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A willingness to mate is a relatively straightforward message.
交配意愿 算是相當直接了當的訊息
But primates are capable of much more complex communication.
但是靈長類 還能進行更復雜的溝通
It starts between a mother and her baby.
故事要從一對母女開始說起
The rainforests of Sumatra.
這里是蘇門答臘的雨林
This female orang-utan is forty-two years old.
這只母紅毛猩猩四十二歲了
Her third child, a six year old daughter,
它的第三胎，六歲的女兒
is still with her.
還跟在它身邊
Orangs look after their children for longer than any other primate...
紅毛猩猩照顧下一代的時間
except ourselves.
在靈長類中僅次于人類
It will take her nine years to teach her youngster
它要花九年時間傳授下一代
everything she needs to know about this complex tree-top world.
一切有關 這個復雜樹梢世界的知識
She must learn how to collect ants and termites.
小紅毛猩猩要學習 如何捉螞蟻和白蟻
How to identify at least 200 kinds of edible plants...
如何辨識至少兩百種 可以吃的植物
and how to avoid the poisonous ones.
及避免誤食有毒植物
And how to judge when fruit, like this durian, has ripened to perfection.
如何辨別如這顆榴蓮等的果實 熟得恰到好處可以吃了
