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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.