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0:00:02 > 0:00:03# Andy's baby animals

0:00:03 > 0:00:06# If you're a polar bear and you're going somewhere

0:00:06 > 0:00:08# Andy's baby animals

0:00:08 > 0:00:11# Or an elephant calf then you better take care

0:00:11 > 0:00:12# Andy's baby animals

0:00:12 > 0:00:14# If you're a capuchin learning to eat

0:00:14 > 0:00:17# An ostrich chick trying to beat a retreat

0:00:17 > 0:00:19# Andy's baby animals

0:00:19 > 0:00:20# Andy's baby animals

0:00:20 > 0:00:23# If you're a black bear looking for a tree to climb

0:00:23 > 0:00:25# Andy's baby animals

0:00:25 > 0:00:27# Or a penguin chasing Mum at breakfast time

0:00:27 > 0:00:29# Andy's baby animals

0:00:29 > 0:00:31# An orang-utan trying to make your bed

0:00:31 > 0:00:34# Or a meerkat struggling with a sleepy head

0:00:34 > 0:00:35# Andy's baby animals

0:00:35 > 0:00:37# Andy's baby animals

0:00:37 > 0:00:39# We're growing stronger every day

0:00:39 > 0:00:42# Watch and try and laugh and play

0:00:42 > 0:00:44# Andy's baby animals

0:00:44 > 0:00:45# Andy's baby animals! #

0:00:50 > 0:00:54Hello, I'm Andy and this is Kai.

0:00:54 > 0:00:55Kai is a chameleon

0:00:55 > 0:00:59and chameleons have very clever tricks.

0:00:59 > 0:01:00Look at Kai's eyes.

0:01:00 > 0:01:03They can look in two separate directions.

0:01:03 > 0:01:05They swivel around.

0:01:05 > 0:01:06Look at them.

0:01:07 > 0:01:11Lots of baby animals have clever tricks in the wild.

0:01:12 > 0:01:14First stop - California.

0:01:17 > 0:01:21This family of ground squirrels live in the wide open prairies.

0:01:23 > 0:01:26For the little baby squirrels, called kits,

0:01:26 > 0:01:30life is just one long playtime.

0:01:30 > 0:01:33Uh, hide-and-seek, anyone?

0:01:36 > 0:01:39Ground squirrels eat grass and seeds,

0:01:39 > 0:01:42so there's always plenty to munch on here.

0:01:44 > 0:01:49But not all the animals who live here eat plants.

0:01:49 > 0:01:51Oh.

0:01:51 > 0:01:52They've seen something.

0:01:54 > 0:01:56It's a rattlesnake!

0:01:56 > 0:01:59And they like to munch on baby squirrels.

0:02:02 > 0:02:06To stay safe, these kits need to learn a few tricks from Mum.

0:02:09 > 0:02:12First, shake your fluffy tail.

0:02:15 > 0:02:18She's not entering a dance competition.

0:02:18 > 0:02:21Shaking her tail is actually a good way of putting off

0:02:21 > 0:02:23unwanted visitors.

0:02:24 > 0:02:28It's a way of telling the snake that she's on her guard.

0:02:30 > 0:02:32Show us your moves, little one.

0:02:33 > 0:02:36Ha-ha! That's it!

0:02:36 > 0:02:38Clear off, Mr Rattlesnake.

0:02:39 > 0:02:41And if tail-shaking doesn't work,

0:02:41 > 0:02:45Mum has another trick to see off this scary snake.

0:02:49 > 0:02:52She's found a piece of old snake skin.

0:02:56 > 0:03:00And she's chewing it into a paste and rubbing it all over herself.

0:03:02 > 0:03:04It may be terrible table manners,

0:03:04 > 0:03:07but it's actually a very clever trick.

0:03:09 > 0:03:12With chewed up snake skin in her fur,

0:03:12 > 0:03:15she doesn't smell like a squirrel anymore.

0:03:15 > 0:03:20She smells - you guessed it - like a rattlesnake.

0:03:20 > 0:03:24It's a bit like spraying yourself with perfume or deodorant.

0:03:26 > 0:03:29Right, it's time to try out her tricks.

0:03:29 > 0:03:33By wafting her new snaky smell at the rattler,

0:03:33 > 0:03:34she's trying to fool it

0:03:34 > 0:03:37into thinking there's a rival snake around.

0:03:37 > 0:03:39SNAKE RATTLES

0:03:41 > 0:03:45But will this and her wagging tail be enough to rattle this snake?

0:03:54 > 0:03:56Yes, it will.

0:03:56 > 0:03:57It's worked.

0:03:57 > 0:03:59He's slithering off.

0:03:59 > 0:04:00Phew!

0:04:00 > 0:04:03Now, thanks to Mum's clever tricks,

0:04:03 > 0:04:06the kits can get back to their fun and games.

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0:04:16 > 0:04:18Now to Indonesia.

0:04:21 > 0:04:25There are not one, but two tricky customers living here.

0:04:29 > 0:04:33This odd looking animal is a young coconut octopus.

0:04:35 > 0:04:37It needs to keep an eye out at all times

0:04:37 > 0:04:41as there are lots of animals around that would love to eat it.

0:04:44 > 0:04:46Looks like the coast is clear.

0:04:48 > 0:04:50Or is it?

0:04:51 > 0:04:54This flounder fish's trick is camouflage.

0:04:56 > 0:05:00And it's using it to sneak up on our young octopus.

0:05:02 > 0:05:06But the coconut octopus has a trick too.

0:05:07 > 0:05:10And its name is a bit of a clue.

0:05:10 > 0:05:14It's found a coconut shell on the seabed.

0:05:18 > 0:05:22And using its eight tentacles, it's carrying it away.

0:05:26 > 0:05:30Watch out, there's that sneaky flounder fish again.

0:05:32 > 0:05:36With half a shell, the octopus is only half safe.

0:05:38 > 0:05:42It needs to find another shell before the flounder fish catches up.

0:05:45 > 0:05:47Oh, there's one, behind you.

0:05:51 > 0:05:53Ha-ha! He's got it!

0:05:56 > 0:05:58But the flounder fish is closing in.

0:06:01 > 0:06:04It's time to play your trick, little octopus.

0:06:06 > 0:06:07Drumroll, please.

0:06:07 > 0:06:13Girls and boys, I present to you the incredible disappearing octopus!

0:06:16 > 0:06:18By hiding inside the shell,

0:06:18 > 0:06:20it's turned itself into a ball

0:06:20 > 0:06:24and now it can simply roll away from danger.

0:06:25 > 0:06:27What a brilliant trick!

0:06:28 > 0:06:31Ha-ha, it might be a bit dizzy though.

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0:06:37 > 0:06:39Next we're off to Malaysia.

0:06:41 > 0:06:44Even the smallest animals have a few tricks up their sleeve.

0:06:47 > 0:06:52This delicate white shape lives in the Malaysian rainforest.

0:06:52 > 0:06:58It looks like a flower, but it's actually an insect in disguise.

0:06:58 > 0:07:01It's an orchid mantis.

0:07:01 > 0:07:04And these are orchid mantis babies.

0:07:04 > 0:07:07They look like little shrimps, don't they?

0:07:09 > 0:07:12There are lots of creepy-crawlies in the rainforest.

0:07:12 > 0:07:15Like this jumping spider.

0:07:15 > 0:07:20And many of them would love to gobble up a baby mantis.

0:07:20 > 0:07:25But these little insects have lots of tricks to keep them safe.

0:07:25 > 0:07:28They can hang upside down under a leaf

0:07:28 > 0:07:34to stay hidden from hungry eyes and they've got a suit of armour, too.

0:07:34 > 0:07:37You and I have a tough skeleton on the inside.

0:07:37 > 0:07:41But mantes have it on the outside to help protect them.

0:07:41 > 0:07:44How clever is that?

0:07:44 > 0:07:46And very striking it is, too.

0:07:47 > 0:07:51Even with armour, this tiny mantis is still very vulnerable.

0:07:52 > 0:07:55And a jumping spider has spotted it.

0:07:57 > 0:08:03Mantes have two giant eyes so it can easily see the spider coming.

0:08:03 > 0:08:06But the jumping spider has eight eyes

0:08:06 > 0:08:10and they're all watching to make sure it doesn't escape.

0:08:12 > 0:08:16It's hard to run away when you're only as big as a thumbnail.

0:08:17 > 0:08:21The jumping spider can easily hop from leaf to leaf.

0:08:25 > 0:08:30But for the tiny mantis, it's like leaping between two skyscrapers.

0:08:39 > 0:08:44Don't worry though, the baby mantis has one last trick to play,

0:08:44 > 0:08:48because it knows kung fu.

0:08:48 > 0:08:50Hi-ya!

0:08:53 > 0:08:58This martial arts pose makes it look much bigger than it really is.

0:08:58 > 0:09:01Big enough to scare off a spider.

0:09:01 > 0:09:04Hoo-ee-ya!

0:09:04 > 0:09:06Ya!

0:09:06 > 0:09:07Hoo...

0:09:09 > 0:09:10Bye-bye, spider.

0:09:10 > 0:09:13You don't mess with a kung fu master!

0:09:13 > 0:09:16He-ya...

0:09:16 > 0:09:19And with tricks like this to keep it safe,

0:09:19 > 0:09:23one day it'll grow up to be blooming beautiful,

0:09:23 > 0:09:25just like this grown-up.

0:09:29 > 0:09:33For a ground squirrel kit, a baby mantis,

0:09:33 > 0:09:36a young octopus or a baby chameleon like Kai,

0:09:36 > 0:09:40the animal world has all kinds of tricks to learn.

0:09:40 > 0:09:41See you next time.