Why does the lynx need the caterpillar?

为什么猁会需要毛毛虫？

The clue is how they affect the lynx's prey on the forest floor.

线索就于毛毛虫是如何影响森林地面上那些猁猎物。

Extremely rare and secretive, the lynx inhabits the high forests all across the northern hemisphere.

欧亚猁极其稀有而且很神秘，们生活北半球乔林中。

There is also a breeding and rescue center there for the endangered Iberian lynx, an endangered kind of wild cat.

那里还有濒危野生猫科动物伊比利亚猁繁育及救助中心。

Safe inside her den, a lynx cub.

猁幼正躲安全小窝里。

Lab tests showed conclusive results: the Canada lynx was indeed present in the area.

加拿大猁确曾这片区域内活动。

First, the major predators of deer wolves, cougar, and lynx have been greatly reduced in numbers.

首先，鹿群天敌数量不断减少，们是狼、美洲豹以及猁。

And of course what's good for the hares is also good for the lynx.

当然，对野兔有利也就意味着对猁有利。

In the land of the lynx, something extraordinary is happening to the forest.

猁生活地区，些非同寻常事情发生森林里。

While metabarcoding can detect elusive animals like the Canada lynx, it can also help scientists identify invasive species.

DNA 复合条形码不仅可以帮助科学家监测像加拿大猁这样行踪不定动物，也帮助科学家识别那些入侵物种。

Mammy has ears like a lynx and it isn't decent to laugh so soon after — hush laughing.

就这么大笑，也不像话呀。快别笑了。

To see a wild lynx up this close is, yeah, completely amazing.

这么近距离见到猁 真让人惊叹。

There's bears coming back. There's lynx coming back.

有熊回来了。 山猫回来了。

The Ahtari Zoo specializes in northern European animals such as bears and lynxes.

阿赫塔里动物园专门饲养熊和山猫等北欧动物。

And that's why the lynx needs the caterpillar.

这就是为什么猁会需要毛毛虫。

I bet the lynx never even sees the caterpillar throughout the course of its life.

我敢打赌，猁甚至从来没有看到过贯穿其生命过程中毛毛虫。

With those distinctly pointed ears, it can only be a Canadian lynx.

从明显很尖耳朵来看，只可能是只加拿大猁。

It must be the right height to eat, and provide enough cover to hide from all those lynx.

必须有合适高度，正好能吃得到同时又能有足够掩蔽，以躲避所有猁。

This time, in our seasonal forests, why does this lynx need a caterpillar?

这集，季节性森林里为什么这猁会需要毛毛虫？

The lynx is now becoming the totemic animal of a movement that is transforming British environmentalism: rewilding.

山猫现正成为正改变英国环保主义运动图腾动物：野化。