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The last place where one of these frogs was seen was high up on a mountain in the cloud forest of Ecuador.
这种青蛙最后的目击地点是在厄瓜多尔云雾森林的高山上。
There's only one way to get there.
路只有一条。
Joining him is fellow frog-hunter Darwin and Jaime's partner and frog scientist, Francesca.
一同前往的还有青蛙猎人达尔文，以及哈梅的伴侣、青蛙学家弗朗西斯卡。
This is one of the wettest places on Earth, and right now it's actually the wet season, the rainy season, so it rains even more.
这是地球上最潮湿的地方之一，而且现在正是雨季，雨水更多。
Soaking wet and teeming with bugs, it's a perfect place for frogs.
潮湿且到处都是虫子，这里是青蛙的理想家园。
Most frogs come out of hiding at night.
大多数青蛙夜晚才会现身。
This place is extremely wonderful. But you have to be careful where you put your hands.
这个地方太奇妙了。但需要时刻小心。
Being with him is... it's unusual. It's not your regular relationship. Oh, he's obsessed. He's really obsessed.
和他在一起，很特别。这段关系很特别。他对青蛙非常着迷。
Streams like this should be full of frogs of many different species... but they search all night and find nothing.
这样的溪流可能隐藏着许多各种各样的青蛙，但他们找了整夜，却一无所获。
It's a silent forest. It's sad.
整片森林鸦雀无声。很悲哀。
The sound of frogs is slowly disappearing from our world.
青蛙的歌声正渐渐消逝。
The only place many frog species can now be found is in a museum.
如今，很多青蛙物种只能在博物馆中找到。
A key reason is the spread of a fungus called chytrid that can grow on the moist skins of frogs, eventually killing them.
一个关键原因在于一种叫做壶菌的真菌的蔓延，它能寄生在青蛙的湿润皮肤上，最终致其死亡。
90 species are thought to have become extinct as a consequence, and almost 600 more are now critically endangered.
据估计，90种青蛙因此而灭绝，还有近600种青蛙正面临极高的灭绝风险。
Before chytrid, I'm pretty sure that you could walk through the stream and see everywhere many, many, many frogs on the rocks, calling "prrr-prrr"!
如果没有壶菌，我敢保证这条小溪将到处都是趴在石头上的各种青蛙，呱呱大叫！
I wish I had been born before the frog disease.
我多希望我生活在壶菌病之前。
Night after night, they search the stream.
夜复一夜，他们在小溪四处搜寻。
At last, there is a discovery.
终于，有了一个发现。
The sound is a... I don't know exactly where, but it's there, more or less.
声音是...我不确定具体在哪，但大概就在这里。
We have it. A glass frog. A really beautiful glass frog.
抓到了。一只玻璃蛙。一只非常漂亮的玻璃蛙。
Glass frogs are becoming increasingly rare, and one day they, too, could disappear. But it's not what they are looking for.
玻璃蛙如今越来越稀少，也许某一天便会彻底灭绝。但团队寻找的目标不是它。
The fact is that countless species go extinct... unnoticed.
事实上，很多物种悄无声息地灭绝，鲜有人知。
All Jaime can do is to continue his search for a mate for Santiago.
哈梅唯一能做的便是继续寻找悲情圣地亚哥的伴侣。
It's there? I found a female!
在那里吗？我找到了一只雌性！
It's a female! Look. The size is bigger than the males. Wow. I feel so happy! The first female!
是只雌性！看啊。体型比雄性大一些。哇。我太高兴了！第一只雌性！
She could be the cornerstone of a new breeding programme.
这只雌蛙将成为新繁殖计划的关键。
Santiago will be very, very, very, very, very happy. Because she's really beautiful!
悲情圣地亚哥彻底不悲情了。这只雌蛙特别漂亮！
In my hand, I have hope. I have the saviour of this species, for breeding programmes and for people to reproduce it. I don't know, it's like I just have hope in my hand.
我手上拎着希望。是这个物种的救星，也是繁殖计划的救星。说不清，感觉希望就捧在我手上。
There are over 7,000 species of frogs in the world, and you may well ask, does it really matter if a few go extinct?
世上有7000多种青蛙，可能会有人疑惑，就算有几种消失了，又有什么大不了的？
Well, just look at this tiny species of poison arrow frog. Scientists discovered a chemical on its skin, 200 times stronger than morphine.
可是，看看这种小小的箭毒蛙。科学家发现它皮肤上的化学物质，镇痛效果是吗啡的200倍。
Now they are studying how it works to create powerful new painkillers.
如今科学家正在深入研究，以开发强效止痛药。
