Mike deGruy: Hooked by an octopus

Prevodilac: Miloš Milosavljević Lektor: Mile Živković

I first became fascinated with octopus at an early age.

Moja opčinjenost hobotnicom počela je u ranom uzrastu.

I grew up in Mobile, Alabama --

Odrastao sam u Mobilu, u Alabami -

somebody's got to be from Mobile, right? --

neko mora da bude i iz Mobila, zar ne? -

and Mobile sits at the confluence of five rivers,

Mobil leži na ušću pet reka,

forming this beautiful delta.

koje formiraju prelepu deltu.

And the delta has alligators crawling

I delta ima aligatore koji puze

in and out of rivers filled with fish

kroz i oko reka ispunjenih ribom

and cypress trees dripping with snakes,

i čempresima sa kojih vise zmije,

birds of every flavor.

pticama svih vrsta.

It's an absolute magical wonderland to live in --

Potpuno magična zemlja čuda,

if you're a kid interested in animals, to grow up in.

ako ste dete zainteresovano za životinje, da se u njoj odrasta.

And this delta water flows to Mobile Bay, and finally into the Gulf of Mexico.

Ova voda iz delte se uliva u zaliv Mobil i na kraju u Meksički zaliv.

And I remember my first real contact with octopus

I sećam se da je moj prvi stvarni kontakt sa hobotnicom

was probably at age five or six.

bio otprilike u uzrastu od pet ili šest godina.

I was in the gulf, and I was swimming around and saw a little octopus on the bottom.

Bio sam u zalivu i plivao okolo i ugledao sam malu hobotnicu na dnu.

And I reached down and picked him up, and immediately

Krenuo sam dole i pokupio je, i odmah sam

became fascinated and impressed by its speed and its strength and agility.

bio opčinjen i impresioniran njenom brzinom, snagom i pokretljivošću.

It was prying my fingers apart and moving to the back of my hand.

Zavlačila mi se između prstiju i pomerala na spoljni deo šake.

It was all I could do to hold onto this amazing creature.

Radio sam što sam mogao da zadržim ovo neverovatno stvorenje.

Then it sort of calmed down in the palms of my hands

Onda kao da se smirila na mojim dlanovima

and started flashing colors,

i počela da sija u raznim bojama,

just pulsing all of these colors.

da pulsira ovim bojama.

And as I looked at it, it kind of tucked its arms under it,

I kad sam je pogledao, kao da je smotala svoje ruke ispod sebe,

raised into a spherical shape

uzdižući se u sferičan oblik

and turned chocolate brown with two white stripes.

i postala je čokoladne braon boje sa dve bele pruge.

I'm going, "My gosh!" I had never seen anything like this in my life!

Rekao sam: "Bože!" Nikada nisam video ovako nešto u životu.

So I marveled for a moment, and then decided it was time to release him,

Tako sam se divio nakratko i onda odlučio da je vreme da je pustim,

so I put him down.

i pustio sam je dole.

The octopus left my hands and then did the damnedest thing:

Hobotnica je ispala iz mojih ruku i onda uradila najprokletiju stvar:

It landed on the bottom in the rubble

pala je na dno u šljunak

and -- fwoosh! -- vanished

i - fuu - nestala

right before my eyes.

tu pred mojim očima.

And I knew, right then, at age six,

I znao sam baš tada, kad sam imao šest godina,

that is an animal that I want to learn more about. So I did.

da je to životinja o kojoj želim više da naučim. I jesam.

And I went off to college and got a degree in marine zoology,

Otišao sam na koledž i diplomirao morsku zoologiju,

and then moved to Hawaii and entered graduate school

i onda sam se preselio na Havaje i upisao specijalizaciju

at the University of Hawaii.

na Univerzitetu Havaja.

And while a student at Hawaii, I worked at the Waikiki Aquarium.

I dok sam bio student na Havajima, radio sam u Vaikiki akvarijumu.

And the aquarium had a lot of big fish tanks

Akvarijum ima puno velikih rezervoara sa ribama

but not a lot of invertebrate displays,

ali ne puno eksponata beskičmenjaka,

and being the spineless guy, I thought, well

a s obzirom da sam i ja tip bez kičme, pomislio sam,

I'll just go out in the field and collect these wonderful animals

jednostavno ću otići na teren i prikupiti ove divne životinje

I had been learning about as a student

o kojima sam učio kao student

and bring them in, and I built these elaborate sets and put them on display.

i doneću ih i napraviti detaljne eksponate i izložiti ih.

Now, the fish in the tanks were gorgeous to look at,

Ribe u akvarijumima su bile divne za gledanje,

but they didn't really interact with people.

ali nisu baš reagovale na ljude.

But the octopus did.

Ali hobotnica jeste.

If you walked up to an octopus tank,

Ako biste došetali do akvarijuma sa hobotnicom,

especially early in the morning before anyone arrived,

naročito rano ujutru pre nego što iko stigne,

the octopus would rise up and look at you

hobotnica bi se podigla i pogledala vas

and you're thinking, "Is that guy really looking at me? He is looking at me!"

i pomislili biste: "Je l' ova stvarno gleda u mene? Gleda u mene!"

And you walk up to the front of the tank. Then you realize

I došetate ispred akvarijuma. Onda shvatite

that these animals all have different personalities:

da ove životinje sve imaju različite ličnosti.

Some of them would hold their ground,

Neke bi stajale čvrsto na mestu,

others would slink into the back of the tank and disappear in the rocks,

druge bi se odšunjale pozadi i nestale u kamenju,

and one in particular, this amazing animal ...

a jedna posebno, ova neverovatna životinja...

I went up to the front of the tank, and he's just staring at me,

Došao sam do akvarijuma i ona je samo piljila u mene

and he had little horns come up above his eyes.

i imala je male rogove izbačene iznad očiju.

So I went right up to the front of the tank --

I prišao sam skroz do akvarijuma -

I was three or four inches from the front glass --

bio sam na 7 do 10 centimetara od stakla -

and the octopus was sitting on a perch, a little rock,

i hobotnica je sedela na pritki, na malom kamenu,

and he came off the rock and he also came down right to the front of the glass.

i sišla je s kamena i došla takođe do stakla.

So I was staring at this animal about six or seven inches away,

Buljio sam u ovu životinju udaljenu petnaestak centimetara,

and at that time I could actually focus that close;

tada sam mogao da vidim tako blizu;

now as I look at my fuzzy fingers I realize those days are long gone.

sada, kad vidim mutno svoje prste, shvatam da su ti dani davno prošli.

Anyway, there we were, staring at each other,

U svakom slučaju, bili smo tu, piljeći jedno u drugo

and he reaches down and grabs an armful of gravel

i ona je posegnula ka dole i zagrabila šaku šljunka

and releases it in the jet of water entering the tank

i pustila ga u mlaz vode koji je ulazio u akvarijum

from the filtration system,

iz sistema za filtraciju

and -- chk chk chk chk chk! -- this gravel hits the front of the glass and falls down.

i - ćk ćk ćk ćk ćk! - ovaj šljunak je udarao u staklo i padao dole.

He reaches up, takes another armful of gravel, releases it --

Posegnula je, uzela još jednu šaku šljunka, pustila ga

chk chk chk chk chk! -- same thing.

ćk ćk ćk ćk ćk! - ista stvar.

Then he lifts another arm and I lift an arm.

Onda je podigla još jednu ruku i ja sam podigao ruku.

Then he lifts another arm and I lift another arm.

Onda je podigla još jednu ruku i ja sam podigao još jednu ruku.

And then I realize the octopus won the arms race,

I onda sam shvatio da je hobotnica pobedila u takmičenju sa rukama,

because I was out and he had six left. (Laughter)

jer ja sam ostao bez, a ona je ostala sa još šest. (Smeh)

But the only way I can describe what I was seeing that day

Ali jedino kako bih mogao da opišem ono što sam video tog dana

was that this octopus was playing,

je da se ova hobotnica igrala,

which is a pretty sophisticated behavior for a mere invertebrate.

što je prilično sofisticirano ponašanje za običnog beskičmenjaka.

So, about three years into my degree,

I otprilike na mojoj trećoj godini,

a funny thing happened on the way to the office,

desila se neobična stvar na putu do kancelarije,

which actually changed the course of my life.

koja je promenila tok mog života.

A man came into the aquarium. It's a long story, but essentially

Jedan čovek je došao u akvarijum. To je duga priča ali u osnovi

he sent me and a couple of friends of mine to the South Pacific

on je poslao mene i nekoliko mojih prijatelja na Južni Pacifik

to collect animals for him,

da prikupimo životinje za njega

and as we left, he gave us two 16-millimeter movie cameras.

i kad smo odlazili dao nam je dve 16-milimetarske filmske kamere.

He said, "Make a movie about this expedition."

Rekao je: "Snimite film o ovoj ekspediciji."

"OK, a couple of biologists making a movie --

"OK, nekoliko biologa koji snimaju film -

this'll be interesting,"

to će biti interesantno."

and off we went. And we did, we made a movie,

i otišli smo. I uradili smo to, snimili smo film

which had to be the worst movie ever made

koji je bio verovatno najgori film ikada snimljen

in the history of movie making,

u istoriji snimanja filmova,

but it was a blast. I had so much fun.

ali je bilo super. Tako dobro sam se zabavljao.

And I remember that proverbial light going off in my head,

I sećam se one poslovične sijalice koja mi se upalila,

thinking, "Wait a minute.

mislio sam: "Čekaj malo.

Maybe I can do this all the time.

Možda mogu ovo da radim stalno.

Yeah, I'll be a filmmaker."

Da, biću filmadžija."

So I literally came back from that job,

I bukvalno kad sam se vratio sa tog posla,

quit school, hung my filmmaking shingle

napustio sam školu, zakačio filmadžijsku pločicu

and just never told anyone that I didn't know what I was doing.

i prosto nikad nikom nisam rekao da nisam znao šta radim.

It's been a good ride.

Dobro sam se proveo.

And what I learned in school though was really beneficial.

Ono što sam naučio u školi bilo je stvarno korisno.

If you're a wildlife filmmaker

Ako pravite fimove o divljem svetu

and you're going out into the field to film animals,

i idete na teren da snimate životinje,

especially behavior,

naročito njihovo ponašanje

it helps to have a fundamental background

pomaže kada imate osnovno predznanje

on who these animals are,

o tome ko su te životinje,

how they work and, you know, a bit about their behaviors.

kako funkcionišu i znate nešto o njihovom ponašanju.

But where I really learned about octopus

Ali ono gde sam stvarno naučio o hobotnicama

was in the field, as a filmmaker

bilo je na terenu, kao filmadžija

making films with them,

praveći filmove s njima,

where you're allowed to spend large periods of time

kad vam je omogućeno da provedete duge vremenske periode

with the animals, seeing octopus being octopus

sa životinjama, gledajući kako su hobotnice ono što jesu

in their ocean homes.

u njihovim domovima u okeanu.

I remember I took a trip to Australia,

Sećam se kad sam otputovao u Australiju,

went to an island called One Tree Island.

otišao na ostrvo zvano Ostrvo jednog drveta.

And apparently, evolution had occurred

I očigledno da se evolucija desila

at a pretty rapid rate on One Tree,

prilično brzim tempom na Ostrvu jednog drveta

between the time they named it and the time I arrived,

između trenutka kada je dobilo ime i trenutka kada sam ja stigao,

because I'm sure there were at least three trees

jer siguran sam da je bilo najmanje tri drveta

on that island when we were there.

na tom ostrvu kada smo mi bili tamo.

Anyway, one tree is situated right next to

U svakom slučaju, jedno drvo je stajalo baš pored

a beautiful coral reef.

prelepog koralnog grebena.

In fact, there's a surge channel

U stvari tamo se nalazi jedan uzburkani kanal

where the tide is moving back and forth, twice a day, pretty rapidly.

gde se smenjuju plima i oseka, dvaput dnevno, prilično brzo.

And there's a beautiful reef,

I prelepi greben,

very complex reef, with lots of animals,

veoma kompleksan greben, sa mnoštvom životinja,

including a lot of octopus.

uključujući i puno hobotnica.

And not uniquely

i što nije jedinstvena pojava,

but certainly, the octopus in Australia

ali je sigurno, hobotnice u Australiji

are masters at camouflage.

su majstori kamuflaže.

As a matter of fact,

U stvari,

there's one right there.

evo jedne baš ovde.

So our first challenge was to find these things,

Naš prvi zadatak je bio da nađemo ova stvorenja

and that was a challenge, indeed.

i to je bio pravi izazov.

But the idea is, we were there for a month

Ali ideja je bila, bili smo tamo mesec dana

and I wanted to acclimate the animals to us

i želeo sam da naviknemo životinje na nas

so that we could see behaviors without disturbing them.

da bismo mogli da vidimo njihovo ponašanje a da ih ne uznemiravamo.

So the first week was pretty much spent

Tako da smo prvu nedelju uglavnom potrošili

just getting as close as we could,

približavajući se onoliko blizu koliko smo mogli,

every day a little closer, a little closer, a little closer.

svakog dana malo bliže, malo bliže, malo bliže.

And you knew what the limit was: they would start getting twitchy

I znali ste gde je granica: one bi počinjale da se grče

and you'd back up, come back in a few hours.

i vi biste se povlačili i vraćali se za par sati.

And after the first week, they ignored us.

I posle prve nedelje, one su nas ignorisale.

It was like, "I don't know what that thing is, but he's no threat to me."

Bilo je kao: "Nemam pojma šta je ovo ali mi nije nikakva pretnja."

So they went on about their business

Pa su nastavljale svojim poslom

and from a foot away, we're watching mating

i sa 30 centimetara udaljenosti gledali smo parenje

and courting and fighting

i udvaranje i borbu

and it is just an unbelievable experience.

i to je prosto neverovatno iskustvo.

And one of the most fantastic displays

I jedan od najfantastičnijih prikaza

that I remember, or at least visually,

kojeg se sećam, barem vizuelno,

was a foraging behavior.

bilo je ponašanje u toku traženja hrane.

And they had a lot of different techniques

One imaju puno različitih tehnika

that they would use for foraging,

koje koriste za traženje hrane,

but this particular one used vision.

ali ova konkretna je koristila čulo vida.

And they would see a coral head,

Videle bi koral,

maybe 10 feet away,

udaljen oko tri metra

and start moving over toward that coral head.

i počele da se kreću ka tom koralu.

And I don't know whether they actually saw crab in it, or imagined that one might be,

Ne znam da li su videle krabu unutra ili pomislile da bi mogla biti tamo,

but whatever the case, they would leap off the bottom

ali šta god da je, odskočile bi od dna

and go through the water and land right on top of this coral head,

proletele kroz vodu i spustile se tačno na vrh ovog korala

and then the web between the arms

i onda bi opna između pipaka

would completely engulf the coral head,

potpuno obuhvatila koral

and they would fish out, swim for crabs.

i pecale bi krabe.

And as soon as the crabs touched the arm, it was lights out.

I čim bi krabe dodirnule pipak, smrkavalo bi im se.

And I always wondered what happened under that web.

Uvek sam se pitao šta se desilo ispod te opne.

So we created a way to find out, (Laughter)

Pa smo našli način da to utvrdimo (Smeh)

and I got my first look at that famous beak in action.

i prvi put sam video taj famozni kljun u akciji.

It was fantastic.

Bilo je fantastično.

If you're going to make a lot of films about a particular group of animals,

Ako hoćete da pravite puno filmova o određenoj grupi životinja,

you might as well pick one that's fairly common.

možda biste takođe izabrali neku koja je prilično uobičajena.

And octopus are, they live in all the oceans.

I hobotnice to jesu, one žive u svim okeanima.

They also live deep.

Takođe žive u dubinama.

And I can't say octopus are responsible

I ne mogu da kažem da su hobotnice odgovorne

for my really strong interest

za moje snažno interesovanje

in getting in subs and going deep,

za ulaženje u podmornice i odlazak u dubine,

but whatever the case, I like that.

ali šta god da je slučaj, to mi se sviđa.

It's like nothing you've ever done.

Ne može da se uporedi ni sa čim što ste ikada radili.

If you ever really want to get away from it all

Ako ste ikada želeli da pobegnete od svega

and see something that you have never seen,

i vidite nešto što nikad niste videli,

and have an excellent chance of seeing something

i imate odličnu šansu da vidite nešto što

no one has ever seen, get in a sub.

nikad niko nije video, uđite u podmornicu.

You climb in, seal the hatch, turn on a little oxygen,

Popnete se unutra, zatvorite poklopac, uključite malo kiseonika,

turn on the scrubber,

uključite pročišćivać

which removes the CO2 in the air you breathe, and they chuck you overboard.

koji uklanja CO2 u vazduhu koji udišete, i bace vas u more.

Down you go. There's no connection to the surface

Krenuli ste. Nemate nikakvu vezu sa površinom

apart from a pretty funky radio.

osim prilično čudnog radija.

And as you go down, the washing machine

I kako idete nadole, veš mašina

at the surface calms down.

na površini se smiruje.

And it gets quiet.

I postaje mirno.

And it starts getting really nice.

Postaje stvarno prijatno.

And as you go deeper, that lovely, blue water you were launched in

I kako idete dublje, ta divna, plava voda u koju su vas poslali

gives way to darker and darker blue.

postaje sve tamnije plava.

And finally, it's a rich lavender,

I na kraju je boje lavande

and after a couple of thousand feet, it's ink black.

i posle oko jednog kilometra dubine je tamno crna.

And now you've entered the realm

Sada ste ušli u kraljevstvo

of the mid-water community.

srednjih dubina.

You could give an entire talk

Mogli biste imati ceo govor

about the creatures that live in the mid-water.

o stvorenjima koja žive na srednjim dubinama.

Suffice to say though, as far as I'm concerned,

Dovoljno je reći, što se mene tiče,

without question, the most bizarre designs

da su nesumnjivo najbizarnijeg izgleda

and outrageous behaviors

i najneverovatnijih ponašanja,

are in the animals that live in the mid-water community.

životinje koje žive u zajednici srednjih dubina.

But we're just going to zip right past this area,

Ali proletećemo pored ove oblasti,

this area that includes about 95 percent

koja čini 95 procenata

of the living space on our planet

životnog prostora na našoj planeti,

and go to the mid-ocean ridge, which I think is even more extraordinary.

i otići do srednjeokeanskog grebena, koji je, ja mislim, još neverovatniji.

The mid-ocean ridge is a huge mountain range,

Srednjeokeanski greben je veliki planinski lanac.

40,000 miles long, snaking around the entire globe.

65.000 kilometara dugačak, obavija celu zemljinu kuglu.

And they're big mountains, thousands of feet tall,

To su velike planine, od oko hiljadu metara visine,

some of which are tens of thousands of feet

od kojih neke i po više hiljada metara

and bust through the surface,

i probijaju se kroz površinu

creating islands like Hawaii.

stvarajući ostrva kao što su Havaji.

And the top of this mountain range

Vrh ovog planinskog lanca

is splitting apart, creating a rift valley.

se razdvaja napola praveći dolinu na mestu rascepa.

And when you dive into that rift valley, that's where the action is

I kada zaronite u tu dolinu, to je mesto gde se dešava akcija

because literally thousands of active volcanoes

jer bukvalno stotine aktivnih vulkana

are going off at any point in time

se aktivira u svakom momentu

all along this 40,000 mile range.

svuda duž ovih 65.000 kilometara lanca.

And as these tectonic plates are spreading apart,

I kako se ove tektonske ploče razdvajaju,

magma, lava is coming up and filling those gaps,

magma, lava kreće nagore i ispunjava ove otvore,

and you're looking land -- new land --

i vidite zemlju - novu zemlju -

being created right before your eyes.

kako se stvara pred vašim očima.

And over the tops of them is 3,000 to 4,000 meters of water

I iznad njihovih vrhova je 3.000 do 4.000 metara voda

creating enormous pressure,

u kojoj se stvara ogroman pritisak,

forcing water down through the cracks toward the center of the earth,

terajući vodu nadole kroz pukotine ka središtu Zemlje

until it hits a magma chamber

dok ne stigne do komore sa lavom

where it becomes superheated

gde postaje superzagrejana

and supersaturated with minerals,

i superzasićena mineralima,

reverses its flow and starts shooting back to the surface

okreće svoj tok i kreće nazad ka površini

and is ejected out of the earth like a geyser at Yellowstone.

izbacuje se iz zemlje kao gejzir iz Jeloustouna.

In fact, this whole area

U stvari, cela ova oblast

is like a Yellowstone National Park with all of the trimmings.

je kao Nacionalni park Jeloustoun sa svim svojim ukrasima.

And this vent fluid is about 600 or 700 degrees F.

Ova tečnost iz izvora ima oko 350 stepeni celzijusa.

The surrounding water is just a couple of degrees above freezing.

Voda u okolini je samo malo iznad tačke mržnjenja.

So it immediately cools,

Tako da se odmah hladi

and it can no longer hold in suspension

i ne može više da izdrži u suspenziji

all of the material that it's dissolved,

sav materijal koji je rastvoren

and it precipitates out, forming black smoke.

i on pada na dno formirajući crni dim.

And it forms these towers, these chimneys

I stvaraju se ovi tornjevi, ovi dimnjaci

that are 10, 20, 30 feet tall.

visoki tri, pet ili deset metara.

And all along the sides of these chimneys

Svuda duž strana ovih dimnjaka

is shimmering with heat and loaded with life.

je vruće i prepuno života.

You've got black smokers going all over the place

Imate "crne pušače" svuda naokolo

and chimneys that have tube worms

i dimnjake u kojima se nalaze cevasti crvi

that might be eight to 10 feet long.

koji mogu biti dugački 2,5 do 3 metra.

And out of the tops of these tube worms

I iz vrhova ovih cevastih crva

are these beautiful red plumes.

vire ova prelepa crvena pera.

And living amongst the tangle of tube worms

I u spletovima cevastih crva žive

is an entire community of animals:

čitave zajednice životinja:

shrimp, fish, lobsters, crab,

morskih račića, riba, jastoga, kraba,

clams and swarms of arthropods

školjki i jata zglavkara

that are playing that dangerous game

koji igraju ovu opasnu igru

between over here is scalding hot and freezing cold.

između ključanja na toploti unutra i smrzavanja napolju.

And this whole ecosystem

I za ovaj ceo ekosistem

wasn't even known about

se čak nije znalo

until 33 years ago.

do pre 33 godine.

And it completely threw science on its head.

I kompletno je izvrnuo nauku naglavce.

It made scientists rethink

Naveo je naučnike da ponovo razmisle

where life on Earth might have actually begun.

gde je život na Zemlji u stvari počeo.

And before the discovery of these vents,

Pre otkrića ovih hidrotermalnih izvora,

all life on Earth, the key to life on Earth,

za sav život na Zemlji,

was believed to be the sun and photosynthesis.

verovalo se da je ključ sunce i fotosinteza.

But down there, there is no sun,

Ali tamo dole nema sunca,

there is no photosynthesis;

nema fotosinteze;

it's chemosynthetic environment down there driving it,

hemosintetičko okruženje je pokretač tamo dole,

and it's all so ephemeral.

i sve je tako kratkotrajno.

You might film this

Mogli biste da snimite ovaj

unbelievable hydrothermal vent,

neverovatni hidrotermalni izvor,

which you think at the time has to be on another planet.

i pomislite da to mora da je na nekoj drugoj planeti.

It's amazing to think that this is actually on earth;

Neverovatno je pomisliti da je ovo u stvari na zemlji;

it looks like aliens in an alien environment.

Izgleda kao vanzemaljci i vanzemaljsko okruženje.

But you go back to the same vent eight years later

Ali vratite se do istog izvora osam godina kasnije

and it can be completely dead.

i on može da bude potpuno mrtav.

There's no hot water.

Bez tople vode.

All of the animals are gone, they're dead,

Sve životinje su otišle, uginule su,

and the chimneys are still there

a dimnjaci su još tu

creating a really nice ghost town,

stvarajući lep grad duhova,

an eerie, spooky ghost town,

sablasan, jeziv grad duhova,

but essentially devoid of animals, of course.

ali u suštini lišen životinja naravno.

But 10 miles down the ridge...

ali 15 kilometara niz greben...

pshhh! There's another volcano going.

pššš! Neki drugi vulkan eruptira.

And there's a whole new hydrothermal vent community that has been formed.

I evo potpuno nove zajednice hidrotermalnog izvora koja je formirana.

And this kind of life and death of hydrothermal vent communities

Ovakva vrsta života i smrti zajednice hidrotermalnog izvora

is going on every 30 or 40 years

se dešava svakih 30 ili 40 godina

all along the ridge.

duž celog grebena.

And that ephemeral nature

I ta prolazna priroda

of the hydrothermal vent community

zajednice hidrotermalnog izvora

isn't really different from some of the

u stvari se ne razlikuje od nekih

areas that I've seen

oblasti koje sam video

in 35 years of traveling around, making films.

za 35 godina putovanja, praveći filmove.

Where you go and film a really nice sequence at a bay.

Gde odem i snimim lepu sekvencu u zalivu.

And you go back, and I'm at home,

I vratim se, kod kuće sam

and I'm thinking, "Okay, what can I shoot ...

i razmišljam: "Okej, šta bih mogao da snimam...

Ah! I know where I can shoot that.

A! Znam gde mogu to da snimim.

There's this beautiful bay, lots of soft corals and stomatopods."

Tu je prelep zaliv, mnogo korala i stomatopoda."

And you show up, and it's dead.

I dođete tamo i mrtvo je.

There's no coral, algae growing on it, and the water's pea soup.

Nema korala, alge rastu u njoj i voda je kao supa od graška.

You think, "Well, what happened?"

Pomislite: "Šta se desilo?"

And you turn around,

I okrenete se

and there's a hillside behind you with a neighborhood going in,

i tamo iza vas je obronak na kom nastaje naselje

and bulldozers are pushing piles of soil back and forth.

i buldožeri koji premeštaju gomile zemlje.

And over here

I ovamo

there's a golf course going in.

niče teren za golf.

And this is the tropics.

A ovo su tropi.

It's raining like crazy here.

Ovde pada kiša kao luda.

So this rainwater is flooding down the hillside,

Tako da voda od kiše teče niz obronak,

carrying with it sediments from the construction site,

noseći sa sobom talog sa gradilišta,

smothering the coral and killing it.

i guši koral i ubija ga.

And fertilizers and pesticides

Đubriva i pesticidi

are flowing into the bay from the golf course --

teku u zaliv sa igrališta za golf -

the pesticides killing all the larvae and little animals,

pesticidi ubijaju sve larve i male životinje,

fertilizer creating this beautiful plankton bloom --

đubrivo čini da prelepi plankton procveta -

and there's your pea soup.

i eto supe od graška.

But, encouragingly, I've seen just the opposite.

Ali, što je ohrabrujuće, video sam upravo suprotno.

I've been to a place that was a pretty trashed bay.

Bio sam u zalivu koji je bio prilično uništen.

And I looked at it, just said, "Yuck,"

Pogledao sam ga, samo sam rekao: "Bljak",

and go and work on the other side of the island.

i otišao da radim na drugoj strani ostrva.

Five years later, come back,

Pet godina kasnije, vratite se

and that same bay is now gorgeous. It's beautiful.

i taj isti zaliv je sada divan. Prelep je.

It's got living coral, fish all over the place,

Ima korale, ribe svuda naokolo,

crystal clear water, and you go, "How did that happen?"

kristalno čistu vodu i kažete: "Kako se to desilo?"

Well, how it happened is

Pa, desilo se da ga

the local community galvanized.

je lokalna zajednica oživela.

They recognized what was happening on the hillside and put a stop to it;

Prepoznali su šta se dešava na obronku i zaustavili su to;

enacted laws and made permits required

doneli su zakone i napravili potrebne dozvole

to do responsible construction

za odgovornu gradnju

and golf course maintenance

i održavanje terena za golf

and stopped the sediments flowing into the bay,

i zaustavili uticanje sedimenata u zaliv,

and stopped the chemicals flowing into the bay,

i zaustavili uticanje hemikalija

and the bay recovered.

i zaliv se oporavio.

The ocean has an amazing ability

Okean ima neverovatnu sposobnost

to recover, if we'll just leave it alone.

da se oporavi, ako ga samo ostavimo na miru.

I think Margaret Mead

Mislim da je Margaret Mid

said it best.

rekla najbolje.

She said that a small group of thoughtful people

Rekla je da mala grupa umnih ljudi

could change the world.

može da promeni svet.

Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Stvarno, to je jedina stvar koja je ikad to uspela.

And a small group of thoughtful people

I mala grupa umnih ljudi

changed that bay.

je promenila taj zaliv.

I'm a big fan of grassroots organizations.

Ja sam veliki ljubitelj samoniklih organizacija.

I've been to a lot of lectures

Bio sam na puno predavanja

where, at the end of it, inevitably,

gde, na kraju, neizbežno,

one of the first questions that comes up is,

jedno od prvih pitanja koje iskrsava je:

"But, but what can I do?

"Ali šta mogu ja da uradim?

I'm an individual. I'm one person.

Ja sam individua. Ja sam jedna osoba.

And these problems are so large and global, and it's just overwhelming."

I ovi problemi su tako veliki i globalni da je to prosto ogromno."

Fair enough question.

Dobro pitanje.

My answer to that is don't look

Moj odgovor na to je da ne gledate

at the big, overwhelming issues of the world.

velike, ogromne svetske probleme.

Look in your own backyard.

Pogledajte u svoje dvorište.

Look in your heart, actually.

Pogledajte u svoje srce u stvari.

What do you really care about that isn't right where you live?

Zar nije ono što vas stvarno zanima - ono gde živite?

And fix it.

I popravite to.

Create a healing zone in your neighborhood

Napravite lekovitu zonu u vašem komšiluku

and encourage others to do the same.

i ohrabrite druge da urade isto.

And maybe these healing zones can sprinkle a map,

I možda te lekovite zone mogu da se pojave na mapi,

little dots on a map.

tačkice na mapi.

And in fact, the way that we can communicate today --

I u stvari, način na koji komuniciramo danas

where Alaska is instantly knowing what's going on in China,

gde Aljaska odmah zna šta se dešava u Kini,

and the Kiwis did this, and then over in England they tried to ...

na Novom Zelandu su uradili ovo, u Engleskoj su pokušali da...

and everybody is talking to everyone else --

i svako razgovara sa svakim -

it's not isolated points on a map anymore,

to nisu više izolovane tačke na mapi

it's a network we've created.

to je mreža koju smo napravili.

And maybe these healing zones can start growing,

I možda ove lekovite zone mogu da počnu da rastu

and possibly even overlap, and good things can happen.

i možda čak preklapaju, i dobre stvari mogu da se dese.

So that's how I answer that question.

I tako ja odgovaram na to pitanje.

Look in your own backyard, in fact, look in the mirror.

Pogledajte u sopstveno dvorište, u stvari, pogledajte u ogledalo.

What can you do that is more responsible

Šta možete da uradite što je odgovornije

than what you're doing now?

od onog što činite sada?

And do that, and spread the word.

I uradite to i proširite glas.

The vent community animals

Životinjske zajednice hidrotermalnih izvora

can't really do much

ne mogu mnogo da urade

about the life and death

u vezi sa životom i smrću

that's going on where they live, but up here we can.

koji se dešavaju tamo gde oni žive, ali mi ovde možemo.

In theory, we're thinking, rational human beings.

U teoriji, mi razmišljamo, kao razumna ljudska bića.

And we can make changes to our behavior

I možemo da pravimo promene u našem ponašanju

that will influence and affect the environment,

koje će uticati i delovati na okolinu,

like those people changed the health of that bay.

kao oni ljudi koji su izlečili onaj zaliv.

Now, Sylvia's TED Prize wish

Silvijina TEDPrize želja

was to beseech us to do anything we could,

je bila molba da uradimo sve,

everything we could,

sve što možemo,

to set aside not pin pricks,

da izdvojimo, ne tačkice,

but significant expanses

nego značajna prostranstva

of the ocean for preservation,

okeana za zaštitu,

"hope spots," she calls them.

"tačke nade", kako ih je nazvala.

And I applaud that. I loudly applaud that.

I ja aplaudiram tome. Glasno aplaudiram tome.

And it's my hope that some of these "hope spots"

I nadam se da neka od tih "tačaka nade"

can be in the deep ocean,

može da bude u dubokom okeanu,

an area that has historically

u oblasti koja je kroz istoriju

been seriously neglected, if not abused.

bila ozbiljno zapostavljena, ako ne i zlostavljana.

The term "deep six" comes to mind:

Izraz "baciti s palube" mi pada na pamet:

"If it's too big or too toxic for a landfill,

"Ako je suviše veliko ili toksično za deponiju,

deep six it!"

baci ga s palube!"

So, I hope that we can also keep

Nadam se da možemo takođe da sačuvamo

some of these "hope spots" in the deep sea.

neke od ovih "tačaka nade" u dubinama.

Now, I don't get a wish,

Ja ne dobijam želju

but I certainly can say

ali sigurno mogu da kažem

that I will do anything I can

da ću učiniti sve što mogu

to support Sylvia Earle's wish.

da podržim želju Silvije Erl.

And that I do.

I to činim.

Thank you very much. (Applause)

Hvala vam puno. (Aplauz)