:00:10. > :00:14.Hello, this time Live 'n' Deadly is coming to from Wales and a very
:00:14. > :00:19.special part of Wales. In the distance there, those mountains are
:00:19. > :00:23.the Brecon Beacons. Close to 1,000 metres in height and that is apt
:00:23. > :00:28.because today's programme is full of animals will deal with the high
:00:28. > :00:33.places in their world with grace, elegance and ease. Yeah, might have
:00:33. > :00:38.to work on the grace and elegance and ease bit! This is Live 'n'
:00:38. > :00:48.Deadly. Our convoy is touring the UK in search of all things wild.
:00:48. > :00:54.
:00:54. > :01:04.And you are coming with us every Start on the soap on a Saturday
:01:04. > :01:10.
:01:10. > :01:17.Hello! It is now No 2 am on a sunny Saturday morning and we are coming
:01:17. > :01:21.to life. Every week we are on the the move going to some of the best
:01:21. > :01:25.places in the country for wildlife and adventure. This week we are in
:01:25. > :01:30.the very warm holes of the Wales at the Llangorse Activity Centre in
:01:30. > :01:34.the stunning Brecon Beacons. The this is my home away from home.
:01:34. > :01:39.had brought along a whole bunch of my own at buddies for the it is
:01:39. > :01:46.alive and deadly crew. Looking bright child and bushy-tailed for
:01:46. > :01:50.us this morning. It is the Live 'n' Deadly audience. And our very
:01:50. > :01:57.special guest is a mountaineer, a climber, an athlete, were the best
:01:57. > :02:02.name in the whole world, a big Live 'n' Deadly welcome for Squash
:02:02. > :02:07.Falconer! And we will witness a balancing act extraordinary air. It
:02:07. > :02:13.is the Maverick Slackliners! They will be showing us how that's done
:02:13. > :02:20.later on. We certainly won't be slacking. I love it. We have got
:02:20. > :02:24.all of this coming up on the show this morning. Steve said some
:02:24. > :02:29.Scottish explorers a deadly mission to track an animal with a bite big
:02:29. > :02:34.enough to fell a tree. Naomi is finding out what it's like to fly
:02:34. > :02:42.like a bird. Steve gets to grips with some of the biggest spiders on
:02:42. > :02:49.the planets. You are going to be facing your fair and holding one of
:02:49. > :02:54.these. A big hairy house spider. I really have to hold it? Can I
:02:54. > :02:59.just look at it? If you want to make a stand for Iraq were phobics
:02:59. > :03:03.everywhere, you should, yes. We want to get you opt out there, but
:03:03. > :03:07.at all times watching out for the wildlife which surround you thought
:03:07. > :03:13.of here in Wales, that could well be this incredibly dramatic bird of
:03:13. > :03:19.prey. The Welsh forests around us are the best place in the whole of
:03:19. > :03:27.the UK for this extraordinary bird. With its sharp talons, its piercing
:03:27. > :03:32.call, the goshawk it is the master of hunting. It has an incredible
:03:32. > :03:38.method of flying which allows this to dodge in and out of trees,
:03:38. > :03:46.hunting down animals for the its power is simply extraordinary. It
:03:46. > :03:56.is an airborne a miniature witches coven to get you! Yes, this is the
:03:56. > :04:04.best plays in the UK to see one. -- An airborne and injure. An old
:04:04. > :04:09.friend is with us today, Lloyd. He has brought with him, Ellie the
:04:09. > :04:17.goshawk. She is so dramatically striking force of her eyes seemed
:04:17. > :04:22.to Pearce right through you. Can you just show us her wings? Ellie
:04:22. > :04:27.is a heavy bird but her wingspan is not that dramatic. Others would
:04:27. > :04:32.have bigger. They are short, rounded at the end and that means
:04:32. > :04:38.she's mass less likely go to get caught on brambles as she is flying
:04:38. > :04:46.through the underground. Her tale is broad and almost acts like a
:04:46. > :04:53.rudder. She is adept at hunting. She can go crashing into the
:04:53. > :04:59.undergrowth to grab a rabbit. Because she has a totally different
:04:59. > :05:07.method of hunting so we thought we tried an experiment. Let me take my
:05:07. > :05:11.gloves. Look how keen she is. The over here, let's imagine that all
:05:11. > :05:15.of this camouflage netting and his board is a really thick woodland.
:05:15. > :05:21.On this side, a rabbit is down here munching the grass, and the only
:05:21. > :05:26.way through this is through that hole. How on earth will she get
:05:26. > :05:31.through there? With surprising ease. But way too fast for our eyes to
:05:31. > :05:36.fully appreciate. We have a super slow-motion camera, which slows
:05:36. > :05:45.everything right down. If you want to see how this works, yesterday we
:05:45. > :05:51.filmed this. This is a water balloon being pop to. It kind of
:05:51. > :05:57.friezes reality. It's a beautiful. The water hangs together in one
:05:57. > :06:02.place for an eternity. Obviously, it is over faster than the human
:06:02. > :06:07.eye could realise, so we are going to use this fabulous but the
:06:07. > :06:11.technology to see macro hole de a flying through the hole. -- Ellie
:06:11. > :06:21.flying through the hole. How does she get through a tiny gap like
:06:21. > :06:26.this? Well, let's see. Ellie. First time. That was absolutely superb.
:06:26. > :06:32.She is just going to go into the bushes with her food in it true
:06:32. > :06:36.goshawk style, because they like to eat in peace. Hopefully we can see
:06:36. > :06:42.that now in slow motion. You can see her flying towards the hole
:06:42. > :06:46.from the other side. She doesn't lose any speed at all. Straight
:06:46. > :06:52.through the hole at out through the other side and her talons a swing
:06:52. > :06:57.for would but obviously, if this was a real situation, they would be
:06:57. > :07:00.ready to plunge into a rabbit. With an animal as spectacular and
:07:00. > :07:07.powerful as this, they simply wouldn't stand a chance. Thank you
:07:07. > :07:12.very much. This has surely got to go on the Top Ten deadly board?
:07:12. > :07:17.without a shadow of the doubt. Incredible. Thank you. Up on the
:07:17. > :07:22.board it goes. Just to remind you, the deadly animals are going to go
:07:22. > :07:26.up on this side of the board. We will then decide which animal goes
:07:26. > :07:36.on to the ultimate Top Ten deadliest list, and go into the
:07:36. > :07:37.
:07:37. > :07:47.grand finale. Week one. Water monitor was the winner. Week two.
:07:47. > :07:49.
:07:49. > :07:52.Sea eagle. Week three. Kestrel. Coming up later, we have Beat
:07:52. > :08:02.Backshall. We have got a physical challenge for him this week. You
:08:02. > :08:05.don't want to miss it. So send us your most devilishly difficult
:08:05. > :08:07.wildlife questions. All you have to do is go to the CBBC website
:08:07. > :08:11.bbc.co.uk/cbbc. Once you're there, click on Beat Backshall and you
:08:11. > :08:14.never know, it might just be your question that has him stumped. Last
:08:14. > :08:19.week we asked for of photographs of big animals and you have had some
:08:19. > :08:27.pretty close encounters. This is Ben, aged eight, swimming with
:08:27. > :08:33.whale shark in Mexico. Katie, she met a cheetah in South Africa.
:08:33. > :08:37.Fantastic. This is Hope, aged six, with friend Poppy holding salmon
:08:37. > :08:42.pink bird eating spider at Alnwick Gardens. You are one brave lady.
:08:42. > :08:52.This week we want your best up and adventure photographs, please. If
:08:52. > :09:02.
:09:02. > :09:06.you have been pony-trekking or been to a climbing centre like this one.
:09:06. > :09:08.Now our next guest knows a thing or two about high flying adventures.
:09:08. > :09:11.She's climbed some of the world's highest mountains. But she doesn't
:09:11. > :09:14.walk back down again. Oh no. She flies! Squash Falconer likes taking
:09:14. > :09:19.to the air and she's taking her skills to the extreme. She has
:09:20. > :09:23.scaled some of the world's highest mountains. Earlier this year she
:09:23. > :09:28.fulfilled a lifelong dream by scaling Everest, the world's
:09:28. > :09:32.highest mountain but the record breaker for her was to become the
:09:33. > :09:41.first woman to paraglider from Mount blog, a 3,000 metre jump into
:09:41. > :09:51.the unknown. She is joining us now. Give it up for Squash Falconer!
:09:51. > :09:52.
:09:52. > :10:02.Thank you for coming on. His Squash Falconer your real name? No, it the
:10:02. > :10:05.nickname. My sister name to be. did you get into mountaineering?
:10:05. > :10:09.did a ski season when I was 18 and then some of my friends were
:10:09. > :10:14.climbing mountains and I thought I fancied having a go at that.
:10:14. > :10:18.didn't fancy walking back down again? No, the first and we walked,
:10:19. > :10:25.and then I took a snowboard and eventually I took my paraglider and
:10:25. > :10:30.flew down. How do you do that? is my lightweight paraglider. It
:10:30. > :10:35.turns into a harness. I set it up on the top and I can then take off
:10:35. > :10:39.and fly down. Sometimes you use wildlife to tell about the
:10:39. > :10:47.conditions? Yes, the birds can catch the thermals and fly up. If
:10:47. > :10:51.you see that, you can follow them and it's amazing. You unwittingly
:10:51. > :10:57.had a world record first. That's right to put up after I climbed
:10:57. > :11:03.Mount blank, I was the first British female to do it. How long
:11:04. > :11:09.did it take? Two days to go up and 20 minutes to go down. What about
:11:09. > :11:15.your knickers? I think if your knickers are right, everything will
:11:15. > :11:23.go right. I have a clean pair of knickers to go down the mountain.
:11:23. > :11:29.like that. 1 I climbed a mountain, I never changed my pants once, and
:11:29. > :11:32.it was six weeks. I'm off to Mexico to explore it on a motorbike boys
:11:32. > :11:38.have a completely different challenge the we have a bigger
:11:38. > :11:44.challenge for you later on. I did have my very own aerial adventure
:11:44. > :11:52.this summer. It's not quite as extreme as your adventure. I felt
:11:52. > :11:57.what was like to soar like a bird. Yes, it is a big adventure time,
:11:57. > :12:03.Naomi style! I've come to South Wales to meet one of that most
:12:03. > :12:07.distinctive birds in the UK. The red kite has a wingspan of nearly
:12:07. > :12:14.two metres and the ability to stay airborne for hours with hardly
:12:14. > :12:19.using its wings. Roger has kindly agreed to introduce me to his red
:12:19. > :12:26.kite, called Mr Black. When he's flying around the skies, a just
:12:26. > :12:31.looks great. How can he barely flap his wings? He's a real glider force
:12:31. > :12:37.that he has very large wings for his body weight which means he does
:12:37. > :12:42.not need a lot of wind to be able to levitate. Thermals are little
:12:42. > :12:47.bubbles of hot air, and when they rise up, he gets into one of them,
:12:47. > :12:53.and up he goes for the then he goes and finds another one and goes up
:12:53. > :13:01.again. He's riding the bubbles of hot air. Exactly. What are his
:13:01. > :13:07.distinguishable features? His tale. He's got a forked tail. It so long,
:13:07. > :13:13.isn't it? It really helps him to steer and put his brakes on.
:13:13. > :13:19.used it like a red on a boat? When he is in flight, is the always
:13:19. > :13:23.hunting for food or enjoying himself? Both. Being a predator,
:13:23. > :13:28.he's always looking for food. Very often, if he sees something to read
:13:28. > :13:33.on the ground, he likes to go in fairly quickly, and he will reach
:13:33. > :13:40.out with his long legs, grab the food of the ground, straight back
:13:40. > :13:46.up and he eats it on the way. do you think if we were to send him
:13:46. > :13:56.off, he may land on me? I think there is a strong possibility.
:13:56. > :14:06.Shall we give it a go? Why not? Put your glove on the left hand. A bit
:14:06. > :14:12.of food. He likes that. A bouquet. Here he comes. He's coming. -- OK.
:14:12. > :14:17.Massive wings. Oh, had you bought something for me? What is this? Now
:14:17. > :14:24.that is what you call a male. Would you mind holding him for me so I
:14:24. > :14:27.can see what this is? You have got up close and personal with one of
:14:28. > :14:33.the most elegant birds of prey in the UK. That is certainly true.
:14:33. > :14:36.This mission takes you one step further. Where better to experience
:14:36. > :14:43.and appreciate the graceful flight of the red kite than sharing the
:14:43. > :14:51.very same thermals? It's time to fly like a kite. Yes! That sounds
:14:51. > :15:01.like my cup of tea. But remember, they never miss a target. You guys
:15:01. > :15:09.
:15:09. > :15:12.never make this easy for me, do High heel of a man taking you for a
:15:12. > :15:17.flight. Steve is a paragliding pilots and will be helping me to
:15:17. > :15:21.fly like a kite. The live and deadly team have positioned a
:15:21. > :15:31.flight from the edge of the hill, and my mission is to granite mid-
:15:31. > :15:58.
:15:58. > :16:02.This is the most phenomenal thing I have ever done! We are so high! Now
:16:02. > :16:12.that I am airborne, Roger releases Mr Black who share the same
:16:12. > :16:15.
:16:15. > :16:21.There he is, down there! Where is he? There he is, lovely. Peter off!
:16:21. > :16:30.I will try to stay with him. Look at that impressive wingspan, forked
:16:30. > :16:37.tail. The wing tips, he is just stunning. We are going round and
:16:37. > :16:46.round. How do we feel the thermals? That instrument that is leaving his
:16:46. > :16:51.telling me that we are going up. Can you feel it as well? He has, I
:16:51. > :16:56.can feel it, just like the bird can feel it in its wings. When he has
:16:56. > :17:00.his wings spread right out. this very same bird, which looks so
:17:00. > :17:10.graceful gliding on the thermals, is capable of picking out and
:17:10. > :17:11.
:17:11. > :17:18.So it is time for us to go in for these two. We surely cannot do this
:17:19. > :17:28.as accurately as the bird? Let's see if I can even compete. OK, here
:17:29. > :17:43.
:17:43. > :17:49.Here we go! Wish us luck. It is a little bit hairy, isn't it? Oh,
:17:49. > :17:59.that was the closest! No, we really just cannot do this, can we? Come
:17:59. > :18:03.
:18:03. > :18:08.on, come to me, flag, come over You can feel last riding the air.
:18:08. > :18:14.Well, I suppose it proves the point that heights are complete experts
:18:15. > :18:18.at this and we are not. Huge admiration for the kite. Yes.
:18:18. > :18:22.has off to the red kite, I am nowhere near as good as target
:18:22. > :18:29.practice, but it was amazing to drive the thermals with one of our
:18:29. > :18:36.most beautiful birds. OK, ready? Get ready to run. That is it,
:18:36. > :18:42.lovely, we are down. A bit bumpy. That was quite smooth! Fast but
:18:42. > :18:52.smooth. Thank you so much. I absolutely loved it, thank you.
:18:52. > :19:02.That is good, good. It is the best What an experience! That was so
:19:02. > :19:06.much fun, and I must say thank it is the thought of -- say thank-you
:19:06. > :19:12.to Steve for giving me such a good flight. So we are ready for the
:19:12. > :19:15.celebrity challenge. Where are they? They are there! You are going
:19:16. > :19:21.to have to swing across from those parachute cords, try to pop the
:19:21. > :19:25.deadly water balloons. Only one per swing. If you miss, you have to go
:19:25. > :19:31.back to the beginning and start again. It will be the first on to
:19:31. > :19:41.pop or six balloons of the most within one minute. Are you ready?
:19:41. > :19:44.
:19:44. > :19:51.They have both got on straight away, getting into the swing of things
:19:51. > :20:01.are ready! Fantastic! I am looking at the Princess are the swingers.
:20:01. > :20:03.
:20:03. > :20:07.He missed it! Can the Squash squash Serious physical challenge, this
:20:07. > :20:16.one, a serious effort to get back out onto that wooden bar. I would
:20:16. > :20:25.not fancy my chances against Squash. Sing along at home, everybody! The
:20:25. > :20:31.one, Squash! Nearly! A little bit of cheating, I love it. I think the
:20:31. > :20:41.Princess might be deliberately trying not to do it. Five seconds
:20:41. > :20:45.
:20:45. > :20:50.Who won? It is quite clear, I think. Steve has only that two left, so
:20:50. > :20:56.Steve is the winner. I do not believe! Go first on this series,
:20:56. > :21:00.how do you feel? Soggy! They actually look quite high from where
:21:00. > :21:03.I am standing, quite scary, but a lot of animals spend their whole
:21:03. > :21:08.lives way above the ground and they have some good ways of getting
:21:08. > :21:12.around. The forest canopy is an incredibly challenging environment,
:21:12. > :21:15.because moving around, you can go all way down to the ground and
:21:15. > :21:19.climb up again, or you can move through the canopy like these
:21:19. > :21:26.creatures. These Gibbon's swing through the top of the trees faster
:21:26. > :21:29.than a third can fly, and other hand. It is incredibly economic.
:21:29. > :21:36.Their judgment is just extraordinary. If you cannot swing,
:21:36. > :21:39.you can always collide. This animal, like many other rainforest animals,
:21:39. > :21:44.has led to glide between trees using a flap of skin in between its
:21:44. > :21:49.limbs. It can travel the enormous distances. But this is the king of
:21:49. > :21:58.the bounce, the sifaka can leave as much as nine metres between trees,
:21:58. > :22:02.possibly carrying their babies on their back. How old are they?! They
:22:02. > :22:12.make it look so easy. With a little bit of practice, we are not so that
:22:12. > :22:43.
:22:43. > :22:49.Let's hear it for the Maverick Slackliners! How awesome is that?!
:22:49. > :22:52.I love it, where did it originated? In his sanity in the 1970s.
:22:52. > :22:58.Climbers started walking on Worthing and James, and it has
:22:58. > :23:01.developed into this freestyle thing. You make it look very easy.
:23:01. > :23:07.long does it take to get this good? We have been training for about
:23:07. > :23:12.three years. It looks quite easy. It is much harder than it looks.
:23:12. > :23:15.Why is it so difficult? It takes a lot of practice, there is so much
:23:15. > :23:22.movement in the line, just learning to balance and walk can take quite
:23:22. > :23:25.a long time. Once you have got it, the treks start coming. It is great
:23:25. > :23:31.for cross-training. Are there any people who are particularly good at
:23:31. > :23:35.it? Gymnasts? People with an athletic background or the untried
:23:35. > :23:40.and unbalanced sport may have an advantage, but no-one is great at
:23:40. > :23:44.it. What about the danger element? It is not as dangerous as you would
:23:44. > :23:51.think, unless you take it to the extreme, like we are, but at a
:23:51. > :23:55.basic level, it is quite safe. use crash mats. Yes, we have got
:23:55. > :23:59.indoor training areas in clubs and down the country. You have been
:23:59. > :24:05.teaching some of the audience how to do it. Have you been having a
:24:05. > :24:14.go? Yes. What did you think of it? Difficult, but really good. Did you
:24:14. > :24:19.manage to do any steps? Yes, but I fell off. Did you hurt yourself?
:24:19. > :24:24.Have you had a go? Yes. It is really fun, but it is quite hard to
:24:24. > :24:29.do, and it would take a long time to be like the skies. Have I quite
:24:29. > :24:35.fancy my chances, I would like to have a go. Come and get on the line.
:24:35. > :24:41.Having done some dancing, I think I might be good at it. Talk me
:24:41. > :24:45.through, what do I do? Try not to look down too much. Knees bent,
:24:45. > :24:50.stand up nice and straight, arms and eyes and high. Let your arms do
:24:50. > :24:55.the work. Try to keep your head cent said. I might be all right if
:24:55. > :25:00.you are holding me! So you have just got to hold your body tide. It
:25:00. > :25:10.goes really wobbly towards the middle! Have tried to stand on one
:25:10. > :25:11.
:25:11. > :25:16.leg. OK, hold it! Great! That is really had, I think I will leave it
:25:16. > :25:20.to the experts to do the treks. Absolutely wicked. If you want to
:25:20. > :25:25.try slacklining, there are loads of clubs up and down the country, get
:25:25. > :25:29.the experts to show you how it is done. That Methil you in on all the
:25:29. > :25:35.fun that you can have on our website. -- let me fill you in.
:25:35. > :25:39.There is the deadly dash, that is of the alligator looks like, your
:25:39. > :25:44.chance to stop Steve being squashed. There's also deadly scramble. For
:25:44. > :25:50.every question you get right, you can help Steve climb higher and
:25:50. > :25:55.higher, avoiding the rising tide. And then we have the all-singing,
:25:55. > :25:59.all-dancing Deadly Planet! 24 levels of awesome animal mayhem.
:25:59. > :26:04.You have to get Steve through as quickly as possible before he has
:26:04. > :26:09.munched by deadly predators. It really is not that easy, so we are
:26:09. > :26:12.here to provide some help. Each week on the programme, we are
:26:12. > :26:18.revealing a secret code. That will unlock a special power or Steve so
:26:18. > :26:23.you can move up the levels. If you can spot the code, which might be
:26:23. > :26:28.around here somewhere... I can't see it! Can anyone see it? If you
:26:28. > :26:32.can see the code, the pay lookout. That will give you the eyesight of
:26:32. > :26:39.the Eagle. Right now, the real Steve is ready with his own
:26:39. > :26:43.adventure. I am, yes, and the son has just broken over the mountains.
:26:43. > :26:47.I have got the most sensational view! Look at that, hopefully my
:26:47. > :26:52.helmet camera is showing the countryside illuminated by
:26:52. > :26:58.wonderful sunshine. I am luckier to introduce a rather wonderful animal,
:26:58. > :27:03.which is an expert at high. This table I am using his high-tension
:27:03. > :27:07.steel, but there is a natural material that is far stronger and
:27:07. > :27:13.far more flexible. It is silk, and the creatures that created our
:27:13. > :27:16.power arachnid friends, the spiders. I know people are frightened of
:27:16. > :27:21.spiders, but they are one of the most exciting groups of animals on
:27:21. > :27:26.the earth. With up to 50,000 different species, they come in
:27:26. > :27:31.Ibiza will bring array of shapes, sizes and what some of the most
:27:31. > :27:38.fascinating ways of catching prey. Some work together as a group and
:27:38. > :27:42.actually stamp their web over their prey like this Gladiators spider.
:27:42. > :27:48.We rely on them to get rid of some pet species. Honestly, they are
:27:48. > :27:52.some of the most important animals on earth. Yes, I mean, people do
:27:52. > :27:56.tend to pay them, but it is incredibly unfair. They are one of
:27:56. > :28:04.the most useful creatures on earth, and I think the most fascinating. I
:28:04. > :28:08.have got a selection of mostly exotic wonders, starting with this,
:28:08. > :28:12.the Golden orb spider. This web is tiny with -- compared with what
:28:12. > :28:17.they can create. The female in the centre is just waiting for an
:28:17. > :28:21.insect to fly nearby, and then she will tie it up with gold and silk,
:28:21. > :28:25.injecting a venom and sucking up the remains of a kind of meat soup.
:28:25. > :28:31.They are creepy looking, but harmless. I Was Take That in my
:28:31. > :28:37.hand without any problem. -- I would take that. This is the
:28:37. > :28:44.largest, heaviest body spider on earth. The bid is the Goliath...
:28:44. > :28:50.am delighted to be joining you at his point! Look at that. It is an
:28:50. > :28:55.absolutely huge spider. It is probably revealing its fangs. You
:28:55. > :29:00.are looking at the largest set of fangs in the arachnid world.
:29:00. > :29:04.Covered with tears. The ones on the back, it takes them up into the air,
:29:04. > :29:14.they get into the throat and eyes of an attacker, and they can cause
:29:14. > :29:17.
:29:17. > :29:24.serious irritation. But they are This is a jumping spider. They are
:29:24. > :29:31.the most diverse group of spiders on earth. It just a dash did a
:29:32. > :29:37.little jump. It's quite cute. Fantastic eyes at the front there.
:29:37. > :29:45.It is driven by its vision and hunts using its eyesight and will
:29:45. > :29:53.leap distance is on to its prey. I think they are just adorable.
:29:53. > :29:58.quite nice because he is little. The next one is also little, but
:29:58. > :30:08.deadly. One of the few in the world which can harm you. Be careful,
:30:08. > :30:09.
:30:09. > :30:16.Steve. Maybe only 100 species of spiders could hurt a human being.
:30:16. > :30:22.This is a recluse spider from Chile. It has one of the strongest balance
:30:22. > :30:27.of any spider on earth and one of the very few that can do harm.
:30:27. > :30:35.Please be careful, Steve. doesn't mean me any harm and will
:30:35. > :30:41.not bite me on purpose. When people get bitten, it's because it bites
:30:41. > :30:47.in defence. I have to say, none of the spiders in this country can do
:30:47. > :30:50.us any harm. A lot of people do tend to be very frightened of them.
:30:50. > :30:55.I am one of those people who would leave the room if one of these
:30:55. > :31:05.arrives also what I have got here is the spider most people hate in
:31:05. > :31:06.
:31:07. > :31:15.this country. A house spider. Naomi, it's time to face your fear. It is
:31:15. > :31:18.one of the most valuable creatures in our world. It scuttles. Yes, but
:31:18. > :31:27.they are totally harmless to us. Look how carefully it is moving
:31:27. > :31:33.over my hand. It takes in flies, things which can harm us. I am just
:31:33. > :31:42.a piece of wood. Relax your shoulders and remember to breeze.
:31:42. > :31:48.don't like it! Calm down. You are very, very tense. Just relax.
:31:48. > :31:56.Breathe easily. It's not going to do anything. It's just going to sit
:31:56. > :32:03.there. When Naomi started doing this series, Naomi was a rack and a
:32:03. > :32:11.phobic. I can't believe I'm holding it. I am a lot bigger than it and
:32:11. > :32:18.it's not going to do me any harm. If I can do this, anybody can.
:32:18. > :32:23.can do you enormous amount of benefit because it will hunt down
:32:23. > :32:29.spiders and flies which spread diseases. This means no harm to us.
:32:29. > :32:37.It is your friend. You are totally relaxed now. It is not moving,
:32:37. > :32:42.that's why. Well done, Crow lady. Fear faced. Take it away. Although
:32:42. > :32:46.you could be a little bit frightened of spiders, you cannot
:32:46. > :32:51.help be impressed by their spider webs. They are the master of
:32:51. > :32:55.architecture. One of the greatest miracles of nature is happening in
:32:55. > :33:01.your back garden pretty much every day. From one single thread cast
:33:01. > :33:06.doubt on to the wind, this spider can create a miraculous web. The
:33:07. > :33:11.structure is so perfect, it can cover a broad area and catch
:33:12. > :33:19.insects for the it is the greatest trap on earth for the this is
:33:19. > :33:25.second nature to build a perfect spider web. I thought I would set
:33:25. > :33:35.hour budding audience members to build a spider's web hopefully good
:33:35. > :33:40.enough to catch a fly. These are your materials. We had got endless
:33:41. > :33:46.amounts of Stringer you can use. Also lots and lots of blue to make
:33:46. > :33:51.its sticky. Squash Falconer will help you both. Are you ready for
:33:51. > :33:59.the challenge? Off you go. You have got to make its super-strong and
:33:59. > :34:02.Super sticky. Spiders really are fantastic climbers. Steve is with
:34:02. > :34:07.another animal which is also a climate that goes a different way
:34:07. > :34:12.about doing it up. Most are the creatures go high using wings and
:34:12. > :34:17.feet and arms, but tree living snakes have a different way of
:34:17. > :34:24.doing it. This is a carpet python, and they are masters of the
:34:24. > :34:32.treetops, and this one is heading downwards, but is supposed to be
:34:32. > :34:41.showing the climbing abilities. It can use the strength, even just its
:34:41. > :34:45.tail. It is looking towards my rope. No? I'm going to join you. Let's
:34:45. > :34:49.see if we can see you heading for the heavens. There are great
:34:49. > :34:55.benefits for snakes heading up high, because there's an enormous amount
:34:56. > :35:03.of prey up in the forest canopy, small birds or the and also frogs,
:35:03. > :35:06.rodents, lizards. It's a great place to hunt. This is just
:35:06. > :35:12.wonderful for the Look at him searching out for the perfect place
:35:12. > :35:17.to anchor itself. It is just tasting the bark to see it there
:35:17. > :35:22.any chemical clues around which could mean prey. It's moving up
:35:22. > :35:26.very, very easily. It does not look like is hanging on at all but his
:35:26. > :35:32.muscularity means it can go upwards with almost no energy expenditure.
:35:32. > :35:38.That is brilliant. What you can't see his its scales running down its
:35:38. > :35:44.surface, gripping the surface. Now it's coming around again. That is
:35:44. > :35:52.just beautiful. This coloration works really well in the treetops
:35:52. > :35:58.because you have light coming down between the Leeds -- leaf so, and
:35:58. > :36:03.they matched perfectly with these dark and light dots. They can be up
:36:03. > :36:08.high and the perfectly camouflaged from the animals it is hunting.
:36:08. > :36:13.Absolutely beautiful. It effortlessly moves five or six
:36:13. > :36:19.metres up in a matter of minutes. I absolutely love them. From one
:36:19. > :36:24.master of the treetops to a magical mission in mystical Scotland. This
:36:24. > :36:31.week's mission has brought us to lap Dale Forest in the Scottish
:36:31. > :36:36.Highlands. It's now home to one of nature's engineers. The European
:36:36. > :36:42.beaver was hunted to extinction in the wild centuries ago. But a small
:36:42. > :36:46.group has been released in this forest. They are highly elusive but
:36:46. > :36:56.they are leaving clues of their presence all round. So I'm going to
:36:56. > :36:57.
:36:57. > :37:05.need a team of local detectives to Hello, I am Caitlin and I am 12
:37:05. > :37:13.years old. Hello, I am Andrew. Cameron and by and 14. I am not
:37:13. > :37:18.come for some I am Anna and I am 13 years old. The team it will be
:37:18. > :37:26.helped by local wildlife expert, Polly, who knows all about the
:37:26. > :37:31.beavers. I have been sent today to give you guys a message. You are
:37:31. > :37:35.incredibly lucky that the beavers are in your backyard, but I want
:37:35. > :37:38.you to find out exactly where they are making their homes. This is
:37:38. > :37:44.extremely elusive and they are usually only come out when it's
:37:44. > :37:49.dark, so I'm not expecting you to see one for yourselves, but they do
:37:49. > :37:54.leave unique tracks and signs of the they fell trees, crate dams,
:37:54. > :37:59.make lodges, and flood rivers. So there's no shortage of clues for
:37:59. > :38:03.you to look out for. Your mission is to find any conclusive evidence
:38:03. > :38:13.beavers are setting up home in the forest, so get out there and get
:38:13. > :38:14.
:38:14. > :38:21.detecting! OK, guys, gather round. Right, OK, this area is perfect for
:38:21. > :38:29.looking for beepers. So, what do you think we might be looking for?
:38:29. > :38:34.Beaver droppings? Greater. Bite marks. Flooded areas. That's a good
:38:34. > :38:44.one, yes. I think what we need to do is get in there and have a look
:38:44. > :38:50.
:38:50. > :38:58.to see what we can find, OK, let's What have you got? Have you found
:38:58. > :39:02.something? That's pretty impressive, isn't it? So, do you reckon a
:39:02. > :39:10.beaver has done that? What do you think? I'm not sure anything else
:39:10. > :39:14.could. I think you're absolutely right. Do they eat this? No, they
:39:14. > :39:21.don't want to eat there would but they are going for the leaves and
:39:21. > :39:26.there berries at the top of the trees. How do they make that?
:39:26. > :39:33.got a skull of a beaver, and they have incredible incisors, and they
:39:33. > :39:37.will put their heads to one side, 45 degrees, and use their top
:39:37. > :39:45.incisors to rest, and use the bottom teeth to scrape away at the
:39:46. > :39:51.park. If you look carefully, can you see those two ridges? Yes. So
:39:51. > :39:56.what do you think? I'd definitely have a new-found respect for them.
:39:56. > :40:00.Well done, that's your first piece of evidence of that they have
:40:00. > :40:05.definitely been some busy beavers in the forest. Its ability to
:40:05. > :40:09.change its landscape is matched only by humans. And a team are
:40:09. > :40:17.about to find out for themselves what extraordinary habitat
:40:17. > :40:24.engineers they really are. OK, guys, that is impressive. We have
:40:24. > :40:30.certainly got a beaver dam here. How do you think they do it?
:40:30. > :40:35.guessing they used sticks and mud. Yes, some of those bigger branches
:40:35. > :40:43.and mud, as well. Then they make that structure nice and solid, as
:40:43. > :40:47.well. Why do they build them? are very impressive structures and
:40:47. > :40:52.the reason is so they can access more food. They preferred to be in
:40:52. > :40:58.water. If they have got a nice big flooded area, they can get too many
:40:58. > :41:03.more places to get food. Great job. There's no denying beavers have
:41:03. > :41:11.been hard at work and the water is where they love to be. It's the
:41:11. > :41:18.perfect place to gather clues. have come out on to the locker. Any
:41:18. > :41:26.ideas what that might be? It's their home. Yes, do we know what we
:41:26. > :41:30.call the home of the beaver? Yes, a lodge. They will go down before
:41:30. > :41:35.going inside, and there are various chambers, where they might feed,
:41:35. > :41:42.there could be a special area where they sleep, where the female gives
:41:42. > :41:49.birth to the Czechs. There's quite a lot going on underneath -- checks.
:41:49. > :41:52.Impressive? Definitely. That the evidence I am looking for but our
:41:53. > :42:02.deadly detectives are not prepared to call it a day just yet. If
:42:03. > :42:04.
:42:04. > :42:12.they're going to see one, it is The team camouflage themselves from
:42:12. > :42:17.head to toe and move in for an evening stake out. But sometimes,
:42:17. > :42:27.while you wait for wildlife, you have to wait... And wait... And
:42:27. > :42:32.
:42:32. > :42:42.waited... And there's still no But then, in the last light of
:42:42. > :43:02.
:43:02. > :43:08.There they are. Look. They are I cannot believe your luck! What an
:43:08. > :43:18.encounter! You have certainly found conclusive evidence. The beavers
:43:18. > :43:23.
:43:24. > :43:27.have definitely made this place Mission accomplished! That is top
:43:27. > :43:34.detective work from our super achiever be that retrievers. But
:43:34. > :43:40.now it's time for me to do a bit of detective work because this is
:43:40. > :43:44.Deadly Scene Investigation! Yes, companies are the police tape
:43:44. > :43:51.because there has been a grisly murder. It's been reconstructed on
:43:51. > :43:56.set. OK, this is where the victim met its end. This is a spider's web
:43:56. > :44:01.from a garden spider, but it's missing a crucial thing. In the
:44:01. > :44:06.centre of that should be the female spider but she has gone. The Bolton
:44:06. > :44:12.area seems to have been plucked clean. Down here, there are more
:44:12. > :44:16.traces -- bottom. We have bird prints, and what looks like small
:44:16. > :44:20.mammal Prince running in that direction. So, what do we think has
:44:20. > :44:27.happened here? Let's ask the audience. Thank you very much for
:44:27. > :44:33.the what do you think has happened? A bird. I think it went into the
:44:33. > :44:39.spider web and it took the spider. Actually, it is quite high off the
:44:39. > :44:45.ground. That would be quite tricky for it to do. What do you think?
:44:45. > :44:50.think it could have been a small bird like a robin. That's true.
:44:50. > :44:58.Maybe a mouse? The Robin could not of but. The mouse is too heavy to
:44:58. > :45:01.get up to it. Any body else got any ideas? What do you think? It will
:45:01. > :45:11.be something light otherwise it would break the web of for so it
:45:11. > :45:21.can't be a mouse. I think it could be some kind of... Something bigger
:45:21. > :45:21.
:45:21. > :45:25.There are what that specialise in catching spiders within the web,
:45:25. > :45:32.but that is not what happened here. There has been an even more
:45:32. > :45:37.remarkable end. Have a look at this. There are 17 species of bats in the
:45:37. > :45:42.UK, all experts at catching insects on the wing, but this one has a
:45:42. > :45:48.rather neat train. It can actually snatch spiders out of their Webbers.
:45:48. > :45:52.It uses echo location and can even see what side of the web it is on.
:45:52. > :45:56.It manages to avoid all the sticky threads that could untangle it. It
:45:56. > :46:06.is going and of the Spider, grabbing it with its feet, but the
:46:06. > :46:11.spider has escaped! Oh, no, it hasn't! Case solved! That leaves
:46:11. > :46:17.the Aktar Beg build, let's see how the audience have got on. -- that
:46:17. > :46:24.leads me back. They looked very impressive. How have you found this
:46:24. > :46:30.challenge? Well, it was quite fun, but it was a bit messy. There was
:46:30. > :46:35.blue flying everywhere. How did you design the web? Well, we did the
:46:35. > :46:39.outside and worked our way in. is looking fantastic. How do think
:46:39. > :46:44.they have done? I think they have done fantastically, they have got
:46:44. > :46:48.good careers in making them. There were a few creative differences in
:46:48. > :46:58.this team, but you have done a great job. Shall we see if they can
:46:58. > :47:03.catch a fly? Are they sticky enough? It has worked! Very sticky!
:47:03. > :47:06.If you poke it in hard enough, they will stay! Well done, thank you for
:47:06. > :47:13.taking on my challenge. There is one animal that a spider would not
:47:13. > :47:18.want to catch in its web, this is a One of the most commonly asked
:47:18. > :47:23.questions is what is the point of the wasp. I'm about to tell you,
:47:23. > :47:26.they have got loads to do. Back at the Nest, the Queen has laid eggs
:47:27. > :47:31.in little chambers, and they are turning into runs, which means lots
:47:31. > :47:35.of hungry mouths to feed. The workers have to collect enough food
:47:35. > :47:40.to feed them and help them grow into the next generation of workers.
:47:40. > :47:45.But it is not just food that they have to take care of. They also
:47:45. > :47:50.have to build their own home. They shoe bits of wood and mix it with
:47:50. > :47:53.saliva to produce paper. It is a spectacular feat are engineering, a
:47:53. > :48:01.papier-mache masterpiece. It has to be strong enough to support the
:48:01. > :48:05.whole family. Inside this house, it is bedlam! All this activity
:48:05. > :48:12.creates heat. The nests can be up to 10 degrees hotter than outside,
:48:12. > :48:17.so they need air-conditioning. One was provides a fan, another
:48:17. > :48:22.collects water, their work is never ending. They even take care of the
:48:22. > :48:25.pests in our lives. Ever had a fly try to ensure sandwich? Let them
:48:26. > :48:33.handle that for you. They are omnivores, and they eat just about
:48:33. > :48:37.anything. This fly has had it! They have gone for the capitation! You
:48:37. > :48:43.do not need to worry about caterpillars munching on your prize
:48:43. > :48:48.vegetables. Let the Wasps come to your rescue. Albeit in a slightly
:48:48. > :48:53.gruesome way... Anyway, they will help you keep your garden free of
:48:53. > :48:58.cabbage destroying critters. All in all, they are expert pest
:48:58. > :49:03.controllers, team players and engineers. My favourite thing about
:49:03. > :49:11.them has to be their yellow and black co-ordinated Watchdog outfits.
:49:11. > :49:15.I reckon they cannot be all that bad. Maybe after seeing that, you
:49:15. > :49:20.can all see a better side to those much-maligned stings, A Bit Of A
:49:20. > :49:25.gardener's friend. Now the moment you have been waiting for, the
:49:25. > :49:30.moment when we sing the hotline number. No, it is time for Beat
:49:30. > :49:33.Backshall! If you have been watching, you will see that the
:49:33. > :49:36.almost always get the questions right, so we have been making
:49:36. > :49:43.things more difficult and adding physical challenges. You will not
:49:43. > :49:49.believe where he is this week. Take a look. He is 30 metres above the
:49:49. > :49:54.ground! Are you OK? I am OK, I am in position. It is making my legs
:49:54. > :49:59.go like jelly, just looking at him. So you are going to hang yourself
:49:59. > :50:04.upside down by your ankles. That is the idea, yes! If and you're going
:50:04. > :50:13.to answer questions as well. I hope they are easy questions, for his
:50:13. > :50:17.sake! Are you ready? I think so! How's scary is it? Really scary!
:50:17. > :50:22.The first on his family, which Bird has the largest egg in proportion
:50:22. > :50:27.to its body? That is the New Zealand kiwi. It must be the most
:50:27. > :50:33.painful experience. They are the size of a chicken, but their egg is
:50:33. > :50:39.10 times the size. What is the smallest shark in the world? That
:50:39. > :50:44.would be the pygmy cat shark. going to give you that, well done.
:50:44. > :50:48.Quite right! What are baby crocodiles called? Hatchlings.
:50:48. > :50:52.would give you that on as are, fantastic. There is no specific
:50:52. > :50:59.name, but a lot of people call them hatchlings. Elizabeth says, which
:50:59. > :51:02.mammal has the biggest teeth? biggest what? Teeth! You are
:51:02. > :51:12.turning that all! Which animal has the biggest teeth? The biggest
:51:12. > :51:13.
:51:13. > :51:17.feet? Teeth! Teeth! That you buy it with. Open your mouth! I cannot
:51:17. > :51:23.hear you, you'll have to move on! No worries, I bet he doesn't know
:51:23. > :51:28.the answer to that one. Have we got another one? Hattie, who is 10,
:51:28. > :51:32.says, what is the quickest fish in the world? It is usually thought to
:51:32. > :51:36.be the black Marlin or the sailfish, but it is difficult to get any
:51:36. > :51:40.really good scientific knowledge, because it is all based on how much
:51:40. > :51:50.line is taken out from an angler. It is probably one of those fish,
:51:50. > :51:50.
:51:50. > :51:56.around about 80, there's a row. Four out of four, even upside down!
:51:56. > :52:00.Turn yourself back the right way up. Is that all right? Metal base
:52:00. > :52:04.colour returned to normality of. While he gets back the right way up,
:52:04. > :52:08.let me tell you how the fund continues right into the weekend.
:52:08. > :52:14.We have our Deadly day and on Sunday, your chance to meet some
:52:14. > :52:24.animals, have a go at some activities, and you might even meet
:52:24. > :52:26.
:52:26. > :52:31.us. This is a sneak preview of what The Deadly day at his back in force,
:52:31. > :52:37.and once again thousands of you turned up in Scotland to come face-
:52:37. > :52:41.to-face with some crazy gritters. You will have the chance to get
:52:41. > :52:46.creative with some Deadly art. And I have brought along a special
:52:46. > :52:50.guest. This is a horned lizard, and Andy King reptile from the deserts
:52:50. > :52:57.of America, but they can be the hottest places on earth. How on
:52:57. > :53:05.earth does it manage to survive? Maybe he sits in a bush. Covers and
:53:05. > :53:12.sovereigns not! I was not expecting that. Does it walk very fast?
:53:12. > :53:16.pretty grim. Maybe it is cold- blooded, it hangs out in the sun
:53:16. > :53:21.and then goes into the shade for a while. That is actually pretty much
:53:21. > :53:25.spot-on. First thing in the morning, they lie in the sun. It has a broad
:53:25. > :53:30.body which it uses to basque and get warm. When the day heats up, it
:53:30. > :53:35.will go into the shade, cover itself with sand and maybe dig a
:53:35. > :53:42.burrow to escape the hottest part of the day. Right answer. The
:53:42. > :53:48.authors of's message of Defence is even more -- the horned lizard's
:53:48. > :53:55.method of defence is very strange. It Kells into a ball? It climbs up
:53:55. > :54:01.a tree. They have got excellent camouflage, and they will cover
:54:01. > :54:05.themselves with sand. But it is even more extreme than that!
:54:05. > :54:11.words blood out of its high. I did not think anybody would get that!
:54:11. > :54:14.That is absolutely spot on. Yes, first of all, they inhale an
:54:14. > :54:19.enormous amount of air, they swell up like a balloon, and then they
:54:19. > :54:23.squirt blood from the corner of the eye towards the eye war mouth of
:54:23. > :54:28.the Predator. I cannot believe you got that, absolutely brilliant,
:54:28. > :54:36.well done! The horned lizard, a balloon inflating desert specialist
:54:36. > :54:43.can that can squirt blood from its size. -- eyes. Come on, some people
:54:43. > :54:49.are so sensitive! The for your chance to come along to the Deadly
:54:49. > :54:54.day out, go to the website and bind the events that is near to where
:54:54. > :55:04.your liver and get your grown-up to apply for a free ticket. If you do
:55:04. > :55:11.
:55:12. > :55:16.not have access to a computer, call I do like that bit, it makes me
:55:16. > :55:24.very happy! Right, we are coming towards the end of the programme,
:55:24. > :55:30.so we had better decide our ultimate winner. The carpet python,
:55:30. > :55:34.the Dalai their eating spider, the wasp, the very small recluse spider.
:55:34. > :55:40.I'm going to get rid of the wasp may be, I think I will stick with
:55:40. > :55:48.those three, seeing as Steve is not here. Audience, what you think? The
:55:48. > :55:52.carpet python? What about the goshawk? The recluse spider? That
:55:52. > :55:57.is very fierce. That was a big cheer for the Welsh favoured, I
:55:57. > :56:07.think it has got to be a goshawk. What is happening there? Have you
:56:07. > :56:07.
:56:07. > :56:12.seen that we have got a photo here? This is her climbing at Reading.
:56:12. > :56:19.That is sport climbing, being the first person to climb up. That is
:56:19. > :56:24.really impressive. Well done, and Sam from South Wales saw red kites
:56:24. > :56:30.circling over their tent when they were camping. One of the most
:56:30. > :56:36.beautiful verse in the UK. Another viewer found an injured shrew and
:56:36. > :56:43.it survived. The if you want to play Deadly Planet, you might need
:56:43. > :56:50.that secret code which is our there with the cameraman. It is millipede,
:56:50. > :56:53.spider, boot, scorpion. A very big thank-you to everybody here at the
:56:53. > :56:58.activity centre for giving us such a great time. If you are coming
:56:58. > :57:03.tomorrow, it is going to be sunny, make sure you bring sunscreen!
:57:03. > :57:08.have to thank all of our guests, the Maverick Slackliners, whence