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Today on Roar... | 0:00:02 | 0:00:03 | |
What will the tiger cubs do when | 0:00:03 | 0:00:05 | |
they find out the Roar Ranger has thrown all their toys in the pond? | 0:00:05 | 0:00:09 | |
Hello and welcome to another cute edition of Roar, I'm Rani. | 0:00:36 | 0:00:39 | |
I'm Johny and we're joined by one of the newest members of the park's | 0:00:39 | 0:00:43 | |
ever-expanding family, the little baby De Brazza monkey. | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
She's so cute! De Brazzas in the wild are really independent. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:50 | |
They become less and less reliant on their mum after only two weeks. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:54 | |
Only after a few days of giving birth, their colouring develops | 0:00:54 | 0:00:58 | |
and they also get teeth. | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
So, Johny, we'd better enjoy her for as long as possible, | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
-cos she won't need us soon. -Yes, I agree. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
She finishing her food but we're starting, so let's get on with it! | 0:01:05 | 0:01:09 | |
Coming up today... | 0:01:09 | 0:01:10 | |
I'll find out how the gorillas eat nettles without getting stung. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:16 | |
We'll be setting the meerkats a challenge to see how smart they are. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:20 | |
And will Liam the new keeper pass his test? | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
Or will the primates make a monkey out of him? | 0:01:25 | 0:01:28 | |
When it comes to food, | 0:01:40 | 0:01:42 | |
I can do sweet and sour and even hot and spicy. | 0:01:42 | 0:01:44 | |
But I have never tried stingy and I'm hoping not to today, either. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:49 | |
Sharon is serving up stingy to the gorillas | 0:01:49 | 0:01:52 | |
and I can see here a whole tub of nettles. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
Sharon, are you crazy?! | 0:01:55 | 0:01:57 | |
Well, I probably wouldn't eat them but the gorillas like them. | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
-We've got gorillas here, who've we got? -We've got Djumbah and Mpoumbou. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
-Two males? -Yes. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:07 | |
I need dock leaves, don't I? To hand out the nettles. | 0:02:07 | 0:02:10 | |
I didn't think of that. I should've brought some. | 0:02:10 | 0:02:12 | |
-You might need rubber gloves though. -Yeah, that'll be safe for me. | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
He's watching me. Am I all right being this close to the gate? | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
Yep, you're OK there. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:21 | |
RATTLES CAGE Don't go too close. | 0:02:21 | 0:02:23 | |
I'll just keep my distance cos he's a BIG fella! | 0:02:23 | 0:02:25 | |
How shall we give the nettles? | 0:02:25 | 0:02:28 | |
Probably best to just post them through like this...and see... | 0:02:28 | 0:02:33 | |
-I'll let Sharon go first. She's the expert. -Ha, ha! | 0:02:33 | 0:02:37 | |
OK. Come on, Djumbah, we've got you some lovely nettles. | 0:02:37 | 0:02:41 | |
-RATTLES CAGE -I got nervous there. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:45 | |
He's a big old thing. He's got the nettles in his hand. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
-And another one! -THEY LAUGH | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
Obviously loves them, cos he's taken the lot. He's gone back there. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:55 | |
How are we expecting him to eat them, Sharon? | 0:02:55 | 0:02:59 | |
If you watch him, he'll pull his hand from the bottom to the top, | 0:02:59 | 0:03:03 | |
then roll them up and pop them in his mouth. That's exactly what he's done. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:08 | |
-Exactly. -I think it flattens the little stingy bits. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
-Right, that means he won't get his hands stung? -Probably not as much. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:15 | |
I'd imagine they must get stung slightly. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
Although they've got really thick leathery skin so... | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
Let's look, he's going to do it again. | 0:03:20 | 0:03:22 | |
They're so gentle, those big fellas! He's rolled it up. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:25 | |
Oh, look at those teeth as well! | 0:03:25 | 0:03:28 | |
Seems to be enjoying them. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:30 | |
What about his tongue and the top of his mouth? | 0:03:30 | 0:03:33 | |
I know! I don't know if they've thicker skin on the inside as well. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:37 | |
-Possibly! -Can I put more through? | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
-Yeah, sure. -See if he'll come back. | 0:03:40 | 0:03:42 | |
-RATTLES CAGE -Woo! | 0:03:42 | 0:03:43 | |
They're so loud, it's nerve-racking. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:45 | |
They're showing off. | 0:03:45 | 0:03:47 | |
Look at me with my protective gloves and they just grab them! | 0:03:47 | 0:03:51 | |
-Mpoumbou's come down for some. -They don't seem to be in any distress. | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
-They don't, not at all. -We're not harming them. -No. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:58 | |
Here you go, Mpoumbou. | 0:03:58 | 0:04:00 | |
Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness! | 0:04:00 | 0:04:02 | |
Is he going to take it? | 0:04:02 | 0:04:04 | |
-It's probably easier if you put the stalk end in first. -OK. | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
I'm not a professional, obviously! | 0:04:08 | 0:04:10 | |
He was so light with it! | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
Yeah, they can be very gentle when they want to be. | 0:04:13 | 0:04:16 | |
Sharon, it's been great for many reasons. One, to see them eat | 0:04:16 | 0:04:19 | |
a crazy thing like nettles and also being this close. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
A great experience for me. | 0:04:22 | 0:04:24 | |
I'm thinking it's only fair, I've come down to the gorilla enclosure, | 0:04:24 | 0:04:28 | |
-what do you think? -You can have a go. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:30 | |
-Yeah, so I just strip it. -That's it. | 0:04:30 | 0:04:33 | |
Which isn't easy. | 0:04:33 | 0:04:35 | |
-Roll them up. -Roll them. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:38 | |
'Now, kids, don't try this at home! | 0:04:38 | 0:04:41 | |
'I'm just trying to fool Sharon.' | 0:04:41 | 0:04:43 | |
Now all I have to do is pop it in, | 0:04:43 | 0:04:45 | |
-and enjoy this tasty snack. -Indeed. | 0:04:45 | 0:04:47 | |
After you! | 0:04:47 | 0:04:48 | |
I was going to say exactly the same. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
You're having a laugh, aren't you?! Thank you very much, Sharon. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:54 | |
-Go on, have a go! -No thanks. THEY LAUGH | 0:04:54 | 0:04:56 | |
You first! | 0:04:56 | 0:04:58 | |
In the park's primate section, there are 138 amazing animals. | 0:05:09 | 0:05:14 | |
30 enclosures. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:16 | |
11 endangered species. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
And now one new recruit - meet Liam. | 0:05:19 | 0:05:21 | |
He's come from another animal park | 0:05:21 | 0:05:23 | |
and has been passionate about primates all his life. | 0:05:23 | 0:05:26 | |
I've only been here for four months so I am learning very quickly. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
Everything's new, so, new things are happening each day. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:36 | |
You know, I like looking after the animals, just being close to them, | 0:05:36 | 0:05:40 | |
and making them as happy as possible, really. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
That's the biggest reward for me. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:44 | |
To see if he's learned what he needs to know, | 0:05:44 | 0:05:47 | |
we've got together with Matt, the head of primates, | 0:05:47 | 0:05:50 | |
to set him a challenge. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:51 | |
In one week's time, Liam is going to be tested. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:54 | |
This is definitely going to be a tough challenge for Liam. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:01 | |
We've got very different species, langurs, gibbons, macaques. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
It's going to be very difficult for him | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
to learn everything straightaway, but that's what's good. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
He'll have to use his mind. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:10 | |
So far, the hardest bit of my job is learning all the animals. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:14 | |
Each one has different characters and features, | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
and looks completely different. | 0:06:17 | 0:06:18 | |
That is definitely my hardest task. | 0:06:18 | 0:06:21 | |
Let's see where he's at now. | 0:06:21 | 0:06:23 | |
There are 12 ring-tailed lemurs in here, Liam, which one is which? | 0:06:23 | 0:06:28 | |
Oh, oh... | 0:06:28 | 0:06:30 | |
I was hoping you weren't going to ask that, | 0:06:30 | 0:06:32 | |
because that is going to make me look stupid. | 0:06:32 | 0:06:35 | |
So, that's zero out of 12. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:38 | |
If Liam's going to pass, | 0:06:38 | 0:06:39 | |
he needs to start swotting up right now. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
Right, I've come to the Javan langur enclosure... | 0:06:43 | 0:06:46 | |
..with my photo ID sheets, to do a little bit of homework. | 0:06:47 | 0:06:51 | |
The park takes photo mug shots of ever primate, | 0:06:51 | 0:06:55 | |
especially to help new keepers recognise each one. | 0:06:55 | 0:06:59 | |
Javan langurs are either apricot colour or black, | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
that's the first way I can tell them apart. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:04 | |
They have features on their faces, lots of freckles, | 0:07:04 | 0:07:07 | |
each animal has different marks. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:09 | |
For example, we've got Mangrove, | 0:07:09 | 0:07:11 | |
the oldest male in the group, the dominant male. | 0:07:11 | 0:07:15 | |
The photo highlights the freckles on his face. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:17 | |
Mangrove's just up there, to the top-right of the enclosure. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:22 | |
Really, sort of, mature face, and, obviously, he's a lot bigger, | 0:07:22 | 0:07:25 | |
so he's the first and easiest for me to tell apart. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:28 | |
This is Nipper here, | 0:07:28 | 0:07:30 | |
he's a little bit of a character. | 0:07:30 | 0:07:32 | |
He seems to be playing up to the camera a bit, I think. | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
Whoever's taken this photo caught him in his glory. | 0:07:34 | 0:07:37 | |
He's just on the bench over there. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:40 | |
That's why it's been taken like that, he does that all the time. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:43 | |
It's important I know the differences, | 0:07:43 | 0:07:45 | |
because often we're involved in medication, and that's important, | 0:07:45 | 0:07:49 | |
you don't want to medicate the wrong animal. | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
There are 17 Javan langurs in here, | 0:07:52 | 0:07:54 | |
so Liam's got a lot of work to do. | 0:07:54 | 0:07:57 | |
I'm feeling pretty nervous. | 0:07:57 | 0:07:58 | |
If I mess this up, I was only in a few weeks ago, | 0:07:58 | 0:08:01 | |
I could be out the door within a couple of weeks. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:03 | |
We'll be back later to see if Liam will be top of the class, | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
or if the test will make a monkey out of him. | 0:08:07 | 0:08:10 | |
What did the python say when the adder asked him the time? | 0:08:15 | 0:08:19 | |
"Don't asssk me!" A-ha-ha! | 0:08:19 | 0:08:22 | |
Eh-eh-eh, woof, woof, woof, woof! | 0:08:22 | 0:08:24 | |
Eh-eh-eh-eh! | 0:08:24 | 0:08:26 | |
If you had 15 cows and 5 goats, what would you have? | 0:08:26 | 0:08:29 | |
Plenty of milk! Moo! | 0:08:29 | 0:08:32 | |
That sounded stupid! Ha-ha! | 0:08:32 | 0:08:36 | |
Mooo! | 0:08:36 | 0:08:38 | |
Mooo! | 0:08:38 | 0:08:41 | |
What type of cats like to go bowling? | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
Alley cats. Miaow. | 0:08:46 | 0:08:49 | |
THEY ALL LAUGH | 0:08:49 | 0:08:50 | |
Now, I am very excited, | 0:09:03 | 0:09:04 | |
because I'm about to meet a superstar of the animal kingdom. | 0:09:04 | 0:09:07 | |
You see them loads on TV, | 0:09:07 | 0:09:09 | |
but I've never actually met one up close and personal for real. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:12 | |
I'm here with keeper Jess Ottoway, | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
who's about to give me a formal introduction | 0:09:14 | 0:09:17 | |
to the marvellous meerkat. | 0:09:17 | 0:09:18 | |
Jess, where are they? | 0:09:18 | 0:09:19 | |
They are in here somewhere, they're just kind of hanging back a bit. | 0:09:19 | 0:09:23 | |
Cos we're here they're a little bit more nervous, | 0:09:23 | 0:09:25 | |
-But I'm sure they'll come over eventually. -What have you got here? | 0:09:25 | 0:09:28 | |
We have some tubs that are filled with mealworms and crickets. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:34 | |
Can I give some food out, please? | 0:09:34 | 0:09:36 | |
Yes, see what they make of it. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:37 | |
A lot smaller than I imagined, Jess. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:39 | |
Yeah, they are quite small. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:41 | |
Do you ever get a chance to pet one? Can I stroke it if it comes over? | 0:09:41 | 0:09:45 | |
It's not a great idea, they do have very, very sharp teeth, | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
-and you may lose part of a finger if you did. -Oh, gosh, OK. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:51 | |
-So they're a bit more vicious than they look? -Definitely. | 0:09:51 | 0:09:54 | |
Oh, look at this, they're running off, but he's not doing anything. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:59 | |
So, who have we got here, then? | 0:09:59 | 0:10:00 | |
This is little Trevor. | 0:10:00 | 0:10:01 | |
They all have names beginning with T in here, there's only three of them. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:05 | |
Are they all a family? | 0:10:05 | 0:10:06 | |
Yep, they're a mother, a father, and one youngster. | 0:10:06 | 0:10:09 | |
Is there a hierarchy? | 0:10:09 | 0:10:11 | |
Will one come up first, and then the rest afterwards? | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
The two males are a lot more confident than the female... | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
Right, right. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:18 | |
..so these two will hopefully come over at some point. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
I've noticed these front claws, are they quite sharp? | 0:10:21 | 0:10:24 | |
What do they use them for? | 0:10:24 | 0:10:26 | |
These will be for digging. | 0:10:26 | 0:10:27 | |
They live in burrows, so use them to burrow, | 0:10:27 | 0:10:29 | |
and also to dig up their food. | 0:10:29 | 0:10:31 | |
They dig up beetle grubs and things like that. | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
That seems like quite easy pickings, do they ever hunt anything bigger? | 0:10:34 | 0:10:39 | |
They can. It has been known for them to take small birds, | 0:10:39 | 0:10:43 | |
reptiles, lizards, different things like that. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:45 | |
But the main source of food... | 0:10:45 | 0:10:48 | |
They have to eat every day because they don't have any fat reserves, | 0:10:48 | 0:10:51 | |
so they have to eat constantly, every day. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
That's why they find a good spot with loads of beetle grubs in it, | 0:10:54 | 0:10:58 | |
and they'll literally eat off that all day. | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
The others have come now. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:02 | |
Yeah. Even the female's out, which is lucky. | 0:11:02 | 0:11:04 | |
Jess, apart from these amazing claws they use to burrow, | 0:11:06 | 0:11:09 | |
have they got any other special adaptations they use in the wild? | 0:11:09 | 0:11:12 | |
They've got black rings round their eyes, | 0:11:12 | 0:11:14 | |
that helps them when they're on sentry duty. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:18 | |
It reflects the sun, basically like sunglasses. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:21 | |
Cos the traditional look of a meerkat is like this. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:24 | |
Up to the sun, isn't it? | 0:11:24 | 0:11:25 | |
-Yeah. -Out on the lookout, and that's for predators. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:28 | |
Jess, thank you so much for letting me get so close to these meerkats, | 0:11:29 | 0:11:32 | |
I've wanted to meet them for so long, | 0:11:32 | 0:11:34 | |
and now I have done, and I think they went potty for your pots, Jess. | 0:11:34 | 0:11:38 | |
Amazing. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:39 | |
Raaarh! | 0:11:46 | 0:11:47 | |
Today's Roar Ranger is nine-year-old Lucy from Essex. | 0:11:47 | 0:11:50 | |
I was so excited when I heard I was a Roar Ranger. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:54 | |
# I'm a Roar Ranger, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah! # | 0:11:54 | 0:11:57 | |
It was like a dream, my brain was telling me it's not real. | 0:11:57 | 0:12:00 | |
This budding gymnast has a pet named Gingernut at home, | 0:12:00 | 0:12:04 | |
but, hamsters, they're easy to look after, | 0:12:04 | 0:12:06 | |
compared to all the animals here. | 0:12:06 | 0:12:08 | |
So, Lucy needs to be up for some hard work. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
I'm up for it, all right. | 0:12:12 | 0:12:14 | |
I don't care if I have to clean out poo or anything, | 0:12:14 | 0:12:17 | |
it's just like my hamster, she's got small poo. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:19 | |
It's just bigger poo for a bigger animal. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
Raaarh! | 0:12:24 | 0:12:25 | |
Yay, yay! I like the tigers. | 0:12:31 | 0:12:34 | |
I think the tigers are great, because they've got so much power. | 0:12:34 | 0:12:37 | |
I might have to clear their poo up. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:41 | |
It might be a bit disgusting, but I'm up for it, and I'm really excited. | 0:12:41 | 0:12:45 | |
The Siberian tigers Lucy'll be helping to look after | 0:12:47 | 0:12:49 | |
come from eastern Russia and China. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:52 | |
They're the largest and most powerful of all cats. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
They can run as fast as a car... | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
..and they've got teeth as sharp as knives. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:03 | |
Lucy will be working with the deputy head of carnivores, Ben Warren. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:07 | |
What we're going to do is clean out the Siberian tigers, | 0:13:07 | 0:13:11 | |
but first we'll go and say hello to them. | 0:13:11 | 0:13:14 | |
I've got some meat for them, just see what we're dealing with. | 0:13:14 | 0:13:17 | |
Because these are dangerous, keep your fingers away from the fence. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:25 | |
They are very good, but you just have to be a little bit careful. | 0:13:25 | 0:13:28 | |
This is Malchek, he's Dad. | 0:13:28 | 0:13:32 | |
Lucy is only allowed to get this close to the fence | 0:13:32 | 0:13:35 | |
because she is with Ben, a very experienced big cat keeper. | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
And that's a cub, just there. | 0:13:39 | 0:13:41 | |
-They're big. -They're only ten months old. | 0:13:43 | 0:13:46 | |
When they were born, the cubs weighed less than two kilos each. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:52 | |
But now, they've grown 15 times bigger, | 0:13:52 | 0:13:56 | |
and together, weigh the same as about six Lucys. | 0:13:56 | 0:13:59 | |
They like their food. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:02 | |
Can you stand up? | 0:14:02 | 0:14:03 | |
That's it. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:06 | |
-He's taller than me. -There you go. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:09 | |
Ooh! | 0:14:11 | 0:14:12 | |
It's funny how they keep plonking each other. | 0:14:12 | 0:14:15 | |
I'm not scared of them at all. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
I've never been this close before. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:22 | |
Anyone who gets this close to a tiger | 0:14:23 | 0:14:25 | |
needs to know the proper way to say hello. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:28 | |
When they greet you, | 0:14:28 | 0:14:30 | |
we call it chuffing, and they go "ff-ff-ff", | 0:14:30 | 0:14:33 | |
and that's a hello in Tiger. | 0:14:33 | 0:14:34 | |
They also bang heads together, | 0:14:34 | 0:14:36 | |
which is a greeting as they walk past each other. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
Could you do chuffing, go "ff-ff-ff"? | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
-Ff-ff-ff. -Ff-ff-ff. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:43 | |
-Ff-ff. -Nearly there. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:45 | |
-He's looking at you. -Ha-ha! | 0:14:45 | 0:14:47 | |
For most people, it takes practice to chuff right. | 0:14:47 | 0:14:51 | |
-Ff-ff-ff. -TIGER CHUFFS | 0:14:51 | 0:14:53 | |
But Lucy's got an answer already. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:55 | |
-Ff-ff-ff. -TIGER CHUFFS | 0:14:55 | 0:14:57 | |
We'll go and clean the main enclosure out now. | 0:14:57 | 0:14:59 | |
The tiger family are safely locked in the small paddock... | 0:14:59 | 0:15:02 | |
..while Ben and Lucy get to work in their main enclosure. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:08 | |
I've got you a stumpy rake. | 0:15:08 | 0:15:09 | |
Right, now we're going to wander round and pick up poo. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:12 | |
Oh, there's a bit. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:13 | |
-It's all squelchy! -That's probably one of the little cub ones. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:19 | |
The tigers eat nothing but meat. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:21 | |
There's a bigger one. | 0:15:21 | 0:15:23 | |
And that makes their poo dense, sticky, and very smelly. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:27 | |
And there's a big poo! | 0:15:27 | 0:15:29 | |
Oh! | 0:15:30 | 0:15:31 | |
Call in the expert! | 0:15:32 | 0:15:34 | |
That's the easy way to do it! | 0:15:38 | 0:15:39 | |
To keep the cubs busy, they've been given things to play with. | 0:15:39 | 0:15:44 | |
There's one of the tiger toys. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:45 | |
Look at all the holes in it. | 0:15:45 | 0:15:47 | |
So, is that where you've put meat or something? | 0:15:47 | 0:15:49 | |
No, I've just left it in here for the cubs to play with. | 0:15:49 | 0:15:52 | |
-They've got big teeth. -Proves how sharp they are. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:55 | |
-And it's really strong. -Yeah, you couldn't break it, could you? | 0:15:55 | 0:15:59 | |
No, you couldn't even chop it up. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:00 | |
They're throwing the toys in the pool | 0:16:00 | 0:16:03 | |
so the cubs can enjoy the challenge of fishing them out. | 0:16:03 | 0:16:06 | |
That's all the hard work done. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:09 | |
The next part is the fun bit, and we'll be back for that shortly. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:13 | |
Back in the primate section, | 0:16:17 | 0:16:19 | |
new keeper Liam is getting ready for a test, | 0:16:19 | 0:16:22 | |
to see if he's learned everything he needs to know about his new job. | 0:16:22 | 0:16:26 | |
Today he's trying to get his head round the complicated business | 0:16:26 | 0:16:29 | |
of feeding the park's 138 monkeys. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:32 | |
You definitely won't find these in your lunchbox, these are rambutans. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:37 | |
These ones are really good for langurs and leaf monkeys, | 0:16:37 | 0:16:40 | |
which form the majority of the species we have. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:44 | |
Take some tamarind pods, they're always a favourite. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:47 | |
Apricots, haven't had these for a while, | 0:16:47 | 0:16:49 | |
so I think he'll pick these, cos it's all about varying their diets. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:53 | |
And, when he's got the breakfast ready, | 0:16:55 | 0:16:57 | |
Liam sets off to feed all those monkeys. | 0:16:57 | 0:17:00 | |
It's going to be a two-mile round trip. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:02 | |
First up are the banded leaf monkeys, | 0:17:03 | 0:17:06 | |
an endangered species from the tropical forests of south-east Asia. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:10 | |
'It's really satisfying, seeing them eat all the stuff we've prepared.' | 0:17:10 | 0:17:15 | |
It certainly takes them a lot less time than it does us to prepare it! | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
Next on the round are the Heck's macaques, who come from Indonesia. | 0:17:21 | 0:17:26 | |
They have specially adapted cheek pouches. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
They can fit so much more food than we can into our cheeks. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:32 | |
It's also useful if they come across a predator and they're feeding, | 0:17:32 | 0:17:36 | |
they can gather food up and run away, and not have to leave their meal. | 0:17:36 | 0:17:39 | |
Liam's learned some amazing facts, but how will he do in his big test? | 0:17:39 | 0:17:44 | |
We'll find out later on. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:46 | |
Back with the Siberian tigers, | 0:17:50 | 0:17:52 | |
Lucy the Roar Ranger is helping to put out their food. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
Oh, that's a big one. | 0:17:56 | 0:17:58 | |
Right, do you want to take that? | 0:17:58 | 0:18:01 | |
The tigers eat twice a week... | 0:18:01 | 0:18:02 | |
Yeah, that'll be all right. | 0:18:02 | 0:18:04 | |
..gorging on huge chunks of meat. | 0:18:04 | 0:18:06 | |
It's really heavy. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:07 | |
-Uhh! -Go on, put your back into it. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:10 | |
Right, that's us done in here. We'll go and let the beasts out. | 0:18:13 | 0:18:17 | |
It'll run through. Come on, then, big fella. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:22 | |
They're literally just grabbing it. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
Got some happy cubs. See, the smaller bits they can run off with. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:30 | |
Oh, look. It's taken a bit off it. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:34 | |
What, so they just lick it first? | 0:18:38 | 0:18:40 | |
Yeah, they'll lick it, get all the fur and stuff off, | 0:18:40 | 0:18:44 | |
then they'll eat the meat down. | 0:18:44 | 0:18:46 | |
The bit the little cub's got there, on that platform, | 0:18:46 | 0:18:49 | |
that's just too big for him to take off. | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
-Oh, he's found a clever way to get it off. -Yeah! | 0:18:53 | 0:18:55 | |
They look really happy. | 0:18:57 | 0:18:58 | |
-It's really good to just feed them, and give all their food. -Right, | 0:19:01 | 0:19:06 | |
well, that's our job done. You happy with that? | 0:19:07 | 0:19:09 | |
Yeah, I'm really happy. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:10 | |
We'll leave them alone, then. Let them eat in peace. | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
Which means that Lucy has finished her work as a Roar Ranger. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:19 | |
Lucy did very well, she got stuck in, | 0:19:19 | 0:19:21 | |
and really wasn't worried about getting her hands dirty. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
She was good. Got stuck right in. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:26 | |
I've really enjoyed it today, it was just amazing. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:29 | |
I think it was quite brave that I went in there, | 0:19:30 | 0:19:33 | |
and not being scared. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:37 | |
It was the best thing I've ever done in my whole entire life. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:41 | |
The hoofstock team have told me thing have got pretty heated | 0:19:51 | 0:19:54 | |
between one of their section and the black rhino, | 0:19:54 | 0:19:57 | |
so I thought, "There is only one way to settle this." | 0:19:57 | 0:20:00 | |
In the grey corner, weighing in at a hefty 1.3 tons, | 0:20:00 | 0:20:05 | |
is Manyara. | 0:20:05 | 0:20:06 | |
BOXING BELL RINGS | 0:20:06 | 0:20:07 | |
APPLAUSE | 0:20:07 | 0:20:09 | |
And in the green corner, | 0:20:11 | 0:20:13 | |
weighing in at a significantly less 80 kilograms, is, | 0:20:13 | 0:20:18 | |
king Bob Savill! | 0:20:18 | 0:20:22 | |
CHEERING | 0:20:22 | 0:20:24 | |
Contenders, are you ready? | 0:20:24 | 0:20:26 | |
-Hi, thank you, Rani, but, erm, you can have these back. -Eh? | 0:20:26 | 0:20:29 | |
When we talk about boxing, we're talking about boxing the ostrich in, | 0:20:29 | 0:20:33 | |
and the rhinos out. | 0:20:33 | 0:20:35 | |
Hang on a minute, Bob. Excuse me. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:37 | |
Thank you very much, we don't need them. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:39 | |
-So there's no fisticuffs, can I cross over? -Yes, please do. | 0:20:39 | 0:20:42 | |
-Right, I can see the ostrich behind... -Yep. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:44 | |
..is it safe to be on this side of the rocks? | 0:20:44 | 0:20:47 | |
I hope so. Yes, the ostrich will be fine. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:49 | |
So, what's going on, then? | 0:20:49 | 0:20:50 | |
I thought we were up for a bit of fisticuffs. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:53 | |
That's what it's coming to now, unfortunately. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:55 | |
The two rhino out here decide this is the place | 0:20:55 | 0:20:57 | |
-to come and spend a lot of time. -Right. | 0:20:57 | 0:21:00 | |
They come here, they play with the ostrich, | 0:21:00 | 0:21:02 | |
the ostrich run away and the eggs they're sitting on get cold. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:06 | |
So the ostrich are guarding their eggs at the moment? | 0:21:06 | 0:21:09 | |
They do their best, but against black rhino they don't stand much chance. | 0:21:09 | 0:21:13 | |
Now, talking about two black rhinos, and I mentioned there - | 0:21:13 | 0:21:16 | |
-rhino, Manyara, 1.3 tons? -Yeah. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:18 | |
You're having a laugh! | 0:21:18 | 0:21:20 | |
Are these rocks really going to stop him getting in? | 0:21:20 | 0:21:23 | |
-The idea is, they step over the big boulders... -Right. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:27 | |
-..then they put their feet on the bricks... -Yeah. | 0:21:27 | 0:21:30 | |
That's uncomfortable, they don't try to come in. | 0:21:30 | 0:21:33 | |
-You've thought about this! -We're trying to. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:36 | |
Trouble is, we're trying to stop those coming in, | 0:21:36 | 0:21:39 | |
but the ostrich have got to be able to get out. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:42 | |
So, Bob, is this fort finished now? | 0:21:42 | 0:21:44 | |
-No. All we're doing, Rani, is we're turning these up... -Right. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:48 | |
We want to make it uncomfortable, | 0:21:48 | 0:21:50 | |
but we can't hurt the ostrich or the rhino. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:53 | |
It's just to stop them coming over - | 0:21:53 | 0:21:55 | |
"All this ground to sleep on, we'll go and sleep somewhere else." | 0:21:55 | 0:21:59 | |
I'll turn some of these bricks over for you. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:02 | |
You talked about the rhino coming to sleep where the ostrich like to be. | 0:22:02 | 0:22:07 | |
Is that because they particularly like the sand? | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
Sometimes they sleep on the sand, and it could be because it's warmer, | 0:22:10 | 0:22:14 | |
but, you know, sometimes they do, sometimes they don't. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:17 | |
Sometimes they're just being a pain. | 0:22:17 | 0:22:20 | |
You've got two females, obviously she's really protecting the eggs. | 0:22:20 | 0:22:23 | |
Do they have to stay on the eggs ALL the time? | 0:22:23 | 0:22:26 | |
Not ALL the time, Rani, I mean, | 0:22:26 | 0:22:29 | |
the females normally sit on the eggs during the day, | 0:22:29 | 0:22:32 | |
-the males sit on them at night. -That's good. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:34 | |
During the night there's more predators about, | 0:22:34 | 0:22:37 | |
so the males sit there. | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
The girls have to go and drink and feed and everything else. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:42 | |
At the moment I think we've got seven eggs under there. | 0:22:42 | 0:22:46 | |
We've both turned our bricks, it's looking good, | 0:22:46 | 0:22:50 | |
so fingers crossed that the rhinos don't like to walk on bricks. | 0:22:50 | 0:22:55 | |
Well, that's all we can try. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:56 | |
Right, Bob, thank you very much for letting us pop down, | 0:22:56 | 0:23:00 | |
hopefully we'll have seven new chicks later on in the series. | 0:23:00 | 0:23:03 | |
You do know that you can have | 0:23:08 | 0:23:10 | |
your very own animal park, don't you? | 0:23:10 | 0:23:13 | |
All you have to do is find the Roar game on the CBBC website, | 0:23:13 | 0:23:16 | |
and get stuck in. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:18 | |
On every show, we give out a cheat code. | 0:23:18 | 0:23:20 | |
Today, it's drought411. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:24 | |
Type that in for new treats, new animals or extra features. | 0:23:24 | 0:23:28 | |
So if you haven't tried it yet, | 0:23:28 | 0:23:30 | |
you should! Good luck and happy gaming. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:33 | |
It's the big day for new keeper, Liam. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:41 | |
He's got to face Matt, the boss, | 0:23:41 | 0:23:43 | |
and take a test to see if he's got | 0:23:43 | 0:23:45 | |
what it takes to be a true monkey man. | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
It's the big test today, so I'm feeling pretty nervous. | 0:23:49 | 0:23:53 | |
If I mess this up, I was only in a few weeks ago, | 0:23:53 | 0:23:55 | |
I could be out the door in a couple of weeks. | 0:23:55 | 0:23:58 | |
I better get this right or I'm in trouble. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:00 | |
Liam, I've got a few questions for you. Are you ready? | 0:24:01 | 0:24:04 | |
Yeah. Fire away. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:06 | |
First question - how many primates do we have in the park, in total? | 0:24:06 | 0:24:10 | |
Ooh, I reckon it must be now... 138 animals? | 0:24:11 | 0:24:15 | |
-Yeah, that's correct, well done. -Yes! | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
Second question - how many species do we hold currently in the park? | 0:24:18 | 0:24:22 | |
-13. -Confident? -Definitely confident on that one. | 0:24:25 | 0:24:28 | |
Yeah, that's correct. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:30 | |
What's the biggest individual we have in the park at the moment? | 0:24:30 | 0:24:35 | |
That's got to be...big male gelada baboon, Agolo, definitely. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:41 | |
Correct - he weighs over 20 kilos! | 0:24:41 | 0:24:44 | |
What is the smallest species of primate we have? | 0:24:44 | 0:24:47 | |
-It's got to be... red bearded tamarins. -Yeah. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:52 | |
Top marks so far, but the toughest question is still to come. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:56 | |
Right, Liam, final test - who are these two lemurs? | 0:24:56 | 0:25:00 | |
The park has 12 lemurs, and they all look pretty similar. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:05 | |
Oh, I reckon I can tell you... | 0:25:05 | 0:25:07 | |
This one is... dominant female, Grunge? | 0:25:07 | 0:25:09 | |
-Is that right? -I won't tell you till the end. -Ohh! | 0:25:09 | 0:25:13 | |
And we've also got one of our males... | 0:25:17 | 0:25:20 | |
-I think that's Ren. I'm pretty confident. -100% correct. Well done. | 0:25:20 | 0:25:25 | |
So come on, then, boss. How did I do? | 0:25:25 | 0:25:27 | |
Well, you've passed with flying colours. Welcome to the team. | 0:25:27 | 0:25:31 | |
Yes! | 0:25:31 | 0:25:33 | |
Oh, I feel great! | 0:25:35 | 0:25:37 | |
It's great news. I'm a fully-fledged member of the primate team. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:40 | |
Yeah, fantastic! | 0:25:40 | 0:25:41 | |
It certainly is! | 0:25:41 | 0:25:42 | |
So look out for Liam, the monkey man, later in the series. | 0:25:42 | 0:25:46 | |
Well, unfortunately we're out of time on today's Roar, | 0:25:58 | 0:26:02 | |
but before we go, we've popped up to the African Experience | 0:26:02 | 0:26:05 | |
to meet keeper, Nick Turk, | 0:26:05 | 0:26:06 | |
-and his tower of giraffes! These are amazing, Nick. -They are. | 0:26:06 | 0:26:10 | |
I love looking at this view across the Kent coast, | 0:26:10 | 0:26:13 | |
you see these yellowy kind of giraffes... | 0:26:13 | 0:26:16 | |
I mean, they're not really camouflaging themselves, are they? | 0:26:16 | 0:26:20 | |
No, they're a bit out of place in Kent. | 0:26:20 | 0:26:23 | |
But in Africa, it's a more burnt, orangey colour, | 0:26:23 | 0:26:26 | |
a straw colour everywhere because it's so dry, | 0:26:26 | 0:26:29 | |
so this helps them blend in with that. | 0:26:29 | 0:26:35 | |
If you look at the edge of the giraffe, the back, | 0:26:35 | 0:26:38 | |
the markings sort of break up, and that breaks up their outline | 0:26:38 | 0:26:42 | |
so predators find it more difficult to see them. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:47 | |
Nick, will they ever try and mimic the markings of this landscape? | 0:26:47 | 0:26:51 | |
Eventually through the years, will they ever become green? | 0:26:51 | 0:26:54 | |
-Like chameleons? -Yeah! -Well, no. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:56 | |
I doubt it, to be honest, Johny. | 0:26:56 | 0:26:59 | |
THEY LAUGH | 0:26:59 | 0:27:01 | |
It was a fair question though, because we do talk about | 0:27:01 | 0:27:04 | |
animals camouflaging themselves all the time! | 0:27:04 | 0:27:08 | |
All right, I think I'll have a quick word with Johny. | 0:27:08 | 0:27:11 | |
You check out what's on the next episode of Roar... | 0:27:11 | 0:27:14 | |
Next time on Roar, I'll find out what drives the lemurs wild. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:21 | |
What will the tapirs make of our fruit salad tree? | 0:27:21 | 0:27:26 | |
We'll be checking out the damage when a baby De Brazza monkey | 0:27:26 | 0:27:29 | |
comes home for a sleepover. | 0:27:29 | 0:27:31 | |
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