0:00:02 > 0:00:04THEY BEATBOX
0:00:04 > 0:00:08THEY SCAT
0:00:11 > 0:00:14THEY HARMONISE
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Shut up.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34It's Monday morning at the zoo.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36CAWING
0:00:36 > 0:00:38And all the animals are waking up.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41THEY YAWN
0:00:41 > 0:00:44STOMACH RUMBLES And they're hungry.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46I think your stomach is trying to say something.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48- Yeah, you know what it said?- No.
0:00:48 > 0:00:53- It says shut up. - HE LAUGHS
0:00:55 > 0:00:59- UNDER HIS BREATH:- You're so annoying.- What?- Nothing.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Feeding time is the most important daily part of daily life
0:01:02 > 0:01:03for all the animals.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09Nearly a tonne of food is consumed by the animals every single day,
0:01:09 > 0:01:12including many mounds of mouthwatering meat
0:01:12 > 0:01:14and blooming loads of vegetables.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18They both have their own nutritional benefits.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22But what is better - being a carnivore or a vegetarian-ivore?
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Oh, hello!
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Look at these bad boys.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28- HE GRUNTS - Ooh, biceps!
0:01:28 > 0:01:30Ooh, the glutes.
0:01:30 > 0:01:34All built using wegetables.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Nothing else.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38Wegetable power!
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- Yeah!- Yeah. Why, thank you for that.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45But not every animal is keen on vegetarianism
0:01:45 > 0:01:47especially not the tigers.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49You know, that is simply not true.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51I love vegetarians,
0:01:51 > 0:01:54they are wonderful, delightful.
0:01:54 > 0:01:59Especially deep-fried in breadcrumbs with barbecue sauce.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01- HE CHUCKLES - Delicious.
0:02:01 > 0:02:03Mm. Anyway.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Senior storeman Nick is in charge of vegetables
0:02:06 > 0:02:08and it is up to him to make sure there is always
0:02:08 > 0:02:11enough for the hundreds of herbivores at the zoo.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14We go through a massive amount of lettuces,
0:02:14 > 0:02:18cabbages and carrots and beetroot
0:02:18 > 0:02:22and everything that we bring in today will all go out today.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24All this will go out to the animals today.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Sorry, when?
0:02:26 > 0:02:27Today.
0:02:27 > 0:02:31It's a full-time job keeping all the animals fully nutritional-ised.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35And as Nick heads off for his first veg delivery of the day,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38for senior cat keeper Helen, it is all about the meat.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Helen, what the hakuna matata are you doing?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44I'm just sorting out the cat feeds for the week,
0:02:44 > 0:02:45so we get a delivery once a week.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49Then I've got to organise it for the individual cat's feeds.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Well, get on with it then.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55The carnivorous cats love nothing more than Helen's high-protein
0:02:55 > 0:02:56hunks of flesh.
0:02:56 > 0:03:00TIGER GRUNTS
0:03:00 > 0:03:03Oh, high-protein hunk of flesh,
0:03:03 > 0:03:05sounds like you are talking about my Neil.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09Oh, darling, really. I mean, look at him.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11You could've had the pick of the pride,
0:03:11 > 0:03:14but you married the runt of the litter.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17Oh, mum, leave him alone. Wish you would give him a chance.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19I think he's lovely.
0:03:19 > 0:03:23Oh, come on, darling. You could do so much better.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28Oh, you remember Maximus? Oh! Now, he came from an excellent bloodline.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30He really was king of the jungle.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34Mum! Maximus spent longer on his hair than you do.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Details, darling, details.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42I mean... Ugh. Look at this lump. He's a lazy, puny, long-haired bum.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46Mum! You shouldn't talk about him like that behind his back.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49- Ugh. OK. Hey!- Hello?
0:03:49 > 0:03:53You are a lazy, puny, long-haired bum.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56- Oh, that's a bit harsh.- Mum!
0:03:56 > 0:03:59Well, you said not to talk about him behind his back.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00Hm.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Well, vegetarian or meat eater,
0:04:02 > 0:04:06every animal in the zoo absolutely loves their food.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Some like it in bowls.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Some, dangled from a piece of string.
0:04:11 > 0:04:13Some...
0:04:13 > 0:04:15straight out of their own noses.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17Mm. Salty.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Dirty boy.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Back in the lion enclosure,
0:04:21 > 0:04:24Neil has taken his mother-in-law's comments to heart.
0:04:24 > 0:04:27My mother-in-law thinks I'm useless.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31She called me a long-haired bum.
0:04:31 > 0:04:32- She said lazy too. - Oh, thanks.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35Yeah. Puny as well, actually.
0:04:35 > 0:04:36Right, thanks.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39I might be puny compared to Maximus,
0:04:39 > 0:04:41but, you know, what am I supposed to do about it?
0:04:41 > 0:04:45Well, I don't know. Why don't you ask Gerkan? He's massive.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46The gorilla?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Wow, look at that guy.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02Kiss my guns, you itty-bitty kitty.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Wow, how did he get so buff?
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Wegetables.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08He's a...wegetarian.
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Oh, brilliant! Well, that's it.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12I'm going to show that old battle-axe of a mother-in-law
0:05:12 > 0:05:16that Neil the lion can be a king of the jungle.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Maximus can kiss my hairy guns.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22From now on, I'm a wegetarian.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23Right, well.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28As Nick continues his deliveries,
0:05:28 > 0:05:32Neil's new-found wegetarianism is being put into practise.
0:05:32 > 0:05:33He's done what?
0:05:33 > 0:05:36He's gone vegetarian because you called him puny.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38He said he got the idea from the gorilla.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41From the gorilla? Have you seen the gorilla?
0:05:41 > 0:05:44HE HUMS
0:05:44 > 0:05:45Well, he is buff.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50Buff, he may be, but he is thicker than a rhino's backside.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Ugh, speaking of which.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54Oh, what is that horrendous smell?
0:05:54 > 0:05:59- Your dinner. - Oh, but where's the flesh?
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Ugh! You are a vegetarian.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04You do know that means no meat, don't you?
0:06:04 > 0:06:09Really? Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I mean, yeah, of course. I knew that.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Yummy.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14Meanwhile, over on baboon rock, it is not just a simple question of
0:06:14 > 0:06:16meat or weg,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19the keepers sometimes give the animals other things to chew on.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21It's called enrichment.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23We give them things like boxes to tear up,
0:06:23 > 0:06:25to throw at each other, throw down the rock.
0:06:25 > 0:06:27But we also give them things like broom heads to keep them
0:06:27 > 0:06:30stimulated, to keep them thinking. Something other than food.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34So, what do they call this stuff the keepers have given us?
0:06:34 > 0:06:35Enrichment?
0:06:35 > 0:06:38No, no. Big Tony said it's not from the keepers.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42He said he organised it. It's called health food.
0:06:42 > 0:06:45He said it's going to make as big and strong, just like the gorillas.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47He's been selling it to everyone.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Eat it up, guys. There's plenty more where that came from.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Just remember who gave it to you.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- Tony, I think these are just brooms. - What did you say!
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Nothing, Big Tony. So sorry. It's a lovely treat, thank you, sir.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59Creep.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Neil is now ready to get his teeth firmly
0:07:01 > 0:07:03stuck into wegetarianism.
0:07:03 > 0:07:06Oh, it is embarrassing.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- This is not the behaviour of a apex predator.- Mum, shush.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Don't you listen to her, sweetheart. You show those carrots who's boss.
0:07:14 > 0:07:19Oh, yes, approach them very slowly, you do not want them to run away.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23- Oh, mum!- Oh, darling, you know, I've been thinking,
0:07:23 > 0:07:26why don't we get Maximus over for dinner?
0:07:26 > 0:07:29- I hear he's still very fond of you. - Mum!
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Come on, Neil. Got to get buff.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34I'll show that mother-in-law.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Ugh. Give me strength!
0:07:36 > 0:07:39I don't know what you see in him, darling.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- He cannot even kill a carrot. - Yes...I...can!
0:07:43 > 0:07:47HE EATS GREEDILY, THEN RETCHES
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Oh, yeah, no. I can't. I can't. I'm done, I tried.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55While Neil struggles with his wegetable-based diet,
0:07:55 > 0:07:57there's no such problem for the gorillas.
0:07:59 > 0:08:02That lion gives up too easily.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06If he wants the guns, he's got to eat the plums.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07Plums aren't a vegetable.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11Oh, shut up! I couldn't think of a vegetable to rhyme with guns.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14Look, have you thought that maybe lions aren't supposed to be
0:08:14 > 0:08:15- eat vegetables?- Hm?
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Their digestive tracts, well,
0:08:17 > 0:08:19they are built to break down a purely protein-based diet.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22- Jeffrey, you're babbling again. - Look, all I'm saying is...
0:08:22 > 0:08:25- Shut...- What I'm saying...- ..up.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29After his brief dalliance with wegetarianism,
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Neil is feeling a little mixed up.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34Look, I'd do anything to be more like Maximus.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38Anything to get that battle-axe off my back.
0:08:38 > 0:08:41But those tiny, evil pieces of orange filth...
0:08:41 > 0:08:42You mean carrots?
0:08:42 > 0:08:45Oh, no. Don't even say the word. Oh!
0:08:45 > 0:08:47And I can't stop thinking about meat.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52Juicy...tender...
0:08:52 > 0:08:56meat.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Oh, no! Look, you're not thinking about eating me, are you?
0:08:59 > 0:09:03- Oh, no. No, no, no. No way. - HE CHUCKLES
0:09:03 > 0:09:05Actually, yes. Yes, I was.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07I'm sorry. Meat, weg...
0:09:07 > 0:09:09- ECHOING:- I don't know what to do.
0:09:09 > 0:09:10Well, let's ask Helen.
0:09:10 > 0:09:13Helen, if it was up to you, would you be a carnivore
0:09:13 > 0:09:15or a wegetarian-ivore?
0:09:15 > 0:09:18With the carnivores, they only have to eat maybe once a week
0:09:18 > 0:09:23while herbivores tend to have to eat for up to 16 hours a day sometimes.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25I've always said if there is such a thing as next lives,
0:09:25 > 0:09:29I'd love to come back as a tiger or a lion in a nice zoo,
0:09:29 > 0:09:32sleep all day, and let someone bring me food.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33So, there you go, Neil.
0:09:33 > 0:09:3716 hours of looking for disgusting wegetables, versus
0:09:37 > 0:09:40sitting around all day, having meat brought to you on a plate.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42The choice is yours.
0:09:44 > 0:09:50Oh, Helen, Helen, get me some meat with a side order of meat.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52And some meat on top.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Oh, well, that is a surprise, a turn-up for the books.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Running off to Helen for his din din.
0:09:57 > 0:10:01Mum, it doesn't matter what you think. I want Neil,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04and I think he's perfect just the way he is.
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Ugh. Pass me the sick bucket.
0:10:07 > 0:10:10HE EATS LOUDLY AND SLOPPILY
0:10:13 > 0:10:16So, another day of deliveries comes to an end for Nick.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18HORN HONKS
0:10:18 > 0:10:20CAR CRASHES Ouch!
0:10:20 > 0:10:23And we've learned a very waluable lesson.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Well, actually, we haven't, really.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28Gorillas like wegetables and lions like meat,
0:10:28 > 0:10:31and neither is better. HE BELCHES