【国家地理百年纪念典藏】第40集 美女与野兽：豹的故事 #國家地理 #紀錄片 #探索

Dawn comes to the African plain And a lethal beauty comes stalking out of the shadows As they have for generations The hunter confronts the hunted This is the story of two lives bound together In tooth and blood And warthogs Ever opposed, ever entwined They share but one struggle To survive each new day In a harsh land The warthog has been called The most astonishing object To ever disgrace nature Yet for all its comic bumps and bulges It has managed to hold its own In the realm of the leopard The domain of the cat Stretches across the eastern transvaal of South Africa Where the sand river snakes through The Kruger National Park And the Malamala Game Reserve Here flourishes a remarkable community of animals A world where day by day The same individuals cross paths time and again Among them is a female leopard This is her home And she's not shy about letting others of her kind know it She is beautiful, elegant and deadly The leopard comes cloaked in mystery Elusive and intense Even in mating She's wound ever so tight Of all the great cats This surely is the wildest By contrast Consider the courtship of the warthog Chin to rump He pleads his case But even a suitor's best laid plans can go awry The warthog is a plotter A hermivore But one thing no warthog will stand for During this delicate time Is an intruding male Night belongs to the leopard And with the sunset The male and female come together once more to mate As mating This is almost predatory In time Our leopard becomes a mother She has two newborn cubs Sisters Her offspring need her care and protection Here the threats are all around One of the deadliest Is the hyena Once hyena's become aware of the den site She must take immediate action To safeguard her two little cubs Awaiting them is a less vulnerable home Nearby In the remains of a termite mound Another birth is about to take place The infant warthogs come struggling out of the womb Barely five minutes into the world And he's already trying to stand From the outset Even at their first feeding The warthogs' true character can be seen They may start off looking old before their time But they are feisty, rambunctious Above all, tenacious And they will need to be For daunting days lie ahead Both the newborn warthogs and month-old leopards Are about to set off on parallel journeys Through the seasons of the veldt Slowly Tentatively The cubs leave behind the safety of their refuge Outside A new world awaits them And there are many dangers they know nothing about For two baby sisters The lessons start small Like how to subdue their mother's tail This early roughhousing Will teach the cubs crucial skills Like how to pin down prey And deliver a killing bite And right from the start It's clear The first born learns fast Shy and solitary The leopard is a creature of the shadows Even upside down The leopard won't let go of her prey Suffocation brings an end that's ruthless But mercifully efficient But she'll never have a chance to enjoy this meal The jaws of a hyena can pulverize bone The mother leopard can't risk a battle Not with two cubs relying on her Lightning is an awesome spectacle to the cubs Seeing it for the first time Down in their burrow The little piglets are just as scared Of the crashing and the fire in the sky But nothing will stop the hungry hyenas From their feasting As the deluge intensifies The mother warthog tries to shore up her burrow But it's a losing battle With the water seeping in The young warthogs take refuge The only place they can On their mother's back For the bedraggled piglets This is life threatening Because of their sparse hair covering Many young warthogs will die of exposure Within the first weeks of life When finally the night clears The first born cub ventures forth Unlike her warthog neighbors She's hardly the worst for warthogs The mother leopard keeps her cubs close There's far more than rain to protect them from Still in the calm after the storm There's always time for a nuzzle or two With sunrise The terrors of the night drift away The warthog family is thriving now Unlike the leopards The gregarious animals band together It's an extended family And it means more security for the young cousins And more fun too First some rivalries must be sorted out With a little bumping and pushing And then it's playtime One warthog is a bit bolder and bouncier Than the rest who follow in his wake But there's method in this apparent madness One day their lives will depend on their speed A little strenuous exercise Deserves a good long nap And a long drink A pick-me-up of piglets Mother's milk Up a shady marula tree The mother leopard is on the lookout for prey As the heat of the day builds The warthogs head down to the water hole For a real treat A good wallow But they're not the only ones going that way The mother warthog is alert But she hasn't yet picked up the threat The water feels great The youngsters Including the bold and bouncy one Are caught up in their discoveries They're finding out how useful the mud can be For those hard to reach spots A few feet more And she'll be in range The predator must kill to survive The prey must escape Hails at full mast The little warthog and his siblings Stay close together They have just been given their first lesson In the virtues of speed It won't be their last Midday In the warmth of the African sun The leopard cubs are mastering another lesson The art of the ambush For the firstborn and her sister These are crucial games As the day wears on Not everyone is playing The hyena pack is on the prowl Something has caught their eye A lioness The broken leg She's unable to keep up with her pride Not only is she crippled She's pregnant And close to giving birth The hyenas won't attack The lionesses will The hyenas will The hyenas won't attack Not yet The lioness is still too strong But their time will come A long night is on its way The mother warthog and her piglets Can retreat when the sun goes down To the refuge of their burrow But for many others As night descends The plains are all too open All too exposed Only the hunters walk without fear The mother leopard The mother leopard stalk Is triggered by a scent on the breeze A scrub hair But the little hair has a few tricks too And it'll try every one Until it's overwhelmed But this hair isn't just a meal It's a lesson in hunting Rather than kill her prey outright The mother brings it back for her cubs The firstborn is eager to practice Unlike her timid sister She's not simply playing with her food She's learning about the fine line Between life and death It's knowledge her sister won't get Watching from the sidelines Too nervous to enter into the fray She hangs back while her sister attacks If character is destiny An intrepid spirit May make all the difference In the African night The precocious cub is rewarded With a meal Full moon on the African plain The cycle turns from death To fragile new life The crippled lioness has given birth But weak and wounded She can never take care of this cub And at the first sound of danger She limps away The baby's cries will attract the hyena pack With a terrible logic of survival She's forced to leave her youngster To protect herself Still she can't shake off the hyenas Too weary to go on She braces herself for the coming battle Her growl is stronger than she is It's just enough to keep the mob at bay There's easier prey around The plaintiff cries of the abandoned lion cub Echo through the night And they attract a deadly visitor Normally the mother leopard Would kill this cub without thinking twice But she hesitates Perhaps it has aroused her maternal feelings And now with her old antagonist's closing in She's got a dilemma Should she take it? Should she stay? There is no choice She could never raise this baby With her Goes the little one's last chance Unaware of her baby's fate The lioness is calling for her pride But they are nowhere to be found Her roars are heard Not by the pride But by the lioness Not by the pride But by rogue male lions A pair of powerful nomads They come at a run Their intentions like their movements a blur This behavior is highly unusual But no less savage Their killer instinct is so strong The urge to attack an injured animal So powerful That they seemingly cannot stop In the dark hours The young are more vulnerable than ever Left behind while their mother hunts Their instinct is to explore Yet each time they do They face greater risks This is when death stalks the savannah The thieves are never far off Unlike the mother The male leopard will stand his ground Especially with this young hyena And when the scavenger retreats The male savors his feast The mother has a much bigger worry Her cubs They are not where she left them As her anxiety deepens Her mate high above the ground Senses a new threat So do the persistent hyenas below One's got his foot caught Looking for a meal He may soon turn into a man To eat the meal himself It's now or never The male leopard too Must avoid being trapped by the lions Mounting the tree with surprising ease A lioness claims the abandoned carcass Enticed An adolescent male tries to follow But he's not much of a climber He's bitten off more than he can chew And right now he's not chewing Much of anything The smartest one is the female below Soon the inevitable happens And the lioness that did all the work Is left to swing in the breeze Only the scraps are left A 20-foot drop barely phases her Once more the leopards Have provided a feast for their foes Although the lions might hear her The mother leopard is still calling Into the empty night She's now desperate to find her cubs She searches through the tall grass Seeking a familiar scent A scent that might lead Does lead to her cub It's the little shy one Killed by the lions She never learned to fend for herself Not even a mother's tender affection Can make a difference now Still somewhere out there Is her firstborn And the culprits are still prowling nearby All she can do is call Over and over again Until Hidden in the grass is her cub Independent as ever She has endured At last, mother and cub Have found each other This must feel like joy One has died And one has survived The cub must now find Others to feed Other playthings where she can She has made it through The toughest trial of her youth Soon enough She will have to face The harsh world around her All by herself Death can't hold back the dawn In this hard land The passing of one little leopard Is barely noticed As hesitantly pugnacious as ever The warthogs emerge into the light Tucked away in their burrow They have weathered this and many nights Unlike the unfortunate little cub Even this small dead body Makes them nervous The upraised mane Shows their wariness They can't quite be sure The little leopard won't Suddenly spring to life After all It would be their worst nightmare To run into this cub All grown up Yet a quick dig at an old enemy Is just too good an opportunity To pass up Then again Sometimes they just scare themselves A year goes by Another spring comes to Mala Mala For the leopards Change is as inevitable As the turning of the seasons At 20 months The cub is coming into her own There's a new tension Between mother and daughter One day soon They will be competitors For once there was affection There's now indifference Even aggression It's a sad but inescapable moment As the mother forces her youngster Off into the world She's now completely alone The coming of the rainy season Mirrors the melancholy transformation For the new generation Of leopard and warthog Zebra and hyena The trials will be unending On the savanna Hunger must be faced each day Every day The first test of a solo hunter Start off simply enough But they're trickier than they look A hammer claw Is simply the wrong prey And a turtle It may be slower But it's not necessarily any easier How does this work? Where exactly are the teeth supposed to go? It's hard to believe That something so simple to catch Could be so difficult to eat It's really better as a toy than a meal The leopard is still half a cub She's still playing But soon she'll have to put away Her childish things And get down to the serious business Of life You can only play so long What she needs is real prey Like Impala Some as young as she This is what she's been training for She's talking well She's forgotten just one thing A noisy tree squirrel The Impala seem to mock her as they go There are many frustrations for the novice hunter The road to knowledge is a hungry one For the inexperienced leopard Everything must seem bigger Lonelier And scarier Than ever before This evening Returning to their burrow The young warthog and his siblings Discover something's wrong Their mother is giving them A not so subtle hint It's time they were out on their own But being out on your own Can be exhausting work Like the leopard The warthog is now truly alone He needs to find a safe retreat For the evening But they're all taken And now the clock is ticking Warthog and leopard Have grown up side by side Yet always at a comfortable distance But that gap is closing And suddenly the leopard is under attack An empty burrow Is an unexpected chance for safety The young leopard has tasted warthog blood And she's not ready to quit As for the hyena He'll never give up It's not in his nature And so they end the night Leopard, hyena and warthog Locked in a three-way standoff The skirmish has left its mark On the young leopard Down below The warthog is shaken too It's been a rough time for all of them But both animals Can claim at least this victory They have made it through The long night Battered and scarred The warthog is lucky To survive the confrontation Like the ones that went before Each new generation Must earn its place on the savannah Over the coming months The leopard gets bigger, stronger Yet one achievement Continues to elude her She's still unable To outwit the adult impala They're better at this than she is In the midst of the impalas They use the impalas As an early warning system Protection against mutual enemies The leopard has arrived And this time She hasn't been detected The impalas sense danger But they're not sure where The leopard zeroes in On the warthog Once more they stand Just yards apart The impalas scan her in panic But this time She's tackled the biggest prey A full-grown male But can she hold on to it Success And for the warthogs Escape This is the leopard's grand moment Her coming of age Over time She will take many impalas into the trees Of course her triumph Brings two familiar foes But now she's learned to handle even them The hyenas are left to vent Their frustration on each other Hunt her and hunted Side by side Each has mastered this world In its own way And each has but one reward To guide the next generation Into the African dawn