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This is Kruger National Park in South Africa,

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home to some of the biggest,

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fastest and deadliest animals on the planet.

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CBBC have brought four British

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and four South African children to spend a month here,

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training to be rookie game rangers.

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Leading them on this amazing adventure will be their mentors,

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trails ranger Rudi...

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It's taken me years to learn to be a ranger.

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'They've only got one month to do it.'

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-..and guide Frankie.

-'In the bush,'

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danger can be around any corner,

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so the Safari 8 needs to be alert, and have to be ready at any time.

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Eight kids, two mentors, and one massive challenge -

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to lead two celebrity guests on a safari experience of a lifetime.

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Last time on Safari 8,

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our rookie rangers left the comfort of their treehouse

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for a more intense bush experience.

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I'm not sleeping here, and I don't like it,

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and I liked it where we were.

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And had an unforgettable moment tracking an elephant.

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It was the most incredible experience ever.

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Today, the Safari 8 become at one with the bush...

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This is different make-up than what I'd usually wear.

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I feel like the SAS.

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-..have a heart-stopping encounter...

-I want everybody to follow me.

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We just realised that there was another one coming towards us.

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..and the teams play dirty with a game of elephant dung volleyball.

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The Safari 8 are starting their second week's training

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as rookie game rangers in Kruger National Park.

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And as ever, the team's mentors, trails ranger Rudi

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and guide Frankie will be sharing their expert knowledge,

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to teach them everything they need to know

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about becoming rookie rangers.

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They learned a lot in their first week,

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the questions that they've been asking

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really shows that they've learned and listened very carefully,

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and I think week two's going to be a lot tougher for them.

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A few of them are still very individual,

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and they need to work as a team.

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The Safari 8 have no idea what Rudi and Frankie have in store for them,

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and speculation is rife.

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Where do you think we're going today?

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I reckon we're going to look for lions.

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I reckon we're going to a sanctuary, like a cheetah sanctuary.

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No, I don't think we're going to a sanctuary.

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I want to look for lions, or cheetahs or leopards.

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Predators are much better than herbivores.

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-Why?

-They're just so much cooler, like, you see them hunt and stuff,

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and you wouldn't see, like, a rhino or a hippo,

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they just eat grass like...

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THEY LAUGH

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Oh dear. Looks like Tomas is going to be disappointed,

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because this morning the team ARE visiting a rhino.

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But this herbivore is far from boring.

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The rhinoceros is one of the most dangerous animals in the world,

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mainly due to its sheer size.

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While black rhinos can weigh up to 1,000kg,

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the bigger white rhino can weigh more than twice that.

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-That's the same as a family car.

-OK, guys, let's move round here.

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The rhino the team are meeting today is a white rhino called Cluckies.

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Cluckies came to stay at these bomas, or pens,

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while he was ill. But after he was released into the wild,

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he hung around until the staff let him back in again.

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OK, guys, why we've brought you here,

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it's because you've seen rhinos in the wild,

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we've seen them in the bush,

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we've seen dead rhino, and we're going to give you the opportunity

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to see them right up close, and even touch them.

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OK, guys, can any of you tell me what the rhino horn is made out of?

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Tomas?

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It's the stuff that's made out of your nails.

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It's called? Do you know?

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-Ivory?

-No, ivory is the white tusks. Elephants got that.

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It's called keratin, and it's like Tomas said,

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it's the same substance your nails is made out of.

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All right, guys, what we would like you to do now

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is have a good look at this animal.

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Look at his tracks, look at the way his foot structure works,

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cos for your final challenge,

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this will be one of the animals that you guys need to find.

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The team have a rhino delicacy, some long grass called lucerne,

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to tempt Cluckies over so they can get a closer look at him.

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You put your hand like this.

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-There you go, see how it's pulling it out of your hand, eh?

-Yeah.

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-Strong lips.

-Strong!

-Very strong lips.

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I was really surprised

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how hard the rhino's horn was

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and then how soft around the bottom of it the rhino's, like, nose was.

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Touching a rhino was so exciting

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and it's so big when you get close to it.

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I felt like I was in front of a... what do you call those dinosaurs?!

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Every task the Safari 8 are given

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will help them achieve their ultimate goal

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of becoming fully fledged rookie game rangers,

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and meeting Cluckies is no exception.

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Getting up close and being able to see the feet

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gives a better idea of what the tracks will look like,

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I think this will help us a lot with tracking them

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and the whole procedure in our final challenge.

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But a Kruger ranger's job isn't just about tracking animals,

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it's also about protecting them

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from the park's biggest threat - poachers.

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Poachers are people who break into the park to kill animals,

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either for meat or to sell their horns, tusk or hide.

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Sadly, in Kruger Park, one animal is poached every day,

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and top of the poachers' most-wanted list is the rhino,

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because of its horn that poachers can sell for a lot of money.

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But with 20,000 square kilometres to cover,

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and 175,000 animals to protect,

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it's impossible for the game rangers to stop poachers on their own.

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So the park has their own poaching police and this is Kobus,

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whose job it is to head up the intelligence department.

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The last rhino we lost in the Kruger was some weeks ago.

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We lost 38 in 2009, so it's almost one rhino per week.

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Do you want to feel this one?

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Oh, that's heavy.

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The price for a rhino horn is round about £7,000, per kilo.

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-Per kilo?

-Yes.

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That one will be more or less five kilogram.

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So that means that this rhino horn is worth £35,000.

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I was very shocked about how much money is made from just

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a piece of bone that you can just get from your nails.

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You might as well just sell your nails

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than kill an innocent rhino who hasn't done anything to you.

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What do the poachers want in the horn?

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According to the traditional healers in the Far East,

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you can use it for blood pressure, cancer

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and the latest is for swine 'flu.

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But doctors don't think that rhino horn can cure any illnesses at all.

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Do they saw it off, or pull it off?

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They either use an axe, or a sharp knife,

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or a saw to take it off.

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All right, guys, Kobus has got some photos

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of actual crime scenes on rhino poaching.

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Some of the images can be sensitive and upsetting,

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so who of you would like to have a look at them?

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You all right, Ella, to see the pictures? OK.

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Even though these pictures will be tough to look at,

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the Safari 8 know how important it is as rookie rangers

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to really understand poaching.

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This one, you will see, the horns was actually taken off by an axe.

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-Is it dead?

-Yeah, that animal is dead.

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'The photos that he showed us were actually quite disturbing'

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because they weren't like cartoons,

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they were serious, proper up-close pictures.

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'When I saw the pictures, I had no idea that's what the poachers did.'

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It was so horrible and I couldn't really look at them.

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But, for animal lover Ella,

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these shocking images are just too much to bear.

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It made me feel very unsettled and my heart...

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just stopped and slowed down and made me really think

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about what this animal could have gone through.

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Ella, are you all right?

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You can come stand here by me if you want.

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It just made me feel very sick and I had to leave, um, the group.

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Ella, the animal didn't feel it, so he was dead.

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It's still a violent thing to do and it's a very unnecessary thing to do,

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that's why we've got guys like Kobus here

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trying to stop people from doing something like that.

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A few days ago, Ella got very upset

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when the team found an injured rhino that had to be put to sleep.

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So have these two experiences put her off being a ranger?

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It's not made me think twice about this job,

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um, it's just made me really realise that this stuff does happen.

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It just hurts me to think that they went through pain.

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Now the team understand how and why poaching happens,

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it's time for them to learn how to stop it.

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The game rangers at the park have been trained

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to spot the signs of poachers, but this can be very dangerous,

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so Rudi and Frankie have come up with a safe way

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for the Safari 8 to learn the ropes.

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We have devised a method with Bruce Leslie

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who's in charge of special operations anti-poaching,

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to imitate everything that we do.

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Bruce has sent out two of his team, Edward and Robert,

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to pretend to be poachers.

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They've just set off and are leaving tracks or spoor

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for the Safari 8 to follow.

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And there'll be other clues for the team to find along the way.

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What I'm hoping for from the Safari 8 is their skills of observation.

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Hearing, sight, smell, all those kind of things must be utilised.

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Up to now I think they've been solely looking at the wildlife,

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now we're bringing in the human aspect.

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It's very similar to tracking animals,

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except people are more intelligent.

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Before they set off on their mission to track the fake poachers,

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the Safari 8 get a briefing from Bruce.

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What we're going to do this afternoon

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is walk in a patrol formation until we detect sign,

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and in this case with the poachers it could be the sound of a rifle,

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it could be a little fire with some column of smoke,

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where there's a poachers' camp.

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But, more likely, it will be footprints.

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If I want to indicate something without talking on the radio

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or shouting to you, we're not going to shout,

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we're going to use hand signals because we want stealth and quiet.

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So I will stop you with this sign, that means stop when you see it.

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This means go down.

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I'm going to say I see...tracks.

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And, as well as communicating silently,

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the team needs to be nearly invisible too.

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We're going to give you a tree look.

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You know this!

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Aaargh!

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Feel like the SAS.

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This is different make-up to what I'd usually wear,

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it's a wee bit more...full,

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a wee bit much but, you know, I could get used to it.

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So, fake poachers Edward and Robert are still busy laying their trail

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and it's time for the mission to start.

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Don't forget that Bruce and his team have to carry rifles for protection,

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as dangerous animals run freely in Kruger Park.

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The poaching's very bad and a lot of rhinos are dying,

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so this is basically a test course, it's not the real thing.

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Some of their men are pretending to be poachers

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and we're trying to catch them

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so we can get a feel of what it's like to be in the field

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and catching poachers.

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I'm excited. Might be lots of fun and, yeah, it's great.

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After about ten minutes of careful observation,

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12-year-old Tomas spots a human footprint or spoor.

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Look at the spoor, identify it and we're going to confirm it up ahead.

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Cos maybe it's not them,

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maybe it's a day walker, maybe it's other people.

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We found a spoor of the people we think are the poachers,

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now we just identify the spoor, find out which direction they're in.

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Look where they could be and the kind of shoes they're wearing.

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I know what it is, it's flip-flops.

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Cos there's two flaps.

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You're right, they are flip-flops

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and very African, made from car tyres. OK?

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So it's full marks for detective work,

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but while the team have been busy tracking the fake poachers,

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a nosey rhino has tracked them.

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But, as usual, mentor Rudi has been on the lookout.

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We're tracking the spoor right here, and behind us the rhino came in.

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You always keep your eyes out for anything else.

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So he's on his pathway, he's probably marking his territory.

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Now we can see a rhino standing right over there.

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Standing there, just looking at us.

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He sees me, scared of me.

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What are you going to do, rhino? What are you going to do?

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This is exactly why it's vital the rangers are armed at all times.

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Some of Bruce's team keep a lookout while the Safari 8 get going.

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I think he wants a drink.

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From the direction of the footprints,

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our rookie rangers have worked out where the fake poachers -

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Edward and Robert - are headed.

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And, as they start to make their way through the thick bush,

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they walk in single file so they don't lose contact with each other.

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Careful where you're standing, you're standing on evidence.

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After just a few minutes the team spot the poachers' hide-out.

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Within this evidence here is telling me something.

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There's a fire, we could come here and just fiddle a little bit,

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see if there's any other evidence inside here.

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We've just found a poachers' camp

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and we know that they weren't here that long ago

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because there's a fire and it's still hot.

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What do you think this tells us?

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-That's what they used to start the fire?

-Exactly.

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These guys have some good bush skills.

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-What's behind there, did you look?

-Tomato sauce.

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What you did now, you picked it up with your hands.

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Don't touch evidence, why? DNA, maybe there's saliva on the can,

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fingerprints, we want the fingerprints

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cos we want to link the person we arrest to this crime scene.

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They've left their cans and pots and snares,

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so that shows that they could have stopped for lunch here.

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I think there's water up ahead, there could be rhinos there.

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I suspect that the poachers will be there, so let's go.

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So, they're getting closer.

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We've been advised they could be nearby

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because there's a river around and there might be some rhinos.

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We go this way, follow me.

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Animals come to watering holes like this to drink

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and, just as Bruce suspected,

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fake poachers Edward and Robert are lurking there too.

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Completely unaware that the Safari 8 have successfully

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used their ranger skills to track them down

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and that they're about to pounce.

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SHOUTING

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It's been fantastic following the poachers' trail this afternoon.

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Bruce and his guys ran in and caught the poachers - it was so fun.

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It was very convincing.

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I think they did a very good job of hiding themselves today,

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so it was a challenge but we got through it

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and we managed to arrest them.

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The children did very well,

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considering they haven't tracked people before. Very impressed.

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On our final challenge, if I found a sign of poaching,

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I think I would be able to recognise it

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and now, after today, I'd know what to do.

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Safari 8 kids, I think they realise now

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what a hard job anti-poaching is.

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I think they realise it's hard work.

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Coming up - the Safari 8 discover just how dangerous the bush can be.

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Oh, my gosh.

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And cleaning up in camp gets very, very dirty.

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Oh, that is not cool!

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There are only three weeks until the Safari 8's final challenge,

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taking guests on a two-day bush experience

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to track the big five safari animals.

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So far, the rookie rangers have learned how to track

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two of the big five - elephants and buffalo.

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But today they'll be making it a hat-trick.

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You've seen their footprints, you've seen them in the wild.

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-You've seen them up close.

-Today, we are...

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tracking...rhino.

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Oh, yes!

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-You up for it?

-Yes!

-Tomas?

-Yeah.

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For the second time in two days, Tomas is seriously underwhelmed.

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I don't really like rhinos, I just think they're really boring, like.

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And they're herbivores which I don't really like

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because I like predators,

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I like when they try and get and catch the meat themselves.

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It's really cool.

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All right, let's go.

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But, as a ranger, you can't just track your favourite animals,

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so Tomas vows to put in 100% on the morning's mission.

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I will listen and pay attention

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so I can make notes for the final challenge.

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As the team head out to track the rhinos,

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Tomas seems to have cheered up.

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TOMAS SINGS

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# Don't make a sound

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# Can see you watching

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# Watching. #

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Is that Kings Of Leon?

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But suddenly the singing turns to screams.

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TOMAS SCREAMS AND CRIES

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He's been stung.

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It's OK, Tomas, it's OK, Tomas.

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But mentor Rudi comes straight to the rescue.

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-It's like a bee sting.

-Yeah, OK.

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Tomas has taken his shirt off to make sure the insect is gone

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and good old Frankie's on hand with the antiseptic.

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This will kill the pain. Put it on thick. Anywhere else?

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While Tomas is getting treated,

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the rest of the gang retell their version of the big sting.

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It smacked his eye and it went away cos suddenly his eye was so red.

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-We saw a big black thing.

-Is that what it was, that big red thing?

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-Yeah, big red thing.

-It was so big.

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As he scratched it and he moved his shirt up

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it flew out and it was this big. It was so red.

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Cos he's on the edge and the wind's blowing right in,

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it must have been flying and gone in his shirt and got a bit aggravated.

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From the team's slightly exaggerated descriptions,

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Rudi thinks the insect was a red velvet ant.

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A type of wasp that has a nasty sting.

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-You know like you have your injection?

-Yeah.

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And it just feels like that all the time. Like it's constantly poking...

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-Can you still feel it?

-No, it's all right now.

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You're actually quite a strong little guy.

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Poor Tomas, it just isn't his day, but at least he's smiling again.

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-Are you all right?

-Yeah, thanks, guys.

-You OK?

-Yeah, thanks.

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Shall we find us some rhinos?

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Yeah!

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The Safari 8 have already had a week's worth of ranger training,

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so before they set off,

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their mentors decide to test the teams tracking knowledge.

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What you should remember when you're tracking an animal. Ashleigh?

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Always check the wind direction

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by kicking your shoe up against some sand

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cos that will show you which way you don't need to go,

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-you go the opposite way so the animal can't smell you.

-OK. Noma.

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You need to check for alert signals around the place,

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like oxpeckers and some other animals

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that might tell you if there's something wrong or something nearby.

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Oxpeckers are little birds that can always be found

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around big game like rhinos, buffalo and hippos,

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because they feed off the ticks and flies

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that live on these larger animals.

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If you do see an animal, try not to get too close to it

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and try and let it be comfortable with you there.

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Look for fresh tracks. You can tell they're fresh

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because you can see they've just been pressed down

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and have scuff marks so you can see what way they go.

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It really amazed me the amount of knowledge

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the Safari 8 kids could actually store.

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It shows me that they're really interested

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in what we are telling them.

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So they've impressed the mentors with their knowledge,

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but will it help them find a wild rhino today?

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Tracking any animal on foot can be very dangerous,

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so it's important the team walk in single file

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and stick close to Frankie and Rudi.

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Just a few steps later, and it looks like the team

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might have already found what they're looking for.

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First bit of luck for the day.

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Rhino tracks here, reasonably fresh,

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moving down this little pathway.

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Fresh tracks leading off in a clear direction

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means a rhino might be close by.

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Guys, psst! Safari 8, come.

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He's walking there. Quiet.

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Ssh.

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Oh, wow!

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Seeing the rhino like that was really different

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from the previous rhino that we saw,

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because it was so near and realising that it was a wild one

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was so exciting at the same time but weird cos, you know,

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we've never been that close to a wild rhino before.

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We're going to move slowly towards it.

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We're going to see if there's a safe spot for us.

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As we moved closer, it actually saw us

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and then it turned and then it walked away.

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As a ranger or guide,

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there's one vital thing that you guys must always remember.

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When you've got clients with you, or when you are in the bush.

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Once an animal has shown you,

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"I know you're there, I'm not happy with you here,"

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he runs away - don't push your luck.

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All right, guys, so we're going to start walking back to the vehicles.

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Single file, we still might encounter something else.

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After this amazing sighting,

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the Safari 8 have now seen three of the big five.

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But, as the group start to make their way back to the truck,

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something unexpected happens.

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I want everybody, everybody to follow me.

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Rudi has spotted a female white rhino and her calf

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coming towards the group

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and everyone, including the camera crew,

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needs to follow the mentors' instructions immediately.

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I wasn't scared when I saw the first rhino,

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but when I saw the cow and the calf, I was a bit scared

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because I know that rhinos are a bit more aggressive

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when they're with their young.

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Rudi makes sure the group is at a safe distance from the rhinos

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before stopping to observe them.

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It's walking, it's walking. It's fine. It's perfectly relaxed.

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-Yeah, it's totally relaxed.

-Oh, my gosh.

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As it got a little bit nearer and as it heard us,

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it actually ran away which was such a relief.

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-We were right by that bush.

-She's pretty, though.

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See how quickly they get to the bush?

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Just walking, she wasn't even running.

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We were standing there talking. Did she know we were there?

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She was totally unaware cos the wind's also taking,

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not just our scent, but also the sound.

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-The wind carries away.

-And as soon as we started moving down,

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she picked up our sound and that's when she ran.

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That's what you always need to remember in the bush.

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Even after a sighting, after looking at a dangerous animal,

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you're still in the bush.

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Tomas started the day thinking rhinos are boring,

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but have the morning's events changed his mind?

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Now I can actually see that they're wild and they are vicious.

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I think it was really exciting, much more than what I thought.

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It was an intense morning for our rookie rangers,

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but things are about to get even more serious,

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because once again it's Britain versus South Africa.

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Last time the two countries went head-to-head,

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the Brits lost when Manya spat his kudu poo the furthest.

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So this is a chance for the UK to get their own back

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with a rather unusual game of volleyball.

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Welcome to the first ever

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Kruger Park elephant dung volleyball competition.

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Woo!

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The winning team are going to get banana splits.

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THEY ALL CHATTER

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The losing team will be washing the uniform of the winning team.

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Woo!

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It's the best of nine, and the judge's decision is final.

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-Are you ready?

-Yeah!

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HE BLOWS WHISTLE

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Oh! 1-0!

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Oh! 2-0.

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That's 3-0.

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-Oh, close, close.

-Well done, England!

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Finally, the Brits have pulled one back.

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Uh-uh, you can't catch it.

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But one fight later and it's nearly all over.

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It's 4-1. It's match point for the South Africans. OK.

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Go for it.

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THEY CHEER

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Hand stop!

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Huh?

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-You did, you caught it, Noma.

-I didn't.

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The Brits think Noma caught the dung ball

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and, as the mentors can't be sure, they give the team another go.

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Go for it.

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Yes!

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-4-2.

-4-2.

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Leave it. That's out!

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Out.

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-Go, Noma!

-Yes!

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4-4.

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-Match point.

-Match point.

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So, after being 4-1 down,

0:25:370:25:38

the Brits have clawed their way back and this is the decider.

0:25:380:25:42

Can the UK kids hold their nerve,

0:25:420:25:44

or will they fall at the final hurdle?

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Go for it!

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Yes!

0:25:520:25:53

THEY CHEER

0:25:530:25:55

Oh, it's all over.

0:25:550:25:56

The Brits have lost again and Tomas really isn't happy.

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Obviously everyone's gutted about not winning

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but I think the South Africans did have an advantage

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because me, Caroline and Ella are three of the shortest.

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-Shall we go and wash a couple of uniforms?

-No.

-Come!

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We'll bleach them, we are so bleaching them!

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And now for that all-important prize.

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CHEERING

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Where are the spoons?!

0:26:220:26:24

-Well done on a well-deserved victory.

-Yeah!

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Let's dig in!

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Meanwhile, over with the losers...

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I feel absolutely gutted again

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that England has lost again against the South Africans.

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Ahh!

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Cos we did a really good job on coming back

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and we shouldn't have lost, but...it's a game of sport for you.

0:26:410:26:45

I think we're all definitely very glad that we're not the ones

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that have to wash the uniforms

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and we get to enjoy ice cream and banana.

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SHE SCREAMS

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But the Brits seem determined to enjoy themselves too,

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and it's only a matter of time before it all kicks off.

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Oh, that is not cool!

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# I predict a riot

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# I predict a riot

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# I predict a riot

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# I predict a riot. #

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This is payback. We got them and they got us.

0:27:260:27:28

Well, if you can't beat 'em, join them.

0:27:280:27:31

And Tomas has finally got a smile on his face.

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Tastes actually quite nice. Tastes really good.

0:27:350:27:38

That was really fun.

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Next time on Safari 8 -

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the team deal with a medical emergency.

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You've been bitten by a Black Mamba, don't move.

0:27:490:27:51

Try to get their bearings.

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I'm not sure but I don't think we're going the right way.

0:27:530:27:56

And have a big moment with an even bigger cat.

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I've never seen anything like this.

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