(mysterious music) （神秘的音乐）
The tropical waters of Southeast Asia 东南亚的热带水域
are home to some of the richest coral reefs on the planet. 是地球上一些最丰富的珊瑚礁的故乡.
But hundreds of meters beneath the surface 但是在地表以下几百米
lies a world where time had stood still. 躺在一个世界，那里的时间停滞不前.
(mysterious music) （神秘的音乐）
Here, creatures from the far distant past still survive. 在这里，遥远的过去的生物仍然可以生存.
Now a team with scientists and film makers 现在由科学家和电影制片人组成的团队
have joint forces to explore this largely unknown world. 联手探索这个未知的世界.
(indistinct radio talking) （广播中声音不清楚）
With the state-of-the-art submersible, 使用最先进的潜水器，
they descend deep below the surface. 它们下降到水面以下.
This is truly a living fossil here. 这确实是这里的活化石.
And discover prehistoric creatures 并发现史前生物
that have survived virtually unchanged 几乎没有改变的幸存者
for over 400 million years. 超过4亿年
(mysterious music) （神秘的音乐）
It's a lost world hidden in the depths of the sea 这是一个隐藏在海洋深处的迷失世界
where primeval creatures have lived 原始生物居住过的地方
since the earliest times. 从最早的时候开始
(mysterious music) （神秘的音乐）
Following the reports from local fishermen, 根据当地渔民的报告，
the team set off in search of a strange fish 团队出发寻找一条奇怪的鱼
that is said to lurk in these waters. 据说在这些水域潜伏着.
Have you ever seen that fish before? 你以前见过那条鱼吗？
I caught one. 我抓到一个.
(majestic music) （雄伟的音乐）
It's a journey full of surprises 这是充满惊喜的旅程
and extraordinarily encounters. 和非凡的s
And finally, after a year of exploration. 最后，经过一年的探索.
Oh shit, this is what, this could be it. 哦，该死，这就是可能.
This is it mate. 这是伴侣.
Yeah?Yeah. 是吗？是的
We got them. 我们得到了他们.
(laughter) （笑声）
They discover a bizarre fish 他们发现一条奇怪的鱼
that few people had ever seen, 很少有人见过
and encounter some of the ocean's 并遇到一些海洋
most elusive inhabitants. 最难以捉摸的居民.
(indistinct talking) （说话模糊）
This is gonna be awesome. 这太棒了.
(exclaiming) （惊呼）
It's the journey of a lifetime. 这是一生的旅程.
(dramatic music) （戏剧音乐）
(drums rolling) （鼓声）
(chanting in foreign language) （用外语高呼）
The island of New Guinea in the Pacific Ocean, 太平洋的新几内亚岛，
it's a wild paradise that still remains 这仍然是一个狂野的天堂
largely untouched by modern civilization. 在很大程度上不受现代文明的影响.
A scientific research vessel is here 科研船在这里
to explore the uncharted depths of these waters. 探索这些水域的未知深度.
The Alucia is equipped with the latest technology Alucia配备了最新技术
including a deep sea submersible 包括深海潜水器
that can dive to depths of 1,000 meters. 可以潜水到1000米的深度
The crew are carrying out final safety checks 机组人员正在进行最后的安全检查
to the submersible Nadir. 潜入纳迪尔.
No one before has attempted to dive 之前没有人尝试潜水
in these waters with a sub. 在这些水域中带一个子.
The expedition is led by marine biologist, Mark Ardmann. 这次探险是由海洋生物学家Mark Ardmann领导的.
Ardmann is an expert in the ecology of coral reefs Ardmann是珊瑚礁生态学的专家
and has been studying them for over 20 years. 并且已经研究了他们20多年了.
He's worked in these waters for over a decade 他在这些水域工作了十多年
and knows them well. 并且非常了解他们
Their first stop is the Raja Ampat Islands 他们的第一站是Raja Ampat Islands
of the west end of New Guinea. 新几内亚西端.
(calm music) （平静的音乐）
Okay sir, ready? 好的，先生，准备好了吗？
Let's go. 我们走吧.
The warm waters are teaming 温暖的水正在成群结队
with colorful fish. 与五颜六色的鱼.
Nowhere in all of seas of the world 世界上无处可寻
is there a greater diversity of life. 生活是否有更大的多样性.
(calm music) （平静的音乐）
Over 500 species of corals live here, 这里有超过500种珊瑚
they in turn support a myriad of fish 他们反过来养了无数的鱼
that depend on them for food and shelter. 依靠他们的食物和庇护所.
Tropical waters are surprisingly poor in nutrients, 热带水域营养不良，
but the corals produce enough food 但是珊瑚产生足够的食物
to sustain a vast community of marine creatures. 维持广阔的海洋生物群落.
Ardmann has identified over 1,500 species of fish 阿德曼（Ardmann）已鉴定出1,500多种鱼类
in the shallow waters here, 在这里的浅水里
confirming that this is one of the greatest 确认这是最伟大的
biodiversity hot spots in the world. 世界生物多样性热点.
But Ardmann has long been wanting 但是阿德曼早就想要
to explore the deeper ocean. 探索更深的海洋.
It all started with an extraordinary discovery 一切始于非凡的发现
that he made over 15 years ago. 是15年前的作品
He was traveling around the island of Sulawesi, 他正在苏拉威西岛旅行，
in Indonesia. 在印度尼西亚.
So, it was on my honeymoon in 1997. 因此，这是我1997年度蜜月的时候.
We were in Manado when we are doing some diving there, 我们在那里潜水时是在万鸦老，
and I always like to go to the fish market 我一直喜欢去鱼市场
just to see what the people are catching there. 只是为了看看人们在那里捉到了什么.
So we went quite early in the morning. 所以我们很早就去了.
My wife saw it first. 我的妻子首先看到了它.
Very intrigued by what this was. 这是什么让我非常感兴趣.
It was something she'd never seen before. 这是她从未见过的东西.
So she called me over and asked me what this was. 于是她打电话给我，问我这是什么.
Ardmann immediaterly recognized 阿德曼立即意识到
the bizarre looking fish. 看起来很奇怪的鱼.
And I said, oh my goodness, it's a coelacanth. 我说，哦，天哪，这是腔棘鱼.
The coelacanth is a very rare fish 腔棘鱼是一种非常稀有的鱼
that was once thought to be the ancestor 曾经被认为是祖先
of all land-living backbone animals. 所有陆地上的骨干动物.
It has armor-like scales and large bulging eyes, 它有盔甲般的鳞片和宽大的眼睛，
and fleshy fins that resemble limbs. 和类似四肢的肉鳍.
Very surprised to see, 很惊讶地看到
it's something I'd known as a child 这是我小时候所知道的
but obviously never seen a real one, 但显然从未见过真正的人，
so it was fantastic and a really big surprise to see. 所以这真是太棒了，真是一个很大的惊喜.
Until the live specimen was caught 直到发现活体标本
off the coast of South Africa in 1938, 1938年在南非海岸外
the coelacanth was thought to be extinct. 腔棘鱼被认为已灭绝.
It had only been known from fossils 只有化石才知道
over 80 million years old. 超过8000万年的历史
And the discovery of a living specimen 以及发现活体标本
was a scientific sensation. 是一种科学感.
It was over a meter and a half long 超过一米半
and weighed nearly 60 kilos. 重达60公斤
News of the strange primeval fish 奇怪的原始鱼的消息
soon spread around the world. 很快传遍世界.
50 years later, Ardmann himself, 50年后，阿德曼本人
found another coelacanth in Asian waters 在亚洲水域发现了另一只腔棘鱼
far from Africa. 远离非洲.
It was a different species and once again 那是另外一个物种
the strange fish captured our imagination. 奇怪的鱼抓住了我们的想象力.
(mysterious music) （神秘的音乐）
Since then, a few more specimens 从那以后，又有一些标本
had been recovered in Indonesian waters 在印尼水域被发现
but only in a handful of places. 但仅在少数几个地方.
Ardmann believes that their range 阿德曼认为，他们的范围
maybe much wider than we think. 也许比我们想象的要宽得多.
He's long had the dream of conducting 他早已梦想着进行
a full scale exploration of the deep Pacific Ocean. 对太平洋深处的全面勘探.
Other prehistoric creatures such as deep-sea sharks 其他史前生物，例如深海鲨鱼
and nautilus, have already been discovered here 和鹦鹉螺，已经在这里被发现
and he hopes one day to find the coelacanths too. 他希望有一天能找到腔棘鱼.
(majestic music) （雄伟的音乐）
There's an important question about 有一个重要的问题
why we have so many of those here? 为什么我们有这么多呢？
What about the deep tropical sea? 那么热带深海呢？
And perhaps really try to unlock some 也许真的尝试解锁一些
of the mysteries of the deep tropical ancient seas here. 这里深热带古海的奥秘.
The expedition that Ardmann 阿德曼探险队
and his colleagues are planning 和他的同事正在计划
will require much preparation 需要很多准备
and take over a year. 并花了一年多的时间
From inside this submersible, 从这个潜水器里面
the team will have an unobstructed view, 团队的视野不会被遮挡，
nearly 360 degrees all around them. 他们周围几乎360度.
The sub is also equipped with a high resolution camera 潜水艇还配备了高分辨率相机
that can capture even softer shades of color underwater. 可以捕获更柔和的水下阴影.
With final preparations complete, 完成最后的准备后，
the sub is ready for its descent. 潜艇准备下降.
I think that there's an extremely good chance 我认为这是一个极好的机会
that coelacanths are found right here. 在这里发现腔棘鱼.
We're in the right place 我们来对地方了
and I'm extremely excited about this 我对此感到非常兴奋
and yeah, I'm just ready to go. 是的，我已经准备好出发了.
Ardmann is excited and nervous. 阿德曼既兴奋又紧张.
Guys happy? 伙计们高兴吗？
Very Happy. 很高兴.
Ready to go. 准备好出发.
(questing music) （询问音乐）
The sub weighs nearly eight tons. 该潜艇重近八吨.
It will be lowered into the sea by a huge crane. 它将由一台巨大的起重机降入海中.
(questing music) （询问音乐）
(engine roaring) （引擎轰鸣）
(questing music) （询问音乐）
It's Ardmann's first dive into the deep 这是阿德曼（Ardmann）第一次深入
below the coral reef. 在珊瑚礁之下.
(indistinct talking) （说话模糊）
Nearer to the surface, the swimmer clear, 靠近表面，游泳者畅通无阻，
am I clear to vent? 我清楚发泄了吗？
Oh, yeah, you're clear to vent. 哦，是的，您很清楚.
Hey guys. 大家好.
Here we go 开始了
All right. 行.
Fingers crossed. 手指交叉.
The sub slowly descends into the deep. 潜艇慢慢下降到深处.
The lower they go, the darker it gets. 他们走得越低，它越暗.
Very little light penetrates these gloomy depths. 很少有光线穿透这些阴暗的深度.
[Man on the radio] Surface, surface Nadir, [广播中的人]表面，表面Nadir，
depth now 34 meters on the wall, over. 深度现在在墙上34米以上.
Nadir, surface, 天底，表面，
steady 34 meters on the wall, loud and clear. 稳定在墙壁上的34米处，声音清晰.
Got a whole phalanx of little tiny squid. 整个小小的乌贼都有方阵.
directly in front of the lights. 直接在灯前.
[Man on the radio] Surface, surface, Nadir, [广播中的人]表面，表面，最低点，
depth 170 meters. 深度170米.
The lights were okay. 灯还可以.
Are we on the bottom? 我们在最底层吗？
Yeah. 是的
The seafloor is very different 海底很不一样
to the coral reef above. 到上面的珊瑚礁.
Bare and barren, there is little sign of life here. 贫瘠，这里几乎没有生命迹象.
At last they spot something, 最后他们发现了一些东西，
the strange heart-shape creature at the end of the stalk. 茎末端的奇怪心形生物.
It's a rare comb jelly that was first discovered in 1941 这是一种稀有的梳状果冻，于1941年首次发现
by the Japanese Emperor, Hirohito, 日本天皇裕仁天皇
who was also a passionate marine biologist. 也是一位充满热情的海洋生物学家.
This jelly-like creature lives attached to a rock 这种果冻般的生物依附在岩石上
at the bottom of the sea 在海底
and feeds in the most extraordinary way. 并以最特别的方式喂食
It throws out long sticky filaments 它扔掉了长粘性的细丝
which catch tiny prey drifting by in the water. 捕捉到微小的猎物在水中漂流.
(mysterious music) （神秘的音乐）
[Man on the radio] Surface, surface, Nadir, depth, 22-- [广播中的人]表面，表面，最低点，深度22--
The surface is now descended 现在表面下降
to below 200 meters and is entering 到200米以下并进入
what is known as the twilight zone. 所谓的暮光区.
Very little light penetrates as deeply as this. 几乎没有这样的光穿透.
That sea urchin is beautiful. 那只海胆很漂亮.
Oh that's-- 哦，那是 -
The red one right there? 红色的在那里吗？
Yeah. 是的
The sea urchin looks quite different 海胆看起来很不一样
to most modern day urchins, having fewer spines. 到大多数现代海胆，刺少.
In fact, it more close to resembles fossils 实际上，它更像化石
from 200 million years ago 从2亿年前开始
and belongs to a primitive group known as the pencil urchins 属于一个称为铅笔顽童的原始群体
because of the thickness of their spines. 因为他们的刺的粗细.
The team notice another unusual creature on the seafloor. 团队注意到海底有另一个不寻常的生物.
This is truly a living fossil here, 这是这里真正的活化石，
if we can get up on that video 如果我们可以看那个视频
and I think this is one of the things that we rarely see. 我认为这是我们很少看到的事情之一.
So these are sea lilies which are now on stalks. 所以这些是现在在茎上的海百合.
This is basically exactly what they look like 这基本上就是他们的样子
in a fossil record hundreds of millions of years ago. 在数亿年前的化石记录中
Here we go. 开始了.
There, and one up there. 在那里，一个在那里.
(mumbles) over there. （喃喃自语）那边.
The sea lily looks just like those 海百合看起来像那些
found as fossils dating back 400 million years. 被发现为4亿年前的化石.
It has ranged very little over millennia. 几千年来，变化幅度很小.
Perhaps sensing the sub's presence as it approaches, 也许在接近潜艇时感觉到潜艇的存在，
the sea lily begins to wave its arms. 海水百合开始挥舞手臂.
(mysterious music) （神秘的音乐）
It may look like a plant but it is in fact an animal 它看起来像植物，但实际上是动物
and if in danger, it will resort to a remarkable strategy. 如果处于危险之中，它将采取出色的策略.
It detaches itself and uses its feathery arms 它会自行分离并使用其羽毛状的手臂
to crawl over the sea floor in search of a safe spot. 爬过海底寻找安全的地方.
(mysterious music) （神秘的音乐）
The sea lily may have retained its primitive form 海百合可能保留了其原始形式
for millions of years, 数百万年以来
but it's also hardly enough to have survived 但是还很难生存
into the modern age. 进入现代.
Discovering these living fossils 发现这些活化石
has been quite overwhelming for Ardmann. 对于Ardmann来说已经非常令人压倒.
If we had a week of this-- 如果我们有一个星期
Oh my God. 哦，我的上帝.
Stalked sea lilies like these were once 像这样的海百合曾经
far more abundant than they are today 比今天丰富得多
and then found mostly in shallow waters. 然后主要发现在浅水区.
(bubbly music) （起泡的音乐）
400 million years ago, 4亿年前，
thick carpets of these strange creatures 这些奇怪的生物的厚地毯
covered the sea floor 覆盖海底
forming spectacular underwater meadows. 形成壮观的水下草甸.
The warm shallow waters were rich in plankton 温暖的浅水区富含浮游生物
and there were few large predators. 而且几乎没有大型的掠食者.
The nautilus, an ancient relative of the squid, octopus, 鹦鹉螺，是鱿鱼，章鱼的远亲，
haunted small marine invertebrates such as trilobites. 被困扰的海洋无脊椎动物如三叶虫.
Overtime, more former developed predators began to appear, 随着时间的流逝，更多的前发达掠食者开始出现，
primitive sharks, 原始鲨鱼
and huge armored fish. 和巨大的装甲鱼.
With powerful jaws and the ability to swim swiftly, 拥有强大的下巴和快速游泳的能力，
these formidable hunters rule the shallow seas. 这些强大的猎人统治着浅海.
While many prehistoric creatures became extinct, 许多史前生物灭绝，
the sea lilies and some other species 海水百合和其他一些物种
survived as living fossils in the twilight zone. 作为活化石在暮光区生存下来.
The key to their success was their ability to adapt. 他们成功的关键是他们的适应能力.
(calm music) （平静的音乐）
During the age of the dinosaurs, 在恐龙时代，
even bigger and more ferocious predators appeared 更大更凶猛的掠食者出现了
in the shallow seas. 在浅海中.
Large swimming reptiles like the plesiosaur. 大型游泳爬行类，如蛇颈龙.
(calm music) （平静的音乐）
Now, slow moving animals without weapons of their own, 现在，慢速运动的动物没有自己的武器，
made easy prey. 成为容易的猎物.
Those that lived in deep waters 那些生活在深水里的人
were largely unaffected by this struggle to survival. 在很大程度上没有受到生存斗争的影响.
They are descendants of the living fossils 他们是化石的后代
that we know today, the coelacanths and the sea lilies. 今天我们知道的是腔棘鱼和海百合.
Here in the deep there were few competetors 在深处，很少有竞争者
and it was too dark from most predators to find them. 大多数捕食者都太暗了，找不到它们.
(calm music) （平静的音乐）
The sub has returned to the surface. 潜艇已返回水面.
The first dive completed. 第一次潜水完成.
Thank you sir. 谢谢你，先生.
You're welcome. 别客气.
It's a fantastic trip. 这是一个梦幻般的旅程.
I would say it was other worldly, 我会说这是另一个世俗的东西，
it was truly a lost world that we encountered. 我们确实遇到了一个迷失的世界.
I think that if we had some more time here, 我认为，如果我们在这里还有更多时间，
that we would definitely find coelacanths. 我们肯定会发现腔棘鱼.
The team start planning 团队开始计划
for their next phase of the expedition. 为他们的探险的下一阶段.
(lively music) （音乐生动）
We gotta take a look here. 我们得在这里看看.
Ardmann decides to focus his search Ardmann决定集中精力进行搜索
on finding prehistoric fish including the coelacanth. 寻找史前鱼类，包括腔棘鱼.
But where should he start to look? 但是他应该从哪里开始看？
Coelacanth are thought to be nocturnal, 腔棘鱼被认为是夜间活动，
hiding away in caves and rock crevices 躲在洞穴和岩石缝隙中
around 200 meters below the surface. 在地表以下200米处.
There are hardly any maps of the seafloor 几乎没有海底地图
around New Guinea. 新几内亚周围.
From the little information he has, 从他掌握的信息中，
Ardmann decides to focus on a small island 阿德曼决定专注于一个小岛
called Wuvulu of the northern coast. 叫做北部海岸的乌夫鲁.
I think that Wuvulu looks to me 我认为Wuvulu看着我
from the maps to be probably the steepest 从地图上可能是最陡的
and a few divers that I've spoken to talked about 我刚才谈到的一些潜水员
very large caves there so that 那里很大的洞穴
could also be quite interesting. 也可能很有趣.
So that's the general habitat that we're going to look for. 这就是我们要寻找的一般栖息地.
General topography is something 一般的地形
like quite steep and the caves. 就像陡峭的山洞.
If coelacanths do live in these waters, 如果腔棘鱼确实生活在这些水域中，
Wuvulu could have the right kind of habitat. Wuvulu可能拥有合适的栖息地.
(questing music) （询问音乐）
They set course for this remote and little visit diver. 他们为这个偏远且很少来访的潜水员设定了路线.
If we can confirm the existence of coelacanths here 如果我们可以在这里确认腔棘鱼的存在
in Northern PNG, it will be actually 在北部的PNG中，实际上
a very significant scientific finding, 一个非常重要的科学发现，
it will open the possibility that coelacanths 它将开启腔棘鱼的可能性
are found of course throughout this western pacific rim. 在整个西太平洋边缘都可以找到.
So we're very excited about this possibility. 因此，我们对这种可能性感到非常兴奋.
30 hours later, 30小时后
the ship has reached its destination 船已经到达目的地
just north of New Guinea. 就在新几内亚北部.
Wuvulu is about five kilometers long. Wuvulu大约五公里长.
The team head towards the shore. 团队前往海岸.
On the way, they encounter a fisherman in his small canoe. 在途中，他们在他的小独木舟上遇到了一个渔夫.
He's just caught an oilfish nearly two meters long. 他刚钓到一条近两米长的油鱼.
It's a deep sea fish usually found 通常是一种深海鱼
at depths of around 500 meters. 在约500米的深度处.
(fisherman laughs) （渔夫笑）
Where did you catch this? 你在哪里抓到的？
(foreign language) （外语）
This is the place for them. 这是他们的地方.
It's definitely a good sign of good coelacanth habitat 这绝对是腔棘鱼栖息地良好的好兆头
which we already know from what we've seen in the sample. 从样本中我们已经知道了这一点.
It sounds like coelacanths and oilfish 听起来像腔棘鱼和油鱼
maybe found in the same kind of habitat. 也许在相同的栖息地中发现.
Ardmann and his team head towards the local village Ardmann和他的团队前往当地村庄
to see if they can find out more. 看看他们是否能找到更多.
The island has a population of some 900 people, 该岛人口约900人，
most of them making a living from fishing. 他们大多数人靠捕鱼为生.
Everyone thinks they're a fish expert. 每个人都认为他们是鱼类专家.
Have you caught any of this fishes before? 你以前有没有钓到过这些鱼？
Yeah?Yeah. 是吗？是的.
Including this one? 包括这个吗？
Yes, but this one normally, 是的，但是这个通常
we use to catch this fish at night. 我们习惯在晚上抓鱼.
Right. 对.
But what about the coelacanth? 但是腔棘鱼呢？
This one is very rare. 这是非常罕见的.
Very rare, okay. 非常罕见，好吧.
Ardmann then gets to meet a veteran fisherman 然后，阿德曼结识了一位资深渔夫
who gives him a crucial piece of information. 他给了他至关重要的信息
Let me ask you some questions. 让我问你一些问题.
Have you ever seen that fish before? 你以前见过那条鱼吗？
I caught one. 我抓到一个.
You caught one? 你抓到一个？
A small one. 一小.
A small one, yeah? 一个很小的，是吗？
Did you catch that during the day or at night? 您白天还是晚上都抓到了吗？
At night.At night, yeah? 在晚上.晚上，是吗？
And was it also in the same kind 而且是否也是同一种
of depths as this fish or, yeah? 像这条鱼的深处，还是吗？
About 200 to 300 meter deep. 深约200至300米.
Yeah? 是啊
Quite deep, yeah? 很深，是吗？
Okay. 好的.
Was that a long time ago or? 那是很久以前的吗？
No, no. 不，不.
Just recently? 刚刚？
This year. 今年.
This year, yeah? 今年，是吗？
Okay. 好的.
Ardmann asks the fisherman 阿德曼问渔夫
to take them to the spot where he caught the coelacanth. 带他们到他发现腔棘鱼的地方.
The Wuvulus have a traditional way Wuvulus有传统的方式
of catching fish from the deep. 从深处捉鱼.
They tie a strip of leaf to a stone 他们把一片叶子绑在一块石头上
and use it as a weight to lower the line down 并用它作为权重降低线
to 200 meters or more. 到200米以上
(calm music) （平静的音乐）
After that, it's simply a waiting game. 在那之后，它只是一个等待的游戏.
(thunder rolling) （雷声滚滚）
Next morning, a tropical storm is brewing. 第二天早上，一场热带风暴正在酝酿中.
(dramatic music) （戏剧音乐）
Despite the difficult conditions, 尽管困难重重，
the crew continues to prepare the sub for another dive. 机组人员继续为潜水进行潜水准备.
They want to get as close as possible to the shore. 他们想尽可能地靠近海岸.
Then the plan is to follow the coral reef wall 然后计划是沿着珊瑚礁墙
down into the deep. 深入到深处.
(dramatic music) （戏剧音乐）
Once underwater, they're sheltered from the storm above. 一旦进入水下，他们就可以躲避上面的暴风雨.
And they discover that the reef drops straight down. 他们发现礁石直接下落.
Surface Nadir, passing through 60 meters. 水面最低点，穿过60米.
Conditions are good, visibility is good. 条件很好，知名度很好.
We're on the face of the wall. 我们在墙上.
They head for the location 他们前往该地点
pointed out by the fisherman. 渔夫指出.
Let's go down here. 让我们在这里下去.
A large fish is lurking inside a crevice, 一条大鱼藏在缝隙中，
could it be the coelacanth? 可能是腔棘鱼吗？
No, it's not. 不，这不对.
It's a kind of grouper fish. 这是一种石斑鱼.
The team seem a bit disappointed. 团队似乎有些失望.
(exclaims) （惊呼）
But then, a massive grouper swims 但是随后，一个巨大的石斑鱼游动了
right up to the sub's window. 直到子窗口.
(foreboding music) （预感音乐）
It's a giant, maybe a meter long. 这是一个巨大的巨人，也许长一米.
(foreboding rolls) （预卷）
As groupers mature, 随着石斑鱼的成熟，
they are known to move into deeper water. 他们被认为会进入更深的水中.
It peers into the sub, fascinated by the alien visitors. 它凝视着潜艇，被外星游客迷住了.
This is a novelty even for Ardmann. 即使对于Ardmann来说，这也是一个新颖之处.
(foreboding rolls) （预卷）
(calm music) （平静的音乐）
Surface Nadir, depths, 200 meters. 表面最低点，深度200米.
All systems good. 所有系统都不错.
It's the fisherman's anchor, you see that? 是渔夫的锚，你看到了吗？
Oh, yes. 哦是的
It's the weight from a deep sea line. 这是深海线上的重量.
This maybe the place 这也许是地方
where the fisherman caught the coelacanth. 渔夫在那里抓到了腔棘鱼.
(mysterious music) （神秘的音乐）
Might be a stuck sea lily right there. 那里可能是卡住的海百合.
(mysterious music) （神秘的音乐）
It's another sea lily 又是海百合
confirming that they're now entering the twilight zone, 确认他们现在正在进入暮光区，
the threshold into the lost world. 进入迷失世界的门槛.
Creatures like this are few and far between. 这样的生物很少而且相差很远.
These waters are barren, sustaining very little life. 这些水是贫瘠的，几乎没有生命.
(mysterious music) （神秘的音乐）
But something is floating towards the sub. 但是有些东西正在向潜水艇漂浮.
(mysterious music) （神秘的音乐）
(indistinct talking) （说话模糊）
They's like that for sure. 他们肯定是那样的.
(mysterious music) （神秘的音乐）
It's a nautilus, another living fossil 这是鹦鹉螺，另一种活化石
once common in the shallow seas 曾经在浅海中常见
but now, largely confined to the deep. 但是现在，很大程度上局限于深渊.
Surface Nadir, we have a nautilus. 表面Nadir，我们有一个鹦鹉螺.
Its large shell contains 它的大壳包含
gas-filled flotation chambers 充气浮选室
with much it controls its buoyancy and depths. 它控制着它的浮力和深度.
And it moves by squirting water out through a siphon, 然后通过虹吸将水喷出，
a form of jet propulsion. 喷气推进的一种形式.
The team have already had superb views 团队已经有了极好的意见
of two primeval creatures, 两个原始生物中
it's a promising beginning. 这是一个充满希望的开始.
(mysterious music) （神秘的音乐）
They're now at a depth of 200 meters. 他们现在在200米深处.
Ardmann notices that the surrounding seascape Ardmann注意到周围的海景
is gradually changing. 正在逐渐改变.
(majestic music) （雄伟的音乐）
Still looks like the twin here, 看起来还是双胞胎
(mumbles) of caves. （喃喃自语）的洞穴.
It's (mumbles), is it? （喃喃自语），对吗？
The rocks are riddled with holes. 岩石上布满了孔.
These caves are formed thousands of years ago 这些洞穴形成于数千年前
by wind and waves eroding the limestone cliffs 被风和海浪侵蚀着石灰岩悬崖
of a small island that is now sunk beneath the sea. 现在沉没在海底的小岛.
(mysterious music) （神秘的音乐）
There could be a coelacanth hiding in one of these crevices. 这些缝隙之一可能藏有腔棘鱼.
The team decides to embark 团队决定出发
on the systematic search of the caves. 对洞穴进行系统的搜索.
Day after day, they dive for eight hours at a time. 日复一日，他们一次潜水八个小时.
But it's not easy to find a fish hiding in the dark. 但是要找到一条隐藏在黑暗中的鱼并不容易.
Getting the sub close to holes and crevices 使潜水艇靠近孔和缝隙
in strong currents is a challenge. 在强流中是一个挑战.
It seems an endless task as they check hundreds of caves. 当他们检查数百个洞穴时，这似乎是一项艰巨的任务.
Nothing seen. 一无所获.
Have coelacanths already been fished 腔棘鱼已经被捕过吗
to extinction in these waters, 在这些水域灭绝，
or are they too shy to reveal themselves? 还是他们太害羞而无法自我展现？
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
It's frustrating and they have nothing to show 令人沮丧，他们什么也没显示
for their efforts but sheer exhaustion. 为他们的努力而精疲力尽.
The team faced a difficult decision. 团队面临一个艰难的决定.
Should they stay or move to another site? 他们应该留下还是搬到另一个地方？
After much consideration, Ardmann decides 经过深思熟虑，阿德曼决定
to take his chances on the new location. 抓住机会在新位置上.
They head east towards the Kaniet Islands 200 miles away. 他们向东朝200英里外的Kaniet群岛前进.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
Far out in the Pacific, the Kaniet islands Kaniet群岛远在太平洋
are still uninhabited. 仍然无人居住.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
Untouched by man, the coral reefs are healthy 未被人类触摸，珊瑚礁是健康的
and well preserved. 并保存完好.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
And the water is rich in marine life. 而且水里富含海洋生物.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
Ardmann hopes that here in these pristine waters, 阿德曼希望在这些原始水域中，
they may find the creature they're looking for. 他们可能会找到他们想要的生物.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
The sub descends into the crystal blue water. 潜水艇下降到晶莹的蓝色水中.
The team have their hopes set high. 团队寄予厚望.
Even at 200 meters, the light still penetrates. 即使在200米处，光线仍会穿透.
The water is exceptionally clear. 水格外清澈.
Wow. 哇.
Oh, they're all around us, holy shit. 哦，他们都在我们身边，天哪.
They're everywhere. 他们无处不在.
The team are astounded 团队惊呆了
by the sheer numbers of fish at these depths. 被这些深度的鱼的数量所吸引.
It's unlike anything they've seen before. 这与他们之前见过的任何东西都不一样.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
Suddenly, they come across a whole complex of caves. 突然，他们碰到了整个山洞.
Catacombs in there. 地下墓穴在那里.
Jesus. 耶稣.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
Openings large and small 大小开口
lie in the surface of the rock. 躺在岩石表面.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
Some are so large that the submersible 有些是如此之大以至于潜水器
could easily fit inside. 可以轻松放入里面.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
A large grouper disappears into a hole. 一个大石斑鱼消失在一个洞里.
This place definitely has potential. 这个地方绝对有潜力.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
Great point was rich with interesting caves 很棒的地方有很多有趣的洞穴
but strong current. 但潮流强劲.
To find their quarry, 要找到他们的采石场，
Ardmann has brought along a new gimmick. 阿德曼带来了新的new头.
It's a compact camera called the drop cam 这是一台名为下拉式摄像机的紧凑型相机
that can be taken down into the deep. 可以带入深处.
The back of bait is tied to the front of the camera. 诱饵的后部绑在摄像机的前部.
Oh, but it goes straight there. 哦，但是直奔那里.
And within minutes, 几分钟之内
it's attracted attention. 它引起了人们的注意.
Oh, no, no (laughs). 哦，不，不（笑）.
(exclaiming) （惊呼）
That's the end of our-- 到此为止
A huge grouper has ripped the bait bag 一个巨大的石斑鱼撕毁了诱饵袋
right off together with the arm of the rig. 立即与钻机臂一起.
Oh, Jesus Christ. 哦，耶稣基督.
Surface Nadir, we were just attacked 表面天底，我们刚刚遭到攻击
by a very large grouper and he tore the whole bait arm 被一个非常大的石斑鱼拉扯，他撕毁了整个诱饵臂
of the front of the frame. 框架的前部.
(upbeat music) （欢快的音乐）
Back on their mother ship, 回到他们的母舰上
the technicians hurried to build a second system. 技术人员急忙建立第二套系统.
(upbeat music) （欢快的音乐）
They managed to assemble all the parts 他们设法组装了所有零件
and even replaced the frame with a sturdier one. 甚至用更坚固的框架代替了框架.
(upbeat music) （欢快的音乐）
Is that okay? 这样可以吗？
Okay. 好的.
The camera is rigged again 相机再次被装配
and the contraption will be left for the next 24 hours. 该设备将在接下来的24小时内放置.
The drop cam uses red light 放下凸轮使用红灯
the deep-sea creatures can't detect. 深海生物无法发现.
This should allow us to see the animals behaving naturally. 这应该使我们能够看到动物的自然行为.
A nautilus has been lured in by the bait. 诱饵把鹦鹉螺引诱了.
And it's soon joined by another. 并且很快又有另一个加入.
(cartoony music) （卡通音乐）
The new comer seems to be watching the first with interest. 新来者似乎很感兴趣地看着第一个.
(cartoony music) （卡通音乐）
Now, it's trying to pull the first one off the bait. 现在，它正在尝试从诱饵中拉出第一个诱饵.
(cartoony music) （卡通音乐）
With a strong arm tactics and jet propulsion, 凭借强大的手臂战术和喷气推进力，
it wrenches its rival off the food. 它使对手摆脱了食物.
(cartoony music) （卡通音乐）
It's a surprisingly vigorous battle 这是一场异常激烈的战斗
between these two living fossils. 在这两个活化石之间.
(cartoony music) （卡通音乐）
Down in the deep, food is so scarce 在深处，食物如此稀缺
that every morsel is heavily contested. 每个小问题都激烈竞争.
(cartoony music) （卡通音乐）
The large bag of bait continues to attract others 大袋诱饵继续吸引其他人
and is soon the center of a feeding frenzy. 并很快成为狂热的中心.
(cartoony music) （卡通音乐）
(suspenseful music) （悬疑的音乐）
It's the last day of the expedition. 这是探险的最后一天.
Aboard the Alucia, preparations are underway 在Alucia上，准备工作正在进行中
for the final dive. 进行最后的潜水.
The dome is given a good clean 圆顶得到良好的清洁
and the crew also decides to change the lights on the sub. 机组人员还决定更换潜水艇上的灯.
One light is replaced with a red one 一盏灯替换为一盏红灯
since it works so well with the trap cam. 因为它与陷井凸轮配合得很好.
He'd made decrease visibility a little 他已经降低了知名度
but it will ensure that they don't scare off the animals. 但这将确保它们不会吓跑动物.
Still optimistic. 仍然乐观.
We don't get the mare, looking forward to this last dive 我们没有母马，期待这次最后的潜水
and crossing fingers we get to it on the last dive. 并在最后一次潜水时手指交叉.
It's happened before. 以前发生过
(questing music) （询问音乐）
Surface Nadir, depth 210 life spawn okay, 表面最低点，深度为210的生命衍生，
heading south. 向南行驶.
They have entered the twilight zone. 他们进入了暮光区.
It's time to switch off the bright lights 是时候关掉明亮的灯光了
leaving only the red. 只留下红色.
(questing music) （询问音乐）
It's working. 工作正常
The fish seem unperturbed by the large sub above them. 鱼似乎不受它们上方大条鱼的干扰.
And then. 然后.
(mumbles) has gotta go from, （喃喃自语）必须离开，
he really is (mumbles) 他真的是（喃喃自语）
This is gonna be awesome. 这太棒了.
(exclaiming) （惊呼）
A massive grouper attacked the fish. 一群大石斑鱼袭击了这条鱼.
A ferocious predator like this would like to scare off 这样一个凶猛的掠食者想吓跑
any coelacanth in the area. 该地区的任何腔棘鱼.
(questing music) （询问音乐）
Ardmann decides to take the sub down even further. 阿德曼决定将潜水艇进一步降低.
(questing music) （询问音乐）
Surface Nadir, depth 275 meters, 表面最低点，深度275米，
last border cave. 最后的边境洞穴.
(questing music) （询问音乐）
This deep, it's virtually pitch-black 这么深，几乎是漆黑的
and there's almost no sign of life. 而且几乎没有生命迹象.
(questing music) （询问音乐）
It seems unlikely they'll find anything here. 他们似乎不太可能在这里找到任何东西.
Just as the crew are debating whether to turn back. 正如机组人员正在辩论是否要回头.
There's a fish there having bright eyes. 那里有一条鱼，眼睛明亮.
Wide eyes. 大眼睛.
You like the wide eyes. 你喜欢睁大眼睛.
You know what fish has wide eyes. 你知道什么鱼睁大眼睛.
Very suspicious. 非常可疑.
Then you go straight to that. 然后，您直接去做.
It's a big tube, whatever it is. 不管它是什么，它都是一根大管.
Oh, there's a couple of them. 哦，有几个.
Oh, shit, is this what, this could be it. 哦，该死，这可能是这样.
This is coelacanth. 这是腔棘鱼.
This is it, mate. 就是这样，伙计.
Yeah. 是的
We've got him (laughs). 我们找到了他（笑）.
High five! 举手击掌！
Good boys. 好孩子
We nailed him. 我们钉了他.
Where? 哪里？
Right? 对？
At least I think that, well, oh, let's make sure, 至少我认为，哦，让我们确定一下，
let's make sure, let's make sure. 让我们确定，让我们确定.
My God! 天哪！
Oh, they got something. 哦，他们有东西.
Yeah, it's them-- 是的，是他们-
Are you sure, 'cause there's something else? 您确定，因为还有其他原因吗？
There's something, they've got a weird something on it. 有些东西，他们上面有些奇怪的东西.
What is this? 这是什么？
Well, that's a cast-- 好吧，那是演员
That's not a coela, that's something else. 那不是可乐，那是别的东西.
But maybe right behind it, I-- 但也许就在我身后
Bizarre animal though, look at it. 奇怪的动物，看看它.
Oh shit. 妈的.
But there's a second above which-- 但是还有一秒钟，
You gotta film this. 你要拍这个.
(laughs) You gotta film this. （笑）你得拍这个.
It's a creature Ardmann has never seen before. 这是阿德曼从未见过的生物.
It swims slowly along the seafloor. 它沿着海底缓慢地游泳.
It has a large head like a coelacanth but a spotted body. 它的头部像腔棘鱼一样大，但有斑点.
And beneath its belly, 在它的肚子下面
there are strange appendages or feelers. 有奇怪的附属物或触角.
Ardmann has no idea what this fish could be. 阿德曼不知道这条鱼会是什么.
Is it possibly a new species? 可能是新物种吗？
Ah, I thought we had a-- 啊，我以为我们有一个-
What do we gotta call this fish? 我们该怎么称呼这条鱼？
An unknown species? 未知物种？
Talking of weird fish. 谈论奇怪的鱼.
Man, look at these things. 伙计，看看这些东西.
Surface Nadir, 表面最低点
we have two coelacanths-looking fish. 我们有两条看起来像腔棘鱼的鱼.
Variety, unknown. 品种，未知.
There is astonishment in the control room. 控制室里有惊人的东西.
It sounds like, they have just found a new fish, 听起来，他们刚刚发现了一条新鱼，
so it looks very much like a coelacanth. 所以看起来很像腔棘鱼.
(machine operating) （机器操作）
That dorsal fin is exactly 那个背鳍正好是
carbon copy of a coelacanth. 腔棘鱼的副本.
The strange fish shows little sign of fear 奇怪的鱼几乎没有恐惧的迹象
even when the sub moves in closer. 即使子弹移近了
A second one is lurking further back in the shadows. 第二个则潜伏在阴影中.
(mysterious music) （神秘的音乐）
Ardmann is fascinated and decides to follow 阿德曼着迷，决定跟随
the mysterious creature. 神秘的生物.
(mysterious music) （神秘的音乐）
But then to their surprise, 但令他们惊讶的是
the fish starts to swim towards them. 鱼开始向他们游去.
It appears to be interested in the sub. 它似乎对该子感兴趣.
It's a close encounter of their third kind. 这是他们第三种亲密接触.
(indistinct talking) （说话模糊）
Wow, that is close. 哇，很近.
He thinks we're shelter. 他认为我们在庇护.
So it's about 1.2 meter of fish. 因此，它大约是1.2米的鱼.
And the other? 和另外一个？
1.2, 1.-- 1.2、1 .--
It's a weird fish. 这是一条奇怪的鱼.
As it passes overhead, 当它经过头顶时，
it clearly extends its curious appendages. 它显然扩展了其好奇的附属物.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
Could it be using these to feel the surface of the dome? 难道要用它们来感觉圆顶的表面吗？
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
And then, it even swims upside down. 然后，它甚至倒过来游泳.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
It clearly has three antennae-like structures 它显然具有三个类似天线的结构
on both sides of the body. 在身体的两侧.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
It's, wow! 哇！
They look like that tripod. 他们看起来像那个三脚架.
Feelers on the bottom here at the animal. 底部的动物触角.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
The fish appears to stroke the rock 鱼似乎抚摸着岩石
with its antennae as if exploring the surface. 其触角就像探索表面一样.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
The longest antennae extend just beyond the fins 最长的天线延伸到鳍片之外
and the animal is able to move them at will. 动物可以随意移动它们.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
The tips of the strange feelers flatten out to a point 奇怪触角的尖端变平到一定程度
and seem to be soft and tactile. 而且似乎柔软而有触感.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
Should we, do you wanna do some red light filming? 我们是否应该做一些红灯拍摄？
Yeah?Yes. 是吗？是.
Ardmann switches to the red light 阿德曼切换到红灯
to see if the animal will behave any differently. 看看动物的行为是否会有所不同.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
It heads off slowly towards the back of the cave. 它慢慢向山洞后面驶去.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
It seems to have lost interest in the sub 似乎对潜水艇失去了兴趣
and continues with its normal life. 并继续正常生活.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
It swims into a narrow crevice. 它游进狭窄的缝隙.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
Though they wait, it doesn't appear to be coming out again. 尽管他们等待着，但似乎不会再出现.
This must be its home. 这一定是它的家.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
Slowly circling around, it appears to be checking out 慢慢地转来转去，似乎正在退房
its surroundings gently propping the walls with its feelers. 它的周围环境用触角轻轻支撑墙壁.
For creatures that live in the dark, 对于生活在黑暗中的生物，
other senses such as touch become more important. 其他感觉（如触摸）变得更加重要.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
Ardmann is intrigued, what is this strange creature? 阿德曼很感兴趣，这是什么奇怪的生物？
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
The crew on the surface try to identify the fish 水面的工作人员试图识别鱼
from the information they've received from the sub. 从他们从潜水艇获得的信息中.
They come to the conclusion that it might be a new species 他们得出的结论是，这可能是一个新物种
that was only recently described. 直到最近才被描述.
He says there's something there 他说那边有东西
but a not as pronounced as the coelacanth. 但是不像腔棘鱼那么明显.
In fact, it turns out 实际上，事实证明
that the fish was first discovered in Japan in 2008. 这条鱼是2008年在日本首次发现的.
The specimen is preserved 标本已保存
in the Museum of Natural History in Kanagawa. 在神奈川县自然历史博物馆.
Dr. Hiroshi Senou who first described it, 首先描述它的Senoshi博士
explains that it's a very rare kind of deep-sea fish. 解释说这是一种非常稀有的深海鱼.
It has a skeleton made mostly of cartilage 它的骨架主要由软骨制成
and a strange soft gelatinous nose. 还有奇怪的柔软的凝胶状鼻子
There are only four recorded specimens 记录的标本只有四个
of this jellynose in the world. 世界上的这种果冻糖.
This is one of them. 这就是其中之一.
(calm music) （平静的音乐）
Dr. Senou points out its strange pelvic fins Senou博士指出其奇怪的骨盆鳍
which are typical of the species. 这是典型的物种.
They have evolved into three long, narrow fin rays 它们已经进化成三条狭窄的长鳍条
which look like antennae. 看起来像触角.
(calm music) （平静的音乐）
It's almost certainly the same fish that Ardmann 几乎可以肯定，这是和阿德曼一样的鱼
and his team encountered in the deep. 和他的团队在深处遇到.
(calm music) （平静的音乐）
I think this video that we are able to capture 我认为这是我们能够拍摄的视频
of the jellynose is probably in many ways more valuable 果冻糖在许多方面可能更有价值
than any video of coelacanths, 比任何腔棘鱼的视频都多
given that this group is so poorly known 鉴于这个群体的知名度很低
and there's really no existing footage 而且实际上没有现有的素材
of anywhere near that quality. 那种质量的任何地方.
In fact most of the photos and video that we have 实际上，我们拥有的大多数照片和视频
are just simply dead specimens, 只是死掉的标本，
so this is really spectacular footage 所以这真的很壮观
and I think that there's a lot that's gonna be able 而且我认为还有很多可以
to be learned about this special group of fishes. 了解这一特殊的鱼类.
(questing music) （询问音乐）
The jellynose hides in narrow caves 果冻糖藏在狭窄的洞穴中
deep within the ocean 在海洋深处
which is perhaps why it was not caught 这也许就是为什么它没有被抓住的原因
until the 21st century. 直到21世纪.
Even today, we know virtually nothing about it 即使在今天，我们对此一无所知
and how it lives in the deep. 以及它如何生活在深处.
The expedition's footage provides the first clues 探险的镜头提供了最初的线索
as to how this curious fish 至于这条好奇的鱼如何
may have managed to survive at such depths. 可能已经设法在这样的深度生存了.
A tiny fish swims up to the jellynose 一条小鱼游向果冻
and briefly comes into contact with its sensitive feelers. 并短暂地与其敏感的触角接触.
Surprisingly, the jellynose doesn't react. 令人惊讶的是，果冻糖没有反应.
(questing music) （询问音乐）
Even though food is scarce in this environment, 即使在这种环境下食物匮乏，
the jellynose showed no sign of feeding 果冻糖没有喂食的迹象
the entire four hours that the team followed it. 团队遵循了整个四个小时.
Like many deep-sea fish, it seems to conserve energy 像许多深海鱼类一样，它似乎可以节省能源
by swimming very slowly in the cold water 在冷水中慢慢地游泳
and can therefore survive on very little food. 因此只能靠很少的食物生存.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
But how did the jellynose come to live 但是果冻糖是如何活着的
in one of the most inhospitable places on earth? 在地球上最荒凉的地方之一？
Genetic analysis suggests that its ancestors evolved 遗传分析表明其祖先已经进化
in shallow seas, some, a hundred million years ago. 在大约一亿年前的浅海中
At first they prospered, but were then driven 起初他们繁荣了，但是后来被驱使
into deeper water by the arrival of powerful predators. 强大的掠食者的到来将它们带入更深的水域.
In this impoverished environment, 在这个贫穷的环境中
they evolved to withstand periods of starvation. 他们进化成可以承受饥饿的时期.
And this may be how the jellynose survived the extinctions 这可能是果胶在绝种中幸存下来的方式
that befell many other species on earth. 使地球上许多其他物种丧命.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
66 million years ago, dinosaurs ruled the land 6600万年前，恐龙统治了这片土地
and plesiosaurs dominated the seas. 蛇颈龙统治着海洋.
(powerful music) （强大的音乐）
A gigantic meteorite, 10 kilometers in diameter 巨大的陨石，直径10公里
collided with our planet with catastrophic consequences. 与我们的星球相撞，造成了灾难性的后果.
(explosion) （爆炸）
The intense heat burnt over half the earth's forests. 强烈的热量烧毁了地球一半的森林.
(explosion) （爆炸）
(waves splashing) （浪花飞溅）
Giant tsunami swept across the continent. 巨大的海啸席卷了整个非洲大陆.
(waves rushing) （浪涌）
(dramatic music) （戏剧音乐）
It may well be this that wiped out the dinosaurs. 完全是恐龙灭绝了.
(dramatic music) （戏剧音乐）
(heavy raindrops falling) （大雨点落下）
The shock waves of the impact released underground sulfur 冲击波的冲击波释放出地下硫磺
into the atmosphere which turned into deadly acid rain. 进入大气，变成致命的酸雨.
The sulfuric rain killed off the plankton 硫酸雨杀死了浮游生物
in the shallow seas 在浅海
and many marine animals including the plesiosaurs 和许多海洋动物，包括蛇颈龙
are thought to have died of starvation. 被认为死于饥饿.
(dramatic music) （戏剧音乐）
The acid rain, however, never reached the deep. 然而，酸雨从未到达深处.
It was neutralized by seawater on the way down. 它在下降的过程中被海水所中和.
(dramatic music) （戏剧音乐）
So many creatures that lived in the deep seas 生活在深海中的生物如此之多
were able to survive. 能够生存.
Already adapted to living in the sparse environment, 已经适应了在稀疏环境中的生活，
these animals now had an advantage. 这些动物现在有了优势.
(powerful music) （强大的音乐）
Moving slowly to conserve energy 缓慢移动以节省能源
and able to endure periods of starvation 并能忍受饥饿
helped the ancestors of the jellynose 帮助了果冻的祖先
to survive in the deep. 在深处生存.
That certainly is Ardmann's theory. 那当然就是阿德曼的理论.
It's clearly something from the lost world. 显然，这是迷失世界的东西.
It would appear that these animals actually have a, 看来这些动物实际上有一个
an ecology or behavior which is very similar 非常相似的生态或行为
to the coelacanths, so it's dwelling inside of caves. 到腔棘鱼，所以它居住在洞穴内.
It's well camouflaged against the back of the cave 很好地伪装在山洞后面
hovering there, but then if it's disturbed it will come out. 盘旋在那儿，但是如果它被打扰了，它就会出来.
From our limited observations from the submarine, 根据我们对潜艇的有限观察，
it appeared that these fishes really are probably 看来这些鱼真的可能是
quite dependent on the caves where they're living. 完全取决于他们居住的洞穴.
So I would say that the caves are probably 所以我想说山洞可能是
a very important part of their habitat. 是他们栖息地非常重要的部分
(calm music) （平静的音乐）
The yearlong research has come to an end. 历时一年的研究已经结束.
Ardmann and his team have discovered a lost world Ardmann和他的团队发现了一个迷失的世界
of pre-historic creatures still living in the deep waters 仍生活在深水区的史前生物
of the tropical seas. 热带海洋.
(calm music) （平静的音乐）
A nautilus, virtually unchanged for 400 million years 鹦鹉螺，4亿年几乎没有变化
slowly bobbing through the dark water. 在黑暗的水中慢慢地跳动.
(calm music) （平静的音乐）
And sea lilies standing tall on the ocean floor. 而海百合则高高地站在海底.
(calm music) （平静的音乐）
It's a world where time stood still 这个世界停滞不前
and living fossils survive. 活着的化石得以生存.
(dramatic music) （戏剧音乐）
This barren environment where most marine creatures 在这种贫瘠的环境中，大多数海洋生物
could not survive has cradled these ancient animals 无法生存已经抱着了这些古老的动物
in a virtual time capsule. 在虚拟的时间胶囊中.
(gentle music) （柔和的音乐）
Exploring these tropical seas 探索这些热带海洋
just 200 meters below the surface, 距地表仅200米，
we found a very unique and special place 我们找到了一个非常独特的地方
unlike anything that I've ever experienced before. 不像我以前经历过的
The deep sea of course is a very vast area. 当然，深海是一个非常广阔的地区.
Interestingly, very little explorations ever been done 有趣的是，很少进行探索
in this region and it's largely still a mystery. 在这个地区，基本上还是个谜.
But by using cutting-edge technology 但是通过使用尖端技术
like the Triton submersible, 像Triton潜水器一样
we've been able to really shed some light 我们已经能够真正阐明
on this very unique place 在这个非常独特的地方
and understand much better this lost world. 并更好地了解这个迷失的世界.
(dramatic music) （戏剧音乐）
The astounding encounter 惊人的ast
with the bizarre fish, the jellynose 与奇异的鱼，果冻糖
that leads a austere life in the dark waters 在黑暗的水域过着简朴的生活
was the highlight of the expedition. 是这次探险的亮点.
(delightful music) （悦耳的音乐）
It was revealed that the deep sea still remain 据透露，深海仍然存在
a mysterious and unexplored world. 一个神秘而未开发的世界.
(delightful music) （悦耳的音乐）
Over 90% of our oceans are so deep 我们超过90％的海洋如此深
but they're normally far beyond our reach 但是它们通常远远超出了我们的能力范围
and they remain the least known part of our planet. 它们仍然是我们星球上鲜为人知的部分.
(delightful music) （悦耳的音乐）