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If catching fish in the dark is impressive
如果說在黑暗中追捕游魚是如此的不可思議
imagine eating a slippery minnow with no hands while hangingupside down.
想象下倒掛狀態下不用爪子吞食滑溜溜的米諾魚是怎樣的神奇場景
Dawn, over the karst hills of Guilin.
拂曉降臨至桂林的喀斯特山地
These remarkable hills owe their peculiar shapes
這些山地的嶙峋奇秀歸功于
tothe mildly acid watersof the Li River
漓江那弱酸性的水質
whose meandering course overeons of timehas corrode away their basis
億萬年的侵蝕褪去了他們的本來面目
until only the rocky course remained.
只剩下堅硬的河道殘留下來
Li is one of the cleanest rivers in China,
漓江是中國最清澈的河流之一
a favorite spot for fishermen with their trained cormorants.
是捕魚者和他們訓練有素的鸕鶿最愛的捕獲點
The men, all called Huang, come from the same village,
這幫七八十歲的男人全部姓黃
now in their seventies and eighties,
他們來自同一個村落
they've been fishermen all their lives.
他們畢生都以捕魚為生
Before they release the birds,
在釋放魚鳥之前
they tie a noose, loosely around the neck
他們在鳥的脖子上松松的系一條套索
to stop them swallowing any fish they may catch.
以防止鳥兒私自將捕到的魚吞進肚子里
Chancing and dancing, the Huangs encourage their birds to take the plunge.
伴隨著即興的舞蹈， 黃老漢鼓勵著他的鳥兒們跳入水中
Underwater,
在水下
the cormorant's hunting instinct kicks in
鸕鶿的狩獵本能暴發
turning them into fish seeking missiles.
他們化身為水下的游魚追蹤導彈
