04/10/2016 Newsround


04/10/2016

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Morning, everyone.

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Leah here with your Tuesday Newsround.

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Coming up: Keep watching to find out why this dog

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is jumping out of a plane.

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And we bring you the human towers.

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But first, countries from around the world have been meeting

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in South Africa to decide how to protect endangered

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animals like elephants.

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Jenny's there and she's visited a school near to lots of nature

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reserves where elephants live to find out what it's like

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growing up so close to these amazing creatures.

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In Afrikaans, olifant means elephant.

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Elephant in one word - amazing.

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Brilliant.

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Beautiful.

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Unique.

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These children live in Hoedspruit in South Africa.

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Some classes are taken outside, a lot of their lessons

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involve learning about animals and even their awards

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have a bit of a theme.

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Their school is only 20 minutes away from nature reserves

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and loads of incredible animals, including elephants, who are a big

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part of their lives.

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It is not just the children here who are interested

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in elephants.

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They are popular around the world, including at this

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school in the UK who have even named their class after them.

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ALL: We love elephants!

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And they've got some big questions for the children

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living in South Africa.

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What's it like living near elephants?

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It's nice because you get to see them a lot and you get to

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learn about them.

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It is just very nice being around them and you can often hear them

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communicate with each other.

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It is actually quite cool unless they start to wreck

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through your gates and stuff.

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What are the bad things about living around elephants?

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They often rip up the water pipes and we have solar panels and they

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often like to stand on the solar panels.

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We had a school tour for my class and we were actually charged

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by an elephant.

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Luckily, the bus was able to get away fast enough.

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I don't find that they are really bad because it is not their fault

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that they need food, they need water, and want to defend themselves

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because they feel like you are threatening them.

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How do elephants show their feelings?

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It's noises and grumbling but also by their language.

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When an elephant is angry or scared its tail will go up like this.

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I'm sad and annoyed about elephants and how they are poached.

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How does that make you feel?

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Mainly disappointed that people would kill the animals for money.

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I just hate the fact that they are getting poached.

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It annoys me so much.

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The poachers, all they really want are their tusks because they use

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them to make ivory and stuff,

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so you're killing an endangered animal

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which is part of the big five for no reason.

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It makes me feel sad but angry at the same time.

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How would you feel if elephants died out?

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It would make me feel sad because in the future other people

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wouldn't get to see them.

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I think if any animal becomes extinct the world becomes

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a worse place.

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I think all animals have a role in nature.

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I love elephants in general.

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I love how important they are to the environment.

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I love watching them.

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They mean a lot to me because they are just so amazing.

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They are really, really brilliant creatures.

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I like them because they are very wise and to me they seem like,

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I don't know, they seem to know everything.

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Thanks, Newsround.

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Now, we promised you this one - the parachuting dogs in Africa

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helping to tackle poaching in Africa.

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This is Arrow.

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He's Africa's first sky-diving anti-poaching dog.

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He's been trained by authorities in South Africa to fly

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in helicopters and planes.

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It gives this anti-poaching team a better chance of catching poachers

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before they escape by getting to the scene quicker.

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Weather forecasters say the most powerful hurricane in the Caribbean

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for almost ten years will reach Haiti in the next few hours.

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It's predicted that Hurricane Matthew will cause winds

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of up to 140mph and up to 40 inches of rain.

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Officials have told people to stock up on food and water

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and secure their homes.

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And if you've ever wondered what a human tower looks like,

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take a look at this.

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This is the world human tower competition and these

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lot from Vilafranca, in Spain, have won it

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for the eighth time in a row.

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Human towers go right back to the 18th century

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and teams compete to have the tallest

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or most complicated structures.

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That's all from me.

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Newsround is back right here in about half an hour.

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