The Dark Andy's Secret Hideout


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# At the end of the day When the adventure is done

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# There's time to learn And it's tonnes of fun

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# Come and join me There's cool stuff to do

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# I've got a window to the world And some funny friends too

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# Andy's Secret Hideout

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# It's a magical place With so much to see

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# Andy's Secret Hideout

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# Come and hide out with me. #

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Oh, hello, and welcome to my secret hideout.

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Oh. Who turned the lights out?

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Oh, no. There must be a power cut. Never mind.

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I'm sure I've got a torch somewhere in my drawers.

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Sometimes, when it's dark,

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you have to use your other senses to get around.

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Luckily, I'm nimble, like a cat. Meow!

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Oh! Ouch!

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Ah! Oh!

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My night-vision binoculars.

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Hey - I wonder how other animals get around in the dark.

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Ho-ho! Look at this!

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This guy is a tapir.

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Tapirs are like pigs.

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They live in South America.

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They don't mind the dark, because their noses are so good at

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sniffing out food in the undergrowth.

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Your nose works just as well in the dark as it does in the light.

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Now, I need to find that torch in my drawer.

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Hang on a minute - I know my smelly socks are near the drawer,

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so if I sniff them out, I'll be closer.

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Right.

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HE SNIFFS

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Ooh! I found them.

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A tapir's eyesight isn't very good, but they just take things slowly -

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sniffing, listening, and feeling their way round in the dark.

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If they took things that slowly during the day, though,

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they'd be lunch for a jaguar.

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Hmmm.

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Another way to see better in the dark

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is to open up your eyes really wide, to let more light in.

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Tarsiers have too much competition for food during the day,

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so instead, they sleep hidden away in their own secret hideouts.

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But at night, they wake up and use their massive,

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sensitive eyes to see their way around in the dark.

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Come on, let's do it. Ready?

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One, two, three...

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That's it. Right. Let's see if this works.

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KNOCK! Oh! Ouch.

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I think I need bigger eyes. Hang on, I recognise that sound.

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KNOCK! KNOCK!

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Hey! It's the wooden ladder to my bed.

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There's another animal that finds its food at night

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by knocking against wood.

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He doesn't need big eyes to see in the dark,

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or a big nose.

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All he needs are big ears

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and one really long finger.

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Do you know what it is?

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It's called an aye-aye.

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As in, "Aye-aye, swashbucklers."

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They use that really long finger to tap against trees,

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and when it sounds a bit hollow,

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that probably means there's a tasty grub

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or insect living in there.

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Nothing in here.

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Then it can use its strong teeth to bite through the bark

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and scoop them out with its long finger.

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OW! Oof.

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Just knelt on my fossil. That high-pitched squeal reminds me

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of another animal that's a master of the night - a bat.

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They can fly through the air in pitch-black and avoid bumping

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into walls or each other.

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They do it by making high-pitched squeaks

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and listening for an echo.

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If the echo takes a long time to come back,

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it means that there's nothing really nearby.

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But if the echo is really quick to come back,

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it means there's something very close, like a wall, or a drawer.

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Come on, let's try squeaking really loud and see if we get an echo.

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Ready - squeak!

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Like that. One, two three - SQUEAK!

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"SQUEAK" ECHOES

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Hey, something's close by. Let's try that again.

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One, two, three - SQUEAK!

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"SQUEAK" ECHOES

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There's the echo gain. Really quick.

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Which means...

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..the drawer is in front of me. And I've found my torch.

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Ah, fantastic.

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So, you see, there's no need to be scared of the dark.

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If you can't see anything and can't use your eyes,

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use your ears, use your sense of touch, or use your sense of smell.

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Oh, no. My batteries have run out!

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You can also call out like a bat.

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HELLO! CAN ANYONE HELP ME?

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No? Oh, well.

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It's time for me to go to bed now, anyway.

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And I know where bed is.

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Right. See you next time for another adventure in my secret hideout.

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Oh!

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Ooh! Goodnight, Andy! Ooh!

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# Andy's Secret Hideout

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# It's a magical place With so much to see

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# Andy's Secret Hideout

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# Come and hide out with me. #

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