Episode 6 Roar

-SIREN WAILS

-Watch out, because today on ROAR,

there's a cute baby alert!

Down with the friendly marmosets, we're going to get the very

first look at their new babies, just one day old.

Hello, and welcome to ROAR. I'm Rani.

Hiiii-yah! And I'm Johny.

What are you doing? I'm trying to introduce the show!

Sorry, Rani. I'm just so excited about seeing some amazing karate

on today's show. Hoo-yah!

Coatis, Johny, not karate!

-Oh.

-Let's just get on with today's show, hey?

-It's made out of silk and everything.

-Let's just take it off.

Coming up today - mischief and mayhem

when the monkeys go bananas over our fruit tombola.

Will the ROAR Rangers survive the nettle peril

when they get up close with the world's tallest animal?

And, are the ants trying to tell us their favourite TV show?

-Yes! Yes, they've done it!

-I thought so.

We're starting with the common marmosets,

who have recently moved to a new area called Monkey Temple.

It's an open enclosure with no bars or cages, and relies instead

on the marmosets' natural instinct to stay in their own territory.

-Come on, guys!

-Their keeper is Jo Hawthorne.

You can just see one jumping over the wheel there, at the moment.

They've been in here for two weeks only, in their brand-new home.

They've found their little caves at the side,

they've been running along the roof here.

I must say, really proud of them.

They've settled in really well in such a short time.

The marmosets are a family. There's mum, dad, and their six kids.

We have their lunchtime feed.

They get little bits often, during the course of the day,

to keep them out, keep them active. We've got banana, pear...

Blueberries are the very favourite of all fruits.

Common marmosets are tiny.

They are one of the smallest species of monkey.

When fully grown, they're only about 19cm long,

which is about the length of a pencil.

In the wild, they come from the rainforests

of Brazil in South America.

They're arboreal, which means they live in the treetops,

and they're omnivores, which means they eat bugs

and insects, as well as fruit and veg.

And marmosets are very curious.

For some strange reason,

these guys are fascinated by the ROAR cameraman.

But right now, there's one member of the family who's taking it easy

and staying close to home, for a very good reason.

We have our dominant female, mum.

She's actually due any day now, we think,

and we can tell she's looking very tubby there.

Her neck's kind of disappeared, she just looks like a little Buddha.

She just sat there, looking totally round.

She's been pregnant for almost five months,

which means the babies could arrive at any moment.

In her state now, she wouldn't go too far.

Like you and I, if we were pregnant,

you don't go on a long shopping trip, just in case it happens!

Marmoset babies are usually born at night,

so each evening, Jo checks that everything's ready.

We make sure there's lots of fresh hay in there, make sure that,

obviously, at night, the heating is on.

Just making sure they're comfortable, really. Any day now,

we could have some baby common marmosets,

which would be really good.

We'll be back later, to see what happens.

And you won't want to miss it, because, take it from me,

marmoset babies are really cute.

The Siberian, or Amur, tiger is the largest kind of cat there is.

A really big one can reach over 300kg.

That's the weight of about 70 pet cats!

CATS MEOW

# Just freak and freak and freak and shake your monkey

# Monkey, monkey, monkey

# Monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey

-#

-Shake it, baby!

# Shake your monkey, monkey

# Shake your monkey, monkey

# Shake your monkey... #

Rani! Rani!

-Rani, what are you doing?

-Er, afternoon snack.

-Come on, get up.

-We've got work to do.

-All right. Do you want some?

-No, save it for the monkeys.

-All right, then. What are we doing?

-What we're going to do today is feed the monkeys, Rani.

-Right.

We've got this contraption here.

As you can see, it's got lots of holes in it.

Basically, we're just going to put all the food inside,

and they have to roll it and work for it, and they have to get it out.

Do you think that's a bit tricky?

We could just give them a banana,

they could peel it, sit down, chill.

You could do, but obviously, they're very intelligent animals,

you see, so we've got to make them work for their food,

because they get bored very, very quickly.

Fair enough, all right. So, what have we got for them today?

Down here, we've got lots of fruit and veg,

we've got some watermelons, some onions, a bit of browse, there.

-So, what needs to go in first?

-Primate nuts.

The browse, next.

Let's pour all this fruit in.

There's some bread, there's some broccoli, oranges.

Mmmm, that smells really good! Obviously, this is open at the top,

and we don't want all the fruit to fall out,

so we have a lid down here, and it has a ROAR camera.

Say hi, Dan!

Give it a wave, hopefully, it'll catch all the little monkeys.

Catch the little monkeys in action.

So, we're going to place this firmly on the top.

All right, then. So, we've got all the fruit in place, all the browse,

loads of treats and, of course, the camera,

but what we haven't done is screw down the lid.

-That's what we're going to do now.

-All right, I love it.

We're going to head down to Monkey Jungle, place this into position,

and why don't you guys join us a little bit later on?

Come on, then. We've got work to do. In it goes.

What do you call an exploding monkey?

-I don't know, what DO you call an exploding monkey?

-A baboom!

Raaarrgh!

What do you get if you cross a pig with a zebra?

Stripey sausages!

Ar, ar, ar, ar, ar!

Why did the snake cross the road?

To get to the other sssssside!

Our ROAR Rangers today are a couple of friends who love two things:

animals and sport.

Always ready to pitch in is 11-year-old Louis.

And, hoping to make a hit as a keeper

is ten-year-old Fraser.

But what will be thrown at them today?

They've got to figure it out from just two clues.

Right. So, a tape measure, so it could be long.

-Yeah.

-And gloves.

Hmmm, gloves and a tape measure. What will the Rangers make of them?

The keeper with all the answers is Andy Hayton.

-You've got your clues?

-Yep.

-So, what do you think

you're going to be helping me with this morning, then?

Well, I thought it was a giant snail,

-because it's got a hard outside and soft inside.

-OK.

I think it's a centipede,

because it's got centimetres on this measuring tape.

Good guesses, but completely and utterly wrong.

You couldn't be farther away if you tried.

So, what you're going to be

working with today, and helping me with, is the giraffe.

Oh, my God!

Of course, the giraffe is

the tallest animal in the world.

And the gloves? We'll find out

what they're for soon enough.

-Yes!

-Yes!

The park's 15 giraffes spend every night in their house,

so the first job of the day is to let them out.

These are big animals, but they're a little bit shy and a little

bit nervous, so we can't move around too fast, and be nice and quiet.

But they don't see many short people,

so what we'll do is we'll let them go out into their paddock,

and you can see them all come out, and then, like I say, you'll

have to get your gloves on, because I've got a real cool job for you two.

But now, with the Rangers in a safe place,

and Andy on guard, it's time to open the door.

Big front door.

Here they come.

The park is home to a special subspecies of giraffe,

known as the Rothschild giraffe.

They come from East Africa,

where they've suffered badly

from habitat loss.

In fact, there are only about 700 left in the wild,

which means the Rothschild giraffe is an endangered animal.

-Great, aren't they?

-Amazing.

-So cool.

The big male was the coolest. He was just huge.

With the giraffes heading off into the great outdoors,

Andy and the Rangers need to get on with the second job of the day.

And I think Louis and Fraser are about to find out

what the gloves are for.

There's, like, thousands there.

OK, then, boys.

The reason I've brought you here is to pick some

nettles for the giraffe, because they really like them,

and then what we'll do is we'll go on the back of the truck,

and you can hand-feed a couple of the giraffes some nettles.

So that's why you've got gloves.

But, unfortunately, I forgot to bring some gloves myself,

so you're going to have to do all of it.

Don't worry, Andy. These guys are fearless.

BOTH: We laugh at nettles! Ha, ha, ha!

Got any questions so far?

Why is it that giraffes don't get stung

when they eat the nettles, and we do?

Well, what the giraffe have got is, where they eat a lot of thorny scrub

out in Africa, they'll be eating Acacia tree,

and there's big, long thorns on it, they've got really thick saliva,

and that'll protect them a little bit.

That defence isn't going to help Louis and Fraser.

If they touch the nettles, they'll just get stung, and it really hurts.

Some people can have an allergic reaction, too.

But Andy's been picking nettles for years,

and there's a right way to do it.

Go down quite low, down here, OK?

Kind of bend them away from you, like that,

so you shouldn't get stung if you tip them away.

I think I've done more than enough of that for you, so there you go, boys.

Louis and Fraser really are very keen on sport,

and now they can't resist the idea of turning this job into a game.

Fraser, I challenge you to a nettle-picking competition.

Ten seconds, who can get the most?

This may not be the smartest idea ever...

Ready, steady, go! Ah!

..because if you rush it, you're going to get stung!

Time's up, and the scores are clear. Louis claims victory.

Champion!

-But so does Fraser.

-Yeah, but I won the sting competition!

Picking nettles may be a dangerous game,

but feeding them to the giraffes will be a bigger challenge.

Getting stung is going to be the least of their worries.

Back with the marmosets,

we'd like to report the arrival of their new babies.

We'd like to, but we can't, because they haven't come yet.

Mum is still just getting bigger and bigger.

But stay tuned, it can't be much longer!

Monkeys are naturally smart,

curious, and clever with their hands,

not to mention downright mischievous, so it's very

important to set them interesting new challenges to keep them busy.

Earlier on in the show, we filled up this huge fruit tombola with

fruit and loads of treats for the Rhesus macaque monkeys, and we're

here now in Monkey Jungle, and this is ready to go out, but unfort...

Can you actually see me and Dan? We are still here behind this thing!

So, shall we get this out, Dan, first of all?

I think we should, yeah,

and hopefully, you'll get to see lots of monkeys.

Come on, monkeys!

So, the fruit tombola's in position.

Now we need to see monkey, and look over there! Look at them coming up!

-Look! OK, so that's mummy.

-Yep.

And these are Rhesus macaques, aren't they?

These are Rhesus macaques. These are some of the slightly younger ones.

Obviously, they're a lot more inquisitive,

but, you know, normally, you'd get the bigger, more confident ones.

Look at them, they're jumping straight in

and getting their hands right in!

Now, the ones at the top, they're not going to get anything,

and they've already gone down, because that's where they're going

to get the food, because the food's lying

on the bottom of the barrel, now.

They're very clever, they'll work it out very quickly.

Can you see the little baldy baby sitting on the back?

Have a little look out the window.

-Because they're normally clinging on the underneath, aren't they?

-Yeah.

Oh, he's so cute!

Well, he's got a bit of hair, but he's still quite red.

Oh, look, now going round the front of mum! I get so excited by this.

They are just loving that tombola!

Oooh, the monkeys just climbed on our roof!

I don't know why I got excited then! I just heard it crawl up.

Have we got all our windows closed?

We've got a window open, we're going to have to close our window.

Close your window, please!

See, this is what's so exciting about being on ROAR.

OK, we're just going to have to move the truck a little bit, because

we've got monkeys on our truck now, and they shouldn't be on this truck,

purely because this is the truck that comes round and feeds them,

so they have to know they're not allowed on.

Oh, and there he is, he's come off.

He looks a bit like he's had a telling off, really!

Now, you've got a lot of babies here,

so do you have any idea how many macaques are out here?

We believe there's about 115, but obviously, they have babies

so frequently that it changes, but we catch them every year

and have a definite count, so there's about 115.

I don't know how you count those. Imagine that!

One, two... Oh, there's one on a rope, one on there, one on there.

They're just absolutely amazing.

I've got to say, I think it's been a success. How about you?

Yep, definitely a success. They really enjoy it.

Well, I'll tell you what, they really enjoy it,

and I have loved watching them, it's been fantastic.

But, Dan, I think I'm going to leave you to bring the tombola in.

Yes, thanks, Rani!

The tortoise is a very ancient kind of creature.

They're from a group of reptiles that go back 250 million years.

In fact, there were tortoises toddling about

when dinosaurs ruled the Earth.

The leafcutter ants must be one of the most extraordinary

creatures in the park. If there's any kind of leaf lying around,

they'll cut it up and take it away.

Here on ROAR, we love coming up with interesting new ways to test

out some of the animals' amazing skills, and today, we're

setting the tiny leafcutter ant a big challenge, which is why

I'm here in the butterfly house with their lovely keeper, Kim.

Hello, Kim. You all right?

So, last year on ROAR, we saw the lovely ants carrying our ROAR

leaf, which was pretty amazing, it showed how strong they were.

What have we got planned today?

Well, today, we have this wonderful little contraption.

-This is a ROAR flag.

-OK.

So, we've attached it at the top with a little bit of their favourite

leaf, which is privet, and hopefully, they'll cut through it

and release the flag.

OK, so what shall we do, then?

Well, first off, what we're going to do is we'll place it on

the tree over here, where the leafcutter ants are,

so they've got a few bits and pieces already that they've been eating.

You can see down there, look, how quickly they strip the privet.

-Oh, wow, yeah!

-There's almost nothing on it.

So you think they're going to cut the privet and release our flag?

Go on, then. How long do you think it'll take them to do this?

-Oooh, three minutes or so?

-Three minutes, really?

-You reckon they'll do it in three minutes?

-Yeah.

-I reckon three hours!

So, where shall I put this, then?

If we rest it just up here, so if we put this end on this side,

and then, hopefully, it'll rest.

I'm going to start the stopwatch, then.

I'm going to time you, Kim, to see if you were right. Now!

There you go. Look at that. OK.

So, Kim, I can see a few ants on that little bit of leaf

there, but they don't seem to be doing anything.

If they are going to cut it down, what will they use to do so?

They've got what they call mandibles at the front, which, to us,

look like big pincer-type things, so that's their jaws.

They don't chew the same way as us, their mouths go from side to side.

-Weird, OK!

-Yeah, really odd.

So what they need to do is get hold of the leaf

and chop through it before they can carry it away then.

-Two minutes and 15 seconds so far!

-Oh, no, really?

So your three minutes isn't looking good. I reckon three hours, yeah.

Oh, look, there's loads of them on it now, look!

There might be, it might work.

Look at that, just gone three minutes!

They seem to be cutting underneath it.

Well, you know what?

I make that four and a half minutes on the clock.

They've got, literally, a tiny little bit left.

Nearly, nearly, yeah!

Yes, they've done it! That was pretty amazing, Kim!

You know what, I make that just under seven minutes.

-Oh, so not near three hours, then?

-Yeah, OK, whatever, whatever!

OK, I admit, you know what? That took a lot quicker

than I expected, and they released our ROAR flag,

so I think that's a victory for everyone. Put it there, Kim.

Back with the marmosets, everyone's been waiting for mum to give birth.

Days have gone by, and she's just been getting bigger and bigger.

But now, there's been a call, and we've rushed over,

because the babies have arrived.

Well, you're very privileged,

because half of the keepers haven't even seen these babies yet.

But, if you come with me,

I'll let you have a very sneaky preview of our babies.

And, here they are. She's had twins.

They're just one day old,

and already following their natural instinct to cling onto Mum.

If common marmosets are small, the babies are tiny.

Each one is no bigger than a man's thumb,

and they weigh just 30 grams, the same as a teaspoon.

But it's not just their size that makes them hard to spot.

They're also camouflaged to make them

blend in with the grown-ups' fur.

To find out which way they are up,

facing up or sideways or how they are being carried,

you just have to look for their tiny little ringed tails.

The head is tucked so tightly in,

and it's so small, you know, they are quite hard to see.

At this stage, the babies are totally dependent.

Their eyes are hardly open, and they need milk several times a day.

But, having just given birth, mum is exhausted.

Luckily, marmoset dads do their bit.

Mum will basically do all the feeding.

Normally, what happens is she'll give them a good clean.

Dad will then come and take them from her. He'll do all the carrying.

It gives Mum the chance to have a bit of a rest.

They almost look like a fur shrug around dad's neck!

An amazing system, you know. Dad really gets involved. Brilliant.

He's just giving her, basically, the time,

and taking the kids off her hands for a while.

And it's not just dad who helps with the babycare.

The big brothers and sisters do, too.

They will all certainly get involved.

In fact, in a few weeks' time, when the babies get older,

it's not unusual to see another of the brothers

or sisters carrying the babies and doing their bit as well.

They actually show us up, I think. They're an amazing family.

We're certainly lucky to have seen them so young,

because baby marmosets grow very fast.

In just four months' time, they'll be independent of mum and dad.

But, right now, they're probably the smallest babies in the park.

They are so cute. I mean, they have the features

and everything that an adult would have, but just so much smaller.

They are, in my opinion, the cutest of babies.

And, we'll be back to catch up with these little cuties

later in the series.

Now then, gamers,

how's your wild animal park doing at

the ROAR game on the CBBC website?

Here's today's cheat code to help.

Type that in and see what you get. Food, treats or features.

Don't forget to check in every day, and happy gaming!

Earlier, our two ROAR Rangers, Fraser and Louis,

were set the skin-tingling task

of collecting nettles to feed the giraffes.

Now they're in for a special treat, because Andy is taking them to meet

the friendliest and gentlest giraffe in the park, Imogen.

If the ROAR Rangers stay in the safety of the truck,

they might just get a chance to feed her by hand.

Hold them like that, O?, Take one each. OK? That's it.

-She's beautiful, isn't she?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Of course, they can only do this because keeper Andy is right here.

Being this close to the world's tallest animal really is

a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

-Was it worth getting stung, Frase?

-Definitely.

-Yeah.

Giraffes have got have a great big, long tongue.

Watch how she works her tongue, look. She's quick, mind. She'll pull it.

See how she loops her tongue round, and just pulls it?

Her tongue is about 30 centimetres long, when it comes right out.

-This is awesome, Fraser.

-Yeah.

-So cool.

Why do you think the giraffe have got blue tongues?

Maybe they were born with blue tongues?

They are born with blue tongues, but a lot of people think

when they're out in Africa, they're pulling the branches,

like you've just seen, branches and leaves and stuff

she'll pull into her mouth with her tongue,

and wrap her tongue round them, and Africa's

really hot, and you think her tongue's stuck out, all day,

eating, in the sun, what would be the worst thing ever to have sunburnt?

-Your tongue.

-Your tongue.

So, if she's got a darker tongue, a lot of people think it's to

stop their tongues actually getting sunburnt.

Can you imagine having a sunburnt tongue? Agony, wouldn't it?

Mind you, it's probably as bad as eating nettles!

But now Imogen's spotted where all the nettles are.

That's why you've got to keep feeding her, boys!

She's going to drop them on you.

-OK, boys. You happy?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Enjoy that?

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

Worth the nettle stings? Right, cool. Shall we shoot on, then?

I'll chuck these down.

While Imogen finishes her tongue-tingling treats,

what do the ROAR Rangers think of being a giraffe keeper?

They have huge tongues.

We've got a couple of future giraffe keepers, there.

They've just got to learn how to pick nettles and not get stung!

One of my new favourite animals is definitely the giraffe.

Yeah, definitely for me as well.

Now, last year in the park, there was a baby boom,

and down here at the flamingo pond, it was no different.

That's right, so we thought we'd pop down

to see how they're all getting on.

-Hiya, Mark. You all right?

-I'm all right.

-So, how are they doing, then?

-Really well, really well.

-Yeah?

-Really?

-Well, we're having a look.

-Can we spot the babies from the adults?

-It's quite difficult, now.

They're nearly fully grown.

About one of the only differences is they've got a lot darker legs,

and a slightly greyer neck, and for me,

the easiest thing is the blue leg band I put on them!

-Right, OK!

-That's a little one, isn't it, right at the front here?

-Yes, that is, yeah.

-Because it is greyer, isn't it?

-Yeah.

I can't remember, how many did you have last year?

Five chicks survived.

So, any chance that we might see some flamingo chicks on this series?

I'm seriously hoping so.

They're over there now, on the nest sites, they're displaying,

they're doing a bit of nestbuilding,

so I'm hopeful that something will happen.

Ah, positivity, we love a bit of that!

And something to look forward to, and this is what you've got

to look forward to on the next episode of ROAR.

The team must go into the lions' den to give some vital inoculations.

Lucky it's only the cubs that are being treated!

I'm going on a mission to find and weigh the newborn baby deer.

So little, but with such long legs.

And, I'm not taking any chances with one of the most dangerous

animals in the park...

I'm glad I wore my shin pads, look at this, she's attacking! Ah!

..because there's Bubble trouble up with the pygmy goats.

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