The hidden beauty of pollination | Louie Schwartzberg

譯者: Joyce Chou 審譯者: Jenny Yang

It's great being here at TED.

很榮幸來到TED

You know, I think there might be some presentations

原本我想說的演講

that will go over my head,

可能是其他的主題

but the most amazing concepts

但令人驚歎的主題

are the ones that go right under my feet.

其實是發生在我的腳下的故事

The little things in life,

生活中有些小事

sometimes that we forget about,

有時候我們忘了

like pollination, that we take for granted.

像授粉，我們覺得那是理所當然

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

我們沒辦法只單純去描述

bees, bats, hummingbirds, butterflies --

蜜蜂、蝙蝠，蜂鳥、蝴蝶這些傳粉動物的事

without telling the story about the invention of flowers

而不去提到花是怎麼來到這世界上的

and how they co-evolved

還有他們在這50億年來

over 50 million years.

是如何共同演化的

I've been filming time-lapse flowers

我每天24個小時，一星期7天

24 hours a day, seven days a week,

有超過35年的時間

for over 35 years.

都在用縮時攝影拍攝花朵

To watch them move

看他們如何綻放

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

那是我百看不厭的舞

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

這讓我感到驚奇，也打開了我的心房

Beauty and seduction, I believe,

我相信美麗和誘惑

is nature's tool for survival,

是大自然的生存工具

because we will protect what we fall in love with.

因為我們會保護我們愛上的東西

Their relationship

他們的關係

is a love story that feeds the Earth.

是一段能滋養地球的愛情故事

It reminds us that we are a part of nature,

也提醒我們，我們是大自然的一部分

and we're not separate from it.

我們和他們密不可分

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

當我聽到蜜蜂消失，蜂群衰竭失調

it motivated me to take action.

這促使我採取行動

We depend on pollinators

有超過三分之一我們吃的蔬菜水果

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

都需要這些傳粉動物

And many scientists believe

許多科學家相信

it's the most serious issue facing mankind.

這會是人類要面對最困難的問題

It's like the canary in the coalmine.

這就像在煤礦坑裡的金絲雀

If they disappear, so do we.

如果他們消失了，我們也會跟著滅絕

It reminds us that we are a part of nature

這提醒我們，我們是大自然的一部分

and we need to take care of it.

我們必須保護他們

What motivated me to film their behavior

促使我拍他們的行為的原因是

was something that I asked my scientific advisers:

我問我的科學顧問們

"What motivates the pollinators?"

傳粉動物們為何去傳遞花粉呢？

Well, their answer was,

他們告訴我

"It's all about risk and reward."

「這其實是風險與報酬。」

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

我像個張大眼睛的孩子又問「為什麼呢？」

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

他們說「因為他們要生存。」

I go, "Why?"

我問「為什麼？」

"Well, in order to reproduce."

「為了要繁衍後代。」

"Well, why?"

「為什麼？」

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

我原以為他們會說「好吧，這一切都與性有關。」

And Chip Taylor, our monarch butterfly expert,

但我們的帝王蝶專家Chip Taylor

he replied, "Nothing lasts forever.

他說「世上無永垂不朽，

Everything in the universe wears out."

萬物皆有定時。」

And that blew my mind.

這一席話感動我

Because I realized

因為我意識到

that nature had invented reproduction

繁衍後代在大自然中

as a mechanism for life to move forward,

是一種生命延續的機制

as a life force that passes right through us

一種透過我們去傳遞的生命動力

and makes us a link in the evolution of life.

讓我們在生命的演化上有所關聯

Rarely seen by the naked eye,

很難用肉眼去捕捉

this intersection

介於動物和植物間

between the animal world and the plant world

的交會瞬間

is truly a magic moment.

這是非常神奇的一刻

It's the mystical moment

這個神秘的時刻裡

where life regenerates itself,

生命在創造繁衍

over and over again.

一代又一代

So here is some nectar from my film.

以下是我電影中的精華

I hope you'll drink, tweet

我希望你們能品嘗體會

and plant some seeds

然後種些花草

to pollinate a friendly garden.

創造一座美麗的花園

And always take time to smell the flowers,

找時間聞一下花朵的芬芳

and let it fill you with beauty,

感受美麗

and rediscover that sense of wonder.

重新發現驚喜

Here are some images from the film.

以下是影片的一些片段

(Music)

(音樂)

(Applause)

(掌聲)

Thank you.

謝謝

Thank you very much.

非常謝謝

(Applause)

(掌聲)

Thank you.

謝謝各位

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