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周五晚上 在史瓦帝尼的一家酒店裡
It's Friday night at a hotel in Swaziland.
西婭·利區克·科恩是一位
Thea Litschka Cohen is a
有著全職工作的賢妻良母
devoted wife and mother with a full-time job.
但是 她還有另一項愛好
But she has another love in her life.
西婭 西婭
Thea! Thea...
好 我馬上就到 有黑曼巴 黑曼巴
OK, I'm on my way. Black Mamba. Black Mamba.
這是非洲最致命的毒蛇 黑曼巴蛇
It's Africa's deadliest snake, the Black Mamba.
在非洲漫長而炎熱的夏季中
During the long hot African summer,
它總是神出鬼沒 不請自來
it turns up in the most unlikely and unwanted places.
這裡的人們對於殺掉曼巴蛇毫不留情
People kill mambas here.
然而 當你接近到足以殺死一條曼巴蛇時
But if you are close enough to kill a mamba,
通常意味著它也能將你一擊斃命
it is usually close enough to kill you.
在非洲 每年都有大批人被蛇咬傷
Snakebite in Africa is reaching epidemic proportions,
西婭和她的丈夫克利夫頓
and Thea and her husband, Clifton,
正在史瓦帝尼試圖化解這場危機
are trying to relieve this crisis in Swaziland
從而拯救人類和黑曼巴的生命
to save both snake and human lives.
抓不住了
Out of control.
當地人親切地稱西婭為白女巫
Thea is affectionately known by the locals as the White Witch.
她也下定決心一定要讓人們
She is determined to change attitudes
對這種聲名狼藉的非洲致命毒蛇有所改觀
based on centuries of fear and superstition
消除千百年來對它的盲目迷信與恐懼
towards the most infamous and lethal snake in Africa.
別動
Hold on.
進去之前我們的確得親吻一下
We should actually have that kiss before we go in.
沒準兒這就是我們最後一吻了
It could be the last one.
黑曼巴
白女巫
黑曼巴蛇早已由於其
The Black Mamba is a snake
個性兇猛 行動迅速以及攻擊致命
with a notorious reputation for being furious,
而臭名昭著
fast and deadly.
黑曼巴體型修長 成蛇可長至4米
Long and slender, it can grow to four metres,
並能將身體的三分之一
and strong enough to raise a third of its body
抬離地面 與人四目相對
above the ground and look you in the eye.
典型的掠食者 恐怖中透出迷人氣息
An iconic predator, it is terrifying and yet fascinating.
曼巴蛇氣質高雅
Mambas, they are elegant.
無論是移動方式 捕食手段還是行為舉止
The way they move, the way they hunt, the way they behave,
曼巴蛇都有著其它蛇類無法比擬的氣度
there is no other snake that can touch a mamba.
就連它們看著你的目光
Just the way it looks at you,
都閃爍著機智與狡黠
you can almost see the intelligence in their eyes.
也許你不信 它們天性好奇
And they are inquisitive, believe it or not.
這是種很有自我意識的蛇類
This is a snake with attitude.
它的攻擊性遠比其它的蛇強
It is more likely to strike than any other snake.
它的咬擊被人稱為"死神之吻"
Its bite is known as the "Kiss of Death".
史瓦帝尼是非洲最小的國家之一
Swaziland is one of the smallest countries in Africa.
它位於大陸之中 緊鄰南非與莫三比克
The size of Wales, it is a land-locked kingdom,
國土面積僅與威爾斯相當
between Mozambique and South Africa.
黑曼巴蛇現在生活在大片的甘蔗種植園內
Black Mambas are living in the vast plantations of sugercane
而過去這些地方都是其優良棲息地
that replaced their well habitat.
它們以獵食小型哺乳動物與爬行動物為主
They come to prey on small mammals and reptiles.
但它們幾乎無處不去
But there's nowhere they won't go.
十月的非洲正值春末夏初
October is the end of spring in Africa.
隨著氣溫的不斷上升
Temperatures are soaring,
蛇類的活動開始頻繁起來
and it's the beginning of snake season.
長達五個月的混亂期
Five months of chaos,
黑曼巴會經常與人遭遇
when people and mambas come head to head.
西婭和克利夫頓被當地警方叫到了
Thea and Clifton have been called out by police
一個叫做恩戈瑪裡的小山村
to a remote village, Ngomani.
我們就像醫生一樣 24小時隨叫隨到
We go out 24 hours. It's like a doctor being on call.
尤其是在每年的十一月到次年二月間
And very often we've gone out four times a night,
我們平均每晚要出四次任務
especially November to February.
-誰看到那條蛇了 -他看到了 就在那
- Who saw the snake? - He saw it. It's right there.
目前在史瓦帝尼 只有西婭和克利夫頓
Thea and Clifton are the only people in Swaziland
願意外出拯救黑曼巴及其它毒蛇
who will go out and rescue mambas and other venomous snakes.
很不幸 這些狗已經被蛇咬了
Unfortunately, the dogs have already been bitten.
-能看到它的腦袋嗎 -看到了
- Can you see the head? - Yeah.
在哪兒
Where is it?
-在那裡 -就在那裡 它正張著嘴呢
- It's right there. - Oh, it's right there. Oh, it's gaping.
他們是在以生命為賭注
They are both dicing with death.
以史瓦帝尼的醫療條件
If the mamba bites them now,
他們如果被蛇咬了可能就沒救了
medical help in Swaziland probably won't save them.
-我要放開了 -好的
- I'm letting him go. - OK.
-抓住它了 -好的
- Got him. - OK.
-別扯到它 -我沒扯它
- Don't pull. - I'm not pulling.
好了
Ok.
這蛇挺聽話
Good one.
慢慢來 慢慢來
Wait, wait, wait.
我看過你家的狗了 他們沒救了
Your dogs, I've looked at them. They're not going to survive.
就算現在把它們送去獸醫那兒
So even if we take them to the clinic now, to the vet,
也來不及了
we won't be able to save them.
大多數人都是在試圖把蛇殺掉時
Very often the people that get bitten by the snake
被它咬傷的
is people who is trying to kill it.
當地人對我又敬又怕
I have a mixed reaction from the locals.
他們稱我為萬蛇之母
They call me the Mother of Snakes.
有人甚至認為我是個白女巫
Some are convinced I'm a white witch!
在西婭看來 白女巫是對她的讚美
For Thea, being called a white witch is a compliment,
因為史瓦帝尼人深信
as the Swazis believe
能有勇氣降服黑曼巴的女人
any woman brave enough to handle a mamba
必定天賦異稟
must have special powers.
來 來 親下 幹得漂亮
Kissy, kissy, kissy. Well done.
西婭和克利夫頓·利區克·科恩開著一家旅店
Thea and Clifton Litschka-Cohen look after a hotel,
照顧著一大家子還養了頭小疣豬
a family and an orphan wart hog.
他們都是在非洲出生
They were both born in Africa,
西婭的家族已經在史瓦帝尼生活了三代了
and Thea's family have lived here in Swaziland for three generations.
-親愛的我回來了 -好呀
- Hi, babe. - Hi.
我們已經記下手機號了
I thought we had the mobile number.
現在都已經不重要了
It's not important right now.
那裡還有很多棘手的工作要做呢
There's a lot of pig happening there.
我又聽到這種聲音了
I just heard...
西婭一直都很喜歡動物
Thea has always loved animals,
但她從未預料到自己會走上這樣一條人生之路
but she couldn't have foreseen the path her life would take.
這一切還都起源於她的兒子
It all started with one of her sons.
我兒子奧利弗在學校參加了一個課題組
Oliver my son had a school project,
這個項目允許他們自由選題
They were allowed to choose a subject
而他決定以蛇為研究對象
and he chose snakes as his project.
西婭跑到鎮上給他買了一條玉米蛇
Thea went off to town and bought him a little corn snake.
一周後 她又覺得那條蛇太孤單
And then a week later she felt that this corn snake
於是給它買了個伴兒
was lonely so she bought another one.
我們在網上查閱了很多資料
We went on the Internet and did a lot of research, and I became
漸漸地 我被這些資料深深地吸引
more and more interested in what I was reading.
簡直為之著迷
I was fascinated.
如果沒記錯的話 幾周之後
It was a few weeks after that I think, if I'm not mistaken,
我們最終來到約翰尼斯堡
we ended up in Jo'burg
西婭在那參加了一個處理和識別課程
where Thea was doing a handling and ID course.
於是我想 一不做二不休
So I thought, you know, in for a penny, in for a pound
我就去參加了一個曼巴蛇處理的課程
so I did this mamba handling course.
這算是蛇園建立的契機
And that's really how the snake park started.
謝天謝地
Thank goodness
多虧奧利弗沒有決定搞大猩猩的課題
that Oliver didn't come home with a project on gorillas!
隨著西婭對蛇的熱情與日俱增
As Thea's passion for snakes grew, she quickly realised just
她意識到許多人都在毒蛇利齒下或死或傷
how many people were being killed or maimed.
她下定決心要去幫助那些蛇
She felt compelled to do something about it,
以及無數被毒蛇所威脅的人們
both to help the snakes and the people they threaten.
於是她建立了一個爬行動物園
The reptile park was set up
作為一部分營救後的蛇的新家
as a home for some of the rescued snakes
同時也作為一個教育中心
and, equally importantly, as a centre for education.
動物園坐落在當地的自然保護區內
It is situated in a local nature reserve.
這是史瓦帝尼唯一的一座爬行動物園
It is the only reptile park in Swaziland.
我們感到非常自豪
We are very proud of what
幾年的東奔西走
we have managed to achieve in the few years
取得了今天的可喜成就
that we've been running.
他們營救回來的黑曼巴和其他蛇類
Many of the mambas and other snakes they rescued
大都被放生在這裡或其它的自然保護區