Episode 6 Live 'n' Deadly

Hello and welcome to the programme that is all about the great

outdoors and the Wild wonders that we share it with. Like this

incredible bird of prey, the Merlin. Our smallest Falcon, and an expert

at catching birds on the wing, like sparrows and blue tits. They at is

impressive, but I have got a bald eagle, which is known to eat small

deer. I hate you. Deadly! This is Live 'n' Deadly. Our convoy is

touring the UK in search of all things wild. Your coming with us,

every step of the way. -- you are Start on the sofa on a Saturday

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

and welcome to another Live 'n' Deadly. It is 9 o'clock on a sunny,

autumnal morning, which makes you feel glad to be alive. That made it

is time for more action, adrenalin and crazy creature features. Where

are we? We are in Norfolk. Banham Zoo is going to provide a host of

awesome animals to intrigue and amaze us. Because it is a zoo, we

have to bring Gibbons, a marauding monkeys and poo slinging tapes. It

is our crew! The Live 'n' Deadly Audience! You are getting into the

swing of things at the zoo and testing your monkey skills. Don't

wave, you might fall off! special guest is a legend in the

vertical world, Leo Houlding! This is a special weekend. First of all,

Wales, in their first ever rugby World Cup semi-final. And the big

weekend for my family because my parents are celebrating their 40th

wedding anniversary. That is such a special occasion. All the crew

police said a happy anniversary. Happy anniversary! I am sure you

will enjoy watching a programme with a cup of tea, just like you

will do over breakfast. Naomi is going deep, deep underground.

challenges some streamlined skaters to take their skills out to sea.

meet these lanky lovelies. Are they deadly? The edge just cute! And we

meet these vultures, that love to get stuck in. You do not want to

miss the vultures. My goodness, they are set for a feeding frenzy

live on air. We like to kick off the proceedings with a suitably

deadly animal. This week we have no intention of disappointing you.

Prowling through Siberian snow, the largest cat on earth. The tiger.

Also one of the most iconic and impressive beasts imaginable. Those

black-and-white stripes might stand out against the snow, but in the

Indian Bush, it is a different story. That camouflage is so

effective against the grass. They make their hands short but

explosive. They can travel 40 mph, and they are decisive, potent and

powerful when they hand. This is one truly killer cat. All cats are

carnivores. Even domestic cats are quite fearsome. This is a domestic

cat skull. The teeth of a predator perfectly designed for killing

things like garden birds. But if you see besides that, you end up

with this. The skull of the largest cat on earth. It is massive, with

the same shaped teeth. But look at the canines. They are the size of

my thumb. Behind me, we have the owner of those special teeth. This

is a Siberian tiger. This is the female tiger, slightly smaller than

the male. But look how big she is, absolutely stunning. As she is

standing up, look at her paws and her claws. They are contained

within, so they state shop. -- stay sharp. She wants to know why we are

in her enclosure! Unbelievable power. Wonderful teeth. Just

fabulous. The Siberian tiger is the largest sub-species of tiger. The

Mail is on the other side of the enclosure and cannot be bothered

with us. He is absolutely enormous. But she is plenty powerful enough.

The fact that he has disappeared is no surprise. I know what tigers can

be like to track down. Early last year I was privileged enough to go

on an exhibition to Bhutan, in search of undiscovered tigers. --

expedition. This might seem tenuous, but that is the purr-fect size for

tiger tracks. Luckily we did not have to rely on my eyesight. We had

an expert on brought it, our tracking dog. -- on board. We found

some tiger poo but we needed more evidence. We put up camera traps

and the results were extraordinary. Not just one, but many of the most

iconic cats on earth. Extraordinary. I actually spent six weeks in

Bhutan. Pretty much all I saw was poo. Now I have got this wonderful

beast right next to me. It brings it home how impressive this animal

is and how important they are. It would be a tragedy if we lost them

from the wild and I hope that does not happen. When you are this close

and you can smell the breath, it is awesome. If anything is going on

the Top Ten deadliest line-up, it has to be the target. I will not

argue with that. Gorgeous but seriously deadly. A purr-fect

contender for the ultimate top 10. Did you see what I did?! Purr-fect.

We do not know what other animals we will meet in the programme and

at the end, a war audience will help us decide. -- of our audience.

In week number two, the sea eagle took that title. Week 3 was the

lions. Rick four, the goshawk. -- Wijk four. Number five, the

armadillo. You cannot have an armadillo on there. But that is

ridiculous! On your bike! They would be deadly if you were a

return fight. We will see who wins it today. Our wildlife wizard can

answer your tricky questions. Send them into the website. Click on

Beat Backshall. We will not make it easy for him today. We have a

cunning plan up our sleeves to catch him out. It will be great.

And we have asked for some action shots. They have been flooding in.

Jacob, you are six, and you have been windsurfing. Good work. Ashton

has been body boarding in Newquay. I love doing that. Helen, with your

father, in Guernsey. I like your style. Because we are racked the

zoo we would like encounters with zoo animals. -- at the zoo. Please

send in your name and your phone number. That is important. Then you

might see your picture on the programme. Maybe you have seen an

incredibly big animal, or effortlessly elegant.

This one is effortlessly elegant. She is gorgeous. The barn owl. A

heart-shaped face, great plumage. They are incredible birds because

they are so quiet when they fly. The feathers make them so quiet

that their prey never hear them coming. And it also means that they

can hear the movements of their prey. To demonstrate how silent

they are, we will fly the barn owl over the audience. If you hear it

coming, put up your hand. Do not scare it. Close your eyes and see

if anybody can hear it. Close your eyes! Cheetah. It did not go near

you two, your cheating! Typical. The ones that it flew over the

heads of, nobody noticed. Close your eyes. That means you, too. So

delicate. Wonderful. You need some food for behaving so well. This

bird has been trained to react to the sound of a buzzer. It has flown

into that buzzing sound. We have secreted them in among the audience.

Our barn owl will fly in when it hears the buzzer. Just like when it

hunts animals in the undergrowth. She drops straight down. Good job.

We will try it one more time. I will give you a reward for that.

That is my finger! Not that! Stop closing your eyes. Let's try once

As always, my plan did not work so well. But they are so elegant. We

should be very proud of it in this country. I think they are wonderful.

I would like to see this bird on our top 10 list. You might struggle

to do better than a tiger, perhaps. Shall we do one more? The buzzer is

secreted in the audience. Let's It is elegant and precise, and

exactly how it hunts in the wild. Like most hours, the barn owl does

its hunting in the night. But they are relatively common in the middle

of the day. The flight is not dramatically fast, but it is

incredibly accurate at citing its prey and hovering like a kestrel

above it. They can see it, then they hover, and drop down. It will

all be over incredibly quickly fall that animal. They do not know what

is coming. Ayscough it down in one gulp, indigestion central. -- they

swallow it down. I could have done with that when I went searching for

our only flying mammal and navigated their world. Time for you

to go deep, deep underground. I have come to Fountains Abbey in

Yorkshire because it is one of the best places in the country to get

up close and personal with one of our most elusive residents, the

bats. There are 17 different types in the UK, and eight of them live

in and around this Abbey. The problem is that they will only come

out in the dead of night to hunt for their prey. I will not see any

unless I have a plan. Luckily, a team of experts studies them here

and they have to catch them first. We are setting up some traps to

back us some bats. Are there any bats at the moment? There will be

some roosting in the stonework. They will come out to find some

food and we will catch them. With the traps set, we have to step away,

wait for darkness, and hope that we catch some bats. Have we got one?

We have! Listen to that little grunting noise. And his teeth. He

is not trying to bite you, then? probably would if I gave him the

chance. Would that be painful? really. The teeth are tiny but very

sharp. Would you like to look at That doesn't hurt him? It's so thin,

isn't it? Before we let this little boy fly off, can I guess what

species this one is? Go for it. it a pipistrelle? It is. Get in

there. Shall we let him fly off then?

Let's let him go and feed. Bye. Gone. Have you got another one?

Look at you! Oh, my goodness, look at that. This one is called? A long

eared bat. When I open my hand to release this bat and it's ready to

go its ears will fully extend. that mean it has fantastic

echolocation skills? It does have fantastic echolocation skills. The

reason for the Big Ears is because they produce very quiet calls. They

need to list ton very quiet echoes returning. They produce very quiet

calls because they feed on moths that can hear their echolocation as

thaeproch. They whisper, they're called wis perg bats. Sometimes

they'll switch their oako location off all together and listening --

ek yoke location -- echolocation off and just listen. Clever you.

Are we about to see the ears unfurl? Just like you said. It's

brilliant. That was magic. I love this. The bats kept coming thick

and fast, which was great for us and for the research team as it

gave them a chance to collect loads of information. And, as a real

treat, I even got to hold one. Briefly. Soon enough it was time to

get my mission... Oh, no, I hope this one's not too scary. Can I

borrow your torch. "Naomi you've come eye to eye with an animal that

flys and hunts in the dark. Now it's your chance to see what it

feels like. You're going under cover and under ground to see what

it's like to live in and navigate a dark and dingy cave. Get a good

night's sleep, sharpen up your senses and let's hope this

challenge doesn't send you batty." Very funny. Thanks a lot.

Just a few miles from the abbey in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales r,

a series of caves that bats use to roost and hibernate in during the

winter. Sorted. Let's go caving. Anita is also an experienced caver.

She's come ago long to show me the way. We're going down in there?

Yeah, where the rope's hanging. That's your abseil. Ah! Starting

the descent into the cave. Are there any spiders in here? Yes,

lots. Oh, no, are there? Don't tell me that. I'm not doing this very

gracefully. My challenge is to follow the bats' flightpath through

this cave system, a journey that takes minutes for the bats, but

which might take me a little bit longer. Off rope.

Here we are at the entrance to the cave. I can already see a big

spider's web over. There I'm so glad you're with me. Do you want to

go first? No, can you go first? Is it going to be this low all the way

through? Some of it will be lower. Oh, I am being brave. Of course,

bats don't have head torchs to get through here. They use echolocation,

emitting clicks which echo off the walls and when they hear them they

can build up a mental picture of their surround gdz, so easily make

their way through these tunnels. They really are built for this

environment, which is more than I can say for me and my poor crew.

And from here on in, the passageways get smaller and smaller.

This is horrible, this is so clumsy and awkward. How do you get your

head through there? Like that. Oh, it's like being born! Oh, my

goodness that really is one of the worst things I've ever done,

definite sense of adventure about it, though. Though it might be an

adventure for us, Anita found evidence that for some bats, this

is home from home. Are these wings? Yeah, this is where bats have come

in to roost in the evening and they just eat the bodies and drop the

legs and wings of the moths. this is definite evidence that

they've been here? I think they come night after night and have a

little banquet. Brilliant. It's been three really tough hours, but

we are finally approaching the mouth of the cave. I can see

daylight! Hallelujah! Hooray, I survived my bat experience, back in

daylight, I love. It I can see why people would get a kick out of that.

I feel a real sense of achievement now I'm out of there. I can't

believe a bat can fly through that the route we've taken at about

15mph and not hit a thing. It's incredible. I can certainly see why

bats choose to hang upside down. I'm not going to become a caver.

You did all right, considering how you were hating it. I was glad to

get out. It was a good experience. I'm glad I gave it a go. It's an

experience that wouldn't have fazed our next guest. Rather than

underground, he likes to go a long way above it. This man has nerves

of steel, rather than our telling you about him, let you show you

what he does. Ask any British climber or

mountaineer who their heroes are and this guy is going to be top of

the list. Forget Rihanna or Lady GaGa, this guy is a proper rock

star. What he's doing now is free climbing. He has a rope, but it

doesn't mean he can't take big falls. Look at him go. He is

lightning. He's going up a vertical rock face faster than I can run. He

goes up like a monkey and down like a peregrine falcon. Check this out.

That's a wing suit. It enables him to pretty much fly as fast as a

bird. He's going 80mph. He's just like James Bond. I want to be Leo

Houlding when I grow up. Look at that! Let's have a full-on, gob

smacked Live 'n' Deadly welcome for Leo Houlding!

APPLAUSE I'm gob smacked. Thank you for

joining us today. Mate, why climbing, what is it about climbing

that gets you inspired? Well, one of the graestest things is the

amazing place it's takes to -- you to, the massive cliff faces and the

wildest corners of the world. Sometimes it takes days and days to

get there. Sometimes it takes days to climb up the cliffs. Do you

sleep on the cliffs? Sometimes, yeah. What do you do when you get

to the top? Sometimes you just walk down or I prefer to jump off with a

parachute. That is absolutely terrifying. Does it frighten you?

Definitely, yes. It's not about not being scared and being really gung

ho. You are a bit scared, but the fear is useful. It lets you know

you're in danger. Rather than freezing and not doing it, you go,

OK I'm scared, right this is exciting. Tell us about some of

your biggest achievements and experiences. I climbed Everest a

few years ago. I prefer the technical, vertical cliffs. We call

them big walls, the biggest cliffs in the world. We have a photograph

of you. Went to an amazing place in the Canadian Arctic count mount

Asgard, almost a mile high. These are the kind of places I go to

looking for wildlife. You must see pretty cool things as well.

cliffs we often see big birds. We saw a giant snowy owl. Then you get

the giant seagulls thaw get on the sea cliffs in the UK. They can

projectile vomit about 15 feet. You've been vomiting on? Yes!

you are covered in this goo, you're throwing your clothes away. It

won't wash out. You're climbing up the wall and you come across the

nest? Yeah, it's a defence mechanism. Are there any animals

that you'd like to see that you haven't? I'd love to see a flying

squirrel. We have footage of one of those in action. Look at it! This

was the inspiration for the wing suits. This is the natural

equivalent. That fold of skin in between the wrist and ankles allows

them to glide over great distances. You have taken this to a whole

different level. It's where the inspiration for wing suits come

from. They're becoming very big now. We get to jump off mountains, 3,000

feet high. Your glide ratio gives you a longer flight. People aren't

going to start like that. Anyone looking at what you do and thinking

"I want to do that." How would you advise them to begin? The great way

to learn the basics is an indoor climbing wall. Most towns have got

them. They teach you how to tie the knots. From there you'll met some

people or perhaps you do a course where you get into the great

outdoor where the real action starts. It's interesting that you

mention a climbing wall. Funnily enough, no episode of Live 'n'

Deadly would be complete without a challenge for these two. Follow me

and I will explain the rules. We have on set a climbing wall. This

is Live 'n' Deadly, this is no ordinary wall. This is a revolving

climbing wall. Not only, that we can change the gradient of it at

any time we like. When I say "we" I mean me and Harvey. If it's looking

too easy, I'm going to increase the speed and angle, all right? The

winner is the one who can hold on the longest. Are you willing to

give it a go? I'm not sure. Are you getting off the water? Yes. There's

dew on the grass. I hope you have warmed up. We don't want to bring

on cramp. High five, no just leaving me hanging. Three, two, one,

we're off. Cheer for who you want to win. Steve did mention he's

nervous about competing against such a world class climber. I told

him to get a grip! That's a pun! Speed it up. It's going a bit

quicker now. Very good. Come on Steve get a move on. Stop hanging

orn. He makes it look easy. I think I'd be good at this. Shall we

change the gradient? Yeah come on, let's change the angle and make it

more difficult. You want all the weight to go over your legs. This

will make it impossible to do that. All the strain will be going into

their forearms. That main is going to be tremendous. Wow, keep going

guys, you're doing so well. Look at Leo, he's almost over the top of it.

You held on well. He's still well. I couldn't keep holding on. Leo,

may I shake your hand. That was impressive. I will leave them to

get their breath back. Well done. We meet an animal which is not

particularly deadly but can rival those two in the climbing stakes.

This animal does it in the tropical forests of central and southern

America. Hello Andy. Hello. have we got here? This is a

Kinkajou. I've never heard of one before. Strange animal. This is

called? Jubey. He's 16 years old. He's a very climber, is he? Yeah,

he is. Can he demonstrate climbing skills for us? Well, they live in

the forests of South America. They have got very, very sharp claws

which help them to grip the branches when they climb. Actually,

he can turn his ankles round to face backwards, so feet face

backwards. Does that hurt him? But it means he can come down a

tree head first. Can I get a piece of fruit? He has a good tail as

well. Can you show us your tail. His tail is wrapping around the

rope there. This is a prehen siel tail. It gives space to use your

paws to eat your food. He loves his fruit. When does he hunt? He does

his feeding at nighttime. He is nocturnal. He finds his food at

night. How does he find his fruit when it's darks? He has a great set

of eyes. But an even better sense of smell. I think we should try and

demonstrate the sense of smell. I reckon the crew have pungent

smelling boots they might lend us. Thank you. Already. I don't even

want to touch them. Thank you very much Tim. Shall we encourage Jubey

here. I need to hide... Oh, thank you... I need to hide fruit in one

of the shoes, make sure Jubey's not looking. Let's test the sense of

looking. Let's test the sense of smell. Go for it. Hunt down the

fruit. He's a braver animal than me. It's in there, go on. No stinky

Tim's boots. Oh, he's got it. Well done! You are a talented little

being! A cheer from the audience as well. It's lovely to meet such a

talented climber. Nice to meet you. Thank you. If you want to get into

the great outdoors and have adventures, I recommend you get our

new activity diary, which you can And we have some exciting news for

you. Millions of you have been playing Deadly Dash. Today We

proudly announce the launch of Deadly Dash 2. It is absolutely

incredible. Bigger and better than ever before. A whole cast of

terrifying predators, crabs, polar bears, a mountain lion. You do not

only have to out run them. There is also kayaking, sliding, hang-

gliding as well. A fantastic game. Get on the website and give it the

ago. We have our 24 level mega game, called Deadly Planet. It is awesome.

You have to get this virtual Steve safely around some amazing

environments and track down some amazing animals. Top of the leader

board, Orange By pub. If you would like to knock him off, you will

have to find the secret code. It must be hiding on the set somewhere.

Can you spot it? It will give you the power of the great white shark.

It will also give you a bonus deadly rating boost. See if you can

find it. I don't know. While you solve these virtual conundrums,

Steve is trying to figure one out. But it is different. DSI, Down

Under. I am in Australia! There is something wrong by the billabong.

My deadly detectives, Madge and Harold, have found out that

something smells worse than a wallaby's Y-fronts. What has been

going on? I will Australian accent? -- shall I drop that Australian

accent? There is a notable track, no noticeable paw prints. It comes

gone. There are also some tracks down the back. Very sinister. What

does the audience think? What do you think has gone on in this

investigation? I think the snails have been attacked by a snake and a

kangaroo. Working together? That would be a first for the natural

world and I would like to see it! Good job. I think the snail has

attacked the snake and the snake ate the snail. Gang warfare between

snakes and snails, OK. Some imagination going on here. I think

the snake was doing his daily stuff and then he was beaten by the

kookaburra. -- he was eaten. somebody tell you that?! Very good.

That is right. Lovely Italian accent! That was Melbourne! This

young man is spot on. It was the work of the kookaburra. We have one

here to introduce the YouTube. It is this fabulous bird. -- to

introduce you to. Come and say hello. He is quite nervous because

of the cameras and the lights. He is going to sit up there now,

watching from a distance. I think that the kookaburra might be camera

shy. While he is doing that, we can show you one hunting in the wild.

The kookaburra is one of the sights and sounds of Australia with its

chuckling voice and fluffy appearance. You would be forgiven

for thinking you can cuddle them. Wrong. Australia is full of

venomous snakes and the kookaburra will eat all of them. They smash

them to death on branches, vicious. They will eat lizards, just about

anything, giggling as they go. I love them. That is better. He is

getting more confident now. Can we see him cadging something on the

the largest kingfisher found in the world. Really sizable. Capable of

taking on things like snakes, spiders, lizards. Absolutely

brilliant. They have such incredible characters and they have

that unbelievably distinctive force. I have run out of food. We will

have to put some shrimps on the barbecue for you. I think he is

wonderful. What does Naomi think? Q Which? -- does she think he is

cute? Yes! This is one of my favourite animals, the beautiful

carafe and it is feeding time. -- giraffes. And we have got a baby

here. Maxwell is over here. He is five months old. Tell me about his

birth. When the females give birth, they actually do it standing up, so

there is a two-metre drop. Poor thing! Actually it stimulates them

to take their first breath, so it is important. He is very healthy

with a lovely coat. Fantastic pattern. Each pattern is unique.

None of them have the same patterns. They take it through their whole

lives, like a personal ID. They like to eat leaves and plants.

willow here, but in the wild, Katia and apricot trees. -- acacia.

are cute, but very strong. Their legs are very powerful, so they can

kill. What are they doing? That is necking. They stand next to each

other and hit each other to find out who is strongest. And kicking

with their back and front legs. They are protecting their young

there. No disputing that they are deadly. But I am sticking with my

instincts, utterly cute. And the way they move is very graceful. Not

unlike what we tracked down in I am then and I am 12 and anybody

can skateboard and I recommend it. My name is atlas and I am 13.

Georgina and I am 15. When I fall off, I just get back on again.

Jo and I am 12. I love skateboarding because it is great

to do with friends. You can do it at any time of the day. I am 13.

all love skateboarding! To perfect their skills, it takes lots of

practice. The instructor is here to help them test out some new tricks.

Skateboarding is great because you can do it indoors and outdoors and

it allows young people to get out and meet new friends and try

something new that is healthy and active. Sometimes you will fall off.

Brush yourself down, get back up and give yourself another go. That

is the best way to learn sometimes. Great session, today. Some of you

pulled of some new tricks, which is awesome. I have got a mission.

know that you are really good at skating. I have seen your skills

and I am impressed. But I want to see how you will handle a totally

different environment. I want to find out if you can surf the waves.

You do not live far from the coast so why have lined up and instructed

to help you out. What are you waiting for? The waves are waiting

I hear you have been sent for a surfing lessons. Firstly, it is

cold so we need wet suits. Much better. But you are missing one

vital piece of equipment. Your surfboard. Let's get on with the

lesson. When the water is waist- deep, we would get on them. Grab

your board, place your belly on and twist your legs. We need to be far

enough back so that the nose does not go under. Take hold of the

sides. You can just feel the back of the surf board. Every stroke his

long and strong. You are surfing down of the waves. Then we get on

to our feet. We keep looking forward, push with your arms, and

use your toes to kick with your knees. If this is going well,

standing up is very easy. It is just fingertips, one foot, push.

When we fall off, we are only in shallow water. Try to belly-flop

into the water. The bigger the splash, the better for you. That is

so easy. Happy? Drop down and get comfortable. Some of you will find

it easy and some not so easy. My advice is to catch the wave on your

belly with the smile on your face. If that goes well, belly to the

knees with a smile on your face. If that goes well, go to your feet

with a smile on your face. OK? Cool. It might be a bit like skate

barding but harder. -- skateboarding. I think it will be

The guys get used to their change of environment and balancing on a

Sensational stuff. You have picked up some seriously slicks surfing

skills and you have only just got I am totally impressed. But are you

having fun? It is nothing like skateboarding. I will definitely

try it again. Really fun. I will buy a surfboard and a wet suit and

get out there. It is more direct than skateboarding because your

always on the surf board. incredible. You have really

embraced the challenge and taken to Fantastic stuff. That is what Live

'n' Deadly is all about. You do not have to try skateboarding and

surfing, but you can try it for yourself. Watchers are known as the

undertakers of the natural world, but that is not fair. -- vultures.

They are wonderful. Let's get them into the open. Somebody is hungry.

That is just so dramatic! They are flying into wards that rich. This

one is quite lazy and does not fancy it. -- in towards that Hill.

That one knows what is coming. He did not even bother to fly! My

in. These are griffon vultures. They are obviously superlative

scavengers. They are going absolutely crazy for this piece of

meat. This is natural behaviour. These birds get way up into the sky

and tried to find an animal that is dead and has been left rotting.

They provide free food. If the animal lies in the heat for long,

then they start rotting and get some diseases. That is not a

problem for these birds. They have the strongest stomach acids of many

creatures on earth. Look at their beaks. It is formidable, tearing

every single chunk of meat off those bones. Listen to the sound of

get into the action. They're not quite big enough. Come on and show

the people. Come on. No? They're being a bit bullied by their larger

cousins. Not surprising. The wing span is phenomenal. They are one of

the world's greatest soarers. Have a lock at this. -- look at this.

These cruising forms are a classic and dramatic sight and any wildlife

watcher in Africa, quickly learns to look out for these silhouettes

in the sky. Circling vultures often mean a dead or dying animals below.

Their eye sight is extraordinary. Getting up high means they can see

for miles around. Though birds of prey, they are classic scavengers.

They're gruesome and grotesque, but essential. This is absolute chaos.

It's very much like being out in the wild and having your face right

down next to a carcass, while these fabulous scavengers got stuck in.

You look at the hooded vulture, you can see the head is naked of

feathers. That's really important. If you're going to spend your time

face first down in a rotting carcass, you don't want to clog up

your feathers with blood. It also helps with thermo regulation with

cooling themselves down in hot environment. I'm not sure that's a

good idea because that baek is too strong for cleefz gloves. No, step

away from the television presenter. They will reduce these to nothing

in a matter of minutes. They are some of the most important animals

on earth. If they weren't around to clear up the rubbish, then the

plains of Africa would be littered with rotting corpses. But these

birds, these wonderful, majestic, magnificent birds do the job of

clearing up after everyone else. Look at that, I mean, the noise of

it, the clatter of the beaks on the bones is incredible. This is

something that I filmed quite a few times in the wild and actually

these birds are surprisingly careful. As soon as they sense you

getting close, they will take to the close. Their eye sight is so

superb, as soon as they see you there, they'll disappear. To be

this close to them is an incredible privilege for me. If you want to

get this close to truly fantastic deadly animals, you should come

along to one of our deadly days out. Here's what happened last week.

Deadly! Today is Deadly day out is from Saltwell park in Gateshead.

And we need a deadly animal like this sea eeing. And there's plenty

animal oddities here today. What on earth is this? Snake. It's a snake.

Snake. Snake. Snake. Snake. I think it's a snake. Is it a worm? There

you go, perfect. This is a legless lizard. It's called a -- it comes

from Europe and it's almost identical to our slow worm but much,

much bigger. This really is a particularly peculiar beast andess

especially unusual is the line running down -- and especially

unusual is the line running down its body. What's it for? Extra

sense of smell? Like gills on a fish. Letting its body curve.

Actually that's not far off. What it does is it allows the body to

expand, it allows it to move, which is really useful when it takes in

its food. Unlike snakes, the skin is nothing like as flexible. So it

needs that so it can get bigger as it eats more food. So, the name

really is a bit of a mouthful and it would make a tasty mouthful for

another predator. How do you think it defends itself? Camouflage?

its tail. Slides away quickly. Makes a sound. It could spit venom.

The tail actually starts there. That's its bottom. Everything there

is tail. It will drop that in pieces which keep wriggling and the

predator thinks that's food, while the rest slidgeers away. It's cool,

isn't it? (shrithers) It munches snailz and drops its tail, it's not

days out. For your chance to come along, go to the websites and see

if there's an event near you. Bbc.co.uk/ cbbc. If you find an

event you want to come along to, ask a grown up to apply for free

tickets. If you can't get online, can you ring the ticket hot line.

Feel free to join in at home as our Calls cost no more than a local

rate, even from a mobile. Fingers crossed that we will see you at one

of our Deadly days out. Now we string him up, hose his down and

conCulture Secretary ways to fire difficult wildlife questions his

way. It's time for Beat Backshall. All right up there, Steve? Your

mission is to try and get across the high wire course as quick as

you can while I ask you these questions. Fire away. Thank you

very much great white shark. Nicholas, who is ten whants to know,

following your camel racing, do you know how many eye lids a camel has?

It has four. I've got three. rats. OK. An extra one called a

nicatatin. Noah, your question is, what is the smallest shark?

smallest shark are the pig any cat sharks. Yes, that is correct.

from Daniel, who is nine. What are the three types of Harriers in

Britain? Hen, marsh, and oh, that one's stuck, hen, marsh, and...

Erm... Oh, no. What's the third one. Oh, is it benettis? No, it's not.

What is it? Montague. Of course! Well done Daniel. Next question:

Where are a butterflies' taste buds? On its feet. Correct. I like

that one. I didn't know that. Not that I know many of the answers to

be honest. He's going so fast. Stephanie wants to know "I've

always wanted to know how a chameleon changes the colour of its

scales. It doesn't change the colour of scales, it changes the

cells under the skin called chromafores, which are colour

changing cells. That is right. I think we should give Steve a

massive round after plauz, didn't he do well? Round of applause,

didn't he do well? APPLAUSE

There you go. Here he comes. Little treat for him at the end of all

Honestly, I don't know how he does it. It would take me half an hour

to get through one section. We're at the end of the programme. We've

met our Deadly animals. We can put them on the board here. The vicious

vultures, the kuk bura, the giraffe -- kuekburya, the jirafz and which

is the deadliest? We have these three, if you think it's the barn

owl, cheer now. CHEERING

What about the vulture? APPLAUSE

A few people. The tiger? CHEERING

I think the tiger got biggest cheer. Brilliant just four more spots to

fill. I can't believe I didn't get Montague harrier. My friends are

going to kill me. This is apt though, because we have a bunch of

animals here and they're difficult to find. The best way of finding

them is to track them by the signs they leave behind. Oh, no. It's

time for a feature we like to call whose poo at the zoo? Come on over.

so glad it's back. We have a fantastic selection of plop.

Starting off with... I don't like this game. Your starter for ten

is... Yuck. Get stuck in. You can tell it's a herbivore. It's OK to

break it apart. Get your nose in there. You'll notice it's very dry.

There's not a lot of moisture. This is quite fresh. There's hay in it.

So it's a herbivore. It's an animal that doesn't want to give up much

moisture to its environment. moisture to its environment.

camel? She is on form! It's time for the main course. Urgh! This is

such a gross game. That is full on. Can I touch this one? You can. That

one... That's so grim. Can you see from the shape of it, from the

pinched end and from the fact it's full of... Hair. This is from a cat.

You have to be careful about this and wash your hands afterwards.

it Siberian tiger maybe? That would be bigger. The female even, would

be like that. This is a slightly smaller cat. Anyone got any guesss?

The range might overlap with a tiger. Cheetah? No much, much

smaller. Someone shouted it. Snow leopard. Spot on. So your dessert.

What! Is that one poo? No that's a rock. I think that there is like a

pellet. That's come out of one end and this white has come out of the

other end. A bird, a vulture? Thank goodness. Spot on. Love that

game. That's a feature we like to call whose poo at the zoo. We have

had photos coming in. James you got close to a tiger at Thrigby

wildlife park. And Alex took this photo at Marwell zoo. We had better

thank our audience. We should. Thank you very much audience.

only we knew where the code was, if you want to play Deadly planet.

It's really important, I just can't see it anywhere. What a shame. A

big thank you to an idol of mine, Leo Houlding.

APPLAUSE Thank sow much. Thank you so much

to everyone here. We've had a lfl time. Back for more Deadly

adventures next Saturday at 9am. Come on Wales! See you then. Come

on Wales! We've got a Deadly convoy scanning the land in search of

adventure. Next week, Steve's explorers are riding high with

their eyes to the sky, as they take to their bikes to look for red

kites. Naomi is going dipy, imitating a bobbing bird and

getting herself soggy in the process. You get all the fun.

yes. We're heading underground in search of some of the creepiest