0:00:02 > 0:00:03Hola, mis amigos!
0:00:03 > 0:00:06Bienvenidos a Barney's America Latina!
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Arriba, arriba, it's show time!
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Let me introduce you to a crazy carnival of creatures,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14from fabulous and freaky frogs to hollering howler monkeys
0:00:14 > 0:00:17to manic meat-eating plants. Es magnifico!
0:00:17 > 0:00:20What's more, they're all connected to each other
0:00:20 > 0:00:22in this wonderful world of wildlife
0:00:22 > 0:00:24by funny, fabulous and fantastic facts.
0:00:24 > 0:00:26- Get on with it!- Oh, sorry!
0:00:26 > 0:00:32Tres, dos, uno! Es la hora de Barney's Latin America!
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Er, Barney, what are you doing?
0:00:44 > 0:00:47- Just getting ready for my new job, Gem.- New job? Right!
0:00:47 > 0:00:52Yes. Chief Executive Chief of Liquid and Solid Disposal Management.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55You mean you've been given a job cleaning the toilets?
0:00:55 > 0:00:59- SHE LAUGHS - Yeah, pass us that mop, will you?
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- Or you could stay here and help me with today's show.- Deal!
0:01:03 > 0:01:07Good. It's all about hard-working grafters, from cowboy spiders...
0:01:07 > 0:01:11..to some bird super-spies, and some rather entertaining squid.
0:01:11 > 0:01:12I'd better get ready.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Right, then. Let's start with our busy line-up.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Speaking of waste disposal,
0:01:17 > 0:01:20first up, it's the dung beetle. Eugh!
0:01:26 > 0:01:29All of the animals in the jungle have one thing in common -
0:01:29 > 0:01:31they all produce poo.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34PHRRT! PHRRT! PHRRT!
0:01:34 > 0:01:36PHRRT! PHRR-RR-RRT!
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Barney!
0:01:38 > 0:01:40Sorry, Gem, but it's true.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44The Amazon rainforest has a lot of animals living in it,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47and they all produce a deluge of dung!
0:01:47 > 0:01:50That is disgusting. Who's going to clear up all that mess?
0:01:50 > 0:01:54Ah, that's where our next grafters come in - the dung beetle.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59# Poo, glorious poo... #
0:01:59 > 0:02:03Um, she seems to think she's a singer, not a cleaner.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06No chance, Gem. Ah, here she goes.
0:02:06 > 0:02:12Ah, that's more like it. She's rolling the dung into a big ball.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15She's be great at making snowmen, wouldn't she?
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Except she'll never see snow in the steamy Amazon. Moving on...
0:02:18 > 0:02:21The ball gets bigger and bigger,
0:02:21 > 0:02:25- until it's way bigger than she is. - That's a lot of dung.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27Gem, if you think that's a lot of dung...
0:02:27 > 0:02:30imagine two whole bus-loads of the stuff,
0:02:30 > 0:02:32because that's how much dung you'd have to bury
0:02:32 > 0:02:35to match Mrs Dung Beetle's nightly quota.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36So why has she got
0:02:36 > 0:02:39an obsessive-compulsive dung-burying disorder?
0:02:39 > 0:02:44Madame Dung Beetle lays her eggs in the dung ball underground,
0:02:44 > 0:02:48and when her maggot babies hatch, they feed on the dung,
0:02:48 > 0:02:52and there's enough for them to grow up into fine young dung beetles.
0:02:52 > 0:02:57So her babies' nursery is a pile of poo?
0:02:57 > 0:03:00I think I've seen enough. Next!
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Looks like there's something fishy about our next grafters.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12That's right, Barney. These guys are parrot fish
0:03:12 > 0:03:16and they have a very important job in the construction industry.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19Construction industry? But those guys work hard!
0:03:19 > 0:03:23All these things do is swim around, opening and closing their mouths.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24Oi!
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Barney! You'll hurt their feelings!
0:03:26 > 0:03:29Now, the reason parrot fish are called parrot fish
0:03:29 > 0:03:33is because they have teeth which are shaped a bit like a beak.
0:03:33 > 0:03:34Hello!
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Ah, yes. They do look more like a bird than a fish.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41That's because they have quite an unusual diet.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Oh, yeah? Bird seed?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Incoming!
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Squawk, squawk, squawk!
0:03:48 > 0:03:50Yeah, very funny, Barney!
0:03:50 > 0:03:52All right! Sensitive, aren't they?
0:03:52 > 0:03:57Parrot fish like nothing better than to nosh down on some tasty coral.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00Tasty?! Looks more like a mouthful of rubble to me.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Well, that's true, but using their super-sharp beak,
0:04:04 > 0:04:08they can bite off whole chunks of stony coral and eat them whole.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11- That's got to be bad for your digestion.- Not at all.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14These fish grind up those coral chunks and then...
0:04:14 > 0:04:15PHRRT!
0:04:15 > 0:04:19- Oh, Gem! Did that fish just do what I think it did?- Bombs away!
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Oh, it's all gone in my mouth!
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Sorry, Phil, but better out than in.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Yep - more poo.
0:04:26 > 0:04:29The fact is that after a feast of crunchy coral,
0:04:29 > 0:04:32the parrot fishes poo out the remains of their meal
0:04:32 > 0:04:34in the form of white coral sand.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36Ah, cool! So they poo out sand.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39What's that got to do with construction?
0:04:39 > 0:04:43Well, Barney, every single parrot fish is capable of pooing out
0:04:43 > 0:04:46up to 90 kilograms of sand in a year.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49And all that sand goes to form
0:04:49 > 0:04:52some of the most beautiful white sandy beaches in the world.
0:04:54 > 0:04:59Hang on a minute! Does that mean we're standing on parrot fish poo?
0:04:59 > 0:05:01BOTH: Eugh! Yuck...!
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- There's loads of it.- Aagh!
0:05:10 > 0:05:13So when you said the parrot fish were in the construction industry,
0:05:13 > 0:05:17you meant that our fishes are builders who make beaches from poo?
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Exactly. Without the hard work of the parrot fish,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22it would be bye-bye beaches.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27So what links the parrot fish to our first grafters, the dung beetles?
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Well, the clue is in the poo.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Both the dung beetle and the parrot fish's jobs
0:05:33 > 0:05:36involve working with a big pile of poo.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Ha-ha! That's nice!
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Next up are some grafters who are experts in their trade -
0:05:43 > 0:05:45the brown pelican.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47They, er, don't look like they're up to much, Barney.
0:05:47 > 0:05:50Are you sure those guys deserve to be in our line-up?
0:05:50 > 0:05:54Yeah, they do, Gem, because these pelicans are expert fishermen...
0:05:54 > 0:05:56well, fisher-birds.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00At last, some action!
0:06:00 > 0:06:04The pelicans fly out to sea to see if there are shoals of fish around.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- Stop following us! You're putting off the fish!- Sorry!
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Looks like they've spotted something.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Yep, and then it's bombs away!
0:06:13 > 0:06:17They dive-bomb the shoals at the speed of a very fast diving thing.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19They even have reinforced skulls
0:06:19 > 0:06:23to absorb the impact of their heads on the water.
0:06:23 > 0:06:28Whoa! So those skulls are a bit like built-in crash helmets?
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Yeah! How cool is that?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33But how do they catch the fish?
0:06:33 > 0:06:36It's not like they've got a rod or a net like a fisherman would.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Well, what's the point of a net when you've got a super-sized beak
0:06:40 > 0:06:44which has a pouch which can expand to swallow a feast of fishes?
0:06:44 > 0:06:45Isn't that a bit greedy?
0:06:45 > 0:06:48A lot of that monster mouthful is actually water,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51so it's not actually swallowing as much as it seems.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55- So it's time for another dive-bombing session.- Yep.
0:06:55 > 0:06:56It'll take a few more dives
0:06:56 > 0:07:00until these grafters have worked their shift to earn their fill.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03So, what connects the hard-working brown pelicans
0:07:03 > 0:07:06to those poo-producing parrot fish?
0:07:06 > 0:07:09Well, both the parrot fish and the pelican
0:07:09 > 0:07:11have special mouths to do their jobs.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14The parrot fish has a sharp beak for chomping coral.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17And the pelican has that huge fish-chomping pouch.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23SNORING Our next grafter takes time out
0:07:23 > 0:07:29in the day to rest and get ready for the night shift.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31All I can see is bird poo on a leaf.
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Whee!
0:07:33 > 0:07:34SQUELCH
0:07:34 > 0:07:37I heard that!
0:07:37 > 0:07:41Don't be rude, Barney. This is a bolas spider and his odd appearance
0:07:41 > 0:07:45is actually very clever, because looking a bit like bird poo
0:07:45 > 0:07:48is the perfect daytime disguise so he won't get eaten.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Well, it looks like it's getting dark, Gem.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Time for our spider to hit the night shift.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56So what does this grafter do for a living?
0:07:56 > 0:08:01Well, he's the closest thing to a cowboy you'll find in the bug world.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04A cowboy?!
0:08:04 > 0:08:06What are you talking about?
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Our super spider has found a place under a leaf
0:08:10 > 0:08:15and draws out a long thread of silk, then makes a sticky blob on the end.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19- Well, if he is a cowboy, where are the cows?- Be patient, Barney.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24That's what our spider has to do - sit and wait.
0:08:24 > 0:08:29Aha, here comes a moth. Has that got anything to do with all this?
0:08:29 > 0:08:34It does. This clever spider releases a scent the moths can't resist.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35Eau de moth?
0:08:35 > 0:08:37You smell right gorgeous, you do!
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Something like that!
0:08:39 > 0:08:41So the moth flies in
0:08:41 > 0:08:44and our cowboy spider gets to use his super silk lasso.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Ha-ha! That was cool!
0:08:49 > 0:08:52He really would give a cowboy a run for his money!
0:08:52 > 0:08:53Yee-haw!
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Our bolas spider is a super lasso-slinging expert.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01Time after time, he hits his mark and rounds up those moths.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03- Amazing.- Yee-haw!
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Ha! Yee-haw, cow...cow-spider.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Anyway, what's the connection with our rootin', tootin' cowboy spider
0:09:09 > 0:09:11and those fish-gobbling pelicans?
0:09:11 > 0:09:16Both the pelican and the spider rely on pinpoint accuracy to do the job.
0:09:19 > 0:09:24Our next guests literally hang out in caves throughout Latin America.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Ah, bats!
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Yep, Gem - these are Mexican freetailed bats,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32and apart from humans, they form the biggest colonies of mammals
0:09:32 > 0:09:34- in the world.- Wow!
0:09:34 > 0:09:38- So each colony is like a big city? - Yep, or even bigger.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Some colonies have over 20 million bats in them,
0:09:41 > 0:09:44and that is around three times the population of London!
0:09:44 > 0:09:47So what is so busy about these bats?
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Well, these bats are experts in pest control,
0:09:50 > 0:09:54because when they venture out at night in their millions,
0:09:54 > 0:09:56they fly off to feed on insects.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58What's that flapping noise?
0:09:58 > 0:10:01So that must mean that any crops grown nearby
0:10:01 > 0:10:04that have a problem with pests could be saved by our bats.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Exactly. They're a farmer's best friend, these bats.
0:10:07 > 0:10:13- So our bats are pest controllers? - But that's not all, Gem.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17In the bat colony, the female bats are particularly hard workers,
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- cos they also run a nursery for all the baby bats.- Aw-w!
0:10:21 > 0:10:22Have you got any milk?
0:10:22 > 0:10:24How cute!
0:10:24 > 0:10:27CHATTERING
0:10:27 > 0:10:31Yeah, and they're hungry. So when Mum comes back from her night shift,
0:10:31 > 0:10:35she finds her baby in the creche and gives it some milk.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39- Give me the milk! Give me the milk! - All right! Calm down! Calm down!
0:10:39 > 0:10:41That's one happy baby bat.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Yeah, and a full one, too.
0:10:44 > 0:10:48Each day, Mum feeds her baby around quarter of her body weight in milk.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52That's like you drinking 19 litres of the stuff! So as you can see,
0:10:52 > 0:10:56our bats are experts in pest control and also at running a nursery.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00Give me the milk! Give me the milk! Mum, give me the milk!
0:11:02 > 0:11:07So, these hard grafters are linked to the bolas spider
0:11:07 > 0:11:09because they both work the night shift.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- Spot on, Gem.- Thank you.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Our next grafters are the reef squid.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Wow! Look, there's a whole shoal of them.
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Yep, and they're all gathered here to put on a remarkable performance,
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- because they are actors, darling. - Actors? Come off it, they're squid.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30I'll have you know I've performed in front of royalty!
0:11:30 > 0:11:31Yeah, a king crab, maybe!
0:11:31 > 0:11:36Yes, splendid, splendid, very good.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Well done, well done.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Barney, don't be rude to the guests! If you give them a chance,
0:11:41 > 0:11:45they might give you a sneak preview of their show.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Might be able to do something, for a small fee.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51Oh, yeah? How much? Five squid(?)
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Ha-ha! Five squid!
0:11:53 > 0:11:56It's a five squid!
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Do you get it?
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Come on, squid! Show him what you're made of.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08Using our remarkable chromatophores, we can...
0:12:08 > 0:12:09Chromato-whats?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Chromatophores! Little cells in our skin
0:12:12 > 0:12:15which change colour to express our mood.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19- Now, isn't that amazing, Barney?- I guess it means less costume changes.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22As I was saying, using our chromatophores,
0:12:22 > 0:12:25we squid are capable of expressing any mood we desire,
0:12:25 > 0:12:27making our performances legendary.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29We can do anger...
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Crabs, feel the wrath of my many tentacles!
0:12:32 > 0:12:37Oh, yes, that's very good. Very good, oh, very good.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38Now get lost.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41We can do fear.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46Forsooth, 'tis a barracuda! I'm terrified! I'm so scared,
0:12:46 > 0:12:49I'm, er...going to act like a piece of seaweed.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Yes, very good. I can see you, I'm just not hungry.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56We can do swooning.
0:12:56 > 0:13:01- Oh, I feel faint! Get me some water!- You are in water, mate!
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Yeah, that was a bit of a wet performance!
0:13:07 > 0:13:09Actually, Barney, they're not great, are they?
0:13:09 > 0:13:14Not great? Sorry, Gem, those squid were absolutely rubbish.
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Our squid are connected to our freetailed bats,
0:13:20 > 0:13:24because they're both grafters that like to work as a group.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28So, so far our hard-working grafters have taken us
0:13:28 > 0:13:30from the poo-rolling dung beetle...
0:13:30 > 0:13:34Nice! ..to the fantastic "actors", the squid.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Just like the dung beetles,
0:13:40 > 0:13:42our parrot fish use poo in their line of work.
0:13:42 > 0:13:47And the parrot fish are linked to the brown pelicans,
0:13:47 > 0:13:51because both of them have very special mouths to do their jobs.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54And from one grafter that catches its dinner on the job
0:13:54 > 0:13:56to another -
0:13:56 > 0:13:59the bolas spider.
0:13:59 > 0:14:05Like the freetailed bats, bolas spiders hang around on the job
0:14:05 > 0:14:07and also work the night shift.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10So our squid work in a squad, just like the bats, who work as a team
0:14:10 > 0:14:13to get the job done.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15So, time to meet another hard grafter.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Our next grafters really work hard to show off a talent
0:14:25 > 0:14:26which takes some beating -
0:14:26 > 0:14:29the manakins.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31- Er, mana-what?- Manakins.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36They're birds, about the size of a sparrow but much more colourful.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39Wow! They have some fab feathers, too.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41In fact, they're just big show-offs,
0:14:41 > 0:14:43especially the males.
0:14:43 > 0:14:46Well, if you've got it, flaunt it!
0:14:46 > 0:14:51Ah! Could all this showing off be to do with attracting a partner?
0:14:51 > 0:14:55Yep, and the males have to work really hard at their dance moves,
0:14:55 > 0:14:57otherwise there is no way he'll attract a female.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Looks like he's doing a pretty good job to me.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Time for a bit of moonwalking.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07Ah, all these dance moves are finally paying off, cos he has an audience.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09But she's not that impressed after all.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12What's a bloke got to do?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Looks like he needs a bit more practice.
0:15:14 > 0:15:19Yep, here he goes. And look...
0:15:19 > 0:15:21it's paying off!
0:15:21 > 0:15:23Aw! He's got his gal!
0:15:26 > 0:15:29The manakins are connected to those super squid
0:15:29 > 0:15:34by the fact they both rely on their appearance to get the job done.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41Up next, some birds who are at home in the forests of South America.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46Hang on a sec - they're penguins! What are they doing in a forest?
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Well, whilst their cousins freeze their feathers off
0:15:49 > 0:15:51in the snowy wastelands,
0:15:51 > 0:15:53these guys have a cushy life
0:15:53 > 0:15:56on the relatively tropical coast of Argentina.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00It's not cushy wandering through the forest!
0:16:01 > 0:16:02Ow!
0:16:02 > 0:16:06Oh, sorry! So what profession are these guys in?
0:16:06 > 0:16:09Well, our forest-dwelling penguins are expert impressionists!
0:16:09 > 0:16:12Although they do get a bit touchy about it.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15I don't know what you're talking about!
0:16:15 > 0:16:18- You see, these are Magellanic penguins.- Mage-what penguins?
0:16:18 > 0:16:23Magellanic, named after the great explorer, Magellan,
0:16:23 > 0:16:25who voyaged all the way around the world.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27How far is that, then?
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Um, about four miles...about?
0:16:29 > 0:16:32OK, but isn't that a bit of a mouthful?
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Yep, which is why these penguins
0:16:35 > 0:16:37- go by their stage name.- Which is?
0:16:37 > 0:16:39Promise you won't laugh.
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- Cross my heart. - They're jackass penguins.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48Sorry, but you can't be serious!
0:16:48 > 0:16:52Hey, Gem, these guys are expert impersonators,
0:16:52 > 0:16:54and the reason they are called jackass penguins
0:16:54 > 0:16:57is because they do a top impression of a donkey.
0:16:57 > 0:17:02THEY BRAY
0:17:04 > 0:17:06That's amazing!
0:17:06 > 0:17:09They do sound just like donkeys. But I've got to ask them -
0:17:09 > 0:17:13guys, don't you mind it when Barney calls you jackass penguins?
0:17:13 > 0:17:17Oh, no, Gem. Hee-haw, hee-haw, he always calls us that!
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Ow!
0:17:18 > 0:17:23And the connection between our amazing impressionist penguins
0:17:23 > 0:17:25and the manakins
0:17:25 > 0:17:29is that they could both appear on Birds Have Got Talent!
0:17:32 > 0:17:35It's the whale shark.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36Ah, great! I love whales.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40Sorry, Barney, but the whale shark is actually a big fish.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Aw, I was looking forward to having a WHALE of a time!
0:17:42 > 0:17:45I'm starting to feel very unappreciated here.
0:17:45 > 0:17:50Whale sharks are global travellers that visit the coast of Latin America
0:17:50 > 0:17:54- as they swim through tropical seas right around the planet.- Cool.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56So they must be super swimmers, then.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58They're called whale sharks because of their size,
0:17:58 > 0:18:01weighing in at a staggering 20 tonnes.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Wow! So the whale shark is a truly great guest to have.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06But what qualifies him as a grafter?
0:18:06 > 0:18:11Well, the whale shark has a massive mouth.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14In fact, it's so massive, he could almost fit me in his chops sideways.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- I hope he's not hungry, then. - Don't worry, Barney.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Even if he was, he wouldn't want to eat me or you.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23He's far more interested in feeding on teeny tiny plankton.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Lucky plankton!
0:18:25 > 0:18:26CHOMP!
0:18:26 > 0:18:27- And little fishes.- Oh!
0:18:27 > 0:18:31So as sharks go, he's hardly jaws, then, is he?
0:18:31 > 0:18:33I can get really nasty!
0:18:33 > 0:18:37Using that gigantic gob, he sucks in huge amounts of water
0:18:37 > 0:18:41which he then filters out using special plates in his mouth.
0:18:41 > 0:18:45Ah, so that's how he traps all his food. Who needs teeth?
0:18:45 > 0:18:49In just one day, the whale shark can filter an amazing 1.5 million litres
0:18:49 > 0:18:52or 400,000 gallons of water.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56That's about the same as 2,000 Olympic swimming pools.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00That's insane! How can he possibly swallow so much water?
0:19:00 > 0:19:03- He really is like a giant water filter, isn't he?- Exactly.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06And he has to work hard filtering water all day
0:19:06 > 0:19:09to make sure he filters out enough plankton to feed on.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14Gem, you'll never guess the link between penguins and whale sharks.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17Go on, then, Barney. What's the connection?
0:19:17 > 0:19:21Well, both the whale shark and the jackass penguins are grafters
0:19:21 > 0:19:23with the names of other animals,
0:19:23 > 0:19:27so we've got WHALE shark and JACKASS penguin.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Cool, eh?
0:19:29 > 0:19:32Hmm. I guess I'll let you have that one.
0:19:32 > 0:19:36The highest part of Latin America are the Andes,
0:19:36 > 0:19:41and these spectacular peaks are home to our next grafter -
0:19:41 > 0:19:43who works hard at being a super-spy,
0:19:43 > 0:19:47always on the lookout for his next target.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49The name's Condor - James Condor.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53OK, but he doesn't exactly look suave and sophisticated.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56Hey, what are you trying to say?
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Gem, isn't that a bit rude? He's an expert in his field.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02OK, so what makes Mr Condor so special?
0:20:02 > 0:20:03Call me James.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06Well, our condor... Sorry, I mean James,
0:20:06 > 0:20:08is hugely talented at gliding at great heights.
0:20:08 > 0:20:13So are geese! They can fly right over the Himalayas.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Yeah, whatever.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Ah, Gem, but geese don't have super-spy vision
0:20:24 > 0:20:28which let them pick out targets at ridiculously distant distances.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33Yeah. I'll believe it when I see it.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36Agent Bond flying at approximately 2,000 metres.
0:20:36 > 0:20:41Just so you realise how super our spy is, that is over a mile high.
0:20:41 > 0:20:45Target acquired.
0:20:45 > 0:20:46Ah, he's spotted something.
0:20:46 > 0:20:52Yeah, a dead deer, and our James has spotted it from 2,000 metres.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57That is the same distance as 20 football pitches end to end.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00When I'm at a football match, I can hardly see the ref!
0:21:00 > 0:21:02That's amazing eyesight.
0:21:02 > 0:21:03Looks like it's dinner time!
0:21:03 > 0:21:08And if this grafter wasn't such an expert in surveillance,
0:21:08 > 0:21:09he would soon go hungry.
0:21:09 > 0:21:14So, what links James Condor with the whale shark?
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Well, just like the whale shark that glides through the sea as he works,
0:21:18 > 0:21:21the condor glides through the air as he does his job.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24So they are both gliding grafters.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Living in a forest which floods all the time,
0:21:29 > 0:21:31you have to get used to moving house.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36I've booked into a nice B&B. Just got to get there first.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40But for some animals, they need to get the removal experts in.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42These guys are fire ants.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44What, fire ants?
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Shall I get the extinguisher ready?
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Barney, they don't MAKE fire!
0:21:49 > 0:21:53They just have a very nasty sting that feels like burning.
0:21:53 > 0:21:57Feels like burning? Right, I'll keep my distance over here, Gem.
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I'll just watch from a safe distance.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03- It's fine, Barney. They're far too busy to bother us.- I can see that.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05But what are they doing?
0:22:05 > 0:22:09Well, when the Amazon floods, fire ants turn into removal experts
0:22:09 > 0:22:13and make themselves busy building rafts to move house.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15How clever is that?
0:22:15 > 0:22:18They actually make a raft out of themselves? That's wicked!
0:22:23 > 0:22:28Well, it's the only thing that ants can use, so once the raft is formed,
0:22:28 > 0:22:30everyone piles on, ready for the house move.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34And they're ready and they're off.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Here we go! Yay!
0:22:36 > 0:22:38But this house move is harder than it seems,
0:22:38 > 0:22:41and even these experts have problems on the job.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43# Row, row, row your boat Gently down the stream
0:22:43 > 0:22:47# Merrily, merrily Merrily, merrily... # Aagh!
0:22:47 > 0:22:48Uh-oh. Hungry fish alert.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Ah, but the fire ant removal firm has made sure that most of the nest
0:22:52 > 0:22:55makes it to its new home.
0:22:55 > 0:23:01Yeah, it looks like they've had enough of life on the waves.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06Once they're all on dry land again, it's time to move into their new pad
0:23:06 > 0:23:10- and get nest-building.- So really, the fire ants did a pretty good job.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Exactly.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16And the reason they're connected to the condor
0:23:16 > 0:23:18is that they work as they travel.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21So, both the fire ants and the condor are travelling grafters.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31Time now to head out to sea to meet our next grafters -
0:23:31 > 0:23:33the cleaner fish.
0:23:33 > 0:23:37There's quite a few of them in the business, by the look of it.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42Goby's Shell-Shining makes sure every client is perfectly polished.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45- Ah! Isn't that a marine turtle? - Certainly is, Gem.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48And it looks like those cleaner fish are doing a cracking job.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50But isn't that a bit lazy?
0:23:50 > 0:23:53Why don't those turtles keep themselves clean?
0:23:53 > 0:23:56You try scratching your back when all you have is flippers!
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Marine turtles swim all around the world in warm, tropical waters,
0:24:02 > 0:24:05which include the coasts of Latin America.
0:24:05 > 0:24:09So there are plenty of new clients to keep our cleaner fish in business.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Oh, that's better! A little to the right.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Oh, yeah, that's it!
0:24:14 > 0:24:18These cleaning stations are big business in the oceans.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22Queuing clients can get a bit impatient waiting for a shell shine.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25All right, mate, I'm next.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31So the turtles lay there and get a free cleaning service from the fish?
0:24:31 > 0:24:36What exactly do those cleaner fish get out of this arrangement?
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Well, as the fish work away, removing parasites and hangers-on
0:24:40 > 0:24:44from the turtles' shells, they're actually having a feast.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Technically, it's a free meal deal.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49Very tasty it is, too! Mmm, barnacles for breakfast!
0:24:49 > 0:24:51Yummy!
0:24:54 > 0:24:57So, what connects our cleaner fish to those fire ants?
0:24:57 > 0:25:00Well, both the fire ants and the cleaner fish work as a team
0:25:00 > 0:25:02to get the job done.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06Cool! And the cleaner fish link right back to our first grafters,
0:25:06 > 0:25:10the dung beetles, because they're both in the hygiene industry.
0:25:10 > 0:25:13What a spotless end to the show.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Whoo! What a hard-working line-up we've had today!
0:25:18 > 0:25:21I know. I'm exhausted just watching them.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35First up was a bug that has a ball with a bit of dung removal.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Jobs using jobbies are all the rage,
0:25:38 > 0:25:42as this parrot fish proves with its beach-building bowels.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50Fish with beaks and birds with pouches!
0:25:50 > 0:25:54Those amazing mouths help to do the job for parrot fish and pelicans.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01And our cowboy spider also catches his prey on the job. Yee-haw!
0:26:03 > 0:26:07Next were our bats, which shared the night shift with the bolas spider.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10And they worked in groups, just like the reef squid.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12Although the squid weren't great at their job,
0:26:12 > 0:26:16they certainly had the look, just like the amazing manakin.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18And from one bird to another -
0:26:18 > 0:26:20the super-talented impressionists,
0:26:20 > 0:26:22the jackass penguins.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26Which brings us to another animal with an odd name - the whale shark.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29Gliding through the oceans as he works as a giant filter,
0:26:29 > 0:26:32the whale shark is, like the condor,
0:26:32 > 0:26:36- a grafter that glides. - And working on the move
0:26:36 > 0:26:39is exactly what our house-moving fire ants do.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40Teamwork also does the job
0:26:40 > 0:26:44- for our busily buffing cleaner fish. - Which leads us right back
0:26:44 > 0:26:47to our hygienic dung disposal experts, the dung beetles.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51That was a hard show today, Gem.
0:26:51 > 0:26:52Yeah, and not just for us, eh?
0:26:52 > 0:26:55What's with the shirt and tie?
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Oh, well, I went for another job interview, and I got the job.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Wow! Well done! What is it?
0:27:00 > 0:27:04Well, I'm the industrial exterior designer of small fine particles.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06What?
0:27:06 > 0:27:10You're a sand sweeper? Good luck! You've got your work cut out.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Yeah, well, we don't call it that!
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Industrial exterior designer.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23It's an important job.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27It's going to take a while.
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