Chim Jacana Giấu Con Dưới Bụng: Thế Giới Động Vật Kỳ Thú — Transcript

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1. 0:00In this wetland, to survive, the young
2. 0:02must learn how to play dead. And a
3. 0:04father, to protect his young, must
4. 0:06learn to become a strange, multi-legged
5. 0:08creature. This bird is the African
6. 0:12jacana, also known as the lily trotter.
7. 0:15Its slender, stick-like legs help
8. 0:16distribute its weight to run and jump
9. 0:18across lily pads. These tiny legs carry
10. 0:20no great strength, yet they bear a
11. 0:22massive responsibility of fatherhood.
12. 0:24In their species, the mother abandons
13. 0:25the nest shortly after laying her eggs.
14. 0:27To put it bluntly, she goes off to
15. 0:29flirt with another suitor. The nests
16. 0:31containing the unborn lives are left
17. 0:33entirely to the father. From that day
18. 0:35on, he doesn't dare close his eyes; a
19. 0:37gentle breeze or a ripple could signal
20. 0:39danger. Take, for instance, a multi-ton
21. 0:42elephant foraging; every time it swings
22. 0:44its trunk, the entire water surface
23. 0:46trembles. The father is terrified, but
24. 0:50he cannot move the nest nor stop this
25. 0:52beast. He can only silently lower his
26. 0:54breast, using his body heat to keep the
27. 0:56eggs warm. After a few days, the eggs
28. 0:59finally begin to hatch. The newly
29. 1:00hatched chicks are only as small as a
30. 1:02lemon. Before their downy feathers are
31. 1:03even dry, they are already wobbling
32. 1:05across the lily pads. At this stage,
33. 1:06they are easy prey for the African fish
34. 1:08eagle. The glare of the sun on the
35. 1:10water cannot hinder its sharp,
36. 1:12predatory eyes. When a predator appears
37. 1:14, in order to live, one must sometimes
38. 1:15stay as silent as the dead. Without a
39. 1:17cry or a struggle, the four chicks
40. 1:19quickly submerge their bodies into the
41. 1:20water. Because to run away now would
42. 1:22create movement. It seems the eagle has
43. 1:25spotted something, but fortunately, it
44. 1:27is just a fish. Yet, as soon as the
45. 1:29danger from the sky passes, shadows
46. 1:31emerge from beneath the water. A
47. 1:32crocodile is silently sensing the
48. 1:34slightest movement. Sensing danger, the
49. 1:37father flaps his wings hard and dashes
50. 1:39away from his brood. He tries to make
51. 1:41himself stand out to draw the
52. 1:42predator's attention. He cannot kill
53. 1:44the danger; he only knows how to lure
54. 1:46the danger toward himself. Some time
55. 1:49later, when the water becomes calm
56. 1:50again, the father calls his brood back
57. 1:52home. The first, second, and third
58. 1:54chicks crawled under his wings, but he
59. 1:56still felt something was missing. The
60. 1:58father bird kept calling out in vain.
61. 2:00Until he noticed the fourth chick
62. 2:02submerged, with only its tiny,
63. 2:04straw-like beak poking out to breathe.
64. 2:06What a good kid, patient enough to stay
65. 2:08hidden underwater.
66. 2:09That's my boy.
67. 2:11Only when the father approached did it
68. 2:13finally move. The father lowered his
69. 2:16wings, waited for all four to tuck in,
70. 2:18then clamped them tight and headed
71. 2:19toward deeper water. And when the first
72. 2:21photos of this multi-legged dad went
73. 2:23viral, they sparked a wave of curiosity
74. 2:25and hilarious misunderstandings.