Lucy Cooke: Sloths! The strange life of the world's slowest mammal
لوسي كوك: الكسلان: الحياة الغريبة لأبطأ حيوان ثديي فى العالم
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:
of the world's slowest mammal
لأبطأ حيوان ثديي
about an animal that's born
ما الذي لا يمكنك أن تحبه في حيوان وُلد
that speaks of sin
has no place amongst the fittest
بين من هم أصلح منه
من أجل البقاء.
that we've got this animal all wrong --
هذا الحيوان بشكل خاطئ..
the truth about the sloth
we both call home.
وإنقاذ هذا الكوكب الذي نسميه بيتنا.
conquistador called Valdés,
in his encyclopedia of the New World.
فى موسوعته عن العالم الجديد.
that can be found in the world ...
or one that is more useless."
أو حيوانًا بلا فائدة مثله.
يا فالديس.
about Valdés's drawing skills.
of a sloth that's more useless.
بلا فائدة مثل هذا.
على الجانب الإيجابى
a remarkably humanlike face,
humanlike faces.
I think looks a lot like Ringo Starr.
أعتقد أنه يشبه إلى حد كبير رينجو ستار.
resemblance to the The Beatles.
غريب بينها وبين البيتلز. (فرقة موسيقية)
with Paul, actually, on there.
مع بول ، جدا، هناك.
sloths are also extremely successful.
and there were once dozens of species
وواحدة من عشرات الفصائل
which was the size of a small elephant
كان فى حجم الفيل الصغير،
to eat avocado pits whole
أكل حفر أفوكادو
(Laughter)
(ضحك)
الخبز المحمص اليوم
totally bereft at breakfast.
محرومين من الإفطار.
and they fall into two groups.
يٌصنفوا فى فئتين .
three-toed sloths,
and the Mona Lisa smiles.
وابتسامة الموناليزا.
between a Wookiee and a pig.
of Central and South America,
that was done in the 1970s
القرن العشرين
numerically abundant large animal.
الحيوانات من حيث العدد
of the mammalian biomass.
الكتلة الحيوية للثدييات.
something very right indeed.
the sloth for being different,
لكونه مختلف ،
in our quest for quick.
لتحقيق الاشياء بسرعة.
is choking us and the planet.
يضيق الخناق علينا وعلى كوكبنا.
the "Ferrari of the animal kingdom,"
""فيراري مملكة الحيوانات"
in three seconds flat.
غضون ثلاث ثوانى.
but at the expense of strength.
to tougher predators like hyenas.
حيوانات مفترسة أقوي منهم مثل الضباع .
approach to dinner.
to be eaten any more than antelope do,
الظباء
and very hard to digest.
had to become an athlete --
is a four-chambered stomach
معدة ذات أربع غرف
digestion rate of any mammal.
مقارنة بالثديات الأخري.
to process a single leaf,
ورقة واحدة .
to process those toxins.
من تلك السموم .
very hard at work.
يكد فى العمل للغاية.
have little calorific value,
سعرات حرارية قليلة
as little energy as possible.
من الطاقة قدر المستطاع .
of a similar-sized mammal
الثديات الأخري المشابه لها فى الحجم
as 100 calories a day,
بمائة سعر حراري فقط
ذات ثلاثة أصابع
than any other mammal,
الثديات الاخري
through 270 degrees
with the effort of moving their body.
فى تحريك جسدهم
surprisingly good swimmers.
than they can move on land,
that don't do flatulence.
نعرف أنه ليس بحاجة إلى إطلاق الريح.
into their bloodstream
as a sort of mouth fart.
saves further energy.
تساعد على حفظ طاقتهم.
of a terrestrial mammal.
فى الثديات الأرضية.
of the extensor muscles
to pull themselves along.
على العضلات الكامشات لرفع أنفسهم.
and a high fatigue resistance,
like a happy, hairy hammock
أرجوحة شعر سعيدة
in this inverted position.
are uniquely adapted
بشكل لا مثيل له
against the force of gravity.
from crushing their lungs.
the opposite direction,
after a tropical drenching.
التنقيع الاستوائى.
if you turn a sloth the other way up,
قلبت الكسلان في الاتجاه الآخر ،
as if mountaineering on a flat surface.
أنهم يتسلقون الجبال على أرض مسطحة
the early explorers like Valdés
الذى دفع المستكشفين الأوائل مثل فالديس
the wrong way up and out of context.
بطريقة خاطئة تمام وخارجة عن السياق
mesmerized by moving sloths.
منبهرة بحركة الكسلان
their strength or agility.
أو خفة حركتهم.
move like "Swan Lake" in slow mo --
مثل بجعة البحيرة بالحركة البطيئة.
which is not uncommon.
وهذا غير شائع.
of digesting leaves avoid being eaten?
المهضومة تتجنب أن تؤكل؟
of the sloth's main predators.
المفترسة للكسلان.
of up to 50 miles per hour,
the slightest leaf rustle.
has poor hearing, bad eyesight,
ونظره ضعيف
is clearly not an option.
من المخاطر ليس خياراً.
an invisibility cloak
بارتدائهم عباءة خفية
that attract moisture
gardens for algae,
من الطحالب المائية
a host of invertebrates.
اللا فقريات .
miniature ecosystem.
their movements are so slow,
of the monstrous harpy
scanning for action.
the safety of the canopy --
at the base of a tree.
has long been a mystery,
لغزًا منذ أمد طويل
as to why they do it.
فعلهم لهذا .
scented messages for potential mates.
لزملائهم المحتملين
silent, solitary creatures,
هي مخلوقات منعزلة وصامتة
and scream for sex.
will get the male's attention.
of the kiskadee flycatcher.
at the top of her lungs.
will carry for miles across the canopy,
لأميال فى الأشجار
a slow path towards her.
ذاهبين إليها .
will help send Romeo up the right tree
على إرسال روميو إلى أعلى الشجرة الصحيحة
scaling the wrong one.
that sloths do swiftly.
تفعله حيوانات الكسلان بسرعة.
with in a matter of seconds.
a constant warm body temperature.
فى الحفاظ على جسد دافىء
for the tropics to keep that heat in.
للمناطق المدراية لحفظ الحرارة.
بشكل غريب.
one of the reasons
recover from injuries
من الإصابات
from a double amputation,
that have managed to survive
تمكنوا من النجاة
may well be key to surviving extinction.
السبب وراء عدم انقراضهم
who were studying mollusks
كانو يدرسون الرخويات
predicted which species of mollusk
بفصيلة الرخويات
in one shape or another
على هذا الكوكب بشكل أو بأخر
is their slothful nature.
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their slow, steady, sustainable lives.
والثابتة والمستدامة.
a lot about slowing down.
leaf out of their book.
that can be found in the world."
توجد فى العالم ."
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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