0:00:02 > 0:00:05Chaos in the ele-paddock - a baby boom means there are
0:00:05 > 0:00:09six youngsters now, so how will the keepers cope?
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Hello and welcome to Roar. I'm Rani.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39And I'm Johny. And as you can see, I'm over
0:00:39 > 0:00:44six feet tall, incredibly strong and the largest land mammal in Europe.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Johny, sorry, but I think you've read the script wrong.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50It was about these guys - the European bison.
0:00:50 > 0:00:52These five are eating machines
0:00:52 > 0:00:55and they can munch on 32 kilograms of food a day.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59Yes, and as I was saying, the bison can be distinguished by their thick,
0:00:59 > 0:01:02woolly coat that covers the head and neck, and during the autumn,
0:01:02 > 0:01:06they develop an extra thick coat to prepare them for winter.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Today's show is just hotting up, so let's get on with it.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13We lay on a fruit feast for the coatis,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15but are their long, pointy noses
0:01:15 > 0:01:19or their razor-sharp claws most useful for eating?
0:01:19 > 0:01:22The keepers think they understand animal behaviour,
0:01:22 > 0:01:25but does Barry know what he's talking about?
0:01:28 > 0:01:32And capuchins are very clever monkeys, but is their leader, Brian,
0:01:32 > 0:01:35going to let them down?
0:01:35 > 0:01:37He's not the most intelligent of capuchins.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40He's sort of contrary to the rule.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46The crowd in the elephant paddock's been
0:01:46 > 0:01:51growing rapidly over the last four years, with six calves being born.
0:01:51 > 0:01:56There are 14 elephants here now and remembering all the names
0:01:56 > 0:01:59is a real challenge for keepers Dave, Liz and Angela.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Their different sizes help, of course.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Jums, the adult bull elephant, is absolutely huge.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09And at the other end of the scale,
0:02:09 > 0:02:12there's little Etana, just four months old.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Etana is the tiniest baby elephant you will ever see.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17She is very, very dinky.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19She stands out amongst the rest of the herd.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Everyone always comments about how small she looks,
0:02:22 > 0:02:26especially compared to, like... if she's standing anywhere near Jumby.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28She's teeny.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31But Etana's a typical toddler -
0:02:31 > 0:02:33always interested in new things and developing
0:02:33 > 0:02:38her senses of sight, sound, taste, and particularly, smell.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41She does like sniffing poo.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44She eats the poo as well, which is actually good for her
0:02:44 > 0:02:47because it contains antibodies from the adults,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49so she's building up her immune system. Really good for her.
0:02:49 > 0:02:52Another thing she likes to do is walk backwards. We often
0:02:52 > 0:02:55get people come up to us saying, "Is the new baby all right?"
0:02:55 > 0:02:58But she's just discovering what she can and can't do,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00and it's just a fun thing to do at the moment.
0:03:00 > 0:03:06Swana is her proud mum but she does like to have a break once in a while
0:03:06 > 0:03:10and fortunately for her, elephants are great at babysitting.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15When a calf is born, the mother obviously helps to get the calf
0:03:15 > 0:03:19to its feet, but also you find that other females will help out as well.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22These can be sort of females of the same age that have had calves,
0:03:22 > 0:03:28and you also find younger females helping the calves out as well.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31All the other elephants have been fine with her.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34They push her towards Mum because that's where she's supposed to be.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37All the other youngsters, though, they just love her.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39They are learning how to be a female,
0:03:39 > 0:03:44and they'll know what to do if they, later on, have babies themselves.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48We'll come back to meet the five other elephant calves later.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04I've come to the coati enclosure and I've been given strict instructions
0:04:04 > 0:04:08by keeper Jess Ottaway to keep the bucket of food away from me
0:04:08 > 0:04:11because apparently, these guys are hungry. Look at them following me!
0:04:11 > 0:04:14- I feel like the Pied Piper. Hiya, Jess.- Hi.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17I'm going to hand this over to you before I ask you, is it safe?
0:04:17 > 0:04:20These are all perfectly fine. All they want is the food.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22You've got a treat for me today, haven't you?
0:04:22 > 0:04:24- Yes.- What exactly is it?
0:04:24 > 0:04:28We've put your camera down here, we'll try and get all their noses
0:04:28 > 0:04:32and show them using their noses, how they would in the wild.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Nose cam! This sounds good.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Well, they seem absolutely desperate for their food,
0:04:37 > 0:04:39so let's give it to them. How are we going to do it?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Just throw it all over the camera.
0:04:41 > 0:04:47OK, we've got bananas, meal worms, pears and apples.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49As you can see, straight in there.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53You talked about them using their noses. This food's straight
0:04:53 > 0:04:56out of here, but normally, do they dig for their food?
0:04:56 > 0:04:59They would dig around for roots of plants, fruits,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02anything under the ground. They'd use their nose to hook it out.
0:05:02 > 0:05:05Is it quite a hard nose then?
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Not really, it's quite soft, kind of like a dog's nose.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10But they use it more like a pig
0:05:10 > 0:05:13and shovel up all the undergrowth and everything.
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Let's see them here. They're going for it.
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Also, looking at them this close up, take a look at these claws.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22They look like they could do some serious damage.
0:05:22 > 0:05:27Their claws adapt for them to also pick up undergrowth and dig holes.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30So what do they use more, the nose or their claws?
0:05:30 > 0:05:33For hard soil, they'll use their claws, but normally,
0:05:33 > 0:05:36if it's soft and things and they know where the fruit is,
0:05:36 > 0:05:38they'll use their nose more.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41They're coming straight in here and grabbing the food!
0:05:41 > 0:05:44- Is this one family? - These are all females.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47In the wild, the females would live in a group
0:05:47 > 0:05:49and then the males would be solitary.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50Is there a hierarchy in here?
0:05:50 > 0:05:53Is there like a leader of the pack?
0:05:53 > 0:05:56Not really. They tend to just work as a clan, and like you saw,
0:05:56 > 0:06:00they all come in together. There's not one takes more than the other.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02They just kind of eat as quickly as they can and
0:06:02 > 0:06:04get it all down as much as they can.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- So no-one will miss out? - Definitely not.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10We can hear birds tweeting in here, or is that really the coatis?
0:06:10 > 0:06:13No, that's the coatis. They're very vocal.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16They make little tweets when we come around.
0:06:16 > 0:06:21If they feel there's any danger, in the wild, if there was any predators,
0:06:21 > 0:06:25- like birds of prey are anything, they'd make an alarm bark.- A bark?
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Yes. So they can make quite a range of noises.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31I won't ask you to do an impression!
0:06:31 > 0:06:33You see the little nose, snuffling around?
0:06:33 > 0:06:36More interested in the meal worms than the fruit.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39They get fruit every day, whereas they don't always get the meal worms.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41So it's a bit of a treat for them.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43They're enjoying their food!
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Look, their tails are standing in the air.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50Like a happy dog or something. I've got to mention the tails though.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54Little stripes on them remind me of another animal. Any relations?
0:06:54 > 0:06:56They are related to the raccoon
0:06:56 > 0:06:58and they use their tail for different signals.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00They'll be up when they're eating
0:07:00 > 0:07:04and it will signal to other clan members that they've found something.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07It's been great to see their noses in action today, Jess.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09It's a bit like a spoon.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11The only thing is, how do they clean them?
0:07:11 > 0:07:14With a big lick of their tongue, I suppose!
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Thanks very much, Jess. It's been great popping down here today.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20All right then, that's a cut!
0:07:29 > 0:07:31We're here for an Ask The Keeper session
0:07:31 > 0:07:34with one of the more feisty members of the park,
0:07:34 > 0:07:36and not the keeper! It's the African hunting dog.
0:07:36 > 0:07:41We are going to be firing questions at Head of Carnivores, Jim Vassey.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Our pack are hungry for answers, Jim.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- Are you ready?- Yeah, bring it on.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47OK. He says bring it on - bring it on, guys.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Vinnie, have you got a question?
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Do they hunt in packs or do they hunt by themselves?
0:07:53 > 0:07:57These actually hunt in packs. The more eyes and ears on their prey,
0:07:57 > 0:07:59the easier it is for them to catch something.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02They will hunt something and find something that's old
0:08:02 > 0:08:04so it's easier to catch.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06They don't always go for the healthy stuff.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09They find an animal that may be injured or old, but they tend
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- to catch them, more often than not. - Once they've got their
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- eye on you, you've got no chance. - No chance.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17How big is their territory?
0:08:17 > 0:08:22I suppose you may be looking at 200 to 300 square kilometres.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26They will have a main den where the females give birth,
0:08:26 > 0:08:30but also other dens dotted around their area, so at different times,
0:08:30 > 0:08:34they'll move the pups to another den because the food will be better.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38So they've got a vast area that they cover.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Do they see in black and white or colour?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42They see almost the same as us.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46They've got better vision at night, but with these guys,
0:08:46 > 0:08:49the way they catch their prey is more smell and sound.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54Hence why they've got huge ears. They are almost like radar dishes.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57They turn their ears around, pick up where the sound is coming from.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00If there's dense vegetation, they can't see their prey, so
0:09:00 > 0:09:04that's why they use the big ears and their noses, which are very good.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07I know they eat meat, but do they eat veg?
0:09:07 > 0:09:0990 per cent of their food is meat,
0:09:09 > 0:09:12but that other 10 per cent, they will eat some of the food
0:09:12 > 0:09:14in the stomach of the animal they've killed.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18So there'll be grass in there, maybe berries and stuff like that.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20I've got to say, Jim, I'm very impressed.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23You're obviously Head of Carnivores for a reason.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Guys, can we come up with a Killer Question, do you think?
0:09:26 > 0:09:30Let's huddle and think of a question that's really going to trick Jim.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Come on, guys, come close.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34OK, guys, have we got any good ideas?
0:09:34 > 0:09:37This looks a bit mean, I think!
0:09:37 > 0:09:42Five heads against one. But let's see what they come up with.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46- Right, have we got it? - Come on, guys, bring it on.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50We've done our research, Jim. Ready for your Killer Question?
0:09:50 > 0:09:56- Yeah, go for it.- OK. Which breed of African hunting dog is the biggest?
0:09:58 > 0:09:59Good question, good question.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Because as you know, all countries in Africa have got
0:10:02 > 0:10:08sub-species of the same dog. But, if I were to hazard a guess -
0:10:08 > 0:10:09South Africa.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14You're right, South Africa.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16- Yes!- You know everything, don't you?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Not everything, but, you know...
0:10:18 > 0:10:21That was a good guess and I was right. Yes!
0:10:21 > 0:10:23We'll get you next time, Jim.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25What d'you reckon? Thumbs up or thumbs down for Jim?
0:10:25 > 0:10:29Thumbs up all round. Catch us next time on Ask The Keeper.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31You did well.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38Why don't dogs make good dancers?
0:10:38 > 0:10:39Cos they have two left feet!
0:10:44 > 0:10:47What's a sheep's favourite cartoon?
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Baa-lamory!
0:10:50 > 0:10:54HE GRUNTS LIKE A PIG
0:10:54 > 0:10:58What noise do you get when you drop a water balloon on a cow?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- I don't know.- Cow-boom!
0:11:00 > 0:11:02THEY LAUGH
0:11:17 > 0:11:20I've heard there's a new rhino keeper in town,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23so I've come down to meet and greet him in true Roar fashion.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26And also to find out how he's going to get a beast like
0:11:26 > 0:11:28a rhino to become friends with him.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- Hi, Gareth.- Hi, How are you today?
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Very well, thank you. Nice to meet you.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- Now, new keeper.- Yeah.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37And you've been thrown straight in with the rhinos, so,
0:11:37 > 0:11:39firstly, how are you finding it?
0:11:39 > 0:11:43It's very good. I'm just starting to get used to them all
0:11:43 > 0:11:45as individuals and try and learn them all apart,
0:11:45 > 0:11:49because they are all very different. There are 16 rhinos at the park.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52So telling them all apart at the moment
0:11:52 > 0:11:55it is a little bit tricky. I am getting there, slowly.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58OK, I'm going to quiz you! Who have we got here?
0:11:58 > 0:12:01This is Quinto. So he's a young man.
0:12:01 > 0:12:03He's a very handsome boy, as you can see.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07Is it true that you and Quinto have come from the same park?
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Yeah, well, he arrived a few weeks before me, but he did, he came from
0:12:11 > 0:12:13the park I used to work at.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17I didn't work with rhinos at that park, I worked with giraffe.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20So I kind of new Quinto but I didn't know him personally,
0:12:20 > 0:12:24so it's nice to kind of meet him a bit more officially, if you like.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27You seem really at ease here with Quinto. Quinto, isn't it?
0:12:27 > 0:12:31- Yeah.- Is that because you've got food and he's happy because of that?
0:12:31 > 0:12:34Is that one of your tricks to get to know the rhino?
0:12:34 > 0:12:37Food is always a good trick to get to know a rhino. They're quite...
0:12:37 > 0:12:40not greedy, but they're very food-orientated, so if
0:12:40 > 0:12:42you want them to say hello to you,
0:12:42 > 0:12:45then food is always a good starting point.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47So is that how you get an animal to trust you
0:12:47 > 0:12:50as a new keeper in a new section?
0:12:50 > 0:12:51Well, I mean, I guess...
0:12:51 > 0:12:54trust kind of comes after a bit of time. They've got
0:12:54 > 0:12:58to get to know you and understand what you're like and who you are.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00It does come with a bit of time, but obviously, food
0:13:00 > 0:13:04does soften the path if you like. It makes it a little bit easier.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08But it's also nice because it gives them some kind of connection to you.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11You can get closer and talk to them and they can start to listen
0:13:11 > 0:13:14to your voice, because animals do pick up on all
0:13:14 > 0:13:16those kind of mannerisms that we have as people as well.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20So is that what you'll do? Now you're here, you're new at the park,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23will you spend a lot of time coming down and chatting to the rhinos?
0:13:23 > 0:13:25To be honest, because we've got 16 here,
0:13:25 > 0:13:28there's a lot of rhinos that I've got to know.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31And also, they are all individuals and they all do look different.
0:13:31 > 0:13:34They've all got personality differences,
0:13:34 > 0:13:36as well as physical characteristics as well.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Have you noticed anything about Quinto so you can recognise him?
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Yeah, he's got a really, really long front lip.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45He's got a massive, prehensile front lip.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Quite strong as well.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50And his horns are very different to everybody else's as well.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52So they're all very different.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54People always assume animals are all the same,
0:13:54 > 0:13:59but it's like people who've got two black cats, they can tell them apart.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01And it's like families with twins.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05It's been great to meet you and I'm sure we'll be seeing more of you.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- Yeah, hopefully so.- Good luck here at the park.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- I'll hand these to you.- Thank you.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- I'll get out of here. Thanks. - You're welcome.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14Here you go, boy.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Back in the ele-paddock where we met Etana earlier on,
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Liz, Angela and Dave have five other cute calves to look after,
0:14:23 > 0:14:25starting with Uzuri.
0:14:25 > 0:14:27Uzuri is very special to me
0:14:27 > 0:14:30because she was born a week before I started,
0:14:30 > 0:14:33so she was kind of learning how to be an elephant as
0:14:33 > 0:14:34I was learning about elephants.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Uzuri's like a naughty little child at the moment.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41She pushes it a little bit with some of them,
0:14:41 > 0:14:43and she'll just take on anybody still,
0:14:43 > 0:14:46and she's just a really good fun.
0:14:46 > 0:14:48She can disrupt things a little bit.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51When you're doing a fence feed she'll charge you along the fence,
0:14:51 > 0:14:55so she's just really good fun at the moment to play with.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58At a year and a half, Uzuri and the older youngsters
0:14:58 > 0:15:01are all on solid food now, which is great for them
0:15:01 > 0:15:03but hard work for the keepers.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08We've been successful. We've bred quite a lot of elephants,
0:15:08 > 0:15:10which is brilliant but means the more we have
0:15:10 > 0:15:14the more food we have to feed them, so the more food we have to chop,
0:15:14 > 0:15:17we have to pick up more poo, we have to sweep more, tidy up more.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20It's brilliant but there's a lot more work to do.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23The quantity of food we have to produce is enormous.
0:15:23 > 0:15:24We have two deliveries a week
0:15:24 > 0:15:27and it's two huge lorry-loads full.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31We get a dumper-load every day, and that's fruit and veg.
0:15:31 > 0:15:33Then they get a big bale of hay
0:15:33 > 0:15:36and they also get branches from trees.
0:15:36 > 0:15:37It's absolutely worth it.
0:15:37 > 0:15:39Much more to do, but yeah,
0:15:39 > 0:15:42enjoyable, it's lovely to have babies around.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48As one of only two males working in the ele-section,
0:15:48 > 0:15:51Dave is in the minority, and the same is true in the paddock.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55One of the few boys is two-and-a-half-year-old Juva.
0:15:55 > 0:15:57Juva is one of our young bulls.
0:15:57 > 0:16:00Very placid, he's not aggressive at all.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03As he gets older, he'll grow out of that,
0:16:03 > 0:16:04but hopefully it'll stay for a while.
0:16:04 > 0:16:08One day, Juva will be as big as his dad,
0:16:08 > 0:16:12but for now he gets bossed around in the playground.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15The young bull, growing up with young females,
0:16:15 > 0:16:17is possibly going to get a bit of hassle,
0:16:17 > 0:16:19especially if the females are a bit older.
0:16:19 > 0:16:24But give him time and he always get them back.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27It's like watching children play.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33One of those bigger girls, nearly twice his size, is Jamma.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Jamma is a lovely little character. She's nearly three years old.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40She's the matriarch's daughter,
0:16:40 > 0:16:42which means she gets away with a lot.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45She can throw her weight around as long as Mum isn't around.
0:16:45 > 0:16:48As soon as Mum's there, she's on her best behaviour.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52But she's grown up and she's helping to look after the babies.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56Massa, the matriarch, or top female elephant,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59will quickly sort out any kid who steps out of line.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01MASSA TRUMPETS
0:17:01 > 0:17:03She's kind of like the boss.
0:17:03 > 0:17:06She leads all the other elephants in the herd.
0:17:06 > 0:17:09In the wild she'd lead them to water, to food,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12she'd be the one to alert them to any dangers around,
0:17:12 > 0:17:15and she'd help to raise all the calves as well.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20The oldest of the young elephants are Jara and Janu.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23They're both four years old and getting bigger.
0:17:23 > 0:17:29But as cute as all these babies are, in 10 years' time,
0:17:29 > 0:17:32even little Etana will be huge, and that's a growing problem for Dave.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37The headache comes when you think about the future.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Obviously we've got to think about expansion,
0:17:39 > 0:17:41because obviously as the calves get bigger,
0:17:41 > 0:17:44they're going to need their own quarters.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46To have a breeding herd of elephants,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49that's amazing, African elephants.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53It's one of the largest herds in Europe, and we'd like to carry on.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55We'd love to get to, say, 20 elephants.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57That would be absolutely amazing.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01But building buildings like this to house elephants
0:18:01 > 0:18:04with all the sophisticated gating systems that we have
0:18:04 > 0:18:06costs a lot of money.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Give it a year down the road, we would be pretty full.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14Which shows just how successful the breeding programme here has been.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18The keepers don't mind all the work the little elephants create,
0:18:18 > 0:18:22but for now at least, even they are thinking perhaps enough is enough.
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0:19:02 > 0:19:03I'm in the capuchin enclosure
0:19:03 > 0:19:07and the professor of primate puzzles has been at it again.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10- Keeper Jamie, how are you doing? - Not too bad.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12What on earth is this contraption?
0:19:12 > 0:19:13We call it the raisin board.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16So you can see all these holes in here.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19We stuff a raisin inside and it just makes it a lot more difficult
0:19:19 > 0:19:21to get the food out.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23Why do you want to make it more difficult?
0:19:23 > 0:19:24With the capuchins,
0:19:24 > 0:19:27they're so intelligent that they need constant stimulation.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30We have to give them puzzles and things to do,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33which is what this is. They have to fiddle it, getting the things out.
0:19:33 > 0:19:36It's also natural behaviour as well.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40So with things like termites, they would have to get in little holes
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- and get them out. - Who's this fella?
0:19:42 > 0:19:46This is Brian, he's the main man. He's the dominant male in here.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48All right, they seem to be having a go at it here.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51- Shall we take a step back so that more come down?- Yep.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58So this is Brian here.
0:19:58 > 0:19:59Brian is having a right old go.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03He's be taking them out with ease. Are they dextrous, the fingers?
0:20:03 > 0:20:05They've got hands the same as us.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07Thumbs, fingers can grasp really well.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10He's certainly speeding through them.
0:20:10 > 0:20:12I've noticed there's some leaves in there.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15- Why have you put that in? - It makes it more natural.
0:20:15 > 0:20:17It's something else they root through.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Oh, look, he's going for it now!
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Oh, no, it's the raisins he's interested in.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23It's something else to add to it
0:20:23 > 0:20:25to make it more difficult for them.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28Some of these guys appear to be making noises like,
0:20:28 > 0:20:29"Oh, I want some!"
0:20:29 > 0:20:31But it's just Brian here on his own.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Won't he let some of the others have some?
0:20:33 > 0:20:37He's the dominant male, so his job is to check everything out first,
0:20:37 > 0:20:41so he'd check it's safe, but also because he's the dominant male,
0:20:41 > 0:20:43he gets first dibs.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46So they're waiting to see if Brian drops dead
0:20:46 > 0:20:49and if he's all right, then they'll have their share.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Pretty much it, yeah. And as they come down,
0:20:51 > 0:20:53you'll notice they're submissive to him,
0:20:53 > 0:20:56and they make noises to him, you know,
0:20:56 > 0:20:58"Is it all right if I have a go?"
0:20:58 > 0:21:01And you can see Brian is going to both sides of the board,
0:21:01 > 0:21:03just to stop everybody else having a go.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06There's a little sneaky one having a try there.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08- Are they a family here then?- Yes.
0:21:08 > 0:21:14There's five females, Brian is the male, and the rest are all the kids.
0:21:14 > 0:21:18Now Brian's moved off. The others will start coming in.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20It'll generally be the males that come in,
0:21:20 > 0:21:22so you've got Freddie and Genghis.
0:21:22 > 0:21:27The females probably won't come down until we've left.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29They're a bit more nervous.
0:21:31 > 0:21:32So what's Brian doing right now?
0:21:32 > 0:21:35He's not the most intelligent of capuchins.
0:21:35 > 0:21:37He's sort of a contrary to the rule.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42He gets a bit selfish and gets very frustrated
0:21:42 > 0:21:44that he can't get it all out at once.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47"Argh! Forget it all," and he wants to chuck it off!
0:21:47 > 0:21:50It's amazing seeing these guys with this board
0:21:50 > 0:21:53and how they work together, and there's a hierarchy there.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55It's been brilliant. Thank you.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59I reckon, with this board now they've got no raisin to be bored.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01- Oh, dear.- Because, raisin...
0:22:01 > 0:22:03I see what you did there.
0:22:03 > 0:22:04Ah!
0:22:08 > 0:22:13Now, back to the European bison that we saw at the beginning of the show.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Smaller than their American cousins, they're fascinating creatures,
0:22:17 > 0:22:20and keeper Barry spends a lot of time with them.
0:22:21 > 0:22:24My name is Barry and I can talk to the bison.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Hmm! Hmm!
0:22:26 > 0:22:30As you can see, European bison are huge.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34They weigh over a ton, and in the wild would live in enormous herds.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36So they talk to one another a lot.
0:22:36 > 0:22:41But Barry reckons that it's a good idea to be on speaking terms too,
0:22:41 > 0:22:43because, you don't want to fall out
0:22:43 > 0:22:46with anything that's big and hairy with horns.
0:22:46 > 0:22:47Hmm! Hmm!
0:22:49 > 0:22:51He's not impressed. He's probably thinking,
0:22:51 > 0:22:53"What's all that about?"
0:22:53 > 0:22:56So bison really talk at all?
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Bison will roam for quite some distance.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Mainly the females will stay together with the calves,
0:23:02 > 0:23:06so obviously there's a need to keep in contact with each other.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08They roam over great distances,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11so vocalisation would be used to keep in touch with the others.
0:23:11 > 0:23:14The males will tend to be more solitary.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18So they do communicate, but can Barry actually talk to Izabezza?
0:23:18 > 0:23:22He's only a young lad, just five years old,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25but will he listen to Uncle Barry?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27If I give him his nuts, let's see what he does.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31There you go. There's your brekkie.
0:23:34 > 0:23:39It's rude to talk with your mouth full. Maybe he's just being polite.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41He does make a huffing sound,
0:23:41 > 0:23:45so I'd like to think that's a "Thank you" and "Where is it?"
0:23:45 > 0:23:47and "Hurry up" sort of message.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Let's see if I can communicate with him.
0:23:50 > 0:23:52See if I can get any noises from him.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Izabezza, come on then.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Come on then.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59Hmm! Hmm! Oh, he's recognised that sound.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04Not quite sure what message I gave him,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07but he did recognise it as a sound, didn't he?
0:24:07 > 0:24:09He may be a good boy...
0:24:09 > 0:24:13- Good boy.- But he's not very chatty.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Hmm, hmm, hmm!
0:24:18 > 0:24:21No, he's more interested in his breakfast!
0:24:23 > 0:24:25I think he's a strong silent type.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28Barry, you might as well say good bison. Get it?
0:24:43 > 0:24:45That's about it for today's show,
0:24:45 > 0:24:47but we've got time to come and help carnivore keeper
0:24:47 > 0:24:51Mark Hawkes give the dhole some dinner. How are you doing, Mark?
0:24:51 > 0:24:52Hiya, I can see flashes of orange.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56Are the dhole actually in their enclosure whilst we're here?
0:24:56 > 0:25:00- They are, yeah. We're in here currently with 16, 12 adults.- 16?
0:25:00 > 0:25:0216, with us 3.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04Yeah, at the moment, yeah.
0:25:04 > 0:25:06- Are we safe?- I brought a little bit of food along
0:25:06 > 0:25:09so it should keep them at bay for five minutes.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14Gosh. Now I understand there are some pups in here.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Yes, there's four pups at the moment.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Still quite little and quite cute.
0:25:18 > 0:25:19That's one of the adults coming up.
0:25:19 > 0:25:22That's an adult? Not that big, actually.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25Do you think we'll see a little pup at all?
0:25:25 > 0:25:28While they're still quite young, quite small and vulnerable,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30they'll probably hang back a little,
0:25:30 > 0:25:33wait for Mum to sort of hopefully bring them some food
0:25:33 > 0:25:35after she's had her fill.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37You might not see them until they're bigger.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39They seem quite shy.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Where do they usually lurk around here?
0:25:41 > 0:25:44I can't see them. I can just see, like you were saying, flashes.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47Generally, when there are people in the enclosure,
0:25:47 > 0:25:49they'll hang back out of the way.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52You can guarantee that even though you can't see them,
0:25:52 > 0:25:53they're watching you.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56You've got one or two. As you can see, he's bold.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59- Is that the same one that came over before?- More than likely.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02Rabbit's their favourite food that we feed them as well,
0:26:02 > 0:26:04so he'll look for the best ones before
0:26:04 > 0:26:06any of the other dogs can get them.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08So if it's the same one, will he be collecting
0:26:08 > 0:26:11for the rest of the pack, or is it just all for him?
0:26:11 > 0:26:12Well, at the moment,
0:26:12 > 0:26:15he'll probably be looking for the best bits for himself.
0:26:15 > 0:26:20There's a very strict sort of order within the pack.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24There's a hierarchy, so the guys at the top will get their fill first
0:26:24 > 0:26:27and then it'll filter down to the lower ranks.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30And do the pups eat rabbit as well, do they eat the same food?
0:26:30 > 0:26:33At the moment they'll probably be starting to eat
0:26:33 > 0:26:34a bit of solid food.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37They would have been suckling from Mum as well.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39But once they get older,
0:26:39 > 0:26:42they'll be scrapping for their fair share of the food, yeah.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45We look forward to seeing that, then, when the pups
0:26:45 > 0:26:47are a bit more confident in their enclosure.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Thank you, Mark, this has been a right dog's dinner.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53It has, though, hasn't it? Been a dog's dinner?
0:26:53 > 0:26:55All this talk of food has made me feel peckish.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58- Shall we get a bite to eat? - I think so.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Check out what's on the next episode.
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0:27:04 > 0:27:07The tigers are given some ice blocks to cool off with,
0:27:07 > 0:27:09but it only seems to fire them up.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14I try to get six adult gorillas to behave for a photo,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17but they don't exactly say cheese.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24And our Roar Ranger decides to be brave and hold a snake,
0:27:24 > 0:27:26but it decides to go up his T-shirt.
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