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all about the water, and Tim is desperate to show you his

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wakeboarding skills! He thinks he is really good! To be fair, he's not

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds

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Warwood, here to make sure that your Saturday mornings are extremely

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wild! We have gone wild in the mountains and forests, today we are

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in the lochs Scotland with midges and rain! We are broadcasting from

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Loch Lomond, just outside of Glasgow, around about there. We have

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stacks of wildlife. People will think we have got snakes on the

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show, and you do not get snakes in lakes, do you? Well, actually...

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Please say hello to our crew! they look lovely? You have probably

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heard the lively lot in the background, our wild audience with

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Radzi! Hello, yes, don't let the weather fool you, these lot are

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excited, they are ready, aren't you?! Let's also say hello to our

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very special guest, a wakeboard supremo on the show, Lee! And let me

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answer the question as to why I am wearing this outfit... I am having a

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can it be?! I cannot wait to watch you do that! That is going to be

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brilliant. If that was not enough, we have got all of this, too!

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takes the plunge on the Trail of UK monster of the deep. While our wild

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things are set for a high and venture above the water. We will

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follow another rising star of the natural world as we delve into the

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wildlife of a long leg and wetland wader. And I later will be trying to

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keep my calm when I get up close to well out of the way of the crocodile

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friends later, but first I am very excited, we have got an animal

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encounter of the slithery kind. Gerbils! Are you kidding me? Mice!

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No, it is obviously snakes. I was going to say snakes, because they

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eat mice and gerbils. I used to think of snakes as exotic creatures,

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but here in the UK we have three of but that doesn't mean they are not

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there. These slippery sevens are masters of camouflage and like to

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keep a profile, none more so than our rarest snake, the super

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secretive smooth snake, which spends most of its time hiding out on the

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rocks. The venomous adder has fewer reasons to hide. It is a member of

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the viper family and the only animal in the UK with a bike potent enough

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to law a human being! And rounding out this British trio is the grass

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snake, crowing over one metre long, the largest of the three, just as at

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home in water as it is on dry land, making it a perfect first guest for

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this wild wetland show. Just so good to see them on the clip, and we are

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here with Graham, and you have brought some of these native species

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into serious. I have, yes. May I have a look? Who is this? This is a

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male grass snake. They are our largest species of snake. So these

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guys have got a very clever trick up their sleeve if a predator comes

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along. Yes, because they are totally harmless, the way they protect

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themselves is to either his at people or animals, or they will turn

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upside down, play dead. Because nobody wants to eat anything dead.

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Exactly. And the other thing they can do is release a horrible

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sticky, smelly substance from a planned on their bottom, which is

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very smelly. It stinks! It is really bad. What do they eat?They eat

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frogs, toads and fish. Sub a this environment. They should probably be

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called water snakes, not grass snakes. Just like the next snake, a

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smooth snake, he is no harm to us. We have not got one here. They are

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very rare and restricted to the south of England. They are also very

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wary, are they? Smooth snakes are constructors, like boa constrictors,

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but smaller. They will take mice and lizards and other snakes. You would

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not want to get close to the next snake, this is an adder, and this is

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our venomous snake. These are widespread, all over England, Wales

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and all over Scotland and some of the Scottish islands as well.

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they disarm their prey? They have two fangs at the front, and they lie

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in wait, they will bite their food and the venom will take effect, the

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food will die, the snake will then follow the -- swallow the prey

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headfirst. We have got to be aware, because they do have a nasty

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reputation. You would have to go to hospital if you were bitten. Yes,

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but they are very shy. How do you tell the adder apart from the smooth

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snake? The easiest way, if you are close enough, and don't get too

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close, is to look at the eye. Adders have red eyes with a vertical line,

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whereas the others have a round pupil. It does look a bit evil

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but... And the markings?They either have an ex on the back of their head

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or a V. Most adders have a very distinctive zigzag down their back.

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I am very privileged, thank you for bringing him in. We will put that

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one back in its box. We are lucky to live here in the UK, where we are

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able to go swimming in lakes, but there are some places around the

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world where you certainly wouldn't heaviest snake with the largest

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recorded specimen is weighing about the same as three fully grown men

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and with a body almost as long as a bus! Because of their huge bulk,

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these formidable hunters are most at home in the water, stalking the

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wetlands of South America in search of prey like these, giant rodent

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capybara. Once they get hold of a victim, they wrapped the enormously

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powerful body around and around, constricting the animal until its

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heart stops beating. Then they swallow it whole, making these

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super-sized sevens the top predators in their watery world. Would you

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believe it, we have got a Green Anaconda on the programme, look how

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big this snake is. You have got a close-up camera that is going to go

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in the water, be careful. She should be OK. Thank you ever so much. It

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looks very at home in the water. is a semi aquatic animal, they spend

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a lot of time in marshes and a slow-moving river systems. On land,

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they are quite cumbersome. They are really stealthy and sleek and can

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hold their breath for about ten minutes. Look at him camouflage

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himself under the reeds, he looks camouflaged in the wetlands. Where

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this snake would come from, with his markings, he will blend in well be

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natural plans you find in South America. He will sit and wait for a

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sizeable animal. Are you getting a good shot? What do they eat?

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smaller ones eat fish, wading birds. So quite big birds, really. You are

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talking about an animal that can be eight metres in length. I am round

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about 1.8 metres, thereabouts! us how big eight metres is. Up to

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nine metres. Look at that! Can you imagine a snake that size? And that

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can eat animals like dear! Capybara, the world 's largest rodent. How do

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they swallow? They have got stretchy ligaments, that helps them eat food

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that is bigger than their mouth, they can need animals the same width

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as their own body. The largest Anaconda had a sick conference of 50

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inches. Thank you very much, do you fancy going for a swim with Fluffy

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here? Most definitely not, but that Anaconda is without a shadow of a

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doubt a wild wetland wonder, what do we think of it? It is big and cute.

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Jude?! That is not the word I would go for myself! Have you found any

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snakes in the UK? My dad found an adder in the garden. If you want to

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find out more about the snakes in the UK, go to the website. Check out

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our UK snake page. You may have noticed there are shows all over the

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BBC, nature shows that are part of the summer of wildlife season. As

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well as TV programmes, there are also events happening all over the

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UK where you can get involved, get hands-on with wildlife and you can

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pick up one of these booklets and have fun with that. Get involved

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with the summer of wildlife season event! We want to see you getting

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out and about, and last week I asked you to send in photos of you getting

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wild in the wetlands, and there is one in particular we could not go

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without showing, it is from Sarah. She is on a wild waterfall walk, a

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bit of alliteration, very cool. have been asking you to send us

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comments about your watery sports, and Smiley Bird as they are a great

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way to enjoy the outdoors. Amethyst says I do body boarding in Cornwall,

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you can't beat the serve there. this way, you may have noticed I

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have not mentioned this week's four bit, but I am super excited about

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what we have got in store this week, so excited that I would give

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you a sneaky pic. Take a look out there, that is all you're going to

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get, I am afraid. You are going to have to stay tuned if you want to

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find out what we have got in store, but before then how about some

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watery? What was that, then?! Was that a

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bouncy castle? I give up with him sometimes! In answer to that

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question about watery adventure, that I can deliver, because our next

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guest was born to be out there. He is not a fish, he is a man who can

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pull off moves you thought would never even possible. Don't believe

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me? Take a look at this! 25-year-old Lee is already established as one of

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the UK's leading wakeboard riders. It is a sport that combines elements

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of water skiing, snowboarding and serving, and he is never happier

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than when he is hurtling across the water or getting some serious

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airtime. He has travelled all over the world showcasing his skills as a

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competitor and a coach. He is a national champion and has also won

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team gold at European level. Now he wants others to enjoy the thrill of

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this high adrenaline sport, so he is using his wakeboarding talents to

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himself is with us, lead, that clip was phenomenal! How on earth did you

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get into wakeboarding? One of my friends was really keen, he took me

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down to the local lake, I just got involved that way and never left.

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And, you know, is it a sport that you can do just lakes, or can you do

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it anywhere? Absolutely anywhere, there are lots of cable parks

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popping up, which is a telling system that pulls you around the

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lake. You can do it behind jet skis, inflatable boats. You do not need a

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lot of power, anything to pull you along. What is your favourite trick?

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I am going to hopefully try and show you, the first trick. Wicked! Aside

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from competing, you do teaching as well, what do you enjoy about

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teaching? I really enjoy my job, I am doing something I love, helping

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people get into the sport, which has given me a great lifestyle, just

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watching people learn, it is great, amazing. Well, listen, you look

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pretty ready to go, we have got Raymond over there, when this rope

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goes tight, can you give all the youngsters back home some top tips?

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Just get a good coach, relax and there. I want to be there.

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Here he goes. Oh that was amazings! Did you see that?

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The thing to note with wake boarding, it is very much like

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snowboarding and ski boarding, you can ride with your right foot

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forward or your left foot board. Lee rides with his right foot forward,

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look he will switch it around here. He will do a little 180 and he will

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be riding with his left foot forward. Let's see if he can do

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this? He is riding backwards. It is like writing with your left-hand.

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Look how easy he makes it look. Look at that! Wallop. He is just hanging

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off the back there. Give him a wave. Hi Lee!

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How amazing is that? It is choppy. Perfect conditions as well. For wake

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boarding, you like to be nice and flat, no waves. Oh, that was

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amazing. Well, there he goes. Off into the sunset. The inflatable

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whatever it is. Well, there we go, he has given us a wave and he is

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off. That makes me want to go and have a go at that now, but

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unfortunately it is not my turn for an adventure, no. It is Naomi's

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chance to get wet and wind and she I'm standing in a place that's about

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as far away from the sea as it is possible to get in the UK and yet my

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challenge today is to go and look for one of the country's fearsome

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underwater predators. A real monster of the deep and it lives under

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there! Now, I have been swimming with truly

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terrifying animals around the world. Yet there is a fish here in this

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lake in the middle of England that also gives me the heb gebies. I'm

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going to take the plunge. Yes, I'm going to learn to dive!

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Diving is completely new to me so before I'm let loose in the lake, I

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need to get to grips with the gear This is so cool. I love it. This is

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so awesome. I can just breathe on the bottom of a swimming pool. This

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is fantastic. I'm getting my buoyancy right and my breathing

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correctly, talking to the camera! I just keep turning up side down!

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I have got a gauge here to tell me how much air I have left. So I have

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got to keep a close eye on that. I have only got #40e left. -- 40 left.

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I feel like a mermaid, but I look like a James Bond spy! Well, I'm

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sort of getting the hang of this. I don't want to talk too soon, but

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maybe it is time to go looking for some pike. And it is the pike a real

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murky monster that all this dive training has been for. An ambush

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predator that will eat almost anything it can overpower including

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ducks. There has been stories that pike have had a snap at some pet

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dogs that have strayed too close to the water's edge. Apparently they

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have 700 needle sharp teeth. That's ten times more than a crocodile. Who

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needs the the Loch Ness monster when you have the pike, e, h? I don't

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think I want to do this anymore. It is too late now. It is time to get

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in the water. It is quite murky, isn't it? I can't see a lot. I

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haven't got very good visibility. If you know me at all, you know I'm

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pretty nervous underwater. I'm all right because this is a lake so I

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know a shark is not going to come out of nowhere. But pike are pretty

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large fish and that could make me jump quite a lot. This is cool! It

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is a lot bluer than I thought it would be. I thought it would be

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really green and murky, but it is still quite blue despite the rain.

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The biggest and most legendary pike is called the andorick pike. Its

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head is on display in Edinburgh. That weighed in at 40 to 40

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kilogrammes, which is the size of weight of an average 12-year-old.

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I'm really hoping I don't meet one that size today. I really want to

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see one now. I am in incredit -- they are incredibly camouflaged so

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they can stay hidden in the weeds. So I may struggle to find one

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because I may not be able to see it. Come on pike, show us your ugly mug!

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Aren't you pretty? These are called perch. These are the main prey

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species of the pike. They have a little bit of protection because

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they have got sharp spines on their fins and tail so that gives them a

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little bit of protection and they are not really any match for the

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visibility and there don't seem to be any pike around here so I am

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aafraid I'm going to have to leave this monster behind and its hundreds

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of teeth and go and get dry and Well, I was pretty nervous at the

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start of that and I am glad I did it. Was it fun?It was fun and I

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will do it again, but it is a shame we didn't see the pike. I can

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introduce you to a friend that could have been in there. Look at this

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pike skull. That is just its head so that means

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it would have been that big. I'm kind of glad I didn't bump into

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unwith of them now. Which goes to prove actually that lakes and

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wetlands are teaming with massive wildlife, big guys like that.

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isn't just the giants we are interested in. We want to big up the

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small guys. Our aim is to uncover the credentials of the little guys

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in the Battle of the Beasties. yes, it is that time of week when

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Tim and Naomi go head-to-head with their wild contenders. So step into

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the ring and Tim and Naomi have chosen their wild contender a and

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they are going to batmed over three rounds and they have -- battle over

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three rounds and they have to convince me and the wild audience

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with fascinate fascinating facts that their contenders deserves a

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place here. It has not been an easy task, the lakes and the wetlands are

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overflowing with wildlife. So who will they choose? Facts win prizes

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so I brought an animal to the table which has millions of facts coming

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out of its eyes. It is the rasp spider. I have got the winner here.

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It is the dreamy dragonfly. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Well It is it is time to put the facts forward. Moves and grooves.

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Drogon flies have more -- dragon flies have more moves than grooves.

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Dragon wards can fly backwards and up side down. I can do up side down

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too. They can travel at speeds of up to 30mph. I can go 30mph in my mum's

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car. Nimhths can project water out of

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their bottoms, can you do that Tim? Can you? Let me tell you something

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about this spider. It can walk on water! Yeah, oh yeah. It has got

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hairy legs which enables it to walk along without breaking the surface

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tension of the water. I have got hairy hetion legs -- hairy legs, but

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I cannot do that. So scurrying noose the early lead is

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the raft spider. We go into killer instinct Ladys First.

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I am not a lady. Dragon flies are aerial predators. They will eat

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anything like mosquitos, and nats and moths and butterflies and yes,

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they eat bees. Dragon flies spend most of their lives underwater.

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Dragonfly babies will eat just about everything, including each other!

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Snooze when you were talking all I heard was nnnnnnnnn. Did you really

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are? The raft spider hunts above and below the water. Yes, it eats pond

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skaters. It eats smaller spiders and it eats fish. I mean, I I eat fish.

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Anyway, this is the best bit. This is the killer blow because would you

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believe it, the raft spider eats dragon flies! Yeah. I hear you, when

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it comes to killer instinct, it is not just the weather that's pouring

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it on, it is Naomi's dragonfly because they eat each other.

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It is the knock out round! Dragon flies have the largest eyes

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in the insect world. They take up their entire heads. Not only can

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they see you as they are flying towards you, they can see you as

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they are flying away. I can see. That's not a spider fact,

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Tim. Raft spiders, they are our largest

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native spider and the females can have bodies as big as �1 coins.

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Dragon flies were around 70 million years before dinosaurs and their

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wingspan was as long as my arm. Pre-historic, yeah, that's cool.

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Raft spiders OK, trap air in the hairs on their body. So when they

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are underwater, they have got a readily available oxygen supply that

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can breathe underwater. They can walk on the top of it and breathe

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underwater. I want to be a raft spider.

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Well, that marthe end of the battle of the beasties. Super powers wins

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that round for me and scurrying into the Winner's Enclosure is Tim. Make

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sure you tune in next week as we are going to be doing it again. So see

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then who takes the title. Tim, can you teach me how do that

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finger thing? Maybe one day.If you have seen weird and wonderful

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wildlife, see if you can take a photo of it. Send it in to us along

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with your parent or guardian's phone number.

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This place is positively teaming with wildlife. The lake and wetlands

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are full of it and some creatures have had to adapt to highly amazing

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genius survival techniques. Here are our top tips for sub arriving in

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lakes and weapons. Beavers build dams, creating areas of deep water

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to protect their lodges. These complex structures are made with

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trees cut down by an impressive set of incisor teeth. The beavers' top

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Tip - always carry the right tools. Ducks used the land is positioned

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near their tail to produce a special oil which they rub onto their

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feathers using their peak. It creates a protective barrier,

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causing the water to run straight and stops them getting soggy. Their

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top Tip, always pack your water proves! Newts can breathe both in

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and out of the water. As well as air breathing lungs, they can also

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absorb oxygen from water directly through their skin, so they don't

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need to keep coming up from air. Keep your options open! The water

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shrew burns energy so quickly it needs to feed almost continuously,

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but it has a secret weapon - venomous saliva helps to paralyse

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its prey. Its top tip, always keep the tankful. And lastly, leeches -

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they are the vampires of the aquatic world, using alien like Jaws to

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latch on and suck the blood of their victims. These greedy grabbers can

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drink several times their own weight in blood in one go, so drink plenty

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of liquid. Did you see it reading on that fish?! Welcome back, Tim

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Cockrell, you have brought some lovely beasties for us to have a

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look at. We have some lovely leeches. Leeches, good!There are

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over 30 different types in the UK, and this is the only one that will

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feed on human blood, it gets up to 20 centimetres long. It is closely

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related to the earthworms in your back garden. I didn't know that! How

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do they suck your blood? They have got hundreds of tiny teeth in three

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rows, shaped like an inside out triangle, and they stick on to the

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animal they are going to suck the blood of, and that is what they do.

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I am not going to put my hand in there, but I understand you are

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going to have a go! Let's see how they react to you. Oh, straightaway,

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it instantly attached to your finger! They detect the movement and

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they can also taste, they use that movement to detect a host. How do

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you get them off? If you get a leech on you in this country, it is

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unlikely to be this type, it is really rare. In the jungle, when we

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get these, we scraped them off with a fingernail. We want to see if we

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can do a play experiment, not suck your blood, but we have got a model

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here, it is Tim Warwood with sausage skin lakes filled with blood. Sorry

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if you are eating your breakfast! We are going to put that in with the

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leeches and see how hungry they are. So they should sense it is there,

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should they? It is warm as well, so it might take a few minutes. He just

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wants to float around, I am going to leave him. When they start feeding,

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they can consume five times their own body weight, so they get huge.

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It is like a painkiller that they inject, an anaesthetic, so you

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cannot feel anything. They also inject damn anticoagulants to stop

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the blood from clotting, so it flows freely. These ones are medicinal, so

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they help out in medicine. They have been used for hundreds of years in

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medicine, if you have got a blood clot, it helps the blood flow.

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going to cut them some slack, because they do a good job, but they

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are a bit disgusting. I will come back a bit later to see if they has

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bound Tim's lovely legs. This is my love all British wildlife. On an

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average weekend, I feed my budgies each day. Sometimes I have to clean

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them out and check on the babies and whatever is happening with them. But

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what I really love is helping to protect endangered species of birds.

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On the weekends, I like to help my dad out at work, looking after a

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this area of England with cranes, because they used to be no cranes in

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this part of Britain. When I go to crane school, I wear a special suit.

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We use this to stop the cranes thinking we are humans. Now I have

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got my suit on, I am going to get some food, get my crane head, which

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were used to feed them, and now I can feed the birds. I am going to

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have to be quite quite so I don't scare the baby cranes. I have got to

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wash my feet to make sure there are captivity. They have never lived in

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the wild or had a mum. But when they get old enough, they will be

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released. I started helping at crane school when I was 11, I helped feed

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them when they were young and helped walk them to keep them exercised, so

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they don't get any problems with their legs. The other cranes grow

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around one centimetre every day. That is really fast, considering it

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takes me two months to grow that much. I love coming here to see how

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were actually try to fly, so we want to keep them in this enclosure until

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they get released. Jethro is heavily involved in working with the birds.

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The crane checks have to be walked every day, and Jethro is part of the

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team who help us. They actually walk about ten miles in their flourish.

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feel quite proud that I have helped the crane prepare for life without

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take them back to their pens until cranes I walked were good followers,

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and they all had good exercise. One went in the water, which is good,

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because the water is the best way of exercising them, and I think today

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that video! In case you were wondering why he wore that outfit,

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it is so that the baby cranes don't confuse him with their mother. It

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was not just Jethro, take a at this. That is the WILD crew getting stuck

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in, as usual, well done, guys. Let us know if you see any wildlife when

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you are out and about. If you have got a photo of yourself doing

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watersports or with some watery wildlife and you want to get your

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getting around on the water, and some animals like to wait slowly

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through the water, like the cranes we just saw, but other animals

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prefer a slightly faster pace of life.

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Lots of animals have learned to move fast through the water - some even

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use jet, sucking in water and firing it out to accelerate at speed. Harsh

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jet. Ingenious! Now we humans are getting in on this jet propelled

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action. This is fly boarding, it looks bonkers, and it is, but it is

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also a lot of fun. Using jet powered boots and gloves that should add

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powerful streams of water, it allows the wearer to fly up to ten metres

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in the air. It even works underwater, turning you into some

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sort of human Dolphin. And I for one cannot wait to have a go.

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I can honestly say I am very excited, I am like a kid with five

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Christmases at once, because I am about to have a go. Where did you

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find this? I love gadgets, I found it on the internet, contacted the

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manufacturer, and I got it first in the UK. Is this something that

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anybody can have a go at? Anybody about 16, about five feet. How high

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do people go? How fast? Up to 25 feet, professionals can go to 35

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feet. Speeds of up to 20 mph. can do a lot of tricks, flips and

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dives. With special equipment, you can do all that sort of stuff.

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not going to be doing that today, but irony. Can you do this anyway?

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Lakes is the best environment, it is closed, it is not saltwater, lakes

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are best. Enough chap, I am ready for this. What have I got to do?

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Keep your eyes on me, stable act, relaxed the top half of your body

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds

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much do you want to have a go at that?! I hope we can get him down!

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He is brilliant at it. We will get him out of that paraphernalia, so

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let's take a look at a dinosaur of When it comes to wetland warriors,

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the Cayman takes some beating. They may be smaller than reptilian

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relatives like the saltwater crocodile, but these aquatic hunters

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are every bit as lethal. Pretty much any thing is on the menu, fish,

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birds, mammals, and when times are tough, they will even eat each

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other. Like all crocodilians, they are armed with an impressive set of

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teeth, up to 75 sharp and Steve used to finish off their prey, making the

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Cayman watery wildlife with real hard! And we have got a Cayman.

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Terry, thank you for bringing this, a three-year-old came in. He is

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called a spectacled Cayman. You can see on the top of his eyes, he has

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bony ridges that look like a pair of spectacles. Hasn't he got beautiful

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eyes? Like the anaconda, he loves the wetlands. They love large water

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bodies in Central and South America. This guy is only a

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juvenile, and fully grown he will get to about two metres and

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developed quite a nasty personality. But the Anaconda we saw earlier

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would eat him for breakfast. Most definitely. Look at this guy, he has

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got a really flat head, his eyes and nostrils on the top of his head, so

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he will sit stealthily waiting for animals at the water 's edge, he

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will grab them with a strong jaws. There is a lot of pressure

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developing with the muscles behind his head, he will grab his prey.

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Alternatively, at night-time, he will wait for anything to swim by.

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They look prehistoric. They are the least changed of any animals from

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their prehistoric ancestors, 65 million years in this form. They are

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obviously doing something right. What star audience make of this

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predator? We are more than impressed over here! That was incredible. Now

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it is time to get creative, it is time for my favourite part of the

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and you to send in photos, and you did. Let's take a look at a couple

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of them. Our first one is from Ellis in Hertfordshire, and he looks very

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cosy in that then. The second one is by Abby and Sophie, both ten, and

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they have made a cracking den, loving your work. So far this week

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we have seen wildlife in the UK and further afield, so I thought, how do

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you get wildlife to come into your back garden? My crazy creation this

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week as the answer. Ponds are not just for goldfish, and in fact if

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you want a slice of wetland wildlife, a pond really is the

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the auk and they are a popular feature in many gardens. They

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provide a homes for plenty of weird ads wonderful creatures. Everything

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from spiders to water walking walking pond skaters. Plants are the

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key to success successful wildlife. Don't take my word for it, want to

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see for yourself by making your own magnificent mini pond. Well, we are

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going to be making something which will attract the wildlife. This is

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our very own mini pond. Yes, you have two minutes in which to make

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it. Take your positions without further a do, let's get the party

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started. Off you go! Thank you, sir.

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Now, first of all, all you need is water proof container and then you

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need rainwater, not tap water. Today, we are lucky. We have got a

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lot of rainwater. I'm going to get you back for that! Then you have to

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plants in it. Plants oxygen ate the water. Put sand in the water. It

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allows the insects to bury themselves in it. It it is important

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to have something for toads and frogs to enter and exit. That's a

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hiding space and I will put big stones over it to allow a nice

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little entry, otherwise the creatures can't get into and out of

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the water. If you go to our website, you will get nor information. Take a

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photo and e-mail in to us. Our e-mail is always the same. Now,

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let's take a look at you and how you are getting on so far. I'm going to

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be judging yours harshly. This is the escape route! Absolutely. You're

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going to need that. You're going to need one of those otherwise you are

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going to have the forfeit and it will involve that water, Tim, oh

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yes, it is. It is freezing. 20 seconds left is

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the official time. Naomi, yours is looking very nice. Come on Tim, get

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stuck in. We have got five seconds. Four, three, two... , one. Stop your

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making. Tim, you are not even close my friend. The winner is Naomi. Not

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a chance. Not a chance. Not a chance. You go and get yourself

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ready for your forfeit and while he goes and gets himself ready, the

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forfeit, I haven't told you what it is. Take a look out there! Oh yes,

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that's where you are going to be a human canon ball. You are going to

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be in that water. No!Let's go and catch up with our very own wild

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Wherever you are in the country, you are never far from a lake, loch or

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reservoir and they are perfect for getting wet and wild. Natasha loves

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getting out on the water. And now it is time her friends got involved as

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well. It is time to get out and go wild. My name is Natasha. And the

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things that I hate is being in the dark. Hi my name is Milly. I hate

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exams. My name is Lauren. I hate tomatoes. Hi my name is Maddie. I

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hate... I forgot what I hated! there is one sport that is

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particularly difficult master, it is wake boarding. So instructor Trevor

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is here to give a helping hand. see want to have a go? Yeah.Let's

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go. Come on. While the girls get kited up, the second instructor owe

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Owen, shows off some of his wake and her friends who are starting to

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feel the pressure. You look very nervous. OK, guys, are you ready?

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Yes. Let's go then, shall we? Who is first? I am.OK, let's go Natasha.

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I'm scared. I think it will be exciting though. Irish Government's'

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not good -- I'm not good on water. As it is their first time on the

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water, the girls will be trying out the sit ski.

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How is that? It is all right.Is it you can do it!

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds

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That was not a great start. Are you Was it scary? It kind is to begin

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with. You have to like hold on tightly. I don't know how far we

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have to do that. It is time for Natasha's friends to

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get over the nerves and hit the # Let's p go crazy until we see the

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# I know we only met # Tonight let's get some

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds

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# And live while we can # It is fun p falling off!

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What's the hardest bit about it? When there is big waves. It was

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really fun. Would you do it again? Yes. It was really fun. I think I

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would do it again. Well, it looks like Natasha

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convinced her friends that a day on the water is a load of fun. Anyone

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can have a go and love it. One day I might have a go at that ramp over

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there! We love Wild!

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That looks so much fun. I would like to give that a go. Great work girls,

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we loved your film. While you were watching that, Tim has got himself

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into visit. He looks like a slug.He is getting into position and

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somebody is going to jump on the other end of that inflatable and

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that's going to launch him and catapult him into the water and it

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will be very funny to watch. He should have made a better pond.

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Count him down from five, everyone. Five, four, three, two, one.

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LAUGHTER I think it was a soft landing, but

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it is cold in there, isn't it? This water is straight off the Highland

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Mountains. Do you think he enjoyed it? I don't think so.Can we see it

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again in slow motion? Just so we can have another laugh.

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That is awesome. LAUGHTER

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I love it. I love it. He should have made a better pond. You want to make

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a pond, the instructions are on our website. Make a crazy creation of

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your own and send us a photo with an escape route. That's very important.

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Send them in with your name and with your parent's or guardian's number.

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Jay is in Slimbridge canoeing. have got a comment from Back

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Climbing Cherry, "hi Wild! I do waterboarding and knee boarding."

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Another viewer says, " I do swimming and knee boarding and surf too."

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Let's see how our leaches have changed. They have grown

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significantly haven't they? That's gross. They have taken a liking to

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Tim. Here he is.Once again, cold and wet on a Saturday morning.

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him a round of applause. I didn't even make the water! I went

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like this and I got whiplash. you OK? It was good fun.

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Next time you will make a better pond. Well, shall we say thank you

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to everybody who looked after us so well today? Thank you very much to

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Loch Lomond Wakeboard. Thank you to our special guests and

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the person on the fly board. Thank you to our slithery and snappy

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friends as well. And give the Wild audience an applause.

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They have been covered in midges all morning. We are going to leave you

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with a hint of what's coming up next week. Next week is our urban show.

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If you have done any city wildlife, or a trip down your wildlife park,

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get in touch. So until next Coming up next time, Wild goes

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urban. Our team of wild things have a night

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