The ancient Yao ethnic group village only has about 200 residents in 48 households.

这个古老的族村落只有48户，约200名居。

In201, Melissa Ilardo, then a graduate student in genetics at the University of Copenhagen, heard about the Bajau.

201 年， 时任哥本哈根大学遗传学研究生的梅丽莎·伊拉多听说族。

Bajau divers may spend as much as 60 percent of their workday under the surface, spearing fish and harvesting sea cucumbers.

族潜员每天可能将多达 60% 的工作时间花在下，用鱼叉捕鱼和收获海参。

The Bajau people --also known as " Sea Nomads" -- have spent thousands of years diving deep underwater without tanks or snorkels.

族人——也被称为“海上族”——已经花数千年的时间在没有坦克或通气管的情况下深入下。

But Bajau people in Southeast Asia can hold it up to 12 minutes which comes in handy when they free dive over 230 feet for food.

但东南亚的族人最长可以憋气12分钟。当他们自由潜至230英尺深的海中觅食的时候，这种能力就派上用场。

The Bajau are a people from Malaysia and Indonesia who make their living diving to depths of 65 feet to collect pearls, clams, and other goodies off the sea bed.

族是来自马来西亚和印度尼西亚的一个族，他们以潜入 65 英尺的深度从海床上收集珍珠、蛤蜊和其他好东西为生。

Well, if you're not a professional freediver, and you don't belong to the Bajau people, who can stay underwater for up to 13 minutes, then you can probably only hold your breath around 2 minutes.

如果你不是专业的自由潜员，你也不是能在下停留 13 分钟的族人，那么你大概只能憋气 2 分钟左右。