The story begins on an afternoon with rolling thunderclouds.
Mysteriously from the belly of the African continent, on the banks of the fertile Zambezi River, is the domain of Queen Tate.
She is old, but she still rules her people. However, despite the glory of the past, Tate's rule is still under threat at any time—to the east and south of her realm are alien territory, and to the west is another tribe led by her daughter, Blacktip.
Although over the years, the mother and daughter have ruled separately and maintained a delicate balance, with the deterioration of the living environment and the imminent approach of modern human civilization, the pressure of survival has made the war between the mother and daughter imminent......
At this point in the story, you may think that this is the story of a primitive tribe that is outside of human civilization. It's actually right to think so, because these stories do take place in wild places outside of human vision, and the protagonists of the stories have their own rules of survival, and all this is just as the title suggests - "Dynasty". It tells the story of "humanity" that takes place in the animal world.
Produced by the BBC's top documentary team, Sir David Attenborough, who has participated in numerous high-scoring documentaries, uses the most cutting-edge technology to ambush around animal groups from the perspective of a bystander, go deep into their lives, watch them grow, reproduce, fight, establish their own power, and work hard to maintain their own survival and the survival of their own people under the obscenity of nature.
The magnificent natural scenery, the unknown corner of the mysterious earth from a subtle perspective, and the storytelling made "Dynasty" get a high score of 9.1 on IMDb for the first two seasons, and as high as 9.3 and 9.5 on Douban respectively, known as the animal version of "Game of Thrones".
Under the camera, the animals seem to be actors who are carefully rehearsed according to the basics, but this is really just the ubiquitous reality of the ecosystem.
Behind the alternation of kingship in the eyes of human beings, there is actually a cruel survival.
Chimpanzee David's battle for the leader
David, the leader of the chimpanzee pack. As a leader, it has the best of everything, but it also keeps it subject to the provocations of its younger and stronger people – the struggle for status and mating rights.
However, David is not a lonely king, and he has a loyal ally, Chloe. It will put down its body and comb Chloe to show kindness, and Chloe will not hesitate to act as David's "sword" at critical moments, helping David repel provocateurs one by one.
But this time, David's alliance is in an unprecedented crisis......
Because three females in the group accidentally go into heat at the same time, David is attacked by a combined group of young people in the group.
It's an epic war, and under the BBC's lens, the air that freezes before the conflict breaks out, the imminent war of mate choice, is no less than any prehistoric war.
Eventually, the former king fell, and the tribe abandoned it and continued to migrate.
Do you think this is the end of David's story?
Far from it.
It spent more than a week trying to recuperate from its wounds, eating desperately, and finally catching up with the tribe when it was able to move, and then "bluffing" with the prestige it once left in the tribe, and finally, David's "psychological tactics" were a great success, and it regained the throne.
After a life-threatening power struggle, David became more cautious, and his "imperial skills" became more sophisticated—encircling more loyal male chimpanzees, carefully selecting the elders of the group as "auxiliaries", and his position would be more secure until the next accident came.
Parenting life in cougar perched rocks
In addition to the bloody and cruel change of kingship, there are also gentler stories under the theme of survival and reproduction.
The female cougar perched on the southern part of Patagonia, Argentina, South America, sits on a treasure trove of feng shui on the shore of a lake.
It's been a bit melancholy lately, because there are so many "milk cats" at home. As a single mother, it is difficult for other people to bring one or two cubs, but Qi Yan gave birth to four in one go.
The four children were stumped because winter was approaching and the food supply was insufficient.
In the grasslands of South America, where many large herbivores live, the cougar, as an apex predator, seems to have plenty of "food", but in fact, the probability of successful hunting is only 1 in 10.
In this case, not only does Qiyan have to climb mountains and mountains every day to hunt animals many times larger than himself, but he also has to face the constant challenge of being kicked and crushed by a large ferocious herbivore – if he doesn't, he won't have the milk to feed his children.
Unfortunately, in the first few days, I was either almost kicked through the belly by the original camel (a close relative of the alpaca), or escaped by the prey "wickedly", and found nothing but a mouthful of hair.
Not only that, but as a single mother, she also has to be wary of males with bad intentions, as well as females who also carry their cubs to grab territory. Because the former will kill its children, while the latter will leave them homeless.
In short, the only way to solve the problem in the animal world is to resort to violence - beating, once but not twice, and the female cougar will risk her own life in order to protect her cubs.
But aside from that, parenting is actually a lot of fun, licking a litter of fluffy little things, climbing mountains with little short legs that aren't too daring, and watching them follow behind them with full dependence......
In this way, a few months later, life finally saw the light of day, several children grew up, and life finally returned the glory of this hard-working mother, and the cougar group of Qiyan's family began to take shape, and they were efficient in hunting.
However, the child always has to grow up and always leave the mother.
Cougars are solitary animals, and when their children have the ability to hunt independently, their mothers leave them. In a few months, these brothers and sisters will have their own territory, become the overlord, find the perfect partner, and form their own dynasty.
The scene of Qi Yan turning back is warm and lonely.
It would have been nice if this story had ended here, but no one had imagined that a few months later, it would be another season of lush vegetation, with adult children haunting the nearby mountains, and the perched rock in the camera lying comfortably in the sun - it gave birth again, this one, and there were four.
有些累人。
The cruelty and tenderness of nature
Under the lens of the "Dynasty" film crew, nature unfolds to people in a cruel and tender way:
Emperor penguins: In the polar regions ravaged by wind and snow, male emperor penguins stand in the wind and snow for months, in order to protect their young, waiting for their mates to return, and carry out a life-long watch.
Kenya's elephant herd: Giving birth and migrating together, coping with danger and sharing food, Kenya is one of the animals that knows how to work together.
At the same time, there were bloody dynastic changes here:
Motley Wolf: Ted, the motley wolf, and the black-tipped mother and daughter go head-to-head, the daughter eventually encroaches on her mother's territory, but suffers heavy losses when she pursues the victory, and the mother is seriously injured but not killed, and Taoguang has been preparing for revenge for many years, but dies in the mouth of the lions.
Spotted Hyena: The queen of the tribe dies, the usurper takes power, slaughtering the orphans of the "previous dynasty", and the princess who was supposed to inherit the throne has been dormant for many years, and finally regains the power that belongs to her.
……
This is the world of animals, the change of dynasties dominated by the laws of nature, and the most simple concerto of life.
"They worked hard to create their own dynasty in the process, and it lasted for generations. ”
Dynasty Collector's Edition
Popular Science Press
author
Lisa Reagan
Translated by Zhang Yi
If you are still unsatisfied after reading the above content, I will give you a strong Amway set of children's popular science books - "Dynasty" Collector's Edition.
This is a landmark popular science book that combines in-depth animal science, warm animal stories, fun puzzle games, and intuitive original videos. It revolves around the five animals featured in the documentary: emperor penguins, tigers, lions, African wild dogs, and chimpanzees.
The book is a blockbuster that you can read at any time when you hold it in your hand.
Planning and production
Source丨Book "Dynasty" Collector's Edition, Science Popularization Press
Author丨Lisa Reagan
Translator丨Zhang Yi
Planning丨Fu Sijia
Editor丨Fu Sijia
Reviewer丨Xu Lai Linlin
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