Name: 【TED】Richard Turere：我那讓人與獅子和平共處的發明 (Richard Turere: My invention that made peace with lions)
Uploaded: 2013-03-31T14:37:17.000Z
Duration: 7 min 22 s

這是我住的地方。我住在肯亞，

at the south parts of the Nairobi National Park.

Nairobi National Park is not fenced in the south widely,

奈洛比國家公園在南端有很寬的一部份沒有柵欄，

這表示一些野生動物，像是斑馬，

所以獅子之類的掠食者就跟著它們，

This is one of the cows which was killed at night,

這是其中一隻在夜晚被殺掉的牛，

and I just woke up in the morning and I found it dead,

早上我才剛起床 就發現它死掉了，

My community, the Maasai, we believe that

we came from heaven with all our animals and all the land

我們來自天上，伴隨著我們的牲畜，以及牧養它們的土地，

for herding them, and that's why we value them so much.

這是為什麼我們這麼重視它們。

who protect our community and the livestock,

就是那些保護我們部族以及牲畜的勇士，

and they're also upset about this problem.

而他們也對這個問題感到憤慨。

It's one of the six lions which were killed in Nairobi.

它是在奈洛比被殺的六隻獅子之一。

And I think this is why the Nairobi National Park lions are few.

而我想這就是為什麼國家公園裡獅子會這麼少的原因。

So a boy, from six to nine years old, in my community

所以，在我們部落裡，一個六歲到九歲的男孩

and that's the same thing which happened to me.

So I had to find a way of solving this problem.

所以我必須想個辦法來解決這個問題。

And the first idea I got was to use fire,

because I thought lions were scared of fire.

But I came to realize that that didn't really help,

但是我開始了解到這並沒什麼實質作用，

我曾經試著去用稻草人騙獅子，

[into thinking] that I was standing near the cowshed.

They will come the first day and they see the scarecrow, and they go back,

牠們第一天會先來看看稻草人，然後回去，

but the second day, they'll come and they say,

但第二天，牠們會再來，並說：

this thing is not moving here, it's always here. (Laughter)

「這個東西不會動。它總是在那兒。」（笑聲）

So one night, I was walking around the cowshed with a torch,

有一個晚上，我帶著火把在牛棚周圍巡視，

And I discovered that lions are afraid of a moving light.

然後我發現獅子會害怕移動的光源。

I used to work in my room for the whole day,

我很習慣在我的房間忙一整天，

and I even took apart my mom's new radio,

我還曾經把我媽的新收音機拆開，

but I learned a lot about electronics. (Laughter)

但是我學到了許多電子學的知識。（笑聲）

an indicator box. It's a small device found in a motorcycle,

還有一個指示盒。那是一個我在機車上找到的小零件，

and it helps motorists when they want to turn right or left. It blinks.

在左右轉時，它可以幫助機車騎士。它會閃爍。

And I got a switch where I can switch on the lights, on and off.

接著我找到一個開關，可以控制燈光，開或是關。

And that's a small torch from a broken flashlight.

而這是一個從壞手電筒上找到的小燈泡。

As you can see, the solar panel charges the battery,

就像你看到的，太陽能板可以幫電池充電，

to the small indicator box. I call it a transformer.

給小指示盒。我把它叫做轉換器。

And the indicator box makes the lights flash.

就像你看到的，燈光是朝外的，

because that's where the lions come from.

And that's how it looks to lions when they come at night.

獅子晚上來的時候，這就是牠看到的樣子。

the lions into thinking I was walking around the cowshed,

那些獅子覺得我在牛棚附近走動，

所以我兩年前在我家設好這個裝置，

and since then, we have never experienced any problem with lions.

接著，我們就沒再遇到任何獅子的問題了。

And my neighboring homes heard about this idea.

而我的鄰居們聽到了這個點子。

She had a lot of her animals being killed by lions,

and she asked me if I could put the lights for her.

她問我能不能幫她裝上這些燈泡。

So I put the lights. You can see at the back, those are the lion lights.

所以我裝了燈泡。你可以看到，背後那些就是嚇獅子的燈。

Since now, I've set up seven homes around my community,

從那天起，我在附近的七戶人家中設了裝置，

And my idea is also being used now all over Kenya

for scaring other predators like hyenas, leopards,

用來威嚇其它掠食者，像是土狼、或是豹，

to scare elephants away from people's farms.

驅趕象群，讓它們不要踩進人們的農田。

Because of this invention, I was lucky to get a scholarship

由於這個發明，我很幸運地得到獎學金，

讓我在其中一間肯亞最好的學校唸書，

My new school now is coming in and helping

我現在的新學校加入並幫助我，

by fundraising and creating an awareness.

I even took my friends back to my community,

我甚至帶我的朋友們回到我的部落，

and we're installing the lights to the homes

然後我們為許多戶還沒設這裝置的家裡，裝上裝置，

which don't have [any], and I'm teaching them how to put them.

So one year ago, I was just a boy in the savanna grassland

所以，一年前，我只是一個熱帶草原中的小男孩，

and I told myself that one day, I'll be there inside.

然後我告訴我自己有一天我也會坐在裡面。

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