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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

powerful body around and around, constricting the animal until its

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

there! Now, I have been swimming with truly

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

predator that will eat almost anything it can overpower including

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

pike skull. That is just its head so that means

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

with fascinate fascinating facts that their contenders deserves a

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

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

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

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

It is the dreamy dragonfly. CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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

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

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

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

car. Nimhths can project water out of

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tim. Raft spiders, they are our largest

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

Dragon flies were around 70 million years before dinosaurs and their

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

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

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

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

underwater. I want to be a raft spider.

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

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

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

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

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

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

with your parent or guardian's phone number.

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

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

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

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

to protect their lodges. These complex structures are made with

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

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

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

feathers using their peak. It creates a protective barrier,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

cannot feel anything. They also inject damn anticoagulants to stop

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

prefer a slightly faster pace of life.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

relatives like the saltwater crocodile, but these aquatic hunters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

obviously doing something right. What star audience make of this

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

started. Off you go! Thank you, sir.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

would do it again. Well, it looks like Natasha

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

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

there! We love Wild!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LAUGHTER I think it was a soft landing, but

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

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

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

That is awesome. LAUGHTER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Loch Lomond Wakeboard. Thank you to our special guests and

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

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

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

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

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

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

urban. Our team of wild things have a night