0:00:02 > 0:00:05Today on Roar, the keepers need to move the otters,
0:00:05 > 0:00:08but they've got razor-sharp teeth and they're ready to fight.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10For such small animals, they are dangerous.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13About the most dangerous thing we keep.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16Watch out - it's going to be a battle.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Brrr...!
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Hello, and welcome to Roar. I'm Rani.
0:00:45 > 0:00:49And I'm Johno. Oh, this is useless. No matter how many pies we eat,
0:00:49 > 0:00:52we'll never have chins as big and wobbly as a pelican's.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55You know what? It's not a challenge I want to take on.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57So, erm, what else can we do?
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Erm, maybe we should just get on with the rest of the show?
0:01:00 > 0:01:02- I like it.- Yeah. Nice.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Coming up today...
0:01:06 > 0:01:08Down in the bat cave, Roar Ranger Toby
0:01:08 > 0:01:11must face his fear and tackle a gruesome task.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15It smells terrible and it's just disgusting everywhere.
0:01:15 > 0:01:16Aw...
0:01:16 > 0:01:18'We'll see who's got the bottle
0:01:18 > 0:01:21'to take on the stick insects from hell.'
0:01:23 > 0:01:27And Johny's looking worried on a dangerous mission
0:01:27 > 0:01:28to feed the wolves.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31I've done some things in my time, Bob,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34but I've never gone in a wolf enclosure with their food!
0:01:34 > 0:01:37WOLVES HOWL
0:01:44 > 0:01:47They're cute, they're fast and there's lots of them.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51A whole mob, in fact. They're the meerkats.
0:02:04 > 0:02:08It's feeding time here in the meerkat enclosure
0:02:08 > 0:02:11and with 14 hungry mouths to feed, things can get crazy.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15That's why keeper John has asked me down here today to help him.
0:02:15 > 0:02:16- Hi, John!- Hi.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- So are you doing a bit of tidying? - Of course.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20I have some food for the meerkats...
0:02:20 > 0:02:22but I can't see any meerkats!
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- No, they're not in right now.- Oh.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- Aren't we going to feed them?- We are. We'll scatter their food around
0:02:27 > 0:02:30so they have to look around and work for their food.
0:02:30 > 0:02:34I've got to say, it ain't that tasty. We have nuts.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36We have...
0:02:36 > 0:02:37Cat biscuit.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41..cat biscuit and, everyone's favourite,
0:02:41 > 0:02:43mealworms.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45- Mealworms.- The meerkats love these, don't they?
0:02:45 > 0:02:48- They adore them. - Is there an art to this?
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Do I have to put certain things in certain places?
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- No, just scatter it as and where it lands.- All right.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58We've got a mix of things here. Do the meerkats like a mix of food?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- They do...- I don't think I can reach this, John!
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- Here?- Yeah, perfect.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05Perfect.
0:03:05 > 0:03:07I'm making a bit of a mess there!
0:03:07 > 0:03:10Let's keep scattering this. What about some holes,
0:03:10 > 0:03:12- because meerkats like to dig. - They do.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Once we're finished, we'll rake it all over
0:03:15 > 0:03:16so that some of it is buried.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18My tub is empty.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20- Thanks, John.- You're welcome.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25- Right. Just rake it over?- Just rake it over. They will know it's there.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28- Really?- Yep. They'll come out. They'll know instantly.
0:03:28 > 0:03:32They'll see that you haven't done the peanuts very well,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34so they'll find them and as they're rooting around,
0:03:34 > 0:03:36they'll find everything else as well.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39OK, well as you said I haven't hidden the peanuts well,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42how about I take this one and place it here in the tree.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45Do you think a meerkat is smart enough to find that?
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Yes, I'd bet they'll find that.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52John, how about my raking? More raking, or is that enough?
0:03:52 > 0:03:56It's just getting rid of your foot marks, then we're ready to go.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59OK. Join us later in the show when hopefully my foot marks will be gone
0:03:59 > 0:04:03and we'll have some meerkats here, enjoying some tasty treats.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19The park is home to two Asian Short-clawed Otters,
0:04:19 > 0:04:20Rosie and Romeo.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26They used to live in Otter Heaven,
0:04:26 > 0:04:28an enclosure filled with rocks to play on
0:04:28 > 0:04:30and ponds to splash about in.
0:04:30 > 0:04:35But now that home has been demolished.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37SAWING
0:04:39 > 0:04:43A bigger, better enclosure is being built but in the meantime,
0:04:43 > 0:04:47Rosie and Romeo are living next to the noisy building site.
0:04:49 > 0:04:52So, today, head-keeper Darren Beasley is on a mission
0:04:52 > 0:04:54to move them to a more comfortable temporary home
0:04:54 > 0:04:56in a quieter part of the park.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01I will attempt to go in, get them and relocate them,
0:05:01 > 0:05:04but...they won't want to be relocated.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08And if an otter doesn't want to do something, you're in for trouble.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Otters are the most wonderful creatures on the planet.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15They look like brown teddy bears, they're lovely,
0:05:15 > 0:05:16little cute faces and noses
0:05:16 > 0:05:20and everbody says, "Aw..." when they see them but you have to remember
0:05:20 > 0:05:23they're designed for a semi-acquatic lifestyle.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26They eat molluscs - shellfish, crabs and things -
0:05:26 > 0:05:29they've got double cusped teeth, so they're designed
0:05:29 > 0:05:31for grinding and crushing. My little fingers or bones,
0:05:31 > 0:05:35no problem for them. They'll go straight through those.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37They can turn in their own skin. They can bite you.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39They're very wriggly, very strong.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43So, I have to somehow get them in a box to cart them away.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48When the action gets going, it will be no place for a camera crew.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51For such small animals, they are incredibly dangerous.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55About the most dangerous thing we keep in our end of the safari park.
0:05:55 > 0:05:59So, really, it's too dangerous for anyone else to go in.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02I expect Beverly, my number two, will come with me
0:06:02 > 0:06:06and we'll try and do it but anybody else will be looking from outside.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09They'll jump around. They're nervous. We don't want anyone getting bitten.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13The keepers are ready and the otters are waiting.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17It's going to be messy, it's going to be rough, so stay tuned
0:06:17 > 0:06:19because battle is about to commence.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25HOWLING
0:06:27 > 0:06:31Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? Not me, that's for sure.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35As long as I'm inside the feed wagon, they can't get me.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45I'm here in the wolf enclosure with keeper Bob.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47- Thank you for having me, Bob. - That's OK.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49- We're going to feed the wolves today.- We are.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53There's a big piece of meat there. How will we get it through this...?
0:06:53 > 0:06:58- We don't. What you need is one of these.- OK...
0:06:58 > 0:07:01And we actually put the hook in the meat
0:07:01 > 0:07:03and run across the field with it.
0:07:03 > 0:07:09- Then they get it.- But, Bob, the wolves are actually in the field.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10That's the problem.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Last time, when I helped Bob feed the lions,
0:07:16 > 0:07:20we stayed inside the feed wagon, which seemed like a good idea.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25He's opening the gate...
0:07:25 > 0:07:26OK...
0:07:26 > 0:07:30'But Bob has been working with the wolves for over 20 years
0:07:30 > 0:07:31'and he knows what he's doing.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35'It would be incredibly dangerous to do this if he wasn't here.'
0:07:36 > 0:07:40I tell you what - I've done some things in my time, Bob,
0:07:40 > 0:07:44but I have never gone in a wolf enclosure with their food!
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Even if they didn't want to eat me, I've got their food!
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Surely they're going to start circling me?
0:07:49 > 0:07:54- Just keep walking. I'll tell you when to stop, Johny.- OK, OK.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57So, look at this pack of wolves. How many have you got here, Bob?
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- We've got 13.- 13 wolves?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02I think that will do.
0:08:02 > 0:08:03Pop it there.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09I've noticed a few of these wolves looking over
0:08:09 > 0:08:10but they're not coming over.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13No. They are hungry, so when we get back into the feed wagon,
0:08:13 > 0:08:17- they should come and start eating. - Brilliant. We'll go in. OK.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24This is interesting. Why aren't they coming directly to the meat?
0:08:24 > 0:08:25They seem to be circling it.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30- They are circling it. They're making sure it's not still alive.- Oh.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33And what they'll do is send one in, just to check,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36and it's normally the very low-ranking animals -
0:08:36 > 0:08:38what they call the omega wolf.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40If it's alive, he's the one that's going to get kicked,
0:08:40 > 0:08:42or bitten, or hurt.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45So the rest of the pack will send him in to see if it's all right,
0:08:45 > 0:08:48- and if it's all right, they'll go in and eat.- Really?!
0:08:48 > 0:08:50What would they hunt in the wild? Would they have a reason
0:08:50 > 0:08:52to be scared of the animals they hunt?
0:08:52 > 0:08:55In the wild they would hunt anything as big as a bison, elk -
0:08:55 > 0:08:59which is a big deer - so a lot bigger than themselves.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- Here we are...- This is the omega. - The omega is eating it first.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06He's testing it. But he's actually got the best bit!
0:09:06 > 0:09:08So he gets to eat first, doesn't he?
0:09:08 > 0:09:11He gets as much as he can because when those other pack members
0:09:11 > 0:09:14- come in, they might just push him out...- Really?
0:09:14 > 0:09:17So he'll grab as much as he can now
0:09:17 > 0:09:19and then just take what's left afterwards.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Look at this, they're all over and they're tucking into their meat.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Will they eat the whole thing? Bones and everything?
0:09:26 > 0:09:27You know, dogs and bones.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Yeah, there won't be much left tomorrow.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34They'll crunch all the bones up and they'll get every single
0:09:34 > 0:09:36- little bit out of it.- Right.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39They'll feast on that for the next hour or so.
0:09:39 > 0:09:43It's so interesting because usually you would think that animals
0:09:43 > 0:09:44chase animals and try and kill them.
0:09:44 > 0:09:46I never knew there was so much to it.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Thank you for letting us get so close.
0:09:56 > 0:10:00What d'you call a deer with no eyes?
0:10:00 > 0:10:01A no eye-deer.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04SHE GROWLS
0:10:04 > 0:10:06How do wolves eat?
0:10:06 > 0:10:08They wolf it down.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11SHE SNORTS
0:10:12 > 0:10:14How does a farmer count his cows?
0:10:14 > 0:10:16COW MOOS
0:10:16 > 0:10:20With a "cow-culator"! Moo!
0:10:20 > 0:10:26THEY LAUGH
0:10:32 > 0:10:33TRAIN HORN BLOWS
0:10:35 > 0:10:36'Here comes today's Roar Ranger.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39'It's Toby, who's 10.'
0:10:39 > 0:10:45I want to be a Roar Ranger because I really love animals. Grr!
0:10:45 > 0:10:49I would like to work with lions and tigers
0:10:49 > 0:10:51because I think they're really beautiful.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53'They're all a bit bigger
0:10:53 > 0:10:56'than the animals he's used to looking after at home.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58'But that's not what he's worried about.'
0:10:58 > 0:11:03I think the worst job for a Roar Ranger is probably
0:11:03 > 0:11:04picking up pooh.
0:11:04 > 0:11:09'But for any Roar Ranger pooh comes with the territory.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12'The only question is - what kind?
0:11:12 > 0:11:14'Now to find out.'
0:11:14 > 0:11:19"Toby, today you're going to work as a bat keeper. It'll be a scream."
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Aaaargh!
0:11:21 > 0:11:24'Let's hope you're not scared of the dark, Toby!
0:11:24 > 0:11:28'Or of Alexa, the bat keeper!'
0:11:28 > 0:11:29THUNDERCLAP
0:11:29 > 0:11:33Hello, Toby, I'm Alexa, and this is Old Joe's Mine.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36What we're going to do today, I'm going to get you
0:11:36 > 0:11:38to help me do some cleaning in our bat cave. You up for it?
0:11:38 > 0:11:40- Yeah.- Yeah? Come one, let's go.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46'In here, somewhere, lurking in the dark...'
0:11:49 > 0:11:51'..are 31 Egyptian fruit bats.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55'So called because they were first recorded roosting
0:11:55 > 0:11:57'in the ancient pyramids of Egypt.'
0:11:58 > 0:12:01'In fact, they can be found over a wide area -
0:12:01 > 0:12:04'from the Middle East to southern Africa.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08'Now fruit bats eat, surprise, surprise, a lot of fruit!
0:12:08 > 0:12:11'And that means a lot of pooh.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16'So, it's gloves on and down the bat pit.'
0:12:16 > 0:12:18How do you feel? You comfortable?
0:12:18 > 0:12:20N-n-n-not really, no.
0:12:20 > 0:12:21No?
0:12:21 > 0:12:25It smells terrible and it's just disgusting everywhere.
0:12:25 > 0:12:29You know what, bat pooh is really a special substance.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33It can be used as a really good fertiliser to help plants grow.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35And it can be used as gunpowder.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Whoa...
0:12:37 > 0:12:42'No, it's true. People used to collect bat pooh called guano
0:12:42 > 0:12:43'from the floor of caves.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46'It contains a lot of the chemical, phosphorus,
0:12:46 > 0:12:49'that's an essential ingredient of gunpowder.'
0:12:49 > 0:12:51FARTING NOISE
0:12:51 > 0:12:55'But don't worry - bat pooh doesn't blow up on its own.'
0:12:55 > 0:12:57Bit of a challenge now, for you.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00I have a special torch that I'd like you to use
0:13:00 > 0:13:02to try and count all the bats that are in here.
0:13:02 > 0:13:06And it's special because it's red on the end here, see this?
0:13:06 > 0:13:10Cos it wouldn't be very nice shining a bright light torch
0:13:10 > 0:13:13- in their faces, would it?- No. - Not when they're having a rest.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15There you go, have a go. See what you can see.
0:13:15 > 0:13:21One...two, three, four, five, six.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24It's really hard to spot bats because, well,
0:13:24 > 0:13:27they're really camouflaged with the rocks.
0:13:27 > 0:13:32'And, of course, they move. This could take a while.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35'We'll come back later when Toby tackles the next job
0:13:35 > 0:13:37'and the bats go wild.'
0:13:45 > 0:13:48'Back up at the otter house head keeper, Darren,
0:13:48 > 0:13:52'and his deputy, Bev, are getting ready to move Rosie and Romeo
0:13:52 > 0:13:53'to a better enclosure.'
0:13:55 > 0:13:59'Otters are just too smart to be tempted or tricked into a box,
0:13:59 > 0:14:03'so the only way to move them is to actually catch them.'
0:14:03 > 0:14:05If only you could talk to them and say,
0:14:05 > 0:14:06"Don't worry, it's all quite calm.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08"You're going to a better place down the road
0:14:08 > 0:14:12"and you can have a jolly nice time," but they don't understand that.
0:14:12 > 0:14:14So, physically, got to catch them.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18They are wild animals and we got to hopefully do it as quick as possible.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20'In one corner are the otters.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23'With their razor-sharp teeth and powerful bite
0:14:23 > 0:14:27'they're amongst the most dangerous of all the small animals.'
0:14:28 > 0:14:31'In the other corner are the keepers.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33'They're armed just with gloves.'
0:14:34 > 0:14:38'It's keepers versus otters - let battle commence.'
0:14:38 > 0:14:39BELL DINGS
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Here goes nothing.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45I want that red broom as well, that's my lifesaver.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49OTTER SNARLS Argh.
0:14:49 > 0:14:50Mind him cos he's lunging now.
0:14:50 > 0:14:52# When two tribes go to war
0:14:52 > 0:14:55# A point is all that you can score... #
0:14:55 > 0:14:59'The brooms are just to Rosie and Romeo's escape routes
0:14:59 > 0:15:02'but they're just too fast!
0:15:02 > 0:15:04'The otters are winning.'
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Oh, let's just catch 'em, I'm fed up with this.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11'Plan B is to throw a big blanket over them.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- 'And they've got Rosie. - ROSIE SQUEALS LOUDLY
0:15:15 > 0:15:19'Otters can be loud but don't worry, she isn't being hurt.'
0:15:19 > 0:15:21ROSIE CONTINUES SQUEALING
0:15:21 > 0:15:25'That's Rosie caught so now they can concentrate just on Romeo.'
0:15:30 > 0:15:33'But Romeo is fast - too fast for the blanket.'
0:15:35 > 0:15:37'So, now Darren's got a net.'
0:15:37 > 0:15:39He's a slippery little eel, isn't he?
0:15:40 > 0:15:43One of us is tiring, I hope it's him.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45'The house is heated to keep the otters cosy
0:15:45 > 0:15:48'and the keepers are getting roasted.'
0:15:49 > 0:15:53What are we going to do, Bev? This is ridiculous.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59ROMEO SQUEALS
0:15:59 > 0:16:00'He's got him at last!'
0:16:00 > 0:16:05- Steady.- 'Both otters are caught and both keepers are shattered.'
0:16:06 > 0:16:09I'm never doing that again, Bev.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13There's really no alternative to chasing around like that.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16I know it sounds soft, but in the back of my mind,
0:16:16 > 0:16:19I don't want him to get hurt, I don't want Bev or myself to get hurt,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21so, you're hesitant. When you're diving in you think,
0:16:21 > 0:16:24"Am I going to get bit, am I going to hurt him?"
0:16:24 > 0:16:28I'm no skinny dude, me landing on top of him. So, I hold my hand up,
0:16:28 > 0:16:31I'm too hesitant, sometimes, I should have just grabbed him
0:16:31 > 0:16:34the first time or the 40th time, I'm not quite sure.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38So, we're going to put them somewhere safe now to calm down.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42I've had my exercise for the day. Going to go have a cup of tea now.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46'Darren reckons the hard part was getting them in the box,
0:16:46 > 0:16:48'but that's only half the battle.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52'Stick around to see what happens when they have to get them out.'
0:16:55 > 0:16:59'If you'd like to have your own wild animal park
0:16:59 > 0:17:04'check out the Roar Game on the CBBC website, but before you go,
0:17:04 > 0:17:09'make a note of this - fog5 - that's today's cheat code.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13'And you'll need it to unlock food, treats and features
0:17:13 > 0:17:17'to help make the most of your park. Happy gaming!'
0:17:24 > 0:17:28Earlier on in the show I buried some tasty treats for the meerkats
0:17:28 > 0:17:30under John's watchful eye.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32All we've got to do now is let the meerkats out
0:17:32 > 0:17:34and hopefully they'll sniff-out the food.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37- You're quire confident about this. - I am.- So much so
0:17:37 > 0:17:42you've even let me hide a nut up here, there it is, right there.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45I couldn't find it then, for a second, and hopefully the meerkats
0:17:45 > 0:17:49will sniff them out and have a nice little treat.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- OK, John, let's release the meerkats.- OK.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58Here they come.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02Look! How did they even know they were there?
0:18:02 > 0:18:05They've got absolutely brilliant sense of smell
0:18:05 > 0:18:07and they've got very good eyesight as well.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09They know exactly what's going on.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12He's going for a little meal. Waaah.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14And it's gone.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- John, we've got to talk about this sound... - SHE MIMICS MEERKATS
0:18:17 > 0:18:19What are they saying? You speak meerkat?
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Basically they're saying, "food, food, food, food,"
0:18:22 > 0:18:25they're letting everybody else know there's food around,
0:18:25 > 0:18:28they all know there's food around, but do it regardless.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30Do they then all share food?
0:18:30 > 0:18:33- As a mob, do they all look out for each other?- Yes.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37When they find a source of food, that one could hog all the food
0:18:37 > 0:18:39and it can eat all the food, but that wouldn't be fair.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42That wouldn't be in the best interest of the colony,
0:18:42 > 0:18:45so the colony knows there's food so they all get something
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- to give them strength to work another day...- Ah!
0:18:48 > 0:18:51So that is why they let each other know and not get greedy.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- They are good climbers! - Fantastic climbers.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Legs spread, gripping on. Oh!
0:18:56 > 0:18:58- Did he hurt himself?- No.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00They are very, very hardy little animals.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02He'll just get back up and try again.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03It's great to see them.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07But I am seeing with some of them, they are pushing the other one away.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10- Yep.- Are they protecting their food?
0:19:10 > 0:19:13I know you said they like to look out for each other.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16- Is it still a case of, "This is mine."- Yeah, the food is there.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20They will hover over the food as much as possible
0:19:20 > 0:19:23- and they swing their bums around in a defensive movement...- Right.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Do that one more time.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Turn round so we can show everyone at home. So we can see.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31If you're a meerkat and if I was next to you
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- and I'm trying to get your food... - Yep. You'd push me out the way.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37I'd swing you out the way. OK, I can get it.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39And there they go again!
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- If at first you don't succeed... - Try, try again.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45So this really is making them work for their food.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Yep. Very much so.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49It is very much how they would act in the wild.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52They would be scavenging all over the place - up high, down low.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54They really would go to town
0:19:54 > 0:19:57trying to get every single resource they can.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59John, thank you for letting us pop down here today.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02And it was great to see the meerkats noses and claws in action
0:20:02 > 0:20:04finding nearly all the treats.
0:20:04 > 0:20:07But I do have to say, my peanut is still intact.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Back up in the bat cave, Roar Ranger Toby has got the bats counted
0:20:21 > 0:20:23and he's ready for his next challenge.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29- If these were Egyptian fruit bats, what would they eat?- Fruit.- Exactly!
0:20:29 > 0:20:33That's right. So what we'll do is we'll get some of their food
0:20:33 > 0:20:38and hopefully they will come down and you'll get to see them up close. OK?
0:20:38 > 0:20:43A fruit bat can eat 50% of its own weight in fruit every night.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45BURP!
0:20:45 > 0:20:51In a week, that would be like Toby eating his own weight 3.5 times!
0:20:51 > 0:20:54OK, so a couple of them are just waking up.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58Better watch out, Toby, because these guys are fast.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10It's just...funny when they come straight at you.
0:21:10 > 0:21:11You just need to duck.
0:21:13 > 0:21:17When the bats come down to eat, the keepers can take a look at them
0:21:17 > 0:21:19to make sure they're all right.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22Sometimes, though, they need to check them over more closely.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28Now don't try this with any wild animal, please.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Alexa can handle the bats
0:21:30 > 0:21:34only because she is a fully trained professional keeper.
0:21:34 > 0:21:35So...
0:21:35 > 0:21:37here you can see him.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40He's got lovely big eyes there.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42And here are his wings...
0:21:42 > 0:21:44See that lovely wing structure?
0:21:44 > 0:21:46He's got four fingers, just like we do.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49And he has a thumb as well, just like us.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- See his teeth in there?- They are big!
0:21:51 > 0:21:55They are big teeth. And that's so he can eat all of this different
0:21:55 > 0:21:56types of fruit.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58That's quite a bite!
0:21:58 > 0:22:03You wouldn't want to be a banana or to hold one of these without gloves!
0:22:05 > 0:22:08This bat seems in good condition, so off he goes.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Time for the Roar Ranger to fly, too.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Being a bat keeper is 10 out of 10. It was amazing.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15It was just so much fun!
0:22:15 > 0:22:18Toby did really, really well. Really proud of him.
0:22:18 > 0:22:22He's helped me clean up all the mess that the lovely bats do make.
0:22:22 > 0:22:23Bat keepers rule!
0:22:29 > 0:22:33Earlier, Darren and the keepers had quite a struggle
0:22:33 > 0:22:36to get the otters Rosie and Romeo into a box
0:22:36 > 0:22:39so they can be moved into a new enclosure.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42That was... That was a rather traumatic experience for me!
0:22:42 > 0:22:45I don't know about the otters. We've got them, though.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49They go into their new enclosure now but will they like it?
0:22:49 > 0:22:53Bev has got it ready with a cosy bed and a pond.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57This is just a temporary home while work continues to build them
0:22:57 > 0:22:59a wonderful big enclosure.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02With everything ready it's time to release the otters.
0:23:02 > 0:23:05There is a risk when I open the slider,
0:23:05 > 0:23:08that these animals are going to react very differently again,
0:23:08 > 0:23:10and that's very aggressive
0:23:10 > 0:23:13because they've experienced me bundling them into a box.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Not just because of me, you know, they're wild animals,
0:23:16 > 0:23:18and their instinct is to defend themselves.
0:23:18 > 0:23:20And defence in this case is... an attack.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24They'll bare their teeth. Hopefully they don't hate me.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28And after all they've been through already today
0:23:28 > 0:23:29how long will it take for them
0:23:29 > 0:23:32to get used to this new home?
0:23:42 > 0:23:45An hour later they're still in the box.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51It was a job to get them in.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54And now they don't want to come out!
0:23:59 > 0:24:03But after 2.5 hours, Rosie and Romeo
0:24:03 > 0:24:05finally venture out into their new home.
0:24:07 > 0:24:10And they seem to like it.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12My worst-case scenario is that they were so scared
0:24:12 > 0:24:16they wouldn't come out the box. That would just make us all feel awful.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19The fact that they've come out, that's just brilliant.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21And hopefully, I reckon in a very short period of time,
0:24:21 > 0:24:25they'll be up on the rocks doing what our two otters are world famous for
0:24:25 > 0:24:27and that's just playing the fool
0:24:27 > 0:24:29and just being a good bit of entertainment.
0:24:29 > 0:24:33They're lovely animals and I am so pleased they've settled.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45The otters live in the Animal Adventure area
0:24:45 > 0:24:48and they're not the only cute creatures here.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52But strangely, this is also where they keep...
0:24:54 > 0:24:56..the scary ones.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08Well it's almost time for the end of the show,
0:25:08 > 0:25:10but we've just found enough time to meet Graham
0:25:10 > 0:25:13- and these beautiful stick insects. - Beautiful?!
0:25:13 > 0:25:16Are you looking at the same things as me? No offence, Graham.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19I'm trying to see them as beautiful. They are quite weird looking.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21They are very beautiful in their own way.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24Now, Graham, when I think of a stick insect.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28I'm thinking of something quite pale and thin and light.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31These look more like branch insects to me.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33Log insects!
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Yeah, there are thousands of species of stick insect all over the world
0:25:36 > 0:25:40and the most common ones that people keep are Indian stick insects,
0:25:40 > 0:25:41long green ones.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44These ones generally come from the rain forest.
0:25:44 > 0:25:47They are a lot bigger, a lot hardier than the smaller stick insects.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51They spend most of their time amongst the bark of trees or the floor.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53You say their hardier.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55They seem quite delicate, actually.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Yeah, they can be quite delicate when you're handling them.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02They have little hooks on their feet which help them hold onto things.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05But if you were to pull, they will grab on.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08They get a bit scared sometimes. If you pull too hard
0:26:08 > 0:26:10you can tear off a foot.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12They've got quite spiky backs, haven't they?
0:26:12 > 0:26:15They have little ridges all the way along.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Is that for protection?
0:26:17 > 0:26:19Yeah, it's classed as an exoskeleton.
0:26:19 > 0:26:20A lot of insects have this.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Basically their bones are on the outside
0:26:23 > 0:26:25and inside it's all just the organs and the flesh.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28I have to be honest, Johny, are you scared of these on you?
0:26:28 > 0:26:31I actually am. Inside I'm really scared.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Because they keep on crawling around and they're so huge.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Are they dangerous?
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Can they bite?
0:26:38 > 0:26:41What is going to happen? They have these antennae waving around,
0:26:41 > 0:26:45- it's looks like it's saying to me, "I'm going to get you, Rani!"- No.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48They're harmless. They're made to look dangerous.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50They feed on leaves.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53Unless you get your finger in there, they won't do you any harm.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56It's all fascinating stuff, but I do not want to stick around
0:26:56 > 0:26:59for any more of this. Why don't you lot stick around
0:26:59 > 0:27:02- to see what's coming up next time. Aww!- Oh!
0:27:03 > 0:27:07Riley the baby seal lion must learn to swim
0:27:07 > 0:27:11but he's just three days old, so is he ready to jump in the deep end?
0:27:13 > 0:27:14We'll meet Genghis Khan,
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Attila the Hun...
0:27:17 > 0:27:19and Vlad the Impaler.
0:27:19 > 0:27:22But are they as scary as they are cracked up to be?
0:27:22 > 0:27:26And a Roar first when I learn to talk to the rhino.
0:27:26 > 0:27:27Good girl!
0:27:27 > 0:27:30That was incredible! Oh, my gosh!
0:27:30 > 0:27:32So, don't miss it.
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