次交配,它将要独闯江湖 When his mother mates again, he'll be on his own.
海狮叫声 [sea lions barking]
所有的雄海狮都知道拥有自己领地的重要性 All-male colonies of sea lions give personal space new meaning.
海狮叫声 [snarling]
胆怯的海豹选择狭窄的海湾作为分娩的避风港 Shy harbor seals choose sheltered coves to give birth.
母亲始终在附近觅食并守护着 Food for nursing mothers is always close by.
幼崽在一周大以前 Newborns have only weeks
它们必须加入海洋盛宴 before they must compete for the ocean's banquet.
这样的恩赐吸引着很多动物 Such bounty is a magnet for many species.
大索尔的海滩也吸引着大量的过客 The beaches of Big Sur attract transients, too.
在西半球的哺乳动物中 Cougars have the largest range
美洲狮拥有最大的领地... of any mammal in the Western Hemisphere...
除了人类 besides man.
这种投机猫科动物找寻着不幸的鸟 This opportunistic cat looks for an unlucky bird
或大海带来的礼物 or a gift from the sea.
远处的海浪拍打着水下丛林 Beyond the surf is an underwaterjungle.
冲击力惊人且戏剧般的支撑着巨型海藻 Giant kelp supports a dynamic, chilly, theater.
每种海洋树木每天都能上长一英尺 Each marine tree might growup to a foot per day.
气囊拉动茎叶浮向水面享用阳光 Gas bladders pull the stalks towards surface sunlight.
替代深入地下的根茎 ln stead of roots that extend into earth,
巨藻有像"锚"一样的固定物紧紧抓住岩石下的泥层 kelp has "anchors" called holdfasts that grip onto rocky substrates.
海胆捕食巨藻附近的同类 Sea urchins prey upon the kelp itself.
牙齿般的吸盘围绕在 Tooth-like plates surround an urchin's mouth
海胆壳底部的嘴周围 on the bottom of its shell.
海胆攻击茎叶,并吃掉它们 Urchins attack the stalk, eating through the stem.
这些海星的亲戚能摧毁整片海藻森林 These starfish relatives can destroy entire kelp forests.
但即使是最尖锐的海胆刺对于海獭来说 But even the sharpest urchin spines are poor defense
也是可悲的防御工事 against rock-wielding otters.
在大索尔，海獭控制着海湾海胆的数量 ln Big Sur, sea otters keep urchin numbers at bay--
这使得水下森林生机勃勃 which allows underwater forests to flourish.
海獭呻吟声 [otter groaning]
它们对生态系统的影响 Their influence on the ecosystem
让它们赢得关键物种的头衔 earns them the title of keystone species.
大索尔吸引着许多独特的动物 Big Sur attracts many unique creatures.
加州秃鹫依赖气流翱翔 California condors rely on an aerial view.
直到最近,才发现有少数更新世遗孤 Until recently, only a handful of these Pleistocene relics
依然存活在地球上 were still alive on Earth.
大索尔现在生活着约80中食腐动物 Big Sur now boasts about 80 of the huge scavengers.
每只成鸟都带着号码牌和GPS装置 Every adult bird wears a number and a GPS device
因此,科学家便能了解它们的一举一动 so that scientists can monitor their lives.
秃鹫与配偶厮守终生-- 但它们不筑巢 Condors mate for life-- but they don't build nests.
同样的岩壁或洞穴它们只使用2年 The same ledge or hole is used every two years,
并择地产卵 for a single egg.
这是第一个用镜头捕捉的野外巢穴 This is some of the first footage captured inside a wild nest.
该摄像机的安置是科学家 The camera was placed by biologists
希望探寻秃鹫如何做一个好父母--且为什么这么做 who hope to discover which condors make good parents--and why.
但是,尽管秃鹫于家庭勤勤恳恳 But, while condors are devoted to their families,
而它们的食物很大程度上取决于人类 they largely depend upon humans for their food.
该物种将永远不能完全恢复，除非它们学会找寻自己的生存方式 The species will never fully recover unless they learn to find their own.
秃鹫鼻息声 [snorts]
幼鸟面临诸多新的挑战 The new chick has many challenges ahead.
随着时间推移,阳光会透过阴霾灼伤它们 As days pass, the sun burns through mist and fog.
看上去像是很宁静 It seems tranquil.
美洲狮吼声 [cougar meows]
但在大索尔,平静只是一种幻想 But serenity in Big Sur is an illusion.
大索尔美丽的外衣下生存是极其残酷的 Big Sur's beauty cloaks the harsh demands of survival.
有些动物会使用武器 Some creatures use weapons.
向他人发出警告 Others issue warnings.
海狮叫声 [sea lions barking]
地域的自然法则掌控着所有生物的命脉 All must ensure their future by mastering the region's natural cycles.
大海冷热气候的碰撞造成土地的凝缩 The collision of the sea's cool temperature and warmer land creates condensation.
烟雾像毛毯一样时时笼罩着海岸 A blanket of fog often shrouds the coast.
当雾气抵达内陆 When the mist reaches the interior,
对于地球上最高的生物,这是生存的关键 it's the key to life for the tallest living things on Earth.
海岸红衫是一个独立物种 Coastal redwoods are a separate species,
而且高大的树木比内陆少 and less massive than inland trees.
每个烟雾迷蒙的早晨,大索尔的红衫林都会吸收数千加仑的水分 Big Sur's redwoods harvest thousands of gallons of water every foggy morning.
这些魔法森林庇护这需要潮湿环境的动物 These enchanted forests protect creatures that need wet conditions.
香蕉蛞蝓在森林的底下进食 Banana slugs graze the forest floor.
它们帮助红衫 They help the redwoods
吃掉竞争水分的低矮植物 by eating small plants that might compete for water.
这种蛞蝓有坚硬的外壳作为防御工事 The slugs have a defense strategy in lieu of a shell:
它们带有一种可怕的化合物气味 their slime contains chemicals that taste terrible.
这里的顶级掠食者对香蕉蛞蝓毫无兴趣 The top predator here has no interest in banana slugs.
美洲狮是这里最大的猫科动物 Cougars are the largest cats that purr...
美洲狮咕噜声 [purring]
而且它们可以跨过公汽... and they can leap over a bus...
美洲狮叫声 [cougar meows]
...那么远距离 ...the long way.
它们是独行侠并隐居在红衫峡谷之中 They are solitary and like the privacy found in redwood glens.
喵喵声 [meow]
树林是它们不曾被外界触及的唯一避难所 The trees can only offersanctuary ifthey're intact.
森林火灾是一大威胁 Forest fires are a threat.
这些树几乎被烧毁 This tree was almost destroyed.
要保住林中的鹫巢,只能靠科学家的努力啦 The condor nest inside survived only through efforts by scientists.
6月,幼鸟便可飞行 ln six months, the chick may fly,
但它们还会跟家人共同生活18个月 but he'll stay with the family for another eighteen months.
它们的父母要离开巢穴出去觅食 His parents must leave their tree to search for food.
秃鹫叫声 [condors grunting]
跟所有的食腐动物一样,它们只吃腐肉,但它们并不脏 As scavengers, they eat only carrion,but they're not dirty.
腐烂的肉不会黏住它们的秃头 Decaying flesh won't stick to their bald heads.
紫外线会杀死它们羽毛上的细菌 Ultraviolet rays kill bacteria on their feathers.
即便如此,它们的数量依然稀少,而且个别种群已相当脆弱 Even so, numbers remain low, and individual birds are fragile.
秃鹫咕哝声 [grunts]
本塔纳野生动物保护协会在设定的地点喂食它们肉类 Ventana Wildlife Society puts out meat at feeding sites.
不幸的是,加州秃鹫需要的是更多元化的食物 Unfortunately, California condors need a wider variety offood.
在很久以前,加州秃鹫在海岸繁荣昌盛 In the prehistoric past,coastal condors thrived
因为有大量的海洋哺乳动物可吃 by eating dead marine mammals.
在过去的1个世纪,由于捕鲸和狩猎 For over a century, whaling and hunting
几乎没有动物尸体漂到这里的岸边 meant few carcasses washed ashore here.
现在,海豹和鲸有繁盛起来 Now seals and whales are abundant again.
科学家希望秃鹫能迎头赶上 Scientists hope the condors can catch up.
整个东太平洋灰鲸的数量 The entire Eastern Pacific gray whale population
每年成2倍的回游到大索尔 migrates through Big Sur twice per year.
幼鲸跟在母亲的身边 Baby whales are kept on the mother's shore side,
以保证它们不会遭遇鲨鱼 to protect them from sharks.
今天的灰鲸和座头鲸 Today grays and humpbacks
在充满食物的海洋竞争 plunder Big Sur's rich, food-laden seas.
加州中部海岸是 California's Central Coast is the pathway
夏季前往北极觅食的必经之路 between Arctic summer feeding grounds
而且是许多物种繁育天堂 and tropical breeding areas for many species.
海狮叫声 [sea lion barking]
这个小海豹成功走过了第一个危险的7天 This seal pup has nearly made it through the first critical weeks.
它可以留在这里--或迁往他处 He may stay here--or move elsewhere.
大索尔的海獭族群享有永久居留权 Big Sur's tribe of otters enjoys permanent residency.
18世纪,人们沉迷于它们的毛皮 Our obsession with their pelts in the 1700s
以至于这个物种几乎灭绝 nearly wiped out the species.
极少一部分逃离了大索尔的毛皮交易 A small raft in Big Sur escaped the fur trade,
而且今天生存在这里的海獭都是少数幸存者的后裔 and every otter alive here today is descended from those few survivors.
海獭拥有的毛皮是所有动物中最浓厚的 Sea otters have the densest fur ofany animal.
In a single inch, otters have more hairs
than found on an entire human head.
它们看上去很可爱... They look cuddly...
但雄性和雌性之间的斗争很激烈 but both males and females are fierce.
有时称它们为"海藻灰熊" Some call them "kelp grizzlies."
它们全年都很暴力的交配 Mating takes place year round and can be violent.
雄性抓住配偶的鼻子 This male holds his partner by her nose
与波浪和潜在的威胁搏斗 to combat the surf and potential rejection.
海狮咆哮声 [sea lion barking]
重建多样性的沿岸 Renewal takes many forms along the coast.
一个生命的消亡是另一个生命的延续 One death enables the cycle of life to continue.
海鸥叫声 [gulls squawking]
尽管大索尔是残酷的,大多数物种还是比较稳定 Despite Big Sur's merciless nature, most species are stable.
加州秃鹫仍处于濒危边缘 The jury is still out on California condors.
秃鹫依靠敏锐的目光搜寻食物 Condors rely on keen vision to locate food.
而其他的食腐动物是利用其敏锐的嗅觉 Other scavengers use their acute sense of smell.
土耳其秃鹫能嗅到数英里外食物开始 Turkey vultures can detect gas released at the beginning of decay--
腐烂的气味 from miles away.
虽然秃鹫极度濒危,但土耳其秃鹫的数量却很稳定 While the condors fight extinction, turkey vulture numbers are stable.
为了野外求生,加州秃鹫必须要找到它的食物 To survive in the wild, California condors must see their meal...
然后击败其他的秃鹫 then beat the vultures to the table.
大索尔部分地方已经演变成极端残酷的生存环境 Part of Big Sur's evolutionary tale is surviving extreme change.
植物和动物的潮池跨越两个不同的家园 Plants and animals of tide pools straddle two different homes.
住民们艰难而微妙的生活于同一空间 Residents are tough and delicate at the same time.
海葵的触手能抱住自己的身体 Anemones fold their tentacles into their bodies,
当它们曝露在空气中时,这将防止身体变干 which prevents them from drying out when exposed to the air.
每天两次将身体没入水中... Twice per day life is submerged...
接着再暴露出来 and then exposed.
也许这两种极端的潮间带环境 Perhaps this extreme inter-tidal environment
即是海洋生命首次踏足陆地的情形 is where sea life first came to land.
罕见的是大索尔的海洋动物都生活与陆生动物较近的地方 Big Sur's marine animals live in rare proximity to terrestrial creatures.
生活在这多元化的栖息地,它们才可如此亲密 This diverse range of habitats, so close together,
这是一个与众不同的世界 exists nowhere else in the world.
东海岸是红衫环绕林地和大索尔草原 East of the sea lies the redwood belt and Big Sur's savannah.
地质屏障致使爬行动物很难来到这里 Geological barriers have made it difficult for reptiles to move here.
但也有少量的蛇在这里生存 But a few snakes thrive.
咯咯声 [rattling]
响尾蛇的鼻孔旁有凹坑 Rattlesnakes have pits near their nostrils
这在一定程度上改变了它的感温器官 that sense temperature change within a fraction of a degree.
分叉舌头是它们的定位器 Their forked tongues act as a directional guide.
橡胶蟒很罕见,是因为它们喜欢生活在地下 Rubber boas are rarely seen, as they prefer to live underground.
遇到危险时,它们就蜷成一团,用尾巴迷惑敌人 When threatened, they roll into a ball and use their tail as a decoy.
掠食鸟类不只局限于山林 Birds of prey aren't limited by mountains.
幼年红尾鹰很难活过头两年 Juvenile red-tailed hawks rarely survive their first two years.
许多都在学飞阶段着陆时撞死 Many die in crash landings while learning to fly.
这只年轻的雌鹰很强壮,而且擅于捕猎 This young female is healthy and able to hunt.
它待在一英里高的地方侦查敌情 She spots activity from the height of one mile
鹰能看见的距离是人类的8倍之多 with vision eight times more powerful than a human's.
郊狼潜行于大索尔的草原 Coyote families prowl Big Sur's meadows.
它们有极强的适应力 Supremely adaptable,
母狼选择其他动物遗弃的巢穴作为据点 coyote mothers use den sites vacated by other animals.
这些幼崽只有几个星期大 These pups are only a few weeks old,
却已经很独立了 but are already wired for independence.
郊狼必须心思缜密 Coyotes must be wily.
因为美洲狮,鹰和土耳其秃鹫都会掠杀幼狼 Cougars, hawks and turkey vultures can snatch small pups.
不过秃鹫更喜欢腐肉 The vultures are even more aggressive with carrion.
它的大鼻孔可以收集微弱的腐肉气味 Their large nostrils pick up the smallest scent particles.
而今,大索尔的秃鹫没有了天然的觅食之地... Today, Big Sur's condors have failed to spot a natural meal...
但土耳其秃鹫正在享用盛宴 but the turkey vultures feast.
在夏季,沿海浓雾弥漫... During summer, coastal fog increases...
而大海也日趋完美 and the sea ripens with potential.
小海獭勇敢的试着自己去找寻食物 The otter pup bravely tries for his own food.
它继承了母亲的口味 His tastes are inherited from his mother.
小海獭还需学会如何保住自己的猎获物 He still needs to learn how to keep his catch.
本季出生的小海獭差不多都学会了独立生活 Most of this season's seal pups already face the world alone.
随着海狮的到来 Along with sea lions,
现在它们必须前往更远的海洋去冒险 they now venture farther out to sea and into danger.
夏季,危险遍及大索尔的每个角落 Throughout Big Sur, summer brings peril.
雷击和火星极易让草原和丛林燃气烈焰 Lightning strikes and arson easily ignite dry grass and chaparral.
吹起的余烬会把这里变成一片火海 Embers can quickly blow into a full-fledged inferno.
小动物是第一批高温和烟熏的受害者 The smallest are the first to die from heat and smoke.
没有长腿和强壮的翅膀,是无法逃生的 Without long legs or strong wings, there's no escape.
在回复安全之前,美洲狮是不会回来的 Cougars won't return until it's safe.
一旦发生火灾,生命将要重新开始 Once a fire runs its course, life resumes.
有些植物有赖于火才能繁衍 Some plants depend upon fire to reproduce.
种子直到大火熔化外壳之前都呈睡眠状态 Seeds lie dormant until extreme heat melts their outer coating.
加州原生植物花了数百万年 It took millions of years for California's native plants
去适应火灾的周期 to adapt to natural fire cycles.
不到一个世纪的时间,人类改变了植物一直维系的 In less than a century, humans have altered the pace so much
繁衍生息的速度 that plants struggle to keep up.
大多数大索尔住民适应了不断变化的环境-- Most of Big Sur's natives adapt to changing demands--
但加州秃鹫却濒临灭绝 but California condors might die out.
新生幼鹰已经能离巢 The new condor chick is out of the nest,
但仍依赖父母进食 but still depends on his parents for food.
它将需要大索尔提供在此居住50年 He will need all that Big Sur can provide
所需要的一切 to live for 50 years.
小海獭将拥有自己的生活 The otter pup is about to be on his own:
大概6个月后,它的母亲将会有新的宝宝 in less than six months, his motherwill have a new baby.
直到现在,小海豹才算完全独立 By now, young seals are completely independent.
幸存者一天天茁壮成长 Survivors grow stronger every day.
海狮的叫声 [sea lion barking]
这里的还是群体有诸多伤亡事件 There are many casualties within the sea lion community.
有时,鲨鱼仅是咬伤它的目标 Sometimes sharks only wound their targets.
尽管伤势严重,这只雄海狮却永不言弃 Despite grave injuries, this male won't give up.
它的有些同伴却早已躲进了岩石缝中 Some of his comrades already decompose among the rocks.
无雾的日子,秃鹫们终于能看到潜在的食物 Without fog, the condors are finally able to see potential food.
它们找寻这大餐 They spy the perfect meal.
强壮的鸟先进食 Dominant birds eat first
并吃掉了腐尸的精华部分 and take the choicest parts of a carcass.
秃鹫的喙能刺穿最麻烦的毛皮 A condor's beak can pierce the toughest hide.
这是捕捉到的第一个野生加州秃鹫 This is the first footage captured by a film crew
喂食幼鸟的全家福镜头 of California condors feeding in the wild.
它们不容许土耳其秃鹫来分一杯羹 They don't allow a turkey vulture intruder to share.
这次胜利对于这些史前鸟类来说是一丝转机 This triumph for the prehistoric birds could be their turning point.
于年轻秃鹫来说这是一个好的开端 It's a healthy start for the young condor chick.
秃鹫叫声 [condors grunting]
无可预知的大索尔 Big Sur is never predictable.
海獭几乎从海洋消失 Sea otters nearly vanished from the ocean.
现在,在受保护的情形下,有数千只海獭开始在这里玩耍 Today, under protected status, thousands play here again.
中央海岸失去大鲸鱼数十年了 The Central Coast was bereft of great whales for decades.
如今很多大鲸鱼穿过大索尔和蒙特雷湾归来 Now large numbers pass through Big Sur and Monterey Bay.
这是一个残酷之地--但住民们却不屈不挠 This is a merciless place-- but residents are stubborn.
不断有悲剧发生-- Tragedy constantly occurs--
但近在咫尺，却有胜利在欢呼 but close by, victory celebrates.
即便不能与之明天到底会发生什么 It's impossible to predict what tomorrow might bring.
在神秘而充满野性的大索尔 ln secret and savage Big Sur,
大胆和勇敢者才能生存下去 the bold and the bravest will survive.
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