Episode 19 Roar

Today, on Roar. The hand-reared baby otters have been thriving.

But there are tough times ahead.

Will they survive the great outdoors,

and swimming for the first time?

-Hello, and welcome to Roar. I'm Rani.

-And I'm Johny.

-Johny, fancy a game of guess who?

-Go on. You're on.

OK. What am I?

SHE GROANS

I've got no idea. My Auntie Ruth?

I'm a Bearded Dragon!

Rani, that looks nothing like a Bearded Dragon.

Oh, and how would you know?

Because this is a Bearded Dragon.

-Amazing! I think we should get on with another amazing show!

-Me, too.

Coming up today...

The wolf pack go hunting.

And their prey is running for its life.

Let's just hope Johny doesn't mess it up.

I think I've lost control...Oh, he's gone off road!

Even cleaning up the tapir pool won't stop our rangers

from falling in love.

And, training the new Roar presenter isn't going as well as we'd hoped.

Archie. Say goodbye.

-Goodbye, Archie.

-Goodbye.

-Goodbye.

All of you regular Roar-ers will have been following the story

of two of the cutest animals we've ever seen.

The baby otters.

When they were born, their mum, Rosie, couldn't look after them.

The keepers had to step in, and hand rear them.

Their lives were hanging by a thread.

But they turned out to be two little fighters,

and have gone on from strength to strength.

We were there for their first feed.

We've weighed them...

Working on Roar I've seen some cute things in my time,

but they're definitely top five.

And followed every part of their development so far.

Just look at them now.

Kasem, the boy, and Sumalee, the girl, are eight-weeks-old,

and keeper Bev, who has raised them from birth,

is as proud as any mum could be.

This is Sumalee. I'm giving her

one of her bottles of milk.

She's getting fed every five hours.

It was every two hours.

Her teeth have started to come through.

Recently, they've been teething, and doing a lot of chewing.

Also, the fur is completely different to how they used to be.

They used to be a lot more grey fur,

and are now a lot more brown fur.

They're a lot bigger.

They're putting on so much weight, which is brilliant.

They're turning out to be right little characters.

I've noticed he's a bit more boisterous.

He's more adventurous, compared to her.

She likes to stick by.

She follows him around.

She's very cheeky indeed.

But, the comforts of the otter nursery are about to change.

At this age in the wild, otter parents

would take their young pups out of the holt

for the first time, to face the dangers

of the outside world.

Foster mum Bev is doing the same today.

I'm going to let them out for a bit of exercise now.

This is their first time outside.

This is where they'd start to come out with Mum for a bit of exercise.

I'll just pop them down,

see what they make of the enclosure.

The first few steps are hesitant.

But, they soon get their confidence.

# MUSIC: Black Eyed Peas "Let's Get It Started"

Bev hopes to reintroduce the pups back in with Mum and Dad

when they're a bit older.

But, for now, she's the carer.

Basically, I'm their mum.

If they were with Rosie,

they'd follow her around.

It's a security thing, as well.

This is their first time outside,

so they're unsure of the different smells, different noises.

Sometimes they call out to say, "Where are you? Come back!"

I think they definitely like being out and about.

They'll start climbing on things on their own

once they get better on their feet.

They're still a bit wobbly.

Once they get better at it, and do it more often,

they'll be able to climb around a lot more, which will be brilliant.

But, now they're a lot bigger and stronger,

it's great to see them come out and play and do really well.

The first challenge has gone well today.

But there's a much tougher one still to come.

Kasem and Sumalee have never seen water before.

But they must learn how to swim.

But, will it be a splash too far?

Up in the Safari Park, the wolves are getting excited.

They've spotted a strange creature in their territory.

Johny is in the middle of the pack.

Wolves are formidable, cunning, and elusive hunters.

We've come up with an ingenious plan to see them in action.

We couldn't put real live prey in here, but we have this guy.

This is Robo Deer.

How are you doing, Stu?

I'm all right, Johny, thanks.

We have a plan, haven't we?

We're going to put this chap in the wolves' enclosure.

What d'you think they'll do when they see this thing?

I think it could go either way.

They could grab hold of it, and rip it to shreds,

or they might suss it out. We shall see.

I guess I need to get out there.

Will that be all right? I see them circling.

I think you're all clear.

Here we go. Wish me luck.

All right, Stu?

Yep.

You better not go too much further,

-cos they're showing a lot of interest.

-Oh, gosh. OK.

'Robot Deer's a remote controlled car

'I can steer from inside the truck.

'We want to test how the wolf pack would hunt in the wild.'

He's moving. Robo Deer is moving.

-Look, they're all following it.

-They're into it now.

You would not want that pack of wolves after you, would you?

No, I certainly wouldn't!

THEY LAUGH

Thankfully, it IS just a Robo Deer.

Look at this! They're going to go for it!

One of them will have a go at this soon.

I'm so glad I'm not that Robo Deer.

That is the beta male. He's second in charge.

-Second in charge?

-That's him, yeah.

Look at this. Wow!

That's incredible!

Funny that, even though it's a small thing, one hasn't come up

and torn it to shreds already.

They're clearly trying to think about it.

They are. They're trying to suss that out, as well.

'The big, bad wolf isn't as brave as he thought.'

'Let's see that again.'

Funny how once it started moving, they all went for it.

I think I've lost control of Robo Dear.

He's gone off road. I can't get him to move.

This guy that's going in now, that's showing interest.

He's bottom of the pack.

Often, they send the bottom of the pack in first,

just to check for danger.

So, if that thing gets up and bites it,

they know to back off.

Look, there's two of them now.

Why are they doing that with the paws?

It's trying to establish a physical contact with it.

If it turns round and bites him,

he's not going in fully for it.

Stu, if this really was live prey,

would just one go in for the kill, or would they all go in at once?

Probably, the majority of the pack would follow,

and possibly

a subgroup would go in straightaway,

which would generally be led by one of the top dogs.

Then his forces would join in from there on in.

Such an organised way to hunt.

It's a very structured ranking system.

It looks like they might have lost a bit of interest now.

-It looks like they have.

-Do they know they can't eat it?

They may have realised, "It's not food, it's of no interest to us."

Though they didn't go in for the kill,

I found that unnerving to watch those wolves circling,

so we do need Robo Deer back.

Could you be the omega and get it for me? I'll play alpha.

-OK, boss.

-Brilliant.

'So, Robo Deer has survived the wolf pack.

'But how will it fare when it goes into the lions' den,

'disguised as a zebra?

'Find out later in the series.'

Why is the fish shop always crowded?

Because the fish FILLET.

BOTH: Miaow!

What kind of monkey can fly?

A hot air baboon.

MONKEY NOISES

-Why was the spider on the computer?

-I don't know.

Because he was searching the web.

LAUGHING

Our Roar Rangers today are sisters.

Eleanor is 11, and Izzy is eight.

I want to be a Roar Ranger because I love animals, I am an animal,

and I love wolves.

Woo-ooh!

My favourite animal in the world is a leopard.

I'd love to go up to one, and cuddle it.

That would be nice.

At home, the girls have a pet dog called Penny,

and two hamsters named Snowcoat and Spirit.

But, with over a thousand animals at the Safari Park,

they may be looking after something a little bigger today.

THEY CHEER

I can't wait to get my hands dirty.

Let's hope they don't do too much poo.

You're going to get your hands in mucky, mucky muck!

Time to meet keeper Bev.

We're in the tapir paddock today.

-You've come to give me a hand, is that right?

-BOTH: Yep.

OK. Start off with the worst job today.

Poo.

Yes, it's poo-related, I'm afraid.

-If you're ready for pooper-scooping...

-OK.

-Excellent.

-Poop Patrol!

We haven't got too much poo today.

It's just that big lump of brown down there.

Oh, no. It's wet poo. In the pond.

If you want to try and scoop it, without getting too dirty.

Keep pulling it up a bit,

and then put it in the pot, so I can take it away.

A giant blob of poo!

If you can aim it at the bucket,

without getting it anywhere else.

Oh, look at that.

Well done.

# Something strange in the neighbourhood

# Who are you going to call?

# Poobusters! #

Tapirs usually go to the toilet in water.

Luckily, it's near the side of the pond today,

and not in the middle.

That's a lot of poo.

We had this pond cleaned out this morning,

and that's only one poo.

She's a big girl.

You'll meet her in a bit.

She does poo a lot during the day.

How much do they eat to do all this poo?

She's grazing at the grass all day, as it's summer, so she's eating...

Oh, my gosh! She's eating quite a lot!

It's on my hand! It's on my hand!

What are you, Izzy? A poo keeper, or a zoo keeper?

Just remember to wash your hands well once the job's done.

She is like a cow, or more like a horse.

Can I wipe this on the grass?

Yes, I would. If you can find somewhere clean.

Don't come near me!

- Would you like a hug, Eleanor? - No, thank you, Izzy.

Has she got diarrhoea? No...

Does she drink from this lake?

She could if she's swimming round. She's probably take in some water.

She can drink from the top where the stream comes in,

but we make sure she has a clean drink here.

I wouldn't swim...

She doesn't mind so much.

She likes swimming in here.

In the wild, tapirs spend a lot of time in the water.

It helps keep them safe from predators, like jaguars.

It keeps the insects off, and helps them cool down.

That's lovely, girls. Well done. I think we're nearly there.

That's the bottom of the pond. I think we've got the poo out.

-Can I wash my hands?

-Yes, I think we better.

With a clean pond, and clean hands,

what did our rangers think of their stinky job?

It was very stinky. I'm glad I don't have tapir' nose.

It's not that bad,

it's just recycled grass.

Recycled grass? So is a compost heap!

Stay with us to see what happens when Izzy and Eleanor finally meet

the massive poo machine herself,

Jessie the tapir.

It's been a really busy time

in Longleat East Africa Reserve this year.

There have been loads of baby zebra and giraffe born.

For the keepers,

keeping the giraffes fed is almost a full-time job.

They can eat up to 60 kilograms of fresh food every day.

That's like us having 126 burgers.

I'm on my way to the giraffery to help out with feeding time.

This is really exciting. Andy has invited me for breakfast.

Not with him, that would be messy.

But with these beauties, the Rothschild giraffe.

Thanks so much, Andy.

I hope we're not doing egg on toast,

cos I'm rubbish at cooking.

We'll give them a ration of their hard feed every morning.

We give them this pelleted feed.

They get about a third of what they get throughout the day

for breakfast to pep them up for the day,

so they're bouncing round for all our visitor.

If you take this one, we have eight feeders along here.

If you split that between the first three, I'll do the rest.

SHE GROANS

-It's quite heavy.

-It's not that.

They're blowing so much hot air,

I feel I'm in a wind tunnel.

They have very big nostrils, not to be mean to the ladies.

So every morning you give them the pellets?

And this is filled with loads of goodness and stuff?

Yeah. It has pretty much all they need.

In the evening, they get some other food, as well.

Looking at the giraffes,

these are huge ladies.

How do they all sleep in here?

I can't see any duvets.

Do they lie down, sit down? What happens?

They won't all go to sleep at the same time.

Giraffe probably only sleep for two hours a night.

Somebody will always be standing guard.

They can also doze standing up.

Just look in here. We never get to see them like this.

How many are in there?

There's 14 in here. The little ones are in here, as well.

-That's our new boy.

-He has a bit of a naughty look in his eye.

He has a little bit of attitude about him.

He's brilliant, because he's pretty feisty.

Kaiser's very quiet but that's probably to do with Mum,

cos Imogen is so laid back. So easy-going, she just plods around.

-He's like mum.

-It's fantastic to see them like this.

They seem to be getting on with eating their breakfast.

Andy, I'll leave you now.

I know you probably have to do the cleaning out,

and don't want me to get in the way.

I don't mind. You can give us a hand.

-Thanks, Andy. Take care!

-Rani, come back!

Back at Animal Adventure,

the two baby otters are facing another big challenge.

Their first swimming lesson.

They've never seen water before so it's going to be very frightening.

In the wild, otters spend much of their time in the water

as they hunt for their food.

Their homes, or holts, as they're called,

are usually in riverbanks so, if they're to survive,

young otters have to learn to swim at an early age.

What we're going to do is put them in a bit of water in the sink

because in the wild this is about the age they'd start coming out

and Mum and Dad would chuck them in the water as such

and they would start learning to swim.

So I'm going to put them in and see what their reaction is.

MUSIC: "I Go Swimming" by Peter Gabriel

# I go swimming

# Swimming in the water

# Swimming in the river Swimming in the sea

# I go swimming... #

OK, this is just the baby pool but they seem to be enjoying it.

# Swimming in the water

# Swimming in the pool

# Swimming is cool

# I go swimming... #

This is the first time I had to teach the otters to swim

so it's a new experience for me to see their reaction, really.

I've seen Rosie do it to her young in the past.

Basically, they just chuck them in, they try and paddle for a bit

and then they go in and bring them back out.

But to see their reaction like this, I've never seen before.

It's good fun. It's interesting.

They've got two types of fur.

One is to insulate them and keep them nice and warm

and one's to sort of waterproof them as such as well.

And of course their feet are designed webbed to help them swim

and also their tails are quite fit - they use that as a propeller

to help them swim around

You enjoy that?

I'm going to try and dry them off a bit.

They probably would roll around in the hay

and straw in the enclosure to dry off.

Mum would probably dry them off too.

I think they enjoyed it.

I think it was different sort of smells again in there.

It's good for them to get in the water and give them

a nice bath as well.

Today's swimming lesson has gone well

but the next challenge for Kasem

and Sumalee is to take the plunge in the deep end.

We will probably start doing it every couple of days. Introduce it.

Once they get a bit better, we'll do it every day.

Eventually, they'll go outside.

We'll give them a little paddling pool or something.

It's been a big day for the youngsters and for Bev,

who is quite the proud mum.

It's been quite exhausting, really, hand-rearing them.

Especially the beginning getting up every two hours to feed them.

When they start living here at night and I can't take them home,

that's going to be very hard and strange.

But it's definitely worth it.

To see them grown up and be how they are now, is brilliant.

It's the best feeling in the world.

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Up in the tapir paddock our two Roar Rangers, Izzy and Eleanor,

have cleaned up all that stinky poo.

And now comes the fun bit - meeting Jessie for some tapir tickling.

She's very, very well behaved. She's quite a good tapir, actually.

She's lovely.

Izzy, if you want to keep tickling her

and, Eleanor, if I give you the brush

-and you start brushing her back for me.

-OK.

And then she'll stay still.

She'll stay better when she's getting a lot of attention

and she's getting tickled and scratched

she does better at standing still and being brushed.

Although Jessie enjoys the attention,

she is still a wild animal

so the only reason our rangers can get this close

is because they're with Bev, who is a trained keeper.

How often do you need to brush her?

We brush her every day because she's still moulting quite a lot.

I can see.

Getting the summer coat through. So some of the hair's coming out.

But it also makes any of the dry skin go away.

It makes her look pretty and also,

sometimes we come in in the morning and she's all muddy

and she's been down in the ditch mooching about, in the pond

so it's always worth giving her a brush.

Jessie is a Brazilian tapir.

They are the largest land animals in South America

and live in rainforests from Venezuela in the north

to Argentina in the south.

She's got quite big ears and quite a big nose.

What's her main sense?

She's very good at listening.

Her eyesight isn't brilliant

and obviously she's in the big dense rainforest

and she'll be listening out of her ears

and she's got quite a good sense of smell

but that's more for food.

A tapir is both a browser and a grazer.

They use their incredible nose like a finger,

plucking leaves from branches

and rummaging around on the ground for food.

With that big, bendy nose,

you might think tapirs are related to elephants

but actually their closest relatives are rhinos and horses.

This is wonderful. She's just got a bit of nose slobber on me.

It's a bit of a compliment actually, coming from a tapir.

I think our Roar Rangers have fallen in love

though I'm not sure that Mum and Dad

would want Jessie hogging the sofa at home.

- I think it's be better if you take a baby one home.

- Her eyes are closing, she's falling asleep.

- She looks really happy.

Here she goes. Watch out, girls, she's going to roll.

-She's lying down!

-There you go.

She's like a dog. My dog likes me rubbing her tummy.

-You two don't want to leave her now, do you?

-No.

If our rangers can pull themselves away for just one minute,

they now have to get the tapir's food ball

and fill it up with some tasty treats.

How often do you let her play with it?

We normally give it to her every other day,

otherwise she gets too used to it and gets bored.

-Should I put it on the ground?

-Yes, let's see what she does.

She's playing football.

Our rangers have done a great job

but, sadly, they have to say their goodbyes.

So, we'll head off, I think. If that's all right.

Yeah. I'll miss her.

It was absolutely fantastic being tapir keepers.

Expert poo-picking, actually.

I'm very glad no-one fell in the pond. It's always a bonus.

Brushing her was the best part

because as soon as we finished she just lay down going...

Very good grooming, very good round Jessie.

Jessie was very well behaved. So, I think it all went very well.

BOTH: Tapirs are fantastic.

Love the tapirs.

PARROT VOICE: We've come to the end of another episode of Roar.

Er, Johny, what you doing there?

I'm just trying to train the parrot to say something.

I think you need some help with this.

-Amy is an expert here with the parrots, aren't you?

-Yeah.

Johny's trying to teach Archie here a whole phrase. Is this possible?

You can teach them. They do have a wide range of vocabulary

so they do pick up things really easily.

Archie's really young, really intelligent,

so he'll pick up things straightaway.

But training them is so much harder than it looks.

How do you go about training a parrot?

With words, it's just repeating the words and rewarding them,

so when they say the word, you give them a reward.

Archie says a couple of things and knows

if he says what you ask him to say he will get a reward so he'll say it.

Come on then, we all want to know, what can Archie say?

Archie can say hello.

Every parrot should be able to say that.

He can do a cheeky laugh. And he can blow a kiss as well.

I love it. Can you get him to do any of that now?

-Yeah.

-Wicked.

Archie, you going to do your laugh? Ha-ha-ha.

ARCHIE LAUGHS Very good, good boy.

-That is brilliant!

-Absolutely amazing!

Like you said, he gets his little reward after that.

-So he's happy and we...

-He's happy.

As it's nearly the end of the show, can we teach him to say goodbye?

-You could teach him, by all means, yeah.

-Right, Archie? Goodbye.

That was rubbish. I'll do it. Archie, say goodbye.

-Goodbye, Archie.

-Goodbye.

-Goodbye. Goodbye.

-Goodbye, Arch...

Maybe we need a really big bag of nuts.

I think we've got our work cut out.

While we try and get Archie here to play ball,

why don't you check out what coming up on the next episode of Roar.

He might be saying it by then. Goodbye.

Next time, it's the animal Olympics and the finalists are warming up

to see who is the fastest in the park.

The lions are looking confident

but could Dave the tortoise be a contender?

The anteater might not be a sprinter

but she'd certainly win the longest tongue award.

And in the being brave category,

Johny lets the side down when the bats get a bit fruity.

I have got a bat on me. I have actually got a bat on me.

-Is he all right?

-He's fine.

Don't miss it.

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