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If you go into the water and you see a great white shark, what's your reaction?
如果你在水里遇上了一只大白鲨，你会怎么办？
You're not gonna think twice. Pfft, you're haulin' ass to get outta there.
想都不用想，噌，赶紧从水里逃出来
Falcons are the great white shark of the sky, and birds are terrified of them.
鹰就是空中的大白鲨，鸟都很怕鹰
My name is Mark Adam.
我是马克·亚当
I am the president of Falcon Environmental Services.
猎鹰环保服务公司总裁
Our company uses the world's oldest sport, falconry, to protect planes in flight.
我们公司应用世界上最古老的运动之一——训鹰术——来保护航行飞机的安全
Birds can be really dangerous to airplanes.
鸟类有时候对飞机而言真的很危险
If a gull strikes an engine, it can potentially stop it,
一只海鸥要是撞上飞机引擎，可能导致引擎熄火
in which case the aircraft can come out of the sky.
这种情况下飞机就可能坠毁
There are multiple methods that airports can use to control birds.
机场驱鸟的办法有很多
Sirens. Another very common one is pyrotechnics.
一是警报，另一种常见的方法就是用烟火
Birds are not dumb. They get used to that stuff.
鸟类可不笨，它们会慢慢习惯这些东西
But one thing that they can never get used to, is the instinctive fear of a falcon.
但有种东西它们是无法习惯的，那就是天生对鹰的恐惧
Here we raise falcons, and, when they hatch out,
我们养鹰，小鹰孵出以后
we rear them for three or four days, and put 'em back with the parents.
人工养殖3-4天，然后把它们放回父母身边
The skills that we use to train our raptors date back to 3000 B.C.,
我们所用的训鹰术可以追溯到公元前3000年前
when falconry was first introduced, utilizing hoods, jesses, and conditioning methods.
使用兜帽、脚带以及各种训练方法的训鹰术就起源于那时
The birds are trained for about 30 to 60 days,
这些鸟要训练30-60天
where then they go out to our airport operations.
训练结束之后就让它们参与机场的驱鸟行动
On a given day, they are requested numerous times by the control tower to intervene at specific spots on the airfield,
一天的话，它们会反复接到塔台的召唤，去机场某些区域驱鸟
at which time, the falcon is deployed, and it is allowed to fly around the airport
这个时候，猎鹰被派出去的，它可以在飞机场飞来飞去
until the birds have been dispersed.
直到它将机场的鸟悉数赶走
When the falconer wants the falcon to come back,
训鹰师要想把猎鹰召回的话
all he has to do is take out the lure, which has a piece of food on it,
只需要把带有食物的诱饵拿出来
swing it around his head, and the falcon will come in, in order to be fed.
在头顶甩来甩去，猎鹰就会过来觅食
I enjoy birdwatching,
我喜欢观察鸟类
but I find falconry almost like a chance to see something that happens every day in the wild,
但我发现训鹰术几乎就是一个很好的机会，能够见证每天在野外发生的事情
but I get a chance to see it up close every day.
只不过我每天都有机会近距离地观察到这种景象
