0:00:02 > 0:00:03# Wormy fish-killers
0:00:03 > 0:00:04# Convoys of caterpillars
0:00:04 > 0:00:06- # Super-clever brainless slime - Ugh!
0:00:06 > 0:00:08# Bunny rabbit swarms Wedding storms
0:00:08 > 0:00:10# And pigs that swim at dinner time
0:00:10 > 0:00:13# Tornadoes of fire Starfish going haywire
0:00:13 > 0:00:15- # Algae balls from space! - What?!
0:00:15 > 0:00:17# Prairie dogs that chat Birds going splat
0:00:17 > 0:00:19# And fish slapping in your face
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 > 0:00:26# They're wild and weird, wild and weird
0:00:26 > 0:00:27# They're really, really wild
0:00:27 > 0:00:29# They're really, really wild and weird. #
0:00:29 > 0:00:31It's romance all the way on today's show,
0:00:31 > 0:00:36as we find out just how far a porcupine will go to find true love,
0:00:36 > 0:00:38prospecting for gold from an unlikely source,
0:00:38 > 0:00:42and how a desert and a storm aren't a marriage made in heaven.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43No, no, no!
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Naomi, I need your help!
0:00:56 > 0:01:00You called? Oh, my goodness, what have you done to the place?!
0:01:00 > 0:01:02I'm in a right pickle here, I really need your help.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04OK, calm down, what's the problem?
0:01:04 > 0:01:07OK, I'm best man at my friend's wedding,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10I'm flying out to America later today and I'm not packed,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13I don't know what I'm doing, I haven't got a thing to wear.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Evidently!
0:01:14 > 0:01:18Well, I was thinking, because you're a wedding planner extraordinaire...
0:01:18 > 0:01:22Obviously referring to my role on the highly-acclaimed CBBC series
0:01:22 > 0:01:24Marrying Mum And Dad, yes.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Well, I was thinking that maybe you could help me.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28- Of course. Come and sit down.- OK.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33I love weddings. You know, the glitz, the glamour,
0:01:33 > 0:01:37the razzmatazz, the hairdos. Oh, it's magical.
0:01:37 > 0:01:40OK, well, start off by telling me about the happy couple.
0:01:40 > 0:01:41How did they meet?
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Normal stuff, really. I mean, boy meets girl,
0:01:44 > 0:01:47boy falls in love with girl, boy asks girl to marry him. Classic.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48You know, there are other ways
0:01:48 > 0:01:50couples can find true love, you know.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53- Really?- Mm-hm. Allow me.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01Meet Dorit, an Indian crested porcupine,
0:02:01 > 0:02:04residing here at Israel's Ramat Gan zoo.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Aw, so cute!
0:02:06 > 0:02:07She was abandoned as a baby,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10so has been hand-reared by the staff at the zoo.
0:02:10 > 0:02:11So sad!
0:02:11 > 0:02:13We got really, really attached to her.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16We know her since she was just a cute little tiny baby.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21They raised her here at the wildlife hospital,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24so we all got to chip in and bottle-feed her
0:02:24 > 0:02:26and get really, really attached to her,
0:02:26 > 0:02:30and see her grow into this beautiful, beautiful porcupine.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32So beautiful!
0:02:32 > 0:02:34You know, you really are going to have to pull yourself together
0:02:34 > 0:02:36- or we're never going to get through this.- Sorry.
0:02:36 > 0:02:40Anyway, for almost a decade, Dorit lived a quiet life.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43HE BLOWS HIS NOSE NOISILY I said she lived a quiet life!
0:02:43 > 0:02:44I'm sorry again.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49However, in 2015, some strange sightings
0:02:49 > 0:02:52started to concern her keepers.
0:02:52 > 0:02:56I came to the exhibit to see Dorit, to feed her, to clean the yard.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58And a special day, one special day,
0:02:58 > 0:03:00I came here and I saw the poop,
0:03:00 > 0:03:02instead of being inside the exhibit,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04it was outside.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06And I thought to myself,
0:03:06 > 0:03:09"One of the keepers was very lazy yesterday."
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Eurgh!
0:03:11 > 0:03:12What?
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Well, the keeper could have used the toilet like a normal person!
0:03:14 > 0:03:17It wasn't the keeper's poop, it was the porcupine's!
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Oh, I see.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- Honestly!- Yeah.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24I came in another day
0:03:24 > 0:03:27and I saw again the poop was outside of the exhibit.
0:03:29 > 0:03:30Then, a couple of weeks later,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33just as the mysterious poo was starting to become
0:03:33 > 0:03:36a bit of an issue, an alarm went up.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39A call from the primate department came.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40"Your porcupine's out on the loose.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43"We see her, she's right here. She's escaped."
0:03:43 > 0:03:44No!
0:03:44 > 0:03:47We rushed to Dorit's enclosure and there she was,
0:03:47 > 0:03:50just being her happy old Dorit self.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53So, was Dorit in two places at once?
0:03:53 > 0:03:57It's a good question. It's time to get to the bottom of this mystery.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01- Mmm.- Ooh, how exciting, I love a good mystery!
0:04:04 > 0:04:07# Girls on film... #
0:04:07 > 0:04:09We decided to put a camera trap
0:04:09 > 0:04:12because they're nocturnal, they're mostly active at night,
0:04:12 > 0:04:14and we wanted to see what was going on.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16We realised when we looked at the footage
0:04:16 > 0:04:19that there's a male porcupine that comes in every night
0:04:19 > 0:04:22for the past month to visit her.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24So Dorit had a secret lover!
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Oh, don't start that again!
0:04:28 > 0:04:31He's not just defecating next to her,
0:04:31 > 0:04:33he's actually interacting with her through the bars.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37They touch noses, they sniff each other.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39It's most likely that he smelt her
0:04:39 > 0:04:41and came all the way into the zoo to meet her,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43which is quite exciting.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46Ah, how sweet!
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Boy meets girl, boy poos on girl's doorstep, romance blossoms.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- SHE SIGHS - Yeah. It's pretty sweet.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55Apart from the pooing bit. That is gross.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Well, Tim, you can't be scared of poo if you're the ring-bearer.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00- What are you talking about? - Well, let me explain.
0:05:00 > 0:05:02- You have got the rings, haven't you? - Er, yeah.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Ah.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- What do you think? - Are they gold rings?
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Yeah, 100%.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Er, well, then I wouldn't do that if I were you.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- It's real gold. - I know, that's the problem.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22The gold used to make them could have come from a source
0:05:22 > 0:05:25anything but romantic.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27# Sniff, sniff, ooh-pa-pa-do... #
0:05:27 > 0:05:29There's an old saying -
0:05:29 > 0:05:32where there's muck, there's money.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Such is the allure of manure
0:05:34 > 0:05:37that scientists have recently worked out how to turn solid waste
0:05:37 > 0:05:39into pure drinkable water.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43They've even managed to collect the gases it gives off
0:05:43 > 0:05:46and use them to power our transport too.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52But one scientist currently thinks that we're missing out
0:05:52 > 0:05:54on our waste's greatest potential.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Everyone in society gets rid of things down the drain every day.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00They are flushing away millions of dollars.
0:06:00 > 0:06:01So, Paul has come up with
0:06:01 > 0:06:06one of the weirdest get-rich-quick schemes ever invented.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08And it involves gold.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12We thought we could go out and prospect for gold and silver
0:06:12 > 0:06:14in unique places, and it turns out one of these unique places
0:06:14 > 0:06:17to prospect for gold and silver is poo.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Seriously, are you kidding?!
0:06:21 > 0:06:22And you knew this when I was...?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25You knew! Ugh...
0:06:25 > 0:06:27I really hate you sometimes.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32We took pictures of the waste water solids
0:06:32 > 0:06:34using high-powered microscopes
0:06:34 > 0:06:37and we found little particles of gold and silver
0:06:37 > 0:06:41in what are called sewage sludges at wastewater treatment plants.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43For a city of a million people,
0:06:43 > 0:06:45every year there's about 13 million worth
0:06:45 > 0:06:47of precious metals,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50and most of that value is actually in gold and silver.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- INDISTINCT SPEECH FROM PHONE - 13 million.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55£8 million.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- I know!- Who is it? - It's Gendal. It's my best mate.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- He's on the lookout for a new job. - Oh.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Where is it? A water treatment facility.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Yeah, sewage plant.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10- DISCONNECT TONE - Er...
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Faulty line... I think.
0:07:14 > 0:07:16The amount of gold in the solids coming out of
0:07:16 > 0:07:19these wastewater treatment plants is about the same as what, you know,
0:07:19 > 0:07:21mining companies will blow up mountains for
0:07:21 > 0:07:24in terms of the amount of gold content of rock
0:07:24 > 0:07:27that they'll go and mine - it's that same ore content.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30And rather then saving this mineral-rich muck,
0:07:30 > 0:07:32we're currently just dumping it.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Each of those dump trucks contain more than enough gold
0:07:35 > 0:07:37to make a gold ring.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44So what you're telling me is
0:07:44 > 0:07:48the one gold ring that binds the happy couple together
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- could have been found in a... - TOILET FLUSHES
0:07:51 > 0:07:53- Sorry, what were you saying again? - Doesn't matter.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55Where did you say you were going for this wedding?
0:07:55 > 0:07:58- The States, America.- America?- Mmm.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02- Whereabouts in America? - Arizona.- Arizona?!
0:08:02 > 0:08:04- Yeah, why?- Oh, no reason.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06Naomi!
0:08:06 > 0:08:10OK, but don't say I didn't warn you.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Phoenix, Arizona.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18Something strange is building out in the desert.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20A few grains of sand.
0:08:20 > 0:08:21Not just a few.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28Winds are strengthening.
0:08:35 > 0:08:40This is certainly not a nice day for a white wedding.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43- What was that?! - That was an immense cloud of sand,
0:08:43 > 0:08:45a super-sized dust storm.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47- No way!- Way.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49So, what starts that off, then?
0:08:49 > 0:08:51That's a good question.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55It'd be nice if there was an answer to that que...
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Be patient.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00THUNDER CRASHES Does that answer your question?
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Cool!
0:09:02 > 0:09:05Out here in the desert, when thunderstorms form,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08they just drop the rain straight out of the bottom,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10and that has a profound effect.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13A demo, methinks.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Wait here, I'm off to the lab.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21Just sprinkle some sand.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Lovely.
0:09:23 > 0:09:24Pick up the blue blowy device.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Right, now, during a thunderstorm,
0:09:27 > 0:09:29strong downdraughts of cold air
0:09:29 > 0:09:30are created which hit
0:09:30 > 0:09:33the dry desert floor and spread out,
0:09:33 > 0:09:35kicking the dust high up into the air,
0:09:35 > 0:09:38creating an imposing wall.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40It looks lovely in slow-mo, don't you think?
0:09:41 > 0:09:45- Clear?- As mud, or sand.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46We need an expert.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48Mmm, any ideas?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Er, yeah, the one-and-only Mike Olbinski.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54That is a great idea.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56- Let me get his musical intro sorted. - Oh, yeah.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04OK, hit it.
0:10:04 > 0:10:08# Mr Sandman, bring me a dream. #
0:10:08 > 0:10:11Nice try, Tim, but he's not a sand expert,
0:10:11 > 0:10:13he's a storm chaser.
0:10:13 > 0:10:14Oh, well, then...
0:10:17 > 0:10:18OK.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20# Thunderbolt and lightning
0:10:20 > 0:10:22# Very, very frightening me... #
0:10:22 > 0:10:24- Better?- Perfect!- Yeah.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27It's almost like a bomb exploded.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30The dust will start rolling away from the storm.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33And then a lot of times, that air that's rolling out
0:10:33 > 0:10:35will actually kick up more storms above it.
0:10:35 > 0:10:39And those storms will build up and they'll drop downdraughts as well,
0:10:39 > 0:10:42and they kind of end up creating this huge wall of dust.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47So, pretty quickly, a few grains of sand can be whipped up
0:10:47 > 0:10:50into a swirling, spiralling wall of dust,
0:10:50 > 0:10:52sweeping across the desert floor,
0:10:52 > 0:10:54engulfing everything in its way.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58MUSIC: Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
0:11:00 > 0:11:05The biggest ones that I've seen have been a mile tall and 100 miles wide
0:11:05 > 0:11:08and have winds packing around 60mph.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Once it hits, visibility can be reduced to near-zero
0:11:12 > 0:11:14in a couple of minutes.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17# Any way the wind blows. #
0:11:19 > 0:11:20Ah.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22So, what's all this got to do with the wedding?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Well, meet Jenny and Gus Luna.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27- Nice couple.- Mmm, that's before.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Before what?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32I'll let them tell the story.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37SHE PLAYS THE WEDDING MARCH
0:11:37 > 0:11:40The day of the wedding itself was relatively calm.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43The weather itself was really great, it was bright and sunny.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46I was standing out there looking for the future bride,
0:11:46 > 0:11:49future wife, coming in. That was an awesome sight to see.
0:11:51 > 0:11:54What could possibly go wrong?
0:11:54 > 0:11:57SHE PLAYS A SINISTER TUNE
0:11:59 > 0:12:01- Er, can you press play, please, Tim? - Er, yeah.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06We are here this afternoon to share with Gustavo and Jennifer
0:12:06 > 0:12:08a most important moment in their lives.
0:12:08 > 0:12:11A good, solid ten minutes in, everything was going fine.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13- SHE LAUGHS - And then, uh,
0:12:13 > 0:12:16I remember looking at Jenny and I remember looking up.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20My jaw dropped.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22My eyes got big.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24I look at Jenny, Jenny's looking at me with this scared face.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27I couldn't help it, I had to turn around to look,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29to be like, what is he looking at?
0:12:29 > 0:12:35What they saw was an immense wall of dust coming straight towards them.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37We just... Pretty much just hold on tight.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42- I'm going to make this quick, OK? - Let's...
0:12:42 > 0:12:45We should just end it and let's get out of here.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47I can't see them, they can't see us.
0:12:47 > 0:12:49Sure enough, the judge kind of skipped a lot of things
0:12:49 > 0:12:52and went to, "I pronounce you husband and wife."
0:12:52 > 0:12:53And we kissed.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- No, no, no! - SCREAMING
0:12:56 > 0:12:59I present to you Mr and Mrs Gustavo Luna.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Thank you.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04You know, you look back at it now and you can laugh at it, but...
0:13:04 > 0:13:06- Cos it's nobody's fault. - Yeah, definitely.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09You know, you can't control the weather.
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Surely one of the weirdest weddings ever witnessed!
0:13:13 > 0:13:16You know, I'd really reconsider your role
0:13:16 > 0:13:17as a wedding guidance counsellor.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- Er, planner.- Whatever!
0:13:19 > 0:13:21If there's one thing this has taught me,
0:13:21 > 0:13:23it's that weddings aren't magical,
0:13:23 > 0:13:25they are just stressful beyond belief.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27- So are you not going now?- No way!
0:13:27 > 0:13:30- Well, I'll have your ticket. Brilliant!- What for?
0:13:30 > 0:13:31Well, I love weddings.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35And you never know, I might catch the bouquet and marry Mr Right.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Hang on a minute, what about all the dust clouds?
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Oh, those? Well, they don't even happen at this time of year.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43- Oh, what?!- Now, what on Earth am I going to wear?
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Er... Maybe not pink.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50See you next time.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53# I'm glad I crashed the wedding. #
0:13:53 > 0:13:55# They're wild and weird, wild and weird
0:13:55 > 0:13:58# Really, really wild and really, really weird
0:13:58 > 0:14:00# They're wild and weird, wild and weird
0:14:00 > 0:14:01# They're really, really wild
0:14:01 > 0:14:05# They're really, really wild and weird
0:14:06 > 0:14:10# Wild and weird! #