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My name is Jeff Hogan, and I've been filming wildlife around the world for over 30 years now.
我叫杰夫·霍根，我在世界各地拍摄野生动物已经30多年了。
But my favorite place and my favorite creature is right here in my own backyard.
但我最喜欢的地方和最喜欢的动物就在我自己的后院。
It's the beaver.
是河狸。
So here we are. This is your classic beaver colony.
就是这儿，这是个典型的河狸部落。
It consists of several beautiful large dams, a few different lodges, and they've just flooded this entire area and made this incredible wetlands ecosystem.
它由几个漂亮的河坝，几个不同的巢穴组成，这里刚刚被水淹没，形成了这个令人难以置信的湿地生态系统。
I'm gonna get on, have a closer look.
我要上去，仔细看看。
Here's classic beaver workings.
这是典型的河狸劳作痕迹。
These are smaller cottonwood trees, that they have just chewed down, and they utilize them for food, as well as building materials.
这些是较小的棉杨树，刚被它们啃下来，是它们的食物，以及建筑材料。
Let's go check out the dams.
我们去看看河坝。
This is an incredible dam.
这个坝太了不起了。
The beavers are constantly maintaining this dam, utilizing new materials, old materials, as well as stones.
河狸们会用新材料、旧材料和石头不停地修理这座河坝。
And what I wanna do is I wanna get a shot under water of them actually building and maintaining this dam.
我想拍下它们在水下建造和修理河坝的镜头。
The beavers possess so many different engineering skills, one of which is excavation.
河狸有许多不同的工程技能，其中之一就是挖掘。
And what they did is they excavated a canal back over to their favorite food supply, willows and aspens.
它们挖了一条运河，一直通到它们最喜欢的食物来源，柳树和白杨。
And they'll just float it, and swim from the safety of the water.
这样它们就能在这个安全水域里游动了。
That's where they're at home.
那是它们的家。
That's where they can escape predators.
那是它们躲避捕食者的地方。
Oh, look at this, beaver poop.
哦，看啊，河狸便便。
Amazing.
太棒了。
So I'm waiting for the beavers to show up.
我在等着河狸出现。
They should be leaving their lodge soon, and with some luck, we'll get some beaver building the dam activity here.
它们应该很快就要出洞了，要是运气好的话，还能拍到河狸建设河坝的镜头。
Right now, the water's running fairly high, because of the spring runoff, but they'll still cruise back and forth and inspect their dam.
现在，春季径流让河水流速相对较快，不过它们还是会来回巡逻，视察河坝。
So any minute now, we should see a beaver.
河狸随时会出现。
I've been filming beavers for probably over 30 years now.
我拍摄河狸有30多年了。
To capture the little intimate details of their life is just so much fun.
捕捉它们的私密细节非常有趣。
They do so many things.
它们会做很多事。
They build lodges, they build dams.
它们会搭窝，建河坝。
They chew on trees and knock 'em down and then cut 'em into little pieces and use them for building materials and for food.
它们会啃食树木，把树放倒并啃成小块儿，用它们当建筑材料和食物。
So there's so much going on here at the Beaver pond.
所以这片河狸池塘里有很多事在发生。
Other species utilize the efforts of the beaver as well.
其他物种也会利用河狸的劳动成果。
They create these incredible ecosystems.
它们创造了非常棒的生态系统。
These beavers are just wonderful creatures.
它们是很神奇的生物。
