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0:00:06 > 0:00:10- Beyond all hills and vales, - Forests, lakes and dales
0:00:11 > 0:00:16- Stands a castle which keeps an eye - On creatures' feats, me oh my!
0:00:17 > 0:00:22- Come closer and see unfurled - Tiny creatures' big, big world.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27- Brrr! It's a cold autumn morning.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34- The highland cattle - are grazing the long grass.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37- Their dung is a handy place - for insects.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40- It's home to some of them.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45- Ceridwen the dung beetle - has made a hole in the dung...
0:00:45 > 0:00:47- ..to lay her eggs.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51- There's nothing like dung - to raise a family of beetles.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55- Ceridwen and her family - eat the dung!
0:00:55 > 0:01:00- I need plenty of energy - to carry all these little insects.
0:01:01 > 0:01:02- They itch!
0:01:02 > 0:01:09- Ceridwen carries numerous insects - which stick to her shell.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11- Now then, I'd better check the eggs.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17- The eggs haven't hatched yet.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20- It will take time for the larva - to appear.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- Wil the worm also lives here.
0:01:25 > 0:01:29- He feeds off the dung - and rummages down out of sight.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- Into the dung I go.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37- Maggots also like fresh dung.
0:01:39 > 0:01:44- She can't see so she feels her way - carefully around the eggs.
0:01:45 > 0:01:48- Hello? Anyone here?
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- I don't want to knock into anyone.
0:01:51 > 0:01:57- Ceridwen has decided - that the dung heap is overcrowded.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02- I'm going to search for - somewhere quiet to eat my breakfast.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03- See you soon.
0:02:12 > 0:02:18- In the woods, the toadstool provides - a delicious breakfast for Gwen.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23- There's nothing better than - a delicious toadstool.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29- The slugs also eat - the fallen leaves.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32- Enough for everyone here.
0:02:34 > 0:02:38- The mother slug, and her baby, - also enjoy the leaves.
0:02:38 > 0:02:43- Far tastier than some smelly dung, - isn't it, Mam?
0:02:48 > 0:02:53- Ceridwen has found some fresh dung - in another part of the field.
0:02:56 > 0:02:58- This smells lovely.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01- Now then, let's have some breakfast.
0:03:02 > 0:03:06- Ceridwen has landed - near some beetle larva.
0:03:06 > 0:03:11- One day, he will grow - into a dung beetle like Ceridwen.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13- Good morning, Auntie Ceridwen.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16- Are you joining me for breakfast?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- I'll be there now.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28- I need to get rid - of these insects first. Off you go.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- OK, I'm going to play - with my sister.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39- Lucy, wake up. - Come and dig some tunnels.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45- Do I have to? - I was having a lovely dream.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51- The deer graze nearby.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- They haven't noticed - the little beetles.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- Come on, Lucy. - Before it steps on us.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04- I'm moving as quickly as I can.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12- Soon, both larva - have burrowed deep into the dung.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20- They seal the entrance - for their own safety.
0:04:25 > 0:04:31- The deer have moved away and - Ceridwen tells Larry and Lucy...
0:04:32 > 0:04:34- ..it's safe to come out.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36- Yoo-hoo, you can come out now.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39- They've gone. I'd better go too.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41- I'm starving.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49- Thanks to the deer's dung, there's - enough breakfast for everyone.
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