0:00:02 > 0:00:06On Roar today, the pink flamingos have been destroying each other's eggs.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09To save them, the keeper must try a crafty trick
0:00:09 > 0:00:14and swap their eggs for wooden ones, but will the birds be fooled?
0:00:39 > 0:00:43Hello, and welcome to another amazing episode of Roar. I'm Johny.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46I'm Rani. We've got a show packed full
0:00:46 > 0:00:49of the MOOOOOOST interesting facts!
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Oh, Rani, I've HERD that one before.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54I suppose we should get on with the rest of the show.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58- I think you're right. We should stop MILKING it.- UDDERLY unbelievable.
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Coming up, the keeper's in trouble...
0:01:03 > 0:01:08Oh, no! That's really hard.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11..cos the Killer Question's got a sting in the tail.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15I'll be ferreting out some new furry friends.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20And why have they got me making a sweet potato tree?
0:01:20 > 0:01:22Maybe they're just having a giraffe.
0:01:31 > 0:01:36But we're starting with Longleat's flock of 38 Chilean flamingos,
0:01:36 > 0:01:40because keeper Mark is about to take drastic action to save the flock.
0:01:40 > 0:01:44The problem is that they've never managed to raise adults from chicks,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47even though the flock's been here for seven years.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53We've had a couple of half attempts in the two previous years.
0:01:53 > 0:01:59Last year we did nearly OK. The year before we didn't do very well.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02We had a couple of eggs but nothing came out of it.
0:02:02 > 0:02:07It might be because these birds are all 10 years old.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10That's quite young for flamingos, which can reach over 70.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14So, there are no older, experienced birds to show them what to do.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19The first stage of raising young is to build a nest
0:02:19 > 0:02:22and they do seem to have mastered that.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26Their nests are built like a big mud pie, really.
0:02:26 > 0:02:31They start off quite low and they pick a spot
0:02:31 > 0:02:34where they want to make the nest and they sit there.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38Whatever they can reach from around them they drag towards them.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43They need soft mud and they roll it up into balls and stick it together.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48So building the nest isn't the problem, what comes next is.
0:02:48 > 0:02:52What happens is someone will make a nest and lay an egg
0:02:52 > 0:02:53and will be happy with that.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57Someone else will think "I like the look of your nest,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59"I don't care that you've got an egg in it, I want it out."
0:02:59 > 0:03:03They'll kick the bird off and kick the egg out to lay their own egg.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06This is something that happens a lot in the wild.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08It's probably worse here
0:03:08 > 0:03:11because there are no older, dominant birds amongst the flock.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16So now Mark has hatched a cunning plan.
0:03:16 > 0:03:21He'll rescue the eggs from the nest before they get broken.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25But that's not going to be easy.
0:03:25 > 0:03:30We've got to be really quiet and calm cos they're a little bit spooky.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33If we go nice and quiet.
0:03:36 > 0:03:40We don't want them to charge off in a big heap.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43If you can hang back a little bit, I'll get in close.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49The only way to get healthy chicks is for Mark to remove the eggs
0:03:49 > 0:03:51and look after them himself, like a temporary mum.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55As he collects them, he's giving each egg a number,
0:03:55 > 0:03:58because in a month's time he'll bring them back
0:03:58 > 0:04:01just before they hatch so the flamingos can raise the chicks.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06But in the meantime the real mums mustn't know their eggs have gone.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12We put one of these dummy eggs on with a little pole
0:04:12 > 0:04:15so they can't hook it off the nest.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20That's great. Now we can leave
0:04:20 > 0:04:23and she won't be able to knock that out of the nest now.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28It's a crafty trick, but are they really fooled by the wooden eggs?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31They seem happy to sit on anything.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Any shape, size, as long as it's white they seem quite happy.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37I've got these in all different shapes and sizes
0:04:37 > 0:04:40and they seem quite comfortable with all of them!
0:04:42 > 0:04:45But now there's no time to waste.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47It's back to egg HQ, the park's incubator room,
0:04:47 > 0:04:52where they go straight into the special egg incubators.
0:04:52 > 0:04:56These machines are great. They try to replicate as near as possible
0:04:56 > 0:04:59what happens underneath the mother bird.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04So, they keep them warm, to the same temperature as the bird would.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08And also they turn the eggs as well, which is what happens with the mum,
0:05:08 > 0:05:12with their feet, they'll roll the egg around every now and then.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17And it's to make sure that the chick develops inside the egg properly,
0:05:17 > 0:05:19keep turning it every now and again.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24The eggs will stay in the incubators until they're just about to hatch.
0:05:24 > 0:05:29That will be for a maximum of 28 days, but it could be less.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31So, how will Mark know when,
0:05:31 > 0:05:34exactly, to put the eggs back on the nests?
0:05:34 > 0:05:37At the end of the egg is an air cell,
0:05:37 > 0:05:40which gets bigger as the incubation period goes on.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44Just before they're due to hatch, the chick breaks into the air cell
0:05:44 > 0:05:47and breathes for the first time.
0:05:47 > 0:05:51And you'll hear it in their cheeping and calling away.
0:05:51 > 0:05:55So then we know that it's about 24 hours away from hatching.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00And when that happens Mark must get the eggs straight back on the nest
0:06:00 > 0:06:02before the chick breaks out.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06If he's too late, the mother may realise something has happened
0:06:06 > 0:06:08and could reject the baby.
0:06:09 > 0:06:13So, timing is absolutely crucial for the chick's survival.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17Stayed tuned to find out if Mark gets it right.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Where do cats get their stuff from?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26MIAOW!
0:06:26 > 0:06:28The catalogue!
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Oooohhh!
0:06:31 > 0:06:36Why did the dog jump off the Empire State Building?
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Because he wanted to make a hit on Broadway.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41Ssssssssssssssssss!
0:06:41 > 0:06:44- What do you do with a sick wasp? - I don't know.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46Send it to the waspital.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04It's time now for Ask The Keeper.
0:07:04 > 0:07:09We're hoping Kim will give us some snappy answers about the scorpions.
0:07:09 > 0:07:14Kim, I am so glad to be THIS end of the bench,
0:07:14 > 0:07:15because I'm slightly scared.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19You've nothing to worry about with these. They're very friendly.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21I'm letting this lot protect me.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25In the meantime they're going to ask you some tough questions.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Who would like to go first?
0:07:28 > 0:07:31Everyone! Everyone! Let's just start with Alesha.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Is the female sting more painful than the male sting?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37These type of scorpions especially use their sting
0:07:37 > 0:07:39mainly just for their food.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41So they hold it in their pincers at the front
0:07:41 > 0:07:46and bring their tail right over and sting into it until it's dead.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48There's no need for them to be any different, really.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51How long does a scorpion live?
0:07:51 > 0:07:54These ones are called Emperor scorpions
0:07:54 > 0:07:56and they can live up to eight years.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00But there are some types in the wild that can live up to about 30 years.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04How many different types of scorpion can kill a person?
0:08:04 > 0:08:08Ooh...that's quite a hard one actually.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12They find different things out about scorpions all the time.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Scientists are looking at them all the time
0:08:14 > 0:08:17to make medicines out of their venom.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20But at the moment apparently there's only about 25 types of scorpion
0:08:20 > 0:08:22that can kill a person.
0:08:22 > 0:08:28And that is out of about 1,700 types. So that's only a small percentage.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Is one of the types on your hand now?
0:08:33 > 0:08:34No.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36How fast can they run?
0:08:36 > 0:08:38Not particularly quickly.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42These guys can move forwards, backwards, sideways,
0:08:42 > 0:08:46so, a bit like crabs, they can go wherever they want to.
0:08:46 > 0:08:51These can move...quickish when they have to.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54If there's something attacking them or maybe grabbing food
0:08:54 > 0:08:56they'd have to move fairly quickly.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00But you could definitely run faster than this scorpion.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04- Do you want to race it, Danny? - I think I'll be OK, thanks.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07I'd like to see the scorpions in a pair of running trainers.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10It'd be more than one set of shoes, wouldn't it, definitely!
0:09:10 > 0:09:14- Are they related to the crab family? - No, these are arachnids.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18As some of you might know, they're the same family as spiders.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21They've got the same amount of legs. There's one, two, three, four,
0:09:21 > 0:09:23five, six, seven, eight.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27They're closely related to spiders and also ticks and mites.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29It's that sort of family.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32They look a bit like crabs, don't they, with their pincers?
0:09:32 > 0:09:36- What do scorpions eat? - Ooh, well, all sorts of things.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38These ones will eat small bugs,
0:09:38 > 0:09:41like locusts and crickets and stuff like that.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45And they hold it in their pincers and sting it until it's dead.
0:09:45 > 0:09:49But some bigger types of scorpion can eat small mice and things as well.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51What are the hairs on the pincers for?
0:09:51 > 0:09:54These hairs at the front here, much like tarantulas -
0:09:54 > 0:09:58they use the hair to sense where they're going -
0:09:58 > 0:10:00these guys can do the same.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04You can see at the front they're really hairy, really long hairs,
0:10:04 > 0:10:07so they can sense water, other scorpions, food,
0:10:07 > 0:10:09movement, because their eyesight is really rubbish.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12They need to be able to feel it in a different way.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16- Do you think Kim's done well so far? - KIDS:- Yeah.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- Do you think we should try and catch her out?- KIDS:- Yeah!
0:10:20 > 0:10:26Sorry, Kim, it's time for us to come up with the Killer Question.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29OK, this is serious. We're going to catch her out.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34We can never ask that, that's just mean.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- Are we going to catch her out?- Yes!
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Kim, they want to catch you out.
0:10:40 > 0:10:45OK, here is your Killer Question.
0:10:46 > 0:10:50What two months of the year are scorpions born?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52Oh, no!
0:10:52 > 0:10:54Ahh, that's really hard!
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Oh, I'm going to have to work it out now.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Is it... Is it... Is it September and October?
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Well, I'll tell you, Kim...
0:11:05 > 0:11:07you're wrong!
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Oh, no, really?!
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- You have been stung by the Killer Question!- Oh, no!
0:11:13 > 0:11:16It's actually October and November.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19We are of course talking about the Zodiac star signs.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24Scorpions are born October/November. All right, she did well, otherwise.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27What do you think Kim deserves? Thumbs up or thumbs down?
0:11:27 > 0:11:31- Thumbs up! - They're very generous, Kim.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33You know about the scorpions.
0:11:43 > 0:11:47Back with the flamingos, it's a big day for keeper Mark.
0:11:47 > 0:11:48To save their eggs
0:11:48 > 0:11:52he had to collect them from the nest and put them in incubating machines.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57Now almost a month has gone by and something has begun to happen.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Today two of the eggs have started to pip,
0:12:01 > 0:12:04which is when the little chick breaks into the air cell inside
0:12:04 > 0:12:06and starts breathing with its lungs
0:12:06 > 0:12:10and starts calling and making a noise to its mother.
0:12:11 > 0:12:16With the microphone up close, you can hear a little clicking noise.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19FAINT TAPPING
0:12:19 > 0:12:23That's the baby chick calling from inside the egg.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27But not only can we hear the chick, we may be able to see it too.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30If we turn the lights out and we get this little lamp here
0:12:30 > 0:12:35and hold it against the end, you may be able to see it moving inside.
0:12:38 > 0:12:39It's almost impossible to see
0:12:39 > 0:12:44but Mark's well-practised eye can make out a little movement in there.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47For the breeding plan to work,
0:12:47 > 0:12:50each egg must go back onto the nest it came from.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55That could be very tricky if Mark wasn't so well prepared.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59We've got a map which tells us exactly where to put them all.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03All the ones with little dots in are the ones sitting on wooden eggs
0:13:03 > 0:13:07and I know which ones I've got to put these eggs back to.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09So hopefully my map will work.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13But first he's got to get them up to the flamingos.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16One false move and the delicate shells could smash.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21We'll take them from here and put them into pots with bran in
0:13:21 > 0:13:25to keep them nice and soft so they'll be safe for the journey.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Right, that's it. We must go now.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32It's critical the eggs don't cool down between the incubator
0:13:32 > 0:13:35and being back under their mums.
0:13:36 > 0:13:40Mark must swap the dummy eggs and the real eggs as fast as he can,
0:13:40 > 0:13:43making sure he puts the right eggs back on the right nests.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50And, just as he's about to leave, something's happened.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54One of the chicks has started to hatch.
0:13:56 > 0:13:59How's that for timing?
0:14:00 > 0:14:04It'll take this chick a few hours to break all the way out of its egg.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09But Mark has finished and now it's up to the flamingos.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19They can tell something's different. Firstly, the egg moves around.
0:14:19 > 0:14:24You've just got to hope that they don't get silly about it
0:14:24 > 0:14:27and just sit down quiet.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30It's very important to find out exactly how
0:14:30 > 0:14:33the flamingos behave with their chicks.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36So to help, we've rigged up nest camp -
0:14:36 > 0:14:39a camera in a box that should see everything that happens
0:14:39 > 0:14:42without disturbing the birds.
0:14:44 > 0:14:49The flamingos are a bit confused! Their eggs are cheeping and wobbling
0:14:49 > 0:14:54and some of them aren't sure what to do. They need to sit down
0:14:54 > 0:14:56and keep those eggs warm.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58They're still stood up, looking.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02Those are the eggs that need to be kept warm.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07I want them to settle down and sit down on them. It is a bit of a worry
0:15:07 > 0:15:11that they might think there's something up and knock them out.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13I'll have to keep an eye on them.
0:15:16 > 0:15:21After all his work to look after the eggs, Mark is now powerless to help.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25If the flamingos don't sit down pretty soon, the eggs will get cold
0:15:25 > 0:15:27and the chicks will die.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30We'll just have to wait and see.
0:15:49 > 0:15:53I know what you're thinking - that boy's looking slick!
0:15:53 > 0:15:59Head keeper Darren has called me in for a business meeting.
0:15:59 > 0:16:03Some important decisions to be made. Hi, Darren, it's John.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07Hi, Darren. I've come for our business meeting. Where's your suit?
0:16:07 > 0:16:10Johny, there's been a bit of a misunderstanding.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13A group of ferrets is called a "business"
0:16:13 > 0:16:16and I want you to meet a business of ferrets.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20- So, it's not a business meeting? - Sorry, You look very good, though.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23Who have we got here, then?
0:16:23 > 0:16:28Well, as you're here, we've got, this is Ben 10 and Bandit.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31This is our group of ferrets.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34They're all in - nice, warm and dry.
0:16:34 > 0:16:36They're loving it in here.
0:16:36 > 0:16:40- We come in, spread a bit of food out for them.- What is this?- That's beef.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42We give them chicken, rabbits.
0:16:42 > 0:16:47They have a dried biscuit as well. Quite a wide selection.
0:16:47 > 0:16:52- They're very nosy! They'll like you a lot. You take hold of that.- OK.
0:16:52 > 0:16:55- So they're meat-eaters, then? - Very much so.
0:16:55 > 0:17:00These are related... You got a friend there already!
0:17:00 > 0:17:04They're really related to the polecat. There's a European polecat.
0:17:04 > 0:17:09People have bred them for hundreds of years, domesticated them really,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12like we've domesticated wolves to dogs.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16They used to breed them for hunting, for going down rabbit holes.
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- They're not shy!- They love you!
0:17:19 > 0:17:23You're a nice, fresh smell in here, and you've got dinner there!
0:17:23 > 0:17:27- So how many ferrets are in here? - We've got ten at the moment.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31These are all boys. They're quite a good social group.
0:17:31 > 0:17:36It's like having a playschool in your garden. They interact, they play.
0:17:36 > 0:17:40And my all-time favourite bit - they are so flexible.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42Wow, that's incredible.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46- Will that aid them out in the wild? - Yeah, definitely.
0:17:46 > 0:17:51A lot of their food, rabbits, mice - they've got to get down the holes.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55So that's what they do. They've adapted to their environment.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58They've got teeth, they've got claws,
0:17:58 > 0:18:03they've got a brilliant sense of smell and they're really bendy.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07- They're liking you a lot, aren't they?!- They are. Watch the suit!
0:18:07 > 0:18:12It's been great to get up close and personal with these ferrets.
0:18:12 > 0:18:18They're very cute, but that's enough funny business for now!
0:18:28 > 0:18:34If you had your own wild animal park, what animals would you get?
0:18:34 > 0:18:40If you like the sound of that, try the Roar game on the CBBC website.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43But right now, make a note of this.
0:18:45 > 0:18:47That's today's cheat code.
0:18:47 > 0:18:53Veteran gamers will know what to do, and you newbies will soon find out.
0:19:11 > 0:19:16Hoi! Hoi! Hoi! As you can see, I've been put to work today by Ryan here.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20We're giving the giraffes some browse with a difference!
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Ryan, what are you getting me to do today?
0:19:24 > 0:19:29What we're doing today, generally, out here we winch up browse,
0:19:29 > 0:19:34which is leaves off the trees. We're just spicing it up a little bit.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39We've threaded some sweet potato, some onion, a few apples
0:19:39 > 0:19:43onto this browse here. Hopefully, it'll be a nice treat for them.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48As you can see, our browse is in place and right behind you -
0:19:48 > 0:19:52I feel like I'm in panto - are the very hungry giraffes.
0:19:52 > 0:19:57- I don't want to get in their way. - They're all keen to come over.
0:19:57 > 0:20:01We'll jump on the back of the truck, retreat to a safe distance
0:20:01 > 0:20:04and watch them come over and munch it.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11I have to say, this is spectacular.
0:20:11 > 0:20:15I've seen them before given browse on the floor,
0:20:15 > 0:20:19but actually seeing their neck and head in action, it's amazing!
0:20:19 > 0:20:24It's a natural way for them. They don't generally eat off the floor.
0:20:24 > 0:20:27We do see them graze grass a little bit,
0:20:27 > 0:20:30but in the wild, 90% of the time,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33they would be eating from up high.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38But in the wild - don't want to point out gardening tips to you -
0:20:38 > 0:20:42you don't normally get sweet potato and onions growing from the trees.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46No, but it's nice to give them treats.
0:20:46 > 0:20:52- A slightly varied diet.- Red onion is a treat?!- To these guys, yeah.
0:20:52 > 0:20:57In the wild, they eat off acacia trees and they have a six-inch thorn.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00They also eat nettles, brambles, thistles,
0:21:00 > 0:21:04so when you think about that, onion sounds like a treat.
0:21:04 > 0:21:10You can see the black tongue popping out, wrapping round the branches.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14It's that colour because of the way they eat - their tongue is out a lot.
0:21:14 > 0:21:20If it was pink like our tongues, then they'd get sunburn.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23We've got a very clever camel there,
0:21:23 > 0:21:27pretending to be a giraffe just so he can have a treat.
0:21:27 > 0:21:32- Everything they drop, he's picking up!- She's very clever, Caroline.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35Camels are pretty intelligent animals
0:21:35 > 0:21:38so she knows all she has to do is stand underneath.
0:21:38 > 0:21:43Giraffe do drop quite a lot when they're eating,
0:21:43 > 0:21:47so all she has to do is just stand there, let the others do the work,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50they can drop a bit for her.
0:21:50 > 0:21:55They're enjoying that veg kebab, but they will have smelly breath!
0:22:07 > 0:22:12Back at the flamingo nest site, Mark is one very happy keeper.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17Great news, we've got 10 hatched out chicks.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20And our Nestcam was there to get the first shots.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28And at the moment, they're all doing really well.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33Swapping the eggs and incubating them was a tricky operation,
0:22:33 > 0:22:37but it's been worth it.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40They've got ages from 10 days old down to one day old.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42And they're looking superb.
0:22:47 > 0:22:50The baby chicks are very small.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54They weigh about 100 grams, about the same as a mobile phone.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Newborn flamingos look nothing like a flamingo.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03They're just a little fluffy ball. That's it, really.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06A grey, fluffy ball, with little stumpy legs.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09And they don't have a hooked beak, just a straight beak.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11So, really, nothing like mum and dad.
0:23:17 > 0:23:21These chicks are all at slightly different stages.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25When they first hatch, all they can do is wobble their wings
0:23:25 > 0:23:28and lift their heads. But they develop fast.
0:23:28 > 0:23:34Once they're a week old, they start to explore out of the nest.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47The legs will start getting longer, as they grow.
0:23:47 > 0:23:53But it takes three to four months for them to get really stretched legs.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58And it's at about six to eight weeks that their beak starts to bend.
0:23:59 > 0:24:02For the first three months, the chicks are fed by both parents.
0:24:02 > 0:24:06They do it by regurgitating partly-digested food.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12The parents hold their beak upside down,
0:24:12 > 0:24:15and the baby takes crop milk from the end of their beak
0:24:15 > 0:24:21so they have a straight beak to allow it to pour down into their mouth.
0:24:33 > 0:24:36It takes two to three years for these fluffy grey babies
0:24:36 > 0:24:39to become graceful pink flamingos,
0:24:39 > 0:24:42but everyone's happy with the story so far.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46I'm delighted with how it's gone this year.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50We put a lot of work in in the winter
0:24:50 > 0:24:53with their food and enclosure and the nest site.
0:24:53 > 0:24:58We've done a lot of work so we're happy with the way things have gone.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31It's almost the end of the show, but we've found enough time
0:25:31 > 0:25:35- to give the elands a feed with keeper Kev. How you doing?- Not bad.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38It makes you sound like a footballer or something.
0:25:38 > 0:25:44The eland, they're just running away from us - slightly nervous animals?
0:25:44 > 0:25:49Not normally, they're normally quite bolshy and up with us all the time.
0:25:49 > 0:25:53- Ah, but they don't know - we have treats!- Yes, we do.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59- Now, do they love this stuff? Broccoli?- Normally they do.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01We give it as a treat now and again.
0:26:01 > 0:26:06Normally they get hay and pelleted food with the vitamins and minerals.
0:26:06 > 0:26:11- But today, it's treat day for them. - Can we just chuck this out?- Yeah.
0:26:11 > 0:26:16So, one of their five a day? Other vegetables, are they interested?
0:26:16 > 0:26:19They will eat carrots now and again.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23But normally, in the wild, they'd graze on grass mostly.
0:26:23 > 0:26:29But they're quite tall antelope, so they can graze on trees as well.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32They'd have to eat a lot of grass to fill them up.
0:26:32 > 0:26:37They look gentle, but I just saw one try and head-butt the other one!
0:26:37 > 0:26:41- They can be quite vicious. - They can be very dangerous.
0:26:41 > 0:26:45You can see their necks, they're very powerful,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47and they've got long horns as well.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51It's been wicked feeding these guys, but I have to say
0:26:51 > 0:26:55they're getting a little bit close for comfort now after hearing that!
0:26:55 > 0:26:58So on that note, I think we should say goodbye.
0:26:58 > 0:27:03- Thanks very much. Check out what's on the next episode of Roar.- Bye!
0:27:05 > 0:27:07The zebras are having a baby boom.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11But the mums are attacking anyone who goes near the youngsters.
0:27:12 > 0:27:16Including Dad! So he'd better watch out!
0:27:17 > 0:27:22Sea lions are big and they go ballistic at feeding time.
0:27:22 > 0:27:25So, can the Roar Rangers stand their ground?
0:27:25 > 0:27:29I'll be helping to feed the tigers.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32But are they chasing the wagon or hunting me?
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Find out next time on Roar.