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One very special family is awake and getting ready for the day ahead.
一个非常特别的家庭醒了，准备迎接新的一天。
She has come here to breed.
她来这里繁殖后代。
African Skimmers select the exposed sandbanks along the Okavango as safe havens.
非洲剪嘴鸥选择了奥卡万戈沿岸暴露的沙洲作为安全港。
Despite the odd, clumsy takeoff, these are some of the most elegant birds on the wing here.
尽管起飞的方式奇特而笨拙，但飞行中的它们却是最优雅的。
And when they take to the air to start fishing, it is with aerial precision.
当它们飞到空中开始捕鱼时，是具有空中精度的。
They skim the mirrored surface with long lower beaks.
它们用较低的长喙掠过水面。
It is high-risk fishing, they blindly feel for fish with their extended bottom beaks and if they detect one, they grab it.
这是一种高风险的捕鱼方式，它们会用伸出的下喙去盲目地寻找鱼，一旦发现鱼就会立马抓住它。
If it's too big, they could snap a neck.
但是如果鱼太大，它们可能就会折断脖子。
One day old chicks don't yet have the discipline to stay where they've been left.
刚出生不久的小剪嘴鸥还没有足够的自律性待在原地。
But there are now fewer than 20,000 African Skimmers on the planet, so the stakes are high.
但是现在地球上只有不到2万只非洲剪嘴鸥，所以灭绝的风险很高。
Each chick that returns to the warmth of protection is important to the entire species.
每一只回到温暖的保护下的小剪嘴鸥对整个物种都很重要。
Every one that tunneled his way to safety is worth his voice in gold.
每一个努力生活的人都举足轻重。
