0:00:01 > 0:00:05- Yeah!- Today, we've got a special rip-roaring edition
0:00:05 > 0:00:09packed with our top moments and favourite clips
0:00:09 > 0:00:10from the series so far.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Hello, and welcome to an extra-special episode of Roar.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42- I'm Rani.- And I'm Johny. Today we'll be looking back
0:00:42 > 0:00:45at some of the highlights of our past few months here,
0:00:45 > 0:00:48cos unfortunately today is the last episode in the current series.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Don't look glum, because we're going to be looking back
0:00:51 > 0:00:54at some of our very special favourite moments.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58We've got the cutest to the scariest to the smelliest to the funniest.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01We've got it all, you know? Let's get on with it.
0:01:01 > 0:01:07Get ready for the heart-warming story of Tigs the baby meerkat.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09There's the fateful day when Johny faced his fear...
0:01:10 > 0:01:12Oh! Oh-ho!
0:01:12 > 0:01:14And Rani lost her bottle.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16- RANI SQUEALS - It's up my leg!
0:01:16 > 0:01:20We'll find out just what it takes to be a Roar Ranger -
0:01:20 > 0:01:25enthusiasm, hard work or sheer courage?
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Flipping 'eck, they're big.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28Oh, no!
0:01:28 > 0:01:31And I'll be going right back to the beginning,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34to my very first appearance on Roar.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Oh, boy, that stinks!
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Right, when you're working with wild animals,
0:01:42 > 0:01:46always expect the unexpected. The next drama is never far away.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49That's never more true than when it comes to the babies
0:01:49 > 0:01:52as their survival is sometimes a real struggle.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54There's been one new arrival this year
0:01:54 > 0:01:56whose plight has captured all our heart-strings.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59I'm talking about the baby meerkat, Tigs.
0:01:59 > 0:02:03If you missed that story the first time round, sit back and go "aww!"
0:02:06 > 0:02:08The story began with an emergency
0:02:08 > 0:02:12when a new-born meerkat pup fell dangerously ill.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15If she didn't get medical attention in the vet's hospital,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17she was going to die.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20So the keeper in charge, Rich Barnes,
0:02:20 > 0:02:24had no choice but to take her away from Mum.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28It was a tough call, but then Rich is a tough guy.
0:02:28 > 0:02:33He has to be, because he's also the boss of the big-cat section.
0:02:36 > 0:02:42But maybe rufty-tufty Rich isn't such a hard case after all...
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Because, as the baby recovered in the vet's hospital,
0:02:45 > 0:02:48it was Rich who spent the most time looking after her.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50In fact, he was absolutely devoted.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52HE MAKES KISSING NOISES
0:02:52 > 0:02:53Hello.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Are you ready for some food?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58I'm not really a big softie at all.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01Don't let anyone ever see this, all right?
0:03:02 > 0:03:06But then, this baby would turn anyone into a softie.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09OK, this is Tigs,
0:03:09 > 0:03:11a little baby meerkat.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Three weeks old today, aren't you?
0:03:13 > 0:03:15Eh?
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Yeah, she's doing really well now.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21She actually looks like a little meerkat now. Don't you?
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Eh? Look like a little meerkat? Yes.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26And these are kind of OK noises, kind of content and just,
0:03:26 > 0:03:29"Oh, what's that? What's that?"
0:03:29 > 0:03:34And when she's hungry, she proper squawks like a bird.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35Yes...
0:03:35 > 0:03:39Sadly, Tigs will never be able to return to live with her own family.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Like many animals, meerkats will reject a baby
0:03:42 > 0:03:45once it's been gone for more than a day or so.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48In fact, if Tigs was put back with her family,
0:03:48 > 0:03:50they would probably kill her.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53So, it was up to Rich to become her foster parent.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56I feed her every two to four hours,
0:03:56 > 0:03:59so every three hours-ish, roughly.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00It's not an exact science.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04They'll let you know as and when they want feeding.
0:04:04 > 0:04:05Last little bit. Come on.
0:04:05 > 0:04:10It's just a matter of feeding throughout the day and night,
0:04:10 > 0:04:14round the clock, hence the reason why I'm a little bit tired and cranky.
0:04:14 > 0:04:18But, you know, it's worth it if we can get them to survive.
0:04:18 > 0:04:19She's doing really well now.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23She's just starting to be quite a lot of fun now, so it's quite good.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Tigs was spending her days at the hospital
0:04:25 > 0:04:30but her nights at home with Rich, and later on with other keepers.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32But as she grew bigger and bolder,
0:04:32 > 0:04:35this became more and more of a problem.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- Hey, hey, hey, hey! - MEERKATS CHATTER
0:04:37 > 0:04:40We'll see what happened then a little later on.
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Squawk! Squawk!
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Wheeeee!
0:04:54 > 0:04:57We love nothing more than when fans of the show, AKA you guys at home,
0:04:57 > 0:05:01get to come to the parks and get hands-on with some of the animals.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Yes, this series we've had some of our best Roar Rangers ever.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07They've helped get stuck in with the feeding, the cleaning
0:05:07 > 0:05:09and even keeping the animals entertained.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12It's not just the animals that have been kept entertained.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16- We have as well. Let's check out some Roar Rangers best bits.- Yeah!
0:05:16 > 0:05:20The series kicked off with brother and sister double act,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Kelly and William.
0:05:22 > 0:05:24They must've been born lucky
0:05:24 > 0:05:30because they got one of the cutest creatures around, the red pandas.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31She's here already.
0:05:32 > 0:05:35So if you want to take a piece of fruit in your hand...
0:05:37 > 0:05:38Aw!
0:05:38 > 0:05:43Aw! That's so good for her to take it out my hand.
0:05:43 > 0:05:46I didn't think I'd ever get this close.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Squawk, squawk!
0:05:49 > 0:05:54But being a Roar Ranger isn't just about petting cute animals.
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Oscar, for instance, soon discovered
0:05:56 > 0:05:59that the job has a downside, which is a shame,
0:05:59 > 0:06:01because until he met keeper Matt Crittenden,
0:06:01 > 0:06:03he'd really been enjoying his day.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05I'm just going to spoil that for you.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09There we go, Oscar, inside the baboon house.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- Have a good sniff. - Urgh!- What do you reckon?
0:06:14 > 0:06:16- It stinks.- Yeah?- Yeah.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19It's a bit like your mum not cleaning your bedroom out.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- I've heard your bedroom's a bit like that. Is this right?- Yeah.- Yeah?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- You do that on the floor in your bedroom?- No!- Dear, oh, dear.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- I don't do that!- Right, first thing I want you do
0:06:28 > 0:06:32is brush all that off the shelf onto the floor.
0:06:36 > 0:06:40Oh, no, I hope that's not what I think it is...
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Eugh, that's gross!
0:06:45 > 0:06:47There's poo on the camera.
0:06:50 > 0:06:51There IS poo on the camera...
0:06:54 > 0:06:58The baboons would probably laugh too if they could.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01HUMAN LAUGHTER SOUND
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Having a sense of humour is important for a Roar Ranger,
0:07:05 > 0:07:07but so are nerves of steel.
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Just see how Hyatt handles his first-ever snake.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Is it poisonous?
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- No, she's not poisonous, this one. - It looks poisonous.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21- So do you think you're up to the job of holding this for me?- Yeah.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23There you go. Take the tail end first.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Hold your arms out. See what I'm doing, holding my hands out flat.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28And then... That's it.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30And just support as much as you can.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31It looks scary!
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Argh, no!
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Is she going up your sleeve?!
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Don't worry about her. She's all right.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43It made me feel like she was going to bite my armpit!
0:07:43 > 0:07:48Hyatt wasn't frightened, but now, how did Johny and I do
0:07:48 > 0:07:53when WE came face to face with our worst nightmares?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56There are only two things in life that scare me...
0:07:56 > 0:07:57a right telling-off from my mum,
0:07:57 > 0:08:01and Rani first thing in the morning before she gets her make-up done.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04Oh, now, that's just cheeky. Hang on. Did you just say
0:08:04 > 0:08:08- there are only two things that scare you?- Yeah, just two things.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10Are you sure, Johny? Just two things?
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Rani, I'm completely fearless!
0:08:14 > 0:08:16OK, Johny, I think we know differently, don't we, yeah?
0:08:16 > 0:08:18Remember this?
0:08:20 > 0:08:23As well as looking after Tigs the baby meerkat,
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Rich Barnes is also the keeper in charge
0:08:25 > 0:08:28of the most terrifying creatures in the park.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31So, really, since being little I've been scared of spiders.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34There's not really much to be scared of with spiders like this.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Yeah, well, most of our reaction to them is unfounded.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Is she venomous at all?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42OK. Well, she does have venom, yeah.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44All spiders have a certain amount of venom.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Hers isn't particularly dangerous towards us.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49- Can you see the fangs on the underside?- Yeah, I can.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- Look at those fangs.- They're not particularly large.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56They're not big, but you wouldn't want them sinking into your hand.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58- It'd hurt a little bit.- Right, shall I give it a go, Rich?
0:08:58 > 0:09:01Just put your hand out and I'll just let her walk on,
0:09:01 > 0:09:03and if you don't like it at any point, just say
0:09:03 > 0:09:06and I'll let her walk straight off again.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07The best way to do it to start with
0:09:07 > 0:09:10is just to hold a hand out and let her walk across,
0:09:10 > 0:09:13straight onto mine again, so you know you've done it.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16- OK.- If you want her back, I'm happy to put her back on your hand.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19- Oh, God!- In your own time.- OK, OK.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21There's no point rushing you to do it either.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25If you don't want to do it, then you'll be more nervous about it,
0:09:25 > 0:09:29- whereas if you're happy and ready, we'll just let he walk across.- Go on.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30Let's give it a go.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Just a quick one, yeah? Just on my hand.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Just let her walk across, and then, once she's walked across,
0:09:36 > 0:09:38- I'll take her back off.- Wow!
0:09:38 > 0:09:41That's actually not that bad at all.
0:09:41 > 0:09:43- The best way to describe it is... - She's really gentle.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46She is, she's quite sure-footed as well.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50- Feels a bit like pipe-cleaners, the end of her legs.- Yeah, it does.
0:09:50 > 0:09:51- Let's have another go.- There you go.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54You know what this is a bit like? A roller-coaster.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- At first you don't want to go on it. - Then once you go on it,
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- you want to go on it again and again.- Yeah, yeah! Wow!
0:10:10 > 0:10:13Ooh! Ooh! I'm so brave! I'm Johny!
0:10:13 > 0:10:16OK, so maybe I'm not the biggest fan of spiders in the world,
0:10:16 > 0:10:19but at least I held one... in the end.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22Anyway, you're no big, brave TV presenter yourself, Rani.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25I think you'll find that I've held snakes, I've held spiders,
0:10:25 > 0:10:28I've even held a Madagascan hissing cockroach, so in your face!
0:10:28 > 0:10:30- Rani, three words for you. - Go on, then.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Anyone for cricket? Roll tape.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Like loads of people, I get shivers when I think of insects like locusts
0:10:37 > 0:10:39and crickets jumping all over me.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42But if you're a cat, it's a dream come true and a delicious snack.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Well, if you can catch them. I've come to meet keeper, Steve
0:10:45 > 0:10:49- hiya, Steve - to see what he's got planned for the ocelots.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51And there's the little fella now.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55- How is Jan?- He's all right. He's an old lad now but he's still going.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58He is an old lad but we've got a certain treat for him today.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01What is it? I'm dreading it. I don't want to know, really.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04- You'll be fine, Rani.- OK. - If I'm not scared of it, then...
0:11:04 > 0:11:05Warn me first what is in the bag.
0:11:05 > 0:11:08We're just going to give him some...
0:11:08 > 0:11:11- ..locusts.- Oh! Oh, it's jumped! Sorry, it's jumped.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14It hasn't gone on me. It's on the floor. Do we need to pick that up?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16He can go. It's fine.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18You're really not too fussed by these, are you?
0:11:18 > 0:11:22I am not that au fait with the locusts.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25OK, so you're putting them inside the wicker basket.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27- What's with the wicker basket? - It's just a novel object
0:11:27 > 0:11:31for him to play around with. The chances are if he figures out
0:11:31 > 0:11:34there's something in there for him, he'll knock it around a bit
0:11:34 > 0:11:37and eventually these little locusts will hop free.
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Brilliant! So it'll just be something fun,
0:11:39 > 0:11:41and with the locusts, it's a bit of a tasty snack.
0:11:41 > 0:11:47Yep. In the wild, ocelots eat everything they come across, really.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Any small mammals, birds, reptiles, but insects as well, so...
0:11:50 > 0:11:53ARGH! It's on my leg! Oh!
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Sorry. Sorry. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
0:11:55 > 0:11:58I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Just had a little scare.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Sorry, I'm so sorry!
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- What do cats eat for breakfast? - I don't know.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Mice Krispies!
0:12:10 > 0:12:12LIKE A MONKEY: Ooo-ooo-oooh-waaah-aaah!
0:12:12 > 0:12:15- What do you call a man with a seagull on his head?- I don't know.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Cliff.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22RA-A-A-A-A-R-R-R!
0:12:22 > 0:12:24- What's the strongest fish in the sea?- I don't know.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27A mussel.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Stop it, you're killing me!
0:12:36 > 0:12:38As Tigs the baby meerkat grew up,
0:12:38 > 0:12:42Rich Barnes got some of the other keepers to help look after her,
0:12:42 > 0:12:43like Jess Ottoway.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47She's about four months old
0:12:47 > 0:12:50and doesn't like to stay still so much any more.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53She's eating everything in sight,
0:12:53 > 0:12:57including every tiny little bit of dirt and people's fingers,
0:12:57 > 0:12:59They're always tasty. Ow!
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Stop it!
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Tigs was certainly growing fast,
0:13:04 > 0:13:07probably because she ate like a horse.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10She thinks someone's going to steal her food, I think.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14She's getting more aggressive with us around her food anyway.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16I think she thinks we're going to steal it
0:13:16 > 0:13:19so she has to eat it really, really quickly. Stop it!
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Oi! Ooh! Ooh, stop it, you'll make yourself sick again.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26The danger of hand-rearing little animals
0:13:26 > 0:13:30is that they can start to think that they're little humans. But not Tigs.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33She soon developed lots of classic meerkat mannerisms.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39It's brilliant that she's acting like a meerkat should.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41She definitely doesn't think she's a human.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43She definitely thinks she's a meerkat.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47She just thinks that us humans are a giant play toy for her.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51Some people have guard dogs and things, but we have a guard meerkat.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52SHE LAUGHS Don't we?
0:13:53 > 0:13:54Hey, hey, hey!
0:13:58 > 0:13:59And that brings us up to date.
0:13:59 > 0:14:03Sorry, but we'll all have to wait till the next series of Roar
0:14:03 > 0:14:06to find out what happens to Tigs the baby meerkat.
0:14:14 > 0:14:16If you're running your own animal park on the Roar game,
0:14:16 > 0:14:19you'll know what to do with this...
0:14:21 > 0:14:25That's the final cheat code for the series, but don't forget,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27keep looking after your animals
0:14:27 > 0:14:29and just see how many visitors come to your park.
0:14:39 > 0:14:42- Now, just compare that...- ARGH!
0:14:42 > 0:14:45with Lucy, one of the keenest Roar Rangers we've ever seen.
0:14:45 > 0:14:47Raaaaaa!
0:14:47 > 0:14:49I'm up for it all right. I don't care
0:14:49 > 0:14:52if I have to clean out poo or anything. It's just like my hamster.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55She's got small poo. It's just bigger poo for bigger animals.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58Just as well she's up for anything
0:14:58 > 0:15:01because she got the dholes, a kind of wild dog from India.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07They go round in packs and they're big meat eaters.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10- Jim Vassey is the keeper in charge of them.- Are you squeamish?
0:15:10 > 0:15:14- Not very.- Are you a vegetarian?- No.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16No? Good, cos the dogs aren't.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21First we need to go and pick up the bones from their last feed, yeah?
0:15:21 > 0:15:24- Yeah.- That's why you've got the gloves.- Yeah.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Right, then. If you'd like to step inside.
0:15:29 > 0:15:33And here's the brave part, because Lucy went in
0:15:33 > 0:15:36while the dholes were still there.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38I'm excited.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Of course Jim's a very experienced keeper
0:15:42 > 0:15:44and he knew what he was doing.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49Now you're actually inside their hunting ground, as it were.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53- They're all looking at us.- Yeah, there's plenty of eyes on us.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- You can see there's one over there, look, watching us.- Yeah!
0:15:56 > 0:15:59They need to have eyes on us when they're out hunting.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- They might eat us otherwise. - Well, you maybe. Not me.- No!
0:16:02 > 0:16:04I'm old and tough.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07Right, we need to pick up all these red bones up now.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13There you are. See, that's what your rib cage looks like.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16So, even blood-stained bones didn't worry Lucy.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22As well as getting to grips with the disgusting,
0:16:22 > 0:16:27our Roar Rangers often have to tackle the downright odd,
0:16:27 > 0:16:30as Sam found out when he went to help keeper Ingrid
0:16:30 > 0:16:32in the gorilla enclosure.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34We're going to smear honey all over the windows.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38So first, open your honey.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42- I think you have to unscrew it. - Oh, right, has it got a...?
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Oh, yeah.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Not just a pretty face, are you?
0:16:47 > 0:16:49Right, OK.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53You put your hands out, then just smear it on the window there.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Finger painting.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57The idea of smearing honey on the windows
0:16:57 > 0:17:00is that when the gorillas come over to lick it off,
0:17:00 > 0:17:04the keepers get a really close look at them as a quick health check.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08Whoa!
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Oh, whoa!
0:17:12 > 0:17:15I've never seen gorillas this close before.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20It's pretty cool but I got mucky with honey all over my hands,
0:17:20 > 0:17:24and I was attracting bees and it was getting annoying,
0:17:24 > 0:17:25so I'll go and wash it all off.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30But in this series, we had one Roar Ranger
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- who had a different approach... - There, there's Wilma.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36Flipping 'eck, they're big.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40He showed that you can like animals without wanting to get hands-on.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43- Are you sure you don't want to feed them any?- I'm sure!
0:17:43 > 0:17:45Good girl. Come on, then.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48- Are you ready?- Yeah.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51That Roar Ranger was Jake from Barnsley.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54- Hi, guys.- Which one's that?
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- Wilma?- This is Wilma coming out first, and there's Tommy.
0:17:57 > 0:18:02Jake is a tae kwon do black belt, but of course that won't keep
0:18:02 > 0:18:04- a hungry tapir at bay.- That's it.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08Just stand still, don't run away.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11They're checking us out to make sure that we haven't got the food,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14then they'll go looking for it.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16My hands are empty. Look, empty hands.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- They just don't know where it is. - Do you mind if I go back there?
0:18:19 > 0:18:23If we go the other side of the fence, we can watch them from there.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26- Would you be more comfortable with that?- Yes, I would.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- You don't want to touch one, then?- No.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31At the end of the day, being keen on animals
0:18:31 > 0:18:34doesn't mean you have to get up close and personal.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38You can just as easily enjoy them from the other side of the fence.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Or by watching them on Roar.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Ooh, Rani, is that you?
0:18:46 > 0:18:49That's disgusting! Honestly, what...?
0:18:49 > 0:18:53No, Johny, that's not me. I think you'll find it's that.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54- FLIES BUZZING - Wow.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Now, that is a lot of poo.
0:18:56 > 0:18:58When I started Roar, I didn't realise
0:18:58 > 0:19:00how much mucking out I'd be doing,
0:19:00 > 0:19:02and the worst was definitely the python clean.
0:19:02 > 0:19:07All right, Johny, I've done my fair share of poo cleaning out as well.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10- Not a lot.- I think you mean ocelot, and those guys stink.
0:19:10 > 0:19:14Lucky this isn't Smellovision, in fact. Remember these?
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Hey, shall we take a seat?
0:19:21 > 0:19:24I do love the ocelots, even though I'm not so keen
0:19:24 > 0:19:29on the locusts they snack on or the smell they make.
0:19:29 > 0:19:30Have a look.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32What is that, Mark?
0:19:32 > 0:19:36Well, that's the remains of last week's dinner, pretty much.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40I have to say we all know the ocelots' pee smells,
0:19:40 > 0:19:44but in this it smells even worse. It's really pungent, isn't it?
0:19:44 > 0:19:48So do ocelots tend to wee in the same place, then?
0:19:48 > 0:19:52Yeah, many of the cats seem to. Of course, they go round scent-marking
0:19:52 > 0:19:57and letting the other cats know that that's their home, if you like.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01Also, with us cleaning out his little toilet-style box thing...
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Hang on! Wait a minute.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06It actually smells even worse. It's really, really pungent...
0:20:06 > 0:20:12Just as I thought. Rani didn't actually do the dirty work herself.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15You want to see disgusting, take a look at this.
0:20:15 > 0:20:18It was my first appearance on Roar and they sent me to help
0:20:18 > 0:20:21with the biggest snake I've ever seen.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- Hello, Ben.- Johny.- How are you? - Not too bad.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27He is absolutely massive. Who have we got here?
0:20:27 > 0:20:30This is Chain, our Burmese python.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32I've got my gloves, I'm ready for action.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35- They'll be no use to you at all.- Really?- Yeah.- Why?
0:20:35 > 0:20:36You have to put your hand down there,
0:20:36 > 0:20:41feel for the plug at the bottom in between the large snake,
0:20:41 > 0:20:42and drain the pool.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44So why am I doing this, Ben?
0:20:44 > 0:20:47Basically, as you can see, he's made a mess of his pool
0:20:47 > 0:20:49and we need to clean it.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51He's massive. He won't bite me, will he?
0:20:51 > 0:20:53I'll make sure he doesn't bite you.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57- Oh, no!- Right, I'll look after the head end.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Right, OK.
0:20:59 > 0:21:03The plug is right between his body, right down the bottom of the pond,
0:21:03 > 0:21:04so get on your hands and knees...
0:21:07 > 0:21:08Oh, he's huge!
0:21:08 > 0:21:11How often do you do this kind of thing, Ben?
0:21:11 > 0:21:12Is he used to this?
0:21:12 > 0:21:15We do it a couple of times a week, so he knows what's going on.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18The only thing is we haven't fed him for a couple of weeks now.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- You've got to be kidding! - You could be the next grub.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23No, don't say that! Just tell me you're kidding.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26- No, I'm not kidding.- You haven't fed him for a while?- Yeah.
0:21:27 > 0:21:31It'll be all right. Go on, get your hand in there. Go on.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35No pressure, then. Oh, look, this water's filthy! Oh!
0:21:37 > 0:21:38Right, OK, I'm down.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Oh, there's loads of little bits of... What's that?
0:21:41 > 0:21:43- Oh, what's that?! - That's a bit of wee.
0:21:43 > 0:21:47- That's wee?- Yeah, it comes out very gloopy, then dries very quickly.
0:21:47 > 0:21:49Looks like a piece of papier mache. Ugh!
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Try eating it.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56No way! That stinks! Oh!
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Right, so...
0:22:00 > 0:22:02Pull as hard as you possibly can.
0:22:02 > 0:22:04There you go.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08Oh! Oh!
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Well, Ben, I think we've got a bit more work to do in here,
0:22:11 > 0:22:15but I'm so glad this big lad here, Chain,
0:22:15 > 0:22:19hasn't thrown a his-s-s-sy fit. He's a good lad, isn't he?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21- You're bad.- Sorry!
0:22:21 > 0:22:22Let's get on with it.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25Oh, come on, then, Chain.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32What did the policeman say when a spider crawled up his top?
0:22:32 > 0:22:34You're under a vest!
0:22:34 > 0:22:36Miaow, miaow!
0:22:36 > 0:22:38What do you call it when a cat bites?
0:22:38 > 0:22:39I don't know.
0:22:39 > 0:22:40Catnip! BOTH: Miaow!
0:22:42 > 0:22:44R-O-A-R-R-R-R!
0:22:44 > 0:22:46What did the confused bee say?
0:22:46 > 0:22:49To bee or not to bee!
0:22:57 > 0:23:00Here on Roar, we always do our best to keep you up to date
0:23:00 > 0:23:04with all the babies born across the parks,
0:23:04 > 0:23:06and this series, there have been quite a few.
0:23:06 > 0:23:12We know they're all cute, but which one is the cutest?
0:23:12 > 0:23:15To get an answer to this vital question,
0:23:15 > 0:23:17we got the Ask The Keeper kids
0:23:17 > 0:23:20to vote for their favourite from our shortlist of four.
0:23:20 > 0:23:26And each cute candidate has a keeper to make their case.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29The baby elephant is loved by Liz,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32Simon is battling for the de Brazza,
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Barry reckons it's got to be the tapir,
0:23:35 > 0:23:36and Jess is backing...
0:23:36 > 0:23:40you've guessed it... Tigs the baby meerkat.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44So let the cute contest commence
0:23:44 > 0:23:48with the biggest baby in the place.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50Etana is the most cutest animal in the park, I think,
0:23:50 > 0:23:53cos she's so playful, so cheeky.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56She's just adorable. Because she's a big baby
0:23:56 > 0:23:59because she's an elephant, there's more of her to be cute, I suppose.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02Always acting the fool, trying to get away with things
0:24:02 > 0:24:05because she's the smallest out of the whole of the herd.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Tapirs and other things like that, they can't compare, really,
0:24:08 > 0:24:11to a baby elephant. What more could you ask for?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13That's a matter of opinion.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16Just ask Barry.
0:24:16 > 0:24:21I don't think there's any comparison at all. He's in a different league.
0:24:21 > 0:24:27Elephants... Well, they're lovely, but this chap is just number one.
0:24:27 > 0:24:32Baby tapir should be the cutest animal in the park because...
0:24:32 > 0:24:34Just look at him. Words can't describe.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37He's got stripes, he's got spots, a great personality,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39he's into everything,
0:24:39 > 0:24:43he lets you give him a nice little scratch and he's just adorable.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48I think most definitely he is the cutest in the park.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Then there's the youngster who needs no introduction.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56This is Tigs, our four-month-old baby meerkat.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57She was hand-reared with us
0:24:57 > 0:25:01and I definitely think she's one of the park's cutest animals.
0:25:01 > 0:25:04You can see from this that Tigs is definitely really feisty,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07but when she was little, she was always really sweet
0:25:07 > 0:25:10and just kind of slept all the time and only woke up to be fed.
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Now she's constantly awake
0:25:12 > 0:25:16and constantly wants to bite people. Don't you?
0:25:16 > 0:25:20But Tigs wasn't the only baby who had to be hand-reared this series.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Up in the primates section,
0:25:22 > 0:25:26Simon Jeffrey had to become a foster parent to a baby de Brazza monkey.
0:25:28 > 0:25:32He looked after her day and night, with some help from his pet dogs.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34She's a little bigger now,
0:25:34 > 0:25:36but Simon still reckons
0:25:36 > 0:25:39she's got the edge on those other babies.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41This monkey likes doing everything cute. Look at it.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43It's a cute little monkey.
0:25:43 > 0:25:46She plays with you, she jumps on you, she tickles.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47Look, tickle!
0:25:47 > 0:25:50And spin!
0:25:50 > 0:25:52If you look down at her and look at that face,
0:25:52 > 0:25:54there's only one word for her and that's cute.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57She is just the cutest animal in the world.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59We're not denying it. This baby has always been
0:25:59 > 0:26:02a particular favourite of the Roar crew,
0:26:02 > 0:26:05but what do the judges think?
0:26:05 > 0:26:08We put it to a panel made up of 24 of the Ask The Keeper kids.
0:26:08 > 0:26:12Which would they decide was the cutest baby?
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Tigs the meerkat, Etana the elephant,
0:26:15 > 0:26:19the little Brazilian tapir or the baby de Brazza monkey?
0:26:19 > 0:26:23- I think the cutest one is the meerkat.- Baby elephant.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26- The de Brazza.- The baby meerkat.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28Let's cut to the chase.
0:26:28 > 0:26:33When the votes were finally counted, a clear winner emerged.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36With 13 out of 24, the winner was...
0:26:39 > 0:26:43Tigs the baby meerkat!
0:26:45 > 0:26:47But, hey, cute is a matter of opinion.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49Who would you have voted for?
0:27:03 > 0:27:05We hope you've all enjoyed looking back
0:27:05 > 0:27:08at the highlights of this series. Unfortunately time's up today.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11This is the last programme in the current series of Roar.
0:27:11 > 0:27:14I've got to say I have had an amazing time.
0:27:14 > 0:27:15How about you? Enjoyed it?
0:27:15 > 0:27:18It's been absolute quality. I've learned so much,
0:27:18 > 0:27:19from how to identify a gorilla
0:27:19 > 0:27:21to how much a colobus monkey eats each week.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- Can I tell you a little secret? - Go on, then.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Before the show, I didn't even know what a colobus monkey was.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30You see, Johny, you've learned something AND had a good time.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32I hope you guys have enjoyed it too.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35We'll be back later this year with a brand new series of Roar,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38- but until then, it's goodbye!- Ta-ta!
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