Animals, Eating and Growing Fruit and Vegetables

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

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

0:00:43 > 0:00:49All animals need to eat food to give them energy to grow and move.

0:00:50 > 0:00:57This is a sea otter, and sea otters like to eat shellfish called clams.

0:00:57 > 0:00:59The only trouble is,

0:00:59 > 0:01:03the juicy meat inside the clam is locked up in a hard shell.

0:01:05 > 0:01:09Here's how the sea otter gets inside.

0:01:09 > 0:01:11First, he collects the clam.

0:01:11 > 0:01:16Then he dives down deep to the seabed to collect a big stone.

0:01:18 > 0:01:23Back on the water's surface, he rests the stone on his belly

0:01:23 > 0:01:27and bangs the clam hard to open it up.

0:01:35 > 0:01:37It's hard work

0:01:37 > 0:01:39but, for the sea otter,

0:01:39 > 0:01:41it's worth it.

0:01:59 > 0:02:04These marmoset monkeys are eating gum from this tree.

0:02:10 > 0:02:15They come here every day for this tasty treat.

0:02:17 > 0:02:23Humming birds feed on nectar that they find in flowers.

0:02:24 > 0:02:30They have long thin beaks and tongues to reach right down inside the flower.

0:02:32 > 0:02:36They're amazing flyers. Look how they hover.

0:02:36 > 0:02:39You can hardly see their wings move.

0:02:42 > 0:02:43And look at this one,

0:02:43 > 0:02:47using its long beak and tongue to lap up the nectar.

0:02:49 > 0:02:51Anteaters also have long tongues,

0:02:51 > 0:02:55which they use to lick up ants and termites.

0:03:12 > 0:03:16What a long, sticky tongue!

0:03:24 > 0:03:26Giraffes have very long necks,

0:03:26 > 0:03:31which help them reach the tops of trees to eat their favourite food.

0:03:36 > 0:03:38Leaves.

0:03:41 > 0:03:45Because they have very long necks, and are the tallest animal on land,

0:03:45 > 0:03:50they can eat leaves on tall trees that others animals cannot reach.

0:03:50 > 0:03:53Giraffes spend most of their day eating

0:03:53 > 0:03:56because they only get a few leaves in each bite.

0:03:58 > 0:04:02These trees have lots of thorns to keep animals from eating them.

0:04:02 > 0:04:08But that doesn't stop the giraffes from eating the delicious leaves.

0:04:08 > 0:04:14Animals eat lots of different foods in lots of different ways.

0:04:21 > 0:04:24It's our planet!

0:04:26 > 0:04:30Miaow, miaow, miaow, miaow!

0:04:30 > 0:04:32What can you hear?

0:04:32 > 0:04:35Miaow, miaow, miaow!

0:04:35 > 0:04:37A cat is here.

0:04:37 > 0:04:39What animal is this?

0:04:43 > 0:04:47It's a sea otter.

0:04:47 > 0:04:49And Poppy's...

0:04:49 > 0:04:51a leopard.

0:04:56 > 0:04:59It's our planet!

0:04:59 > 0:05:02There are more creatures for you to see.

0:05:03 > 0:05:07Take a look at all these fresh fruits and vegetables.

0:05:07 > 0:05:12They come in all shapes and sizes,

0:05:12 > 0:05:16and in lots of different colours and flavours.

0:05:18 > 0:05:21It's easy to see fruit and vegetables grow

0:05:21 > 0:05:24when you speed up the pictures.

0:05:26 > 0:05:28Look at this marrow.

0:05:28 > 0:05:31It would take many weeks to grow this big.

0:05:36 > 0:05:41As the fruit and vegetables grow, they ripen.

0:05:41 > 0:05:45Lots of fruit and vegetables grow from a seed.

0:05:48 > 0:05:53First, you sow your seeds in the soil.

0:05:53 > 0:05:58Then it's not long before the seeds sprout out of the soil...

0:06:00 > 0:06:03..and become seedlings.

0:06:06 > 0:06:11The seedlings grow up towards the light and get bigger and bigger...

0:06:11 > 0:06:13until they're ready to pick.

0:06:21 > 0:06:25Now, here is a fruit that starts off as a little white flower

0:06:25 > 0:06:29and eventually turns into a fat, red berry.

0:06:30 > 0:06:32A strawberry.

0:06:36 > 0:06:40When plants grow up and are old enough,

0:06:40 > 0:06:43they make fruits full of seeds.

0:06:43 > 0:06:47And these seeds will make more food for next year.

0:06:51 > 0:06:55All plants need lots of sunlight.

0:06:57 > 0:07:00They also need water to grow.

0:07:06 > 0:07:09These runner beans are using their stems

0:07:09 > 0:07:13to twist round and around the bean poles

0:07:13 > 0:07:16so that they can climb towards the sun.

0:07:25 > 0:07:29Tasty, green runner beans.

0:07:35 > 0:07:40It looks like it's dinner time for another visitor to the garden.

0:07:46 > 0:07:48A snail...

0:07:52 > 0:07:53..and slugs

0:07:53 > 0:07:57and caterpillars love to feed on the leaves.

0:07:57 > 0:08:00They're not welcome in the garden

0:08:00 > 0:08:04because they munch their way through fruit and vegetables.

0:08:04 > 0:08:08There's lots to do in the garden all year round.

0:08:08 > 0:08:10Winter is the time to get the soil ready.

0:08:12 > 0:08:15Springtime is time to sow the seeds.

0:08:16 > 0:08:20Summertime means lots of watering and weeding.

0:08:20 > 0:08:23Autumn is harvest time.

0:08:23 > 0:08:26And that's when you get potatoes...

0:08:29 > 0:08:31..carrots...

0:08:33 > 0:08:34..beetroot...

0:08:36 > 0:08:38..corn...

0:08:39 > 0:08:42..tomatoes...

0:08:42 > 0:08:46courgettes, apples.

0:08:49 > 0:08:51All these fruits and vegetables

0:08:51 > 0:08:56are ready to be picked just in time for the harvest festival.

0:09:00 > 0:09:03It's our planet!

0:09:07 > 0:09:11Subtitles by Red Bee Media Ltd, 2006