0:00:04 > 0:00:07Hello, adventurers! I'm Jess.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10It's time for a minibeast adventure!
0:00:10 > 0:00:13# Feelers out, what's about?
0:00:13 > 0:00:16# Creeping, sleeping, under stones here and there
0:00:16 > 0:00:20# Nesting, resting, 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 > 0:00:30# Feelers out, what's about?
0:00:32 > 0:00:36# Minibeasts are everywhere, look and listen, stop and stare
0:00:36 > 0:00:40# Mini worlds for us to share, a minibeast adventure
0:00:40 > 0:00:43# With Jess! #
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Welcome to my tree house.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Maybe you've seen one of these before.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50It's called a woodlouse.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55They look a bit like sea creatures,
0:00:55 > 0:00:56like crabs or lobsters.
0:00:56 > 0:00:59But woodlice live a long way from the sea,
0:00:59 > 0:01:01in places like my garden.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03Let's have a closer look.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08It looks like it's wearing a suit of armour, doesn't it?
0:01:10 > 0:01:12We have bones inside us.
0:01:12 > 0:01:15You can feel them under your skin.
0:01:15 > 0:01:17Go on, have a feel.
0:01:17 > 0:01:19That's your skeleton.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Well, a woodlouse has its skeleton on the outside.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25That hard shell is its skeleton
0:01:25 > 0:01:28and protects it, just like a suit of armour.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33Can you see how its shell is made up of lots of bits that overlap?
0:01:33 > 0:01:37They help the woodlice to bend.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42Some woodlice can even curl up into a tiny ball if they're in danger.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46Woodlice have two antennae at the front to help them
0:01:46 > 0:01:47find their way around.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51They do have eyes, but they don't see very well,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54so they explore their world with these antennae.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56They like to live in damp, dark places
0:01:56 > 0:01:58and eat rotting plants and wood,
0:01:58 > 0:02:01so they're one of nature's recyclers.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04They don't like the light, and usually hide in the day
0:02:04 > 0:02:05and come out at night.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08I'm sure there's one hiding near you.
0:02:08 > 0:02:09Shall we go and find it?
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Come on.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25Whatever the weather, we're off together on a minibeast adventure!
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Hi, James. Hi, Betsy.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35- Hi, Jess.- Hi, Jess.
0:02:35 > 0:02:36Fantastic to see you.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Today, we're going on a woodlouse adventure.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Do you know what a woodlouse is?
0:02:41 > 0:02:43- No.- No?
0:02:43 > 0:02:46They're minibeasts that like damp, dark places.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49- Do you know anywhere like that around here?- I do.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Do you? Where?
0:02:51 > 0:02:54It's over where the raspberries are.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Next to the raspberries?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58Shall we go and have a look, then?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- Yes.- Get your feelers ready.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03ALL: Feelers out, what's about?
0:03:03 > 0:03:07We're off on a minibeast adventure! Come on.
0:03:15 > 0:03:19- Can you see anything? - I might think under here.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23- OK, let's have a look under there. - I think it's in the balls.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25I found a little, little snail.
0:03:26 > 0:03:27Oh, that's tiny!
0:03:27 > 0:03:30- Wow, do you know what they are?- No.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32These are earwigs.
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Ew. Do they live in ears?
0:03:34 > 0:03:37They don't live in ears, at all.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41They live in houses and they live in gardens.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42On their back is a hook.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Yeah.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47What do you think those hooks are for?
0:03:47 > 0:03:49I don't know. They pinch.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Yeah, they're for pinching.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55So, they can use them for pinching food, or if they're scared,
0:03:55 > 0:03:58they can use them for pinching whatever's scaring them.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02- Do you think we should put this back, now?- Yeah.- OK.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07Now, to find woodlice, we need to look UNDER something.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11- So, where are there some more things we could look under?- I know!
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- The plant pots.- Oh, where are they?
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- They're over there.- Come on, then.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Oh!
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Look at that.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28We found what we were looking for. This is a woodlouse.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30His legs are funny.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- How many has it got?- I don't know.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36James, would you like to look with a magnifying glass
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- to count how many legs it's got?- Yeah.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42One, two, three, four, five, six, seven.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- Seven? Seven on this side? - Can I look at it?
0:04:45 > 0:04:46And seven on the other side.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49So, that means it's got 14 legs!
0:04:49 > 0:04:53Wow, look. What are those things on the front of its face?
0:04:53 > 0:04:55- Antennae.- Antennae, yes.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58That's exactly what they are.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01Shall we put it in the tray to have a closer look?
0:05:01 > 0:05:02- Yeah.- Yeah.- OK.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10- There we go.- I found another one of them.- Did you? Where?
0:05:10 > 0:05:14Oh, you're right, Betsy! There's a whole family of them down there.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Oh, we can have a really good look at them in this tray.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24Can you see those? What are they?
0:05:24 > 0:05:26They're baby beetles.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Oh, they do look like baby beetles, don't they?
0:05:29 > 0:05:33But they're actually baby woodlice.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35- Aren't they tiny?- Like...
0:05:37 > 0:05:40Woodlice are really, really good mummies.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43- They look after their babies. - What about the sisters?
0:05:43 > 0:05:47Well, they're all brothers and sisters, probably.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49They probably all come from the same mummy.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Oh, they're so sweet.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59When you have had a big drink, you'll probably want to go to the toilet.
0:06:00 > 0:06:05But however much a woodlouse drinks, it never does a wee.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09Instead, its shell lets out a smelly gas.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Phewie!
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Now that we know that woodlice like damp, dark places,
0:06:15 > 0:06:19- I thought we could make them a woodlouse castle.- That would be fun.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21It will be fun, won't it?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24We've collected some things that we think woodlice
0:06:24 > 0:06:26might like to hide in.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- Shall we make a pile here to make a woodlouse castle?- OK.
0:06:30 > 0:06:32What about this for the door?
0:06:32 > 0:06:35Yeah, that's perfect. So, put the door at the front.
0:06:35 > 0:06:39- Here it is.- What else can we put in?- This.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41And that could be the stairs.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43OK, that can be can be the stairs.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45Shall we put them flat, though?
0:06:45 > 0:06:48Then there's more space for the woodlice to hide.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- Should we put some woodlice food in?- OK.- Go on, then.
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Put it down here, shall we?
0:06:54 > 0:06:57Because remember, the woodlice hide under,
0:06:57 > 0:07:00so all the woodlice are going to be under here.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02I might even turn this, this way
0:07:02 > 0:07:04so they've got more space to hide underneath.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Do you think that'd be better?
0:07:07 > 0:07:09Yes. It might be for the bed.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12Yeah, this can be the bed. Perfect.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Feel that.- That feels soft.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18Feels like perfect woodlouse food.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20- And it's sticky.- It is a bit sticky.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24Would you like to put that in, James?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26- This?- Yes, perfect.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28For the roof?
0:07:28 > 0:07:31OK, put it on the top, then.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Look at this, it's crumbling. Oh!
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- There's a woodlouse already in there, look.- Where?
0:07:37 > 0:07:39There, can you see it?
0:07:39 > 0:07:43We've definitely chosen the right bits for our woodlouse castle.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44What about this?
0:07:44 > 0:07:48- That would be up there.- Oh, look, it's crawling over the top.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51Oh, they love our castle. We've done such a good job.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53Can I get the woodlice out?
0:07:53 > 0:07:57Yeah, and put it in the castle somewhere and see what they think.
0:07:57 > 0:08:01Do you think they've got lots of places to hide?
0:08:01 > 0:08:03- Yes.- Where can they hide?
0:08:03 > 0:08:05- Under their beds.- Brilliant.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09Oh, I think the love their castle. Do you think they're happy?
0:08:09 > 0:08:14- I think they are happy with us making the castle.- Yeah.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20I loved that minibeast adventure and the great castle that
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Betsy and James made for their woodlice.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Maybe you could go on a woodlice adventure, too.
0:08:25 > 0:08:28There's definitely a woodlouse near you.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31Look in damp places, like under pots and stones.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35You could even make a castle for your woodlice, like we did.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Feelers out, what's about? Happy hunting, adventurers!