Camouflage and Nests and Burrows

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0:00:02 > 0:00:04CHILDREN: It's our planet!

0:00:35 > 0:00:38It's our planet!

0:00:43 > 0:00:47In the jungle it's sometimes hard to see animals

0:00:47 > 0:00:51because they can be so good at hiding.

0:00:51 > 0:00:55The trees can be very tall, so animals like monkeys

0:00:55 > 0:00:59can hide right up in the treetops along way above the ground.

0:01:04 > 0:01:08You'd only see monkeys if you were up in the treetops with them.

0:01:11 > 0:01:13In this jungle

0:01:13 > 0:01:18there are some very big animals that must find it very hard to hide.

0:01:18 > 0:01:20Like elephants.

0:01:27 > 0:01:32But even big animals like elephants can hide, if they want to.

0:01:39 > 0:01:42This is a rhinoceros.

0:01:42 > 0:01:45And it has a very clever way of hiding.

0:01:49 > 0:01:52It covers itself in mud!

0:01:56 > 0:01:59The mud is also great for its skin.

0:01:59 > 0:02:02So mud baths are a must.

0:02:02 > 0:02:05Now the rhino looks like a big lump of mud,

0:02:05 > 0:02:08it's quite hard to spot, even though it is big.

0:02:11 > 0:02:16When an animal looks like everything around it, it's camouflaged.

0:02:19 > 0:02:21If you look closely at this plant,

0:02:21 > 0:02:25it looks as if it's got three big leaves.

0:02:25 > 0:02:30But the leaf in the middle is actually a leaf bug.

0:02:30 > 0:02:33There's its head.

0:02:37 > 0:02:40This animal also looks like a leaf.

0:02:40 > 0:02:43But it's a butterfly.

0:02:43 > 0:02:47You can see it now more clearly because it's opening its wings.

0:02:51 > 0:02:57And look at the leaves on the ground - can you see anything yet?

0:02:57 > 0:02:59Look really close.

0:03:00 > 0:03:03There! It's a toad!

0:03:04 > 0:03:08These animals are camouflaged to look like leaves.

0:03:10 > 0:03:14There's another animal that lives in jungles

0:03:14 > 0:03:19that's fantastic at camouflaging itself because it can change colour.

0:03:19 > 0:03:23The chameleon can actually change the colour of its skin

0:03:23 > 0:03:26to any colour of the rainbow.

0:03:32 > 0:03:36They don't blend into the background too well, do they?

0:03:36 > 0:03:39In fact, when they're this colourful,

0:03:39 > 0:03:42they're quite easy to spot.

0:03:46 > 0:03:50But if a chameleon needs to hide...

0:03:50 > 0:03:53it can change colour very quickly

0:03:53 > 0:03:57to look just like the trees and bushes.

0:03:57 > 0:04:01Chameleons are great at camouflaging themselves.

0:04:03 > 0:04:06These are lemurs.

0:04:06 > 0:04:08And they might hurt this chameleon,

0:04:08 > 0:04:12so it's decided to change colour and hide.

0:04:17 > 0:04:23Its camouflage has worked, and the lemurs can't see it any more.

0:04:23 > 0:04:25Camouflage can be very useful

0:04:25 > 0:04:29if you don't want to be seen and need to hide away.

0:04:29 > 0:04:32In the jungle, even when it looks like you're alone,

0:04:32 > 0:04:37there are probably lots of camouflaged animals around you.

0:04:41 > 0:04:45It's our planet!

0:04:46 > 0:04:50Boing, boing, boing! I'm a bouncy rabbit!

0:04:50 > 0:04:52Boing, boing, boing!

0:04:52 > 0:04:59Boing, boing, boing! I'm a hopping frog. Boing, boing, boing!

0:04:59 > 0:05:01Can you be an animal too?

0:05:01 > 0:05:05Boing, boing, boing! Boing, boing, boing!

0:05:05 > 0:05:08Boing, boing, boing!

0:05:08 > 0:05:11Boing, boing, boing!

0:05:11 > 0:05:14What animal is this?

0:05:17 > 0:05:19It's a butterfly.

0:05:19 > 0:05:23Roarrr! Roarrr!

0:05:23 > 0:05:25What can you hear?

0:05:27 > 0:05:31Roar! A lion is here. Roar! Roar!

0:05:31 > 0:05:35And what creature is Alex?

0:05:37 > 0:05:40He's a bee.

0:05:42 > 0:05:45It's our planet!

0:05:45 > 0:05:48There are more creatures for you to see.

0:05:48 > 0:05:53You probably know that lots of birds lay their eggs in nests.

0:05:53 > 0:05:58But some birds build their nests in very odd places indeed.

0:05:59 > 0:06:03These birds are called swifts.

0:06:03 > 0:06:05And they live near a waterfall.

0:06:07 > 0:06:10So where are their nests?

0:06:12 > 0:06:16Watch where this swift flies.

0:06:16 > 0:06:19It's flown through the waterfall!

0:06:28 > 0:06:31And there's its nest,

0:06:31 > 0:06:32with an egg in it.

0:06:35 > 0:06:40This bird builds its nest inside another nest.

0:06:40 > 0:06:42It's a woodpecker.

0:06:42 > 0:06:46And it's pecked a hole in an ants' nest.

0:06:48 > 0:06:52So now the ants and the woodpecker are neighbours!

0:06:56 > 0:07:00These are weaver birds. They have lots of neighbours

0:07:00 > 0:07:04because all their nests are built next to each other.

0:07:09 > 0:07:15These amazing towers belong to a tiny animal a bit like an ant.

0:07:15 > 0:07:18These are termite nests.

0:07:22 > 0:07:25Termites are great builders.

0:07:25 > 0:07:29And they make great big castle-like mounds to live in.

0:07:44 > 0:07:49All the termites live right in the middle of the mound

0:07:49 > 0:07:52where they're nice and safe.

0:07:52 > 0:07:56Most animals don't bother building big mounds like termites do,

0:07:56 > 0:08:01they just make a hole in the ground to live in. It's called a burrow.

0:08:01 > 0:08:05These animals are called prairie dogs.

0:08:05 > 0:08:10They're not dogs, though. They're actually more like squirrels.

0:08:10 > 0:08:13But they live underground in burrows.

0:08:15 > 0:08:19Foxes live underground in burrows called dens.

0:08:24 > 0:08:28And badgers live underground in burrows called setts.

0:08:30 > 0:08:34Moles burrow right underneath the grass,

0:08:34 > 0:08:40and sometimes leave molehills to let you know they're there.

0:08:42 > 0:08:46Some animals like to live in nests...

0:08:47 > 0:08:52..and some animals like to live in burrows.

0:08:56 > 0:09:00It's our planet!

0:09:03 > 0:09:06Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd