It's swelteringly hot, and only vigorous panting can prevent the birds from fatal overheating.

这里相当酷热，黑喉鹚只好加速呼吸避免中暑。

Damin usually sets off in the late afternoon and gets the cormorants ready for work.

大民通常在下午晚些时候动身，并准备好捕鹚。

Li is one of the cleanest rivers in China, a favorite spot for fishermen with their trained cormorants.

漓江是中国最清澈河流之一，是捕者和他们训练有素鹚最爱捕点。

Thousands of years ago, the people here began training cormorant birds to fish for a living.

千年前，这里人们就开始驯养以捕为生鹚。

To be honest, manipulating birds to catch fish can seem cruel.

老实说，利鹚捕能有些残忍。

On the tips of other trees, long-tailed cormorants, Madagascan bee-eaters and kingfishers perched, looking for food.

在其他树尖上，长尾鹚、马达加斯加食蜂鸟和翠鸟栖息着，寻找食物。

A cormorant may be looking for lunch, but chasing a porcupine puffer fish is all about fun.

鹚也许在寻找午餐，但追逐一只剌鲀纯属是为了好玩。

It's said the cormorants can keep a tally of the fish they catch, at least up to seven.

据说鹚能够记住它们捕获数目，至少能记住七条。

Captain Delannoy navigates his container ship towards the lock at Chatou, past cormorants and swans, houseboats and parks.

德拉努瓦船长驾驶着他集装箱船驶向沙特乌船闸，经过鹚和天鹅、船屋和公园。

But in the mid-1800s, a bird called the guanay cormorant was considered the most valuable in the world!

但在十九世纪中叶，一种被称为冠鹚鸟则被公认为是世界上最具价值动物！

Fishermen tie thin hemp string around the bird's neck to prevent them from swallowing fish.

渔民在鹚脖子上系上细麻绳，以防止它们吞下。

A stock image of China is a fisherman and his cormorant on a placid lake. The reality is different.

人们脑海中中国印象是平静湖面上渔民和他鹚。现实却大相径庭。

These days, competition for modern fishing techniques, means the Huangs can't make a living from traditional cormorant fishing alone.

而如今，现代捕技术激烈竞争意味着使黄老汉已不能仅靠鹚捕这一传统手段谋生了。

In their eyes, cormorants are their closest companions.

在他们眼中，鹚是最亲密伙伴。

Yet, in this ever-changing age, the relationship between fishermen and cormorants are no longer that simple.

然而，在这个日新月异时代，渔民与鹚之间关系已不再那么简单。

Raising cormorants is not an easy undertaking.

养鹚不是一件容易事。

Cormorant fishing was once practiced in lots of places in South-East China, and there were many fishermen in the area.

鹚捕曾经惯于中国东南部很多地方，而且在该地区有许多渔民。

From the time it first hatched, each of these cormorants has been reared to a life of obedience to its master.

从出生那一刻起，每一个鹚就开始被训练成为忠仆。

I was surprised that Huang Jincai had nine chicks.

我很惊讶黄金财竟养了九只小鹚。

And the locals no longer rely on cormorant fishing as a means of a living.

而当地人也不再靠鹚捕为生。