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Welcome to my Nightmares of Nature. | 0:00:02 | 0:00:03 | |
DOG HOWLS | 0:00:03 | 0:00:05 | |
I'm Naomi Wilkinson | 0:00:07 | 0:00:10 | |
and I'm coming face-to-face with the nightmares of the animal world. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:14 | |
The ones that make your spine tingle... | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
..your heart beat faster... | 0:00:21 | 0:00:23 | |
..and your blood run cold. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:27 | |
Are they truly terrifying? | 0:00:28 | 0:00:30 | |
Or is there a twist in the tale? | 0:00:32 | 0:00:34 | |
Come with me, as I shine a light | 0:00:35 | 0:00:37 | |
on wildlife's deepest, darkest secrets... | 0:00:37 | 0:00:40 | |
..and see if you can guess which will be my worst nightmare. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:45 | |
This time, I am really heading off the beaten track, | 0:00:50 | 0:00:52 | |
into the heart of one of the oldest and richest | 0:00:52 | 0:00:55 | |
rainforests in the world, on the tropical island of Borneo. | 0:00:55 | 0:00:58 | |
'Borneo is the third-largest island in the world, | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
'lying in the heart of the South China Sea, in South East Asia. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:07 | |
'And I'm venturing up north, to the Malaysian state of Sabah.' | 0:01:08 | 0:01:12 | |
If there is one place that really puts the fear into me, | 0:01:14 | 0:01:16 | |
it's rainforests. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:18 | |
They are full of biting bugs and all sorts of scary beasts. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:21 | |
'In my mind' behind every leaf, | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
'there lucks a potential eye-popping terror. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
Argh. I'm going to have to be brave, | 0:01:36 | 0:01:38 | |
cos I know I'm going to be facing some of my worst-ever nightmares. | 0:01:38 | 0:01:43 | |
'I bump into a brute of a bear with a serious bite... | 0:01:43 | 0:01:46 | |
There, she just ripped that open. That is scarily impressive. | 0:01:46 | 0:01:50 | |
'..the crew give me the creeps with a nocturnal bug bonanza... | 0:01:51 | 0:01:54 | |
'..and I meet an iconic animal facing a nightmare of its own.' | 0:01:58 | 0:02:02 | |
Are you having fun? | 0:02:02 | 0:02:03 | |
Whee. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:05 | |
'But first of all, I'm meeting up with a man | 0:02:09 | 0:02:11 | |
'with a real head for heights. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:13 | |
'This is Tim. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:15 | |
'And he's a climbing and caving expert, | 0:02:18 | 0:02:21 | |
'who's visited Borneo many times. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:23 | |
'But he's not here to show me the creatures up in the canopy. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:27 | |
'He's going to be my guide on a heart-stopping underground adventure, | 0:02:27 | 0:02:31 | |
'an abseil into one of the biggest caves in the world.' | 0:02:31 | 0:02:35 | |
OK, well, this is, this is it. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
Whoa. That is an ominous big black hole. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
That's enormous. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:47 | |
Down the bottom, there's one of the biggest chambers, | 0:02:47 | 0:02:50 | |
cave chambers, in the world. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:51 | |
-So, this is only a small part of it? -This is only a small part of it. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:55 | |
I can't see the bottom. | 0:02:55 | 0:02:57 | |
Oh, my word. | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
'This is Simud Hitam, | 0:03:02 | 0:03:03 | |
'part of the world-famous Gomantong cave system. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:07 | |
'And to abseil safely into this ginormous cavern | 0:03:07 | 0:03:10 | |
'requires all sorts of equipment. | 0:03:10 | 0:03:13 | |
'But in this particular cave, it is not just ropes that we need.' | 0:03:13 | 0:03:17 | |
I was expecting a harness. What is this? | 0:03:17 | 0:03:19 | |
-This is a suit and it's got elasticated... -A suit? | 0:03:19 | 0:03:23 | |
..elasticated wrists and elasticated ankles. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
What do I need this for? | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
It's a bit of protection. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
Are there bugs down there? | 0:03:31 | 0:03:32 | |
A few. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:34 | |
Great. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:36 | |
'Looks like the nightmares are going to come thick and fast. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:40 | |
'Not only have I got to drop 100m straight down, | 0:03:40 | 0:03:44 | |
'I need a suit to protect me from what's waiting at the bottom. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
'But for now, I've got something worse to contend with. | 0:03:48 | 0:03:52 | |
'Going over the edge!' | 0:03:52 | 0:03:53 | |
Whoa! | 0:03:54 | 0:03:57 | |
Good job. Keep your legs straight. That's great. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
-Straight legs, straight legs. -Straight legs. That's lovely. | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
-Oh, I'm scared. -OK, hold it there. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:06 | |
'And one look at the hole below me takes my breath away.' | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. | 0:04:09 | 0:04:12 | |
What do I do now? | 0:04:12 | 0:04:14 | |
Now, we are now... | 0:04:14 | 0:04:15 | |
That is so impressive. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:18 | |
This is crazy. It's like a film set. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:21 | |
Oh. Oh. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:23 | |
That is such an impressive sight. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
-I've never seen anything like it. -It's a long way down, isn't it? | 0:04:31 | 0:04:34 | |
All the light streaming through. That's amazing. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:37 | |
Here, we are about 80m. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
Oh, just hanging precariously at the top. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
Yeah. Like a spider on a thread. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:45 | |
'And we are dangling alongside | 0:04:45 | 0:04:46 | |
'some of the cave's own high-rise residents.' | 0:04:46 | 0:04:50 | |
And we are right by some little birds' nests. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:52 | |
-What birds are these? -Yes, these, these are cave swiftlets | 0:04:52 | 0:04:55 | |
and they build these little nests on the wall. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:58 | |
It's to stay away from predators. | 0:04:58 | 0:05:00 | |
'But it isn't just swiftlets that call this place home.' | 0:05:01 | 0:05:04 | |
Over there in that dome, | 0:05:06 | 0:05:09 | |
those are bats | 0:05:09 | 0:05:11 | |
and there are more bats in here than there are swifts. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
There's a million swifts and there's two million bats. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
-A lot of life here, then? -Yeah. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:21 | |
'But I am about to discover there is a downside to this | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
'being such an attractive home.' | 0:05:24 | 0:05:26 | |
With all these bats in here, | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
they do produce a lot of waste | 0:05:29 | 0:05:31 | |
and I'm just going to turn you round a bit | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
because over there is the biggest pile of bat poo in the world. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:38 | |
That is bat poo? | 0:05:40 | 0:05:41 | |
That is all bat poo and the only way out now is just to keep | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
going down, so we've got to go down to it. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:47 | |
Into it? | 0:05:47 | 0:05:48 | |
Into it and the additional thing is, it is seething with insects. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:53 | |
'This thick layer of bat poo has attracted the most unbelievable | 0:05:53 | 0:05:58 | |
'mass of revolting creepy-crawlies and cockroaches | 0:05:58 | 0:06:01 | |
'you could ever imagine. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
'An ever-shifting skin of yuk, | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
'spread right across the cave floor.' | 0:06:06 | 0:06:08 | |
Oh, how nice. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:12 | |
That's why we are wearing the suits. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:15 | |
Thank goodness we are wearing a suit. Oh, dear. | 0:06:15 | 0:06:18 | |
Are you sure we can't go back up? | 0:06:18 | 0:06:20 | |
'I thought I was brave just doing the abseil. | 0:06:23 | 0:06:26 | |
'Now I have to contend with this nightmare, as well.' | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
Ew. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:40 | |
'Heart-thumping abseil over. | 0:06:40 | 0:06:42 | |
'Now for the next part of my cavernous nightmare.' | 0:06:42 | 0:06:46 | |
It's huge. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
Stupendous, isn't it? | 0:06:48 | 0:06:49 | |
Oh. | 0:06:49 | 0:06:50 | |
Now, when you get close, | 0:06:53 | 0:06:54 | |
-you start to realise... -It's all moving! | 0:06:55 | 0:06:58 | |
That whole thing is moving. | 0:06:58 | 0:07:00 | |
Oh! Look at it on there. Look on the side there. | 0:07:00 | 0:07:02 | |
Yeah. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:03 | |
Oh! | 0:07:03 | 0:07:04 | |
'Utterly revolving and Tim wants me to take an even closer look.' | 0:07:06 | 0:07:12 | |
We are going to cross here. | 0:07:12 | 0:07:13 | |
Argh! | 0:07:15 | 0:07:17 | |
This is not my favourite place now. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:18 | |
This is stunning. | 0:07:21 | 0:07:23 | |
-Stunning? -It's just... -It's not the word I'd use! | 0:07:23 | 0:07:25 | |
..seething mass of cockroaches. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
What are they all doing? | 0:07:29 | 0:07:30 | |
They are all eating the poo | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
and eating the stuff that's in it. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:35 | |
They haven't eaten very much. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:36 | |
Ha-ha. I wonder how big it would be if they weren't there. | 0:07:36 | 0:07:40 | |
Yeah. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:41 | |
So, it's all a sort of big web. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:43 | |
The birds go out during the day and catch insects | 0:07:43 | 0:07:45 | |
and then come in and poo. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:47 | |
The bats go out at night and catch insects and come in and poo | 0:07:47 | 0:07:50 | |
and it all falls here, | 0:07:50 | 0:07:51 | |
and then, these insects eat it all | 0:07:51 | 0:07:54 | |
and then there is other things that eat them. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
This is a lot of people's worst nightmare, isn't it? | 0:07:58 | 0:08:01 | |
It is, yes! | 0:08:01 | 0:08:02 | |
Argh! I'm on the poo! | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
That is going to give me nightmares tonight. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
Ooh! | 0:08:09 | 0:08:11 | |
I've never seen anything like it. | 0:08:11 | 0:08:14 | |
Wow. It's totally horrible. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:17 | |
Ew! Look at that! | 0:08:19 | 0:08:21 | |
Oh, it's like a horror film. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:23 | |
This is just awful. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:24 | |
They're everywhere. They're crawling all over me. | 0:08:24 | 0:08:27 | |
I did enjoy that abseil, but this is disgusting. | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
A giant pile of bug-infested bat poo. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:34 | |
This is right up there as one of my worst nightmares ever. | 0:08:34 | 0:08:38 | |
Time to get out of here. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:39 | |
Ew! | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
'In the forest of Borneo, | 0:08:45 | 0:08:46 | |
'animals have found a myriad of ways to make a living. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:50 | |
'Some use stealth... | 0:08:50 | 0:08:52 | |
'..others speed... | 0:08:53 | 0:08:54 | |
'..but sometimes, what you need is power.' | 0:08:55 | 0:08:59 | |
They might not look it, but this is a type of grass. | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
A very strong type of grass. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
It's bamboo. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:05 | |
Weight for weight, it is stronger than concrete and steel. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:09 | |
Ooh. I give up. I can't do it. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
But there is an animal living in these forests that can smash | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
it to smithereens. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
'This is Wong and he runs a sanctuary for this particular animal. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:36 | |
'By hiding food inside bamboo, he is mimicking what these animals | 0:09:41 | 0:09:45 | |
'would have to do to find food in the wild.' | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
Treats are set. Let's see if this works. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:52 | |
'Now we all need is the performer.' | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 | |
I can hear some leaves moving... | 0:10:01 | 0:10:03 | |
..twigs cracking. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:07 | |
There, there, there. See, gleams of black object? | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
They have smelt the food, for sure. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:18 | |
These are sun bears | 0:10:21 | 0:10:22 | |
and when you think of bears, you probably think of the grizzlies | 0:10:22 | 0:10:25 | |
in North America, but there are many different species across the world. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:28 | |
Here in the rainforests of Borneo, it's this one. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:31 | |
But like any bear, they are built like bulldozers. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
'They are not just immensely powerful. | 0:10:37 | 0:10:40 | |
'Equipped with a set of lethal, | 0:10:40 | 0:10:42 | |
'dagger-like claws over 10cm long | 0:10:42 | 0:10:45 | |
'and teeth the size of a tiger's, | 0:10:45 | 0:10:47 | |
'these bears have weapons that would give anyone nightmares. | 0:10:47 | 0:10:51 | |
'But why are they called sun bears?' | 0:10:52 | 0:10:54 | |
Do you see their chest patch? | 0:10:55 | 0:10:57 | |
-Yes. -The chest patch | 0:10:57 | 0:10:59 | |
come in all different kinds of shapes and patterns, | 0:10:59 | 0:11:02 | |
including the shape that looks like eclipse sun or upside-down sun. | 0:11:02 | 0:11:07 | |
Sunrise, sunset. | 0:11:07 | 0:11:09 | |
How powerful are they? | 0:11:09 | 0:11:11 | |
They are very powerful. | 0:11:11 | 0:11:13 | |
-They pretty much can chew through everything in the forest. -Really? | 0:11:13 | 0:11:17 | |
Here it comes. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
Time to see it in action. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:22 | |
He's coming straight for the food. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:28 | |
Look at this. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:30 | |
Yeah, she's going to get it. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
Smell that out straight away, | 0:11:32 | 0:11:34 | |
knows there is something inside. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:36 | |
How is she going to get to it? | 0:11:36 | 0:11:39 | |
Ah, starting to use her teeth now. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:41 | |
Look, she just ripped that open. | 0:11:45 | 0:11:46 | |
That is scarily impressive. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:49 | |
She popped it open - pop - like a Christmas cracker. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:57 | |
30 seconds, is it? | 0:11:57 | 0:11:58 | |
You see how strong is the bamboo and yet, for them, it is like nothing. | 0:12:00 | 0:12:04 | |
Yeah. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:05 | |
Yeah, there's your treat. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:07 | |
Yum, yum. | 0:12:07 | 0:12:08 | |
Why do they need to be able to chew through such thick wood? | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
Because they are full inside those sticks of wood. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:16 | |
They look for honey. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:17 | |
Bees have honey, so whenever they find a bee hive, | 0:12:17 | 0:12:20 | |
although it is inside a hardwood tree trunk, | 0:12:20 | 0:12:24 | |
they will still rip apart, chew, chew, and get the honey eventually. | 0:12:24 | 0:12:28 | |
-So it's a combination of claws and teeth? -Absolutely. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:31 | |
-They stick it in. -Yeah. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:33 | |
Yeah, I wouldn't want to encounter a grumpy one by mistake. | 0:12:33 | 0:12:36 | |
-That would be quite scary. -Yeah. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:38 | |
'Wong decides to up the ante, to demonstrate these bears' | 0:12:38 | 0:12:41 | |
'cracking skills using coconuts.' | 0:12:41 | 0:12:44 | |
If you have ever tried to crack open a coconut, | 0:12:46 | 0:12:48 | |
you'll know just how difficult this is. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:50 | |
So this... Yeah, making light work of that. | 0:12:51 | 0:12:55 | |
Here we go. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:57 | |
-Yeah, she is cracking it now. -Oh, and the juice has come out. | 0:12:57 | 0:13:00 | |
Mm. Yummy. | 0:13:00 | 0:13:02 | |
Could do with a sun bear in my kitchen, to help me open coconuts. | 0:13:02 | 0:13:06 | |
They're powerful, yes. But they are also ever-so endearing. | 0:13:06 | 0:13:10 | |
That is one of the sweetest things I've seen. | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
Sun bear drinking a coconut. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:14 | |
'Using a combination of claws, jaws and power, | 0:13:16 | 0:13:19 | |
'they can break into pretty much anything in the forest, | 0:13:19 | 0:13:22 | |
'to find a wealth of bugs, bees and larvae. | 0:13:22 | 0:13:26 | |
'But for those really hard to reach spots, | 0:13:26 | 0:13:28 | |
'they rely on an even more astonishing tool. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
'And a cylinder lined with honey is all one needs to demonstrate.' | 0:13:33 | 0:13:38 | |
Look what we've got for you? | 0:13:38 | 0:13:39 | |
So from there, they can maybe get to the honey. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:42 | |
Yep. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:44 | |
NAOMI LAUGHS | 0:13:44 | 0:13:46 | |
It's like a long pink sock. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:50 | |
That is quite astonishing. | 0:13:50 | 0:13:52 | |
'And stretching over 25cm, | 0:13:52 | 0:13:54 | |
'their titanic tongues help them lick | 0:13:54 | 0:13:56 | |
'out all sorts of tasty treats hidden in the depths of a treehole.' | 0:13:56 | 0:14:00 | |
That's amazing. | 0:14:02 | 0:14:04 | |
Oh, that is a happy face. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:05 | |
This is so funny, with its comedy tongue as long as a sock, | 0:14:09 | 0:14:13 | |
but this bulldozer of a beast, with its huge claws | 0:14:13 | 0:14:16 | |
and tree-chomping jaws, could | 0:14:16 | 0:14:18 | |
just smash the competition and take the title as my biggest nightmare. | 0:14:18 | 0:14:22 | |
'For some of this jungle adventure, | 0:14:25 | 0:14:27 | |
'we have been lucky enough to stay at the Danau Girang Research Station | 0:14:27 | 0:14:31 | |
'in the heart of one of Borneo's richest rainforests.. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
We're pretty remote here. | 0:14:37 | 0:14:38 | |
There is no television to keep us entertained, | 0:14:38 | 0:14:41 | |
so I thought, let's go traditional, maybe play a game of cards | 0:14:41 | 0:14:43 | |
or charades, but, no, the crew have got other ideas. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
They want to go out on a big bug hunt, to look for giant insects. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:50 | |
'It's at night when the insect world comes alive in the forest. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:02 | |
'And setting a gigantic trap is our researcher, Tom. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:05 | |
'The aim - | 0:15:10 | 0:15:11 | |
'to try and attract as many insects as possible. | 0:15:11 | 0:15:15 | |
'And it looks like it's worked.' | 0:15:15 | 0:15:18 | |
Hi, Tom. | 0:15:18 | 0:15:19 | |
Hi. Look how amazing this is. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:21 | |
What delights do we have here? | 0:15:21 | 0:15:23 | |
We've got all sorts. I mean, this has only been up two hours | 0:15:23 | 0:15:26 | |
and look how much we've got already. | 0:15:26 | 0:15:28 | |
'A white sheet, lit by a powerful light, is simple, but very effective. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:32 | |
'The variety of creatures is astounding, | 0:15:34 | 0:15:36 | |
'but what on Earth are they all?' | 0:15:36 | 0:15:38 | |
This one is a cicada. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:41 | |
So, you know those sounds you hear in the jungle in daytime, | 0:15:41 | 0:15:44 | |
the really loud noises? That's what these guys make. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:46 | |
Heard them on holiday a lot. | 0:15:46 | 0:15:47 | |
The males will call with that really loud sound, | 0:15:47 | 0:15:50 | |
which is a membrane they vibrate. | 0:15:50 | 0:15:51 | |
CICADA CALLS | 0:15:51 | 0:15:53 | |
They are cool, aren't they? I like their eyes. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:57 | |
We've got a dragonfly here. | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
Wow, that one is beautiful. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:02 | |
So, these are the apex predators around here. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:06 | |
It's been flying around the light, catching lots of little micro moths. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:09 | |
So, other insects are capitalising on all these smaller insects | 0:16:09 | 0:16:12 | |
-being here and eating them? -Definitely. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:13 | |
The mantises definitely are. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:15 | |
It's so busy. Look at it. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:17 | |
It's like wa-wa-wa! | 0:16:17 | 0:16:18 | |
The mantises are like the ninjas of this sheet, | 0:16:18 | 0:16:20 | |
trying to catch all sorts, but I think he's a bit | 0:16:20 | 0:16:22 | |
confused as to what to catch, due to their huge number. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:25 | |
Yeah, he's got a massive all-you-can-eat buffet on offer. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:28 | |
But when they catch something, they'll grab it with those | 0:16:28 | 0:16:31 | |
praying forearms and drag it in | 0:16:31 | 0:16:33 | |
and eat, headfirst, alive, the prey. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:37 | |
That's a nightmare, isn't it? | 0:16:38 | 0:16:40 | |
look at these tiny little tiddlers. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:42 | |
-Bright yellow... -Moths. -.. moths? | 0:16:42 | 0:16:44 | |
Yeah. The sheet seems to be one of their favourite things. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:47 | |
There's loads and loads of them. Some are tiny. | 0:16:47 | 0:16:50 | |
Have you seen this one? As small as that. | 0:16:50 | 0:16:53 | |
What? That's a moth? | 0:16:53 | 0:16:54 | |
There's an ant next to it. It's not much bigger than the ant. | 0:16:54 | 0:16:57 | |
'But there are some much more impressive specimens.' | 0:16:57 | 0:17:01 | |
This is another moth. As you can see, it is much different | 0:17:01 | 0:17:03 | |
size to some of the smaller ones. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:05 | |
Yeah, and it's got these, sort of, quite tatty-looking wings, | 0:17:05 | 0:17:09 | |
I guess, to look like a leaf. | 0:17:09 | 0:17:11 | |
Yeah, exactly. They are mimicking the dead leaves. | 0:17:11 | 0:17:13 | |
-If you look at something like this, for instance. -Yeah. | 0:17:13 | 0:17:16 | |
You can see exactly how that would blend in. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:18 | |
-Yeah, perfect camouflage. I like that one. -Yeah. | 0:17:18 | 0:17:22 | |
'This huge variety of insects is testament to how rich these | 0:17:22 | 0:17:26 | |
'rainforests are and for a good reason.' | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
In Borneo, it's some of the oldest rainforests in the world, | 0:17:29 | 0:17:33 | |
which means that it supports some of the most | 0:17:33 | 0:17:35 | |
amount of species in the world. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
Some trees have about 1,000 species of insect, just on one tree. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:41 | |
'And it's not just the numbers that are impressive.' | 0:17:41 | 0:17:44 | |
They've got some of the biggest insects in the world here. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:47 | |
One of them is a stick insect, which is about half a metre long. | 0:17:47 | 0:17:50 | |
It's the longest insect in the world. | 0:17:50 | 0:17:52 | |
-How long?! -50cm long. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:53 | |
'The longer we stay, the busier, or should I say, "buzzier", it gets.' | 0:17:55 | 0:18:00 | |
God, they make big buzzes, when they go past your ears, don't they? | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
-Bzzz. -Hold my hand. -They keep flying into my face. | 0:18:03 | 0:18:05 | |
Sorry. I am listening, I promise. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:08 | |
Ooh! | 0:18:08 | 0:18:10 | |
When you're near the light, | 0:18:10 | 0:18:12 | |
they all just buzz around your head, don't they? | 0:18:12 | 0:18:14 | |
Ooh, ooh, ooh. | 0:18:14 | 0:18:16 | |
Was that a grasshopper? | 0:18:16 | 0:18:17 | |
The mantis is back. | 0:18:17 | 0:18:19 | |
Oh, good. I like him. | 0:18:19 | 0:18:20 | |
Leave us alone. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:28 | |
'As if. | 0:18:28 | 0:18:29 | |
'I have never quite managed to get an insect to follow instructions.' | 0:18:29 | 0:18:33 | |
I'm having so much fun. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
It's on my forehead. What is it? What is it?! | 0:18:39 | 0:18:42 | |
It's a beetle. It's one of those little green... | 0:18:42 | 0:18:45 | |
Thank you. Didn't even flinch. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:49 | |
Meeting one insect at a time, not too much of a problem. | 0:18:52 | 0:18:55 | |
Meeting all of these, all together, | 0:18:55 | 0:18:58 | |
well, that could fly off with the title of my worst nightmare. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:02 | |
Oh, thanks, Tom. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:04 | |
Yeah. Well, I guess we ought to call it a night. | 0:19:04 | 0:19:06 | |
So, you can have your bed sheet back, Naomi. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:08 | |
What? Tom! | 0:19:08 | 0:19:10 | |
Nightmares of Nature isn't always about an animal's scary | 0:19:13 | 0:19:16 | |
attributes. Sometimes the nightmares of the natural world are down to us. | 0:19:16 | 0:19:20 | |
We're the problem. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:21 | |
'The staff at Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre look after an animal | 0:19:22 | 0:19:26 | |
'that has been struggling to cope with a rapidly-changing world. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:31 | |
'I've teamed up with head vet Laura.' | 0:19:31 | 0:19:33 | |
'She is going to introduce me | 0:19:37 | 0:19:39 | |
'to some special orphans, about to have their daily health check. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:43 | |
'Baby orang-utans.' | 0:19:43 | 0:19:45 | |
NAOMI GASPS | 0:19:45 | 0:19:47 | |
This is Goman. | 0:19:47 | 0:19:49 | |
-Goman? -Yes. Goman is two years old. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:52 | |
Two. Hello, Goman. | 0:19:54 | 0:19:57 | |
OOh! I want to give you a cuddle. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:00 | |
-So, first of all, he gets weighed? -Yes. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:05 | |
Don't want to get weighed. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:07 | |
'These endearing apes are one of our closest relatives, | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
'susceptible to the same diseases we are. | 0:20:10 | 0:20:13 | |
'So we all wear masks to protect them - and us.' | 0:20:13 | 0:20:16 | |
So this is just a few health checks you have to do, to make sure | 0:20:16 | 0:20:19 | |
-they're all right? -Yes. | 0:20:19 | 0:20:20 | |
So tiny. | 0:20:20 | 0:20:23 | |
So, Goman is a male, about two years old. | 0:20:23 | 0:20:25 | |
Two years old. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:26 | |
He was rescued from Gomandu. | 0:20:26 | 0:20:28 | |
Why are they here? | 0:20:28 | 0:20:29 | |
Most them, the baby here because they are orphan. | 0:20:29 | 0:20:33 | |
Most of the case, the mother has died. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:35 | |
'Huge areas of rainforest have been cleared in Borneo in the last | 0:20:37 | 0:20:41 | |
'30 years to make way for agriculture, especially palm oil. | 0:20:41 | 0:20:45 | |
'Many orang-utans have lost their home | 0:20:46 | 0:20:49 | |
'and some have, sadly, been orphaned in the process. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:53 | |
'Without care, these babies wouldn't survive, | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
'but at the sanctuary, they are in great hands.' | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
Do they mind these checks? | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
Ah, I guess they are used to it, as we do it every day. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:05 | |
'With Goman's health check complete, | 0:21:07 | 0:21:09 | |
'time for the next one, who is the youngest of them all.' | 0:21:09 | 0:21:13 | |
Oh, my goodness, so tiny. How old is this one? | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
-Sepilok is about one years old. -One. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:21 | |
Oh, it's OK, it's OK. | 0:21:21 | 0:21:23 | |
Oh, it must be a bit scary. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:25 | |
Oh, my goodness, these are cute. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
May I feed... | 0:21:30 | 0:21:32 | |
-What is this one called? -Sepilok. | 0:21:32 | 0:21:34 | |
Sepilok. Ah, there you go. | 0:21:34 | 0:21:37 | |
Just like a little human baby, having milk in a bottle. | 0:21:38 | 0:21:42 | |
Oh. | 0:21:42 | 0:21:44 | |
I'm guessing they need a lot of care. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:46 | |
Yes, similar to human baby, the feeding now is about every six | 0:21:46 | 0:21:50 | |
hours, but when they are below six months old, it's every two hours. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:53 | |
You have to wake up and feed the babies. | 0:21:53 | 0:21:55 | |
That's intense. | 0:21:55 | 0:21:57 | |
'And with one of the longest childhoods in the animal kingdom, | 0:21:57 | 0:22:00 | |
'Laura and her team will have to care for Sepilok | 0:22:00 | 0:22:03 | |
'for at least the next seven or eight years.' | 0:22:03 | 0:22:06 | |
This is melting my heart. You are so gorgeous. | 0:22:08 | 0:22:11 | |
Oh, it absolutely breaks my heart to think he's lost his home | 0:22:12 | 0:22:14 | |
and his mum. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:16 | |
Thank goodness the staff here are doing such a good job | 0:22:16 | 0:22:18 | |
looking after all his needs. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:19 | |
'And what a baby orang-utan needs is play time. | 0:22:21 | 0:22:24 | |
'One of the most important skills for them to master is climbing. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:29 | |
'Breakfast over, it's time to take Sepilok to the jungle gym. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:33 | |
'But that's easier said than done.' | 0:22:34 | 0:22:37 | |
Don't pull my trousers off, please. That would be a nightmare. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:40 | |
'Like any excited child, Goman is in his element, | 0:22:42 | 0:22:47 | |
'but Sepilok isn't so sure.' | 0:22:47 | 0:22:49 | |
There we go. Wahey. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:55 | |
There we go. Oh, so scared. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:58 | |
Poor little thing. | 0:22:59 | 0:23:02 | |
Scary world, if you're a little baby orang-utan left on your own. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:06 | |
'Sometimes to get the desired results, | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
'these orphans need a little tough love.' | 0:23:09 | 0:23:12 | |
Because now they are trying to attract out attentions, | 0:23:12 | 0:23:15 | |
to get to help them, | 0:23:15 | 0:23:17 | |
but we have to be strict with them. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:19 | |
We not going to help them. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:20 | |
They have to do it on their own sometimes. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:22 | |
To be kind. | 0:23:22 | 0:23:24 | |
We've got to leave him to figure out how to do this. | 0:23:24 | 0:23:27 | |
'To encourage Sepilok to play with the other orangs, | 0:23:27 | 0:23:30 | |
'we head to the other side of the gym. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:32 | |
'And it works a treat.' | 0:23:32 | 0:23:34 | |
Ah, here he comes. Come on Sepi. | 0:23:34 | 0:23:37 | |
'He soon gets into the swing of things.' | 0:23:37 | 0:23:39 | |
Ah, look at you. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:43 | |
Looking much happier now. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:46 | |
Good. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:47 | |
By right, at this age, they will learn from their mother, | 0:23:48 | 0:23:51 | |
but there is no mother around to learn from, | 0:23:51 | 0:23:53 | |
so they learn from the older orang-utans | 0:23:53 | 0:23:56 | |
that they come across. | 0:23:56 | 0:23:57 | |
Sepilok is getting on absolutely fine now, look. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:03 | |
We just ignored him for a bit and he decided, | 0:24:03 | 0:24:07 | |
"I'll go and play with my mates." | 0:24:07 | 0:24:09 | |
Little superstar. | 0:24:09 | 0:24:10 | |
'It's another success for Laura | 0:24:16 | 0:24:18 | |
'and the big ambition she has for each and every one of them.' | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
Ultimately, what are your hopes with this project? | 0:24:22 | 0:24:25 | |
Of course, each of the orang-utans that come to the centre, | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
we hope that one day, we will be able to return them | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
back to the wild. All of them. Yeah. | 0:24:31 | 0:24:32 | |
So, if it's possible, every orang-utan that you meet would go | 0:24:32 | 0:24:36 | |
-back to the wild? -Yes. | 0:24:36 | 0:24:38 | |
How fantastic. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:40 | |
It's easy to see that's where they belong. | 0:24:40 | 0:24:43 | |
Are you having fun? | 0:24:43 | 0:24:44 | |
Whee! | 0:24:44 | 0:24:46 | |
These poor little things have had such a desperate start in life, | 0:24:52 | 0:24:55 | |
but Laura and her team have high hopes for every single one. | 0:24:55 | 0:24:59 | |
'In the last 50 years, the staff here have managed to rehabilitate | 0:25:03 | 0:25:07 | |
'hundreds of orang-utans | 0:25:07 | 0:25:09 | |
'and many have been released into a nearby forest reserve.' | 0:25:09 | 0:25:13 | |
Ah, they're here already. Masks on. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:17 | |
'And I'm about to meet some of the successful graduates. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:20 | |
'At around nine years old, | 0:25:21 | 0:25:23 | |
'these orang-utans are the equivalent of teenagers. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:26 | |
'At this tender age the staff still like to give them a little support.' | 0:25:26 | 0:25:31 | |
So they are still getting a tiny little bit of support | 0:25:31 | 0:25:34 | |
from the staff here, but not a lot because all the rest of the time | 0:25:34 | 0:25:38 | |
they are living an independent life, finding their own food. | 0:25:38 | 0:25:42 | |
'With an easy meal on offer, | 0:25:42 | 0:25:43 | |
'I'm soon being stepmum to a pair of teenager orangs. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:47 | |
'It's a magic meeting for us all.' | 0:26:02 | 0:26:05 | |
Steve's made a new friend. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:07 | |
It's so sad to think about how deforestation is having such | 0:26:19 | 0:26:22 | |
a huge impact on these magnificent apes | 0:26:22 | 0:26:25 | |
and all the other fantastic wildlife that need these forests to survive. | 0:26:25 | 0:26:28 | |
But it is heart-warming to see the valuable results of all | 0:26:28 | 0:26:31 | |
the staff here at Sepilok. | 0:26:31 | 0:26:34 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:26:34 | 0:26:35 | |
And how nice is it to see these tiny orphans now | 0:26:35 | 0:26:38 | |
fending for themselves and living a wild life where they belong. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:42 | |
My jungle adventures here in Borneo are coming to an end, | 0:26:51 | 0:26:54 | |
so it is that time for me to try and decide which | 0:26:54 | 0:26:56 | |
nightmare of nature has been my most frightening forest encounter. | 0:26:56 | 0:26:59 | |
Was it the bamboo smashing brute, the tongue-tastic sun bear? | 0:26:59 | 0:27:04 | |
Look, she just ripped that open. That is scarily impressive. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:07 | |
Was it coming face-to-face with a mass of mini-beasts | 0:27:09 | 0:27:12 | |
and mammoth moths? | 0:27:12 | 0:27:13 | |
There's something on my forehead. What is it? What is it? | 0:27:16 | 0:27:19 | |
Or was it my cave ordeal landing on a mountain of bug-infested bat poo? | 0:27:19 | 0:27:25 | |
Ew. Look, it's all moving. | 0:27:25 | 0:27:26 | |
This is a lot of people's worst nightmare, isn't it? | 0:27:29 | 0:27:32 | |
You're probably thinking, how can anything beat a bat poo-infested | 0:27:32 | 0:27:35 | |
bug bonanza? That was absolutely gross | 0:27:35 | 0:27:38 | |
but I've been moved by a greater nightmare - | 0:27:38 | 0:27:40 | |
the plight of the orang-utans and hearing their very sad story. | 0:27:40 | 0:27:44 | |
Surely, when you lose your home and your mum, | 0:27:44 | 0:27:46 | |
that's the greatest nightmare of all. | 0:27:46 | 0:27:48 | |
-Want to hold this cicada? -Erm? | 0:27:55 | 0:27:58 | |
They can't, they can't bite, they eat sap. | 0:27:58 | 0:28:00 | |
Bit weird looking, aren't they? Come on, then. | 0:28:00 | 0:28:03 | |
Come and say, "Hi." | 0:28:03 | 0:28:04 | |
Oh! | 0:28:04 | 0:28:05 | |
It made a noise, as well. Sorry. Sorry. | 0:28:08 | 0:28:10 |