Lucy Cooke: Sloths! The strange life of the world's slowest mammal
Lucy Cooke: Leniwce! Dziwne życie najwolniejszego ssaka na świecie
In books, TV shows and even an annual sloth calendar, Lucy Cooke shares unexpected truths about animals. Full bio
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about my animal muse:
o mojej zwierzęcej muzie,
of the world's slowest mammal
najwolniejszych ssaków na świecie
about an animal that's born
that speaks of sin
które mówi o grzechu
nie zasługuje na miejsce
has no place amongst the fittest
that we've got this animal all wrong --
że nie rozumiecie tego zwierzęcia,
the truth about the sloth
we both call home.
i tę planetę, czyli nasz dom.
conquistador called Valdés,
konkwistadora zwanego Valdés,
in his encyclopedia of the New World.
w encyklopedii Nowego Świata.
that can be found in the world ...
i bardziej bezużytecznego zwierzęcia".
or one that is more useless."
about Valdés's drawing skills.
zdolności plastyczne Valdésa.
of a sloth that's more useless.
bezużytecznej ilustracji leniwca.
a remarkably humanlike face,
humanlike faces.
I think looks a lot like Ringo Starr.
na Kostaryce, wygląda jak Ringo Starr.
resemblance to the The Beatles.
wyglądem Beatlesów.
with Paul, actually, on there.
sloths are also extremely successful.
która liczyła dziesiątki gatunków,
and there were once dozens of species
był wielkości małego słonia
which was the size of a small elephant
zjadał pestki awokado w całości
to eat avocado pits whole
(Laughter)
totally bereft at breakfast.
and they fall into two groups.
które dzielimy na dwie grupy.
three-toed sloths,
and the Mona Lisa smiles.
i uśmiechem Mony Lisy.
between a Wookiee and a pig.
Chewbakki ze świnią.
of Central and South America,
środkowej i południowej,
that was done in the 1970s
numerically abundant large animal.
najliczniejsze duże zwierzęcie.
of the mammalian biomass.
something very right indeed.
the sloth for being different,
in our quest for quick.
w poszukiwaniu szybszych rozwiązań.
is choking us and the planet.
że dusimy siebie i naszą planetę.
"Ferrari królestwa zwierząt",
the "Ferrari of the animal kingdom,"
in three seconds flat.
do 100 w trzy sekundy.
but at the expense of strength.
to tougher predators like hyenas.
na rzecz silniejszych, takich jak hieny.
approach to dinner.
chwytając i pożerając
to be eaten any more than antelope do,
liście nie chcą być zjadane,
and very hard to digest.
i trudno je strawić.
had to become an athlete --
is a four-chambered stomach
jest czterokomorowy żołądek
digestion rate of any mammal.
ze wszystkich ssaków.
zajmuje do miesiąca,
to process a single leaf,
to process those toxins.
na uporanie się z toksynami.
very hard at work.
have little calorific value,
as little energy as possible.
zużywać mało energii.
of a similar-sized mammal
ssaka o podobnej wielkości
as 100 calories a day,
than any other mammal,
through 270 degrees
with the effort of moving their body.
surprisingly good swimmers.
than they can move on land,
that don't do flatulence.
które nie mają wzdęć.
into their bloodstream
as a sort of mouth fart.
jako "ustnego bąka".
saves further energy.
oszczędzają więcej energii.
of a terrestrial mammal.
połowę mięśni lądowego ssaka.
of the extensor muscles
to pull themselves along.
na mięśniach-zwijaczach.
and a high fatigue resistance,
i odporność na zmęczenie,
like a happy, hairy hammock
jak wesoły, owłosiony hamak
in this inverted position.
are uniquely adapted
są przystosowane
against the force of gravity.
i przełykania wbrew grawitacji.
from crushing their lungs.
żeber przez brzuch.
the opposite direction,
after a tropical drenching.
if you turn a sloth the other way up,
as if mountaineering on a flat surface.
po płaskim terenie.
the early explorers like Valdés
the wrong way up and out of context.
i bez kontekstu.
mesmerized by moving sloths.
podziwiając poruszające się leniwce.
their strength or agility.
siły ani zwinności.
move like "Swan Lake" in slow mo --
"Jezioro Łabędzie" w zwolnionym tempie
na poziomie mistrzów tai chi.
which is not uncommon.
of digesting leaves avoid being eaten?
unika bycia zjedzonym?
of the sloth's main predators.
of up to 50 miles per hour,
80 kilometrów na godzinę,
the slightest leaf rustle.
has poor hearing, bad eyesight,
is clearly not an option.
nie wchodzi w grę.
an invisibility cloak
that attract moisture
gardens for algae,
a host of invertebrates.
miniature ecosystem.
mini-ekosystemy.
their movements are so slow,
of the monstrous harpy
scanning for action.
szukając zwady.
the safety of the canopy --
at the base of a tree.
has long been a mystery,
stanowi zagadkę.
as to why they do it.
scented messages for potential mates.
potencjalnym partnerom.
silent, solitary creatures,
and scream for sex.
i woła na seks.
will get the male's attention.
of the kiskadee flycatcher.
o nazwie bentewi wielki.
at the top of her lungs.
na seks z całych sił.
will carry for miles across the canopy,
niosą się kilometrami,
a slow path towards her.
will help send Romeo up the right tree
pomagają Romeo dotrzeć na właściwe drzewo
na wspinaczkę na niewłaściwe.
scaling the wrong one.
that sloths do swiftly.
którą leniwce robią szybko.
with in a matter of seconds.
a constant warm body temperature.
stałej temperatury ciała.
zatrzymują tropikalne ciepło.
for the tropics to keep that heat in.
one of the reasons
po obrażeniach
recover from injuries
from a double amputation,
that have managed to survive
kluczem do przetrwania.
may well be key to surviving extinction.
who were studying mollusks
z Uniwersytetu Kansas odkryli,
predicted which species of mollusk
in one shape or another
pod wieloma postaciami
is their slothful nature.
Sloth Appreciation Society,
Appreciation Society
stabilne i zrównoważone życia.
their slow, steady, sustainable lives.
a lot about slowing down.
leaf out of their book.
z wolnego trawienia leniwców.
that can be found in the world."
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Lucy Cooke - Zoologist, author, explorerIn books, TV shows and even an annual sloth calendar, Lucy Cooke shares unexpected truths about animals.
Why you should listen
Lucy Cooke is a New York Times best-selling author, award-winning documentary producer, presenter and National Geographic explorer with a master's in zoology from Oxford University. She is a passionate conservationist and champion of animal species that are often misunderstood. Her style is immersive, journalistic and unashamedly populist, mixing expert storytelling with a dash of humor to reach the widest possible audience. She began her presenting career hosting Freaks and Creeps for National Geographic, a show about strange species that get overlooked in favor of charismatic megafauna, and has hosted numerous shows for the BBC.
Cooke has a particular soft spot for sloths and founded the Sloth Appreciation Society to promote a greater understanding of their lazy lifestyle. She has produced a number of iconic viral sloth videos, Meet the Sloths, an award-winning international series for Animal Planet, two best-selling books -- A Little Book of Sloth and Life in the Sloth Lane -- and an annual calendar featuring her sloth photographs.
Cooke's latest book, The Truth About Animals, was shortlisted for the prestigious Royal Society prize and the AAAS young adult science prize. Nature calls it a "deeply researched, sassily written history of the biggest misconceptions, mistakes and myths we've concocted about the animal kingdom, spread by figures from Aristotle to Walt Disney."
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