人类足迹
在数个世纪前，一个多山、四周是茂密森林、潺潺溪流的沿海岛屿，被北美洲的原住民——莱纳佩人称为「曼纳哈塔」的地方，眨眼之间演变成今天的曼哈顿。溪流变成道路，海滩变成码头，树木变成摩天大楼。现代城市是我们为自己打造的新生态系统，现在有半数人类生活于城市，而且数量与日俱增，我们的城市未来将会是什么样子？
在这一集尚恩的旅程由纽约市开始，在当地专家的带领下，他展开一场难忘的捕鼠之旅。尚恩与波多黎各一位研究伙伴重新联系，在城市捕捉城市蜥蜴，探索自然界如何在短短数十年间重塑了它们的体型和生理。在三藩市，尚恩发现当地居民对对市内不断增加的土狼数量态度各异。一位城市生态学家向尚恩展示城市中的不平等如何危害人类和野生动物。最后，新加坡之行让尚恩大开眼界，改变了他对城市未来发展的愿景。
城市或许是人类最伟大的发明——我们原本只想创造一个居住地方，但最终却建立了一个全新的生态系统。城市为人类和野生动物带来挑战，但亦有助我们繁荣发展。这就是为什么城市会继续存在、为什么我们应努力让城市变得更好、更绿化、更公平，不只是为了人类，也是为了大自然。
双语广播： 粤语/英语 (电视版 及 网上版)
播出时间： (首播) 2025年5月5日 星期一 晚上10时
In a few short centuries, the island the Lenape called “Mannahatta” – a land of forests, streams, and coastal villages – was transformed into Manhattan. Streams turned into roads, beaches became docks, and trees gave way to skyscrapers. The modern city is a new ecosystem built by us, for us. With half of all humans living in cities already – and more every day – what does our urban future hold?
Shane’s journey begins in New York City, where a “rat safari” with a local expert leads him to join an unforgettable rat hunt with a pack of tiny, ferocious terriers. Next, Shane re-connects with a scientific collaborator in Puerto Rico, where they lasso city-dwelling lizards to discover how natural selection has reshaped their physiques and physiology in just a few decades. In San Francisco, Shane goes looking for coyote poop and finds a spectrum of attitudes toward the city’s growing coyote population. An “urban ecologist” shows Shane how inequality in cities can harm people and wildlife. Finally, an eye-opening visit to Singapore leaves Shane pondering a different, wilder vision of the future of cities.
Cities might just be humanity’s ultimate invention – we set out to create a place to live, but we ended up building a whole new ecosystem. Cities create challenges for humans and wildlife alike, but they can also help us flourish. That’s why cities are here to stay, and why we should push to make them better, greener, and more equitable… not just for us, but for nature too.
Bilingual: Cantonese/ English (TV Version & Web Version)
Time: (First run) 2025.05.05 MON 10:00pm
