Little otter. Oh it wants to get back up here.

小水獺。哦，它想回到這裡。

Holy s***!

我的天啊！

(yelling)

（大喊）

(otter squealing)

（水獺的尖叫聲）

- [Narrator] Otters: so soft, cuddly, adorable,

- 水獺是如此的柔軟、可愛、可親。

but underneath all that cuteness, there's a dark side

但在可愛的外表下，也有黑暗的一面。

(dramatic music)

咍

This is The Dark Side of Otters in 6 Minutes.

這就是《6分鐘後的水獺黑暗面》。

Ready? Go.

準備好了嗎？準備好了？

- My business sometimes the cuter the

- 我的生意有時越做越可愛

animal is, the more dangerous it is.

動物是，更危險的是它。

- [Narrator] And that seems to be the case for otters.

- 水獺的情況似乎也是如此

Take it from Dave Lueck, who runs a humane

從戴夫-盧克那裡得到的消息，他經營著一家人道的。

nuisance/wildlife trapping business in Florida.

佛羅里達州的妨害/野生動物誘捕業務。

- [Dave] As cute as they are, they can be like,

- 雖然他們很可愛，但他們可以像。

3 feet of muscle. All they do is swim all day long

3英尺的肌肉。他們整天都在游泳

for the most part, they have razor sharp claws, teeth.

大多數情況下，他們有剃刀般鋒利的爪子，牙齒。

When you do see those things in the wild, you want to

當你在野外看到這些東西的時候，你會想

keep it at a distance, so I always cringe when I see

保持一定的距離，所以我每次看到

people trying to get really close to an otter

人們試圖得到真正的接近水獺

that's in the water to get pictures. It's like,

這是在水裡拍照。這就像。

yeah you kinda want to stay your distance. People, they

是的，你有點想保持距離。人，他們

just, they look at them and just because they're so

只是，他們看著他們，只是因為他們是如此的。

cute on those videos, and they really are cute,

可愛的那些視頻，他們真的很可愛。

especially baby ones if you get them. They have this

特別是嬰兒的，如果你得到他們。他們有這個

really high pitch squeal.

真的高音調的尖叫聲。

(squeals)

（尖叫聲）

You know I love otters, but you can't be like oh, I

你知道我喜歡水獺，但你不能像哦，我... ...

love them! I'm not going to hurt it!

愛他們！我不會傷害它的!

I mean, it's a wild animal, it's nature can be brutal

我的意思是，它是一種野生動物，它的性質可以是殘酷的。

sometimes. It might even just be playing

有時。它甚至可能只是玩

and it can take your finger off.

它可以讓你的手指脫落。

- [Narrator] Otters may be much stronger, and faster

- 水獺可能更強壯，速度也更快。

than they look.

比他們看起來。

- [Dave] I often tell people the animal I'm

- 我經常告訴人們我是什麼動物？

most scared of that I deal with is an otter.

我最害怕的是水獺。

You'd be surprised how strong they are for their size.

你會驚訝於他們的體型有多強壯。

Those things are just swimming and eating and chasing

那些東西只是游泳、吃東西和追逐而已

fish, they're long and slender, very muscular.

魚，它們又長又細，肌肉非常發達。

Otters, I mean, they can get up to almost 3 foot long,

水獺，我的意思是，他們可以得到幾乎3英尺長。

here in Florida, 20 pounds, though

在佛羅里達州，20磅，雖然

I've had one who was 25 pounds.

我有一個誰是25磅。

- [Narrator] In other parts of the world, otters can

- 在世界的其他地方，水獺也可以...

grow up to 99 pounds. Otters are also extremely

長到99磅。水獺也是非常

intelligent.

聰明的。

- They tend to forge together cooperatively, they

- 他們傾向於合作性地共同鍛造，他們是

will actually swim down rivers in these V shapes and

其實會在這些V字形的河流中游泳，而且

round up fish together.

把魚圍在一起。

- [Dave] Otters can use sustained attacks, like I

- 水獺可以使用持續的攻擊，就像我一樣。

said, they are smart, they can keep coming back, and

說，他們是聰明的，他們可以不斷地回來，和。

come back, they can kind of, you know, think out the

回來後，他們可以種，你知道的，想出來的

situation and what's the best way to go at you.

情況，什麼是對你最好的方式。

- [Narrator] Otters, whether territorial

- [旁白]水獺，不管是地域性的

or rabid, may also attack family pets.

或狂犬病，也可能攻擊家庭寵物。

- [Dave] Otter probably had just moved into that area

- [戴夫]奧特可能剛搬到那片區域。

so it probably sees that dog as a threat. Smaller

所以它可能把那隻狗當成了威脅。小的

dogs are the ones that are going to get killed,

狗是那些要被殺死的。

they possibly could be seen as prey. They will go after

他們可能會被視為獵物。他們會去追

ducks and things like that. Bigger dog's going to have

鴨子之類的東西。更大的狗會有

a better chance against an otter, especially if it's

對付水獺的機會更大，特別是如果它是...。

on land, but it's usually right on the edge of the water.

在陸地上，但它通常就在水的邊緣。

Most things aren't going to have a chance against

大多數東西都不會有機會對抗

an otter in the water, including a person.

水中的水獺，包括人。

- [Narrator] In states like Florida, humans have pushed

- [旁白]在佛羅里達州這樣的州，人類已經推動了

deeper into the otter's natural habitat,

深入水獺的自然棲息地。

and otters have pushed back.

和水獺推倒了。

- [Dave] Past year, locally, a lady in

- [戴夫]去年，在當地，一位女士在。

her kayak got attacked but why they did it, maybe she

她的獨木舟被攻擊，但為什麼他們這樣做，也許她的。

was kayaking right by that den, and the mom

是皮划艇就在那個窩邊，和媽媽的媽媽

was just protecting her babies there.

只是在保護她的孩子

There have been, you know, reports of rabid otters

一直以來，你知道，報告狂犬病的水獺。

attacking people. In Sarasota, there was an elderly

攻擊人。在薩拉索塔，有一個老人

gentleman walking down the road, and a rabid otter

君子動口不動手，小人動口不動手。

knocked him to the ground and was just going at him,

把他打倒在地，正對著他。

and there was a 911 call of it. I remember they

並有一個911電話吧。我記得他們

played it on the news.

在新聞中播放了它。

It's horrific, finally they did get it off him, he

太可怕了，他們終於把他弄走了，他...

was hitting it with shovels and stuff like that, and

是打它用鐵鍬和類似的東西，和。

I think he ended up in the emergency room.

我想他最後還是進了急診室。

- [Narrator] Those aren't even the most disturbing stories

- [旁白]這還不是最令人不安的故事。

about these adorably dangerous creatures. Otters

關於這些可愛的危險動物。水獺

sometimes engage in such astonishingly perverse acts

喪盡天良

it almost sounds like it must be a joke.

這聽起來就像一個笑話。

- My husband told me that otters rape baby seals.

- 我丈夫告訴我，水獺會強姦小海豹。

(laughter)

（笑聲）

He wanted to ruin otters for you! He had to look up

他想為你毀掉水獺! He wanted to ruin otters for you!他不得不去查

that fact! It's true by the way.

這個事實！對了，這是真的。

(laughter)

（笑聲）

- [Narrator] Comedian Michelle Wolf is right. It's true.

- [旁白]喜劇演員米歇爾-沃爾夫是正確的。這是真的。

We're ruining otters for you, and sadly it's based on actual

我們在為你毀掉水獺，很不幸的是，這是基於實際的。

research. According to a study published in the Scientific

的研究。根據發表在《科學》雜誌上的一項研究。

Journal Aquatic Mammals, instances of male otters engaged

水生哺乳動物雜誌》，雄性水獺參與的實例。

in forced copulation with juvenile Pacific Harbor seals,

與幼年太平洋港灣海豹強迫交配。

were reported at least 19 times in Monterey Bay, California

在加州蒙特利灣至少有19次報告。

between 2000 and 2002. The accounts are

2000年至2002年期間。賬目是

graphic, and unfortunately not an uncommon occurrence.

圖文並茂，可惜並不是什麼稀罕事。

Before intercourse in one case, the otter gripped the seal's

有一次，在性交前，水獺抓住了海豹的

head with its forepaws and bit it on the nose. The otter

用它的前爪咬住了它的頭和鼻子。水獺

held the seal pups head underwater, the seal pup did

握住海豹幼崽的頭在水下，海豹幼崽做了。

not survive the encounter.

沒能在這次交鋒中倖存下來。

- [Dave] Nature's very brutal, raping of the other

- 大自然是非常殘酷的，強姦其他的人。

species by otter, there's probably a reason why they're

種由水獺，可能是有原因的，他們是

doing that.

這樣做。

- [Narrator] The studies' authors theorize that this

- [旁白]這些研究的作者認為，這

behavior was the result of the dominance hierarchy

的行為是優勢等級制度的結果。

of otters, and an increase in the number of males

水獺的數量，以及雄性水獺數量的增加。

relative to females, which can lead to scarcity

相對於女性，這可能導致稀缺性；

for mating.

用於交配。

- [Dave] Everything in wildlife is just eat or be eaten,

- 野生動物的一切都只是吃或被吃。

you know, every second of the day is

你知道，每天的每一秒鐘都是

'what can I do to survive' or not get eaten.

'我怎麼做才能活下來'或者不被吃掉。

So otters are just doing what otter does, they don't,

所以，水獺只是在做水獺的工作，他們沒有。

you know, have to go to otter court or anything like that

你知道，必須去水獺法庭或類似的東西。

and explain their actions. Anything goes in wildlife,

並解釋他們的行動。在野生動物中什麼都可以。

and there's usually a reason

而且通常是有原因的

behind everything they're doing.

他們所做的一切背後。

- [Narrator] How can otters be so cute and so dangerous

- 水獺怎麼會如此可愛又如此危險？

at the same time? Well the real answer is that's

在同一時間？嗯，真正的答案是，那是

just nature. If we're shocked to learn about the dark

只是自然。如果我們震驚地瞭解到黑暗中的

side of otters, or other wild animals, it's likely

水獺或其他野生動物的身邊，它很可能是

because we were imposing our own human morality onto nature.

因為我們把自己的人類道德強加給了大自然。

- [Dave] A lot of people with otters, they try to

- 很多養水獺的人，他們試圖

anthropomorphize them, it's just projecting human traits

擬人化

on them, but people just, you know,

在他們身上，但人們只是，你知道。

don't realize they are wild animals. It's not that

不知道他們是野生動物。這不是說

that's just some evil otter that's going out.

這只是一些邪惡的水獺 這是要出去。

- [Narrator] And that includes projecting how adorable

- [旁白]這也包括瞭如何可愛的投射。

they are. But don't worry, you can still love otters,

他們是。但別擔心，你還是可以愛上水獺的。

but if you see an otter and want to share a video

但如果你看到一隻水獺，並希望分享一個視頻

of it's cute little face, remember you might

它可愛的小臉，記得你可能會

not want to get too close.

不想靠得太近。

(yelling)

（大喊）

(ending music)

(片尾曲)