at a sloth sanctuary in Costa Rica.

樹懶寶寶照護員

Well, we probably have about 135 sloths here,

嗯，我們這邊大概有 135 隻樹懶

under a roof, that we're caring for.

受到我們的庇護及照顧

There's pretty much sloths everywhere

基本上你在這邊

you look around here.

到處都可以看到樹懶

I have several roles here.

我在這邊有幾個角色

One of them is to supervise the babies.

其中一個是監管樹懶寶寶

I weigh them every morning.

我每天早上幫他們量體重

I keep after the health issues.

我追蹤健康狀況

Whoop.

哦

You went poo yesterday.

你昨天去便便了

Sometimes their mothers die.

有時候牠們的媽媽死了

And in that way they're orphaned.

使得牠們成為孤兒

Sometimes if a mother senses that a baby is too weak to survive,

有時候如果一個樹懶媽媽認為寶寶瘦弱到難以存活

or they actually have some kind of problem that the mother has sensed,

或是樹懶媽媽實際上察覺到寶寶身上的某種問題

these babies are not strong enough to cling,

而寶寶們不夠強壯到足以攀附

and they fall to the ground repeatedly.

導致牠們不斷地跌落地面

A mother sloth is vulnerable every time she comes to the ground.

樹懶媽媽每次來到地面上都將易於受到攻擊

And if she thinks that this sloth is not going to survive,

如果她認為這個寶寶將無法存活下去

she's not going to keep coming to the ground

她就不會繼續來到地面

and risking her life over and over again.

一再地冒生命危險

I love sloths, because it's been my favorite animal for about 10 years.

我愛樹懶，這是我十年來最愛的動物了

But I love their sweet little face.

我愛牠們可愛的小臉蛋

They don't ever want to hurt anybody.

牠們從來不想傷害任何人

They just want to be happy and be peaceful.

牠們只想開心、平靜地過生活

And I just love their sweet smile.

我就是愛牠門可愛的笑容

My day as a volunteer involves a lot of hard work.

身為一名志願工，我一天有很多的苦活要幹

You know, your payoff for the day is getting to interact with the sloths

而我每天的報酬就是能與樹懶互動

and play with the sloths and maybe even hold this sloth's babies and take them for walks.

與樹懶玩耍，或許可以抱抱樹懶寶寶並帶牠們散步

This is Alfy.

這是 Alfy

He's actually a year old.

他其實一歲了

We don't know why, but Alfy never gained a lot of weight,

我們不知道為什麼，但 Alfy 從來不會變重太多

and his fur is still the texture of baby fur.

而牠的毛還是寶寶樹懶的質地

At 6:00 AM in the morning, we clean out their cages.

早上六點，我們清理牠們的籠子

We really get to wake them up, which is a great time for us.

我們需要把牠們叫醒，這是我們很愛的時間

One of our favorites is Delilah, and she will actually

Delilah 是我們的最愛之一，他實際上會

pull the towel back over her head because he doesn't want to see you in the morning.

把毛巾拉回牠的頭上因為牠不想在早上見到你

She's way too tired.

牠太累了

Sid is our absolute favorite.

Sid 絕對是我們的最愛

My sister and I decided to adopt Sid.

我跟我妹決定要領養 Sid

Adopting him does not mean that we can take him home.

領養並不代表我們可以帶牠回家

We wish we could.

我們希望我們可以

But we know we can't.

但我們知道不能

So we just signed a little certificate that we were adopting Sid.

所以我們簽了一個小證書，證明我們領養了 Sid

The money goes to the program.

而錢會用於這個計畫

And then we'll write to him and send him letters and everything.

然後我們會寫信寄給牠，還有其他所有你想像的到的事情

He'll like actually grab you under your arms.

牠實際上會抱著你的手臂

Like he likes to be slow-danced.

就像是牠喜歡被慢舞一樣

Should we dance, Sid?

和我一起跳舞好嗎，Sid？

Occasionally, someone says, how can you tell them apart?

偶爾會有人問說，你怎麼分辨出牠們的？

And I always want to go, how can you not tell them apart?

我總是想說，你怎麼會分辨不出牠們呢？

Yeah, you can tell them apart.

當然，你可以分辨牠們

You can tell your children apart, so you can tell the baby sloths apart.

你可以分辨你的小孩，所以你當然也可以分辨樹懶寶寶

Yeah.

是的

They're just a huge part of my life.

牠們是我生命中很大的一部份

I'm with them almost every single day.

我幾乎每天都與牠們一起生活

And they are sort of like my children.

而牠們就像是我的孩子