The hidden beauty of pollination | Louie Schwartzberg

527,801 views ・ 2011-05-09

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Translator: Noemi Casadesus Viola Reviewer: David Monreal
00:15
It's great being here at TED.
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És fantàstic ser aquí a TED.
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You know, I think there might be some presentations
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Sabeu, crec que hi ha algunes presentacions
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that will go over my head,
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que em sobrepasen,
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but the most amazing concepts
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però els conceptes més increïbles
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are the ones that go right under my feet.
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són els que passen per davant del meu nas.
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The little things in life,
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Les petites coses de la vida,
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sometimes that we forget about,
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que de vegades oblidem,
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like pollination, that we take for granted.
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com la pol.linització, que donem per fetes.
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And you can't tell the story about pollinators --
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No pots explicar la història dels pol.linitzadors,
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bees, bats, hummingbirds, butterflies --
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abelles, ratpenats, colibrís, papallones,
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without telling the story about the invention of flowers
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sense explicar la història de la invenció de les flors
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and how they co-evolved
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i com han coevolucionat
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over 50 million years.
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durant 50 milions d'anys.
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I've been filming time-lapse flowers
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He estat filmant flors en lapses de temps
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24 hours a day, seven days a week,
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24 hores al dia, 7 dies per setmana,
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for over 35 years.
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durant 35 anys.
00:54
To watch them move
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Veure-les moure
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is a dance I'm never going to get tired of.
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és una dança de la qual no me'n canso mai.
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It fills me with wonder, and it opens my heart.
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M'omple de meravella, i m'obre el cor.
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Beauty and seduction, I believe,
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Bellesa i seducció, crec,
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is nature's tool for survival,
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són les eines de la natura per a sobreviure,
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because we will protect what we fall in love with.
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ja que protegim el que ens enamora.
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Their relationship
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La seva relació
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is a love story that feeds the Earth.
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és una història d'amor que alimenta la Terra.
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It reminds us that we are a part of nature,
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Ens recorda que som part de la natura,
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and we're not separate from it.
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que no n'estem separats.
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When I heard about the vanishing bees, Colony Collapse Disorder,
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En saber de les abelles desaparegudes, el problema del col.lapse de colònies,
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it motivated me to take action.
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va fer-me reaccionar.
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We depend on pollinators
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Depenem dels pol.linitzadors
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for over a third of the fruits and vegetables we eat.
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per a més d'una tercera part de la fruita i vegetals que mengem.
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And many scientists believe
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I molts científics creuen
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it's the most serious issue facing mankind.
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que és el tema més serios al que l'humanitat s'enfronta.
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It's like the canary in the coalmine.
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És com el canari a la mina de carbó.
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If they disappear, so do we.
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Si desapareixen, nosaltres també.
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It reminds us that we are a part of nature
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Ens recorda que som part de la natura
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and we need to take care of it.
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i necessitem cuidar-la.
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What motivated me to film their behavior
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El que em va motivar a filmar el seu comportament
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was something that I asked my scientific advisers:
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és quelcom que vaig preguntr als meus consellers científics:
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"What motivates the pollinators?"
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Què motiva als pol.linitzadors?
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Well, their answer was,
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Doncs la resposta va ser,
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"It's all about risk and reward."
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"Es tracta del risc i la recompensa."
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Like a wide-eyed kid, I'd say, "Why is that?"
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Ben astorat vaig dir, "I per què?"
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And they'd say, "Well, because they want to survive."
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I van dir, "Doncs, perquè volen sobreviure."
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I go, "Why?"
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Vaig dir, "Per què?"
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"Well, in order to reproduce."
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"Doncs, per a reproduir-se."
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"Well, why?"
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"Doncs, per què?"
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And I thought that they'd probably say, "Well, it's all about sex."
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I pensava que probablement dirien, "Doncs, es tracta de sexe."
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And Chip Taylor, our monarch butterfly expert,
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I en Chip Taylor, el nostre expert en papallones Monarca,
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he replied, "Nothing lasts forever.
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va respodre, "Res dura per sempre.
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Everything in the universe wears out."
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Tot a l'univers s'acaba."
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And that blew my mind.
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I això em va al.lucinar.
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Because I realized
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Perquè me'n vaig adonar
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that nature had invented reproduction
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que la natura va inventar la reproducció
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as a mechanism for life to move forward,
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com a mecanisme per a que la vida continuï endavant,
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as a life force that passes right through us
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com una força vital que ens atravessa
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and makes us a link in the evolution of life.
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i ens uneix a l'evolució de la vida.
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Rarely seen by the naked eye,
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Poques vegades vista per l'ull nu
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this intersection
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aquesta intersecció
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between the animal world and the plant world
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entre el món animal i el món vegetal
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is truly a magic moment.
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és un moment realment màgic.
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It's the mystical moment
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És un moment místic
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where life regenerates itself,
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quan la vida es regenera,
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over and over again.
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una i altra vegada.
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So here is some nectar from my film.
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Aquí hi ha nèctar per a la meva pel.lícula.
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I hope you'll drink, tweet
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Espero que bebeu, piuleu
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and plant some seeds
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i planteu algunes llavors
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to pollinate a friendly garden.
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per pol.linitzar un bonic jardí.
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And always take time to smell the flowers,
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I sempre tingueu temps d'olorar les flors
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and let it fill you with beauty,
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i us deixeu omplir per la bellesa,
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and rediscover that sense of wonder.
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i redescobrir la capacitat de sorprendre's.
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Here are some images from the film.
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Aquí teniu algunes imatges de la pel.lícula.
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(Music)
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(Música)
07:22
(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
07:30
Thank you.
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Gràcies.
07:32
Thank you very much.
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Moltes gràcies.
07:34
(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
07:38
Thank you.
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Gràcies.
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(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
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