0:00:02 > 0:00:05It's red alert as the bull rhino's let in with the females.
0:00:05 > 0:00:09Everyone hopes they'll have babies, but they're very aggressive
0:00:09 > 0:00:12and that could mean a fight to the death.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41Hello and welcome to Roar. I'm Johny.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Ruff. Ruff.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Roni, what exactly are you doing?
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Sorry, Johny.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49I'm talking to the tigers, finding out if they had a good day. Ruff.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53- Really? Ooh. Ruff, ruff.- Roni, that doesn't sound like talking to me.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57That's because tigers make loads of sounds that humans can't hear.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00The sound I'm making is called chuffing.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03It's a sound of friendliness and affection. Ruff, ruff.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06In that case, I'd like to keep on these guys' good side
0:01:06 > 0:01:09so if you can't beat them, join them. Ruff, ruff.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13Enough of that, Dr Dolittle. Let's get on with the show.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Ah, brr.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Five-a-day for the ellies means a jumbo-sized mountain of fruit.
0:01:21 > 0:01:22But they have to find it.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27While the colobus monkeys prefer a more personal style of service.
0:01:27 > 0:01:32And giant giraffes look even bigger when they stare you in the face.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41But we're going to kick off with baby rhinos.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43Grumeti was born here a couple of years ago -
0:01:43 > 0:01:47just one of 29 black rhinos they've managed to breed
0:01:47 > 0:01:52at Port Lympne and Howletts. They've even sent five back home to Africa.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56That's really important.
0:01:56 > 0:01:59Black rhinos were almost wiped out in the wild by poachers.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01They may look like nature's answer to the tank,
0:02:01 > 0:02:07with their thick skins and lethal horns, but they aren't bulletproof.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11So the parks want to breed some more babies
0:02:11 > 0:02:14and Kingo here has fathered five calves in the past.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19But the big daddy suffers from a rotting foot, poor thing.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22Head of section Paul Beer has been keeping an eye on it.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25With the feet, especially with Kingo, we've had problems before.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27He gets hole in the bottom of his feet.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30The tissue rots, so the dead tissue needs cutting out.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34If we don't do anything with his feet, he could get a major infection.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38If it travels up the legs, you can't have a three-legged rhino.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42If his feet got worse, he might not be able to walk,
0:02:42 > 0:02:44let alone mate with a female rhino.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47So park vet Jane Hopper was called in to take a look.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50She scraped out all the pus and muck from the infection
0:02:50 > 0:02:54and found that it hadn't spread as far as they'd feared.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59A couple of shots of medicine, and Kingo was set to father more calves,
0:02:59 > 0:03:03which is vital to the future of black rhinos.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05At the moment, he's very important.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09To my knowledge, he's one of the only breeding males in the country.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12He's the only breeding male we have here. There's males at Chester Zoo
0:03:12 > 0:03:16and that's it in the whole of Britain. So he's highly important.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21The keepers have lined up two females for him to breed with -
0:03:21 > 0:03:26Vuyu, who he knows, and Yagga, who's a new girl in town.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29He's been in with Vuyu before. He's had two calves with her,
0:03:29 > 0:03:31one of which we sent back to Africa.
0:03:31 > 0:03:35Hopefully, they get on quite well. Hopefully there's no bloodshed.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37GROWLING
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Whoa, that sounds a bit worrying.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42The problem is, rhinos are very aggressive
0:03:42 > 0:03:45and, when they first meet up, they often fight.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47So, if there's to be a successful mating,
0:03:47 > 0:03:51Kingo will have to be introduced to the females very carefully.
0:03:51 > 0:03:56He can be a bit of a thug. In the past, he's beat the females up,
0:03:56 > 0:03:58chased them all over. He can go one of two ways.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01They get on well or he can hate them and try taking the gate off
0:04:01 > 0:04:02to get in with them.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08Since they don't want the gate or the girls damaged,
0:04:08 > 0:04:12all of the rhino section staff are standing by to step in.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Luckily, Kingo keeps his cool.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31KISSING SOUND EFFECT
0:04:31 > 0:04:34So far, so good. They seem comfortable with each other.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38A little bit of snorting on the second day, nothing to worry about.
0:04:38 > 0:04:42We've had them down here this morning, rubbing faces and kissing.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47It's a promising start, so the next step will be
0:04:47 > 0:04:49to let them all into the same paddock together
0:04:49 > 0:04:51and see if they move onto mating.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53But that's the moment of maximum danger,
0:04:53 > 0:04:56the time when they're most likely to fight.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58We'll come back to see what happens.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Elephants are the largest land animals by a mile,
0:05:09 > 0:05:14and you might think they have to eat loads of meat to grow that big.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16But actually, they're strict vegetarians.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19So they munch their way through masses of fruit and veg.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23Which, of course, results in mountains of pooh.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25But that's another story.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30I've been asked to come to the ellie section to lend a helping hand.
0:05:30 > 0:05:34And now I've seen Tom King, I understand why.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37You might be injured but, of course, the ellies still need feeding.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41- Is that right?- Yes, they do. - So what can I do to help today?
0:05:41 > 0:05:45At the moment, we're making up enrichment boxes for them.
0:05:45 > 0:05:47- So you could help by filling these boxes up.- OK.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51- We've got loads of fruit and veg. Is this all for the ellies?- Yes.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54A daily allowance or is this for a whole week?
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- No, this is just a daily allowance. - Really? How much is in here?
0:05:57 > 0:06:00It's going to be about 300-400kg of fruit.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03That's a LOT of fruit. And we've got loads of different things here.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07- Beetroot, apples... - Bananas.- The whole lot.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10Why am I putting it in boxes? Are the ellies picky with their food?
0:06:10 > 0:06:12Not necessarily picky.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15What we want to do is put something into the paddocks
0:06:15 > 0:06:19that isn't obvious, to an elephant, what it is straight away.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22So they have to use one of their senses, which is smell.
0:06:22 > 0:06:26OK, so they'll use their sense of smell to find the food in the boxes.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- Does that look like enough to you? - That looks excellent.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31- Exactly what we want. - How many ellies are out there?
0:06:31 > 0:06:35- We've got 14 elephants out there. - 14 ellies, 14 boxes.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- Luckily, this is the last one.- Yay!
0:06:39 > 0:06:42All right. This one's complete. Shall we feed those hungry ellies?
0:06:42 > 0:06:45- Let's go.- Come on, then.
0:06:56 > 0:06:59Hello and welcome to another Ask The Keeper.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01I've come out here to the African Experience
0:07:01 > 0:07:03to hook up with this brainy bunch of boffins
0:07:03 > 0:07:06who've got a few questions for keeper Nick Turk
0:07:06 > 0:07:09to see if he towers above the rest with his knowledge on the giraffe.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Look at them. They're massive.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14We have to be quiet, so we don't scare them. They're quite timid.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Have you got any questions for Nick?
0:07:17 > 0:07:20How fast can giraffes run?
0:07:20 > 0:07:25They can run at around 30mph, something like that.
0:07:25 > 0:07:29So reasonably quick. Quicker than you, anyway.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31It's taken a shine to our camera.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35Generally, out in the wild, would they run away if they saw humans?
0:07:35 > 0:07:39Yes. I went out to Tanzania a few years ago
0:07:39 > 0:07:43and got reasonable close to some and they just scattered.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45They are quite nervous animals.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49They're an animal that can be predated so they don't stick around
0:07:49 > 0:07:51if there's something they don't like.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53OK. Chloe, have you got any questions?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56What are the horns for?
0:07:56 > 0:08:01The horns are there for defence and for the sparring that males do.
0:08:01 > 0:08:05When they come across each other they whack each other with their heads.
0:08:05 > 0:08:09- How tall do giraffes usually grow up to?- That's a good one.- Ooh.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14Well, up to around 5.5 metres.
0:08:14 > 0:08:19That's very tall but I think that's the record.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24For the older people in the audience, sort of 18 foot, that sort of height.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26How long can giraffes live for?
0:08:27 > 0:08:31Sort of 30-40 years old.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33Have they got any predators?
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Generally lions or hyenas would take the babies cos they're easier.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41They will take adults, as well, but only if they really have to,
0:08:41 > 0:08:45cos they've got a wicked kick on them that will kill a lion of hyena.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48Lots of great questions there, but I think things are neck-and-neck now.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52- See what I did there with giraffes, neck?- Very good, yes.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Things are neck-and-neck now, so we need to go for the Killer Question.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59- We've done some research... - Have you?
0:08:59 > 0:09:01..and we've come up with a few questions
0:09:01 > 0:09:04that you might not find so easy to answer. Are you up for this?
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- We'll give it a go. - Brilliant. Come on, guys.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14(The question we should ask him... Giraffes have really big hearts.)
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Wicked, OK, ha-ha.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22Right, Nick. Are you ready for your Killer Question?
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Go on, then. Give it to me.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28Before we came here, we found out that giraffes have massive hearts.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32We want to know how many human hearts
0:09:32 > 0:09:35could you fit into a giraffe's heart?
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Will a guess do?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40A guess'll do. If you get it right!
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Er...let's have a look.
0:09:44 > 0:09:45Ten.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48- Final answer?- Final answer.
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- Can I phone a friend?- You can't, unfortunately, and you're WAY off.
0:09:51 > 0:09:57- It's 36! You can fit 36 human hearts inside a giraffe's heart.- Really?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00- I didn't know that.- Amazing, isn't it?- You learn something every day.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04I'm pretty impressed with your knowledge of these giraffes.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06Guys, thumbs up or thumbs down for Nick?
0:10:07 > 0:10:11- Thumbs up.- Thumbs up.- Oh, yeah. - Thank you very much. Cheers.
0:10:11 > 0:10:14Well done, Nick. You are definitely head and shoulders above the rest.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16Giraffes, head and...
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Join us next time for another Ask The Keeper.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Oo-oo-oo-oo! Ah-ah-ah-ah!
0:10:22 > 0:10:26What's big, grey and has horns?
0:10:26 > 0:10:28An elephant marching band.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30# Do-do-do-do. #
0:10:32 > 0:10:34Ah-ah-ah-ah!
0:10:34 > 0:10:39- Why did the frog go to the hospital? - Don't know.- He needed a hoperation.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44HE SNORTS
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- What happens when a cow doesn't shave?- I don't know.
0:10:47 > 0:10:50He grows a moo-stache.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53THEY LAUGH
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Earlier on, Tom and I filled some boxes with fruit
0:11:05 > 0:11:08and we placed them inside the ellies' paddock.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09One over here,
0:11:09 > 0:11:10one over there,
0:11:10 > 0:11:13one in the tree and, to make it MORE difficult for the ellies,
0:11:13 > 0:11:15we've placed them in some holes.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17The ellies are coming through now.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Tom, trunks to the ground. Are they sniffing out the fruit?
0:11:20 > 0:11:22- Are they going to find it?- Yeah.
0:11:22 > 0:11:26They use their trunks to pick up the scent of the fruit and veg
0:11:26 > 0:11:28that we chop up and put all around the paddocks.
0:11:28 > 0:11:33They'll see the boxes but they can't see the fruit and veg inside them.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36So, hopefully, they'll use their trunks to find out where it is.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39You say they can see them. Do they have great eyesight?
0:11:39 > 0:11:43We always talk about sense of smell but never their eyesight.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Elephants have probably got the same kind of eyesight as humans -
0:11:46 > 0:11:48- 20/20 vision.- OK.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51They can't see any better than we can see in the dark...
0:11:51 > 0:11:54- Right.- ..but their sense of smell is far greater than ours.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57- So if they see a box... This little one, who's this?- That's Juva.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Unfortunately, she's just gone through Jums's box.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03We made one big box up for Jums.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05So, hopefully he won't get told off.
0:12:05 > 0:12:08And now he's left that box and gone over... Is that his mum?
0:12:08 > 0:12:14- That's Davit, yeah.- Brilliant. So Davit's now tore that box open.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15Obviously smelt the fruit.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18But how comes he's left that box and gone to mummy's box?
0:12:18 > 0:12:22He probably thinks what she's got is better than what he's got.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26And he probably heard me say, "That's Jums's box." That's his daddy's box.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28- He's going to get into trouble. - He will.
0:12:28 > 0:12:33Tom, here comes the big fella, dragging his trunk along the floor.
0:12:33 > 0:12:34This is Jums, isn't it?
0:12:34 > 0:12:36That's right, yeah. Now there'll be problems.
0:12:36 > 0:12:40Who's there going to be problems with?
0:12:40 > 0:12:43- With elephants, you have a hierarchy within the females.- Right.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47- Jums, the bull elephant, is outside that structure.- OK.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50When you're an elephant, size matters.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54So all the elephants will give way to Jums, because he's bigger.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57When he came in there, it was like he greeted Shibi with his trunk.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- Do they shake hands, almost, or am I seeing things?- No.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Trunks are very, very tactile.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07If you can imagine, you can smell through your hand,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09this is why you see elephants putting their trunks
0:13:09 > 0:13:13in other elephants' mouths, touching other elephants' bodies.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17OK. So they use the trunk to - like Jums -
0:13:17 > 0:13:20pick things up and put them in their mouths, like he's put that box in.
0:13:20 > 0:13:25- They use it to touch, to carry things, to break things?- Oh, yeah.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30That trunk's great. I want myself one of them trunks, I do!
0:13:30 > 0:13:32- It's very useful.- It is.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37So there he is, snorting up all his fruit. Is it snorting or grabbing?
0:13:37 > 0:13:42What he's doing is picking individual bits of fruit and veg up.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45If he snorts it too much, it'll go right up his nose.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49That's what the trunk is - it's an extension of the nose.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51What would happen if he did that? Would he sneeze it out?
0:13:51 > 0:13:55He probably would and I would duck if it's coming towards you.
0:13:55 > 0:13:58It's been fascinating to watch them today.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00Of course, there is still one box left.
0:14:00 > 0:14:04Before Jums comes over, I think we should get out of here.
0:14:04 > 0:14:06- It's a good idea.- Come on, then.- OK.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14OK, then. Back to the rhinos,
0:14:14 > 0:14:17who were kissing through the fence the last time we saw them.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20The keepers are hoping they'll mate and make some more babies like this.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24But Kingo the bull rhino might attack,
0:14:24 > 0:14:27and even kill, the females instead.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Paul Beer's decided there's only one way to find out.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34This morning, we're putting Kingo in with Vuyu and Yagga.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38He's not been with females for two years, so he could be excited.
0:14:38 > 0:14:41Things have been good between them for the past few days.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44We're just going to open the gate and go for it.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Paul will yet Vuyu and Yagga in at one end of the paddock,
0:14:47 > 0:14:49and deputy head of section, Nick Turk,
0:14:49 > 0:14:53is standing by with the big daddy at the other.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55We'll let Kingo out first and he can wander.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57Then we'll let the girls go
0:14:57 > 0:15:01and hopefully they'll link up and we won't have too much bloodshed.
0:15:01 > 0:15:05Paul seems pretty cool about it, but these guys could do a lot of harm.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07And how could anyone stop them?
0:15:07 > 0:15:10Nick's brought something along just in case.
0:15:10 > 0:15:16One of the only things that'll split off two fighting rhinos
0:15:16 > 0:15:19is a fire extinguisher. Hopefully we won't need it.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22The keepers know from experience
0:15:22 > 0:15:24that the sound of a fire extinguisher being let off
0:15:24 > 0:15:28would surprise the rhinos and probably make them stop fighting.
0:15:28 > 0:15:29So now they're ready to begin.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- Right, do you want to give nick a shout?- Want to let Kingo go now?
0:15:35 > 0:15:37OK, Kira.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43It's time to find out whether Kingo will try to mate with the females...
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Go on, son, on you go.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47..or attack them.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50Meet your girlfriends.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52'Right, OK. I'll let the two girls go.'
0:15:52 > 0:15:53OK.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56All right, V.
0:15:56 > 0:15:57Oi!
0:15:57 > 0:15:59She IS keen to meet Kingo.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04There's a good chance they won't fight - they've mated twice before.
0:16:04 > 0:16:05Last time was eight years ago,
0:16:05 > 0:16:09but scientists think rhinos have excellent memories.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Vuyu's leading the way happily enough.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18She's been quite keen on going in with Kingo.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22Yagga's not so keen, but then she's quite a nervous animal.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Ideally, Vuyu will now go with Yagga to back her up till she sees Kingo.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29She'll probably panic and run, which is the last thing I want,
0:16:29 > 0:16:34because Kingo will chase her. We want to keep it as calm as we can.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36Paul and Nick are very experienced keepers.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38They've done everything possible
0:16:38 > 0:16:41to make sure the rhinos' meeting goes smoothly.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44But these guys have poor eyesight,
0:16:44 > 0:16:48the females may be surprised and frightened when they see Kingo.
0:16:49 > 0:16:54Here we go. He's a couple of hundred metres away, heading for her.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Right, Nick, he's right in amongst Yuvu and Yagga.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18Vuyu's just going over to him.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27He's squeaked and run off the other way.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29I'm not sure what he was doing there.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Whether he's realised the girls are in with him...
0:17:32 > 0:17:36But at least Vuyu isn't spooked. In fact, she's strolling after him.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Looks like she'll have to persuade him it's time to have babies.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43So we'll come back later to see if Kingo IS keen to mate.
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0:18:10 > 0:18:13We've been following the progress of an adorable, and very rare,
0:18:13 > 0:18:17grizzled leaf monkey baby over the last few days.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20We put a camera in the monkeys' bedroom
0:18:20 > 0:18:23and, despite the mischievous efforts of his dad,
0:18:23 > 0:18:27we recorded brilliant pictures of what they did at night,
0:18:27 > 0:18:29which no-one has ever seen before.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Adam has invited me to come and meet him down at the enclosure.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Adam, where is this momentous monkey?
0:18:36 > 0:18:39At the moment, mum and the baby are right at the top, there.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Wow, OK. Why are they so shy?
0:18:41 > 0:18:46It is natural behaviour for them. Any danger, they shoot straight up,
0:18:46 > 0:18:48as they would do in trees.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51A lot safer up there, very acrobatic up there.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54They can get away from a lot of things when they need to.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56If we're on the ground, they want to be away from us.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00- Do they have a lot of predators in the wild?- They can do.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Being high up isn't always the safest place.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07Eagles and birds of prey might take some of the youngsters.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Potentially, snakes can and carnivores on the floor can, too,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13so they do have some predators they've got to watch out for.
0:19:13 > 0:19:17How do they defend themselves? Do they have big teeth or claws?
0:19:17 > 0:19:19The males do have fairly large teeth,
0:19:19 > 0:19:23but it's probably not enough to defend against the larger predators.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25What does the future hold for the baby?
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Hopefully, in the future, we can get a few more animals.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30This offspring is actually related
0:19:30 > 0:19:33to virtually every other animal of this species that we have.
0:19:33 > 0:19:37So it's very important for us to get new animals, which we did recently,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40so they can be paired up so there's no genetic problems with them,
0:19:40 > 0:19:43so they're not inbreeding, things like that.
0:19:43 > 0:19:46He's got years, yet, to be fully developed
0:19:46 > 0:19:47and he can stay in a group,
0:19:47 > 0:19:49so he's got a good life ahead of him.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52He's got a good mum, as we can see.
0:19:52 > 0:19:56All the food keeps him growing, hopefully, and he should be fine.
0:19:56 > 0:19:58You must be loving it that you're here
0:19:58 > 0:20:00for such a critically endangered animal
0:20:00 > 0:20:04and you've been looking after them as another one comes along.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Oh, sure, it's a real privilege.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10There's no-one else in the world looking after these guys,
0:20:10 > 0:20:12so it's a great thing.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Obviously, any baby is important but, as they are so endangered,
0:20:16 > 0:20:20it's even more important and it's just really great to see.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- It's what we're here for. - Adam, congratulations.
0:20:23 > 0:20:24What an amazing achievement.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26I reckon they look content and chilled out
0:20:26 > 0:20:28so we should leave them to it.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32We'll check on them later in the series to see how they're doing.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42I always think it's really difficult
0:20:42 > 0:20:44to pick the cutest babies in the parks.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48Because, with over 400 different kinds of animals here,
0:20:48 > 0:20:50there are just so many to choose from.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55But it's hard to imagine anything sweeter than the baby capybaras,
0:20:55 > 0:20:58which grow up to be the biggest rodents in the world,
0:20:58 > 0:21:00and live in most parts of South America.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03The babies change really fast.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06Shelley Ansell is one of their keepers.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07We had three babies born.
0:21:07 > 0:21:12At the moment, they're only the size of your household guinea pig.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16It's an average-size litter. They can have up to six.
0:21:16 > 0:21:19That's a good litter for mum, as well.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22It means the babies haven't got to fight for their food.
0:21:22 > 0:21:24There's enough to go around.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26This brings our main group up to ten.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29In the wild, you could have groups of up to 150,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32so ten's quite a small number,
0:21:32 > 0:21:34but, for this paddock, it's a nice size.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40Capybaras are born ready and raring to go.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44They come out, they're spitting image of mum and dad.
0:21:44 > 0:21:50Eyes open, running around. Four days old, they're up, playing,
0:21:50 > 0:21:54climbing all over mum and the other babies we've got.
0:21:54 > 0:21:59They come out ready to run around because they are prey animals,
0:21:59 > 0:22:02they've to be ready to run from anything that'll eat them
0:22:02 > 0:22:05and keep up with the rest of the family.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12In the last four days, the babies have come on really well.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15We've seen them running around, chasing each other.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19They've been playing with the other youngsters,
0:22:19 > 0:22:24suckling from mum, which is always a good sign and nice to see.
0:22:24 > 0:22:25It's going really well.
0:22:29 > 0:22:33In the next few months, they'd grow slowly.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37Six months old, they might be sitting this big.
0:22:37 > 0:22:42Once they get to mum and dad's size, they'll be sitting next to me,
0:22:42 > 0:22:43pretty much level.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47So, yeah, it should be really good to watch then develop.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50There'll be lots of new things to watch them do.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00Right, let's see how it's going with the attempt to get some new babies
0:23:00 > 0:23:01in the rhino paddock.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06They've let the bull, Kingo, in with two females - Vuyu and Yagga -
0:23:06 > 0:23:07hoping that they'll mate,
0:23:07 > 0:23:11although the keepers are worried they'll have a fight instead.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16So far, though, Kingo has been quite interested in Yuvu,
0:23:16 > 0:23:18but he's been ignoring Yagga
0:23:18 > 0:23:21and she's the one that head keeper Paul and his team
0:23:21 > 0:23:24are really worried might suddenly cause a fight.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28This is going to be the test for Yagga.
0:23:30 > 0:23:32Paul, how's Yagga?
0:23:33 > 0:23:37'She's just standing there, happily eating at the moment.'
0:23:42 > 0:23:46Kingo's six feet from Yagga. She's not backing down or snorting.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48She seems quite chilled out.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52So Yagga doesn't seem interested in Kingo,
0:23:52 > 0:23:55but Vuyu's being very friendly to him.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57That could mean she's ready to get pregnant,
0:23:57 > 0:24:01and bull rhinos have a genius, if slightly weird, way of checking.
0:24:01 > 0:24:02It's called flehmen
0:24:02 > 0:24:06and it means smelling and tasting the female's wee.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12He tends to lick the urine up and test it.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16He'd stand there looking like an idiot - his mouth open, lip up.
0:24:16 > 0:24:20He'd be testing to see who they are, whether they're ready for mating,
0:24:20 > 0:24:21and just checking them out, really.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24That's normal adult behaviour for a bull rhino.
0:24:24 > 0:24:27A lot of other animals do it.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30It may seem yucky to us, but Kingo's clearly happy with it,
0:24:30 > 0:24:32because they start rubbing noses.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36They do that for a while - rub faces, then they might start knocking horns
0:24:36 > 0:24:40and play-fighting for a while, then Vuyu will hopefully stand for him
0:24:40 > 0:24:42and he'll mate her. That's the plan.
0:24:43 > 0:24:47I think she's ready for mating and Kingo certainly looks ready.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50So...we could have a mating this morning.
0:24:52 > 0:24:57If Paul's right, there's a fair chance that, 15 months from now,
0:24:57 > 0:25:01there'll be another baby rhino, like Grumeti, toddling round the paddock,
0:25:01 > 0:25:04which would be fantastic.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11So far, Vuyu's quite sociable with Kingo.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14She's stood for him but there's no mating yet.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18Give it time, hopefully have a mating by the end of the day.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21Just got to remember exactly what you're supposed to be doing.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26And I'm pleased to report that, a little while later, they DID mate,
0:25:26 > 0:25:30and now she's expecting a calf. Everyone is really pleased
0:25:30 > 0:25:35and looking forward to hearing the thunder of tiny hooves again.
0:25:47 > 0:25:50It's nearly the end of the show, but not quite.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52We've managed to squeeze out an extra couple of minutes
0:25:52 > 0:25:56to help head keeper Simon Jeffery with the colobus dinner feed.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59Hiya, Simon. I can hear the trees a-fluttering.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Are these colobus monkeys hungry, at all?
0:26:01 > 0:26:04I think they might be. They're always hungry.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07They're not shy, at all. Look at this.
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Are they quite a brave monkey? More importantly, are we safe in here
0:26:10 > 0:26:12with so many hungry mouths to feed?
0:26:12 > 0:26:15These are a very confident monkey, but we are safe.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18They're not aggressive towards us at all, which is why you're in here.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20Brilliant. That's good to know.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23As we can see, they're all around us. Is there a hierarchy at all?
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Can only the head colobus come down first for food?
0:26:26 > 0:26:30There is a hierarchy, but all of them will come down to try and eat.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33- Ooh!- Whoa! - THEY LAUGH
0:26:33 > 0:26:34He must be one of the bosses.
0:26:35 > 0:26:38Usually, the head male will stand in the background
0:26:38 > 0:26:41and wait for the others to come down and feed,
0:26:41 > 0:26:43- and keep an eye out for predators. - That's really nice.
0:26:43 > 0:26:47- It's just first come, first served for the others?- Yeah.- Perfect.
0:26:47 > 0:26:50Will they save the leader some food, because they know he's the leader?
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Generally they're in an area where there's enough food.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55He can come down and get what he needs
0:26:55 > 0:26:58once one of the others finishes and takes his place.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Thank you for letting us pop down.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02We've got some serious feeding to do.
0:27:02 > 0:27:05Whilst we do that, check out what's on the next episode of Roar.
0:27:05 > 0:27:06Here you go.
0:27:08 > 0:27:12The wild dogs have some puppies. But where have they hidden them?
0:27:12 > 0:27:15Monkey medicine.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Do the capuchins use herbs to make them better,
0:27:18 > 0:27:20or do they just like the taste?
0:27:20 > 0:27:22And slithering snakes.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24We'll meet all the latest arrivals
0:27:24 > 0:27:28in the creepy-crawly world of the Discovery Zone.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29Don't miss it.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37Subtitles by Zoe Short Red Bee Media Ltd
0:27:37 > 0:27:40E-mail subtitling@bbc.co.uk