Episode 5 Live 'n' Deadly

Well, we are all about spectacular locations on this show. You don't

get any more spectacular than this - this is epic. Those are the Farne

Islands. They are one of the most important wildlife hotspots in the

whole of Europe. We are standing at the top of our very own 12th

Century Norman keep and I have my own damsel in distress. All right

there. I'm raring to go. Let's do it. Let's do this. Very slowly. It

is not high at all! It's not. It is a bit blustery. Here we go. That's

more like it. Truly is action woman! It's Lara Croft on a string!

More out to the side. There you go. Keep it moving. Excellent. This

wind is very helpful(!) LAUGHTER dear. Never mind. Nearly at the

bottom. You know what? That is how you start a show! CHEERING This is

Live 'n' Deadly. Our convoy is touring the UK in search of all

things wild. You are coming with us Start on the sofa on a Saturday

morning... And the rest of the weekend is up to you!

CHEERING Hello. Yeah! Hello. Hello. Welcome

to the show that is designed to get you outdoors, to get the adrenaline

zinging through your veins. It has started started spitting! Where are

we? We are half-way through the live shows. The map is filling up.

We are today on the wonderful - I can't get it on - Northumberland

coast there at Bamburgh Castle. have our own 12th Century castle.

Check this place out. It is magnificent. Right by the sea,

right by the Farne Islands which are one of the great wildlife

hotspots of the whole world. We are really chuffed. In keeping with

your medieval theme, we have some rough renegades who have no teeth

and smell awful, from the Dark Ages it is our Live 'n' Deadly Crew.

Morning. Looking bold and gallant for us, it is the Live 'n' Deadly

Audience. CHEERING And we are truly in the presence of greatness. We

have one of the finest mountaineers in the world and THE finest

mountain guide. Nine times Everest climber, Kenton Cool! APPLAUSE

are excited about him. He is someone I want to be when I grow

up! With such a prestigious climber amongst us and with this castle,

I'm sure I can dream up a suitable challenge to keep you busy later.

What is going to keep you lot busy? Have a look at this. Coming up:

Another group of Deadly Detectives are set a challenge by Steve to

track an elusive nocturnal mammal. Naomi spends a nailbiting night

under the stars to experience life as one of the world's most

spectacular seabirds. We meet a warty resident of Bamburgh Castle.

We also have some real-life Deadly Dragons. Plus, we have from Deadly

Art, Mike! Good morning. CHEERING You are going to make some Deadly

Art. I will make a massive sculpture today. Fantastic. We will

find out what that is about in a bit. First, we need to meet the

animal that is going to inspire that Deadly Art. We couldn't meet

the animal equivalent of a knight in shining armour. Yes. I have been

starting each programme with a truly lethal predator and this week

is no different. We have the absolutely awe-inspiring armadillo.

Look at him. He's the cutest thing on earth. A big thank you to

Edinburgh Zoo for bringing Dillon along. Let's see him in action.

This is a three-banded armadillo. This is a three-banded armadillo.

They come from the Americas. He is a constant little clockwork toy,

searching for worms and things. Where are you off to? Not that way!

Let's turn you round. Look at him go. He is just fabulous. There are

many different species of armadillos. The largest was five

metres in length and locals used to hollow out their shells and use

them as houses. The only thing that could use him as a house is a

pixie! He is so cute! I love the way he moves. It is fabulous.

Normally, he would be looking for things like termite mounds that he

could tear open and get stuck into the insides of. He is not going to

find much food on the tarmac! Come on, where are you off to? I tell

you what, while he is driving us all nuts, how about we see some of

his other cousins? Come back! There are 20 different species of

armadillos, all of them natural oddballs. Look at them. They are

the most insane-looking animals. This one is getting stuck into some

eggs. It is much more typical to see nem with their nose up in the

air and bury -- see them with their nose up in the air and burying it

amongst some termites. They are just going to hoover up ants,

termites by the thousand digging with their powerful claws. When

they get freaked out, they bounce away like kangaroos. They are odd.

Yes, odd is definitely the word. You can see there, that big claw,

that is what it would use to tear open, just like that, things that

could be rock solid, concrete solid. So although he is cute, he is also

a predator so I guess - I can't believe I'm suggesting him - he

could be a contender for our top ten Deadliest Leaderboard?

Cuddly! Not really. I love Dillon. He is brilliant. I will have Steve

recommending kittens by the end of the series! His mission is to try

to beat off all of today's deadly animals we will see on today's show.

Find out more about that later on. You guys have been brilliantly

sending in all your photographs of the great stuff you have been

getting up to. We have got this fabulous shot from Molly and your

mum Marie. You climbed Mount Snowdon. You are looking very happy

about it. Good for you. We have also got a shot of Alex and Ben who

have been rockpooling. That is the spirit. We like seeing that. Steve

and me, we have got to do some cool activities so far. How could I

forget my wing-walking experience? Steve went kayaking. Have you done

anything cool? Send us your action shots. If you have a photograph,

send it to [email protected]. If you need any inspiration of

ideas, go to the website - bbc.co.uk/cbbc. Click on "have your

say" to get chatting on the message board. Right, so, if you take the

tallest mountain in the world and you mix in an action adventurer,

then throw in nine Everest summit climbs, what do you get? The result

is pretty cool to say the least! Kenton Cool is one of the world's

greatest high altitude climbers. He has climbed all over the planet but

there is one mountain he just can't get enough of. It's Everest. He has

climbed right to the top no fewer than nine times. Two of these

summits were back-to-back in the same week! That's a global first.

CHEERING Yes, we are truly privileged to

introduce to you Mr Kenton Cool. Thank you so much. We are not

worthy! I don't know about that. have to ask, nine times to the

summit of Everest. What is it that keeps drawing you back? It is the

place itself. It is such a wonderful country, culture, people

and it's Mount Everest. It is the highest mountain in the world. The

locals call it "the mother goddess of the earth". It keeps dragging me

back year after year. I love it there. I love the people. It is

wonderful. Of your nine climbs, which was your favourite? It's

really hard to choose. It would have to be the first one. It is the

most special because I had never been there before. I get to the top

and I whipped out the satellite phone, I phoned my mum from the

top! We had this quick conversation and she said, "Hey, would you like

to speak to your dad?" Yes! She says, "He's out walking the dog!" I

sat there for a bit. It was amazing. Everest has been the big thing. You

have been mountaineering for a very long time. Tell us about some of

your favourite expeditions? I have climbed all around the world from

Scotland, to North America, South America. It is hard to pick one out.

Each one is special. Each one - different people, different

mountains, different conditions. I love being in North America, Alaska.

It's the Himalayas that drags me back each time. If people want to

be a mountaineer like you, what would you tell them to do? Just

follow your passions. That is what I did. I went through school, I

went through university. I became a climbing bum. I climbed all around

the world. That is what was special to me. I say to all the children

here today and out there, just follow your passions. Maybe it is

climbing. Maybe it is art. Maybe it is mountain biking, just get

outside and really enjoy it. have places here in the UK to rival

anywhere in the world? It is stunning. We are here in

Northumberland today. Five miles inland is some fantastic sandstone

climbing. North Wales is where it all began. We have Scotland. We

forget how special this place is. Well, princess does like a bit of

climbing! Don't call me "princess". We met in Tibet. You were rubbish,

I was great. You are more than a worthy opponent. Get kitted out. It

is not going to be climbing Everest. While they are getting ready, I

will have my very own adventure. I went off in search of an animal

that makes the seaside its home. Steve has got it easy. I could get

used to this. Out on the road, filming wildlife, in the great

outdoors of this stunning location! The weather is all right. We are

very well looked after by Live 'n' Deadly. Although, having said that,

you are looking hungry. Did you miss your breakfast? Want some of

this? Come on then. Hang on, I said some of it! Not all of it. Bunch of

gannets. LAUGHTER Believe it or not that, is a real phrase to describe

greedy people and yes, it is a pretty bad joke, too! Where does it

come from? Well, the gannet is a giant deadly bird with one of the

biggest appetites in the animal kingdom and one of the most amazing

techniques for catching their food. Gannets cruise above the sea until

they spot a school of fish under the water. They go into full dive

bomb mode at this point, hitting the water at over 60mph and taking

the fish by surprise. They do this time after time, chucking fish

after fish down their gullets which is why greedy people are named

after them! They are one of my favourite birds and I'm hoping I

can get to know them better. Well, today is my chance. I'm in one of

the best places in the UK to see gannets. I'm at the RSPB Reserve in

East Yorkshire. To help me is Johnny from the RSPB who I have

been told travels to work in an unusual way. This is Johnny and he

isn't your average RSPB warden. He knows a thing or two about the

birds here. It is like another world out there! We have brought

you down here because we get 200,000 seabirds here. We get

guillemots, puffins, tit wakes. My favourite bird, -- kit wakes. My

favourite bird, the gannet. There's so many of them out there. It is

like another world out there. would say they are one of the

easiest birds to recognise with a massive wingspan. The black wing

tips. You are spot on. What strikes me about the gannets is the shiny

cream colour on the wings and the tips of the wings which look like

they have been dipped in black paint. It looks like they are

playing on the wind. Why do they choose a cliff edge? Why do they

choose a cliff edge? It's a good point. It looks a precarious place

to nest. Basically, it is a safe place for them. We do get predators

here. We get stoats scouring the cliff face. We get peregrine

falcons coming in. There are still some dangers for them? There are.

It is a nicer place for our birds to nest. Sleeping on a cliff edge

has to come with its perils? Definitely. You wouldn't like to

raise your young out there? No! gannet will always stay with the

egg while if other one goes fishing! That is nice. They are

always protecting their eggs? are. How do they keep the egg on

the cliff? It is the magic of nature. They sit on the egg and

keep it on there. They will put it on top of their toes and they will

cover it with their pouch or the belly. Safe as houses! Yeah. Well,

I have had a great morning and I think I know enough to accept my

challenge from the crew. OK, it's got something to do with eggs.

Guessing the mission is in here. Oh yeah. Deadly Eggs. Right. The crew

need looking after so you have been put in charge of tomorrow's

breakfast. All you have to do is look after these six eggs. That is

all right. I'm clumsy, but not that clumsy! Don't get cocky, your

mission is not finished. You have to look after these eggs overnight

whilst suspended on a ledge 50 metres above the sea and completely

open to the elements. Good luck. Have an Eggellant adventure! 50

Metres above the sea? What?! I don't think that is going to be

good fun. Sorry, crew, you might go hungry tomorrow. Stay tuned to find

out what happens in the next gripping instalment. As I prepare

to go down the cliff, the boys are getting ready to climb up the wall.

Are you ready? I'm about to do a climbing challenge against one of

the world's finest mountaineers. Why would I be nervous(!) You will

be fine. I have given them a rope each. Very sporting of me! Because

Bamburgh is a medieval castle, I thought your mission should be to

rescue a couple of damsels in distress. Where are you? DAMSELS

SCREAM Right here. There might be a kiss in it for you. The winner will

be not just the first one to the top, they will be our hero. Ready?

Three, two, one... KLAXON SOUNDS You want to get up here quick,

these girls are stunners! I'm talking supermodels! The weather

may be cold but these girls are hot. How fast are they coming? I can't

see them. That is not... Oh! Finished! That is the greatest

achievement of my life. You must have gone for that... Well done.

Was that hard-core? Yes, it was. my goodness. You all right, Kenton?

I have been beaten by Steve! There are no losers here today. Your

prize is to get a kiss from our damsels. You know what? I'm open-

minded, but not that open-minded! We will move on from there. Now,

this castle is obviously a perfect place for a haunting. It's also a

perfect place for a murder mystery. It is time for Deadly Scene

Investigation. Yes, we are at the coast and out there there is a

multitude of wild animals in work and one of them has met their end

down here. Well, I should say several have met their end. Let's

see what is going on. So my deadly gnomes are investigating. Down here,

we have a whole bunch of smashed shells. These are mussels. Now,

what kind of animals are at work at the coast that could be munching

these? Let's have a look. There are so many potential criminals at the

coast. Could it be a seabird? It could be a submarine aquatic weirdo

or a Marine mammal. We have here our smashed-up mussels. We have got

- oh, there is a feather there. The dark tip on it. There is also some

footprints. We have five-towed footprints with a claw at the end.

-- five-toed footprints with a claw at the end. What has happened?

Let's find out from some of our Deadly Audience. Any ideas what's

happened here? It might have been a dog that ate the them all. There

are paw prints. Dogs are not big on eating mussels. That is not a bad

idea. Olivia? Scottish wildcat? wouldn't see the claws at the end

of the toes and only four round toes. I don't think that footprint

came from a cat. What do you think? A rabbit out of the dunes ate them.

One of those fearsome mussel-eating rabbits! A killer rabbit. I love

your imagination. Rabbits are herbivores so very unlikely to have

been a rabbit. Anyone else? Maybe armadillo? LAUGHTER That was great.

Armadillos are taking over the show! No, it's none of those things.

Let's see what our culprit was. Well, it was a gull. But look at

how it's managing to mash these mussels. It's plucked them off the

rocks and is flying into the air and then dropping them down on to

the stones below allowing the bird to get at that nice meat. The

gifted guile of the gull. Great. Yes, it was a deadly herring gull.

That is another Deadly Scene solved! Good investigation, Steve.

We have created a special Deadly Scene Investigation that is

happening up-and-down the country. Someone has committed a wildlife

crime - da-da-da - you have to decide who has done it. Go to our

website - bbc.co.uk/cbbc and click on "DSI". So earlier in the show,

Steve was lucky. He got to meet the armadillo earlier on. Over here, we

have Mike from Deadly Art and his team of Deadly Artists. What is the

idea over here? We have a giant skeleton here. This is the head of

the armadillo. The body, down to the tail. All made out of PVC pipe.

The idea is, we are going to use kitchen foil, wrap the whole thing

up, like a giant present. A lot of foil. Then cover it in paper plates.

Did you see that armadillo earlier? Yes. What did you think? Really

cute. Have you ever made an armadillo this size? No. Talk us

through what we do. Let's get started. Get into positions. So

this is what we are going to do. We will start wrapping all the way

around. You have to be careful not to pinch that foil. Tear the foil.

Wrap it all the way around. You take that bit. Wow! This is a team

effort. We have a lot to do. have until the end of the

programme... We can do this. Will you be able to do this? Yes! You be

careful. Well done. We will leave you. I can't wait to see the

finished result. Now, it is dime to meet this week's deadly adventurers.

These guys embody the spirit of Live 'n' Deadly which is about

getting out there, enjoying the wildlife we have here in the UK.

This particular mission was especially great because these guys

managed to sneak a late-night into the bargain! The UK is jam-packed

full of wildlife. Some harder to see than others. That might be

because it is camouflaged, nocturnal or just plain shy. This

next animal is all of those things. Which makes them a real challenge.

So I'm going to need a group of keen-eyed explorers to search out

the trickiest of all, it is the dark-loving worm-munching badgers.

Hello. I'm Olivia. I have am 14. name is Antony. I'm 12 years old.

I'm George. I live in Dorset. Sasha. I'm 12 years old. We have

our mission from Steve. I hope you all like getting out and don't mind

a late-night. I have a real challenge for you. To find a very

shy and elusive animal - the badger. Badgers are found all over the UK.

We rarely get to see them because they only choose to come out at

night. Your mission is to spend the day searching for clues to help

tell you where the badgers are. Then I want you to stake out that

spot and see if you can see them. You have a guide to help you out.

So get on out there and get badger spotting. Let's go for it! Come on.

Let's go. Hi, guys. My name is Mark. I'm from badger Watch Dorset. This

afternoon we will spot some badgers. That sound a good idea? Yes! Fancy

jumping in the back of the Land Rover? Yes! Off we go. Off we go,

guys. Can we have a look down here? What can you see here? A paw print.

OK. The chances are this is a badger's paw print. You see the

five long nails here? I reckon that is the front paw print. That is

what they use for digging. Taking out the soil. And over here, can

you see any more? I think that is a back one. I think you are right. Do

you know why? Is it because they haven't got any claws? Much shorter

nails and they are not imprinting into the soil. That look good? That

is a good indication that we have badgers here. Let's go off to this

corner and see if we can find any So we are up at the badger sett

here. See the big entrance? See this barbed wire? Can you spot

anything on the wire? Is that fur? That is. Let's have a look. OK.

That's a strand of badger hair. You feel how wirey that is. Wow!

that wirey? Really. What colour is it? Black-and-white. Absolutely

right. This is good evidence that badgers are here. Let's see what

else we can find. Cool. Let's have a look up here and see what we can

find. What do you spot around here? A burrow. What is this? Old hay.

Old hay. Very good. So do you reckon, because it's come from the

sett, do you think this could be old bedding? Yes. Who wants to have

a smell? Me. You can both have a smell. It smells sweet? Lovely(!)

Damp and manky. This is a fresh sett. If you look deep inside the

hole, there is nesting material. That is new. Basically, they are

changing their bedding. If you are at home, if you take your sheet off,

you get a new sheet. Same for the badgers. Where are they now? They

are deep asleep. What time do they wake up? 7.00 or 8.00 in the

evening. That is the beginning of their day. With all of those signs

that badgers are around, our explorers are heading into a hide

where they are hoping to catch a glimpse of one of these elusive

creatures. They will need to stay really quiet. You have to keep an

eye across the whole bank. They might come down in front of the

hide. Sometimes waiting for wildlife requires a lot of patience.

Look, straight ahead. See the badger? Oh God! Where is it? It is

playing hide-and-seek. He is shy. He is very shy. You can see him now.

Oh get in there! He is having an itch. He is so beautiful. They are

lovely. That last badger was very, very beautiful. He is back again.

There's two badgers, guys. Three badgers. There we go. We have a

fourth one. I think it is badger night tonight! We have been

extremely lucky tonight. I have really enjoyed this bit. Did you

have fun? Yes. Just if whole thing was really good -- just the whole

thing was really good. Ten out of ten. Thanks, Steve. Yeah! ALL:

Mission accomplished! Even more proof that Britain's

wildlife is brilliant. Look at that. A great group of geese. Wonderful.

You lot have been getting out there and getting into the Live 'n'

Deadly spirit and you have been getting in touch via the website.

We have had Lemon Flying Phoenix. They have got into kayaking since

watching the show. Good on you. There is going to be plenty more

coming up. Bamburgh Castle has been around for about 900 years. Legend

has it that when this castle first started being built it was guarded

by a loathsome dragon that used to breathe fire. Well, sometimes truth

can be stranger than fiction. There are still dragons around in the

natural world. Dragons like this. This is Iggy the gripy iguana. Iggy

is incredibly impressive. Look at that. It has wonderful colours --

grippy iguana. It will be bright red here when it is breeding. Look

at those claws. Surely these are the claws of a fearsome predator!

Pointed teeth inside the mouth and a tail that can be used for defence.

Perhaps, the strangest thing about this particular dragon is the fact

that it is a vegetarian. Yes, as an adult, it could not be less deadly.

It is a dragon even weirder than any you will find in fiction. I

have another here though. This one is a predator. But extraordinarily

pretty. Thank you. This is a green- tree monitor. It is a tree-living

lizard. At the moment, it is puffing out its throat - this is a

threat display. He is letting me know he is big and dangerous and

look at it climbing. Superb. Ooh! Hello. You weren't doing that

earlier on. He is incredible. Now he is doing his best ever dragon

impersonation. Look at that. And the forked tongue flickering out of

the mouth there licking its chops. Look at that! That is really

impressive. Isn't it beautiful? This will hunt up in the treetops

for insects and small birds. Brilliant. The next animal though

is one that I genuinely do have to be a bit careful with. This is one

of the few lizards in the whole world that is genuinely venomous.

This is a be a,-of- -- this is a beaded lizard. He comes from North

America. This really is one of nature's dragons. Generally

speaking, they feed on eggs. It is really strange that they should be

venomous. It is not that they need venom to overcome their prey. It

comes from a gland in the lower jaw. It has a broad thick head driving a

powerful jaw. Yeah, he's - what he is trying to do is he is coming

towards me because he is looking for a bit of cover. They are quite

slow-moving. Just wonderful. In terms of dragons, there are 3,800

different species of lizards around the world. Everyone of them could

be considered one of nature's true dragons. Have a look at this. The

dragons of myth and legend breathe fire, well here is a natural dragon

that chooses to spend a lot of its time around fire. It's the frilled

lizard taking advantage of the fact that many insects are scared away

by natural bush fires and become easy prey. Look at this. The

frilled lizard munches it up. This is the thorny devil. It's pretty

small. It would fit in the palm of my hand. It sucks up moisture

through its body. The monitor lizard is much larger. It can munch

down other lizards. But this one is not defenceless. One of its common

names is the bicycle lizard. Look at those legs go! These are truly

extraordinary dragons. Look at that! Well, we are spoilt for

choice. At least one of these have to go on our Deadliest Leaderboard.

Which one are you gunning for? Nasty! I think the beaded lizard.

There goes Iggy. And green tree monitor as well. We will come back

later on to see which of those gets a place on the top ten. Back to my

gannet adventure. I was contemplating that oh so appealing

offer of spending a whole night on a cliff edge(!) the question is,

did I succeed? If I did, how did I get on? Well, I have seen the

gannets living on their cliff face. Now I'm on the cliff face where I'm

going to live for the night. I haven't seen where I'm going to be

sleeping yet. Judging by where I am standing, it is going to be a sheer

cliff face. So shall we have a look and see what it looks like? I have

the eggs! Oh you are joking! Now I have to be honest, I'm no natural

climber. The thought of spending the night like a gannet high up on

a cliff terrifys me. -- terrifies me. Ready to go? Yes. Happy? Happy

as you can be dangling off the side of a cliff! Steve is going to be

laughing at me. Tiny thin bed. going. Yeah. She's sat. To get me

on this cliff has been a massive undertaking. It has taken three

people nearly 24 hours using more than eight ropes, hundreds of bits

of metal and two sleeping platforms so I can stay here for one night.

This is crazy. But very exciting. This is not something you do every

day. But it is something a young gannet will do every day. After the

egg hatches, the chick will stay perched high on these sea cliffs,

not for a single night like me, but for 90. Eventually, it gets big

enough to launch itself off the cliff for its first-ever flight. A

true leap into the unknown. This is the challenge, I have to look after

them. They can't stay in the bag. I will have them right next to me. I

have to be like a gannet. And protect the eggs. There is just the

lovely sound of the waves crashing on the rocks beneath us which will

hopefully lull us off into a nice peaceful sleep. Right. I'm going to

bed. Gan-night! LAUGHTER Good morning, everybody. 5.00. I have

just woken up. I feel as fresh as a daisy. I did get some sleep. I

wanted to show you what I'm waking up to - excuse my camera work. Look

at that. It is so peaceful. There's a gannet and it's just the most

wonderful place I think I could ever wake up. I have really enjoyed

this experience. Like I can't explain how much. It's been special.

I can't stay on this ledge forever. There is some unfinished business

to attend to. Oh! Scary. Oh! Bless them for pulling me up. What a top,

top, top, top night! Oh my goodness! I loved that experience.

That was so fantastic. And, of course, most importantly, I have

brought you back the eggs safe and sound. I'll have my scrambled!

like mine poached. I will leave that to you. Bye! Where you going?

Find a bush, I'm desperate! Bye. TOILET FLUSHES It was a long night!

Can I say, I am so impressed. You woke up out of a portaledge. You

were - that has to be worth a big round of applause. APPLAUSE Ah. You

will regret saying that. I'm going to be horrible to you now. It is

time for Beat Backshall. Get yourself in the stocks. This is the

part of the programme where we ask clever clogs your tough wildlife

questions see if we can -- and see if he can get them right. Kenton is

going to blast Steve with snow throughout. Are we ready? Payback

time! Are you ready? Hannah says which animal has the biggest brain?

A sperm whale. Correct. What is the largest rodent?? (inaudible)

that right? No, it is wrong. species of loris. Didn't he do

well? He got two out of three right. A big round of applause for Steve!

APPLAUSE Well, I have a spot of dandruff! LAUGHTER How about we go

to Naomi's News? The first seal pups are born on the Farne Islands.

Yes, this is the news that the pitter patter of blubbery babys

have been sighted at the island just off the coast of

Northumberland which is only a mile or so from where we are today.

Every year, 1,000 pups are born there and we have got a photo to

show you one of the first ones. This fella is not two-weeks-old!

How cute is he?! And this is the perfect time of year to be looking

out for the elusive red squirrels. This is National Red Squirrel Week

and as the squirrels are busy foraging to build-up their stores

for the winter, they will be out and about so relatively easy to

spot. Now, red squirrels aren't nationwide any more. But if you are

lucky enough to live in Scotland, or the North of England, or if you

can get down to Brownsea Island, you have every chance of getting

out there and seeing a red squirrel. That is it for Naomi's News! Cut

the music. Cool. That footage was shot by a local lad here in

Northumberland, who just so happens to be in our Deadly Audience. We

are lucky enough to have Will Nicholls here. APPLAUSE So, great

footage there. You love shooting wildlife. What is it like for

wildlife around here? Northumberland is a great county

for seeing lots of different species. We have loads of owls,

different raptors and other animals and rare things as well. So give us

your top three tips for people interested in photographing

wildlife? First tip is learn your subject. You need to be able to

know when you are going to see it - dawn or dusk. Also what kind of

behaviour to expect. Secondly, use the hides, there are loads with the

National Trust around Northumberland. But also around the

rest of the country. Your back garden is one of the best places.

Do you need to have a hi-tech camera? No. You don't need such

expensive kit. You can use a small camera like this. This is what I

started off with. It is great for photography. You have brought in

some of your favourite snaps. Let's have a look at a couple of them. We

have this one here. Oh look at that. That is adorable. Do you like that?

This is a young red squirrel I photographed just outside my house

in a wood. We have another one, too. There it is. This is a white-tailed

eagle or sea eagle on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. I have a

challenge. Would you take a photo of Steve's next animal encounter

and we will have a look at your best snap at the end of the

programme? Definitely. Thank you. Looking at those gorgeous animal

pictures leads me nicely on to our next fluffy feature, that I call

Dead Cute. I'm going to come down on the floor. If we can bring in

today's Dead Cute animal. This is Dudley. He is a Little Owl. Now,

he's only 12 weeks old. Believe it or not, he is fully grown. If you

think this Little Owl is cute, wait till you see what Little Owls get

up to when they are in the wild doing those little things that

Little Owls do best. Did I mention he is little?! The Little Owl.

Lives up to his name at 25 centimetres tall. What it lacks in

stature, it makes up for in not very owl-like behaviour. Unlike

other owls, it is happy to sunbathe in a tree making it surprisingly

easy to spot. And quite unusual for an owl, they will go hunting during

broad daylight, too. To cap off their unowl-like behaviour, they go

hunting. Dudley is so cute. Live 'n' Deadly is about animals that

are deadly to other animals. Dudley would be your worst living

nightmare if you were an invertebrate. The yellow colour is

the thing that lets you know, if you turn around, that he is a

daytime Hunter. He has got exceptional long vision eyesight.

Now, he's also got pretty fierce- looking talons. So Dudley, you are

deadly, but you are also impossibly cute. Well, yes. I'm not going to

try and convince you that he is not incredibly cute. I will see your

Little Owl and raise you the largest owl on earth! Over here!

Come on. In he comes. And look at that. How's about that?! This is an

eagle owl. He is an old friend of mine. Let's see an eagle owl in

action. So, this is a close-up view of the burning orange eye of the

eagle owl. This one is hunting in broad daylight. It's spotted

something. It is dropping down towards its target. What has it

spotted? Well, it is a fluffy bunny! Run! Eagle owls are very

powerful. When those talons swing forward, there is no escape. Look

at that. It is flying back with that bunny held underneath it. Yes,

he is a very special bird. No messing around with cute furry

armadillos, this is a true predator! Look at that beak. He's

being quite gentle with me at the moment. He is a youngster. We are

very good friends. In fact, this glorious owl and I are going to be

together at the Deadly Day Out tomorrow. We are at the Margam Park

in South Wales. The sun has come out to join us and so have

thousands of you! CHEERING So this is the skink. This one is a baby.

The adults get to be massive. There is something unusual about their

body. What do you think it is? is scaly. Its claws are really big.

Their scales seem to be bigger than the ones at the back. I like that

you are looking. A tail to hold on. Well, you are absolutely spot on. A

monkey tail skink is the alternative name. It can use that

tail to climb and hold on. That is really unusual for them. Very well

done. Excellent. So, it has sharp curved claws, almost like a bird of

prey and inside that mouth there are surprisingly sharp teeth. What

do you think it feeds on? Flies. Frogs. Small mammals. Little bugs.

Fish? Fish? You think it goes diving into the water? Well, the

feet aren't really adapted for swimming. Much more for climbing.

It can eat plants because it lives in trees. That is right. That is

just what it does. They climb using these claws. That gets them up high.

The camouflage keeps them out of sight. They themselves only feed on

leaves. They are vegetarians. So there is something very unusual

about how the skink's mother provides for her young. What is

that? Carries the babies on its back. Yes, but it goes further.

Does she vomit it back up? Kind of, but from the other end. Oh! What

happens is that as she goes to the toilet, the youngsters feed on it

because there's lots of important bacteria in her poo which help her

to breakdown her food because her food is quite indigestible. The

monkey-tailed skink, who is a vegetarian, but the babies like to

eat poo! Urgh! The babies eat the poo? Yeah. For

goodness sake, we are doing a biology programme! It was a lovely

hot day. We had a great time. If you fancy coming along to one of

our fabulous Deadly Day Out, head to the website. Find out if there

is an event near you. You can ring our ticket hotline - 0370 901 1227.

LAUGHTER It's the dance classic that is sweeping the nation(!)

is like Katherine Jenkins and Charlotte Church! Calls cost no

more than a local call. Come over here with me. We are going to join

Kenton after your epic damsel rescue. Legend has it at this

castle there is a witch who is beautiful but evil. As they often

did, they turned her into a toad. We have one here. Yes. This is a

very big toad. That is enormous! Kenton, would you mind taking that

for us? What's the sensation like? Most people assume that a toad

would be slimy and greasy? No, he is dry and a bit scaly. One of the

ways you can tell frogs and toads apart, frogs tend to have a damp

skin and toads have a dry, warty skin. Of all of the animals we have

dealt today, this could be the most deadly. There's something grim

about this. They are poisonous and if Pat comes in closer, I can show

you how. These two glands here secrete a special poison. Urgh!

That is like squeezing a spot. is something the toad can do in

defence. Quite a lot of animals will take them into their mouths

and will be dead within hours. are joking? No. This animal here

was released into Australia and they have gone all over the country

like wildfire. Lots of the native animals try and eat them and they

are being eradicated. One female can lay 30,000 eggs and... What?!

So they spread at an incredible rate. They have this poison to

protect themselves. They have a massive mouth and they will munch

down anything that they can fit into it. I love its eyes. There is

a slight resemblance! LAUGHTER Separated at birth. I have been

getting such a ribbing on this show. It is not fair. Sorry. Sorry to

drag you away - we are back to the legend. If a suitable suitor will

kiss the toad it will break the spell and the evil witch's ways.

After I have told you it is highly poisonous. I'm not kissing it!

would. Don't! Don't. Right. It is probably a contender for our top

ten leaderboard. Let's have a look. Right. So far, up here what have we

got? We have our lizards, armadillo and our two owls. Iggy the iguana

is a vegetarian. He is not going on there. What else? The green tree

monitor, that is not going on. The little owl is pure cute, that is

not going on there! What do our audience think should get its place

on the board? What do you reckon? ALL: Armadillo! Did you rehearse

that? I'm not sure. I think it might be a beady lizard... No? What

is happening to this programme?! I am being totally taken over. Naomi,

you have way too much influence. How is your big armadillo coming

on? I love it! Yes, I'm back with the Deadly Artists. Check out our

armadillo. Good job! We just finished. How did it go? Fantastic.

No problems? No. A little bit. were the problems? The wind.

Blowing this armadillo everywhere. If people don't have an area big

enough to build one this size, is there an alternative? Yes. I have

an idea for them. You could do the arches out of wood. You can cover

it in tin foil and use coloured circles for your armoured plating.

That is lovely. If you want to make one, all the details are on the

website. You enjoyed it? Yes. you so much. What do you think,

Steve? Brilliant. Fair play to our Deadly Artists. It is a whole new

twist to the Deadly idea. I guess also it means if it is really

filthy outside, you can get inside and make some Deadly Art. Also,

when we are talk bg about art, maybe you can get into -- talking

about art, maybe you can get into photography. Let's see. Look at

that! Frozen in time. A glorious moment with those... That's awesome.

Good job. Excellent stuff. should be pleased with that. Some

of our viewers have had some photos as well. We have one from Jake who

is six. He's got a photo of his very first climbing trip with his

dad. Dad, good on you. All of you, please get into stuff like climbing.

That is what Live 'n' Deadly is about. If you are enjoying playing

our game on the website, Deadly Planet. There is a special code

that you will need. Yes, a shame we don't know where it is... Where

could it be? There it is. So the code is PAW, TRACK, CROC, SKULL...

I can tell you that this is such an awesome power that this will give

you - it's AQUABATICS OF OTTER. Get on the website. Tap in the code.

have to say a lot of big thank yous here. Everyone here has been

fantastic. Thank you all so much. Yes. We have got some great guests

on the show today. Kenton, thank you so much for joining us.

covering me in snow(!) That was the best bit! I am going to be picking

bits of snow out of my ear holes for the next two weeks. What are

you coming up with next week? sorry. Thank you Mike for doing

such a great job with the armadillo. CHEERING I was convinced the wind

was going to carry that off into the North Sea! Do get on the

message board. Do chat about all the things you are liking. If you

have good things, get on the message board and start chatting

about the show. Don't forget about the Deadly Games. Enjoy the Live

'n' Deadly spirit. Get outside. Come to a Deadly Day Out. We will

The Live 'n' Deadly trucks are on the move on our quest to take

wildlife and adventure around the UK. Naomi's dressed like a Smurf!

Steve challenges a group of seriously wicked borders to take

their street surfing skills out to sea. And we meet a bunch of big-