0:00:00 > 0:00:02Welcome to my Nightmares Of Nature.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10I'm Naomi Wilkinson... Whoo-hoo!
0:00:10 > 0:00:14..and I'm coming face to face with the nightmares of the animal world.
0:00:16 > 0:00:18The ones that make your spine tingle...
0:00:20 > 0:00:22..your heart beat faster...
0:00:24 > 0:00:27..and your blood run cold.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Are they truly terrifying?
0:00:32 > 0:00:33Or is there a twist in the tale?
0:00:35 > 0:00:39Come with me, as I shine a light on wildlife's deepest, darkest secrets.
0:00:41 > 0:00:47And see if you can guess which will be my worst nightmare.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Hello. Recording - yeah.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54Hi, everyone! Look - I'm back, I'm home!
0:00:59 > 0:01:00Whoo-hoo!
0:01:02 > 0:01:03It's been an exhausting few months.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05I've been travelling around the globe
0:01:05 > 0:01:08looking for more nightmares of nature for you to see,
0:01:08 > 0:01:10so I thought while I'm unpacking my heavy suitcase...
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Case explosion!
0:01:14 > 0:01:17Promise it's normally a little bit more tidy than this.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20..I thought I could give you a warts-and-all rundown on my journeys.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25So in the last few months, I've visited six - six -
0:01:25 > 0:01:27six different countries.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Mexico, Borneo, Thailand, Finland, the US of A, baby, and Wales.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35Look, I sent my husband a postcard from each country I visited.
0:01:35 > 0:01:37Normally get home before them.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40That one took three months to get here from Mexico.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41Anyway - boring!
0:01:41 > 0:01:45Tell you what, though, every one of those places gave me nightmares.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Oh, my gosh, oh, my gosh, oh, my gosh!
0:01:54 > 0:01:56People really do this for fun?
0:01:56 > 0:01:58I hate it!
0:01:58 > 0:01:59Argh!
0:02:00 > 0:02:02GROWLING
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Oh, I'm going to have to be brave.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07ANIMAL GROWLS Oh!
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Look, still got a scar.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15There, see it?
0:02:15 > 0:02:18From Digby the racoon. Thanks, Digby.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21I'm going to milk that - for ever.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23No, he didn't mean me any harm.
0:02:23 > 0:02:27And thankfully, I did also manage to squeeze in a little bit of time
0:02:27 > 0:02:29to let my hair down, too.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31And we're off - whoo-hoo!
0:02:33 > 0:02:35Yes, this is more like it!
0:02:40 > 0:02:42It's amazing!
0:02:42 > 0:02:45So in this very special show, I'm going to be giving you
0:02:45 > 0:02:49the inside word on what were my very best... Ding!
0:02:49 > 0:02:51..and very worst moments.
0:02:51 > 0:02:53SHE BLOWS RASPBERRY
0:02:55 > 0:02:57Now there are just a couple of things for this show
0:02:57 > 0:03:01that are essential pieces of kit that we cannot travel without.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Selfie stick.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08Coats, waterproof shoes, hand gel, first aid kit.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12Oh, passport, snorkel and mask - is that upside down?
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Literally, this is how comfy it is sleeping on an aeroplane.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Urgh!
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Sun cream and after sun,
0:03:19 > 0:03:23mossie repelling things. Zzzz.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26Powder, hard-core hairspray...
0:03:26 > 0:03:27SHE COUGHS
0:03:27 > 0:03:29..nail varnish, jewellery.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31Every expedition needs those.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33Oh, oh, oh - karate belt.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38NINJA EXCLAMATIONS
0:03:38 > 0:03:40Ninja! Hah!
0:03:40 > 0:03:44You never know when the next ninja is going to be somewhere nearby.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46On this series, we found five.
0:03:46 > 0:03:47Ah!
0:03:53 > 0:03:57First was that pious pretender, the head-munching,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00boyfriend-chomping, kung fu-fighting -
0:04:00 > 0:04:03I mean praying - mantis.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06The next flew in on a frosty winter wind -
0:04:06 > 0:04:09that ninja of the north, the great grey owl.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16The sunbear used his ninja nous to chop through bamboo.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22Wonder if he's got any tips he could pass onto soundman Rich.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24NINJA EXCLAMATION
0:04:24 > 0:04:25Ah, ah, ah!
0:04:25 > 0:04:28By the time researcher Tom used my bed sheet to lure in
0:04:28 > 0:04:32some ninja nasties, I was prepared for combat.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Leave us alone.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42But the limpet's martial-art moves still took me by surprise.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Ninja limpet? Who would have though it?
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Ah, now this was my favourite outfit of the series.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh - yeah!
0:04:52 > 0:04:54# Lemme see ya shake it, shake it. #
0:04:54 > 0:04:57I did get to wear some crackers.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Elasticated ankles.
0:05:10 > 0:05:15But this was by far the best. I only got to wear it once, though,
0:05:15 > 0:05:17although that time was...
0:05:18 > 0:05:20..really embarrassing, actually.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23So there we were in NYC, baby, and the crew told me
0:05:23 > 0:05:25we were going to go and meet some honey bees
0:05:25 > 0:05:28and told me I should bring my bee suit.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Na-na! Check me out in my bee suit. Buzz!
0:05:42 > 0:05:45- Oh, you...oh.- Bee suit.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Oh, no! I thought you meant this sort. You didn't...?
0:05:49 > 0:05:51I'm a bit embarrassed now.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53Most awkward.
0:05:53 > 0:05:58Anyway, I was actually there to meet some big city buzzers.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01So, dressed in the right kind of suit,
0:06:01 > 0:06:04I went off to join Big Smoke beekeeper Andrew.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06- Hi.- Hey, Naomi. How are you?
0:06:06 > 0:06:07Hello, Andrew. Good to meet you.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Good to meet you, too.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Wow! Look at all those bees.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- There are a lot of bees around us. - A lot of bees.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21What could happen if you get stung?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24Potentially, if a person is anaphylactic, they can have a
0:06:24 > 0:06:28very negative reaction and it could be as bad as death.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31But we're talking about someone who is highly allergic to the
0:06:31 > 0:06:33venom of the honeybee.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36That person is probably aware that he or she is anaphylactic
0:06:36 > 0:06:38and carries around an EpiPen.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41So you could die from the sting of a honeybee,
0:06:41 > 0:06:45but that's worst case scenario, and for most of us,
0:06:45 > 0:06:48a sting will just give us a bit of pain and some swelling.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51Did you hear that, Rich?
0:06:51 > 0:06:55Do you know what? During this item, Rich, our soundman actually got
0:06:55 > 0:06:58stung by a bee on his chin.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Luckily he wasn't allergic, but did we hear the end of it all week? No.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05"Oh, it's a bit swollen, it's all red.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09"Oh! Bee stung me on the chin - can you see it? It's all red..."
0:07:09 > 0:07:10Oh!
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Just play the film.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Oh there's the honeycomb. - There's the honeycomb and...
0:07:19 > 0:07:23Brilliant. Oh, look at the honey! How do they make honey?
0:07:23 > 0:07:25They suck up a bunch of nectar,
0:07:25 > 0:07:31spit it into the mouth of one of their sisters, who spits
0:07:31 > 0:07:34- it into another bee's mouth, back and forth, back and forth.- No way!
0:07:34 > 0:07:35It's true.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39- Literally they pass it from one bee to the other?- They do.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- In their mouths?- They do, they do.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43And then they'll...eurgh! it into one of these chambers?
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Well, let's not think of it that way!
0:07:47 > 0:07:51I was looking forward to eating this New York skyscraper honey,
0:07:51 > 0:07:56but I'd forgotten about the whole, you know, sick thing.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59What you talking about? It's nice. Mmm!
0:07:59 > 0:08:00It's disgusting.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Come to think of it, those honey hurlers weren't the only ones
0:08:03 > 0:08:05with bad table manners.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Frigate birds steal their food from other birds.
0:08:17 > 0:08:23They just chase the bird until the bird either lets go or regurgitates.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27Vomits the fish that is inside the stomach.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29They'll make another bird puke up the fish
0:08:29 > 0:08:33- and then they'll eat it mid air? - Yep.- Oooh!
0:08:33 > 0:08:36That Ninja mantis hasn't even got the courtesy to wait
0:08:36 > 0:08:38until its dinner is dead.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41They start eating their prey alive
0:08:41 > 0:08:45- starting with the head also.- Eurgh!
0:08:45 > 0:08:50And a cockroach tea party would also get a definite decline from me.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52This is stunning.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Stunning? Not the word I'd use.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56Just a seething mass of cockroaches.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59What are they all doing?
0:08:59 > 0:09:00They're all eating the pooh.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03Oh! Vile.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09But there's one animal whose dining habits really took me by surprise.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11The whale shark.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14The undisputed winner of the most massive mouth award
0:09:14 > 0:09:17turned out to be the least offensive eater.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21With the help of marine biologist Claudia,
0:09:21 > 0:09:23we set out to track one down.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27A shark the size of a bus.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33So, Claudia, why do the whale sharks come to this area of the world?
0:09:33 > 0:09:34They come here to eat.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38They feed on very tiny creatures called plankton
0:09:38 > 0:09:39and we have a lot of that in here.
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Now that's a real surprise, isn't it?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43Because it's such a massive creature
0:09:43 > 0:09:46but, actually, they're eating something that you can't even see.
0:09:46 > 0:09:49They have to eat millions and millions of them
0:09:49 > 0:09:51to be able to make up for a big meal.
0:09:51 > 0:09:55They just swim through the water, filtering everything that's in it
0:09:55 > 0:09:57and they have to take huge amounts of water
0:09:57 > 0:09:58so they need that huge mouth.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Now how do we know that we're not going to go into that mouth
0:10:01 > 0:10:03and get sucked in?
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Ha-ha! Don't worry about it. They're not after humans.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08There's never been a record of an attack.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10Good to know. Good to know!
0:10:11 > 0:10:13Now we just have to find one.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18There are a couple of ways to, um, spot them.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21One is by the white spots all over their body.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26The pattern can be used to tell individual sharks apart,
0:10:26 > 0:10:28like a fingerprint.
0:10:28 > 0:10:33The other clue to their presence is less appealing.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Also the dorsal fin.
0:10:34 > 0:10:37You'll see the big fin come out of the water.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41- But it's, like, rounded.- OK. - It's not like the normal.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Jaws, shark-shape.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45- No, it's round.- A round fin.- Yup.
0:10:48 > 0:10:54Our eyes are peeled and it's Claudia who comes up with the goods.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Oh, no! Here. Here, Naomi.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02Oh, my gosh! I can see the shape. Argh! That's enormous.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05Whoa! I can see the white spots!
0:11:06 > 0:11:09There's its fin. Yeee-aah!
0:11:09 > 0:11:10Oh, really round, then!
0:11:11 > 0:11:14- It's still the shape of the shark, though, isn't it?- It is.
0:11:14 > 0:11:18Still a big shark-looking fish.
0:11:19 > 0:11:20Oh, gosh!
0:11:22 > 0:11:24At only 7m long,
0:11:24 > 0:11:28this one's just a juvenile, but it's still MASSIVE.
0:11:30 > 0:11:34Oh, yeah - and if you haven't already guessed from the wetsuit,
0:11:34 > 0:11:36I'm going to swim with it.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40It's time to grab our masks and snorkels
0:11:40 > 0:11:43and join the behemoth in its watery world.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46It's such a mental battle.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48I know this shark is going to do me no harm whatsoever.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51My gut is screaming, "It's a shark, it's a shark - you're scared."
0:11:51 > 0:11:54And my head is going, "No, it's fine. It'll be fine. You're safe.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56"Stop worrying."
0:11:56 > 0:11:59And I want to grab this opportunity with both hands, so come on!
0:12:13 > 0:12:17The water is dark and murky.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19It's impossible to tell what's around us.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Where is the shark?
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Then suddenly out of the gloom...
0:12:41 > 0:12:46It is in fact beautiful - an elegant giant.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55Then, as gracefully as it appeared, it glides away.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00What an absolute privilege!
0:13:04 > 0:13:06I got in the water and it was there.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Its head was there
0:13:08 > 0:13:12and then the whole creature just swam past me
0:13:12 > 0:13:16about a metre away and I saw all along its body.
0:13:16 > 0:13:17That was amazing.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22So I never, ever thought I would ever say this,
0:13:22 > 0:13:26but I don't think I can call a bus-sized shark
0:13:26 > 0:13:30with a gigantic mouth and over 300 teeth my worst nightmare.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37I just want to show you some of my favourite photos from the trip.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39Oh, look at these guys!
0:13:43 > 0:13:45Ooh, I miss the crew already!
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Oh, no. Hang on, maybe I DON'T miss them.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53They made me do some pretty awful things.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57Cue wibbly-wobbly memory moment!
0:13:57 > 0:13:59What's this?
0:14:01 > 0:14:02That's the wrong way round.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04LAUGHTER
0:14:05 > 0:14:07What a nightmare.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09No, I don't miss them at all.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11So what was the worst thing the crew made me do?
0:14:11 > 0:14:15Well, they put me in a cardboard box and fed me yoghurt through a tiny,
0:14:15 > 0:14:16weeny little hole.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Hello, husband. What have you brought for me? What's this?
0:14:19 > 0:14:22Poor old female hornbill.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25I can't eat that. It's going everywhere.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28No, there was worse than that.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Oh, I know - they made me jump off a cliff like a guillemot chick,
0:14:31 > 0:14:32into the water.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34I don't want to do it!
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Yoo-hoo-hoo!
0:14:37 > 0:14:40SHE BLOWS RASPBERRY No, actually, that was quite fun.
0:14:40 > 0:14:41Oh, I know!
0:14:41 > 0:14:44They did make me swing through the jungle 15m up above the ground
0:14:44 > 0:14:45to be like a gibbon.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Go!
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Oh! Ha-ha-ha!
0:14:51 > 0:14:53SHE BLOWS RASPBERRY
0:14:53 > 0:14:55No, I'm sure there was worse than that.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Oh, I know. Ding!
0:14:57 > 0:15:01They made me fish for my dinner at the bottom of an icy-cold lake
0:15:01 > 0:15:04when the outside air temperature was minus A LOT.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07And let me get one thing straight - I do NOT like being cold
0:15:07 > 0:15:09and wet, AT ALL!
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I don't remember having a conversation with my careers
0:15:12 > 0:15:14advisor saying, "When I grow up, I'd like to wear a really
0:15:14 > 0:15:17"fetching wetsuit with matching hood, gloves and goggles
0:15:17 > 0:15:20"and nose clip, please, straight out of London Fashion Week,
0:15:20 > 0:15:24"and then I would like to go and dunk myself into some ice cold water."
0:15:24 > 0:15:27I don't remember that conversation. What happened?
0:15:27 > 0:15:31So this was definitely the worst thing the crew made me do.
0:15:33 > 0:15:35It's making my nose rather long!
0:15:40 > 0:15:43My challenge was to fish like a dipper -
0:15:43 > 0:15:44a little bird that finds its food
0:15:44 > 0:15:47by diving into Finland's ice-cold rivers.
0:15:51 > 0:15:52Do I really have to do this?
0:15:52 > 0:15:54BIRD OINKS THREE TIMES
0:16:00 > 0:16:03- What?- Battery's died in the cold.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07The cold water's killed our camera. Is it that cold?
0:16:07 > 0:16:08That cold!
0:16:08 > 0:16:09SHE LAUGHS
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I don't want to play.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15And what would be the one thing you wouldn't want to happen
0:16:15 > 0:16:17just before get into that ice-cold water?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20I'll tell you what - a member of the crew to put some
0:16:20 > 0:16:22snow down the back of your wetsuit.
0:16:22 > 0:16:25That's what happened to our cameraman Steve.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28Not saying who did it - Soundman Rich!
0:16:30 > 0:16:34The crew set me the challenge of retrieving my own plastic tub
0:16:34 > 0:16:37of tasty treats from the riverbed!
0:16:37 > 0:16:40Ho-hoh! It's so cold. Argh!
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Ugh! Oh, oh!
0:16:44 > 0:16:46What am I doing?
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Oh, here we go. Oh, come on.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55Ow, ow! That's so cold. Ooh, that burns your skin.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Ow!
0:17:00 > 0:17:03There it is, there it is, there it is. Right!
0:17:03 > 0:17:06I feel a bit hysterical, because this is so stupid.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Right, here we go. I've got to go and get my prize.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15Oh, no, I can't find the c...
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Hah!
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Ow!
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Ah! Ha-ha-ha!
0:17:29 > 0:17:32I got it, I got it. Ow!
0:17:34 > 0:17:36This better be something good.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Oh, good. Oh, it's a couple of chocolates and a rock
0:17:39 > 0:17:43all covered in water. I'm so glad I went to all that trouble for that.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47Can you find an animal that I can imitate that likes to sunbathe
0:17:47 > 0:17:52and drink coffee, please, maybe like in the Maldives or somewhere?
0:17:52 > 0:17:54Yeah, be careful what you wish for, people!
0:17:54 > 0:17:57I did in fact end up sunbathing on a tropical beach,
0:17:57 > 0:18:00but it turned out NOT to be the stuff sweet dreams are made of.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06This was the dirtiest trick the crew played on me this series.
0:18:07 > 0:18:12Ah! I'm in heaven. Tropical sun. Crystal-clear seas.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14Pure white sand.
0:18:14 > 0:18:15I could stay here all day.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Oh, what a way to relax.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Oh, what now?
0:18:20 > 0:18:24"Just thought you might like to know you are lying in pooh."
0:18:24 > 0:18:29Ugh! Fish pooh? That's disgusting. Urgh!
0:18:29 > 0:18:33But I was intrigued to know whose pooh I'd been lying in -
0:18:33 > 0:18:36so with sub-aqua Simon as my guide, I hit the seabed.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44It wasn't long before we found the culprits.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53UNDERWATER SPEECH
0:18:53 > 0:18:54But so huge!
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Amazing, isn't it? So these are bumphead parrotfish and you can see
0:18:57 > 0:19:00that from obviously the large, large head that they have.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Yeah, big bulbous forehead, don't they?
0:19:02 > 0:19:05- And you see the big beaks, as well, like parrots.- Yeah.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Which is why they get the rest of their name.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10They've got the weirdest teeth I've ever seen.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Well, that's what they're using to scrape the coral.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15You can see there, they're scraping coral, taking chunks off.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20You wouldn't think you'd get much goodness from eating rock.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24But coral is made up of tiny little animals like anemones.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27And algae grows on its surface too.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30But it's not the richest source of food.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34So the parrotfish have to eat a lot to get enough goodness from it.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38And what goes in must come out.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41Just constantly poohing all the time!
0:19:41 > 0:19:45Everywhere you look, there's just these clouds of sand coming
0:19:45 > 0:19:48out of the back of them. Gross. Gross!
0:19:49 > 0:19:52And that corally sand can play havoc with your hair.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57When you dive with bumphead parrotfish like this,
0:19:57 > 0:19:59they end up getting sand and...
0:19:59 > 0:20:03- Pooh in your hair. - ..pooh all in your hair.
0:20:03 > 0:20:07But a beach made almost entirely out of fish pooh?
0:20:07 > 0:20:09Still seems a bit far-fetched.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12I don't quite understand how one species of fish can produce
0:20:12 > 0:20:16not just one beach worth of pooh, though but hundreds of beaches.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19Well, it's been estimated that an adult bumphead parrotfish can
0:20:19 > 0:20:23produce five tonnes of sand a year.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25Five tonnes a year from one fish?
0:20:25 > 0:20:27And they live up to 40 years,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30so if you imagine over the course of the lifetime...
0:20:30 > 0:20:33- Yeah, makes sense now. - There's some big beaches.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34'Mystery solved!'
0:20:36 > 0:20:37To tell you the truth,
0:20:37 > 0:20:41I was dreading the whole bumphead parrotfish shoot,
0:20:41 > 0:20:44but, actually, with many of the experiences that I always fear,
0:20:44 > 0:20:47they turn out to be some of the best experiences of my life.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49And I get to meet some amazing people along the way
0:20:49 > 0:20:53and find out about their passion for their brilliant projects.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Like the lovely Alonkot in Thailand,
0:20:54 > 0:20:59who's using elephants to give blind children some fantastic experiences.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Oh, hold on. Hold on.
0:21:01 > 0:21:04THEY SPEAK OWN LANGUAGE
0:21:04 > 0:21:08THEY LAUGH
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- She's OK. - She's having the time of her life.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14And I get to meet the animals, as well, like I got to take an
0:21:14 > 0:21:19orang-utan orphan to her first day of school. Oh! That melted my heart.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21This is what I was like on my first day at school.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Believe me, I know what it's like when you don't want to do
0:21:24 > 0:21:26something that's scary.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Come on, then. Let's go.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31This is going to be fun, you're going to make new friends.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33I've got an orang-utan on my leg.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37'Then there was swimming with turtles, the bat volcano,
0:21:37 > 0:21:41'baby raccoons - oh, baby turtles, husky riding.'
0:21:41 > 0:21:43So many special moments,
0:21:43 > 0:21:45but if you're anything like me,
0:21:45 > 0:21:48you probably enjoy watching the things that go wrong,
0:21:48 > 0:21:50and we try and show you one of those at the end of each
0:21:50 > 0:21:52programme, but there are so many!
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Sorry, what was that, Naomi - you go wrong? No.
0:21:55 > 0:21:57Be honest.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00Yes, Well, just a couple.
0:22:00 > 0:22:01Ha-ha!
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Ow, ow, ow!
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Whoo!
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Well, the king cobra.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20My next nightmare contender is the UK's largest meat eaties...
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Can't say it! Sorry.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23Meat eatie.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Meat eaters.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28No, meatiee...
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Meat eater! Meat eatis...
0:22:32 > 0:22:34This is so embarrassing.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Hey! It's not just me that misbehaves!
0:22:36 > 0:22:38SHE LAUGHS
0:22:41 > 0:22:44HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Did you hear me?
0:22:47 > 0:22:51They're like funny little old men with bald heads, aren't they?
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Like our crew. Ha-ha!
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Right behind you, there's the biggest pile of pooh.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Just don't step back. SHE LAUGHS
0:23:00 > 0:23:02I shouldn't have told you, should I?
0:23:02 > 0:23:05Nightmare! Danger!
0:23:05 > 0:23:07I feel like I've seen Steve Backshall here
0:23:07 > 0:23:09and I thought, that is somewhere I never want to go.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21Ha-ha-ha-ha!
0:23:26 > 0:23:29It's like fishy, smelly feet.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30SHE RETCHES
0:23:31 > 0:23:33Want a whiff? Want to smell that?
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Eurgh!
0:23:37 > 0:23:39Heeby-jeeby! I don't like it.
0:23:39 > 0:23:43THEY LAUGH
0:23:43 > 0:23:44Jeeby-jeeby!
0:23:46 > 0:23:49It's like the heeby-jeebies, but worse.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53Jeeby-jeeby! Eurgh. Ragworms.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54They really were disgusting,
0:23:54 > 0:23:57but even they weren't the worst thing I had to deal with this series.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00THIS may look just like a straw,
0:24:00 > 0:24:06but it is no ordinary straw. No - this is a KCRD. KCRD.
0:24:06 > 0:24:10King cobra resuscitation device.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Talk about drawing the short straw!
0:24:12 > 0:24:19This gets my vote as the most terrifying moment of the series.
0:24:19 > 0:24:23I joined Colin and his Thai jungle team as they sedated this
0:24:23 > 0:24:26wild king cobra in order to give it a health check.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32Look, it's still awake - its tongue is poking out.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34It's still awake, but it will go down.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36This snake is enormous.
0:24:36 > 0:24:39Which end shall I... I don't want to go up the head end. Stay down here.
0:24:39 > 0:24:42- You sure?- Shall I. Yeah, cos...
0:24:42 > 0:24:44He's asleep - he's nearly asleep.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Yeah, he's not dangerous at this point.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50First thing was to find out exactly how long he was.
0:24:51 > 0:24:53What's the length?
0:24:53 > 0:24:55Three thousand, one hundred...
0:24:55 > 0:24:57..sixty-nine...
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- 3.16 metres.- He's grown a little bit, but not too much.
0:25:00 > 0:25:02That's huge. Is that as big as they get?
0:25:02 > 0:25:07No, not at all. They can get up to 5.8 meters.
0:25:07 > 0:25:11Even more intimidating than their size, though, is their bite!
0:25:11 > 0:25:13You can go unconscious from the king cobra's
0:25:13 > 0:25:19neurotoxin in about 10-15 minutes, and if you are not taken to
0:25:19 > 0:25:22a hospital after that, then you will surely die.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25An adult male of five meters or so
0:25:25 > 0:25:29maybe could inject enough to, say, kill an elephant.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Really?!
0:25:31 > 0:25:34However, they probably wouldn't.
0:25:34 > 0:25:36They might run away.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38Chickens.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Easy to say when it's asleep,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43but it was time to draw that short straw.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Would you like to try?
0:25:45 > 0:25:46I'm going to wake it up.
0:25:46 > 0:25:50- Yeah, well, I'll cover the head if you just...- What do I do?
0:25:50 > 0:25:52All you need to do is take a very, very deep breath.
0:25:52 > 0:25:54We are going to put this in the glottis
0:25:54 > 0:25:57and you will actually be able to see the fangs if you wish.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59I'm going to breath into a king cobra's mouth.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- I'm looking right into its mouth. Wow.- Those are the fangs.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04And you're putting that tube right into its mouth.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08- It's in its glottis.- Oh, my gosh! - OK, and then you're just going to...
0:26:08 > 0:26:11- I'm going to breathe into its mouth. - Yep.- Are we ready?
0:26:12 > 0:26:16'You're never quite ready to give mouth-to-mouth to a snake
0:26:16 > 0:26:18'with venom strong enough to kill an elephant!'
0:26:19 > 0:26:24Excellent. OK, that's enough. OK, push the iso out. Excellent.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27- Excellent.- Do I do it again?- Yup.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30And this time, try to push more,
0:26:30 > 0:26:33because you actually didn't fill up the whole lung.
0:26:33 > 0:26:37More, more, more, more, more.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40There you go. Excellent.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Perfect.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45And see - you're starting to wake him up.
0:26:45 > 0:26:46Got a half-tongue flick.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Oh, his tongue's started going really... I'm so nervous! Oh!
0:26:49 > 0:26:53Look at its tongue, its tongue's nearly touching your skin.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56OK. Definitely getting tone back.
0:26:56 > 0:27:00- Guys, is the box ready? - Yeah, it's behind us.- OK.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02This could be one of the scariest things I've ever done -
0:27:02 > 0:27:04breathing into a king cobra's mouth.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08OK, I've got movement. Let's definitely go.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10'With the cobra waking up,
0:27:10 > 0:27:14'the team wasted no time getting it safely back in the box.'
0:27:14 > 0:27:16- Ready?- Yeah, I'm ready. All good.
0:27:16 > 0:27:18OK and one, two, three, go.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21- Good. Well done.- Thank you.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25Well done. Thank you so much for that.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28Well, all I can say is I'm glad that's over.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29I am not doing that again.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32I'm just going to take some time to chill out, put my feet up,
0:27:32 > 0:27:34get over all those nightmares.
0:27:34 > 0:27:36PHONE RINGS
0:27:36 > 0:27:38Sorry about this.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39Excuse me.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43Hello?
0:27:43 > 0:27:44Yes, it's Naomi.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46What, another series?
0:27:47 > 0:27:48More Nightmares Of Nature.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52You want me to pack now.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54SHE EXHALES
0:27:54 > 0:27:55Go on, then!
0:27:55 > 0:27:56Ninja! Hah!
0:28:03 > 0:28:04SHE GIGGLES
0:28:09 > 0:28:10Is that all right?