Episode 1 Roar

ROARING I'm at the perimeter, can you open up, please?

GROWLING

-It's here.

-It's here?

GROWLING

OK, here it comes, here it comes, OK.

It's arrived, can I have some help unloading, please?

Careful, boys!

ROARING

Hello and welcome to a new series of Roar.

I'm Rani and something big is about to happen on the park.

I'm with head of hoofstock, Bob Savill,

and we're about to open this wild animal crate.

Everyone, please, keep your distance.

Bob, after three, let's do it.

One, two, three!

GASPS

You all right, guys?

It's big, it's bouncy, it's the new boy in the park.

It's Johny Pitts! Welcome to Roar, Johny.

Cheers, it's great to be here.

I can't wait to pet all the cuddly animals and feed them.

You do realise they're wild animals, don't you? In fact,

you'll probably need these cos we have got a lot of work to do

-and a lot of animals to meet. Let's get on with the show.

-Oh, man!

Today on Roar, there's a little baby in great need

but what will the dogs make of their new house mate?

Oh, no!

For his first day on the job,

Johny's got to get very personal with a real killer.

It's a mission he'll never forget!

Eugh! Boy, that stinks!

BOTH: Yeah!

And the Roar Rangers are in for a treat

because animals don't come cuter than this!

-YAWNING

-But first,

while I help Johny find his way around,

there's some dramatic news about the De Brazza monkeys.

Three weeks ago, there was a medical emergency

when a pregnant monkey got into difficulties trying to give birth.

So, the vet had to do an operation to help get the baby out.

Now, head of primates Simon Jeffery has a challenge on his hands.

It's a small challenge and he keeps it in a box in the monkey house.

Oh!

And here we are!

Here's our new recruit on the section!

She's a little De Brazza monkey,

we've been very successful with them over the years

but unfortunately, this time, the mum had to have an operation

because she couldn't pass the baby, so we've had to hand-rear again.

The mum, Bamboo, has recovered from that operation

but she won't take her baby back

because the bond has now been broken.

She's doing very, very well, she's 22 days old now

and doing everything a baby monkey should be doing at her age.

It's a very big responsibility to look after a baby monkey,

they are quite fragile creatures initially.

You've got to do make sure that they're clean and healthy,

drinking enough and putting on weight.

It's just like having your own normal baby.

Some of the perils of hand-rearing a monkey are that she's weed on me.

It can happen quite a lot, she can get everywhere.

Come here, you.

It's very important she gets close to other monkeys,

especially when it's family, like her sister,

cos we do want her to go back in with other monkeys in future,

it's important that she knows she's a monkey, not a human,

so she sees them more than us in the end,

we want her to be able to hear them talking,

make sure that she knows what they look like,

and hopefully, in a couple of months,

we'll be able to put her back in with the group.

It's good that she can be close by all the time

to be able to see your sister!

She's very interested in her!

And when we're not here,

she has a surrogate mum which is this monkey.

If you press its heart you can hear that it has a heartbeat!

So, it's great for her, she can get close to it,

they like to cling on to mum and be really close

but it also helps with relaxing, it wants to hear that,

it might help it sleep.

Simon will be back later to take baby home.

See you later, monkey!

Then, we'll see how much chaos a little monkey can cause.

It's Johny's first day on Roar

but instead of starting him with something easy,

we sent him to tackle one of the park's most dangerous animals.

Cleaning your bedroom is something your mum and dad'll ask you to do on a regular basis

but when cleaning involves a python that's four metres long,

it becomes a different prospect.

That's what deputy head of carnivores Ben Warren has to do

and I've come to help him out.

Ah! Wish me luck.

-Hello, Ben.

-All right, Johnny.

-How are you?

-Not too bad.

He is absolutely massive, who have we got here?

This is Chain, our Burmese python.

I've got me gloves!

They're going to be no use to you at all.

-Really?

-Yep. You're going to have to put your hand down there,

feel for the plug at the bottom, in between the large snake

and drain the pool.

So, why am I doing this, Ben?

Well, as you can see, he's made a mess of his pool

and we need to clean it.

He's massive! He's not going to bite me, is he?

I'll make sure he doesn't bite you.

LAUGHTER

Oh, no!

I'll look after the head end.

Right, OK.

The plug is right between his body, right down the bottom of the pond.

So, get on your hands and knees...

JOHNY LAUGHS

Oh, he's huge!

How often do you do this kind of thing, Ben?

-Is he used to this?

-Yeah, we do it a couple of times a week.

He knows what's going on.

The only thing is, we haven't fed him for a couple of weeks.

You've got to be kidding!

You could be the next grub!

No, don't say that, just tell me you're kidding!

-I'm not kidding.

-You haven't fed him for a while?

-Yeah.

It'll be all right. Go on, get your hand in there.

-Go on.

-No pressure, then.

Oh, look, this water's filthy!

Ohhh!

Right, OK, I'm down.

Oh, there's loads of little bits... What's that?

Oh, what's that?!

That's a bit of wee.

-That's wee?!

-Yeah.

It comes out very gloopy, then dries very quickly.

It's like a piece of papier-mache, oh.

Ugh! Oh!

JOHNY LAUGHS Try eating it!

No way, that stinks!

Oh!

Right, so...

And pull!

-As hard as you possibly can!

-Urrrggh!

-There you go.

-Oh!

Oh! Ugh!

I've done the hard part,

-so what now?

-We're going to have the tap turned on.

Here's the scrubbing brush.

Scrub the whole pool away but stay away from his head.

-Is this more wee that's down here, then?

-Yep.

Try and scrub that, it'll be impossible to scrub.

You've got to get your back right into it.

It's like kind of lime scale that you find on baths at home.

Ugh. Ben, I've noticed he's in here alone,

is that what it's like in the wild, are they solo animals?

Yeah, solitary animals until it comes to breeding,

then they all seem to collect in the same area, which is strange.

How will they find each other, then?

That tongue that's coming out, that's their sense of smell.

They taste the air and it is fantastic.

Well, Ben, I think we've got a bit more work to do in here

but I'm so glad that this big lad here, Chain,

hasn't thrown a "his-s-sy fit".

He's a good lad, in't he?

-You're bad.

-Sorry.

Let's get on with it.

Go on then, Chain.

-LAUGHS

-Bonkers!

What do cows roast by campfires?

I don't know.

Moo-mallows!

Quack-quack, quack-quack,

quack-quack-quack-quack-quack!

What do you call an elephant in the North Pole?

Lost.

Ta-da!

Raaaar!

-What do cats eat for breakfast?

-I don't know.

Mice crispies!

LAUGHTER Stop it, you're killing me!

Last year,

in order to get a close-up look to check out the gorillas,

the keepers smeared honey on the glass.

Now, keeper Chris Hales wants to adapt the idea

to do a health check on his lions.

But lions don't go for honey,

so he'll have to use something else.

Tell me that's red paint.

Erm...

You can think it's red paint if you want, if that makes you happy

but for everybody else, no, it's blood.

That's for you, a nice paintbrush, gives you a bit of a clue.

Basically, what we're going to do is actually paint it on the window here.

So, you think those beautiful lions over there

are going to be attracted to this horrible blood on the windows

-and come up and have a lick?

-I'm hoping so.

They should be more attracted to it than you are.

ROARING

They're watching us from over there, spying us.

I think we should get out of here nice and quick, cos I want to see

if we can see their teeth and their tongues up close and personal.

Think that's done then, let's go.

OK, now we're letting the family out now.

Who is this approaching?

There we go.

This is... Er...

That's Buni.

Ah, and here's Suliman.

-Look at the height of him!

-He's having a good old sniff.

Shame we've smeared blood all over the windows

so we can't see them as clearly as we'd like to!

THEY LAUGH

Now, Suliman here's having a good old lick of the glass.

Looking at his tongue, it's pretty thick, isn't it?

Is it quite rough as well?

Yeah, it is.

If you've got a domestic cat at home,

if they lick you, they've got a very rough tongue,

so imagine that tongue scaled up to the size of a lion.

It's really rough

and it's designed to lick remaining pieces of meat off of the bone

but also, it's really good for grooming as well.

That is unbelievable. I'm looking at his paws

and I'm trying to put me hands up against them

cos you can see the size of him, he's unbelievable!

He's so impressive!

GROWLING

Those teeth.

They are unbelievable

and especially being this close.

Cos they're really thick, aren't they, the canines?

-Mm-hmm.

-They're not little spiky things.

No. Obviously, the canines there,

they are designed solely for gripping hold of their prey.

When they're chasing their prey, they'll jump on their back and grip hold,

because them teeth will slice straight down into the flesh.

Once they get a hold, it's not going to get away.

I think his tongue is actually bigger than my hand.

I'm just looking at it.

Look at this...

Whoa-hoa-hoa-hoa!

He didn't like me doing that.

I've got to say, Chris,

even from this side of the glass, he's pretty terrifying.

but I have to admit, his teeth look fine to me.

They look beautiful, don't they?

ROARING AND GROWLING

Our Roar Rangers today

are Kelly and William

from Blackpool.

BOTH: Aaah!

They both love animals but, as they're brother and sister,

they can get a little competitive!

I am going to be a better Roar Ranger than my brother today.

I'm going to be a better Roar Ranger than my sister today

because she's not as fast as me

and I can do more tasks than she can.

I'm going to be a better Roar Ranger than you!

-I'm better!

-No, I am!

I think you'll find I am!

Kelly and William already know how to look after cats -

small ones, anyway,

because they've got a couple of those at home

but most of the animals here are a lot bigger than that

and much, much wilder.

"Kelly and William,

"today you're preparing food for the red pandas... Chop chop!"

-What are red pandas?

-I don't know!

-It's going to be ace, though, innit?

-Yeah!

This is the red panda.

But despite the name, they're not related to other pandas at all.

Their closest cousin is actually the racoon.

They come from the cold mountains of Asia,

where their thick furry coats not only keep them warm,

but also make them look ever so cuddly.

But before Kelly and William can meet the red pandas,

they've got to help keeper Helen get their food ready.

We've got some sweet potato, we've got apples, pears,

there's some grapes and some blueberries.

There are two red pandas here waiting for their lunch.

Wing Wor is the boy

and Li Yee is the girl.

In the wild, they eat bamboo shoots and leaves

along with fruit and berries,

but they also eat meat in the form of any small animals they can catch.

Here at the park, the keepers always try to supply the most natural diet.

Would she actually find mice in the wild like that one?

Yeah, she would eat similar things to that,

like small mammals, they might catch little birds...

Would the girl prefer that or the mouse?

Erm, she'd probably take the mouse.

-First?

-Definitely. She loves her mouse, it's like chocolate to her.

Now we've got it all prepared,

you can go in there and give her a feed.

Here comes Li Yee, she's always the first down for lunch!

Do they have a good sense of smell?

Yeah, she'll be able to tell that there's probably a mouse in there,

she can probably sniff it.

Here she comes, she's coming through the trees and he's just...

LAUGHTER He's going the long route!

He always seems to go the long way round.

In fact, Wing Wor is a little shy.

So, it's only Li Yee that comes right up close.

She's straight down already.

So, if you want to take a piece of fruit...

The Roar Rangers can feed Li Yee

only because they're with a trained keeper.

But if you visit the park, you've got to stick to the rules

and don't feed the animals.

She'll take it out of your hand.

Aw!

Aw!

That's so good for her to take it out my hand.

Would they ever let us stroke him?

You can give her just a little stroke.

Just sort of feel, just gently...

The red panda is incredibly rare.

They come from a remote region

beyond the Himalayan mountains and are also a threatened species,

with only about 2,500 left in the wild.

I feel really, like, privileged

-and...happy.

-I didn't think I'd ever get this close!

They leave Wing Wor's food out.

He'll come down when everyone's gone.

But now Li Yee's finished hers, she's off, back into the trees.

For the Roar Rangers, that means their work is done.

BOTH: We love red pandas, they're amazing!

Earlier, in the primate section,

we met the new baby De Brazza monkey.

He's having to be hand-reared.

Her mum was very sick when she was born,

so Simon had to take over as a foster parent.

The baby's over three weeks old and still has feeds of milk all through the night.

So, every evening, someone's got to look after her.

BARKING

And here we are at home.

What we have here is a little box set up

for the baby monkey.

Little one?

Coming out?

Come on!

There you go!

Oh!

Whoa, come here!

Oh!

This is our little baby.

Great to have another monkey in the house,

I wish we didn't have to hand-rear because you want the mums to do it,

this one's doing well, it's great to get this close to a baby monkey

and see how they grow up. I'm going to put you in your box!

Ooh!

Oh! There she goes!

As you can see, she's getting very active nowadays,

she does like going in her box

but she also likes coming out and playing on the couches

As you can see, she's happy to be jumping around,

left, right and centre.

A little monkey

bouncing around the house

would soon get most dogs barking and jumping around.

But Simon's basset hounds, Alan and Molly, are the quiet type.

Where's the monkey, Alan? Where's the monkey?

Where's the monkey, Molly?

Generally, they get on quite well with the monkeys.

They have a tendency to not like

the monkeys jumping on them.

Oh, yeah!

I think it all helps.

It's all education for the monkey to see other animals,

hence the reason she goes into work and does see other monkeys about,

which is very important.

Time to mix up the next feed.

It feels exactly what you'd think a mum would feel like, really.

You've got to look after your baby constantly,

you've got to sort out all the milk, make sure it's clean,

tidy up after it all the time,

make sure they're all right,

make sure that they're not getting bullied or anything.

HE LAUGHS

Time for food.

Ah, well.

A parent's work is never done.

We'll pop back later to see if Simon does bedtime stories too.

OK, so, why am I dressed in polar clothing

when it's really hot out here?

That's cos I've got some cool news for you,

The Roar Game is back, with new animals, new cheat codes

and a new enclosure, Ice World.

Want to look after penguins and seals?

Head over to the Roar Game site, the address of which is below.

You're also going to need this -

our first cheat code. Use that to unlock extra features in the game.

Every day, we'll be giving you new cheat codes to unlock cool new stuff

and when you play the game,

you might notice some other surprises.

Happy gaming!

When you think of rhinos,

you wouldn't automatically think of the seaside

but recently, out on the African Experience,

the rhinos have been paying a bit of interest in the sand out there.

So, keeper Ciara Walsh has come up with a plan

to keep them entertained.

-Hiya, Ciara!

-Hi, Rani!

You've got to explain a little bit more to me.

-Rhinos and sandcastles?!

-Well, yeah.

On the African Experience,

the two rhinos like to sit on the sand because it's warm to lie on,

but that's the ostrich's nest, so, we were thinking, "They like sand,

"why don't we give the one down here a treat

-"and build some sandcastles?"

-I am liking your style!

You say the one down here, who are these sandcastles for?

This is for Ruaha, one of our females.

-She's just over there.

-She's in her bedroom now.

And she's away from us so we're nice and safe.

You've done a fantastic job.

Now, normally when I build a sandcastle on the beach,

I stick a flag in it. Why have you got apples and carrots?

In case she doesn't come over, we've got some treats,

so that hopefully she'll come over and eat the apple

then hopefully, she might have a fun game with the sandcastles.

Right then, Ciara, our sandcastles are in place,

we're outside which is nice and safe

but Ruaha - where is she?

She's just coming. Ruaha, come on!

Does she come when you call?

Yeah, she knows the sound of our voices.

Now, we've placed the carrots and apples on top of the sand,

is that going to be quite... Well, how can I say, unappetising for her?

Cos no-one likes sand in their butties.

That's the thing with her lips,

she can probably twist it round the carrot...

She's sniffing the sand but she should eventually...

RUAHA GRUNTS BOTH: Ooh!

Knocking a bit of the sand over!

She's just testing it to see how hard it is.

I can't see how a sandcastle would be too tough for a rhino, though.

-No, not with that horn.

-Look at her, pushing it away!

It's all up her nostrils.

Now, we talked about the rhinos out in the African Experience

who loved sitting on the sand,

what's the appeal for them?

I think it's just because the sand gets quite warm in the sunshine.

So, rather than laying on the grass, where it might be wet and dewy,

they'll sit on the warm sand, it's a nice bed for them. See those two?

They're quite happy sitting in the sand where it's warm.

They'll sunbathe there all morning.

There she goes, eating an apple off the top. Good girl, Ruves!

-She seems to be really enjoying pushing the sand, doesn't she?

-Yeah.

It looks like Ruaha's enjoyed us bringing the beach to her, d'you agree?

She's definitely enjoyed it.

I'm going to give her this apple,

cos this is the only thing without sand on it, thank you!

Here you go, Ruaha.

Aw!

DOG BARKS

Back at Simon's, baby is refusing to drink her bedtime milk.

Sometimes she'll drink 20-30 mls

and other times she'll drink 60 mls, which is quite big for her.

Do you want some more?

You can see, she's just not interested at the moment.

You can tell when she doesn't want to drink any more

and gets distracted easily and wants to explore

and you're trying to get the food down her.

More interested in her surroundings than she is in eating.

(MIMICS MONKEY) Mew!

Mew!

MONKEY GRUNTS

What that little noise is, "Mew," it's like a question mark, you know.

"Oh," a curiosity sound,

"What's that?" or possibly unsure.

You've got to keep an eye on them,

you can reassure them with doing the same noises.

You don't want them learning your language, you've got to learn theirs, what their little noises mean.

And the other problem is, being that she's a monkey,

it's not like we can put nappies on her,

so there's a lot of mess involved

and you've got to be careful of your furniture and clothes,

she does have a tendency to wee on me a lot.

She'll be wandering on the couch and might want to go for a poo,

so unfortunately, you've got to be there

with tissues and paper all the time.

Gross! Monkey poo on the sofa!

Talk about dedication to duty.

So, that's feed number five out of seven feeds for today,

she hasn't drunk that much, just over half.

Do you want any more?

Oh, you are.

It is great that you do get a chance to get this close

and you can bond with them and it's good fun.

It's good fun having a monkey in the house!

I think it's time to tuck her up into bed,

I think she's looking tired

and I'll have to wait for the next three hours until her next feed.

Eh? Are you going to put yourself to bed or am I going to put you to bed?

Are you going to put yourself to bed? Go on, then.

In a few weeks, Baby should go back to live with her real family.

That's going to be difficult for everyone

And we'll be there to see what happens.

Right! And that'll be her for the next couple of hours, now.

Until our next feed.

Night-night, monkey.

So, Johny, you're coming to the end of your first episode of Roar.

How's it been for you?

You know what, it's been an absolutely wicked experience. I've learnt so much.

But I have to say, cleaning out that 14-foot python,

that was a horrible experience, honestly.

My hands stink of python poo.

Oh well, Johny, it comes with the territory but you know what?

It's not all about poo and mucking out and scary jobs,

that's why I've brought you to the black-and-white colobus enclosure

-and to meet keeper Matt Crittenden, hi, Matt!

-Hi.

We thought this would be a treat for Johny.

Hiya, Matt, you all right? These guys are crazy!

Before we go any further, Matt,

are these dangerous at all, do I have to be wary of them,

will they attack me?

They won't attack you, no.

-But they could bite, if you upset them.

-Really?

They're generally well-behaved.

I think we shouldn't upset them and you should hand us some nuts

-and we can give them them as well, is that a good idea?

-Yeah, fine.

Keep 'em happy with nuts.

-Will they take it out my hand?

-Yeah.

You've got no choice, he's running away with it!

Do you always give them nuts, do you feed them quite often?

Yeah, they have a scatter once a day to keep them occupied.

Do you guys get this close to them day in, day out?

Do you always go in the enclosure?

We come in here in the open-top.

There's some monkeys we can't have this close a contact with

cos obviously they don't like us that much!

But these ones are quite friendly, so we get to come in.

Look, there's a little baby here!

-How old's the little baby?

-The baby's about six weeks old.

It's still all white!

Is she quite a good mum?

Apart from its eyes, it's got black eyes. They're all very good mums.

The rest of the family will help to look after them.

Can I just say, that is the cutest thing I have ever seen.

Oh, hang on! I'll tell you what isn't the cutest thing!

You aren't going to be able to see this but you can smell it, maybe...

Where is that smell coming from?

These are leaf-eating monkeys

and unfortunately they do tend to make a lot of wind.

-Oh, no!

-Yes.

Can we say they're leaf-and-peanut-eating monkeys, please?

This is getting pretty crazy out here

so we'd better finish. Have you had a good time?

I've had an absolutely amazing time but I am a bit concerned

cos I smell of python poo.

Would these guys come across big snakes in the wild?

They may well come across large pythons.

Pythons will go up trees and try and take a monkey.

As for other snakes, they tend to keep off the floor,

so they may not come into too much contact with those.

So, Matt, Johny should...

-SHE LAUGHS

-He's stolen the nuts!

Well, Johny, I think you've learnt your first valuable lesson.

Always expect the unexpected when it comes to wild animals.

Take a look at Matt and his peanut.

Thank you for watching Roar today.

Why don't you check out what's on the next episode.

And Johny... I really can smell that snake poo. Oh!

Next time on Roar -

What will the baby monkey make of her new plaything -

our film crew!

When you get up close,

giraffes look huge,

especially if you've just been scoffing their breakfast!

And we'll find out what creature is so terrifying

it can reduce a fearless presenter...

-Oh! It's on my leg! Oh!

-..to quivering jelly.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!

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