:00:18. > :00:23.On this week's Live 'n' Deadly we are in Brazil! Ariba! No, we're not.
:00:23. > :00:29.Skpwhr Any excuse with you. We have fab louse Brazilian beasties. This
:00:29. > :00:34.is a tapier. Look the at that incredible nose. Look at this one,
:00:34. > :00:41.Steve. If you rub this one down here, he likes it so much, he likes
:00:41. > :00:47.it so much, he just rolls over on to his back. How good is that?
:00:47. > :00:57.wonder if it works on cameramen? Shall we try. Tickle our cameraman?
:00:57. > :01:03.
:01:03. > :01:06.It's working. It's working! Are you all right? Better roll titles!
:01:06. > :01:10.This is Live 'n' Deadly. Our convoy's touring the UK in search
:01:10. > :01:20.of all things wild. And you're coming with us every step of the
:01:20. > :01:23.
:01:23. > :01:33.Start on the sofa on a Saturday morning. And the rest of the
:01:33. > :01:34.
:01:34. > :01:39.weekend is up to you. Good morning. Good morning. Welcome
:01:39. > :01:44.to Live 'n' Deadly. We're here to kick-start your weekend by bringing
:01:44. > :01:51.animals, action and adventure to your weekend. Where are we? We're
:01:51. > :01:57.in Oxfordshire at the Cotswold wildlife park. Our audience,
:01:57. > :02:03.wherever we are in the UK, they always follow.
:02:03. > :02:08.Cheering ALL RIGHT. FAIR ENOUGH. AS WE'RE AT A ZOO We've plenty of
:02:08. > :02:13.beasts which don't smell too good. The best thing about this lot is
:02:13. > :02:19.their cheesy feet and their table manners. It's the crew. As tonight
:02:19. > :02:27.is Bonfire Night, our crew are starting things off with a bang!
:02:28. > :02:30.Y! Is that it? Our special guest knows how to celebrate having won
:02:30. > :02:38.the World Ironman Championships no less than four times, please give
:02:38. > :02:44.it up for Chrissie Wellington. CHEERING A living legend. And just
:02:44. > :02:50.one of the blazing treats in store on this Bonfire Night bonanza.
:02:50. > :02:57.I'll to theer at the top of the UK's tallest tree spending a spooky
:02:57. > :03:06.night with some noisy neighbours. Steve sends some superb swimmers to
:03:06. > :03:12.take their waitery skills to the great outdoors. Wael we'll see the
:03:12. > :03:17.flag staled giantant eater. Steve will be in an en closure with
:03:17. > :03:23.a pack of wolves. I was raised with wolves! Your Saturday morning's
:03:23. > :03:26.about to get that bit more exciting. Steve's mad about snakes. He snows
:03:26. > :03:31.just about everything there there is to know about them. Here, they
:03:31. > :03:36.have a truly extraordinary snake. He's called Barney. Steve, do you
:03:36. > :03:40.know what, I think you might have met your match. It's not just me
:03:40. > :03:47.who's met my match. There are six people struggling to hold this
:03:47. > :03:54.snake. Look at the skiez of it! It's enormous. Look at the size of
:03:54. > :03:59.it! This is the biggest, heaviest snake I've ever seen. Can I join in
:03:59. > :04:03.as well. There's now eight of us holding a snake. Incredible. As it
:04:03. > :04:09.has come out into the open out of its box look at the tongue. Bit of
:04:09. > :04:14.a his. That's Melling us? That's right. It has, Pat can see there
:04:14. > :04:20.getting nice and close, between the nose and upper lip, heat sensitive
:04:20. > :04:23.pits which enable it to be able to see in the dark. It's coming a bit
:04:23. > :04:29.close to me. I have control of it. This is an enormous snake. How
:04:29. > :04:35.about if you get a hold of our tape measure, we'll see if we can
:04:35. > :04:40.measure how long it is. I'll go to the tail end. It is quite difficult
:04:40. > :04:45.to measure snakes. It is quite mobile. Always on the move. Make
:04:45. > :04:52.sure you keep the tape measure as close to the spine as you can.
:04:52. > :04:57.not doing a great job! Not that great, actually! It's a big Wigley.
:04:57. > :05:06.You'll have to do the head bit, Steve. I will. This is easier said
:05:06. > :05:15.than do, isn't it? If we keep on going. Keep on going. We are passed
:05:15. > :05:21.-- past six metres. If you carry on for more four metres. Four metres
:05:21. > :05:26.more? Yes, that is as long as the longest reticulateed python that's
:05:26. > :05:32.ever been found. Look how big that is. That's nonsense. Pretty
:05:32. > :05:37.enormous. This one here is extraordinarily heavy. It's mega.
:05:37. > :05:41.It weighs rather more than I do. This one's been put on a diet for
:05:41. > :05:46.the past four years. It is so substantial. As much as I love it,
:05:46. > :05:50.I'm going to leave you to it. bad idea. It is a Belky snake. It
:05:50. > :05:57.can take in enormous food items. When it does, it can be a little
:05:57. > :06:03.bit grim. I have to admit, seeing a big snake
:06:03. > :06:09.feeding is a little bit I cany. They cannot physically take bites
:06:10. > :06:19.out of their food. They have to swallow it in one go. Even if it is
:06:20. > :06:21.
:06:21. > :06:24.a deer. It could take self ral years to get this down, weeks to
:06:25. > :06:30.digest it. It wasn't supposed to be this difficult. This is ridiculous.
:06:30. > :06:38.It is quite a porker. Also, capable of eating a porker. For that reason
:06:38. > :06:44.alone, it has to go on our leaderboard of lethal. There is no
:06:44. > :06:49.way that monster isn't slithering straight on to our ultimate top ten
:06:49. > :06:55.leaderboard. It is week nine, so only two more slots to fill before
:06:55. > :07:00.we've to decide the ultimate deadliest winner of the series.
:07:00. > :07:04.Last week, we asked to send in pictures of your underWalter
:07:04. > :07:08.adventures. Did you disappoint? You did not. They have been flooding in.
:07:08. > :07:14.did not. They have been flooding in. Pun-it is a particular! This one is
:07:14. > :07:21.from Ferne. She's 8. This is her with a giant octopus at an aquarium.
:07:21. > :07:31.A brilliant photograph. We've this from George and his mum Kathy. What
:07:31. > :07:36.fish is this? This is an aripima. One of the largest freshwater fish.
:07:36. > :07:41.Two-and-a-half metres in length and about 200 kilos. They come to the
:07:42. > :07:47.surface to breathe air. Thank you for that photograph. Because the
:07:47. > :07:52.nights are drawing in, we'd like your wintry photographs. Maybe
:07:52. > :07:56.you've been ice skating, built a cool snowman send your photographs
:07:56. > :08:01.to our website livendeadly@bbc.co.uk. We want to
:08:01. > :08:07.have your very best experiences from this series of Live 'n' Deadly.
:08:07. > :08:13.Send those in too. Maybe it is my camel race. Or maybe it was my wing
:08:13. > :08:17.walking. It was more likely to have been my sea kayaking... Enough of
:08:17. > :08:23.that. If you want to send us your faff rit bits Westminster' put them
:08:23. > :08:33.in a special programme we'll show in a few weeks time -- favourite
:08:33. > :08:34.
:08:35. > :08:39.bits, we'll put them in a special programme in a few weeks' time.
:08:39. > :08:45.Last month. Chrissie Wellington delivered an incredible performance
:08:45. > :08:49.at the World Ironman Championships in Miami. She swam 200 miles,
:08:49. > :08:56.cycled a hundred miles and then ran a marathon all without a break. She
:08:56. > :09:00.won the title for the fourth time. And she is over here. In.$$TRANSMIT
:09:00. > :09:06.It is Chrissie Wellington. Please give her a grate big round of
:09:06. > :09:12.applause. Hi Chrissie. Thank you for joining in the deadly madness
:09:12. > :09:17.and handling the biggest snake. was glad I was at the Dale end of
:09:17. > :09:22.that snake. Ironman kofrp tigss. Tough races. How did you learn you
:09:22. > :09:28.were goat at something like that? didn't. I tried it. Found that it
:09:28. > :09:33.was something I really enjoyed. It all went from there really. It is
:09:33. > :09:39.remarkable, you didn't start off as a triathlete. You came to it quite
:09:39. > :09:47.late in life? Indeed. I was working for the Government until I was
:09:47. > :09:53.about 29. I tried a few triathlons. I did a sprint distance triathlon.
:09:53. > :09:57.Found it was something I enjoyed. When I was 29 I gave up my job and
:09:57. > :10:02.became a professional triathlete. It's inspiring you didn't do it
:10:02. > :10:06.from very young. They are such tough races. Endurance needed. When
:10:07. > :10:10.you reach low moments, feel shattered and want to stop, how do
:10:11. > :10:15.you keep going? You have to have a bank of positive images in your
:10:15. > :10:20.mind. I think of family and friends. I think of previous victories that
:10:20. > :10:26.I've had. I think of plates of chips or pizza I might eat at the
:10:26. > :10:30.end. I'm with you on that one! these things help inspire me and
:10:30. > :10:35.override the pain that I might be feeling. You have gone through an
:10:35. > :10:40.awful lot of pain. I have to say, look at this raerb substantial
:10:40. > :10:45.injury. After coming off your bike. How stoon afterwards were you
:10:45. > :10:52.racing? Two weeks. Tell us about your training. What training do you
:10:52. > :10:57.have to do? I train around four or six hours a day, seven days a week
:10:57. > :11:02.and 11 months of the year. I do allow myself a month of low
:11:02. > :11:07.intensity training after the biggest race of the year. What are
:11:07. > :11:11.your biggest triumphs? Winning the World Ironman Championships four
:11:11. > :11:16.times. That's something I'm incredibly proud of. As you should
:11:16. > :11:21.be. You are both seriously compet knife ive. You've done triathlons.
:11:21. > :11:28.Not to quite the same level. think we've a really good idea to
:11:28. > :11:32.pit the two of you against each other. How about the Live 'n'
:11:32. > :11:37.Deadly ultimate triathlon. We know a triathlon comes in three parts.
:11:37. > :11:41.Ours does the same. Only each section of ours has a bit of a
:11:41. > :11:45.twist. You'll start off with the run. Otherwise known as a pogo
:11:45. > :11:52.stick. Over there until the reach the bikes. Hop on the bikes. Do a
:11:52. > :11:58.quick lap around our deadly obstacle course. At the end you'll
:11:58. > :12:03.do the swim section. That's known as a soapy slide along the willing
:12:03. > :12:13.ton victory slide. That's a bit previous! I know I haven't got a
:12:13. > :12:16.
:12:16. > :12:20.chance! Three, two, one... Go! And they are off. Steve is five chal
:12:20. > :12:28.epbss down. Cheat, Chrissie. We don't mind.
:12:28. > :12:33.Steve is crashing into the van. Oh, no! Crash. On to the bike. Steve
:12:33. > :12:43.really needs to bounce back. Didn't do too well with that pogo stick.
:12:43. > :12:50.What happened to the bike? Mudguard. Over the sea saw. Oh, no! Are you
:12:50. > :12:57.all right, Steve? I'm fine. Absolutely fine. Keep going. It's
:12:57. > :13:04.all good. I can still catch up. Quick, go on. Over the caitsz. I
:13:04. > :13:12.think Chrissie slowed down to wait for him. -- over the gates. Oh, no.
:13:12. > :13:16.She fell off it as well. Now they are into the wave. High pressure.
:13:17. > :13:22.They are into the home straight. Around the tree. They are going
:13:22. > :13:27.into the slippery slide. Who will dive on to it first and reach the
:13:27. > :13:35.finish line? It will be a close finish. I don't believe it. Steve
:13:35. > :13:43.is the winner. Give a massive cheer for our winner Steve. That was
:13:43. > :13:49.mayhem! Are you all right, you two? Great, never been better. Dearie me,
:13:49. > :13:52.bikes going everywhere. At least it wasn't a full nine-hour Ironman
:13:52. > :13:56.competition. While they recover from that, it is time to catch up
:13:56. > :14:01.with our latest group of young adventurers who received a
:14:01. > :14:07.challenge from Steve. They are superswimmers who swapped swimming
:14:07. > :14:17.pools for snorkels to see what species they could spot in the sea.
:14:17. > :14:21.
:14:21. > :14:26.This week's mission takes to us Luckily, prehistoric monsters no
:14:26. > :14:32.longer swim these shores. This mission is to on this --
:14:32. > :14:38.investigate the underwater world by the speeches. For that, I need a
:14:38. > :14:42.group of expert swimmers. Will they be willing to trade the heated
:14:42. > :14:48.water has been best swimming pool for the open sea? Let us see who we
:14:48. > :14:56.have got? I am Tom, I am 11 years old. I like
:14:56. > :15:02.swimming because it keeps me fit. I Am Emma, I M eight years old. I
:15:02. > :15:08.like swimming because it is really fun and you get to exercise a lot
:15:08. > :15:17.and you get to learn new things. A I am Michael and I M nine years
:15:17. > :15:21.old. I am 12 years old, I like just
:15:21. > :15:31.being in the water and doing different kinds of strokes.
:15:31. > :15:42.
:15:42. > :15:50.I M steven, I am 12 years old. The team is coached by Nadine. She
:15:50. > :15:54.has did day's mission. -- Today's mission.
:15:54. > :15:59.I can see you are great summers in your local swimming pool but I want
:15:59. > :16:06.you to try a swimming spot with a difference. It is time to get out
:16:06. > :16:10.of the swimming pool and go to a -- at an underwater safari. I need you
:16:10. > :16:15.to put your swimming skills into action. Get out there and report
:16:15. > :16:21.back to me what you find, you might even see some deadly creatures from
:16:21. > :16:25.the deep. Get your mask and wet suit on and get exploring.
:16:25. > :16:32.What do you think of that then? Are you looking forward to it?
:16:32. > :16:37.So, our swimmer's head out to the bay. The first stop is to meet our
:16:37. > :16:41.guide. Marine and Warden of Mark Smith.
:16:41. > :16:51.We want you to get kitted up so you can be saved. And see what we can
:16:51. > :16:53.
:16:53. > :16:58.find. Are you ready? Yes! It is a bit more kit these guys are
:16:58. > :17:04.used to. But soon, everyone is dressed and Mark has a couple of
:17:04. > :17:11.tips to help them. The first thing you need to do it
:17:11. > :17:17.is to clear our mask. A great tip for this, do not tell your parents,
:17:17. > :17:24.it is to spit into the windows of the Mask, do you want to have a go?
:17:24. > :17:29.It honestly does help. At the bottom, if the snorkel fills with
:17:29. > :17:33.water, what you can do is breathe out really hard and the water comes
:17:33. > :17:40.out of the bottom to stop you swallowing it. Now it is time to
:17:40. > :17:44.get wet. He this is a completely different environment, it is called,
:17:44. > :17:49.the winds and waves makes a living difficult. With the tide it can
:17:49. > :17:54.also be dangerous. Which is why it is important to go snorkelling with
:17:54. > :18:03.someone who knows the ropes. Having said that, they take to it like
:18:03. > :18:05.fish to water. In no time, they are swanning around like specialists.
:18:05. > :18:12.He they appear to have mastered their environment.
:18:12. > :18:17.It is just the conditions which are not on their side today, those big
:18:17. > :18:24.waves make it really hard to see anything down there. But it is
:18:24. > :18:34.always worth keeping your eyes peeled for Eneas we -- Sea drilling
:18:34. > :18:36.
:18:36. > :18:46.creatures. His bat and an enemy? Visibility was not great today. --
:18:46. > :18:48.
:18:48. > :18:54.is that an anemone? Our superstars still have a great time.
:18:54. > :19:00.I really want to have another go, I want to do it again. You get to see
:19:00. > :19:10.lots of wild life. It was called but it was really fun as well.
:19:10. > :19:19.
:19:19. > :19:22.Thank you for this mission, it was amazing. The mission accomplished!
:19:22. > :19:26.What a great adventure. It goes to show that, even if the
:19:26. > :19:29.weather isn't amazing and things don't go to plan, you can still get
:19:29. > :19:33.out there and have a wild experience in the UK. Talking of
:19:33. > :19:41.adventure, we are about to send Steve on an adventure of his own,
:19:41. > :19:48.live on air. In this enclosure are four Canadian timber wolves. Over
:19:48. > :19:56.there are a couple of wonderful wolves. Four, the sisters, are
:19:56. > :20:02.living here. Only two are evident. This is their territory, and they
:20:02. > :20:06.will be cautious about anyone coming into this area. It is really
:20:06. > :20:13.running now. These are your favourite animals, when you get
:20:13. > :20:17.asked that question. I adore wolves, they are incredibly beautiful,
:20:17. > :20:22.complex social structures, ways of interacting with each other, I
:20:22. > :20:27.adore them. They are really quite unusual animals, interested in
:20:27. > :20:32.their behaviour. We have a beautiful man-made structure for
:20:32. > :20:40.them to live in, a purpose-built den. But, they start their own
:20:40. > :20:48.right next to it. This one here, beneath my feet right now, of two
:20:48. > :20:53.female wolves having a sleep. close it to domestic dogs are they?
:20:53. > :20:59.Incredibly so. Modern science has reclassified the domestic dog as a
:20:59. > :21:07.sub-species of the wolves. Generally speaking, domestic dogs
:21:07. > :21:11.are wolves. They are descended from this and will you see here. What
:21:11. > :21:17.sorts of things would they beat in the wild question of they have a
:21:17. > :21:22.tremendous variety, they will take anything from small rodents, right
:21:22. > :21:28.up to really substantial herbivores like moose. Working together in a
:21:28. > :21:34.pack and using the Environment to their advantage.
:21:34. > :21:38.In the icy wilderness of the frozen north, the wolves is king. They may
:21:38. > :21:44.have to travel for days before they can find potential food, so they
:21:44. > :21:50.trail along drawing in it send to find potential prey, using their
:21:50. > :21:56.keen eyesight and taking up a vantage point to spot prey, like
:21:56. > :22:02.this heard. These animals in winter have an advantage, they can keep up,
:22:02. > :22:07.off the snow. They will chase down their prey, stampeding it, hoping
:22:07. > :22:13.to select a couple of weak individuals, and heard them into
:22:13. > :22:19.deep snow. They are coming together in a pack, they have won individual
:22:19. > :22:22.down. A perfect haunt, and it is over.
:22:22. > :22:26.This has been a great start to my morning with a fabulous encounter
:22:26. > :22:32.with my favourite animal. If you want to have a truly Deadly
:22:32. > :22:42.encounter, you're best going to aid Deadly Day Out.
:22:42. > :22:58.
:22:59. > :23:07.We are here in Devon, and it keeps Creatures like the fire Salamander,
:23:07. > :23:12.how does it get its name? Because it hunts fire? The cost it is warm-
:23:12. > :23:17.blooded? Because it is somewhere near a volcano? That is the best
:23:17. > :23:21.answer yet. Actually, the reason is these animals used to live inside
:23:21. > :23:27.locks and were put inside fireplaces. When the fire was set
:23:27. > :23:30.alight, the Salamander with brought out. People used to believe this
:23:30. > :23:39.animal was born out of fire, obviously that is not true, but
:23:39. > :23:43.that is how it got us -- its name. He what do these bright colours
:23:43. > :23:50.mean? Maybe it lives in a desert?
:23:50. > :23:57.camouflaged? As a warning to other animals? Yes, spot on. This animal
:23:57. > :24:01.is poisonous, it secretes a special kind of poison for Defence, it can
:24:01. > :24:07.spray it towards attackers. It is so strong it will drive them away.
:24:07. > :24:12.They know these colours mean, it is bad to eat.
:24:12. > :24:20.Fire salamanders are related to the frogs, toads and newts. What sets
:24:20. > :24:25.them apart? They climb up vertical things? It is poisonous? It doesn't
:24:25. > :24:30.have webbed feet? That is perfect, you're totally right. Most frogs
:24:30. > :24:37.and toads will swim perfectly well but this cannot, it lives on the
:24:37. > :24:42.land, apart from when it gives birth to its babies. It gives birth
:24:42. > :24:48.in the water. That is a fantastic answer, shake my hand, well done.
:24:48. > :24:58.Once thought to be born from fire, sporting deadly colours, it doesn't
:24:58. > :25:01.
:25:01. > :25:05.swim or lay eggs. But it is still deadly!
:25:05. > :25:09.There is still a chance to get to one of our Deadly Days Out, so stay
:25:09. > :25:12.tuned and we'll give you the details of how to apply for tickets
:25:12. > :25:16.later. There is no doubt those wolves were pretty spectacular.
:25:16. > :25:26.I am about to get my chance to get close to an animal, because it's
:25:26. > :25:27.
:25:27. > :25:32.You are not going to believe how cute this animal is. They are
:25:32. > :25:41.notoriously difficult to sit in the wild, and in wildlife parks. What
:25:41. > :25:46.is this beautiful creature? This is a red panda. They come from south
:25:46. > :25:54.east Asia. They are pandas but they look like a bare, what are they
:25:54. > :26:04.most closely related to? To the racoon rather than pander. This is
:26:04. > :26:07.
:26:07. > :26:17.a great, do you want one of these? -- a grape. They come from a snowy
:26:17. > :26:18.
:26:18. > :26:24.areas, so basically they're furry feet keep them warm. And when up
:26:24. > :26:29.there in the top of the tree is the female. Yes. Scarlet. Not as tame
:26:29. > :26:36.as this one. Just hanging out in the tree. You are absolutely
:26:36. > :26:39.adorable. These are red pandas do actually have some adaptations to
:26:39. > :26:42.make their tree bound environment living more easy.
:26:42. > :26:47.The red panda is slightly bigger than a house cat but remarkably
:26:47. > :26:52.well adapted to life in trees. Using their big bushy tails for
:26:52. > :26:57.balance and gripping with their claw. It lives in the Himalayas,
:26:57. > :27:03.one of the only animals whose diet is composed almost entirely of
:27:03. > :27:07.bamboo. Their teeth are immensely sharp. A diet like this is low in
:27:07. > :27:17.nutrients so the red panda composites by saving energy and
:27:17. > :27:18.
:27:18. > :27:25.just chilling out in the canopy. She is just adorable. You have
:27:25. > :27:31.sharp claws. Never mind. It is a privilege to meet you.
:27:31. > :27:39.Red pandas are Dead Cute! I am not even going to concede that
:27:39. > :27:44.and what isn't cute. Now to the seriously curious. Yes, just behind
:27:44. > :27:51.here is one of the weirdest animals on earth, a giant anteater.
:27:51. > :27:58.Brilliant stuff, thank you. Perfect. Look at that. And, on cue, it is
:27:58. > :28:01.going to stand up and show off its extraordinary clause. Those are
:28:01. > :28:09.truly fearsome and capable of not just grabbing my had but smashing
:28:09. > :28:14.right into termite mounds. If I can and pick myself, which is easier
:28:14. > :28:19.said than done, I would really like to show you... It I have been
:28:19. > :28:26.gripped by an anteater! I know how it feels to be in the embrace of an
:28:26. > :28:31.anteater. This has led to the death of serious predators, light Jaguars
:28:31. > :28:40.which have ended up on the receiving end of those. These are
:28:40. > :28:47.actually meant to tear into concrete harder termite mounds.
:28:47. > :28:57.Look at the nose and tongue, look at that. It is an animal oddity.
:28:57. > :29:00.
:29:00. > :29:05.The town is covered with stickies it. -- the tongue. The noes is
:29:05. > :29:13.extraordinarily sensitive to pick out ants and termites. He will move
:29:13. > :29:18.around, lifting his nose. And finally... This is one of the
:29:18. > :29:23.longest tongues in proportion to body size you'll find in the animal
:29:23. > :29:32.kingdom for good reason. When they are in the wild, they use it to eat
:29:32. > :29:38.The planes of South America are littered with big red boulders, the
:29:38. > :29:44.home of termites. They set as hard as concrete but the giantant eater
:29:44. > :29:48.has the tools to get in side. Great long clause which tears away at the
:29:48. > :29:52.rock-like exterior to get to the tasty termites inside it. Use it is
:29:52. > :29:58.snout to devil right into The Darkness and its great big long
:29:58. > :30:03.tongue covered in sticky spit Hoovers up thousands of termites
:30:03. > :30:07.andants every day. She is just brilliant. I absolutely
:30:07. > :30:13.adore her. With some of the stickiest spit you will ever see.
:30:13. > :30:20.It is actually like glue. Genuinely used to hoover uppants and termites.
:30:20. > :30:28.Two additions to our deadly leaderboard. But it is way back on
:30:28. > :30:33.main set. I've quite a December ent throwing arm on me drrb -- decent
:30:33. > :30:38.throwing arm on me. Oh, rats, will have to work at that for next week.
:30:38. > :30:46.From this termite hoover to a British bug-muncher.
:30:46. > :30:52.So, we're at another Deadly Day Out. I am we with Sue from Hedgehog
:30:52. > :30:58.Helpline. This is ponty from Pontypridd, came in as an abandoned
:30:58. > :31:04.baby. He was small, about 100 grams. He's been with us a few weeks. Been
:31:04. > :31:10.hand fed. Now he's a pudding and feeding himself and almost ready
:31:10. > :31:18.for release. What does he normally eat? Dried mealworms. Dried cat
:31:18. > :31:24.food. A A bit of dried cat food? Definitely not bread and milk.
:31:24. > :31:32.We'll put out cat food for the hedgehogs. Can we touch him? Yeah,
:31:32. > :31:38.you can. He's georgeous. Very prickly. Why do they curl into a
:31:38. > :31:45.ball? Protection, mainly. He's used to being handled so he's not going
:31:45. > :31:50.into a tight ball. His feet and nose... Tuck into a complete ball.
:31:50. > :31:55.Is there any time of year which is particularly bad for hedgehogs?
:31:55. > :32:05.With Bonfire Night coming up, check underneath before setting light to
:32:05. > :32:09.a bonfire to see there's not a hedgehog nesting? We'll put him
:32:09. > :32:14.back to bed. This is a live programme. The zoo is quite large.
:32:14. > :32:20.To get around it, we've this rather crazy Deadly golf buggy. Yes, we
:32:20. > :32:25.use these to reposition ourselves around the set on our quite
:32:25. > :32:31.substantial repositions. We are coming now to an enclosure with one
:32:31. > :32:35.of the fiercest animals on Earth. I got really close to one in Alaska a
:32:35. > :32:39.couple of years ago. It seems like going out for a walk with a big
:32:39. > :32:44.friendly dog. But this is an animal with one of the worst reputations
:32:44. > :32:50.of any creatures in the world for being utterly ferocious and
:32:50. > :33:00.fearless. I'm nervous. This isn't a completely tame animal. Oh, dear.
:33:00. > :33:04.
:33:04. > :33:08.Should I let him go? We should. He is now free. Ow! He's going to grab
:33:08. > :33:18.a hold of your leg. But he won't puncture the skin, I think! He
:33:18. > :33:28.likes you! I know he's only playing. This is a nightmare. Get him over
:33:28. > :33:31.
:33:31. > :33:35.here. That's more than a love bite. Ow! I figured seen as I've had a
:33:35. > :33:41.pretty close encounter with a wolverine in the past, this time it
:33:41. > :33:46.should be Naomi's turn! Yes, thank you very much, Steve. After the
:33:46. > :33:52.sharks last week, spiders and wing walking, I feel I can face anything.
:33:52. > :33:57.But, in with two wolf Ian's, right here. Hello, you two. I'm keeping
:33:57. > :34:03.my wits about me. They could be quite fierce, couldn't they? Fierce
:34:03. > :34:07.is an understatement. This is known as being one of the most ferocious
:34:07. > :34:11.animals on Earth. It takes on prey many times its own size. It is
:34:11. > :34:15.totally fearless. Wolf Ian's have been seen driving bears away from
:34:15. > :34:25.their prey, believe it or not. are similar to bears in the way
:34:25. > :34:26.
:34:26. > :34:31.they run. They look bear-like. have to Gallumping g ait about them.
:34:31. > :34:37.They are much more closely related to badgers and stoats. They are
:34:37. > :34:43.belonging to the weasel family. I've heard its bite could crush the
:34:43. > :34:51.femur bone of a moose. The top bone of its leg? The thigh bone is the
:34:51. > :34:55.stoutest, broadest mussel in the mamalian skeleton. Wolf Ian's have
:34:55. > :35:02.been seen munching through moose thigh bones. He is close, very
:35:02. > :35:10.close to us. He's close. You can see him sniffing us. He's using his
:35:10. > :35:16.smell, is he, to check us out? are very driven by smell. They have
:35:16. > :35:20.an acute sense of smell. He's really interested in you?.
:35:20. > :35:25.intrigued. They are really rather charming. Wonderful animals. Sadly,
:35:25. > :35:31.they've really suffered from human persecution. Their fur is so dense,
:35:31. > :35:35.it's been used over the years tor for lining in fur coats. It is a
:35:35. > :35:42.tragedy. They are such wonderful animals and quite rare as well.
:35:42. > :35:48.They are good climbers as well? Superb climbers. Long clause. They
:35:48. > :35:55.can get up high in these trees. They are found in the Northern
:35:55. > :36:03.Hemisphere. In forests which border forests. Near snow. They are not
:36:03. > :36:07.well camowe flajed for snow habitat? -- camouflaged. They don't
:36:07. > :36:11.have to worry too much about being camouflaged even in total snow
:36:11. > :36:15.where they are very visible, the only thing they really need to fear
:36:15. > :36:22.is man. It is such a fearless animal that you'd have to be pretty
:36:22. > :36:26.brave to fake one on. I must admit, I'm feeling quite brave standing in
:36:26. > :36:31.their enclosure. I'm really pleased they've come down to see us. They
:36:31. > :36:36.were up the trees earlier on this morning. They are superb at
:36:36. > :36:41.climbing trees. As we'll see now. Look at that. Tree climbing. Fan
:36:41. > :36:46.tasics. It is great a creature of that Belk can scamper sky wards
:36:46. > :36:51.with such grace. Talking of scam pering skywards with grace, I'm
:36:51. > :36:57.going to dabble myself. Woodlands and forests cover 12% of Britain.
:36:57. > :37:03.They are sublime places to explore. Like the tropical rainforest he is
:37:03. > :37:08.they are home to thousands of birds, insects animals and plants. I've
:37:08. > :37:14.come to a school in Dorset in search of a special tree. It is 270
:37:14. > :37:17.years old, about the height of Nelson's Column which makes it the
:37:17. > :37:22.largest broad-leaf tree in Britain. Our mission is to climb it, find
:37:22. > :37:29.out what's living in it, measure it and spend the night way up there.
:37:29. > :37:37.The branches are so high up, I have to use the biggest catapult in the
:37:37. > :37:41.planet. Watch your heads! Go on, go, yes! And then pull up the climbing
:37:41. > :37:51.ropes. It can be a dangerous business climbing such a huge tree.
:37:51. > :37:56.James and Waldo are here to keep us safe. They find dodgy dead branches
:37:56. > :38:06.which have to go. With the dead wood out of the way, I get the all-
:38:06. > :38:12.
:38:12. > :38:20.clear to start climbing. And it is time to head for the skies. You can
:38:20. > :38:30.see here on the branches why the London plain does so well in cities.
:38:30. > :38:32.
:38:32. > :38:37.The bark -- the this tree helps clean the city air.
:38:37. > :38:41.If you see a big tree in a city, look out for the flakaway
:38:41. > :38:46.camouflage bark and that will be a London plain, just like this one.
:38:46. > :38:56.While I head for the tomorrow of the tree to measure it, James and
:38:56. > :39:01.Waldowill set me up a bed for the night. I'm now up as high as I can
:39:01. > :39:07.safely go. But here is where I'll drop down my tape measure and find
:39:07. > :39:17.how high we really are. Let's give it a go. Give us a shout when this
:39:17. > :39:19.
:39:19. > :39:26.hits the bottom. Whoa! So, the results are in. And up here it says
:39:26. > :39:33.46 metres. I reckon I have an extra five metres above me. So that makes
:39:33. > :39:39.this tree 51 metres high which is just a little bit lower than the
:39:39. > :39:45.clock on Big Ben and for a tree, mighty. It's still the champion
:39:45. > :39:55.tree. Now to check out the bed the guys have made for me. Oh, a nervy
:39:55. > :39:59.
:39:59. > :40:07.moment. The first step into my bed for the night. LAUGHS NERVOUSLY
:40:07. > :40:12.SKHRAPS I guess I have to hope it doesn't rain. If you got up in the
:40:12. > :40:19.night for a wee and forget you were up here, it is a very, very long
:40:19. > :40:24.way down. You get a whole different perspect
:40:24. > :40:29.spebgtive when you are in the tree. The birds I've come in search of
:40:30. > :40:35.are about to wake up. We've just got some time for grub. This time
:40:35. > :40:40.of the early evening, as I'm having my dinner thinking about going to
:40:40. > :40:44.sleep, actually, there are a lot of animals, particularly those living
:40:44. > :40:49.in the tree canopy, which are just about to start their day. I have to
:40:49. > :40:59.trick up my sleeve. This is actually a call which is designed
:40:59. > :41:05.
:41:05. > :41:15.to try and get tawny owls to come close. Sounds something like this.
:41:15. > :41:17.
:41:17. > :41:27.Am I imagining that? Did you hear that? How cool is that? Can you
:41:27. > :41:32.
:41:32. > :41:42.hear that? OWL HOO THE BACK That is a tawny owl really, really close.
:41:42. > :41:42.
:41:42. > :41:49.In fact, pass by the branches of this tree. Tawny owls are deadly
:41:49. > :41:54.hunters swooping out of the trees to grab prey like voles and mice.
:41:55. > :42:00.When you try to attract birds with this you don't want to do it for
:42:00. > :42:05.long because it distracts them from finding their prey. Really nice
:42:05. > :42:10.that they came to check me out though. It is time for me to get
:42:10. > :42:15.rest while the tawny owls hunt. The crew leave me in the treetop to
:42:15. > :42:23.sleep. Good night. I'll wake up at sunrise to hear the woods come to
:42:23. > :42:28.life around me. First thing in the morning and the
:42:28. > :42:33.crew come to join me for breakfast. Morning, James. Good morning, Steve.
:42:33. > :42:38.That was a rather amazing night. Didn't get an enormous amount of
:42:38. > :42:42.sleep. I really wasn't expecting to. But it was a really wonderful place
:42:42. > :42:47.to wake up this morning. This proves conclusively that anywhere
:42:47. > :42:51.in the UK can have a truly great adventure if you just get a little
:42:51. > :42:59.creative about it. I mean, what could be a better place to wake up
:42:59. > :43:04.than here? What a fantastic nocturnal experience. It has given
:43:04. > :43:12.me a bright or rather dark idea. In that spooky darkness is Steve. It's
:43:12. > :43:16.time for Beat Backshall. Yes, I am in the bat cave and covered. It's
:43:16. > :43:21.going mad in there. I'm quite confident today's distraction might
:43:21. > :43:27.put him off. He normally handles anything we throw at him N there,
:43:27. > :43:32.we've 50 hungry Egyptian fruit bats going for him. In front of him is a
:43:32. > :43:37.massive bowl of fruit. Are you ready? Yes. First question from Sam
:43:37. > :43:44."What rep tile can never stick its tongue out of its mouth? "That
:43:44. > :43:49.refers to all crocodiles. Their tongues are effectively glued to
:43:49. > :43:55.the base of their lower jaw. They can't be extended out of the mouth.
:43:55. > :44:03.Correct. Next from mex millian "which frog shrinks down rather
:44:03. > :44:07.than grows up?" That's the paradox frog. The tadpole is many, many
:44:07. > :44:11.times larger than the adult frog. So much so, scientists originally
:44:11. > :44:20.believed the two were entirely different species. So the
:44:20. > :44:28.paradoxical frog 25cms. The tadpole just six cms. From Charlotte" to
:44:28. > :44:31.the nearest 50, how much species of spider are there in the UK?" There
:44:32. > :44:39.are 35-50,000 species of spiders around the world. Here in the UK,
:44:39. > :44:46.oh, no, I think, is it about 8,000? No, quite a significantly less than
:44:46. > :44:51.that. 600. 650! Yeah, well done. had two numbers in my head. I
:44:51. > :45:01.couldn't quite remember which one it was. You go it the second time.
:45:01. > :45:11.Emily "how much teeth does a hippo have?" OK. It has, they are
:45:11. > :45:12.
:45:12. > :45:20.modified in sizes. It has tusks. 24 extra teeth. 26 in total? 36. Are
:45:20. > :45:25.we going to give it to him? many? 36Frplt Four out of five.
:45:26. > :45:30.Didn't he do well. Pianoing and weing on top of his head and he can
:45:30. > :45:36.still do. More Beat Backshall next week. Send in your questions to the
:45:36. > :45:41.website. Make them as tough as possible for next week. Another
:45:41. > :45:51.wildlife crime's been committed. So, Steve, it is time to pop on your
:45:51. > :45:54.
:45:54. > :45:59.It is a deadly crime scene... Cast your minds back to spring, this
:45:59. > :46:06.happened in this country but earlier in the year. What we have
:46:06. > :46:13.is an assembly of reeds and a rather beautiful little nest. It is
:46:13. > :46:19.empty. Down on the ground we have the remnants of several shells, and
:46:19. > :46:26.also feathers. Feathers from two different birds. That very small
:46:26. > :46:30.Brom further. And this further here. I will give you a clue, both birds
:46:30. > :46:35.are migrants, they come here for summer and leave again, they will
:46:35. > :46:41.be long gone by now. What do we think has happened here? Can anyone
:46:41. > :46:48.figure out what crime has been committed, and who did the killing?
:46:48. > :46:52.What do you think? I think what happened is some type of bird has
:46:52. > :46:56.come a long and attacked the nest and the eggs have fallen out.
:46:57. > :47:03.thinking, what kind of bird would have done that? I do not know, a
:47:03. > :47:11.buzzard? What do you think? I think it might have been a magpie. That
:47:11. > :47:16.is a fantastic suggestion. That family will raid nests. And take
:47:16. > :47:21.the eggs, the young chicks. That is actually a really astute guess but
:47:21. > :47:28.I think it is something a little bit different. Anyone else? Was it
:47:28. > :47:32.a cuckoo? Where did you get that from? Cuckoos lay their eggs in
:47:32. > :47:38.other bird's nests while they're not there. And when the cuckoo
:47:38. > :47:45.hatches, it pushes the other eggs out. We have a Deadly detective in
:47:45. > :47:50.our midst, that is spot on. Great job. Let's see what happened.
:47:50. > :47:56.Here is our crime scene nest and the parent bird, and the lovely
:47:56. > :48:02.cutie chicks. What is going on! It is throwing the other eggs out.
:48:02. > :48:06.Those belong to the reed warbler. This chick is a coup which has been
:48:06. > :48:11.laid in I could use which have left it to be reared by his surrogate
:48:11. > :48:16.parents. They don't seem to notice this one chick is bigger than the
:48:16. > :48:20.others. Way bigger than the parent bird. They spend an enormous amount
:48:21. > :48:28.of energy feeding it and it grows larger until it is much bigger than
:48:28. > :48:34.the parent. This is one of nature's greatest cons, the cuckoo has had
:48:34. > :48:40.its chick Riad for it without doing any work. That is truly sneaky. I
:48:40. > :48:46.have gone right off the cooker, what a massive bird compared to the
:48:46. > :48:50.adult reed warbler. If you want to get involved and BA
:48:50. > :48:57.Deadly Detective, there is still time to go along to the free events
:48:57. > :49:07.up and down the country. To find out where it's happening
:49:07. > :49:11.near you, just visit our website. And click on DSI. Well done to our
:49:11. > :49:20.audience. It's back to Steve who has another mighty muncher to show
:49:20. > :49:24.Crocodiles are known for their tough exterior but this is only
:49:24. > :49:29.skin-deep, they are in fact sensitive, soft-hearted and
:49:29. > :49:36.seriously good mothers. This crocodile is laying her eggs in a
:49:36. > :49:40.nest until they hatch. Now she must get them to the safety of water.
:49:40. > :49:45.She is kept busy protecting her babies from being eaten by the
:49:45. > :49:52.crocodiles. They're off to a pretty good start thanks to their scary
:49:52. > :49:58.yet this did superstar mother. Lovely parents. They genuinely bar.
:49:58. > :50:04.We have some here. These are wonderful animals. Are you sure I
:50:04. > :50:10.can hold this, this is safe? behind the head first. Keep it nice
:50:10. > :50:15.and firm. Most reptiles, when they realise they're not going anywhere,
:50:15. > :50:22.they will settle down. If you take this one. They still have some
:50:22. > :50:28.fairly sizable teeth. They could do some damage. Not really to us.
:50:28. > :50:32.These teeth at this size are mostly going to be used to get stuck into
:50:32. > :50:38.aquatic invertebrates and fish. When they get bigger, they are much
:50:38. > :50:48.more menacing. They have great eyes. Is this the first time holding a
:50:48. > :50:50.
:50:50. > :50:55.crocodile? Probably the only time! Why do they have webbed feet at the
:50:55. > :50:59.back and their defeat at the front? They will pull the front feet
:50:59. > :51:04.alongside the body to provide streamlining. Most of the power
:51:04. > :51:11.comes from the tail. They will also use those rare feat to provide
:51:11. > :51:17.extra swimming power. They also run along the bottom of the river bank.
:51:17. > :51:21.They are mostly found in fresh water habitats, this is a more let
:51:21. > :51:29.macro for guitar, quite a rare animal. These are not fully grown
:51:29. > :51:34.yet? This is two years old, fully- grown, three metres. Not especially
:51:34. > :51:44.big. We should definitely put them on the leader board. When they get
:51:44. > :51:50.
:51:50. > :52:00.We have to decide the deadliest this week. It is tricky to take any
:52:00. > :52:04.away because they're all fantastic. I don't know. His wolves kept their
:52:04. > :52:14.distance. You need to help us decide. Who thinks it's the
:52:14. > :52:15.
:52:15. > :52:25.reticulated python? What about the moose munching will worry him? My
:52:25. > :52:27.
:52:27. > :52:32.favourite of the day -- wolverine. And my favourite is the giant
:52:32. > :52:36.anteater. We have one more slot to fill. Next week we will decide who
:52:36. > :52:42.is the ultimate deadliest champion of the series. We want to find out
:52:42. > :52:49.what you think. If you had to a website and send an e-mail to this
:52:49. > :52:54.address. Tell us which animal you would fight to see being number one
:52:54. > :52:59.on our leader board. There is one more Deadly Day Out happening next
:52:59. > :53:04.Sunday in Preston in Avenham Park. If you live anywhere near that, get
:53:04. > :53:10.an adopt to go on the website and apply for a ticket. We will let you
:53:10. > :53:20.know if you have a ticket. You can always ring the ticket
:53:20. > :53:27.
:53:27. > :53:37.hotline! 0370 901 1227.
:53:37. > :53:39.
:53:39. > :53:42.Is it just me who thinks the world has gone mad?
:53:42. > :53:44.When I heard we were coming to the Cotswold Wildlife Park, I thought,
:53:44. > :53:48.hooray! Another excuse to play my favourite
:53:48. > :53:58.game of the series, and delve through some poo on live TV!.
:53:58. > :54:03.
:54:03. > :54:11.Really? No, I'm joking, I hate this bit! We have three very distinct
:54:11. > :54:17.chunks of animal faces. Because you haven't really been rummaging
:54:17. > :54:23.through the poo public, underneath is the Deadly Planet code. I will
:54:23. > :54:27.give you the first one for free. It is crocodile. The second one is
:54:27. > :54:36.going to be underneath our first pas la poo. A sorry if you have
:54:37. > :54:46.just got your bratwurst! That is one that steaming pile -- your
:54:47. > :54:51.
:54:51. > :54:57.breakfast. What a stink. It is very distinctive. It is so smelly.
:54:57. > :55:07.Carnivores, cats. It has come from quite a large bottom! What do we
:55:07. > :55:13.
:55:13. > :55:20.think? A lion next -- lion? Yes. Get stuck in, get down, deep into
:55:20. > :55:23.it. This is very fresh, already flies laying their eggs. Fantastic.
:55:23. > :55:33.This one here should be quite familiar to you. What does it look
:55:33. > :55:39.like, is there a domestic animal? rabbit? That would be a truly
:55:39. > :55:46.monstrous rabbit! Imagine you're going out at the weekend...
:55:46. > :55:53.horse? A reindeer? A donkey? horse wearing stripy pyjamas?
:55:53. > :56:01.zebra. This one is really interesting. I have to give you a
:56:01. > :56:06.clue, this animal has only one hole to get rid of its waste products.
:56:06. > :56:11.High in calcium which is why it is quite. No bones or head because
:56:11. > :56:21.they have such strong stomach acid that it breaks it down. It is
:56:21. > :56:22.
:56:22. > :56:27.coming from? A snake? A crocodile? Yes. With absolutely no prompting,
:56:27. > :56:32.she went straight to the poo. I think she deserves a round of
:56:32. > :56:42.applause for that! I think we should play that game
:56:42. > :56:49.
:56:49. > :56:54.This of course is to unlock the Deadly Planet game which will have
:56:54. > :57:04.you scampering all-over places, and this and locks Reflex of Spear
:57:04. > :57:08.
:57:09. > :57:16.Mantis Shrimp -- unlocks. While you're on the website, check
:57:16. > :57:20.out Deadly Dash 2. That's it for another week. Just time to say a
:57:20. > :57:30.big thank you to everyone who's got in touch with us via the website or
:57:30. > :57:37.email. We'll see you next time. Stiff tests himself to the max by
:57:37. > :57:42.free diving, how far can you push himself? Our adventurers are on a
:57:42. > :57:46.frozen Mission in the mountains sleeping out beneath the snow.