The hidden beauty of pollination | Louie Schwartzberg

Translator: Chitmin Ng Reviewer: Ann Lee

It's great being here at TED.

好荣幸来到TED.

You know, I think there might be some presentations

我想到一些令我

that will go over my head,

印象深刻噶演示，

but the most amazing concepts

不过最精彩噶

are the ones that go right under my feet.

系我脚下噶故事。

The little things in life,

果D生命中微小噶野

sometimes that we forget about,

我地有时会晤记得，

like pollination, that we take for granted.

譬如大家都知道噶授粉。

And you can't tell the story about pollinators --

你讲唔出有关授粉者噶故事

bees, bats, hummingbirds, butterflies --

蜜蜂、蝙蝠、蜂鸟、蝴蝶...

without telling the story about the invention of flowers

而排除关于花噶诞生

and how they co-evolved

以及距地点样在哩50亿年里面

over 50 million years.

共同进化。

I've been filming time-lapse flowers

我拍摄左花随时间推移而变化噶视频

24 hours a day, seven days a week,

每日24个钟，每周7日，

for over 35 years.

超过35年。

To watch them move

为了睇到距地噶变化

is a dance I'm never going to get tired of.

系孜孜不倦噶舞蹈

It fills me with wonder, and it opens my heart.

距令我惊叹，距打开左我噶心扉。

Beauty and seduction, I believe,

我相信美丽和诱惑

is nature's tool for survival,

系大自然噶生存工具，

because we will protect what we fall in love with.

因为我地会保护果D我地所爱噶野。

Their relationship

距地噶关系

is a love story that feeds the Earth.

系滋润地球噶爱情故事。

It reminds us that we are a part of nature,

距令我想起我地系大自然噶一部分，

and we're not separate from it.

并无脱离自然。

When I heard about the vanishing bees, Colony Collapse Disorder,

当我听到蜜蜂消失，蜂群衰落果阵，

it motivated me to take action.

我想即刻行动。

We depend on pollinators

我地都要依赖授粉者

for over a third of the fruits and vegetables we eat.

我地所食噶蔬菜和水果超过1/3需要距地。

And many scientists believe

唔少科学家认为

it's the most serious issue facing mankind.

哩个系人类所面临噶最严重噶问题

It's like the canary in the coalmine.

就好似煤矿中噶金丝雀，

If they disappear, so do we.

如果距地灭绝，人类都会消亡。

It reminds us that we are a part of nature

距令我想起我地系大自然噶一部分，

and we need to take care of it.

我地要保护好距

What motivated me to film their behavior

令我要去拍摄距地行为噶动机来自于

was something that I asked my scientific advisers:

我向我噶科学顾问请教左D野：

"What motivates the pollinators?"

系乜嘢激发左授粉者噶积极性？

Well, their answer was,

好，答案同

"It's all about risk and reward."

危险与报答有关。

Like a wide-eyed kid, I'd say, "Why is that?"

我就好似一个天真噶细路咁问问题：“点解噶？”

And they'd say, "Well, because they want to survive."

距地话：“额，因为距地想生存落去。”

I go, "Why?"

我继续问：“点解噶？”

"Well, in order to reproduce."

“额，为左繁殖。”

"Well, why?"

“额..点解啊？”

And I thought that they'd probably say, "Well, it's all about sex."

我觉得距地好可能会讲：“额..同性有关。”

And Chip Taylor, our monarch butterfly expert,

王蝶专家Chip Taylor话

he replied, "Nothing lasts forever.

“任何野都唔会无限持续落去，

Everything in the universe wears out."

所有野最终都会在宇宙中消逝。“

And that blew my mind.

哩句话令我震撼。

Because I realized

因为我意识到

that nature had invented reproduction

大自然创造左繁殖

as a mechanism for life to move forward,

来作为传承生命噶机制，

as a life force that passes right through us

作为穿越我地噶生命力量，

and makes us a link in the evolution of life.

距令我地成为生命进化噶纽带。

Rarely seen by the naked eye,

好难用肉眼去捕捉

this intersection

哩个在动物世界和植物世界

between the animal world and the plant world

之间噶十字路口

is truly a magic moment.

真系一个魔幻般噶瞬间。

It's the mystical moment

生命噶自我繁殖

where life regenerates itself,

系一个神秘的瞬间，

over and over again.

生生不息。

So here is some nectar from my film.

跟住落来噶系哩部影片噶精华

I hope you'll drink, tweet

我希望你地好好欣赏

and plant some seeds

跟住在花园里

to pollinate a friendly garden.

播下种子。

And always take time to smell the flowers,

花时间闻下D花，

and let it fill you with beauty,

距会令你充满美丽，

and rediscover that sense of wonder.

以及重现惊叹噶感觉。

Here are some images from the film.

现在我地睇下哩部影片。

(Music)

（音乐）

(Applause)

（鼓掌）

Thank you.

多谢

Thank you very much.

多谢晒

(Applause)

（鼓掌）

Thank you.

多谢

(Applause)

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