0:00:04 > 0:00:09Hello, adventurers! I'm Jess. It's time for a Minibeast adventure.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12# Feelers out - what's about?
0:00:12 > 0:00:14# Creeping, sleeping
0:00:14 > 0:00:16# Under stones, here and there
0:00:16 > 0:00:18# Nesting, resting
0:00:18 > 0:00:20# Minibeasts are everywhere
0:00:20 > 0:00:24# Minibeasts are everywhere, look and listen, stop and stare
0:00:24 > 0:00:28# Minibeasts are everywhere, a Minibeast Adventure
0:00:28 > 0:00:31# Feelers out, what's about?
0:00:31 > 0:00:35# Minibeasts are everywhere, look and listen, stop and stare
0:00:35 > 0:00:37# Mini worlds for us to share
0:00:37 > 0:00:42- # A Minibeast Adventure... # - With Jess!
0:00:42 > 0:00:46Welcome to my tree house. This is my wormery.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Can you guess what lives in there? Yes, that's right. Worms.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53They eat up all my old fruit and vegetable scraps.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55They're going to love this.
0:00:56 > 0:01:00I can't see any. They're probably hidden cos they don't like light.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04They're nature's tunnellers. Shall we have a dig
0:01:04 > 0:01:05and see what we can find?
0:01:09 > 0:01:13Earthworms are amazing, aren't they? They don't have arms or legs
0:01:13 > 0:01:17so they move along by getting longer and shorter.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Let's have a closer look. Worms don't have any bones.
0:01:21 > 0:01:26Their bodies are one big muscle. And one big tongue, too.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30They taste the soil with their whole bodies.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34Look carefully - can you see the worm's saddle?
0:01:34 > 0:01:39It's that bulgey bit. It's where they lay their eggs.
0:01:39 > 0:01:41Worms don't have any eyes
0:01:41 > 0:01:44but they can feel the light through their skin.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47And how do you think they make their tunnels?
0:01:47 > 0:01:53They eat their way through the soil and then poo it out behind them!
0:01:53 > 0:01:55How's this for a fascinating fact?
0:01:55 > 0:02:01If you were a worm, you could have up to ten hearts. Yes, ten!
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Worms are amazing.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06I just put mine back and guess what -
0:02:06 > 0:02:08there's some living right near you.
0:02:08 > 0:02:12Shall we go and find them?
0:02:12 > 0:02:13Come on.
0:02:21 > 0:02:27Whatever the weather, we're off together on a Minibeast Adventure.
0:02:30 > 0:02:35- Hi, Violet. Hi, Lucy.- Hi, Jess! - Great to see you.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39- Today, we're going on a worm adventure.- Wow! That's cool.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41- Have you ever seen a worm before? - Uh-uh.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44- You've never seen a worm before?- No.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48You're going to have a treat today. Get your feelers ready.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Feelers out, what's about?
0:02:51 > 0:02:56We're off on a Minibeast adventure. Come on.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Where do you think we might find some worms?
0:03:03 > 0:03:07- In the mud.- In the mud. Have you ever done worm charming before?
0:03:07 > 0:03:10I'm going to show you how to do it.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13- What makes worms come out of the ground? Do you know?- No.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17When it rains. So what could we put on here that will trick the worms.
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- Water!- Yes! We could put some water.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Shall we use these watering cans and see if any worms come up
0:03:23 > 0:03:26because they think it's raining?
0:03:29 > 0:03:33- The worm is coming.- No, there's no worms in this mud.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- Come up, worm, come up. - Any worms?- Nope.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40OK. Maybe we need to try something else.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44What if you dance on the ground? Do you think that would make them?
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- Yeah. Come out, worms. Come out, worms.- Come out, worms.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48Come out, worms.
0:03:48 > 0:03:54- They are still not coming out. - Oh.- I think we should dig.
0:03:54 > 0:03:59- OK. Come on, then.- Well, you have to find a pink one because I like pink.
0:03:59 > 0:04:04- Worms are pink, aren't they? - Yes. Ugh! It's difficult.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Do you know why I think it might be so difficult to find worms today?
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- Yes.- Why?- Because it's so difficult, you can't see them.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16You can't see them because the worms might have gone really, really deep
0:04:16 > 0:04:18into the ground because it's so hot.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22So how do they really down, down, down, down, down, down?
0:04:22 > 0:04:26We'll have to dig quite deep. How do you think they get so deep?
0:04:26 > 0:04:32- Because maybe they've got special legs.- Special legs?- And they can...
0:04:32 > 0:04:35- And they can...slug really hard. - Like wiggle?- Yeah.
0:04:35 > 0:04:39- Hey, I've found a carrot.- A carrot?
0:04:39 > 0:04:43- That's not a carrot. - Yes, it is. There's still no worms.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46I'm sure we're going to find some digging.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48I think we should dance again.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52- Argh!- What? There!- What? Ah!
0:04:54 > 0:05:00- Oh, you've got one! Well! Wow! That's pretty, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05- What colour is it?- Pink.- Pink. A lovely pink. Wow!- Oh!
0:05:05 > 0:05:09This tray's nice and wet, so it should like it in there.
0:05:09 > 0:05:14- Aw, he's so cute. He's so long. - So long!- I think it's a daddy one.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19- Do you? Why?- Cos it's so long. - Oh, look how it stretches.
0:05:19 > 0:05:25- And then crawls up. - Shall we find some more worms?- Yes.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- Of course we can. - I'm hungry.- Are you hungry?
0:05:28 > 0:05:33- Do you want to eat some worms? - No! Disgusting!
0:05:33 > 0:05:38- No, we mustn't eat worms. What do you think worms eat?- I don't know.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- Mud.- Yeah, worms eat mud. - We can call that one Piglet.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Do you want to call this one Piglet?
0:05:43 > 0:05:48- Shall we call it Piglet, Violet?- No. - I like Piglet. It's a good name.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52- Shall we call this one Piglet?- Yeah. - Look, that one's got one, too.- Aw.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- Do you think they're going to be friends?- Yeah.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58- Shall we see what they do?- How does it grow?- How does it grow?
0:05:58 > 0:06:01It has to eat and eat and eat and eat
0:06:01 > 0:06:04then it goes just like we do. It gets bigger and bigger.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06That is so cool. Argh!
0:06:08 > 0:06:11How good are you at eating?
0:06:11 > 0:06:16A worm munches through a huge amount of earth every day.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22That would be like you eating all this.
0:06:24 > 0:06:25In just one day!
0:06:28 > 0:06:31So I thought we could make a little wormery today
0:06:31 > 0:06:34- so that we can see how worms mix the soil up.- With these?
0:06:34 > 0:06:38Yes, with this and with this. You could make your own one too.
0:06:38 > 0:06:43All you need is a clear plastic tab and then fill it with soil and sand.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- Can you help me?- Yes.- Go on, then. Put some soil in here.
0:06:52 > 0:06:56That's great. Now do you want to put some sand, Violet?
0:06:58 > 0:07:04The next layer will be soil. Yeah. Now shall we do a layer of sand?
0:07:04 > 0:07:08- Can you see the pattern that it's making?- Yeah. Black.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- Black and white.- Yeah.- Black sand.
0:07:11 > 0:07:15So then we'll be able to see when the worms make their tunnels
0:07:15 > 0:07:17and mix it up.
0:07:17 > 0:07:22- Yeah, and they mix, mix, mix, mix. - Now, a last layer of soil.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Then I've got something for you to put on the top, Violet.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- What did I say that worms eat? - Leaves.- Yes, leaves.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32They have stuff they'll all find
0:07:32 > 0:07:36with the stuff they'll dig in.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38You need to put the worms in.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- Can you get that last one? - Are they going to mix up?- No.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45It takes a while for them to mix it,
0:07:45 > 0:07:48We'll leave them there a few days. By that time,
0:07:48 > 0:07:50we'll see lots of different tunnels,
0:07:50 > 0:07:53then after that, we put them back in the ground.
0:07:53 > 0:07:57- Brilliant. Right, let's put the lid on.- I'll put the lid.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59It's got some holes in so they can breathe.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03There. Can you remember where we said worms like to live?
0:08:03 > 0:08:07- Dark places.- Dark places. So I thought we could put this cover on.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- Can I do it?- Yeah. I think that might be a good idea.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15- Oh, I can see an eye. It's a worm.- It is a worm, yeah.
0:08:15 > 0:08:21- So we put that on, cover them up. - And then pretend it's dark and stop.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23That would be brilliant.
0:08:26 > 0:08:30I hope Lucy and Violet can see those worms making tunnels
0:08:30 > 0:08:34in their wormery. Maybe you could go on a worm adventure too.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36There's bound to be a worm living near you.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39Maybe you could charm one or carefully dig one up.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42You could even make your own wormery.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44Feelers out, what's about?
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Happy hunting, adventurers!