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One, two, three, four... let's cause an uproar!
一、二、三、四...让我们引起骚动吧！
Hey, I'm Leo and I'm causing an uproar about lions.
嘿，我是里奥，我正在引起一场关于狮子的骚动。
Lions are amazing creatures. Why, you ask?
狮子是很神奇的动物。你问为什么？
Well, they have razor sharp retractable claws, long dagger-like teeth and a fierce roar.
它们有锋利的可伸缩的爪子，像匕首一样的长牙齿和凶猛的吼声。
They like to hang with their pride.
它们喜欢以狮群的形式出现。
By spending so much time together, they form really strong bonds.
长时间生活在一起，它们形成了非常牢固的纽带。
A pride can include 40 or more of their feline friends. Now that's a party.
一个狮群可以包括40只或更多的狮子。这才是派对啊。
Lions spends about 20 hours of their day sleeping and lounging.
狮子一天中大约有20个小时在睡觉和闲逛。
But what they're really doing is storing energy for their next hunt.
但它们真正在做的是为下一次捕猎储存能量。
Their natural instinct is to kill. They are powerful predators.
它们的本能是杀戮。它们是强大的掠食者。
Believe it or not, even baby cubs are born with a killer instinct. And they're also super cute.
信不信由你，即使是狮子幼崽，也具备天生的杀手本能。而且它们也超级可爱。
Yeah, I said it. Just look at the cuteness!
是的，我说过了。看看这些可爱的小家伙！
Cubs love to play, and they can often be found mimicking their parents by running, crouching and pouncing on their siblings.
幼崽喜欢玩耍，它们经常模仿父母奔跑、蹲伏和扑向兄弟姐妹。
Some photographers are even experimenting with new technologies to watch how these playful cubs develop into prowling beasts.
一些摄影师甚至尝试使用新技术来观察这些顽皮的幼崽是如何成长为四处觅食的野兽的。
So, even though I'm not a biologist, or a zoologist, or an anything-ologist yet, I wanted to do something to help the king of beasts.
所以，尽管我还不是生物学家、动物学家或其他任何领域的专家，我还是想做点什么来帮助这个百兽之王。
You see, lions are actually in trouble. They're disappearing from the planet, driven out of their habitats by hunters, poachers and humans encroaching on their land.
如你所知，狮子现在真的有麻烦了。它们正在从地球上消失，被猎人、偷猎者和侵占它们土地的人类赶出栖息地。
Over the past 100 years, lion populations have shrunk from hundreds of thousands to only about 35,000.
在过去的100年里，狮子的数量从数十万只减少到现在的只有大约35000只。
But people are making a difference in helping to save lions by building fences to protect livestock and educating communities.
但是人们正在通过建造围栏保护牲畜、以及在社区普及相关教育，以此来帮助拯救狮子。
And you can do the same by helping spread the word, too.
你也可以通过传播相关信息来做同样的事情。
I realized that I could help the lions, by doing exactly what I love to do most... make stuff!
我意识到我可以通过做我最喜欢做的事情来帮助狮子...那就是出一些作品！
Unfortunately, I don't get to see real, live lions every day. So I draw, paint and sculpt lion art to remind people about them.
遗憾的是，我并不是每天都能看到活生生的狮子。所以我通过素描、绘画和雕刻狮子的艺术品，来提醒人们关于狮子的处境。
What's cool is that I've learned there are a lot of people out there who care about lions too.
很酷的是，我了解到了有很多人也很关心狮子。
There are so many things you can do to help raise awareness and save the lions.
你可以做很多事情来提高人们的意识，拯救狮子。
Look for lions in logos, movies, books, songs and even sports team names.
在商标、电影、书籍、歌曲甚至运动队的名字中都可以找到狮子的形象。
You can write a letter to the company and suggest that they make a donation to help save the lions.
你可以给企业写信，建议它们通过捐款的方式来帮助拯救狮子。
Now, it's your turn. How are you going to cause and uproar?
现在，轮到你了。你打算怎样做来引起骚动？
What's next on my list? Make a picture of a lion that can be seen from space.
我清单上的下一个任务是什么？画一幅可以从太空中看到的狮子。
