Episode 4 Live 'n' Deadly

Hello, this time Live 'n' Deadly is coming to from Wales and a very

special part of Wales. In the distance there, those mountains are

the Brecon Beacons. Close to 1,000 metres in height and that is apt

because today's programme is full of animals will deal with the high

places in their world with grace, elegance and ease. Yeah, might have

to work on the grace and elegance and ease bit! This is Live 'n'

Deadly. Our convoy is touring the UK in search of all things wild.

And you are coming with us every Start on the soap on a Saturday

Hello! It is now No 2 am on a sunny Saturday morning and we are coming

to life. Every week we are on the the move going to some of the best

places in the country for wildlife and adventure. This week we are in

the very warm holes of the Wales at the Llangorse Activity Centre in

the stunning Brecon Beacons. The this is my home away from home.

had brought along a whole bunch of my own at buddies for the it is

alive and deadly crew. Looking bright child and bushy-tailed for

us this morning. It is the Live 'n' Deadly audience. And our very

special guest is a mountaineer, a climber, an athlete, were the best

name in the whole world, a big Live 'n' Deadly welcome for Squash

Falconer! And we will witness a balancing act extraordinary air. It

is the Maverick Slackliners! They will be showing us how that's done

later on. We certainly won't be slacking. I love it. We have got

all of this coming up on the show this morning. Steve said some

Scottish explorers a deadly mission to track an animal with a bite big

enough to fell a tree. Naomi is finding out what it's like to fly

like a bird. Steve gets to grips with some of the biggest spiders on

the planets. You are going to be facing your fair and holding one of

these. A big hairy house spider. I really have to hold it? Can I

just look at it? If you want to make a stand for Iraq were phobics

everywhere, you should, yes. We want to get you opt out there, but

at all times watching out for the wildlife which surround you thought

of here in Wales, that could well be this incredibly dramatic bird of

prey. The Welsh forests around us are the best place in the whole of

the UK for this extraordinary bird. With its sharp talons, its piercing

call, the goshawk it is the master of hunting. It has an incredible

method of flying which allows this to dodge in and out of trees,

hunting down animals for the its power is simply extraordinary. It

is an airborne a miniature witches coven to get you! Yes, this is the

best plays in the UK to see one. -- An airborne and injure. An old

friend is with us today, Lloyd. He has brought with him, Ellie the

goshawk. She is so dramatically striking force of her eyes seemed

to Pearce right through you. Can you just show us her wings? Ellie

is a heavy bird but her wingspan is not that dramatic. Others would

have bigger. They are short, rounded at the end and that means

she's mass less likely go to get caught on brambles as she is flying

through the underground. Her tale is broad and almost acts like a

rudder. She is adept at hunting. She can go crashing into the

undergrowth to grab a rabbit. Because she has a totally different

method of hunting so we thought we tried an experiment. Let me take my

gloves. Look how keen she is. The over here, let's imagine that all

of this camouflage netting and his board is a really thick woodland.

On this side, a rabbit is down here munching the grass, and the only

way through this is through that hole. How on earth will she get

through there? With surprising ease. But way too fast for our eyes to

fully appreciate. We have a super slow-motion camera, which slows

everything right down. If you want to see how this works, yesterday we

filmed this. This is a water balloon being pop to. It kind of

friezes reality. It's a beautiful. The water hangs together in one

place for an eternity. Obviously, it is over faster than the human

eye could realise, so we are going to use this fabulous but the

technology to see macro hole de a flying through the hole. -- Ellie

flying through the hole. How does she get through a tiny gap like

this? Well, let's see. Ellie. First time. That was absolutely superb.

She is just going to go into the bushes with her food in it true

goshawk style, because they like to eat in peace. Hopefully we can see

that now in slow motion. You can see her flying towards the hole

from the other side. She doesn't lose any speed at all. Straight

through the hole at out through the other side and her talons a swing

for would but obviously, if this was a real situation, they would be

ready to plunge into a rabbit. With an animal as spectacular and

powerful as this, they simply wouldn't stand a chance. Thank you

very much. This has surely got to go on the Top Ten deadly board?

without a shadow of the doubt. Incredible. Thank you. Up on the

board it goes. Just to remind you, the deadly animals are going to go

up on this side of the board. We will then decide which animal goes

on to the ultimate Top Ten deadliest list, and go into the

grand finale. Week one. Water monitor was the winner. Week two.

Sea eagle. Week three. Kestrel. Coming up later, we have Beat

Backshall. We have got a physical challenge for him this week. You

don't want to miss it. So send us your most devilishly difficult

wildlife questions. All you have to do is go to the CBBC website

bbc.co.uk/cbbc. Once you're there, click on Beat Backshall and you

never know, it might just be your question that has him stumped. Last

week we asked for of photographs of big animals and you have had some

pretty close encounters. This is Ben, aged eight, swimming with

whale shark in Mexico. Katie, she met a cheetah in South Africa.

Fantastic. This is Hope, aged six, with friend Poppy holding salmon

pink bird eating spider at Alnwick Gardens. You are one brave lady.

This week we want your best up and adventure photographs, please. If

you have been pony-trekking or been to a climbing centre like this one.

Now our next guest knows a thing or two about high flying adventures.

She's climbed some of the world's highest mountains. But she doesn't

walk back down again. Oh no. She flies! Squash Falconer likes taking

to the air and she's taking her skills to the extreme. She has

scaled some of the world's highest mountains. Earlier this year she

fulfilled a lifelong dream by scaling Everest, the world's

highest mountain but the record breaker for her was to become the

first woman to paraglider from Mount blog, a 3,000 metre jump into

the unknown. She is joining us now. Give it up for Squash Falconer!

Thank you for coming on. His Squash Falconer your real name? No, it the

nickname. My sister name to be. did you get into mountaineering?

did a ski season when I was 18 and then some of my friends were

climbing mountains and I thought I fancied having a go at that.

didn't fancy walking back down again? No, the first and we walked,

and then I took a snowboard and eventually I took my paraglider and

flew down. How do you do that? is my lightweight paraglider. It

turns into a harness. I set it up on the top and I can then take off

and fly down. Sometimes you use wildlife to tell about the

conditions? Yes, the birds can catch the thermals and fly up. If

you see that, you can follow them and it's amazing. You unwittingly

had a world record first. That's right to put up after I climbed

Mount blank, I was the first British female to do it. How long

did it take? Two days to go up and 20 minutes to go down. What about

your knickers? I think if your knickers are right, everything will

go right. I have a clean pair of knickers to go down the mountain.

like that. 1 I climbed a mountain, I never changed my pants once, and

it was six weeks. I'm off to Mexico to explore it on a motorbike boys

have a completely different challenge the we have a bigger

challenge for you later on. I did have my very own aerial adventure

this summer. It's not quite as extreme as your adventure. I felt

what was like to soar like a bird. Yes, it is a big adventure time,

Naomi style! I've come to South Wales to meet one of that most

distinctive birds in the UK. The red kite has a wingspan of nearly

two metres and the ability to stay airborne for hours with hardly

using its wings. Roger has kindly agreed to introduce me to his red

kite, called Mr Black. When he's flying around the skies, a just

looks great. How can he barely flap his wings? He's a real glider force

that he has very large wings for his body weight which means he does

not need a lot of wind to be able to levitate. Thermals are little

bubbles of hot air, and when they rise up, he gets into one of them,

and up he goes for the then he goes and finds another one and goes up

again. He's riding the bubbles of hot air. Exactly. What are his

distinguishable features? His tale. He's got a forked tail. It so long,

isn't it? It really helps him to steer and put his brakes on.

used it like a red on a boat? When he is in flight, is the always

hunting for food or enjoying himself? Both. Being a predator,

he's always looking for food. Very often, if he sees something to read

on the ground, he likes to go in fairly quickly, and he will reach

out with his long legs, grab the food of the ground, straight back

up and he eats it on the way. do you think if we were to send him

off, he may land on me? I think there is a strong possibility.

Shall we give it a go? Why not? Put your glove on the left hand. A bit

of food. He likes that. A bouquet. Here he comes. He's coming. -- OK.

Massive wings. Oh, had you bought something for me? What is this? Now

that is what you call a male. Would you mind holding him for me so I

can see what this is? You have got up close and personal with one of

the most elegant birds of prey in the UK. That is certainly true.

This mission takes you one step further. Where better to experience

and appreciate the graceful flight of the red kite than sharing the

very same thermals? It's time to fly like a kite. Yes! That sounds

like my cup of tea. But remember, they never miss a target. You guys

never make this easy for me, do High heel of a man taking you for a

flight. Steve is a paragliding pilots and will be helping me to

fly like a kite. The live and deadly team have positioned a

flight from the edge of the hill, and my mission is to granite mid-

This is the most phenomenal thing I have ever done! We are so high! Now

that I am airborne, Roger releases Mr Black who share the same

There he is, down there! Where is he? There he is, lovely. Peter off!

I will try to stay with him. Look at that impressive wingspan, forked

tail. The wing tips, he is just stunning. We are going round and

round. How do we feel the thermals? That instrument that is leaving his

telling me that we are going up. Can you feel it as well? He has, I

can feel it, just like the bird can feel it in its wings. When he has

his wings spread right out. this very same bird, which looks so

graceful gliding on the thermals, is capable of picking out and

So it is time for us to go in for these two. We surely cannot do this

as accurately as the bird? Let's see if I can even compete. OK, here

Here we go! Wish us luck. It is a little bit hairy, isn't it? Oh,

that was the closest! No, we really just cannot do this, can we? Come

on, come to me, flag, come over You can feel last riding the air.

Well, I suppose it proves the point that heights are complete experts

at this and we are not. Huge admiration for the kite. Yes.

has off to the red kite, I am nowhere near as good as target

practice, but it was amazing to drive the thermals with one of our

most beautiful birds. OK, ready? Get ready to run. That is it,

lovely, we are down. A bit bumpy. That was quite smooth! Fast but

smooth. Thank you so much. I absolutely loved it, thank you.

That is good, good. It is the best What an experience! That was so

much fun, and I must say thank it is the thought of -- say thank-you

to Steve for giving me such a good flight. So we are ready for the

celebrity challenge. Where are they? They are there! You are going

to have to swing across from those parachute cords, try to pop the

deadly water balloons. Only one per swing. If you miss, you have to go

back to the beginning and start again. It will be the first on to

pop or six balloons of the most within one minute. Are you ready?

They have both got on straight away, getting into the swing of things

are ready! Fantastic! I am looking at the Princess are the swingers.

He missed it! Can the Squash squash Serious physical challenge, this

one, a serious effort to get back out onto that wooden bar. I would

not fancy my chances against Squash. Sing along at home, everybody! The

one, Squash! Nearly! A little bit of cheating, I love it. I think the

Princess might be deliberately trying not to do it. Five seconds

Who won? It is quite clear, I think. Steve has only that two left, so

Steve is the winner. I do not believe! Go first on this series,

how do you feel? Soggy! They actually look quite high from where

I am standing, quite scary, but a lot of animals spend their whole

lives way above the ground and they have some good ways of getting

around. The forest canopy is an incredibly challenging environment,

because moving around, you can go all way down to the ground and

climb up again, or you can move through the canopy like these

creatures. These Gibbon's swing through the top of the trees faster

than a third can fly, and other hand. It is incredibly economic.

Their judgment is just extraordinary. If you cannot swing,

you can always collide. This animal, like many other rainforest animals,

has led to glide between trees using a flap of skin in between its

limbs. It can travel the enormous distances. But this is the king of

the bounce, the sifaka can leave as much as nine metres between trees,

possibly carrying their babies on their back. How old are they?! They

make it look so easy. With a little bit of practice, we are not so that

Let's hear it for the Maverick Slackliners! How awesome is that?!

I love it, where did it originated? In his sanity in the 1970s.

Climbers started walking on Worthing and James, and it has

developed into this freestyle thing. You make it look very easy.

long does it take to get this good? We have been training for about

three years. It looks quite easy. It is much harder than it looks.

Why is it so difficult? It takes a lot of practice, there is so much

movement in the line, just learning to balance and walk can take quite

a long time. Once you have got it, the treks start coming. It is great

for cross-training. Are there any people who are particularly good at

it? Gymnasts? People with an athletic background or the untried

and unbalanced sport may have an advantage, but no-one is great at

it. What about the danger element? It is not as dangerous as you would

think, unless you take it to the extreme, like we are, but at a

basic level, it is quite safe. use crash mats. Yes, we have got

indoor training areas in clubs and down the country. You have been

teaching some of the audience how to do it. Have you been having a

go? Yes. What did you think of it? Difficult, but really good. Did you

manage to do any steps? Yes, but I fell off. Did you hurt yourself?

Have you had a go? Yes. It is really fun, but it is quite hard to

do, and it would take a long time to be like the skies. Have I quite

fancy my chances, I would like to have a go. Come and get on the line.

Having done some dancing, I think I might be good at it. Talk me

through, what do I do? Try not to look down too much. Knees bent,

stand up nice and straight, arms and eyes and high. Let your arms do

the work. Try to keep your head cent said. I might be all right if

you are holding me! So you have just got to hold your body tide. It

goes really wobbly towards the middle! Have tried to stand on one

leg. OK, hold it! Great! That is really had, I think I will leave it

to the experts to do the treks. Absolutely wicked. If you want to

try slacklining, there are loads of clubs up and down the country, get

the experts to show you how it is done. That Methil you in on all the

fun that you can have on our website. -- let me fill you in.

There is the deadly dash, that is of the alligator looks like, your

chance to stop Steve being squashed. There's also deadly scramble. For

every question you get right, you can help Steve climb higher and

higher, avoiding the rising tide. And then we have the all-singing,

all-dancing Deadly Planet! 24 levels of awesome animal mayhem.

You have to get Steve through as quickly as possible before he has

munched by deadly predators. It really is not that easy, so we are

here to provide some help. Each week on the programme, we are

revealing a secret code. That will unlock a special power or Steve so

you can move up the levels. If you can spot the code, which might be

around here somewhere... I can't see it! Can anyone see it? If you

can see the code, the pay lookout. That will give you the eyesight of

the Eagle. Right now, the real Steve is ready with his own

adventure. I am, yes, and the son has just broken over the mountains.

I have got the most sensational view! Look at that, hopefully my

helmet camera is showing the countryside illuminated by

wonderful sunshine. I am luckier to introduce a rather wonderful animal,

which is an expert at high. This table I am using his high-tension

steel, but there is a natural material that is far stronger and

far more flexible. It is silk, and the creatures that created our

power arachnid friends, the spiders. I know people are frightened of

spiders, but they are one of the most exciting groups of animals on

the earth. With up to 50,000 different species, they come in

Ibiza will bring array of shapes, sizes and what some of the most

fascinating ways of catching prey. Some work together as a group and

actually stamp their web over their prey like this Gladiators spider.

We rely on them to get rid of some pet species. Honestly, they are

some of the most important animals on earth. Yes, I mean, people do

tend to pay them, but it is incredibly unfair. They are one of

the most useful creatures on earth, and I think the most fascinating. I

have got a selection of mostly exotic wonders, starting with this,

the Golden orb spider. This web is tiny with -- compared with what

they can create. The female in the centre is just waiting for an

insect to fly nearby, and then she will tie it up with gold and silk,

injecting a venom and sucking up the remains of a kind of meat soup.

They are creepy looking, but harmless. I Was Take That in my

hand without any problem. -- I would take that. This is the

largest, heaviest body spider on earth. The bid is the Goliath...

am delighted to be joining you at his point! Look at that. It is an

absolutely huge spider. It is probably revealing its fangs. You

are looking at the largest set of fangs in the arachnid world.

Covered with tears. The ones on the back, it takes them up into the air,

they get into the throat and eyes of an attacker, and they can cause

serious irritation. But they are This is a jumping spider. They are

the most diverse group of spiders on earth. It just a dash did a

little jump. It's quite cute. Fantastic eyes at the front there.

It is driven by its vision and hunts using its eyesight and will

leap distance is on to its prey. I think they are just adorable.

quite nice because he is little. The next one is also little, but

deadly. One of the few in the world which can harm you. Be careful,

Steve. Maybe only 100 species of spiders could hurt a human being.

This is a recluse spider from Chile. It has one of the strongest balance

of any spider on earth and one of the very few that can do harm.

Please be careful, Steve. doesn't mean me any harm and will

not bite me on purpose. When people get bitten, it's because it bites

in defence. I have to say, none of the spiders in this country can do

us any harm. A lot of people do tend to be very frightened of them.

I am one of those people who would leave the room if one of these

arrives also what I have got here is the spider most people hate in

this country. A house spider. Naomi, it's time to face your fear. It is

one of the most valuable creatures in our world. It scuttles. Yes, but

they are totally harmless to us. Look how carefully it is moving

over my hand. It takes in flies, things which can harm us. I am just

a piece of wood. Relax your shoulders and remember to breeze.

don't like it! Calm down. You are very, very tense. Just relax.

Breathe easily. It's not going to do anything. It's just going to sit

there. When Naomi started doing this series, Naomi was a rack and a

phobic. I can't believe I'm holding it. I am a lot bigger than it and

it's not going to do me any harm. If I can do this, anybody can.

can do you enormous amount of benefit because it will hunt down

spiders and flies which spread diseases. This means no harm to us.

It is your friend. You are totally relaxed now. It is not moving,

that's why. Well done, Crow lady. Fear faced. Take it away. Although

you could be a little bit frightened of spiders, you cannot

help be impressed by their spider webs. They are the master of

architecture. One of the greatest miracles of nature is happening in

your back garden pretty much every day. From one single thread cast

doubt on to the wind, this spider can create a miraculous web. The

structure is so perfect, it can cover a broad area and catch

insects for the it is the greatest trap on earth for the this is

second nature to build a perfect spider web. I thought I would set

hour budding audience members to build a spider's web hopefully good

enough to catch a fly. These are your materials. We had got endless

amounts of Stringer you can use. Also lots and lots of blue to make

its sticky. Squash Falconer will help you both. Are you ready for

the challenge? Off you go. You have got to make its super-strong and

Super sticky. Spiders really are fantastic climbers. Steve is with

another animal which is also a climate that goes a different way

about doing it up. Most are the creatures go high using wings and

feet and arms, but tree living snakes have a different way of

doing it. This is a carpet python, and they are masters of the

treetops, and this one is heading downwards, but is supposed to be

showing the climbing abilities. It can use the strength, even just its

tail. It is looking towards my rope. No? I'm going to join you. Let's

see if we can see you heading for the heavens. There are great

benefits for snakes heading up high, because there's an enormous amount

of prey up in the forest canopy, small birds or the and also frogs,

rodents, lizards. It's a great place to hunt. This is just

wonderful for the Look at him searching out for the perfect place

to anchor itself. It is just tasting the bark to see it there

any chemical clues around which could mean prey. It's moving up

very, very easily. It does not look like is hanging on at all but his

muscularity means it can go upwards with almost no energy expenditure.

That is brilliant. What you can't see his its scales running down its

surface, gripping the surface. Now it's coming around again. That is

just beautiful. This coloration works really well in the treetops

because you have light coming down between the Leeds -- leaf so, and

they matched perfectly with these dark and light dots. They can be up

high and the perfectly camouflaged from the animals it is hunting.

Absolutely beautiful. It effortlessly moves five or six

metres up in a matter of minutes. I absolutely love them. From one

master of the treetops to a magical mission in mystical Scotland. This

week's mission has brought us to lap Dale Forest in the Scottish

Highlands. It's now home to one of nature's engineers. The European

beaver was hunted to extinction in the wild centuries ago. But a small

group has been released in this forest. They are highly elusive but

they are leaving clues of their presence all round. So I'm going to

need a team of local detectives to Hello, I am Caitlin and I am 12

years old. Hello, I am Andrew. Cameron and by and 14. I am not

come for some I am Anna and I am 13 years old. The team it will be

helped by local wildlife expert, Polly, who knows all about the

beavers. I have been sent today to give you guys a message. You are

incredibly lucky that the beavers are in your backyard, but I want

you to find out exactly where they are making their homes. This is

extremely elusive and they are usually only come out when it's

dark, so I'm not expecting you to see one for yourselves, but they do

leave unique tracks and signs of the they fell trees, crate dams,

make lodges, and flood rivers. So there's no shortage of clues for

you to look out for. Your mission is to find any conclusive evidence

beavers are setting up home in the forest, so get out there and get

detecting! OK, guys, gather round. Right, OK, this area is perfect for

looking for beepers. So, what do you think we might be looking for?

Beaver droppings? Greater. Bite marks. Flooded areas. That's a good

one, yes. I think what we need to do is get in there and have a look

to see what we can find, OK, let's What have you got? Have you found

something? That's pretty impressive, isn't it? So, do you reckon a

beaver has done that? What do you think? I'm not sure anything else

could. I think you're absolutely right. Do they eat this? No, they

don't want to eat there would but they are going for the leaves and

there berries at the top of the trees. How do they make that?

got a skull of a beaver, and they have incredible incisors, and they

will put their heads to one side, 45 degrees, and use their top

incisors to rest, and use the bottom teeth to scrape away at the

park. If you look carefully, can you see those two ridges? Yes. So

what do you think? I'd definitely have a new-found respect for them.

Well done, that's your first piece of evidence of that they have

definitely been some busy beavers in the forest. Its ability to

change its landscape is matched only by humans. And a team are

about to find out for themselves what extraordinary habitat

engineers they really are. OK, guys, that is impressive. We have

certainly got a beaver dam here. How do you think they do it?

guessing they used sticks and mud. Yes, some of those bigger branches

and mud, as well. Then they make that structure nice and solid, as

well. Why do they build them? are very impressive structures and

the reason is so they can access more food. They preferred to be in

water. If they have got a nice big flooded area, they can get too many

more places to get food. Great job. There's no denying beavers have

been hard at work and the water is where they love to be. It's the

perfect place to gather clues. have come out on to the locker. Any

ideas what that might be? It's their home. Yes, do we know what we

call the home of the beaver? Yes, a lodge. They will go down before

going inside, and there are various chambers, where they might feed,

there could be a special area where they sleep, where the female gives

birth to the Czechs. There's quite a lot going on underneath -- checks.

Impressive? Definitely. That the evidence I am looking for but our

deadly detectives are not prepared to call it a day just yet. If

they're going to see one, it is The team camouflage themselves from

head to toe and move in for an evening stake out. But sometimes,

while you wait for wildlife, you have to wait... And wait... And

waited... And there's still no But then, in the last light of

There they are. Look. They are I cannot believe your luck! What an

encounter! You have certainly found conclusive evidence. The beavers

have definitely made this place Mission accomplished! That is top

detective work from our super achiever be that retrievers. But

now it's time for me to do a bit of detective work because this is

Deadly Scene Investigation! Yes, companies are the police tape

because there has been a grisly murder. It's been reconstructed on

set. OK, this is where the victim met its end. This is a spider's web

from a garden spider, but it's missing a crucial thing. In the

centre of that should be the female spider but she has gone. The Bolton

area seems to have been plucked clean. Down here, there are more

traces -- bottom. We have bird prints, and what looks like small

mammal Prince running in that direction. So, what do we think has

happened here? Let's ask the audience. Thank you very much for

the what do you think has happened? A bird. I think it went into the

spider web and it took the spider. Actually, it is quite high off the

ground. That would be quite tricky for it to do. What do you think?

think it could have been a small bird like a robin. That's true.

Maybe a mouse? The Robin could not of but. The mouse is too heavy to

get up to it. Any body else got any ideas? What do you think? It will

be something light otherwise it would break the web of for so it

can't be a mouse. I think it could be some kind of... Something bigger

There are what that specialise in catching spiders within the web,

but that is not what happened here. There has been an even more

remarkable end. Have a look at this. There are 17 species of bats in the

UK, all experts at catching insects on the wing, but this one has a

rather neat train. It can actually snatch spiders out of their Webbers.

It uses echo location and can even see what side of the web it is on.

It manages to avoid all the sticky threads that could untangle it. It

is going and of the Spider, grabbing it with its feet, but the

spider has escaped! Oh, no, it hasn't! Case solved! That leaves

the Aktar Beg build, let's see how the audience have got on. -- that

leads me back. They looked very impressive. How have you found this

challenge? Well, it was quite fun, but it was a bit messy. There was

blue flying everywhere. How did you design the web? Well, we did the

outside and worked our way in. is looking fantastic. How do think

they have done? I think they have done fantastically, they have got

good careers in making them. There were a few creative differences in

this team, but you have done a great job. Shall we see if they can

catch a fly? Are they sticky enough? It has worked! Very sticky!

If you poke it in hard enough, they will stay! Well done, thank you for

taking on my challenge. There is one animal that a spider would not

want to catch in its web, this is a One of the most commonly asked

questions is what is the point of the wasp. I'm about to tell you,

they have got loads to do. Back at the Nest, the Queen has laid eggs

in little chambers, and they are turning into runs, which means lots

of hungry mouths to feed. The workers have to collect enough food

to feed them and help them grow into the next generation of workers.

But it is not just food that they have to take care of. They also

have to build their own home. They shoe bits of wood and mix it with

saliva to produce paper. It is a spectacular feat are engineering, a

papier-mache masterpiece. It has to be strong enough to support the

whole family. Inside this house, it is bedlam! All this activity

creates heat. The nests can be up to 10 degrees hotter than outside,

so they need air-conditioning. One was provides a fan, another

collects water, their work is never ending. They even take care of the

pests in our lives. Ever had a fly try to ensure sandwich? Let them

handle that for you. They are omnivores, and they eat just about

anything. This fly has had it! They have gone for the capitation! You

do not need to worry about caterpillars munching on your prize

vegetables. Let the Wasps come to your rescue. Albeit in a slightly

gruesome way... Anyway, they will help you keep your garden free of

cabbage destroying critters. All in all, they are expert pest

controllers, team players and engineers. My favourite thing about

them has to be their yellow and black co-ordinated Watchdog outfits.

I reckon they cannot be all that bad. Maybe after seeing that, you

can all see a better side to those much-maligned stings, A Bit Of A

gardener's friend. Now the moment you have been waiting for, the

moment when we sing the hotline number. No, it is time for Beat

Backshall! If you have been watching, you will see that the

almost always get the questions right, so we have been making

things more difficult and adding physical challenges. You will not

believe where he is this week. Take a look. He is 30 metres above the

ground! Are you OK? I am OK, I am in position. It is making my legs

go like jelly, just looking at him. So you are going to hang yourself

upside down by your ankles. That is the idea, yes! If and you're going

to answer questions as well. I hope they are easy questions, for his

sake! Are you ready? I think so! How's scary is it? Really scary!

The first on his family, which Bird has the largest egg in proportion

to its body? That is the New Zealand kiwi. It must be the most

painful experience. They are the size of a chicken, but their egg is

10 times the size. What is the smallest shark in the world? That

would be the pygmy cat shark. going to give you that, well done.

Quite right! What are baby crocodiles called? Hatchlings.

would give you that on as are, fantastic. There is no specific

name, but a lot of people call them hatchlings. Elizabeth says, which

mammal has the biggest teeth? biggest what? Teeth! You are

turning that all! Which animal has the biggest teeth? The biggest

feet? Teeth! Teeth! That you buy it with. Open your mouth! I cannot

hear you, you'll have to move on! No worries, I bet he doesn't know

the answer to that one. Have we got another one? Hattie, who is 10,

says, what is the quickest fish in the world? It is usually thought to

be the black Marlin or the sailfish, but it is difficult to get any

really good scientific knowledge, because it is all based on how much

line is taken out from an angler. It is probably one of those fish,

around about 80, there's a row. Four out of four, even upside down!

Turn yourself back the right way up. Is that all right? Metal base

colour returned to normality of. While he gets back the right way up,

let me tell you how the fund continues right into the weekend.

We have our Deadly day and on Sunday, your chance to meet some

animals, have a go at some activities, and you might even meet

us. This is a sneak preview of what The Deadly day at his back in force,

and once again thousands of you turned up in Scotland to come face-

to-face with some crazy gritters. You will have the chance to get

creative with some Deadly art. And I have brought along a special

guest. This is a horned lizard, and Andy King reptile from the deserts

of America, but they can be the hottest places on earth. How on

earth does it manage to survive? Maybe he sits in a bush. Covers and

sovereigns not! I was not expecting that. Does it walk very fast?

pretty grim. Maybe it is cold- blooded, it hangs out in the sun

and then goes into the shade for a while. That is actually pretty much

spot-on. First thing in the morning, they lie in the sun. It has a broad

body which it uses to basque and get warm. When the day heats up, it

will go into the shade, cover itself with sand and maybe dig a

burrow to escape the hottest part of the day. Right answer. The

authors of's message of Defence is even more -- the horned lizard's

method of defence is very strange. It Kells into a ball? It climbs up

a tree. They have got excellent camouflage, and they will cover

themselves with sand. But it is even more extreme than that!

words blood out of its high. I did not think anybody would get that!

That is absolutely spot on. Yes, first of all, they inhale an

enormous amount of air, they swell up like a balloon, and then they

squirt blood from the corner of the eye towards the eye war mouth of

the Predator. I cannot believe you got that, absolutely brilliant,

well done! The horned lizard, a balloon inflating desert specialist

can that can squirt blood from its size. -- eyes. Come on, some people

are so sensitive! The for your chance to come along to the Deadly

day out, go to the website and bind the events that is near to where

your liver and get your grown-up to apply for a free ticket. If you do

not have access to a computer, call I do like that bit, it makes me

very happy! Right, we are coming towards the end of the programme,

so we had better decide our ultimate winner. The carpet python,

the Dalai their eating spider, the wasp, the very small recluse spider.

I'm going to get rid of the wasp may be, I think I will stick with

those three, seeing as Steve is not here. Audience, what you think? The

carpet python? What about the goshawk? The recluse spider? That

is very fierce. That was a big cheer for the Welsh favoured, I

think it has got to be a goshawk. What is happening there? Have you

seen that we have got a photo here? This is her climbing at Reading.

That is sport climbing, being the first person to climb up. That is

really impressive. Well done, and Sam from South Wales saw red kites

circling over their tent when they were camping. One of the most

beautiful verse in the UK. Another viewer found an injured shrew and

it survived. The if you want to play Deadly Planet, you might need

that secret code which is our there with the cameraman. It is millipede,

spider, boot, scorpion. A very big thank-you to everybody here at the

activity centre for giving us such a great time. If you are coming

tomorrow, it is going to be sunny, make sure you bring sunscreen!

have to thank all of our guests, the Maverick Slackliners, whence