0:00:02 > 0:00:03Hola, mis amigos!
0:00:03 > 0:00:06Bienvenidos a Barney's America Latina.
0:00:06 > 0:00:08Arriva, arriva! It's show time.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Let me introduce you to a carnival of creatures,
0:00:11 > 0:00:14from fabulously freaky frogs to hollering howler monkeys
0:00:14 > 0:00:17to manic meat-eating plants. Es magnifico!
0:00:17 > 0:00:19They are all connected to each other
0:00:19 > 0:00:22in this wonderful world of wildlife by funny,
0:00:22 > 0:00:24fabulous and fantastic facts.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27- Get on with it! - Oh, sorry. Tres, dos, uno...
0:00:27 > 0:00:31Es la hora de Barney's Latin America.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44Roll up, roll up, come and try my very special lucky dip.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46- Oh, how much? - 500 Costa Rican colones.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49Gracias, danke schon, por favor, hola.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52Eugh! It is full of slime.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54I told you it was special. What have you got?
0:00:54 > 0:00:57A gooey, smelly sock. Hang on a second.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00I thought you were supposed to get nice things from a lucky dip.
0:01:00 > 0:01:02No, this one is different. Have another go.
0:01:02 > 0:01:06What is this? A soggy loo roll?
0:01:06 > 0:01:11Well, that links very nicely today's theme. Stinky, pooey, gooey.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13You can't call a programme that.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16You can. In Latin America, the animals and plants
0:01:16 > 0:01:19do stinkiness, gooiness and pooiness just to survive.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Like the maned wolf's unique smelly perfume.
0:01:22 > 0:01:26The stomach-churning meal times of these birds.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28And the marine iguana, which snots out salt.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30In fact, I think you might be needing that.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33That is your slime protection suit.
0:01:33 > 0:01:36I don't need a slime protection suit. I am not afraid of a bit of slime.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38OK, don't say I didn't warn you.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Hold onto your stomachs. It is stinky, pooey, gooey.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45And first up, some lovely poo.
0:01:45 > 0:01:49That's disgusting. The only place for that is down the toilet.
0:01:49 > 0:01:50That's where you're wrong.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Many animals can put this pile of poo to good use.
0:01:53 > 0:01:55I smell something!
0:01:55 > 0:01:57The dung beetle, for example.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00This little creature lives and breathes the stuff.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Quite literally.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Smells like poo. Found any poo today?
0:02:05 > 0:02:06No, but I smell some somewhere!
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Race you! Last one there smells like rose petals!
0:02:09 > 0:02:12The beetles have an excellent sense of smell.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15They can sniff out a fresh pile of poo in minutes.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18I know it is round here somewhere. I can smell it a mile off.
0:02:18 > 0:02:22The beetles break pieces off the dung and roll it into a ball,
0:02:22 > 0:02:24then they dribble it all the way back to their nest.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26It's like a game of dung football.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30That beetle is called Wayne Pooney. He's a legend.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34- Where's he off to now?- He's rolling the ball back to his nest,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- where he will bury it until he's hungry.- Until he's hungry?
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- Yep.- hat? He doesn't actually eat it?
0:02:40 > 0:02:42That is so disgusting.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43Not really.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46The dung is full of goodness that the monkey couldn't digest.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48Baby beetles eat the solid part,
0:02:48 > 0:02:51and the adult beetles suck up the liquid.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55They don't need to eat or drink anything else -
0:02:55 > 0:02:59because the dung provides all the nutrients the beetles need.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Wow! I can't believe they live off poo. That's amazing.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05The dung beetle can bury up to 250 times
0:03:05 > 0:03:09its own weight of dung in one night.
0:03:09 > 0:03:14That's like me burying two massive double-decker buses. Awesome!
0:03:14 > 0:03:17See? You are getting into the spirit of things now, aren't you?
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Do you reckon you can find an animal
0:03:19 > 0:03:21as stinky and pooey as my dung beetle?
0:03:21 > 0:03:24All right, you're on.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28I reckon I can beat the dung beetle and its disgusting habits
0:03:28 > 0:03:30with our next creature, the capybara.
0:03:30 > 0:03:35Right, girls, in you get. Everyone in the mud.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38Do I have to? I had a bath yesterday.
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Wow, it looks like a giant guinea pig.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43Yes, the capybara is the big cousin of the guinea pig.
0:03:43 > 0:03:49So big, you wouldn't want this animal as a pet.
0:03:49 > 0:03:52In fact, capybaras are the largest rodents in the world.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53Did you hear that?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Largest rodents in the world.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57We're great, us, aren't we?
0:03:57 > 0:03:58- BLOWS RASPBERRY - Pardon me!
0:03:58 > 0:04:03After a nice mud Jacuzzi, the capybara have worked up an appetite.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05Oh, I love a bit of grass.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Their name actually means master of the grasses,
0:04:08 > 0:04:10because they eat so much of the stuff.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Hang on. I thought you said these animals had a disgusting habit.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18I can think of far worse things to eat than grass.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19Like what?
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Well, giant anteaters eat squirmy termites.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24Coatis eat raw eggs,
0:04:24 > 0:04:28and we have just seen the dung beetles eating poo.
0:04:28 > 0:04:32- What could be worse than that? - How about eating your own poo?
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Surely, the capybara, this cute, oversized guinea pig,
0:04:35 > 0:04:37doesn't eat its own poo?
0:04:37 > 0:04:39I don't know what the problem is. It's grass.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40But, yes, it is true,
0:04:40 > 0:04:44I like a little chew on the poo now and again.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Capybaras have trouble digesting their food,
0:04:46 > 0:04:48and need a second opportunity
0:04:48 > 0:04:51to get all the goodness out. So they eat their own poo.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Well, I hope he cleans his teeth well.
0:04:54 > 0:04:56- PARP:- Excuse me!
0:04:56 > 0:05:01So, the capybara is linked to the dung beetle,
0:05:01 > 0:05:03because they both eat poo.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Now, obviously, eating poo is pretty bad.
0:05:06 > 0:05:11- But some animals prefer it more than that.- What do you mean?
0:05:11 > 0:05:15- Well, instead of living in nests or borrows, they live on poo.- Nice.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Or not nice. You know what I mean.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Take the sloth moth, for example.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24While the sloth is minding its own business up in the tree,
0:05:24 > 0:05:27the little critters burrow into his thick fur
0:05:27 > 0:05:29to hide from predators and hitch a ride.
0:05:29 > 0:05:33- All aboard the bus, please. - Got room for another little one?
0:05:35 > 0:05:36Then once a week,
0:05:36 > 0:05:38the sloth climbs down to do a poop on the ground.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Seems like I've only just had a poo.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44He takes his passengers with him.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Hold on tight at the back.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49I bet the moths have to hold their noses.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51This is what they have been waiting for.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55The moths take this as their cue to jump off the sloth into the poo,
0:05:55 > 0:05:57where the female moth lays her eggs.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00Ooh, look at that lovely poo. I have to have it!
0:06:00 > 0:06:03Leave it alone, it's mine!
0:06:03 > 0:06:07So the baby moths are born in a cradle of poo?
0:06:07 > 0:06:08Yeah, but it's ideal.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11The nutrients in the poop provide the perfect start
0:06:11 > 0:06:13to life for these moth babies.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15And the adults quite like it, too.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Not my idea of a balanced diet.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20Me neither. But it works for these guys.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23They don't let good poo go to waste.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25And when they have had a good feed,
0:06:25 > 0:06:28they fly off to look for another sloth to live on.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31And the sloth moth is linked back to the capybara,
0:06:31 > 0:06:34who also recognises the nutritional value of poo.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37Gross! But fascinating.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- What are you doing?- I thought we would do away with the poop.
0:06:40 > 0:06:44So I have got some mud and some water, and I'm making a mud pie.
0:06:44 > 0:06:48# Half a pound of mud in a bowl Half a pint of water
0:06:48 > 0:06:50# Mix it up and make it nice... #
0:06:50 > 0:06:52I can't seem to get the consistency right.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54That is because you are missing two vital ingredients.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57- What are they? - I'm surprised you can't guess.
0:06:57 > 0:07:02It is simple. I will let the giant otter show you.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04We ain't showing you nothing!
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Forget about it. We are showing you nothing.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09This family of giant otters
0:07:09 > 0:07:12are the real experts when it comes to making mud pies.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14What, they eat mud pies for dinner every night?
0:07:14 > 0:07:17They don't eat them, but they do make them.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20Right outside their front door, in fact. Look.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22First, they choose a muddy spot.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Oh, that looks nice and muddy.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Then they add some poo and wee, and mix it in.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Poo and wee? What is wrong with simple mud and water?
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Well, the wee and poo stink really bad,
0:07:34 > 0:07:37so it's what the otters use to mark their territory.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42Just like the sloth moth, they don't let good poo go to waste.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48It must smell like a really bad toilet.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52You don't need poo and wee to make a pie.
0:07:52 > 0:07:56Whatever you put in here works just fine. Let's try.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58Mmm. See, it's perfect.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00What did you put in here, by the way?
0:08:05 > 0:08:06Gem...?
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Tricked you! It's only chocolate mix.
0:08:08 > 0:08:15Phew! From now on, let's leave the mud pie making to the otters.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19They're linked to the sloth moth as they both put poo to good use.
0:08:21 > 0:08:26After all that poo, I feel a nice, genteel story coming on.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Cool, I love a good story.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Once upon a time in a far-off land called Latin America,
0:08:32 > 0:08:35there lived a beautiful maned wolf.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Wow, she is really pretty.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40But also, an unusual-looking wolf,
0:08:40 > 0:08:43covered in red fur and with long, gangly legs.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45She had nicknames like...
0:08:45 > 0:08:50- Red Fox On Stilts. Little Ginger. - I hope she doesn't mind.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52The name Little Ginger stuck, actually,
0:08:52 > 0:08:55even though she was one of the most beautiful
0:08:55 > 0:08:56and elegant wolves imaginable.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58I love your red fur coat, Little Ginger.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Why, thank you.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Little Ginger loved prancing through the grasslands of her home,
0:09:04 > 0:09:07singing little songs to herself all day long.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10# Tra-la-la-la-la Tra-la-la-la-la. #
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Wait a minute. This is all a bit happy.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16I thought today's programme was all about gross things.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Hang on, I'm getting to that bit.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20One day, an intruder animal came
0:09:20 > 0:09:23and tried to push Little Ginger out of her homeland.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Oi, sling it!
0:09:28 > 0:09:32Oh, I'm so sad! I don't know what to do.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Oh, stop crying, wolf.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37She roamed around homeless for days.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42- And nights.- OK, it's sad, but where is the gross bit, Barney?
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Patience, Gem!
0:09:45 > 0:09:48Until one day, Little Ginger came across a stinky skunk.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51I am so smelly, and you have nothing.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55The skunk gave Ginger a cunning plan to win back her territory.
0:09:55 > 0:09:56What did she do?
0:09:56 > 0:09:58She devised a strong smelling perfume,
0:09:58 > 0:10:00which she could spray around her territory.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05So that no animal would want to steal her home ever again.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Clever Little Ginger. What was her secret ingredient?
0:10:08 > 0:10:09I might have to get some.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- I don't think so. It is made of wee-wee.- Wee?
0:10:12 > 0:10:15Yes, and to this day, Little Ginger and all the other maned wolves
0:10:15 > 0:10:18spray their territories with their wee
0:10:18 > 0:10:21to show other animals which is their patch.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24It's a happy ending to the story.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Now, the maned wolf is linked to the giant otter
0:10:27 > 0:10:30as they both use poo or wee to mark their territory.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32I reckon it's time for a recap.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33Good idea.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36So, first up in our stinky, pooey, gooey show,
0:10:36 > 0:10:39- it was the dung beetle. - All right, mate?
0:10:39 > 0:10:43He stores the poo of other animals, and then he eats it.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Next, our overgrown guinea pig, the capybara.
0:10:45 > 0:10:48Excuse me. Just passing through.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51It has trouble digesting its food,
0:10:51 > 0:10:53so it poops it out and gobbles it up again.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Similar to our dung-loving dung beetle.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Then it was our sloth moth.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00The adult moths lay their eggs in the sloth poo,
0:11:00 > 0:11:03so the babies have a nice soft cradle and instant poo food.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Like the capybara,
0:11:05 > 0:11:08they also recognise the nutritional value of poo.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Our giant otters use their smelly poo and wee to mark their territory,
0:11:12 > 0:11:15just like the sloth moths they put poo to good use.
0:11:15 > 0:11:16Wow, waste not, want not.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19That's disgusting.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Our maned wolf makes her own waste products work for her.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25She loves spraying her wee to keep other animals away,
0:11:25 > 0:11:29just like the otters, to mark her territory.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32After our poo and wee fest, guess what's next?
0:11:32 > 0:11:33Is it something else gross?
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Is it something gooey and slimy?
0:11:39 > 0:11:45Yep! It's a snake, but the snake itself isn't slimy.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46It has cool, dry skin.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48It is called a thirst snake.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51If it is thirsty, why doesn't it have a drink?
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Right now, it's got something else on its mind.
0:11:53 > 0:11:55- Slime.- Slime?
0:11:55 > 0:11:58Yes, the more slime, the better.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I think I have found me some slime!
0:12:02 > 0:12:05The snake tastes the air with its tongue and follows
0:12:05 > 0:12:09slime trails looking for slimy animals to eat like snails and slugs.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Yes, siree, it's a slime trail!
0:12:12 > 0:12:15So, why do slugs and snails leave trails?
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Snail trails! I am a poet and I didn't know it.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21So unoriginal, Barney.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Getting back to the story, unlike the snake,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26snails and slugs need oozy slime to move around on.
0:12:26 > 0:12:30But it also gives this thirst snake an easy track to follow.
0:12:30 > 0:12:33- Look out, snail!- Ah, what is this?
0:12:33 > 0:12:36It's got a hat on. How do you get into this one?
0:12:36 > 0:12:39- Leave me alone!- OK, sorry.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41A lucky escape there for the snail.
0:12:41 > 0:12:45Not so sure this slug will have such a happy ending, though.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48The snake is never going to be able to swallow that.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50He won't let size get in his way.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54He has got a special trick, a double-hinged jaw
0:12:54 > 0:12:57which allows him to open his mouth really wide
0:12:57 > 0:12:59so he can fit in all shapes and sizes of slugs.
0:12:59 > 0:13:05When he's done, the snake yawns to click his jaw back into place.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07That was delicious!
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Wow, that was clever, if a little stomach-churning.
0:13:11 > 0:13:14Well, the snake has got to eat something to survive.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17So, the thirst snake is linked to the maned wolf,
0:13:17 > 0:13:21as they both use stinky and slimy trails to their advantage.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25Ah, pretty butterflies.
0:13:25 > 0:13:26Not so nice, though.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29Look how these butterflies are irritating the otters.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32Oh, yeah. What are they doing?
0:13:32 > 0:13:35They are trying to drink the salty tears from the otters' eyes.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39- Yum yum! - The otters don't look too happy.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41They keep batting the butterflies away.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43You wouldn't be happy if a butterfly
0:13:43 > 0:13:45was trying to stick its tongue in your eye.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49And not just any tongue, either. A special butterfly tongue thingy.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51Professor?
0:13:51 > 0:13:56The tongue is a long, narrow tube called a proboscis.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59Yes, that. And the butterfly uses its, um, proboscis
0:13:59 > 0:14:02like a straw to suck up tasty things.
0:14:02 > 0:14:07For these butterflies, nothing is tastier than salty otter tears.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Wouldn't be my choice of refreshment.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11What are they doing to those turtles?
0:14:11 > 0:14:14Lot of turtle tears for me, please.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17Well, in fact, any tears will do. # Any tears will do... #
0:14:17 > 0:14:19These turtles are easy targets
0:14:19 > 0:14:21as they can't swipe the butterflies away.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23The butterflies are having a drink.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26I wonder why they like salt so much?
0:14:26 > 0:14:27Everyone likes a bit of salt.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Especially on chips. Ooh, chips.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35No, Barney, these butterflies need the sodium found in salt
0:14:35 > 0:14:36to help produce pheromones,
0:14:36 > 0:14:40a type of chemical which they used to attract a mate.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41That makes more sense.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Gimme some, gimme some, gimme some.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48Once they have had their fill of tears, it's time for pudding.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50What do they have for pudding?
0:14:50 > 0:14:52It can't be as bad as turtle tears.
0:14:52 > 0:14:56No, it is worse. Remember the otters smeared poo outside their home?
0:14:56 > 0:15:01Yeah? Oh, no, don't tell me the butterflies eat otter poo?
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Look at them, getting stuck in there.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07They're attracted by the smell and suck up the liquid.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10That's some diet, turtle tears and otter poo.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13The butterflies are linked back to the thirst snake
0:15:13 > 0:15:16as they both rely on the natural products of other animals.
0:15:18 > 0:15:22Our next animal is found only on the Galapagos Islands, the marine iguana.
0:15:22 > 0:15:28All right, Sheila? Get your bathers on, boys, let's go surfing.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31These lizards are expert surfers.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34Come on, mate, let's show them how it's done.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37First one to catch a wave gets seaweed. Hang ten, mate.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40Look out! Here comes a big one!
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Weeeeeeee!
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Check out that dude riding the wave.
0:15:44 > 0:15:50Yep, the iguanas have to be strong swimmers and divers, too.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54With only one breath, they have to dive underwater
0:15:54 > 0:15:56to feed on algae on the seabed.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Now, that's cool.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01He can hold his breath and feed underwater at the same time?
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Yes, but there's one problem.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07The iguanas snort in too much salt as they're feeding.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10I'm suddenly overwhelmed by a need to blow my nose.
0:16:10 > 0:16:11I must go right away.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15So they end up with loads of salty snot up their noses?
0:16:15 > 0:16:16Anyone got a handkerchief?
0:16:16 > 0:16:19These guys don't bother with hankies,
0:16:19 > 0:16:22they just sneeze the salty snot straight out.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27- A-choo!- Bless you.- Bless you. - A-choo!
0:16:27 > 0:16:29A great way of clearing the nasal passages.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33Yeah, a great way.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36This sea air has given me some quite salty snot.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38A-a-a...
0:16:38 > 0:16:43A-a-a-a a-choo!
0:16:43 > 0:16:47- Excuse me. - Barney, you've got it on your head.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Eugh!
0:16:49 > 0:16:52Don't worry, the iguanas do, too.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56When they snot out salt into the air, some of it lands back on their heads,
0:16:56 > 0:16:57forming a crusty white snotty wig.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Mmm. Tasty.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05And the salty, snotty iguana is linked back
0:17:05 > 0:17:08to the butterflies as they both take on board a lot of salt.
0:17:10 > 0:17:13And now I give you the baby scarlet ibis.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16Aw! They're really cute.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18I know, but there's one small problem.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20Because the baby birds can't fly or swim yet,
0:17:20 > 0:17:22they can't go hunting for food,
0:17:22 > 0:17:26- so the parents came up with an ingenious solution.- I'm starving!
0:17:26 > 0:17:29There must be some food around here somewhere.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Here, shrimpy, shrimpy. Here's one.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37She's gobbling all the food up for herself.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40I thought she was supposed to be feeding her babies?
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Yeah, that's the bit coming up. Quite literally.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47Rather than trying to carry the food back in her beak, she swallows it.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Then, back at base, she...
0:17:49 > 0:17:52RETCHING
0:17:52 > 0:17:55Brings it right back for her little babies.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57It's known as regurgitation.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- It doesn't look very appetising. - But it is nutritional.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03Look, these other birds do it, too.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05RETCHING
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Does everything in this programme have to be so disgusting?
0:18:11 > 0:18:14That's the point calling it Stinky, Pooey, Gooey.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17For the scarlet ibis, and lots of other birds,
0:18:17 > 0:18:21it's a great way of making sure the baby gets food directly
0:18:21 > 0:18:24from the parents without anybody else stealing it.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Even if it's a clever way of feeding your babies,
0:18:26 > 0:18:29I still wouldn't want to get my breakfast like that.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Me neither.
0:18:32 > 0:18:35But anyway, the scarlet ibis is linked to the marine iguana
0:18:35 > 0:18:38as they both have to bring something back up.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Right then, Gem, what's next? I can't see anything.
0:18:41 > 0:18:46Hold your horses. Here she comes, slithering through the undergrowth.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49What is it? It's like a giant blue earthworm.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53It's not a worm, it's got a backbone, and worms don't have backbones.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55- This is a caecilian.- A caecilian?
0:18:55 > 0:18:57That sounds like a type of pizza.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00It's actually an amphibian related to frogs.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Second cousins once removed.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07It looks like the frog things have got themselves in a tangle.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09Caecilians, Barney, caecilians.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13And they're not tangled, this is a mother and her babies.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16Babies which are hungry. And here's the twist.
0:19:19 > 0:19:20Oh, they've got teeth!
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Gem, I think the babies are eating their mum!
0:19:24 > 0:19:26Calm down, Barney, this is the mum's trick.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28She grows a thick layer of skin
0:19:28 > 0:19:31especially for her babies every three days.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33It's really nutritious and the babies love it.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36They gnaw away at it with their tiny teeth.
0:19:36 > 0:19:38She must be a real yummy mummy.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41- Yum, yum, yum.- Er, yeah.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44And eating so much skin means the babies grow
0:19:44 > 0:19:47up to ten times their own weight in a week.
0:19:47 > 0:19:51I never knew there was so much nutritional value in eating skin.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54Does biting your nails count?
0:19:54 > 0:19:56No, Barney!
0:19:58 > 0:20:01Caecilians are linked to the scarlet ibis
0:20:01 > 0:20:04as both parents feed gross things to their babies.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07What are you doing? Is that something in your ear?
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Yeah...
0:20:10 > 0:20:11Ear wax.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14Brilliant, that'll come in handy.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17- Do you want some?- No, thanks!
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Gross! You're so disgusting.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23It's better than letting your skin dry out in the sun.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Ear wax doesn't protect your skin.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27The waxy tree frog thinks it does.
0:20:30 > 0:20:34This frog has special glands which ooze wax.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37It rubs the wax all over its body to keep itself moist
0:20:37 > 0:20:40and protect its skin from drying out in the heat of the sun.
0:20:40 > 0:20:44Hey, chico, let's rub some of that waxy stuff in
0:20:44 > 0:20:46and let's get some rays.
0:20:46 > 0:20:51Sunbathing. I love a bit. Get it all over.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54It's one of the only animals in the world
0:20:54 > 0:20:57that can stay out for so long in the sun without burning.
0:20:57 > 0:21:02- Clever. Don't forget to rub it behind your ears, boys.- Rub it, yeah.
0:21:02 > 0:21:06I can rub some into my back. I can't reach the back...
0:21:07 > 0:21:10So, the waxy tree frog is linked to the caecilian
0:21:10 > 0:21:12as they both have important skin.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20- What's that smell? - That'll be my next animal.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22You can often smell them before you see them.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25- It's like a musky, piggy smell. - Exactly!
0:21:25 > 0:21:30Introducing the musk hog, or, more correctly, the collared peccary.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33Are you sure, Gem? He looks like a big, hairy pig to me.
0:21:33 > 0:21:35They are related to pigs,
0:21:35 > 0:21:38but their name comes from the collar around their necks.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42And you don't tend to get domestic pigs with teeth like these guys.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Wow, scary.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49I know. They use their razor-sharp tusks to defend themselves.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52I'm not sure anything would want to go near them anyway
0:21:52 > 0:21:53with that smell in the air.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59- SNIFFS:- What's that smell?- Not me. - Or me.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02- No, wasn't me.- Not me.- Not me.
0:22:02 > 0:22:06Hang on, it's you. I can smell it on you. It's you.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08- All right, it's me.- How very rude.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Breaking wind in public, I'd never do that.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Yeah, right.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14They haven't broken wind,
0:22:14 > 0:22:17that smell is their defence and communication system.
0:22:17 > 0:22:21It's emitted from a special gland on their backs.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24Special gland schmand, it stinks, Gem. What's the point of that?
0:22:24 > 0:22:28They use the smell to warn other peccaries of danger.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34- OK, like a warning stink bomb? - Yeah, I guess so.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37And they also use the smell to keep in touch with each other
0:22:37 > 0:22:39and stay close when they're on the move.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42- Where are they?- I'm over here, guys. Over here.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46- Oh, hello!- Hi, guys.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49So that's why they're rubbing their smell all over each other?
0:22:49 > 0:22:52No deodorant for these guys, they love their body odour.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55You would, too, if it helped you survive
0:22:55 > 0:22:56in the wild of Latin America.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01And the collard peccaries are linked back to the waxy tree frog
0:23:01 > 0:23:04as they both coat themselves in their own natural products.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Ah, fresh flowers.
0:23:09 > 0:23:13Finally a break from all those stinky, pooey, gooey animals.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15What a wonderful way to end the show, Barney.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17They are orchids and in Latin America
0:23:17 > 0:23:19there are a load of different ones.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Some smell lovely, but others, here and worldwide,
0:23:23 > 0:23:25have a rather different aroma.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Imagine the smell of sweaty socks,
0:23:27 > 0:23:32or a dustbin that hasn't been emptied for a whole year.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34GEM GAGS
0:23:34 > 0:23:38What orchids could possibly want to smell bad?
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Stinky plants like this are found all over the world,
0:23:41 > 0:23:45from Latin America to Australia, Europe to Papua New Guinea,
0:23:45 > 0:23:47and the smell is all part of a trick to make sure
0:23:47 > 0:23:51their pollen gets transported from one plant to another.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54- They all depend on flies for survival.- What's that fly doing?
0:23:54 > 0:23:58I wouldn't want to go anywhere near stinky orchid.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59For this fly, the flower smells
0:23:59 > 0:24:02of its most favourite thing in the world, rotting meat.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06Flamin' galah. Would you look at that? A barbie!
0:24:06 > 0:24:08And see the red bit in the middle?
0:24:08 > 0:24:11It's designed to look like a piece of meat so the fly
0:24:11 > 0:24:13is attracted to the look and the smell,
0:24:13 > 0:24:15- thinking it's found a tasty meal. - Yummy(!)
0:24:15 > 0:24:18So yummy! Oh, hello.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22But as the fly moves, the orchid closes in.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Hello? Anyone there? I'm stuck.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29Trapping the fly while the orchid attaches pollen to its back.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32This is the orchid's con, and what they wanted to happen.
0:24:32 > 0:24:35They rely on it for pollination.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37I'm free! I won't do that again!
0:24:37 > 0:24:41I bet he's learned his lesson now. He won't fall for that one again.
0:24:41 > 0:24:44Well, the fly is pretty forgetful.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Just a few minutes later, it's tricked by another plant.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Oh! What's that? A barbecue? All for me?
0:24:52 > 0:24:54Marvellous!
0:24:54 > 0:24:56Thank goodness I'm not a fly.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Anyone there? I'm stuck!
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Hello? Anyone there?
0:25:03 > 0:25:06And that's how stinky plants around the world
0:25:06 > 0:25:08get pollen from place to place, on the back of a fly.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Free at last. I won't do that again.
0:25:12 > 0:25:15Oh, what's that red thing over there?
0:25:15 > 0:25:18The orchids are linked to the collared peccary because,
0:25:18 > 0:25:20quite frankly, they both stink.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23What an amazing array of smells, poo, and goo.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Let's have a look at how our Latin American animals
0:25:25 > 0:25:28and plants have all put them to good use.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30First up, it was the dung beetle,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33who stores the poo of other animals and then eats it.
0:25:33 > 0:25:37Next, the capybara who has trouble digesting its food first time round,
0:25:37 > 0:25:40so it poops it out and gobbles it up again.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43They obviously have the same taste as the dung beetle.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Nice.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Then the sloth moth who lay their eggs in sloth dung
0:25:47 > 0:25:51so the babies have a nice, soft cradle and instant food.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Another one on a pooey diet.
0:25:54 > 0:25:55Then the giant otters.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58They're linked back to the sloth moth as they put their poo
0:25:58 > 0:26:01and wee to good use, making mud pies to mark their territory.
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Next, it was the maned wolf.
0:26:03 > 0:26:06Just like the giant otters, they spray their wee around
0:26:06 > 0:26:07to mark their territory.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11The thirst snake is attracted to gross things, slug slime.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13- It can't get enough of the stuff. - Delicious!
0:26:13 > 0:26:15It's linked to the maned wolf
0:26:15 > 0:26:18as they both use stinky and slimy trails to their advantage.
0:26:18 > 0:26:21Our South American butterflies have a taste salt,
0:26:21 > 0:26:24particularly turtle tears.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27They rely on the natural products of other animals.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30The marine iguanas take on board a lot of salt,
0:26:30 > 0:26:32just like the butterflies.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- But these guys have to snot some of it out again.- Bless you.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38They aren't the only ones who bring something back up.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40Linked to the marine iguanas,
0:26:40 > 0:26:44these scarlet ibis parents have to throw up their food for the chicks.
0:26:44 > 0:26:47And the caecilian is linked to the scarlet ibis
0:26:47 > 0:26:51as it also feeds its babies something gross, its own skin!
0:26:51 > 0:26:52Yum, yum, yum, yum.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55The waxy tree frog is linked to the caecilian
0:26:55 > 0:26:57as they both have important skin.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59It uses a special wax to keep its skin moist
0:26:59 > 0:27:01in the heat of the midday sun.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04And the waxy tree frog is linked to the collared peccary
0:27:04 > 0:27:07as they coat themselves in their own natural products.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09The orchid is linked to the collared peccary
0:27:09 > 0:27:12because they both stink.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15And finally, the orchid is also linked all the way back
0:27:15 > 0:27:18to the dung beetle as they both use smells to their advantage.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24It's been great experiencing the smells, the poo, and the goo
0:27:24 > 0:27:28of Latin America's animals and plants.
0:27:28 > 0:27:33And I haven't had to use my slime protection suit! Ha-ha-ha!
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Oh!
0:27:35 > 0:27:39Agh!
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Right, you, have it! Agh!
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Well, I suppose we couldn't do a show called Stinky, Pooey, Gooey
0:27:46 > 0:27:48without getting a bit of it on us, could we?
0:27:50 > 0:27:53- Thanks. You missed a bit.- Argh! - Ha-ha-ha!
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