There are only a dozen peaks in the world that rise five miles high.
世界上超過八千米的山峰屈指可數。
All of them are here, in the Himalayas.
它們全部位于喜馬拉雅地區。
Lethally cold, scoured by gales and blizzards,
在極端低溫與暴風雪的洗禮下,
these mountains are among the most hostile places on Earth.
這些山脈成為地球上生存條件最苛刻的地區。
Yet, a few special animals manage to live here. Snow leopards.
然而,仍有動物能夠生活在這里。雪豹。
Like all creatures of the high mountains,
與所有高山生物相同,
they have had to adapt both their body and their behaviour in order to survive.
為了生存他們必須從體型和行為上充分適應環境。
Life at extreme altitude has shaped some of the toughest animals on the planet.
極高海拔之上的生存塑造出了這個星球上最頑強的動物。