Episode 9 Live 'n' Deadly

On this week's Live 'n' Deadly we are in Brazil! Ariba! No, we're not.

Skpwhr Any excuse with you. We have fab louse Brazilian beasties. This

is a tapier. Look the at that incredible nose. Look at this one,

Steve. If you rub this one down here, he likes it so much, he likes

it so much, he just rolls over on to his back. How good is that?

wonder if it works on cameramen? Shall we try. Tickle our cameraman?

It's working. It's working! Are you all right? Better roll titles!

This is Live 'n' Deadly. Our convoy's touring the UK in search

of all things wild. And you're coming with us every step of the

Start on the sofa on a Saturday morning. And the rest of the

weekend is up to you. Good morning. Good morning. Welcome

to Live 'n' Deadly. We're here to kick-start your weekend by bringing

animals, action and adventure to your weekend. Where are we? We're

in Oxfordshire at the Cotswold wildlife park. Our audience,

wherever we are in the UK, they always follow.

Cheering ALL RIGHT. FAIR ENOUGH. AS WE'RE AT A ZOO We've plenty of

beasts which don't smell too good. The best thing about this lot is

their cheesy feet and their table manners. It's the crew. As tonight

is Bonfire Night, our crew are starting things off with a bang!

Y! Is that it? Our special guest knows how to celebrate having won

the World Ironman Championships no less than four times, please give

it up for Chrissie Wellington. CHEERING A living legend. And just

one of the blazing treats in store on this Bonfire Night bonanza.

I'll to theer at the top of the UK's tallest tree spending a spooky

night with some noisy neighbours. Steve sends some superb swimmers to

take their waitery skills to the great outdoors. Wael we'll see the

flag staled giantant eater. Steve will be in an en closure with

a pack of wolves. I was raised with wolves! Your Saturday morning's

about to get that bit more exciting. Steve's mad about snakes. He snows

just about everything there there is to know about them. Here, they

have a truly extraordinary snake. He's called Barney. Steve, do you

know what, I think you might have met your match. It's not just me

who's met my match. There are six people struggling to hold this

snake. Look at the skiez of it! It's enormous. Look at the size of

it! This is the biggest, heaviest snake I've ever seen. Can I join in

as well. There's now eight of us holding a snake. Incredible. As it

has come out into the open out of its box look at the tongue. Bit of

a his. That's Melling us? That's right. It has, Pat can see there

getting nice and close, between the nose and upper lip, heat sensitive

pits which enable it to be able to see in the dark. It's coming a bit

close to me. I have control of it. This is an enormous snake. How

about if you get a hold of our tape measure, we'll see if we can

measure how long it is. I'll go to the tail end. It is quite difficult

to measure snakes. It is quite mobile. Always on the move. Make

sure you keep the tape measure as close to the spine as you can.

not doing a great job! Not that great, actually! It's a big Wigley.

You'll have to do the head bit, Steve. I will. This is easier said

than do, isn't it? If we keep on going. Keep on going. We are passed

-- past six metres. If you carry on for more four metres. Four metres

more? Yes, that is as long as the longest reticulateed python that's

ever been found. Look how big that is. That's nonsense. Pretty

enormous. This one here is extraordinarily heavy. It's mega.

It weighs rather more than I do. This one's been put on a diet for

the past four years. It is so substantial. As much as I love it,

I'm going to leave you to it. bad idea. It is a Belky snake. It

can take in enormous food items. When it does, it can be a little

bit grim. I have to admit, seeing a big snake

feeding is a little bit I cany. They cannot physically take bites

out of their food. They have to swallow it in one go. Even if it is

a deer. It could take self ral years to get this down, weeks to

digest it. It wasn't supposed to be this difficult. This is ridiculous.

It is quite a porker. Also, capable of eating a porker. For that reason

alone, it has to go on our leaderboard of lethal. There is no

way that monster isn't slithering straight on to our ultimate top ten

leaderboard. It is week nine, so only two more slots to fill before

we've to decide the ultimate deadliest winner of the series.

Last week, we asked to send in pictures of your underWalter

adventures. Did you disappoint? You did not. They have been flooding in.

did not. They have been flooding in. Pun-it is a particular! This one is

from Ferne. She's 8. This is her with a giant octopus at an aquarium.

A brilliant photograph. We've this from George and his mum Kathy. What

fish is this? This is an aripima. One of the largest freshwater fish.

Two-and-a-half metres in length and about 200 kilos. They come to the

surface to breathe air. Thank you for that photograph. Because the

nights are drawing in, we'd like your wintry photographs. Maybe

you've been ice skating, built a cool snowman send your photographs

to our website [email protected]. We want to

have your very best experiences from this series of Live 'n' Deadly.

Send those in too. Maybe it is my camel race. Or maybe it was my wing

walking. It was more likely to have been my sea kayaking... Enough of

that. If you want to send us your faff rit bits Westminster' put them

in a special programme we'll show in a few weeks time -- favourite

bits, we'll put them in a special programme in a few weeks' time.

Last month. Chrissie Wellington delivered an incredible performance

at the World Ironman Championships in Miami. She swam 200 miles,

cycled a hundred miles and then ran a marathon all without a break. She

won the title for the fourth time. And she is over here. In.$$TRANSMIT

It is Chrissie Wellington. Please give her a grate big round of

applause. Hi Chrissie. Thank you for joining in the deadly madness

and handling the biggest snake. was glad I was at the Dale end of

that snake. Ironman kofrp tigss. Tough races. How did you learn you

were goat at something like that? didn't. I tried it. Found that it

was something I really enjoyed. It all went from there really. It is

remarkable, you didn't start off as a triathlete. You came to it quite

late in life? Indeed. I was working for the Government until I was

about 29. I tried a few triathlons. I did a sprint distance triathlon.

Found it was something I enjoyed. When I was 29 I gave up my job and

became a professional triathlete. It's inspiring you didn't do it

from very young. They are such tough races. Endurance needed. When

you reach low moments, feel shattered and want to stop, how do

you keep going? You have to have a bank of positive images in your

mind. I think of family and friends. I think of previous victories that

I've had. I think of plates of chips or pizza I might eat at the

end. I'm with you on that one! these things help inspire me and

override the pain that I might be feeling. You have gone through an

awful lot of pain. I have to say, look at this raerb substantial

injury. After coming off your bike. How stoon afterwards were you

racing? Two weeks. Tell us about your training. What training do you

have to do? I train around four or six hours a day, seven days a week

and 11 months of the year. I do allow myself a month of low

intensity training after the biggest race of the year. What are

your biggest triumphs? Winning the World Ironman Championships four

times. That's something I'm incredibly proud of. As you should

be. You are both seriously compet knife ive. You've done triathlons.

Not to quite the same level. think we've a really good idea to

pit the two of you against each other. How about the Live 'n'

Deadly ultimate triathlon. We know a triathlon comes in three parts.

Ours does the same. Only each section of ours has a bit of a

twist. You'll start off with the run. Otherwise known as a pogo

stick. Over there until the reach the bikes. Hop on the bikes. Do a

quick lap around our deadly obstacle course. At the end you'll

do the swim section. That's known as a soapy slide along the willing

ton victory slide. That's a bit previous! I know I haven't got a

chance! Three, two, one... Go! And they are off. Steve is five chal

epbss down. Cheat, Chrissie. We don't mind.

Steve is crashing into the van. Oh, no! Crash. On to the bike. Steve

really needs to bounce back. Didn't do too well with that pogo stick.

What happened to the bike? Mudguard. Over the sea saw. Oh, no! Are you

all right, Steve? I'm fine. Absolutely fine. Keep going. It's

all good. I can still catch up. Quick, go on. Over the caitsz. I

think Chrissie slowed down to wait for him. -- over the gates. Oh, no.

She fell off it as well. Now they are into the wave. High pressure.

They are into the home straight. Around the tree. They are going

into the slippery slide. Who will dive on to it first and reach the

finish line? It will be a close finish. I don't believe it. Steve

is the winner. Give a massive cheer for our winner Steve. That was

mayhem! Are you all right, you two? Great, never been better. Dearie me,

bikes going everywhere. At least it wasn't a full nine-hour Ironman

competition. While they recover from that, it is time to catch up

with our latest group of young adventurers who received a

challenge from Steve. They are superswimmers who swapped swimming

pools for snorkels to see what species they could spot in the sea.

This week's mission takes to us Luckily, prehistoric monsters no

longer swim these shores. This mission is to on this --

investigate the underwater world by the speeches. For that, I need a

group of expert swimmers. Will they be willing to trade the heated

water has been best swimming pool for the open sea? Let us see who we

have got? I am Tom, I am 11 years old. I like

swimming because it keeps me fit. I Am Emma, I M eight years old. I

like swimming because it is really fun and you get to exercise a lot

and you get to learn new things. A I am Michael and I M nine years

old. I am 12 years old, I like just

being in the water and doing different kinds of strokes.

I M steven, I am 12 years old. The team is coached by Nadine. She

has did day's mission. -- Today's mission.

I can see you are great summers in your local swimming pool but I want

you to try a swimming spot with a difference. It is time to get out

of the swimming pool and go to a -- at an underwater safari. I need you

to put your swimming skills into action. Get out there and report

back to me what you find, you might even see some deadly creatures from

the deep. Get your mask and wet suit on and get exploring.

What do you think of that then? Are you looking forward to it?

So, our swimmer's head out to the bay. The first stop is to meet our

guide. Marine and Warden of Mark Smith.

We want you to get kitted up so you can be saved. And see what we can

find. Are you ready? Yes! It is a bit more kit these guys are

used to. But soon, everyone is dressed and Mark has a couple of

tips to help them. The first thing you need to do it

is to clear our mask. A great tip for this, do not tell your parents,

it is to spit into the windows of the Mask, do you want to have a go?

It honestly does help. At the bottom, if the snorkel fills with

water, what you can do is breathe out really hard and the water comes

out of the bottom to stop you swallowing it. Now it is time to

get wet. He this is a completely different environment, it is called,

the winds and waves makes a living difficult. With the tide it can

also be dangerous. Which is why it is important to go snorkelling with

someone who knows the ropes. Having said that, they take to it like

fish to water. In no time, they are swanning around like specialists.

He they appear to have mastered their environment.

It is just the conditions which are not on their side today, those big

waves make it really hard to see anything down there. But it is

always worth keeping your eyes peeled for Eneas we -- Sea drilling

creatures. His bat and an enemy? Visibility was not great today. --

is that an anemone? Our superstars still have a great time.

I really want to have another go, I want to do it again. You get to see

lots of wild life. It was called but it was really fun as well.

Thank you for this mission, it was amazing. The mission accomplished!

What a great adventure. It goes to show that, even if the

weather isn't amazing and things don't go to plan, you can still get

out there and have a wild experience in the UK. Talking of

adventure, we are about to send Steve on an adventure of his own,

live on air. In this enclosure are four Canadian timber wolves. Over

there are a couple of wonderful wolves. Four, the sisters, are

living here. Only two are evident. This is their territory, and they

will be cautious about anyone coming into this area. It is really

running now. These are your favourite animals, when you get

asked that question. I adore wolves, they are incredibly beautiful,

complex social structures, ways of interacting with each other, I

adore them. They are really quite unusual animals, interested in

their behaviour. We have a beautiful man-made structure for

them to live in, a purpose-built den. But, they start their own

right next to it. This one here, beneath my feet right now, of two

female wolves having a sleep. close it to domestic dogs are they?

Incredibly so. Modern science has reclassified the domestic dog as a

sub-species of the wolves. Generally speaking, domestic dogs

are wolves. They are descended from this and will you see here. What

sorts of things would they beat in the wild question of they have a

tremendous variety, they will take anything from small rodents, right

up to really substantial herbivores like moose. Working together in a

pack and using the Environment to their advantage.

In the icy wilderness of the frozen north, the wolves is king. They may

have to travel for days before they can find potential food, so they

trail along drawing in it send to find potential prey, using their

keen eyesight and taking up a vantage point to spot prey, like

this heard. These animals in winter have an advantage, they can keep up,

off the snow. They will chase down their prey, stampeding it, hoping

to select a couple of weak individuals, and heard them into

deep snow. They are coming together in a pack, they have won individual

down. A perfect haunt, and it is over.

This has been a great start to my morning with a fabulous encounter

with my favourite animal. If you want to have a truly Deadly

encounter, you're best going to aid Deadly Day Out.

We are here in Devon, and it keeps Creatures like the fire Salamander,

how does it get its name? Because it hunts fire? The cost it is warm-

blooded? Because it is somewhere near a volcano? That is the best

answer yet. Actually, the reason is these animals used to live inside

locks and were put inside fireplaces. When the fire was set

alight, the Salamander with brought out. People used to believe this

animal was born out of fire, obviously that is not true, but

that is how it got us -- its name. He what do these bright colours

mean? Maybe it lives in a desert?

camouflaged? As a warning to other animals? Yes, spot on. This animal

is poisonous, it secretes a special kind of poison for Defence, it can

spray it towards attackers. It is so strong it will drive them away.

They know these colours mean, it is bad to eat.

Fire salamanders are related to the frogs, toads and newts. What sets

them apart? They climb up vertical things? It is poisonous? It doesn't

have webbed feet? That is perfect, you're totally right. Most frogs

and toads will swim perfectly well but this cannot, it lives on the

land, apart from when it gives birth to its babies. It gives birth

in the water. That is a fantastic answer, shake my hand, well done.

Once thought to be born from fire, sporting deadly colours, it doesn't

swim or lay eggs. But it is still deadly!

There is still a chance to get to one of our Deadly Days Out, so stay

tuned and we'll give you the details of how to apply for tickets

later. There is no doubt those wolves were pretty spectacular.

I am about to get my chance to get close to an animal, because it's

You are not going to believe how cute this animal is. They are

notoriously difficult to sit in the wild, and in wildlife parks. What

is this beautiful creature? This is a red panda. They come from south

east Asia. They are pandas but they look like a bare, what are they

most closely related to? To the racoon rather than pander. This is

a great, do you want one of these? -- a grape. They come from a snowy

areas, so basically they're furry feet keep them warm. And when up

there in the top of the tree is the female. Yes. Scarlet. Not as tame

as this one. Just hanging out in the tree. You are absolutely

adorable. These are red pandas do actually have some adaptations to

make their tree bound environment living more easy.

The red panda is slightly bigger than a house cat but remarkably

well adapted to life in trees. Using their big bushy tails for

balance and gripping with their claw. It lives in the Himalayas,

one of the only animals whose diet is composed almost entirely of

bamboo. Their teeth are immensely sharp. A diet like this is low in

nutrients so the red panda composites by saving energy and

just chilling out in the canopy. She is just adorable. You have

sharp claws. Never mind. It is a privilege to meet you.

Red pandas are Dead Cute! I am not even going to concede that

and what isn't cute. Now to the seriously curious. Yes, just behind

here is one of the weirdest animals on earth, a giant anteater.

Brilliant stuff, thank you. Perfect. Look at that. And, on cue, it is

going to stand up and show off its extraordinary clause. Those are

truly fearsome and capable of not just grabbing my had but smashing

right into termite mounds. If I can and pick myself, which is easier

said than done, I would really like to show you... It I have been

gripped by an anteater! I know how it feels to be in the embrace of an

anteater. This has led to the death of serious predators, light Jaguars

which have ended up on the receiving end of those. These are

actually meant to tear into concrete harder termite mounds.

Look at the nose and tongue, look at that. It is an animal oddity.

The town is covered with stickies it. -- the tongue. The noes is

extraordinarily sensitive to pick out ants and termites. He will move

around, lifting his nose. And finally... This is one of the

longest tongues in proportion to body size you'll find in the animal

kingdom for good reason. When they are in the wild, they use it to eat

The planes of South America are littered with big red boulders, the

home of termites. They set as hard as concrete but the giantant eater

has the tools to get in side. Great long clause which tears away at the

rock-like exterior to get to the tasty termites inside it. Use it is

snout to devil right into The Darkness and its great big long

tongue covered in sticky spit Hoovers up thousands of termites

andants every day. She is just brilliant. I absolutely

adore her. With some of the stickiest spit you will ever see.

It is actually like glue. Genuinely used to hoover uppants and termites.

Two additions to our deadly leaderboard. But it is way back on

main set. I've quite a December ent throwing arm on me drrb -- decent

throwing arm on me. Oh, rats, will have to work at that for next week.

From this termite hoover to a British bug-muncher.

So, we're at another Deadly Day Out. I am we with Sue from Hedgehog

Helpline. This is ponty from Pontypridd, came in as an abandoned

baby. He was small, about 100 grams. He's been with us a few weeks. Been

hand fed. Now he's a pudding and feeding himself and almost ready

for release. What does he normally eat? Dried mealworms. Dried cat

food. A A bit of dried cat food? Definitely not bread and milk.

We'll put out cat food for the hedgehogs. Can we touch him? Yeah,

you can. He's georgeous. Very prickly. Why do they curl into a

ball? Protection, mainly. He's used to being handled so he's not going

into a tight ball. His feet and nose... Tuck into a complete ball.

Is there any time of year which is particularly bad for hedgehogs?

With Bonfire Night coming up, check underneath before setting light to

a bonfire to see there's not a hedgehog nesting? We'll put him

back to bed. This is a live programme. The zoo is quite large.

To get around it, we've this rather crazy Deadly golf buggy. Yes, we

use these to reposition ourselves around the set on our quite

substantial repositions. We are coming now to an enclosure with one

of the fiercest animals on Earth. I got really close to one in Alaska a

couple of years ago. It seems like going out for a walk with a big

friendly dog. But this is an animal with one of the worst reputations

of any creatures in the world for being utterly ferocious and

fearless. I'm nervous. This isn't a completely tame animal. Oh, dear.

Should I let him go? We should. He is now free. Ow! He's going to grab

a hold of your leg. But he won't puncture the skin, I think! He

likes you! I know he's only playing. This is a nightmare. Get him over

here. That's more than a love bite. Ow! I figured seen as I've had a

pretty close encounter with a wolverine in the past, this time it

should be Naomi's turn! Yes, thank you very much, Steve. After the

sharks last week, spiders and wing walking, I feel I can face anything.

But, in with two wolf Ian's, right here. Hello, you two. I'm keeping

my wits about me. They could be quite fierce, couldn't they? Fierce

is an understatement. This is known as being one of the most ferocious

animals on Earth. It takes on prey many times its own size. It is

totally fearless. Wolf Ian's have been seen driving bears away from

their prey, believe it or not. are similar to bears in the way

they run. They look bear-like. have to Gallumping g ait about them.

They are much more closely related to badgers and stoats. They are

belonging to the weasel family. I've heard its bite could crush the

femur bone of a moose. The top bone of its leg? The thigh bone is the

stoutest, broadest mussel in the mamalian skeleton. Wolf Ian's have

been seen munching through moose thigh bones. He is close, very

close to us. He's close. You can see him sniffing us. He's using his

smell, is he, to check us out? are very driven by smell. They have

an acute sense of smell. He's really interested in you?.

intrigued. They are really rather charming. Wonderful animals. Sadly,

they've really suffered from human persecution. Their fur is so dense,

it's been used over the years tor for lining in fur coats. It is a

tragedy. They are such wonderful animals and quite rare as well.

They are good climbers as well? Superb climbers. Long clause. They

can get up high in these trees. They are found in the Northern

Hemisphere. In forests which border forests. Near snow. They are not

well camowe flajed for snow habitat? -- camouflaged. They don't

have to worry too much about being camouflaged even in total snow

where they are very visible, the only thing they really need to fear

is man. It is such a fearless animal that you'd have to be pretty

brave to fake one on. I must admit, I'm feeling quite brave standing in

their enclosure. I'm really pleased they've come down to see us. They

were up the trees earlier on this morning. They are superb at

climbing trees. As we'll see now. Look at that. Tree climbing. Fan

tasics. It is great a creature of that Belk can scamper sky wards

with such grace. Talking of scam pering skywards with grace, I'm

going to dabble myself. Woodlands and forests cover 12% of Britain.

They are sublime places to explore. Like the tropical rainforest he is

they are home to thousands of birds, insects animals and plants. I've

come to a school in Dorset in search of a special tree. It is 270

years old, about the height of Nelson's Column which makes it the

largest broad-leaf tree in Britain. Our mission is to climb it, find

out what's living in it, measure it and spend the night way up there.

The branches are so high up, I have to use the biggest catapult in the

planet. Watch your heads! Go on, go, yes! And then pull up the climbing

ropes. It can be a dangerous business climbing such a huge tree.

James and Waldo are here to keep us safe. They find dodgy dead branches

which have to go. With the dead wood out of the way, I get the all-

clear to start climbing. And it is time to head for the skies. You can

see here on the branches why the London plain does so well in cities.

The bark -- the this tree helps clean the city air.

If you see a big tree in a city, look out for the flakaway

camouflage bark and that will be a London plain, just like this one.

While I head for the tomorrow of the tree to measure it, James and

Waldowill set me up a bed for the night. I'm now up as high as I can

safely go. But here is where I'll drop down my tape measure and find

how high we really are. Let's give it a go. Give us a shout when this

hits the bottom. Whoa! So, the results are in. And up here it says

46 metres. I reckon I have an extra five metres above me. So that makes

this tree 51 metres high which is just a little bit lower than the

clock on Big Ben and for a tree, mighty. It's still the champion

tree. Now to check out the bed the guys have made for me. Oh, a nervy

moment. The first step into my bed for the night. LAUGHS NERVOUSLY

SKHRAPS I guess I have to hope it doesn't rain. If you got up in the

night for a wee and forget you were up here, it is a very, very long

way down. You get a whole different perspect

spebgtive when you are in the tree. The birds I've come in search of

are about to wake up. We've just got some time for grub. This time

of the early evening, as I'm having my dinner thinking about going to

sleep, actually, there are a lot of animals, particularly those living

in the tree canopy, which are just about to start their day. I have to

trick up my sleeve. This is actually a call which is designed

to try and get tawny owls to come close. Sounds something like this.

Am I imagining that? Did you hear that? How cool is that? Can you

hear that? OWL HOO THE BACK That is a tawny owl really, really close.

In fact, pass by the branches of this tree. Tawny owls are deadly

hunters swooping out of the trees to grab prey like voles and mice.

When you try to attract birds with this you don't want to do it for

long because it distracts them from finding their prey. Really nice

that they came to check me out though. It is time for me to get

rest while the tawny owls hunt. The crew leave me in the treetop to

sleep. Good night. I'll wake up at sunrise to hear the woods come to

life around me. First thing in the morning and the

crew come to join me for breakfast. Morning, James. Good morning, Steve.

That was a rather amazing night. Didn't get an enormous amount of

sleep. I really wasn't expecting to. But it was a really wonderful place

to wake up this morning. This proves conclusively that anywhere

in the UK can have a truly great adventure if you just get a little

creative about it. I mean, what could be a better place to wake up

than here? What a fantastic nocturnal experience. It has given

me a bright or rather dark idea. In that spooky darkness is Steve. It's

time for Beat Backshall. Yes, I am in the bat cave and covered. It's

going mad in there. I'm quite confident today's distraction might

put him off. He normally handles anything we throw at him N there,

we've 50 hungry Egyptian fruit bats going for him. In front of him is a

massive bowl of fruit. Are you ready? Yes. First question from Sam

"What rep tile can never stick its tongue out of its mouth? "That

refers to all crocodiles. Their tongues are effectively glued to

the base of their lower jaw. They can't be extended out of the mouth.

Correct. Next from mex millian "which frog shrinks down rather

than grows up?" That's the paradox frog. The tadpole is many, many

times larger than the adult frog. So much so, scientists originally

believed the two were entirely different species. So the

paradoxical frog 25cms. The tadpole just six cms. From Charlotte" to

the nearest 50, how much species of spider are there in the UK?" There

are 35-50,000 species of spiders around the world. Here in the UK,

oh, no, I think, is it about 8,000? No, quite a significantly less than

that. 600. 650! Yeah, well done. had two numbers in my head. I

couldn't quite remember which one it was. You go it the second time.

Emily "how much teeth does a hippo have?" OK. It has, they are

modified in sizes. It has tusks. 24 extra teeth. 26 in total? 36. Are

we going to give it to him? many? 36Frplt Four out of five.

Didn't he do well. Pianoing and weing on top of his head and he can

still do. More Beat Backshall next week. Send in your questions to the

website. Make them as tough as possible for next week. Another

wildlife crime's been committed. So, Steve, it is time to pop on your

It is a deadly crime scene... Cast your minds back to spring, this

happened in this country but earlier in the year. What we have

is an assembly of reeds and a rather beautiful little nest. It is

empty. Down on the ground we have the remnants of several shells, and

also feathers. Feathers from two different birds. That very small

Brom further. And this further here. I will give you a clue, both birds

are migrants, they come here for summer and leave again, they will

be long gone by now. What do we think has happened here? Can anyone

figure out what crime has been committed, and who did the killing?

What do you think? I think what happened is some type of bird has

come a long and attacked the nest and the eggs have fallen out.

thinking, what kind of bird would have done that? I do not know, a

buzzard? What do you think? I think it might have been a magpie. That

is a fantastic suggestion. That family will raid nests. And take

the eggs, the young chicks. That is actually a really astute guess but

I think it is something a little bit different. Anyone else? Was it

a cuckoo? Where did you get that from? Cuckoos lay their eggs in

other bird's nests while they're not there. And when the cuckoo

hatches, it pushes the other eggs out. We have a Deadly detective in

our midst, that is spot on. Great job. Let's see what happened.

Here is our crime scene nest and the parent bird, and the lovely

cutie chicks. What is going on! It is throwing the other eggs out.

Those belong to the reed warbler. This chick is a coup which has been

laid in I could use which have left it to be reared by his surrogate

parents. They don't seem to notice this one chick is bigger than the

others. Way bigger than the parent bird. They spend an enormous amount

of energy feeding it and it grows larger until it is much bigger than

the parent. This is one of nature's greatest cons, the cuckoo has had

its chick Riad for it without doing any work. That is truly sneaky. I

have gone right off the cooker, what a massive bird compared to the

adult reed warbler. If you want to get involved and BA

Deadly Detective, there is still time to go along to the free events

up and down the country. To find out where it's happening

near you, just visit our website. And click on DSI. Well done to our

audience. It's back to Steve who has another mighty muncher to show

Crocodiles are known for their tough exterior but this is only

skin-deep, they are in fact sensitive, soft-hearted and

seriously good mothers. This crocodile is laying her eggs in a

nest until they hatch. Now she must get them to the safety of water.

She is kept busy protecting her babies from being eaten by the

crocodiles. They're off to a pretty good start thanks to their scary

yet this did superstar mother. Lovely parents. They genuinely bar.

We have some here. These are wonderful animals. Are you sure I

can hold this, this is safe? behind the head first. Keep it nice

and firm. Most reptiles, when they realise they're not going anywhere,

they will settle down. If you take this one. They still have some

fairly sizable teeth. They could do some damage. Not really to us.

These teeth at this size are mostly going to be used to get stuck into

aquatic invertebrates and fish. When they get bigger, they are much

more menacing. They have great eyes. Is this the first time holding a

crocodile? Probably the only time! Why do they have webbed feet at the

back and their defeat at the front? They will pull the front feet

alongside the body to provide streamlining. Most of the power

comes from the tail. They will also use those rare feat to provide

extra swimming power. They also run along the bottom of the river bank.

They are mostly found in fresh water habitats, this is a more let

macro for guitar, quite a rare animal. These are not fully grown

yet? This is two years old, fully- grown, three metres. Not especially

big. We should definitely put them on the leader board. When they get

We have to decide the deadliest this week. It is tricky to take any

away because they're all fantastic. I don't know. His wolves kept their

distance. You need to help us decide. Who thinks it's the

reticulated python? What about the moose munching will worry him? My

favourite of the day -- wolverine. And my favourite is the giant

anteater. We have one more slot to fill. Next week we will decide who

is the ultimate deadliest champion of the series. We want to find out

what you think. If you had to a website and send an e-mail to this

address. Tell us which animal you would fight to see being number one

on our leader board. There is one more Deadly Day Out happening next

Sunday in Preston in Avenham Park. If you live anywhere near that, get

an adopt to go on the website and apply for a ticket. We will let you

know if you have a ticket. You can always ring the ticket

hotline! 0370 901 1227.

Is it just me who thinks the world has gone mad?

When I heard we were coming to the Cotswold Wildlife Park, I thought,

hooray! Another excuse to play my favourite

game of the series, and delve through some poo on live TV!.

Really? No, I'm joking, I hate this bit! We have three very distinct

chunks of animal faces. Because you haven't really been rummaging

through the poo public, underneath is the Deadly Planet code. I will

give you the first one for free. It is crocodile. The second one is

going to be underneath our first pas la poo. A sorry if you have

just got your bratwurst! That is one that steaming pile -- your

breakfast. What a stink. It is very distinctive. It is so smelly.

Carnivores, cats. It has come from quite a large bottom! What do we

think? A lion next -- lion? Yes. Get stuck in, get down, deep into

it. This is very fresh, already flies laying their eggs. Fantastic.

This one here should be quite familiar to you. What does it look

like, is there a domestic animal? rabbit? That would be a truly

monstrous rabbit! Imagine you're going out at the weekend...

horse? A reindeer? A donkey? horse wearing stripy pyjamas?

zebra. This one is really interesting. I have to give you a

clue, this animal has only one hole to get rid of its waste products.

High in calcium which is why it is quite. No bones or head because

they have such strong stomach acid that it breaks it down. It is

coming from? A snake? A crocodile? Yes. With absolutely no prompting,

she went straight to the poo. I think she deserves a round of

applause for that! I think we should play that game

This of course is to unlock the Deadly Planet game which will have

you scampering all-over places, and this and locks Reflex of Spear

Mantis Shrimp -- unlocks. While you're on the website, check

out Deadly Dash 2. That's it for another week. Just time to say a

big thank you to everyone who's got in touch with us via the website or

email. We'll see you next time. Stiff tests himself to the max by

free diving, how far can you push himself? Our adventurers are on a

frozen Mission in the mountains sleeping out beneath the snow.