This spectacular courtship display is called the lek, an old north word meaning dance.

这种特殊的求偶表演叫做 lek，一个古老的北欧词，意为舞蹈。

A lek is the bird equivalent for bare knuckle boxing ring.

求偶场可以说是鸟类的徒手拳击场。

In order to attract a mate, groups of male sage  grouse meet at a breeding ground called a lek.

为了吸引配偶，成群的雄性鼠尾草松鸡会在一个叫做 lek 的繁殖地相遇。

A male will return, morning after morning, to  his particular lek and to his particular position within the lek.

一天又一天，雄性会回到他特定的领地和他在领地内的特定位置。

The stakes are incredibly high – since most males on the  lek end up with no mating opportunities at all.

赌注高得令人难以置信——因为大多数在 lek 上的雄性最终根本没有交配机会。

Females tend to live longer because males are more vulnerable when  they are strutting their stuff on the leks.

雌性往往更长寿，因为雄性在大便时更容易受到伤害。

After staking their claim, they  will vigorously defend their areas on the lek, even though it is just a few meters wide.

在宣示主权后，他们会积极保卫他们在海岸线上的领地，即使它只有几米宽。

Grasslands National Park is home to  the only two remaining leks left in Saskatchewan and currently protects just  over half the birds remaining in Canada.

草原国家公园是萨斯喀彻温省仅存的两只鸟类的家园，目前保护着加拿大仅存的一半以上的鸟类。

Now, " bloke" and " let" are obviously different words, but there's no such word as " loke" and there's no such word as " lek" , so I had to improvise.

现在，“bloke” 和“let” 显然是不同的词，但是没有“loke” 这样的词，也没有“lek” 这样的词，所以我不得不即兴创作。

Females inspect the males closely in  order to size up the displays and choose a mate – which can't be easy, since up to 400  male sage grouse may attend a lek at one time.

雌性会仔细检查雄性，以便确定展示的尺寸并选择配偶——这并不容易，因为一次可能有多达 400 只雄性鼠尾草松鸡参加一次 lek。