0:00:02 > 0:00:06# Marauding mice and walls of ice and sharks on a golfing spree
0:00:06 > 0:00:10# Cicada swarms and Martian storms and fish walking out of the sea... #
0:00:10 > 0:00:11Really?
0:00:11 > 0:00:14# Elks in trees and foaming seas and giant mayfly mobs... #
0:00:14 > 0:00:15Huh?
0:00:15 > 0:00:18# Zombie snails and friendly whales and completely frozen frogs... #
0:00:18 > 0:00:19You what?
0:00:19 > 0:00:21# They're wild and weird, wild and weird
0:00:21 > 0:00:23# Really, really wild and really, really weird
0:00:23 > 0:00:25# They're wild and weird, wild and weird
0:00:25 > 0:00:27# They're really, really wild
0:00:27 > 0:00:29# They're really, really wild and weird. #
0:00:29 > 0:00:34Today, expect the unexpected as a man does impression of animal...
0:00:34 > 0:00:38We meet the elephant seal who thinks he's a pedestrian...
0:00:38 > 0:00:41And the bears who like nothing more than a quick dip.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43There's a bear in my hot tub!
0:00:49 > 0:00:51# Now, there's a moose on the loose...
0:00:51 > 0:00:52MOOSE BELLOWS
0:00:52 > 0:00:54# There's a bear on the chair. #
0:00:54 > 0:00:55Naomi?!
0:00:55 > 0:00:58There's a moose in the treehouse!
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Where? Where?
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Right here, behind the sofa.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05What's a moose doing in the treehouse?
0:01:05 > 0:01:06I don't know, someone's left it here.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- Well, is it safe?- Hm... I don't know.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12- I mean, it's been out of the fridge a while.- Fridge?
0:01:12 > 0:01:14But it's still in date. Yes!
0:01:14 > 0:01:18- Oh, you're talking about a chocolate mousse.- Well, yeah.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Oh, yeah, of course, cos you wouldn't find a real moose up a tree.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25That would be totally weird.
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Actually, that reminds me of something.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31This tale of the unexpected took place in Sweden,
0:01:31 > 0:01:32if I remember rightly.
0:01:32 > 0:01:35And late one night, local resident Per Johansson
0:01:35 > 0:01:37went out to investigate some unusual noises
0:01:37 > 0:01:40emanating from his neighbour's garden.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42It was late evening
0:01:42 > 0:01:44when I came home from work in Gothenburg...
0:01:46 > 0:01:48He appears to have a mouse stuck to his jacket.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Yeah, that's normal. It's just how they roll in Gothenburg.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57And it was a very stormy, windy night, much rain,
0:01:57 > 0:01:59when I heard a scream.
0:01:59 > 0:02:01It was like...
0:02:01 > 0:02:03HE GROWLS
0:02:03 > 0:02:04The sound was spooky.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06So I went a little bit more,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08I heard the scream again.
0:02:08 > 0:02:09ANIMAL GROWLS
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Something was moving in a nearby tree.
0:02:12 > 0:02:14I wonder what it could be!
0:02:14 > 0:02:17And I had taken a few steps more,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19and it was a moose.
0:02:19 > 0:02:20Moose?
0:02:20 > 0:02:22No, I'm fine, I've already had one, thanks.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Hey, this next picture is pretty weird.
0:02:25 > 0:02:26Are you ready?
0:02:26 > 0:02:28As I'll ever be.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30No way!
0:02:30 > 0:02:33No, we're still in Sweden, but I told you it was weird.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35It's up a tree?!
0:02:35 > 0:02:36That's not normal!
0:02:37 > 0:02:39No, it isn't.
0:02:39 > 0:02:40You see, normally you find them
0:02:40 > 0:02:44two to the dozen eating the trees in the forest that surround the town,
0:02:44 > 0:02:47so to find one in your neighbour's apple tree,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49well, that's less common.
0:02:51 > 0:02:52I can't quite get my head around it.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Well, look, if it makes it any easier,
0:02:55 > 0:02:57here's Per with a dramatic reconstruction.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00It's like this, you know.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03And it's trying to get free again, you know.
0:03:03 > 0:03:05HE GROWLS
0:03:05 > 0:03:07There you go, any better?
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- Not really.- No?
0:03:09 > 0:03:12- It doesn't explain how he got up there.- Ah!
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Per, moose re-enactor extraordinaire,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18had his own theory.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21It had walked around the neighbourhood
0:03:21 > 0:03:23and eaten a lot of apples,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26and it's fermenting in the stomach, you know.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28So let me explain.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Here is an apple, OK?
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Inside every apple is...
0:03:34 > 0:03:36- Sugar!- Exactly.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- And it's this that the moose is after.- Ah.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42However, if the apples are left too long,
0:03:42 > 0:03:45they overripen, and what happens then?
0:03:45 > 0:03:46They start to make alcohol.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Exactly, they ferment.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Thus, making cider.
0:03:51 > 0:03:53And the trouble is, too much cider
0:03:53 > 0:03:55will make you lose your balance.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59So, in the case of this moose,
0:03:59 > 0:04:02while reaching for an apple in a hard-to-reach place,
0:04:02 > 0:04:07he probably lost his footing and got well and truly wedged.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10So how do you get a moose out of a tree?
0:04:10 > 0:04:12I knew you were going to ask me that.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Well?
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- SIRENS IN DISTANCE - Ah.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18You call the fire brigade.
0:04:20 > 0:04:22To the rescue was this man.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23Who's that?
0:04:23 > 0:04:25- HESITANT - Urban Bomgren...
0:04:25 > 0:04:27HE SPEAKS OWN LANGUAGE
0:04:27 > 0:04:29'Hang on a minute, we need subtitles.'
0:04:31 > 0:04:34That's typical, every time you need the remote, you can never find it.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- You're sitting on it, you're on it! - I'm not!
0:04:36 > 0:04:38- You're not sitting on it. - Quick, we're missing it!
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Oh, do you know what, don't even worry about it, it's Swedish.
0:04:41 > 0:04:42- I've got this.- Oh...
0:04:42 > 0:04:45HE CLEARS HIS THROAT
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Right, locate moose in tree,
0:04:47 > 0:04:51stand around in high-vis jackets and trousers,
0:04:51 > 0:04:53point at the moose...
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Er...
0:04:55 > 0:04:57'Roads, probably...
0:04:57 > 0:04:59'Oh, a winch, "vinsch", yeah.'
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Hey, wasn't Per there? Shouldn't he know?
0:05:02 > 0:05:04That is a good plan, yeah.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06Take it away, Per.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07- Oh.- Oh.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10The tree was nearly 90 degrees, you know,
0:05:10 > 0:05:13and you wonder...
0:05:13 > 0:05:15The moose fell out, "plop",
0:05:15 > 0:05:17and just lay down.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20Pull up the head and look at us.
0:05:20 > 0:05:21It looks very tired
0:05:21 > 0:05:24and looks maybe a little bit hungover.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27So, after a well-needed snooze,
0:05:27 > 0:05:31here he is a few days later, none the worse for wear.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Although, presumably, he was off the apples for a while.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35# There's a moose on the loose... #
0:05:35 > 0:05:37MOOSE BELLOWS
0:05:37 > 0:05:39# I climbed a tree. #
0:05:45 > 0:05:48I've got a story for you now about an elephant seal.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Elephant seal?
0:05:49 > 0:05:51They're not real, you've just made that up!
0:05:51 > 0:05:55Oh, yeah, let's put them in the same bracket as whale shark,
0:05:55 > 0:05:57shall we, or lion fish(!)
0:05:57 > 0:06:00- All real, Tim.- Yeah, yeah, right.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03And I bet sheepdogs are real as well, aren't they?
0:06:03 > 0:06:04HE CHUCKLES
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Anyway, you will never guess where this elephant seal showed up!
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Zebra crossing in Rio de Janeiro, maybe?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- How do you do it?- Is it?!
0:06:16 > 0:06:19Sure enough, in Brazil, back in March 2013,
0:06:19 > 0:06:23startled onlookers were amazed when a four-metre,
0:06:23 > 0:06:24three-ton elephant seal
0:06:24 > 0:06:27went for a stroll on a busy road.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28Well, at least he used the crossing.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Pretty unexpected, isn't it?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Yeah, makes a change from, "Why did the chicken cross the road?"
0:06:33 > 0:06:37- Probably because a massive great elephant seal was chasing it.- Yeah.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39So, back it up 20 minutes,
0:06:39 > 0:06:42and on Brazil's idyllic coastline of white sandy beaches,
0:06:42 > 0:06:46this marine leviathan emerged from the Atlantic.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Hang on, we're in Brazil.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52Aren't these bad boys normally found in Antarctica?
0:06:52 > 0:06:53That's right.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57Their favourite hunting grounds are the rich waters of Antarctica.
0:06:57 > 0:07:02This is where our seal should have been in March 2013.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04But how did he get it so wrong?
0:07:04 > 0:07:06We're in need of some expert intervention, I think.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10- How's about Patrick Robinson?- Ooh.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13He's one of the world's foremost experts on...
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Pedestrian crossings. Yeah, what a guy.
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Elephant seals, you doughnut.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19Oh, right. Yeah, of course.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24They can travel upwards of 4,000 or 5,000km away from their colonies
0:07:24 > 0:07:26during a typical migration,
0:07:26 > 0:07:28and they have two migrations per year,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31so that adds up to quite a bit of distance and swimming per year.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Wow, that is incredible.
0:07:34 > 0:07:36Puts my 100 metres to shame.
0:07:36 > 0:07:39Oh, have you had that since you were little?
0:07:39 > 0:07:40No, I got that last week.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Hardest four lengths I've ever done.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46There is no inherited navigation ability.
0:07:46 > 0:07:51We've looked at individuals that have never been to sea before,
0:07:51 > 0:07:55and compare those to their mother's satellite tracks
0:07:55 > 0:07:58that we've collected, and we see no correlation there.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01You know, seems to me, it's just a bit of a random choice
0:08:01 > 0:08:03in the very beginning, during their first migration.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07So we think it's just a bit of a random choice in the very beginning,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09during their first migration.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11HE CHUCKLES
0:08:11 > 0:08:13I reckon I could get used to this expert-analysis malarkey.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Given it looks approximately four or five years old,
0:08:16 > 0:08:20I'd say it's probably hadn't locked into its adult pattern yet.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23The seal is approximately four or five years old.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27It probably hadn't locked into the adult pattern yet.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Anything else, smarty-pants?
0:08:28 > 0:08:30No, my work here is done.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32Ha! You missed a bit!
0:08:32 > 0:08:34It may have still been exploring
0:08:34 > 0:08:37and trying to find a good strategy.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Well, yeah. I mean, yeah, of course,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40but that goes without saying, doesn't it?
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Still, it begs the question, why did he leave the beach
0:08:44 > 0:08:45and go into the town?
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Maybe it was carnival season.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Oh, true that, yeah.
0:08:49 > 0:08:51The Rio Carnival, highlight of the year.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54CARNIVAL MUSIC
0:08:54 > 0:08:56BOTH: Carnival!
0:08:56 > 0:08:57Oh...
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Going into a busy area, especially with traffic and people,
0:09:00 > 0:09:02is quite rare.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05It's not abnormal for a seal to venture away from the coast -
0:09:05 > 0:09:07they do that frequently -
0:09:07 > 0:09:12but they typically do not enter populated areas like that.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16Whatever his reasoning, a few hours later, his city break was over
0:09:16 > 0:09:19and he headed back out to sea.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Hey, do you want to see a bear in a hot tub?
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Too right!
0:09:25 > 0:09:27There's a bear in my hot tub!
0:09:29 > 0:09:31LAUGHTER
0:09:31 > 0:09:34BOTH: "There's a bear in my hot tub!"
0:09:34 > 0:09:35- Oh, play that again.- Yeah.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40There's a bear in my hot tub!
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Right, I am so confused.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- That's an American black bear, right? - Uh-huh, yeah.
0:09:48 > 0:09:53Normally shy and retiring, they prefer their own company?
0:09:53 > 0:09:54Mm-hm, yeah.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Foraging for berries and grubs?
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Yeah, well, if you like that sort of thing, which bears do.
0:10:00 > 0:10:04All in all, brilliantly adapted to a life in the wild?
0:10:04 > 0:10:05Correct again.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08So why on earth is it in a hot tub?!
0:10:08 > 0:10:10- I don't know!- Why are we shouting?!
0:10:10 > 0:10:12- I don't know!- Why is your voice so high?!
0:10:12 > 0:10:14It's...not.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16- Do we need an expert?- Yes.
0:10:16 > 0:10:17Anyone in mind?
0:10:17 > 0:10:19The one and only Ted Oakes,
0:10:19 > 0:10:23bear expert extraordinaire, springs to mind.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Black bears spend all winter in dens,
0:10:25 > 0:10:27which are often very, very cold places.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29And so they have thick, thick fur.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32But in the summer, because the fur is black,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35the fur absorbs heat almost like no other material,
0:10:35 > 0:10:37and they really, really heat up.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42Oh, I see, so they head to water to cool down.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44But why not find a nice lake in the forest?
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Aren't they supposed to be shy and avoid human contact?
0:10:49 > 0:10:50Oh, are you asking me?
0:10:50 > 0:10:52No, Ted.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58They might not actually come to a house to find water to cool down.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01They might actually come to a house to find a bird feeder.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02But once they're at the house
0:11:02 > 0:11:05and they see that the house not only has a bird feeder
0:11:05 > 0:11:06but a swimming pool,
0:11:06 > 0:11:08that's when the party can start for a black bear.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10MUSIC: The Birdie Song by The Tweets
0:11:10 > 0:11:12Enjoying the party?
0:11:12 > 0:11:13No, it's rubbish.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15What are you talking about?
0:11:15 > 0:11:17- There's no pool.- Ah, and arguably,
0:11:17 > 0:11:19that's when the party really gets going for us bears.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Have you not found one?
0:11:21 > 0:11:22We're in a treehouse.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23Come on, let's go.
0:11:29 > 0:11:30That was weird.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32Yeah, not as weird as this, though.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35This is bad.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38I've got them swimming in my pool.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40They use the pool more than us.
0:11:40 > 0:11:41Why didn't they go in Dr Bob's pool?
0:11:41 > 0:11:43- That's what I want to know. - I don't know.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Yeah, why didn't they go to Dr Bob's pool?
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Hasn't he got slides and inflatables?
0:11:48 > 0:11:50- And sun loungers.- Yeah!
0:11:50 > 0:11:51They would have loved it there!
0:11:53 > 0:11:54- Who are you calling?- Dr Bob.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Hey, Dr Bob, it's Tim.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Can me, Naomi and the bears come over for a part...?
0:12:01 > 0:12:03We CAN go for a party.
0:12:03 > 0:12:04See you in five minutes.
0:12:04 > 0:12:07Cheers, bye.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09It's on.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12You have to call the cops, Daddy. You have to.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15'Huh? It's not illegal for a bear to go swimming.'
0:12:15 > 0:12:18No, it's not the police they need, it's a lifeguard.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Health and safety, guys.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22It does beg the question, though,
0:12:22 > 0:12:24how do you get a bear out of a swimming pool?
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Well, probably with some kind of mobile crane to winch him out,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29then a tranquillising gun.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32You don't want that bad boy awake while that's happening - messy.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36A heavy-duty stretcher, a couple of Marines, maybe, to seal the area,
0:12:36 > 0:12:37you know, that kind of stuff.
0:12:37 > 0:12:38Let's find out.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Hey, get out of there.
0:12:42 > 0:12:43Get out of there!
0:12:46 > 0:12:47No.
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Or you could just ask it to leave.
0:12:51 > 0:12:52Yeah...
0:12:54 > 0:12:55Oh, my gosh,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58get the bear out of the hot tub.
0:12:58 > 0:13:02# Don't go down the woods tonight
0:13:02 > 0:13:04# You're gonna get a big surprise. #
0:13:04 > 0:13:06Shut the door!
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Lock it.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Oh, I can't find it anywhere.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Naomi, have you seen my towel?
0:13:12 > 0:13:13- Yeah, it's here.- Where?
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Oh, there it is.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Nice. I'm off to a swimming pool party at Dr Bob's with the bears.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20- Are you coming?- Er, no.
0:13:20 > 0:13:24Do I really need to point out the dangers of swimming with bears?
0:13:24 > 0:13:26That's a good point, actually.
0:13:26 > 0:13:27Ah, there they are...
0:13:27 > 0:13:29my armbands.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32Would never have got the 100-metre badge without these bad boys.
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Come on, one last chance.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37No? All right, catch you later, yeah?
0:13:37 > 0:13:38Bye.
0:13:38 > 0:13:39Bombs away!
0:13:39 > 0:13:41# Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
0:13:41 > 0:13:42# Wipeout! #
0:13:42 > 0:13:43See you next time.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47# Wild and weird, wild and weird
0:13:47 > 0:13:49# Really, really wild and really, really weird
0:13:49 > 0:13:51# They're wild and weird, wild and weird
0:13:51 > 0:13:53# They're really, really wild
0:13:53 > 0:13:56# They're really, really wild and weird
0:13:58 > 0:14:01# Wild and weird. #