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This is Kruger National Park in South Africa, | 0:00:02 | 0:00:05 | |
home to some of the biggest, fastest and deadliest animals on the planet. | 0:00:05 | 0:00:10 | |
CBBC have brought four British and four South African children | 0:00:13 | 0:00:16 | |
to spend a month training to be rookie game rangers. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:20 | |
Incredible! | 0:00:20 | 0:00:21 | |
Leading them will be their mentors - | 0:00:21 | 0:00:24 | |
trails ranger Rudi... | 0:00:24 | 0:00:26 | |
It's taken me years to learn to be a ranger. | 0:00:26 | 0:00:28 | |
-They've only got one month. -..and guide Frankie. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:31 | |
In the African bush, danger can be around any corner. | 0:00:31 | 0:00:34 | |
The Safari 8 needs to be alert and ready at any time. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:38 | |
Eight kids, two mentors and one massive challenge - | 0:00:38 | 0:00:42 | |
to lead two celebrity guests on a safari experience of a lifetime. | 0:00:42 | 0:00:45 | |
Last time, our rookie rangers made some jumbo-sized new friends... | 0:01:06 | 0:01:10 | |
It was the first time I touched an elephant. It was amazing. | 0:01:10 | 0:01:14 | |
..and got their first glimpse of a totally wild animal. | 0:01:14 | 0:01:18 | |
Look! There! There! | 0:01:18 | 0:01:20 | |
On today's show, the Safari 8 get suited and booted... | 0:01:22 | 0:01:25 | |
-I want your shoes polished every day. That includes mine. -What?! | 0:01:25 | 0:01:30 | |
..find out that wild LIFE can also mean death... | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
I'm not good with dead things. | 0:01:33 | 0:01:35 | |
..and get their first taste of the bush - quite literally. | 0:01:35 | 0:01:40 | |
It was like bleurgh! CHEERING | 0:01:40 | 0:01:42 | |
Today is when all the hard work begins. | 0:01:45 | 0:01:47 | |
It's barely daybreak, but Rudi and Frankie are at the treehouse | 0:01:47 | 0:01:52 | |
keen to get the Safari 8 up and out. | 0:01:52 | 0:01:55 | |
-It's 6am. -Animals don't lie in, so the earlier we start, the better. | 0:01:55 | 0:02:00 | |
The team will have to get used to early starts. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
Come on, girls. Wake up! You guys must be dressed in five minutes! | 0:02:05 | 0:02:10 | |
As rookie rangers, they'll learn that animal spotting is best done | 0:02:10 | 0:02:13 | |
before breakfast. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:17 | |
-Time to wake up. -Hang on. | 0:02:17 | 0:02:19 | |
-What time did you knock? -Come on, guys, five minutes. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:23 | |
If you live in the city, you're not used to getting up so early. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:26 | |
It is a physical shock, someone waking you up. | 0:02:26 | 0:02:29 | |
GIRLS WAIL | 0:02:29 | 0:02:31 | |
We were woken up at 6.30, which is absolutely bonkers. | 0:02:31 | 0:02:36 | |
My first night in the bush was very nice. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:39 | |
I slept like a baby. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:41 | |
But napping next to nature proved less restful for the lighter sleepers in the team. | 0:02:41 | 0:02:47 | |
There was this massive bird, and it was so loud you couldn't imagine. | 0:02:47 | 0:02:51 | |
It woke up Ashleigh, too. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:53 | |
There was banging, and then things were walking through the bush. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:57 | |
And I looked everywhere and I was like twitching. | 0:02:57 | 0:03:01 | |
I had to get myself out of it and just go back to sleep. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:06 | |
But sleeping in isn't an option for the Safari 8. | 0:03:06 | 0:03:08 | |
There's one last thing they must do before they get to work - | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
give up their regular clothes and start looking the part. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
-Good morning. ALL: -Morning! | 0:03:16 | 0:03:17 | |
This is your uniform for the next couple of weeks here with us. | 0:03:17 | 0:03:22 | |
The reason we wear this is to blend in as much as possible. | 0:03:22 | 0:03:26 | |
Just one thing on this uniform. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:28 | |
Every morning it must be clean, neat and tidy. Caroline, boots polished. | 0:03:28 | 0:03:33 | |
-When you've done yours, you can do mine! -What?! No! | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
The team are getting kitted out with working ranger gear. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:40 | |
Oh! It has my name on it! | 0:03:40 | 0:03:43 | |
Uniform and cap to protect them from the bush and sun, | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
with strong boots for trekking. Khaki might not be fashionable, | 0:03:46 | 0:03:50 | |
but natural colours mean they won't be a target for a hungry animal. | 0:03:50 | 0:03:55 | |
Wearing these clothes is very, very nice. | 0:03:55 | 0:03:59 | |
I feel like a ranger. I feel like a ranger. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:02 | |
It's nice and cool and it has our names on it. | 0:04:02 | 0:04:05 | |
How cool is that? My hat has it too. | 0:04:05 | 0:04:08 | |
If this is what rangers wear, I don't mind wearing this all the time. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
-You all look brilliant. Are you ready for your training? -YES! | 0:04:11 | 0:04:16 | |
The Safari 8 are training to become rangers in the Kruger National Park, | 0:04:20 | 0:04:24 | |
the largest game reserve in South Africa. | 0:04:24 | 0:04:27 | |
Watching them every step of the way are mentors Rudi and Frankie. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:31 | |
Rudi is one of the most experienced and respected trails rangers. | 0:04:31 | 0:04:36 | |
Used to close encounters with formidable and fatal animals, | 0:04:36 | 0:04:39 | |
he's survived a lot. | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
I was attacked by a lion. I barely came away with my life. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:46 | |
Frankie is a senior guide and tracks the Big Five every day. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:50 | |
He's a bird expert, spider specialist and astronomer. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
His safari guests are guaranteed a five-star adventure. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:58 | |
To be a guide, you have to be like me - passionate, committed, | 0:04:58 | 0:05:01 | |
and ready for any situation. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:03 | |
So far, the Safari 8 have only experienced the bush | 0:05:08 | 0:05:11 | |
from the safety of the game-viewer truck. | 0:05:11 | 0:05:13 | |
But they've already developed a knack for spotting giraffe. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
The giraffe's amazing. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
But who's really checking out who? | 0:05:20 | 0:05:22 | |
I don't know if they're following us, | 0:05:22 | 0:05:24 | |
but they're really nice - got lots of pictures. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:28 | |
I hope they've got a wide-angle lens, | 0:05:28 | 0:05:31 | |
because giraffes are the tallest animal on Earth. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:34 | |
-Some 6,000 live here in Kruger. -Bye, giraffe! Look how big they are! | 0:05:34 | 0:05:38 | |
But there are smaller, woollier animals, | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
not native to Kruger, that are troubling Manya. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:44 | |
Sheep. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:45 | |
-Manya, are you scared of sheep?! -They freak me out. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:48 | |
If you don't like sheep, don't come to Wales. | 0:05:48 | 0:05:51 | |
-Every animal there is mostly sheep. -I just don't like their faces. | 0:05:51 | 0:05:55 | |
For our rookie rangers' training to truly begin, | 0:05:55 | 0:05:59 | |
the team need to be on foot, and that means | 0:05:59 | 0:06:01 | |
some serious ground rules about safety. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:04 | |
We're going for a walk now. Listen to what we have to say at all times. | 0:06:04 | 0:06:10 | |
Walk quietly, walk in single file. There's myself and Frankie, | 0:06:10 | 0:06:14 | |
and there's Jacob as well, here for your protection. | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
If we come across something, | 0:06:17 | 0:06:19 | |
don't run - you don't run faster than any animal in this bush. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:24 | |
Everything here is wild. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:26 | |
If something happens, listen to myself or to Rudi. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
We will take you to a safe place and head off the charge. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:33 | |
If we encounter a dangerous animal and it does come towards us, | 0:06:33 | 0:06:38 | |
just stand still - don't start screaming, don't start running. | 0:06:38 | 0:06:43 | |
Wait for our instructions. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
If we do give an instruction | 0:06:45 | 0:06:47 | |
to get behind a bush or tree, do that immediately, | 0:06:47 | 0:06:51 | |
and do it at speed, right? | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
-Let's go! -Brilliant. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
This is the very first time the Safari 8 have been out in the open, | 0:06:55 | 0:06:59 | |
and they quickly feel exposed and vulnerable. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
It's quite scary out here, | 0:07:04 | 0:07:07 | |
being just in the wild and roaming free. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:10 | |
You really need to watch what you're doing and know what you're doing, | 0:07:10 | 0:07:14 | |
and just be safe all round. | 0:07:14 | 0:07:16 | |
There are thousands of dangerous animals in Kruger, | 0:07:16 | 0:07:20 | |
so being aware of what's around them is a vital skill they must master. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:24 | |
This bush walk is a chance for our rookies to impress their mentors, | 0:07:24 | 0:07:27 | |
who are already gauging who has real ranger potential. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:31 | |
We are looking for the strongest person to lead the final challenge. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:35 | |
That's what me and Rudi are going to assess today. | 0:07:35 | 0:07:38 | |
So training has started. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:40 | |
Lesson number one is identifying number twos. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:44 | |
-What animal? -ALL: Elephant. -Why? | 0:07:44 | 0:07:46 | |
-ALL: Cos it's big. -It is elephant, yes. | 0:07:46 | 0:07:50 | |
If you open it up, you see large pieces. | 0:07:50 | 0:07:53 | |
There's a combination of twigs, leaves. There's a piece of branch. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:59 | |
You can see how coarse it is. OK? | 0:07:59 | 0:08:01 | |
Rhino, hippo, warthog, zebra, | 0:08:01 | 0:08:05 | |
all have single stomachs, so their dung is very coarse. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:08 | |
Top tips for tracking. | 0:08:08 | 0:08:10 | |
And there's a tasty bonus. | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
You guys know marula fruit? | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
Elephants feed on a lot of marulas. | 0:08:15 | 0:08:17 | |
It passes so quickly through the stomach, | 0:08:17 | 0:08:20 | |
it doesn't break the skin of the fruit. | 0:08:20 | 0:08:22 | |
You can take it out of the dung, wash it off, and eat the marula. | 0:08:22 | 0:08:26 | |
Sounds gross, but Rudi's preparing the team for things to come. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:31 | |
As the Safari 8 will discover later, they're far from done with dung. | 0:08:31 | 0:08:36 | |
I'd stick my head literally in a lion's mouth, | 0:08:36 | 0:08:38 | |
but I'm not putting any poo - not even my poo - in my mouth! | 0:08:38 | 0:08:43 | |
Putting poo aside, 14-year-old Ashleigh from Port Elizabeth | 0:08:43 | 0:08:48 | |
does have a healthy appetite for new tastes. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:51 | |
I love to eat. Eating is like a hobby for me. When I go to a restaurant, | 0:08:53 | 0:08:57 | |
I'm not going to eat pizza, but something completely different. | 0:08:57 | 0:09:01 | |
So grub is good. What's bad? | 0:09:01 | 0:09:03 | |
My phobias are I'm afraid of the dark and spiders. | 0:09:03 | 0:09:08 | |
I'm an arachnophobia. I hate spiders. I can't stand them. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:12 | |
I've three sisters - | 0:09:12 | 0:09:14 | |
Gemma, Britney and Gabby. | 0:09:14 | 0:09:16 | |
She's quite fun to be around. | 0:09:16 | 0:09:18 | |
Being Ashleigh's sister is interesting but a bit scary. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
Sometimes she goes a bit wild. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
And there's another member of the family Ashleigh's very fond of. | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
I do have a brother, Hilton, my dog. He's such a good brother to me. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:32 | |
The dog sleeps on a feather duvet | 0:09:32 | 0:09:33 | |
in the bed next to one of us. | 0:09:33 | 0:09:35 | |
There's a fight every night of whose turn it is with the dog! | 0:09:35 | 0:09:39 | |
Hilton is definitely number one, but Ashleigh has more love to give. | 0:09:39 | 0:09:44 | |
Saturdays or Sundays, I'll do community service. | 0:09:44 | 0:09:47 | |
These animals don't get a lot of attention or people's time. | 0:09:47 | 0:09:52 | |
So when you give it to them, they show appreciation. | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
She's a very compassionate child. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:57 | |
She's got a huge heart, but she's got a huge mouth, as well! | 0:09:57 | 0:10:02 | |
-She's a bit of a screamer. -Ah-ah-ah! -She's not an a.m. person. | 0:10:02 | 0:10:06 | |
-Not a morning person. -She wakes up on the wrong side of the bed! | 0:10:06 | 0:10:10 | |
Moody in the morning, | 0:10:10 | 0:10:12 | |
but one thing is guaranteed to put the spring back in Ashleigh's step. | 0:10:12 | 0:10:16 | |
I absolutely love dancing. Any form of dancing. | 0:10:16 | 0:10:19 | |
And what's Ashleigh hoping to get from her latest adventure? | 0:10:19 | 0:10:23 | |
On safari, the animals I'd most like to see would be... | 0:10:23 | 0:10:27 | |
cheetah or leopard - they're quite similar. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
I'd really be excited to see one of those. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:32 | |
The Safari 8 face a huge final challenge - | 0:10:34 | 0:10:37 | |
to lead a two-day safari in search of South African's Big Five, | 0:10:37 | 0:10:42 | |
which are the rhino, weighing in at up to 3.5 tonnes, | 0:10:42 | 0:10:46 | |
the elephant, the biggest land mammal in the world, | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
the lion, South Africa's largest carnivore, the dangerous buffalo, | 0:10:49 | 0:10:54 | |
and the leopard, pound for pound the strongest of the big cats. | 0:10:54 | 0:10:58 | |
Tracking these animals is a test | 0:10:58 | 0:11:01 | |
that will push the team's new skills to the limit. | 0:11:01 | 0:11:04 | |
Back in the bush, Rudi, Frankie and the team | 0:11:04 | 0:11:08 | |
are on the trail of an animal | 0:11:08 | 0:11:10 | |
and, judging by the state of their surroundings, it's a big one. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:14 | |
This area looks like a warzone. What do you think happened here? | 0:11:14 | 0:11:19 | |
-Elephants. -Why do you say elephants? | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
Because they lean against trees and stuff | 0:11:21 | 0:11:24 | |
and because they're so heavy, | 0:11:24 | 0:11:26 | |
if the tree's not strong enough, they can collapse. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
You can see it's been pushed over. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:31 | |
The tree behind you, you can see the roots. | 0:11:31 | 0:11:33 | |
Especially end of winter, | 0:11:33 | 0:11:35 | |
when there's very little leaves available, | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
very little grass, | 0:11:37 | 0:11:39 | |
elephants go for the bark of trees and also for the root system. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:42 | |
A lot people, when they're driving in the park and they see this, | 0:11:42 | 0:11:46 | |
they go, "The elephants, they're causing so much damage". | 0:11:46 | 0:11:49 | |
Yes, they are, | 0:11:49 | 0:11:51 | |
but it's also vital to the park. | 0:11:51 | 0:11:54 | |
Termites will start invading the tree, | 0:11:54 | 0:11:56 | |
there's animals eating the termites, predators eating those animals... | 0:11:56 | 0:12:01 | |
-So, a big chain. -BOTH: The circle of life. | 0:12:01 | 0:12:04 | |
And as our rookie rangers are about to discover, | 0:12:04 | 0:12:08 | |
the circle of life also includes death. | 0:12:08 | 0:12:11 | |
As we were walking, there was, like, | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
massive bones spread out. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:16 | |
In the distance, there was a massive carcass | 0:12:16 | 0:12:19 | |
and I was like, "Ooooh", because I'm not good with dead things. | 0:12:19 | 0:12:22 | |
The sad reality is that finding dead animals | 0:12:22 | 0:12:26 | |
is part and parcel of being a ranger. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:28 | |
It's an aspect of the job which the Safari 8 can't ignore. | 0:12:28 | 0:12:32 | |
-Can you all smell it? -Yeah. -Yeah? Beautiful smell, eh? | 0:12:32 | 0:12:37 | |
-The carcass was really smelly. -It smelt SO bad. It was horrible. | 0:12:37 | 0:12:42 | |
This is a white rhino. | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
You can see by the size of the feet. Black rhinos have smaller feet. | 0:12:45 | 0:12:49 | |
This rhino was found a few days ago by Kruger Park rangers. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:52 | |
As a safeguard, | 0:12:52 | 0:12:54 | |
they've already removed the highly-prized horns. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:57 | |
Why do you have to take them? | 0:12:57 | 0:12:59 | |
If poachers come across the carcass, they'll take the horns | 0:12:59 | 0:13:03 | |
and we try and eliminate that. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:05 | |
-What do you think could have killed it? -Yeah. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:09 | |
This was probably a natural occurrence. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:11 | |
You often get two rhinos fighting, one turns | 0:13:11 | 0:13:13 | |
and the other one tries to hook it with their horn, | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
and then it gets wounded and dies from it. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:18 | |
'Very good questions they've been asking.' | 0:13:18 | 0:13:21 | |
I've had a lot of people on trail. | 0:13:21 | 0:13:24 | |
The kids' questions are quite mature. | 0:13:24 | 0:13:26 | |
This has been here for about four days. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:30 | |
So, they clean it up quite quickly. | 0:13:30 | 0:13:32 | |
The bush is... It's equilibrium. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:34 | |
Animals feed on dead animals | 0:13:34 | 0:13:36 | |
to get it back into the ground - the circle of life. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:39 | |
You don't know how they died and it's like a mystery | 0:13:39 | 0:13:42 | |
but it was quite intense seeing a corpse of a rhino there, yeah. | 0:13:42 | 0:13:47 | |
It's just so weird. | 0:13:47 | 0:13:49 | |
There's so much life in it - bugs and maggots feeding off it. | 0:13:49 | 0:13:52 | |
I think the most important thing I learnt | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
is that everything that happens always has a purpose | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
and a consequence after it. | 0:13:58 | 0:13:59 | |
It's a bit sad, but this is life. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:02 | |
The Safari 8 move on | 0:14:02 | 0:14:04 | |
but quickly spot something their mentors have missed. | 0:14:04 | 0:14:08 | |
While everyone was looking in the front, | 0:14:08 | 0:14:10 | |
Manya turned and then I turned, because I saw him looking this way, | 0:14:10 | 0:14:14 | |
and then all of a sudden, we saw a tortoise walking. | 0:14:14 | 0:14:17 | |
I thought it was a rock. It looked SO cute! | 0:14:17 | 0:14:20 | |
Who can tell me what tortoise this is? | 0:14:20 | 0:14:23 | |
Is it the leopard shell tortoise? | 0:14:23 | 0:14:25 | |
-Yes! -Well done! -So, you learnt! | 0:14:25 | 0:14:28 | |
-Yeah! -Excellent! Where did he go? | 0:14:28 | 0:14:31 | |
-He's there. -RUDI LAUGHS | 0:14:31 | 0:14:33 | |
OK, yeah, this is the leopard tortoise, | 0:14:33 | 0:14:36 | |
due to the colouring on his shell, and it's well camouflaged. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
It was one of my first spots as a ranger, so it was a great feeling. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:43 | |
-Let's go, guys. -Bye-bye! | 0:14:43 | 0:14:45 | |
The team are beginning to get the measure of the bush, | 0:14:45 | 0:14:49 | |
but some are better at remembering facts than others. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:52 | |
What have you learned? | 0:14:52 | 0:14:53 | |
-The differences between white and black rhinos. -Can you tell me that? | 0:14:53 | 0:14:57 | |
The white rhinos have got a hooked... | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
-(Big mouth.) -What? | 0:15:00 | 0:15:02 | |
-(Big mouth.) -..a big mouth. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:04 | |
Yeah. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:05 | |
-And the black one's got a... -(Small mouth.) -..small mouth. -OK. | 0:15:05 | 0:15:09 | |
Caroline's a clever girl. She picked up all the information. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:13 | |
-Do you know where the vehicle is? ALL: -Yeah. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
Yeah? Which way? | 0:15:15 | 0:15:17 | |
Over that way. | 0:15:17 | 0:15:19 | |
-There. -There. | 0:15:19 | 0:15:20 | |
-That way. -Have a look at your compass. | 0:15:20 | 0:15:23 | |
Sifiso's quiet, | 0:15:23 | 0:15:25 | |
but there's a lot of leadership characteristics in him | 0:15:25 | 0:15:29 | |
that we can maybe use at a later stage. | 0:15:29 | 0:15:31 | |
..And also, the importance of a compass. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:34 | |
-Yes, to find your way back. -Yeah. | 0:15:34 | 0:15:36 | |
God job Rudi and Frankie know where the game-viewer truck is! | 0:15:36 | 0:15:40 | |
Oh, yeah. | 0:15:40 | 0:15:42 | |
It's been an eventful first morning in Kruger, | 0:15:44 | 0:15:46 | |
and now Rudi and Frankie | 0:15:46 | 0:15:49 | |
have a different challenge for the Safari 8 - | 0:15:49 | 0:15:51 | |
an old ranger tradition | 0:15:51 | 0:15:54 | |
involving kudu poo. | 0:15:54 | 0:15:56 | |
Back in the old days, guys, | 0:15:56 | 0:15:58 | |
when there was no television... | 0:15:58 | 0:16:00 | |
Yes, Tomas, | 0:16:00 | 0:16:02 | |
there was a time like that, years and years ago! | 0:16:02 | 0:16:04 | |
..the old folk in South Africa used to have a competition. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:08 | |
You get kudu dung like this, put it in your mouth, and... | 0:16:08 | 0:16:12 | |
-HE SPITS -..spit it as far as you can. | 0:16:12 | 0:16:15 | |
Eurgh! | 0:16:15 | 0:16:17 | |
So, what we're going to do, kids, this is now | 0:16:17 | 0:16:20 | |
-your first official Safari 8 challenge. -What?! | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
You're going to split into two groups. | 0:16:23 | 0:16:25 | |
South Africa versus Great Britain. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:28 | |
So, each rookie ranger has one chance to spit for their country! | 0:16:28 | 0:16:32 | |
There's a reward for the winners - sunset drinks at the lake. | 0:16:32 | 0:16:35 | |
And a forfeit for the losers - scrubbing the barbecue. | 0:16:35 | 0:16:38 | |
The furthest spit wins, but that's not to everyone's taste! | 0:16:38 | 0:16:42 | |
Is there somebody that's not up for it? | 0:16:42 | 0:16:44 | |
-Ashleigh? -Yes! No! -No? | 0:16:44 | 0:16:47 | |
Ashleigh didn't want to do it. "That's too nasty!" | 0:16:47 | 0:16:50 | |
We came here to safari, not put poo in our mouths, | 0:16:50 | 0:16:55 | |
and I wasn't going to do that, not at all. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:58 | |
-OK, I've got a marker. -Kudu poo spitting is a serious sport. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:03 | |
Picking the perfect pellet is key - firm but not crumbly. | 0:17:03 | 0:17:07 | |
No-one wants dung to disintegrate in their mouth. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:10 | |
-Ella's off to a gob-stopping start. -That's disgusting! | 0:17:10 | 0:17:13 | |
Next. | 0:17:13 | 0:17:14 | |
But Noma seems to have blown it. | 0:17:16 | 0:17:18 | |
OK... | 0:17:18 | 0:17:19 | |
Tomas's bluster proves to be a blaster. | 0:17:19 | 0:17:21 | |
Top technique from Sifiso | 0:17:21 | 0:17:24 | |
but he hasn't got the distance. | 0:17:24 | 0:17:26 | |
Just here, unfortunately. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
Caroline's a bit hesitant and that's cost her some length. | 0:17:28 | 0:17:32 | |
Kushal gives it all he's got | 0:17:32 | 0:17:35 | |
and his pellet pings into pole position. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:39 | |
With one mighty mouthful, | 0:17:39 | 0:17:41 | |
Manya takes a late lead. | 0:17:41 | 0:17:43 | |
Look at this! | 0:17:43 | 0:17:45 | |
But because Ashleigh's refusing to take part, | 0:17:45 | 0:17:48 | |
Rudi awards Kushal a free spit. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:52 | |
It's the last chance for Team GB. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:55 | |
-Oh! -Close, but not close enough. Well done, South Africa. | 0:17:55 | 0:17:58 | |
And it's all over. | 0:17:58 | 0:18:00 | |
Sundowners for South Africa, spit and polish for Great Britain. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:05 | |
The kudu poo challenge was quite cool. | 0:18:05 | 0:18:08 | |
I did well - I won the competition. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:10 | |
I was really chuffed with that. | 0:18:10 | 0:18:12 | |
It's like the last thing you could ever think of - having to eat poo. | 0:18:12 | 0:18:17 | |
It was like, "Eurgh!" | 0:18:17 | 0:18:19 | |
I was very impressed the way that Caroline and Ella handled it | 0:18:19 | 0:18:23 | |
because I didn't think they'd be up for it, | 0:18:23 | 0:18:25 | |
but they had as much fun as we did. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
One of the most important skills our rookie rangers must learn | 0:18:30 | 0:18:33 | |
is how to track animals, | 0:18:33 | 0:18:35 | |
so the Safari 8 are back to work. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:37 | |
Keep to the single file. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:39 | |
The reason for that is animals come from the front, | 0:18:39 | 0:18:41 | |
they see one object. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:43 | |
If you're all bundled up together, | 0:18:43 | 0:18:46 | |
they're going to see a larger object. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
Some big footprints tell the team | 0:18:48 | 0:18:50 | |
they're stepping into someone else's stomping ground... | 0:18:50 | 0:18:54 | |
and a big hole filled with dung | 0:18:54 | 0:18:56 | |
tells Rudi they're in rhino country. | 0:18:56 | 0:18:58 | |
Rhinos have got territories | 0:18:58 | 0:19:00 | |
and the most dominant rhino will have the best area. | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
So, we're in the rhino's territory? | 0:19:03 | 0:19:06 | |
Yes, this is part of his territory. This is a rhino midden. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:09 | |
He dug a hole and put his poo in. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:11 | |
-Do you think he had diarrhoea? -No! | 0:19:11 | 0:19:15 | |
What a rhino bull then does | 0:19:15 | 0:19:17 | |
-is stand here, he'll defecate behind him... -You mean poo? | 0:19:17 | 0:19:22 | |
Yes, "defecate" is a nice word for "poo". | 0:19:22 | 0:19:25 | |
..and he will scratch it out like this. | 0:19:25 | 0:19:27 | |
He'll get his scent on his feet. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:29 | |
Unfortunately, this is very dry. | 0:19:29 | 0:19:31 | |
We're going to move on and see if we can find something fresher. | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
Finding dung is one way to track wildlife. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:38 | |
The trails they leave behind is another. | 0:19:38 | 0:19:40 | |
A sandy riverbed is an ideal place to find animal footprints. | 0:19:40 | 0:19:43 | |
These tracks are called spoor - | 0:19:43 | 0:19:46 | |
a word which comes from Afrikaans. | 0:19:46 | 0:19:49 | |
If you look down to the ground, there's quite a big print there. | 0:19:49 | 0:19:52 | |
What animals do you think it was? Tomas? | 0:19:52 | 0:19:55 | |
Um, I think it's a rhino, | 0:19:55 | 0:19:57 | |
because the elephant's foot is a bit...more fatter and big. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:00 | |
Ashleigh? | 0:20:00 | 0:20:01 | |
I think it's an elephant because the toenails | 0:20:01 | 0:20:04 | |
are stuck on the side of the foot and not on the bottom, | 0:20:04 | 0:20:08 | |
whereas a rhino has a shape of like a heart. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:11 | |
-Spot-on. -'Ashleigh did very well.' | 0:20:11 | 0:20:13 | |
She recognised the elephant spoor | 0:20:13 | 0:20:16 | |
but the other kids were getting mixed up with the elephant and rhino. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:20 | |
As a guide or a ranger, you can see the height of the elephant | 0:20:20 | 0:20:24 | |
just by looking at the track. | 0:20:24 | 0:20:27 | |
You take the circumference of the track...times three | 0:20:27 | 0:20:31 | |
and that'll give you the height of the elephant. | 0:20:31 | 0:20:33 | |
Which way did this elephant walk? | 0:20:33 | 0:20:36 | |
This way. | 0:20:36 | 0:20:37 | |
Have a look when you walk in the sand now. | 0:20:37 | 0:20:40 | |
As you put your foot forward, you make a little scuff mark forward. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:44 | |
Can you see the scuff mark? | 0:20:44 | 0:20:45 | |
So, this was actually quite a big herd of elephants. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:49 | |
They walked down here, | 0:20:49 | 0:20:50 | |
all moving in that direction. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:52 | |
Explaining to them about the spoor, | 0:20:52 | 0:20:54 | |
I think they'll all recognise the elephant spoor from now on. | 0:20:54 | 0:20:58 | |
Tracking's not just about seeing things. | 0:20:58 | 0:21:00 | |
Our rookie rangers need to start using all of their senses. | 0:21:00 | 0:21:03 | |
SHRILL BIRD CALL | 0:21:03 | 0:21:05 | |
You hear that? | 0:21:05 | 0:21:06 | |
OK, this is also a way | 0:21:06 | 0:21:08 | |
of knowing that there might be something that's dangerous. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:11 | |
It's called a Grey Lourie, or a go-away bird. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:14 | |
MIMICS BIRDCALL: Go away! Go away! | 0:21:14 | 0:21:17 | |
He doesn't like predators | 0:21:17 | 0:21:19 | |
and he warns the prey animals, like impala and kudu | 0:21:19 | 0:21:23 | |
and things like that, if there's danger in the area. | 0:21:23 | 0:21:26 | |
But birds aren't the only thing to listen out for. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:29 | |
-You hear that, "chick, chick"? -Yeah. -It's the alarm call of a squirrel. | 0:21:29 | 0:21:33 | |
The team head off to see what's got the squirrels so stressed. | 0:21:33 | 0:21:39 | |
You can hear the squirrels in the background here. | 0:21:39 | 0:21:41 | |
-When you see what it is... -..don't freak out. -Single file. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:45 | |
OK, I want you guys to point it out, | 0:21:47 | 0:21:49 | |
why they were making an alarm call. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:50 | |
You must look now. | 0:21:50 | 0:21:52 | |
Look for something that might be a danger to the squirrel. | 0:21:52 | 0:21:56 | |
Don't look down there. Look up in the tree. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:59 | |
See the big python here, rock python in the tree? | 0:21:59 | 0:22:04 | |
THEY MURMUR EXCITEDLY | 0:22:04 | 0:22:08 | |
It's one of the endangered snake species | 0:22:10 | 0:22:12 | |
so it's actually quite rare to see this in the bush - | 0:22:12 | 0:22:16 | |
almost better than seeing a leopard. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:18 | |
Especially when you follow your senses | 0:22:18 | 0:22:20 | |
and you know that the squirrels have told you there's something | 0:22:20 | 0:22:24 | |
and you actually found what they're looking at. | 0:22:24 | 0:22:27 | |
But no squirrels are needed to help the Safari 8 with their next find - | 0:22:27 | 0:22:32 | |
a team of park rangers surveying the surroundings in style. | 0:22:32 | 0:22:37 | |
The team are blown away | 0:22:37 | 0:22:39 | |
and for once, Kushal is completely speechless! | 0:22:39 | 0:22:41 | |
Because 13-year-old Kushal, from Harrow, | 0:22:41 | 0:22:45 | |
has a dream - | 0:22:45 | 0:22:46 | |
a dream he's desperate to get off the ground. | 0:22:46 | 0:22:48 | |
Well, flying is wonderful. | 0:22:48 | 0:22:51 | |
Flying is just really cool. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:53 | |
I want to be a pilot when I'm older. | 0:22:53 | 0:22:55 | |
I just love flying, it's a wonderful thing. It's a passion. | 0:22:55 | 0:22:58 | |
But planes aren't Kushal's only passion. | 0:22:58 | 0:23:02 | |
I play for Lohana Cricket Club and I love cricket. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:07 | |
I've been playing since I was about three. | 0:23:07 | 0:23:10 | |
I'm just in love with cricket. Cricket is just my life. | 0:23:10 | 0:23:14 | |
Off the pitch, Kushal's definitely got rhythm. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:17 | |
My tabla is a kind of Indian drum. | 0:23:17 | 0:23:20 | |
I've played that since I was about seven or eight. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
I'd love to learn new drums in Africa | 0:23:23 | 0:23:26 | |
because I know they have loads of different kinds of drums. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:30 | |
From beat to eat. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:32 | |
Kushal has quite an appetite. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:33 | |
Food is very important to him. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:36 | |
His bin's overflowing with all these wrappers! | 0:23:36 | 0:23:39 | |
I've been cooking since I was about seven. | 0:23:39 | 0:23:42 | |
I love cooking sweet stuff because that's what I love to eat. | 0:23:42 | 0:23:46 | |
Cookies, biscuits. Fairy cakes is a favourite. | 0:23:46 | 0:23:49 | |
We're making so much more from scratch, | 0:23:49 | 0:23:51 | |
not from packets and stuff. | 0:23:51 | 0:23:53 | |
It's so much more fun now. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:54 | |
I've been cooking with her for ages. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:56 | |
There's my sister, my mum and dad, and my grandma. | 0:23:56 | 0:23:59 | |
We get on so well as a family. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:01 | |
If somebody's down, we're always cheerful, we'll get them up. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:05 | |
Mmm! | 0:24:05 | 0:24:07 | |
He's full of beans, ants in his pants. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:10 | |
He asks so many questions all the time | 0:24:10 | 0:24:12 | |
about everything, anything we see, | 0:24:12 | 0:24:14 | |
and there has to be a reason behind everything. | 0:24:14 | 0:24:17 | |
Of the Safari 8 team, I'm going to be asking the questions a lot | 0:24:17 | 0:24:21 | |
and I think that they'll get bored of me asking and asking and asking. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:25 | |
I'm quite a chatterbox! | 0:24:25 | 0:24:26 | |
So, it's no surprise that Kushal | 0:24:26 | 0:24:29 | |
is quick to question helicopter pilot Charles | 0:24:29 | 0:24:32 | |
while his fellow rookie rangers check out the chopper. | 0:24:32 | 0:24:35 | |
Do you get to see loads of animals when you're flying around? | 0:24:35 | 0:24:39 | |
Oh, for sure. Our main focus is working with animals. | 0:24:39 | 0:24:43 | |
So, you're trying to count how many...? | 0:24:43 | 0:24:46 | |
Yeah, a census of the black rhino at the moment to see our numbers, | 0:24:46 | 0:24:50 | |
because, obviously, they're an endangered species. | 0:24:50 | 0:24:53 | |
They try and see how many black rhinos are in the park left | 0:24:53 | 0:24:56 | |
to see how the population has grown in the last few years. | 0:24:56 | 0:25:00 | |
And there's one more thing Kushal just has to do. | 0:25:00 | 0:25:03 | |
I've always wanted to be a pilot for, like, commercial airlines. | 0:25:03 | 0:25:07 | |
Now I'd rather do something that conserves the animals | 0:25:07 | 0:25:10 | |
and you can also fly. | 0:25:10 | 0:25:12 | |
I'm quite enthralled at the moment, I'm lost for words! | 0:25:12 | 0:25:15 | |
Time for the chopper to fly, | 0:25:15 | 0:25:18 | |
and Kushal is sure he's found his calling in life. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:22 | |
Wicked, man! | 0:25:22 | 0:25:25 | |
I'm doing that when I'm older! I don't care! | 0:25:25 | 0:25:28 | |
That is a wicked job! | 0:25:28 | 0:25:30 | |
It's the end of a long first day for the Safari 8, | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
and for Team South Africa, | 0:25:35 | 0:25:37 | |
it's time to reap the rewards of the challenge. | 0:25:37 | 0:25:40 | |
Cheers, guys, on a wonderful victory. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:42 | |
-Cheers! -South Africans! | 0:25:42 | 0:25:45 | |
Manya did a very, very good job. | 0:25:46 | 0:25:49 | |
I thought I was going to be a hero but I didn't succeed, | 0:25:49 | 0:25:53 | |
but we're still a team anyway. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:55 | |
Everything's just perfect. | 0:25:55 | 0:25:57 | |
We've got wonderful drinks, we're watching the sun set. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:01 | |
We were rewarded with sundowners | 0:26:01 | 0:26:03 | |
and the other team had to clean the treehouse! | 0:26:03 | 0:26:07 | |
Which Team Great Britain are doing with very little enthusiasm. | 0:26:07 | 0:26:11 | |
Losing has left a bad taste in their mouth! | 0:26:15 | 0:26:17 | |
-This is really disgusting. -It stinks as well. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:21 | |
I could be having sundowners, whatever they are, right now. | 0:26:23 | 0:26:27 | |
I was really hoping that we'd get to go get some drinks | 0:26:27 | 0:26:30 | |
because it is SO hot. | 0:26:30 | 0:26:32 | |
A rookie ranger's work is never done. | 0:26:32 | 0:26:34 | |
The first day in the bush was amazing | 0:26:37 | 0:26:40 | |
because I saw so many animals. | 0:26:40 | 0:26:42 | |
It was so nice being there. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:43 | |
The environment, the atmosphere - Africa, yeah, it was so nice. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:47 | |
Just being there and seeing it with your own eyes, | 0:26:47 | 0:26:50 | |
it was amazing. | 0:26:50 | 0:26:52 | |
Manya looks quite cool in his uniform. | 0:26:52 | 0:26:54 | |
The new uniform's really, really great. | 0:26:54 | 0:26:57 | |
It's really cool to feel like you ARE a game ranger. | 0:26:57 | 0:27:00 | |
I don't think I look so good because it's sort of baggy on me! | 0:27:00 | 0:27:04 | |
Rudi and Frankie are really nice. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:06 | |
They taught us a lot today. | 0:27:06 | 0:27:08 | |
Rudi and Frankie are just, like, the top of the top. | 0:27:08 | 0:27:11 | |
They're proper cool and stuff. | 0:27:11 | 0:27:13 | |
You can throw questions at them and they'll always have the answers. | 0:27:13 | 0:27:17 | |
Now that we're out here in the bush | 0:27:17 | 0:27:19 | |
and we're learning all these things and you've got to learn really fast. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:23 | |
I've just realised how much I've got to learn | 0:27:23 | 0:27:26 | |
because we've still got three weeks, | 0:27:26 | 0:27:28 | |
and hopefully, we'll learn everything | 0:27:28 | 0:27:30 | |
to get the people on a really good safari. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
Next time, the Safari 8 | 0:27:33 | 0:27:35 | |
track down one of South Africa's most dangerous inhabitants. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:38 | |
I thought the buffalo was like a cow with horns. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:41 | |
I never knew it was really scary. | 0:27:41 | 0:27:43 | |
A bush emergency leads to tragedy. | 0:27:43 | 0:27:45 | |
Every single one of us was really sad and hurt by it | 0:27:45 | 0:27:48 | |
because it's such an amazing animal. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:50 | |
And there's some dirty work for the team | 0:27:50 | 0:27:52 | |
when they have to get stuck in. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:54 | |
-Fingers together... -Where's the opening? -Push it in there. | 0:27:54 | 0:27:57 | |
I'm going to be sick, I'm going to be sick! | 0:27:57 | 0:28:00 | |
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