[00:00:01]The woolly bear caterpillar does not need the warmth from flowers

灯蛾毛虫却不需要花朵的温暖

[00:04:38]to kick-start its spring.

就能迅速迎来它们的春天

[00:06:31]It's always the first insect to appear after the snow retreats

它向来是积雪融化后第一个出现的昆虫

[00:11:00]and the story of how it does so is truly astonishing.

它为做到这一点所付出的努力令人惊异

[00:18:38]At the start of spring,

春季伊始

[00:20:08]the caterpillar eats as fast as it can,

毛虫就拼了命地吃

[00:22:38]as indeed it must, for this far north, the season will be brief.

它必须这么做 因为北极的春季转瞬即逝

[00:28:47]The days shorten only too soon,

白昼很快就会变短

[00:30:35]but the caterpillar has not yet

毛虫却还没有

[00:32:45]got enough reserves to transform itself into a moth.

足够的储备来转化成蛾

[00:36:46]It can't leave the Arctic, for it can't fly,

它还不能离开北极 因为它无法飞行

[00:40:39]so it settles down beneath a rock.

所以只好在一块岩石下面躲了起来

[00:45:05]The sun's warmth rapidly dwindles.

太阳的热度迅速褪去

[00:53:41]Beneath the rock, the caterpillar is out of the wind,

岩石虽能为毛虫挡风遮雪

[00:56:43]but the cold penetrates deep into the ground.

但严寒仍蔓延至地下

[01:01:33]Soon, its heart stops beating.

很快 它的心跳停止了

[01:04:36]It ceases to breathe, and its body starts to freeze--

也停止了呼吸 身体开始结冰

[01:09:01]first its gut, then its blood.

先是内脏 接着是血液