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build sandcastles. Other people like to relax so I thought I would help

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him. A sandcastle, and a snooze. can't move, get it off! Who would

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fall asleep on a sandy beach? off! Sorry, I would love to, but I

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programme that aims to get you off your sofa. I am Naomi Wilkinson.

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am Tim Warwood, and today we are by the seaside. We do like to be beside

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the seaside! Today we find ourselves all the way across the country at

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the Sealife Centre in Hunstanton in Norfolk. We want to know if you have

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been to the beach recently. If so, go to the website. We want to hear

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about your seaside adventures. haven't come all this way on our

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own, have we? No, we have brought our fabulous group. Fabulous? ! It

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is not just the crew, it is time to introduce a man who is so amazing,

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he has rad in his name, it is Radzi. It is worth honing your artistic

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skill this week because the forfeit involves cleaning. And... Sharks.

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cannot believe it, he said cleaning. No, he said sharks. Don't worry

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about that. Welcome our special guests, windsurfing freestyle

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champion, and an epic adventure, -- adventurer, Dave Cornthwaite. We

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have all of that and oceans more. Are you happy with that? From the

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girl who said otterly fabulous last week? I get close to a stunning

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seabird spectacle. And swimming with seals for an animal and counter of a

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lifetime. Then goes in search of some surprising seaside residents.

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Those seals look adorable, and even better I will be meeting some baby

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seals live on the show later. We have to keep them away from our

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first guest, top of the food chain, a ruthless predator. Sea snakes.No,

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a bird of prey, lives on the coast, a white toed eagle. I was close.Not

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really. It can grow up to a metre tall, have a wingspan of nearly 2.5

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metres, and weighing in at seven kilos. This is the white-tailed

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eagle. Once extinct here, they have been reintroduced to Scotland and

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can once again be seen flying across our coastline. They are scavengers

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and opportunists, but also deadly hunters. They swoop down on the fish

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and catch them from the water. We are now welcoming to Wild Graham,

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and a stunning white-tailed eagle. Who is this? This is Pamela. They

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are the iconic species. Can we look at the wingspan because that is

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ridiculously big, isn't it? Why do they have to be so big? They help to

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carry their big body weight through the sky and they are normally

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catching fish and even seabirds. That is absolutely special. It has a

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white tail, why's that? whitetail is an indication it is a

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fish eating birds because the normally swim at the top of the

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surface, and this bird snatches them, and the fish cannot see it

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coming because of blends in with the skyline. Look at its talons, why do

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they need such deadly tools? This can carry three times its own body

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weight, if you imagine a massive fish, she has got to grip onto it,

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and she turns it so it is facing forward so that she is streamlined.

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Amazing. We have to comment on her enormous peak. It glistens off the

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light, it is an incredible bit of kit. Is that how she kills her prey?

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Yes, once she has grabbed it, she rips at the back of the neck.

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are these birds so special for you? She is majestic, she doesn't look at

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you, she looks straight through you. There has been a massive

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reintroduction programme, do you think we will see them spreading

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across the UK? It would be lovely to think so. Fingers crossed we might

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see one in Norfolk. To me, and eagle represents everything about Wild,

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wild and rugged. Radzi, what do the audience make of Pamela? Pamela is

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so cool. What do we think in the audience? She is lovely, I just love

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how her beak has that tip, and how big her wings are, and her talons

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and how her tale is white. She is lovely. I couldn't agree more. Have

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you seen any birds in the wild? I have seen vultures, eagles and

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hawks. If you have seen any birds in the wild, send them to -- send the

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pictures to the website and we might be able to show them later. Also if

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you have a photo of yourself doing any activities, send them in.

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have a photo from Alfie, age seven, this is him body boarding. He is a

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wild kid. We also have a picture from Andre, catching his first

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waves. He loves sharks, and has also tried dolphin spotting. We have time

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from one comment - I was swimming in the sea and saw lots of tiny

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fishes. Before I forget, about the forfeit later, can you swim? Yes.

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Can Tim swim? I think so, why? You have mentioned swimming and sharks.

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Stay tuned for this terrible forfeit. I hope Tim can swim because

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he is heading out to sea with our next guest. I do need to be able to

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swim because I am learning some windsurfing basics from one of the

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best in the business. Look at this. Andy Chambers, known to the

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windsurfing world as Bubble has been the windsurfing champion for five

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years. It takes stamina, strength and skill to pull off these

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spectacular moves at such high speeds. We can now welcoming him to

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Wild, it is Andy Chambers. Welcome to the show. Let's not glossed over

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it, there is no wind here, so not ideal conditions for your chosen

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sport, but you can get up to some incredible tricks. Yes, when it is

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windy you can do all sorts of crazy moves, a lot of rotations. Earlier

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you were telling me about a trick... Yes, stopping midair, and

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rotating backwards again. That is defying physics! How did you get

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into windsurfing? I used to sit on the beach watching people flying

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around, and I thought it was epic, I had to have a go at it. Can anybody

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do windsurfing? Definitely, anybody can have a go. The beginners' boards

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are very light, and if you are sporty you will have no worries.

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What do you get out of teaching? is so nice to see people getting so

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much enjoyment out of the sport that I get so much enjoyment out of. It

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makes the whole thing totally worth it. Wild would not be Wild if I

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didn't give it a go. Come on! the back of the board for me. The

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main thing, keep your knees bent, your arms straight, look where you

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want to go and you should be fine. Easy as that. Arms straight. It is

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all right! Try to keep your arms nice and straight. Knees bent, arms

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straight. Look to where you want to go. It is obviously easier when

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there is some wind. I am all right! It is a lot harder it looks. Naomi,

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you should have a go at this. think she would be better at it!

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Fortunately we have another Tim on the show today, and he is in here

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with our next creature. He has brought in a marine animal that is

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downright weird and it is related to this. Down in the depths of the

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ocean, there is a real monster in the abyss. It is a giant deep sea I

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-- isopod, and they live at the bottom of the oceans. Food is scarce

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in this barren world. They scavenge on the remains of dead whales, fish

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and giant squid that fall from the water above. Life is feast or famine

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for these mysterious creatures of the deep. Here is Doctor Tim

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Cockerel. Nice to see you again. You have brought in a special animal,

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what is this? We are so lucky to have this because normally lives 600

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metres will oversee on the ocean floor. It is a giant deep sea

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isopod, and it is related to the woodlouse in your back garden.

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is so similar. Woodlouse is a type of isopod as well, but this is 30

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times bigger. Why is it so big Western Mark because they live on

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the floor of the ocean, they are very sensitive to light levels so we

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have to be very careful. It is so alien, it has triangular eyes.

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uses them to track down things that glow-in-the-dark. It has four sets

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of mouthparts. It scavenges along on dead things on the ocean floor, but

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it can also track down live things like sea cucumbers as well. They eat

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a lot, don't they? Yes, they can eat until they can barely move. Their

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size helps them cope with the pressure at that depth. Yes, the

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reason woodlice don't grow this big is because they have their skeleton

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on the outside and they have to shed their skin when they grow. If this

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was on land it would collapse under its own weight so the water helps to

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support it. Can I touch it?Nice and gentle. It is unbelievable. Kieran

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that works at the aquarium actually found an isopod a lot smaller than

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this just out on the beach, which is pretty amazing. I bet she would have

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been a bit more wary if you had known they were out there! I am glad

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I did not know. But look at how I got on when I kayaked out to a

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simply stunning seabird spectacle in Scotland are couple of weeks ago. --

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a couple of weeks ago. The UK coastline is surrounded by

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literally thousands of islands. Some are large, some no more than a lump

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of rock sticking out of the sea. Like that one. It might look like

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just a rock, but it is very special. It might be off the coast of

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Scotland, but that is not snow on the top. That white colour is from

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the thousands and thousands of birds living there. It is home to one of

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the world 's largest colonies of nesting gannets. In the summer,

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every nuke and cranny, ledge and precipice is covered with over

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150,000 majestic seabirds. All here to nest and raise chicks. There is a

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simple way for me to get to the rock. I could go in a boat like this

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one, but this one is apparently for the crew, so I am going to be

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travelling via kayak. I will be paddling all the way. How far is

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that? One mile? ! I have never been one of these before!

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Check me out! Only joking, that is not really me! I am new to this, so

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I have enlisted the help of expert George, who will show me how it is

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done. Look! The conditions are perfect.

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There it is, just over one mile away. It does not look too far but

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it will take me around one hour to reach it, so I think it will hurt. I

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have bandages, ready for the blisters, but I can't wait to see

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these birds. So over these waves, just keep going? Keep paddling, nice

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and steady, don't worry about flying around it. So many of them.

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Keep up! I said it was supposed to be a nice,

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relaxing day out, we are not racing. I'm enjoying it, it is fun.

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From here, it looks like a snow globe that has been shaken, the

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birds look like snow. It. Their wingspan is nearly two metres, just

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under the size of my paddle. They Do you know why they are called

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gannets? Greedy by name, greedy by nature? They can need up to 10% of

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their own body weight a day, which I have been told, which is the

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equivalent of meeting 40 burgers. If I did that, I would not fit in this

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sea kayak! It is not just the amount of food

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they that is astonishing, they are famous for the way they catch their

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food. They dive like a spear into the sea from 30 metres into the air

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and reach speeds of up to 60 miles an hour. To protect themselves

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against the impact of diving into the water, they have special air

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sacs under their skin, like their very own bubble wrap. Look! So many

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birds! It smells a bit like the penguin

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enclosure at the zoo! They are very similar. I was just nearly pooed on.

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I just missed it by a millimetre! They really have found every single

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crevice to nest in. Anything just about flat enough to land on.

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are couple up their who are doing the equivalent of our kissing, they

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do it to reaffirm their bond when they meet again. True romantics!

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Look at the seal! It is right here! Wow! We have half the population of

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grey seals living around the British coasts. Lucky us, because they are

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lovely. Where has he gone? You have to look up to appreciate

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the spectacle, but I am making sure that I keep my mouth shut! This has

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been wonderful. From this close and this low, I can see why this is a

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world-famous wildlife spectacle. And to reach it by sea kayak has made it

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that bit more perfect. But I am exhausted, so could I catch a lift

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home with you, please? Come back! Come back!

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They just left me. Did you get pooed on? A tiny bit on one finger, which

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I think was a miracle, it is so great. Did you lick it off?No!

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We have already had a look at some of the wonderful wildlife and a

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slightly weird one, but now it is time to take a look at the seemingly

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insignificant little critters that live in the rock pools and under the

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seaweed. They are the unsung zeros of the seaside. It is time for

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Yes. Step into the ring, I will fill you in on the rules. Tim and Naomi

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have three rounds to convince me that their beastie is worthy of

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being placed in the big time, in the champions corner. Tim is the current

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leader, so we'll Naomi last the distance? Naomi, who is your

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contender? I have the one, the only crab! Tim? I am bringing this deadly

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dude, the astonishing jellyfish! crowd are well up for this! Round

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one, weapons! This will be easy. Crabs have their very own body

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armour, hard shells called exoskeletons. Their main weapon they

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are most famous for is their claws. They can crush with some of the

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strongest forces in the animal kingdom, and the stone crab can

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exert a pressure greater than a crocodile bites. Jellyfish have

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weapons, too. They have long, stinging tentacles. They jab poison

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into their prey which either paralyse is all kills them. They can

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even sting when they are lying dying on a beach while being prodded by a

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60 role Tim Warwood! I was still really badly! They can kill a human

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being in less than four minutes. That type of jellyfish is not

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technically a true jellyfish. Technicality, they are part of the

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same family. My Nanny Hughes has an anti-Tracy, she is not a relative

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but we get a Christmas card! You would be dead before this battle is

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finished, four minutes. The crowd maybe -- the crab may be tough on

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the outside, but the stinging tentacles of the jellyfish have slid

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it into first place. Round two, strength in numbers. Let me tell you

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something. Strength in numbers, the jellyfish, there are over 2000

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types. The good thing about this is they swarm. When they get together,

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they have been known to knock down nuclear power stations! Not just

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that, there is a lake in Indonesia which harbours 10 million

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jellyfish, 10 million! Only a measly 10 million? ! On Christmas Island in

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the Indian Ocean, there is an estimated 120 million crabs. Every

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year they migrate to the sea and the swarm is so big it literally turns

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the ground red. There are over 6700 different types of crabs. Some of

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them can lay over 1.5 million eggs each! Talk about strength in

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numbers! It blows your jellyfish out of the water. Which if that

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happened, they would shrivel up and die. Crabs can leave in the sea, in

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water, on trees. Nobody can question the commitment from Wilkinson, but

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those efforts have paid dividends as the crab is now in level pegging.

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Now the deciding round. The knockout round! I have got this. Jellyfish

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have no eyes, no ears, no brain, no lungs, scales, Gilles, brains,

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lungs, they are 95% water. brain? Sounds like your perfect

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animal! But crabs have brains and eyes on stalks like submarines, some

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of them can see around a 360 degrees. Some deep C jellyfish

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glow-in-the-dark! Some crabs get to live to be 100! There is one species

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of jellyfish which is technically a mortal. It ages in reverse. Can you

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imagine if you put that into a face cream? I would be young and

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beautiful! That is the end of the Battle of the

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Beasties. Immortality just about trumps everything, so sliding into

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the champions corner this week is the jellyfish. -- the champion's

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corner. Modesty, modesty! We only have 30

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minutes left to convince everyone to get off their sofas and down to

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their local seaside. If you still need inspiration, don't worry. There

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is a Summer of Wildlife events near you. It encourages people to get out

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and about. But it is not all about the summer of wildlife. After the

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show, wait for the show to finish, then press the red button for Wild

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Extra, where Katie and Dodge have a load of exclusives. We have been

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asking you to send in your photos and comments, you have not

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disappointed. Jamie aged eight is kayaking in West Wales. There is one

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comment from Rosie, she says, I was at a small beach in Torquay where we

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found a baby jellyfish floating in a bucket, and a few minutes later we

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found another. It was awesome. not touch it, it will sting you!

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next week! I have come to the seal hospital in the Sea Life Centre,

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where police seals are brought. We have a lovely little pool. They are

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being looked after by a very dedicated team of helpers, including

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Hollie. Who do we have? These are just too cute for words. Look at

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that face. Aren't they adorable? have Superman and Lois Lane, they

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are waiting for their breakfast. They all have funny names! Buries a

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superhero theme, Batman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman. They are fed every

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four hours. They are quite hungry. Let's have a look. What else do you

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have to do each day? We feed them every four hours, we take their

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temperature everyone in and afternoon. We weigh them every

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couple of days to make sure they are growing. They just look so hungry.

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How long will they be in your car? About two months, but as soon as

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they weigh 30 kilos we release them back where they belong. We tack them

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and if they wash up in future we know that they started here and we

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can trace their history. Here is some footage of you putting them

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back. You put tags on them, so you know if a comeback. What sort of

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things are brought in for? These were abandoned by their mothers for

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a variety of reasons. It could be strong currents, high tide, numbers

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of the public with dogs. We go down with the team and we look at them,

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when they are this small they their fish soup every four hours.

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somebody found one? Give us a call. If they come into the Sea Life

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Centre we would keep them updated and put pictures on the website. You

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can follow their progress. They just melt your heart. I hope they feel

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better soon. This will keep you busy for the physio Bull future.

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Definitely. Talking of busy, Tim is about to meet a man who never stops.

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Davies the master of alternative transport, from kayaking paddle

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boarding and everything else in between. He skateboarders across

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Australia, and paddle boarded the length of the Mississippi River, and

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is on a mission to complete 25 adventures in some of the world's

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wildest places. All completed with no motors and fuel. Here's the

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ultimate adventurer, Dave Cornthwaite. What inspires you to go

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out and have these amazing adventures? I used to be a graphic

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designer and I was rubbish so I decided to make the most of my life

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and do something I was passionate about. You have been all over the

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world doing crazy adventures, which brings us to this bad boy, the

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aqua-skipping. How did you come across this? I read about it in a

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newspaper and I wondered if I could cross the Channel in that. I thought

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that would be a relentlessly foolish idea! You are the British 100 metre

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record holder on this, I gather there weren't too many challengers,

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but can anybody have a go at this? Anybody can have a go with the right

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situation and I would like to teach you how to do it. I am itching to

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have a go. Let's have a demonstration and see the

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have a go at this, it is incredibly difficult and I don't know what to

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say, other than... Dave is making it look very easy, I am going to have a

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go and see what happens. Everything we have thrown at him so far, he has

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mastered. Off he goes. He said I have seen this, it looks really

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easy! I bet he is regretting saying that now. He has to go back to the

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beginning to have a go again. Go on, Tim! And again! He is going for it.

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The art of Aqua sinking! If you thought swimming was something you

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could only do indoors, think again. We sent some of you out on an

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exciting experience. All summer, we have been seeking wild things in

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every corner of the UK, and now we are 30 miles off the Cornish coast

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at the stunning Scilly Isles. 12-year-old Tanya is mad about

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swimming, not just in her local pool. She also loves taking a dip in

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the spectacular surrounding seaside of her home and today she has

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arranged for three of her friends to join her on a very special swim.

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Hello, my name is Tanya. I like being inside and lazing around.

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Hello, my name is Henry and I don't like spiders. My name is Reece, I

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don't like spinach. The remote and beautiful Scilly Isles have some

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fantastic wildlife, and Tanya is planning to introduce her friends to

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some furry locals. Grey seals. There are about 180,000 of them living

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around the coast of the UK. They are air breathing mammals just like you

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and me, and these champion swimmers are perfectly adapted to a life at

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sea. While swimming can be dangerous so, to stay safe, expert instructors

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friends with you? We'll be taking you out here to swim the seals. Come

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down then. -- to swim with the seals. A short five-minute boat ride

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will take the team right to seal central. The seals live here all

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year round so there is a good chance of spotting one, but our team are

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hoping for a very close encounter. am worried about the coldness of the

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water but it will be fine. They are really close, right by the boat. All

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around basically! It is time to see if the seals will stick around to

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play. Are you ready? Let's go.The temperature is 13 Celsius, about

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half that of a heated swimming pool, so even in a wetsuit, it is a

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bit of a shock to the system. The seals are protected from the chilly

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water by dense fur and a thick layer of fatty blubber. Wild animals are

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naturally cautious so getting close is never guaranteed, and the rocks

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for the seals plenty of places to stay out of sight. Now, all the gang

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can do is try to brave the freezing water in -- long enough for the

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inquisitive seals to come and have a look. After an hour-long game of

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hide and Seek, the seals start to relax and invite the team into their

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underwater world. Our team and finally rewarded with a phenomenal

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thought I saw seaweed underneath and then it moved and it was

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camouflaged! It is amazing to get that close to an animal that is not

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domestic. I saw two seals underwater, they are really amazing.

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It looked to me right in the eye and it was a couple of inches from my

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face, and our noses nearly touched. It was staring at me. It is probably

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one of the most amazing things I have ever done. It sounds like Tanya

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has successfully converted her friends to the world of wild

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swimming. I hope they will do it again because it really is great.

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are wild! I would put up with cold water like that have an encounter

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with a wild seal wouldn't you? Definitely. It is not just seals on

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the coastline, is it? There are loads of fish. Not just fish, way

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cooler things than that. Some surprising sea life visit our

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shores. We have 28 different marine mammals in the UK, from the

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beautiful bottlenose dolphin to the handsome harbour pawpaw use. You may

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even be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a killer whale, or even a

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humpback whale. Then there are the sharks, basking sharks to blue

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sharks, and I bet you didn't know the largest ever leatherback turtle

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was found in Cardiff Bay. There are also the weird looking sunfish, and

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seahorses. We have one of those species right here in this tank.

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What species is this? Hippocampus hippocampus. What a groovy name.

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They don't look like normal fish but they are fish. Yes, they have just

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evolved to look different. To swim they use their fins on their backs,

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which vibrate to keep them going forward. Then they have fins on each

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side of their head which helps them move around and change direction.

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They have fascinating eyes. Their eyes can move independently of each

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other so they can look forward and backwards at the same time. That is

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awesome. And they wrapped their tails around things, that one has

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wrapped its tail around the ward. Yes, they use them to grip onto the

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seagrass beds, where they live. stop them floating? Yes, basically

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trying to camouflaged themselves. What do they eat? Little tiny

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animals like shrimp and they have a special mouth to suck it up when

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they go past. Are they endangered in the UK? Seagrass beds are very

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endangered habitats and because of that they are endangered in the UK.

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There is a very cool fact about the males. Yes, the males give birth.

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The female pops her eggs inside the pouch, and then the male will keep

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those eggs inside his pouch, then hundreds of babies spurt out.

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is amazing. Thank you, I really love them. Tim, can you say wherein the

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UK we might be able to find these seahorses? You are going to have to

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be very lucky to see them. Down in Dorset is where you will see them,

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but it is potluck. Busting shark -- basking sharks, you can look at the

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Western coast of the UK. Killer whales, Shetland and the North

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Scottish Isles will be your best bet. Radzi, what is your favourite

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animal? Lou Magro probably the humpback whale. Funny you should say

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that, because the hump that Quayle will be in Southern Ireland in

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November, roundabouts. It is almost 9:45am. That means it is time for

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Radzi's Crazy Creations. I am very excited. It is going to be

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a belter. Do you know what you will be doing? You are going to be making

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your very own rock pool. What?On the rocky shoreline, hiding among

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the seaweed and stones, there was an undercover world waiting for the

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tide to turn. On a rock pool ramble, it's easy to find crabs, shrimps,

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barnacles and fish, all taking cover, ready to pounce on any

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squabble food that drop into their world. That ready to pounce on any

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scrap of food. They have to cope with changing conditions and avoid

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predators and each other until the tide turns to release them into the

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ocean again. Today you will be making... We have all been on the

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beach exploring rock pools, today we are making our very own portable

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personal rock pool. Everything you need is around here - stones,

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shells, seaweed, sea water, sand. You have got the tags as well. Go!

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Where has that music come from? That's right! If you were in any

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doubt about what our wild engineer pirates can do, that is him on the

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accordion. As you can see, at the very bottom there is a layer of

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sand. You have stones, seaweed, that provide shelter for the creatures.

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There is sea water, make sure it is not tap water. That is about it. The

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whole point is to get up close and personal with the creatures you put

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in. We want your photographs. If you take a photograph, send it in to us.

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Our e-mail address is [email protected]. If you want advice

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about... Tim is down, man overboard! If you want advice about how to make

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your own, go to the website. You can find our instruction page. How much

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time do we have left? Something seconds! 50 seconds. Tim, you are

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sitting down already? Nothing ever changes with you! The fourth it is

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my favourite yet. We have got an aquarium. It has sharks in it. You

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are going to be cleaning that shark tank on the inside! No way!Naomi,

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yours is coming along nicely. I think Tim needs to do some work. The

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countdown will be starting shortly. Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four,

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three, two, one. Stop ex-nation Mark -- stop! I would give you eight out

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of ten, Naomi. Look at the state of Tim's. You just threw it all in. I

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am not even going to judge this. Here is your cleaning equipment!

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Let's get you ready for the sharks! I am so glad, I don't know if I

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could have done that. That sounds proper scary. While Tim gets himself

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ready, we will go in search of a small surprising seaside animal in

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another instalment of my Wild Life. I am Ben, I am 13 and I love all

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British wildlife. My favourite type is reptiles, because they are so

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interesting. When I was little, I really liked dinosaurs. Then I got

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into reptiles, they were a lot like dinosaurs. This is Darwin. Scrambled

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egg is his favourite food. I have got two leopard geckos. I have two

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tortoises and corn called Maisie. She is about one and a half years

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old. I am surrounded by reptiles. They are just great to watch.

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You might not realise we had them in this country, but they love this

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habitat. There are lots of places to hide, & is perfect for making

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boroughs. On my average weekend, the first thing I think when I wake up,

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oh, let's go and look for some sand lizards. You've got to know

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whereabouts in the sand dunes to look for them, whereabouts in the

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sand, what patterns they have and where they like to bask. There is a

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burrow in there. A sand lizard pulls-macro burrow just looks like a

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rabbit burrow. Often you can see trucks coming in. Dad, we have got

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some tracks! It could just be a mouse. Sand

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lizards don't like to cross open spaces, because they have a lot of

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predators, like birds of prey. They are really fast, they dart around

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all over the place. He is great at finding stuff. His eyes are so

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sharp, and his patience is amazing. He perseveres, for sure. It is a

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pregnant female crab spider. A sand lizard Woody this if it found it.

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When I first found a sand lizard, it was one of the best feelings ever.

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You have got to be really concentrated on looking for them,

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because they are right in the vegetation. There is something

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moving down here. It is bright green. It has come back! If you just

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come this way... There it is. Right there, just basking. It is great,

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especially when you see a male, because they are bright green on the

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side. It feels, when you find a sand lizard, like finding gold or

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diamonds or something. If you see one, don't try and pick it up or

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anything. They are really fragile and you could hurt it. It is illegal

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to pick them up. The best thing to do was just looks through

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binoculars. Sand lizard became almost extinct because of habitat

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loss. Then they started to breed them and introduce more, and now

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there are quite a few all over the country. It is good to see that they

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are coming back from almost extinction.

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We are the entrance of the shark tank. Erie would be an

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understatement. I am feeling very nervous. You are? Excellent and

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because I am going to have to swim with sharks! Do I have to do this?

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You are going to have to. You lost the fourth it. Good luck. Good luck.

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His legs are both in! Wow! Good luck, Tim! His head is under. Oh, my

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so I can't imagine how he must be feeling. Get a cleaning! Put some

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elbow grease into it. The sharks may not be the biggest that you have

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ever seen, but there are lots of them. It might look crazy, but it is

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something the staff here have to do on a weekly basis? Two or three

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times a week. It is not that scary. The sharks are used to as being in

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there. They are not bothered at all. They will leave him alone? Wii

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yeah. Get cleaning, Tim! If you can get right down, this sea turtle

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needs cleaning! No, leave him alone. We have shovel nosed rays,

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stingrays, bonnet head sharks, bamboo sharks. 11 in total. And

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three stingrays. They can move pretty fast. You are doing a good

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job. I think he has done well. always steps up to the plate. That

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is so, so is hairy. That so, so boarding, I have ever seen that

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before. I need to get on that. said, I had a wild adventure last

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week. I was sitting on a surfboard when seals swam by me and my dad. It

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was amazing. But don't just brilliant. A few weeks ago I went to

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the beach with my family, we had a contest about who could jump the

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most ways, and I did 56. Respect! How was that? I turned round at one

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point, my thing off my back was dangling but I thought it was a

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shock. Next week we want to know about the animals you might have

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seen all the adventures you have had deep underground or higher on top of

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clips. Allah unfortunately, that is all we have had time for. It is time

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to say goodbye to our special guest, Andy Bubble Chambers and Dave

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Cornthwaite on the water. Ray and Pamela and Dr Tim.

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Thank you for having us. And the hand standing sailing club are out

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on the water. And the audience have been magnificent. Press the red

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