0:00:08 > 0:00:11APPLAUSE
0:00:17 > 0:00:22Hello, I'm Kate Humble and this is Curious Creatures, where two teams
0:00:22 > 0:00:27of experts lock horns in a battle of natural history knowledge.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29Joining renowned animal egghead Chris Packham
0:00:29 > 0:00:34is top wildlife cameraman Vianet Djenguet.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36APPLAUSE
0:00:38 > 0:00:42And teaming up with zoologist and self-styled amphibian avenger
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Lucy Cooke, it's all-round wildlife expert,
0:00:45 > 0:00:48the extremely adventurous Steve Backshall.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50APPLAUSE
0:00:50 > 0:00:51Good luck.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58So, every correct answer in today's show wins our teams part of what
0:00:58 > 0:01:00we're calling a curious creature,
0:01:00 > 0:01:05a bizarre but wondrous beast made up of the parts of various animals.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09Each team will be building up their own curious creatures during the
0:01:09 > 0:01:10game and the more parts they win,
0:01:10 > 0:01:13the more points they can score at the end of the show.
0:01:13 > 0:01:17So, we start with some testing teasers from the animal kingdom in
0:01:17 > 0:01:21our opening round, Yay Or Neigh?
0:01:23 > 0:01:27I will read each member of our teams a statement about an animal.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28It may be true.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30ELEPHANT TRUMPETING
0:01:30 > 0:01:32That's a yay. Or false.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34HORSE NEIGHING
0:01:34 > 0:01:36A neigh. All they have to do
0:01:36 > 0:01:39is to decide whether it is fact or fiction.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43So, Chris, we will start with you.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47Sheep can remember faces.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49Vianet, what do you think?
0:01:49 > 0:01:50LAUGHTER
0:01:50 > 0:01:54I must say, I haven't spent much time in the British countryside,
0:01:54 > 0:01:56so I'm not very familiar with sheep.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58The thing is, they're social animals.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- Yep.- And if you're a social animal,
0:02:01 > 0:02:06knowing who the other members of your group are is enormously advantageous,
0:02:06 > 0:02:08because you all know who's male and who's female,
0:02:08 > 0:02:10who's your brother and your sister.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14I think that sheep can remember faces, so I'm going to go yay.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16- I'm going to go baa! - ELEPHANT TRUMPETING
0:02:16 > 0:02:20- Baa!- And you would be baa-right. APPLAUSE
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Well done. Well done. That was amazing.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30Yes, a study has found that sheep could not only remember the faces of
0:02:30 > 0:02:33other sheep, but also human faces, too.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35So, that means, Vianet and Chris,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39you have won your first part of your curious creature.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42- Let's have a look and see what it is.- Oh, wow. OK.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44Fantastic creature, too!
0:02:44 > 0:02:45I knew you'd be happy with that one.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- Lucy.- Yes.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51Honey bees cannot see the colour green.
0:02:51 > 0:02:56- Hm.- That's interesting because honey bees perceive particularly well into
0:02:56 > 0:03:00the UV spectrum. There's been a lot of science done on looking at
0:03:00 > 0:03:03flowers under different wavelengths of light,
0:03:03 > 0:03:05and there are patterns in those flowers that we can't see,
0:03:05 > 0:03:10but honey bees and other animals that go after nectar can see.
0:03:10 > 0:03:13And that's further away from green light.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17It's amazing, isn't it, when you see flowers and plants under UV light,
0:03:17 > 0:03:19and you can suddenly... They are illuminated,
0:03:19 > 0:03:24these sort of secret trails that actually guide the honey bee to the nectar.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27And that's what we can't see, but they can see.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30So, we see the green, but they see something...
0:03:30 > 0:03:32We know that they're looking...
0:03:32 > 0:03:36They do look in the ultraviolet spectrum. I wonder whether
0:03:36 > 0:03:40this is one of those slightly trick questions where you'd think that
0:03:40 > 0:03:42they could see green, but they can't.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45So, I'm inclined to think that they can't see green.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48Yeah. I think I'm going to agree.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50- Yay.- Yay. - ELEPHANT TRUMPETING
0:03:50 > 0:03:51- You're wrong.- Oh!
0:03:54 > 0:03:57- Darn it!- They can see the colour green.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00The colour they can't see is red.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- Ah.- Or, at least, they can't distinguish it.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07So, I am afraid, Steve and Lucy,
0:04:07 > 0:04:10you don't get a part of your curious creature.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Vianet, your turn.
0:04:13 > 0:04:18I put it to you that nine-banded armadillos
0:04:18 > 0:04:20always give birth to twins
0:04:20 > 0:04:23and always to one boy and one girl.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29- Wow.- Have you ever come across a nine-banded armadillo?
0:04:29 > 0:04:31No. I must admit, no.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36I've spent loads of my time in the rainforest, in the Congo,
0:04:36 > 0:04:38so that's where, you know,
0:04:38 > 0:04:42I've got myself a really good gig doing my Congo.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45So, I'm slightly unfamiliar with...
0:04:45 > 0:04:49- this species.- Where would you find a nine-banded armadillo, Chris?
0:04:49 > 0:04:52I'd think you'd find those from Texas South,
0:04:52 > 0:04:57down to the isthmus. Isthmus, sorry. Shall we do that again?
0:04:57 > 0:04:58LAUGHTER
0:04:58 > 0:05:00- No, I think you should leave it at that!- Let's not bother,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03because I'm sure I can't say it right the second time!
0:05:03 > 0:05:06That narrow bit that joins North and South American continents.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- The isthmus?- Yes, that's the place.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Yeah, that sort of Panamanian area.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13Let's get back to their birthing habits.
0:05:13 > 0:05:18Firstly, could they control the number of young that they have?
0:05:18 > 0:05:21- Many animals can do that. - Especially mammals.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25Yeah, especially mammals. The thing is, could they control the sex?
0:05:25 > 0:05:29Sex determination. Can they separate the chromosomes, as it were,
0:05:29 > 0:05:33so that they produce one with a double X and one with an X and Y
0:05:33 > 0:05:36in terms of a male? That's the tricky bit, I think.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39Let me just read the statement to you again.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Nine-banded armadillos always give birth to twins,
0:05:43 > 0:05:47one boy and one girl. Are you going yay or are you going neigh?
0:05:47 > 0:05:50- It's your call.- I'll go for a yay.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52ELEPHANT TRUMPETING
0:05:52 > 0:05:53You're wrong.
0:05:54 > 0:05:59In fact, they nearly always give birth to quads of the same sex.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03And this is because only a single egg is fertilised,
0:06:03 > 0:06:07and the fertilised egg then splits into four identical embryos.
0:06:07 > 0:06:10So, a litter will consist of four same-sex,
0:06:10 > 0:06:13genetically identical siblings.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16We like to learn, don't we, Vianet? Yeah, we like to learn.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19You've learned, but you haven't got a part of your curious creature.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22That's the tragedy of this particular type of learning.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24Now then, Steve.
0:06:24 > 0:06:27Is this fact or fable?
0:06:27 > 0:06:34Ostriches can cover as much as five metres or more in a single stride.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37So, they can go at least 40mph
0:06:37 > 0:06:40and they can keep that up for a protracted period of time,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43longer than their predators, which is one of their big advantages
0:06:43 > 0:06:46that enables them to stay ahead of a lion, for example,
0:06:46 > 0:06:52- which will give up its chase far, far quicker than an ostrich ever would.- Hm.
0:06:52 > 0:06:57And they have those remarkable elongated legs, with that one just
0:06:57 > 0:06:59incredibly raptorial toe.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02If you look at an ostrich's legs, it looks like a dinosaur.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06And it really gives you that sense of common ancestry,
0:07:06 > 0:07:08particularly when you look at the toes.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10I think that an adult male ostrich
0:07:10 > 0:07:13going full pelt is going to be covering more than that.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- So, you're going yay?- I'm going yay. - ELEPHANT TRUMPETING
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Yay! You're right. APPLAUSE
0:07:22 > 0:07:26It is absolutely true. They can cover between 10 and 16 feet,
0:07:26 > 0:07:293 to 5 metres, in a single stride.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34Steve's triumph means that you get your very first part of your curious
0:07:34 > 0:07:36creature. There it is.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38- Hm.- AUDIENCE:- Aww!
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Hm.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42So, well done to our teams.
0:07:42 > 0:07:48We move on to round two, which today is What On Earth?
0:07:51 > 0:07:53So, we've got one question for each team
0:07:53 > 0:07:58and I am going to start with you, Chris and Vianet.
0:07:58 > 0:08:04What on Earth does this particular bird do to attract a mate?
0:08:04 > 0:08:07I can tell you, these birds are not found in the Congo.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Absolutely, I've never seen this before in my life.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11- You've never seen one?- No.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14So, yes, it's a game bird that lives out on the prairie.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16I think they call them prairie chickens, on that account.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18But it's a thing called a sage grouse
0:08:18 > 0:08:21and if you look at the head of the bird there,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24you can see that it's got that fabulous ruff
0:08:24 > 0:08:26around the sides of it.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28And it's spanned its tail.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31But that's not enough for this bird's flamboyant display,
0:08:31 > 0:08:33and the males really like to show off.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36So, what they do is, they inflate gular patches.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40They swell up and go through the most preposterous display where they
0:08:40 > 0:08:43look, in the end, hardly birdlike at all,
0:08:43 > 0:08:47like a sort of bizarre hat invented by Salvador Dali.
0:08:47 > 0:08:51And then, as a consequence of that, you know, intake of breath,
0:08:51 > 0:08:54they also produce an extraordinary sound to go with it.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Basically, you're saying it inflates,
0:08:57 > 0:08:59it looks like a hat created by Salvador Dali
0:08:59 > 0:09:01and it makes extraordinary noises?
0:09:01 > 0:09:03- Yes.- Shall we see if you're right?
0:09:03 > 0:09:05- Come on, turn it on. - Let's have a look.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10MAKES GULPING NOISE
0:09:16 > 0:09:20You were absolutely right, Chris, it is indeed a sage grouse.
0:09:20 > 0:09:21The female's not impressed.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23She's not. She looks thoroughly unimpressed.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26She's thinking, "What a fool. What on Earth's going on?"
0:09:26 > 0:09:28Vianet was more impressed than that female.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32I must say, Kate, I'm so grateful, because, you know,
0:09:32 > 0:09:36having Chris on my team, it's like having an encyclopaedia.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39Don't big him up too much! But you were absolutely right.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42Which means that you get another part of your curious creature.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Let's see what you've added.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47- What on...?- Hm.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49..Earth is that?!
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Well, you... You've got the rest of the show to work that out.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Er, Lucy and Steve.
0:09:56 > 0:10:01- Yes.- Here is a little fluffy-faced beauty for you.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05It's pretty nifty at moving through trees,
0:10:05 > 0:10:09but what on Earth does it do to move across the ground?
0:10:09 > 0:10:13- Ooh. OK. So, it's a sifaka, isn't it?- Yes.- From Madagascar.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17These lemurs live in the Spiny Forest in Madagascar,
0:10:17 > 0:10:21so called because it's a forest and it's spiny.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Gosh, you're good! LAUGHTER
0:10:23 > 0:10:26And seeing them get around inside that forest is...
0:10:26 > 0:10:28- It's incredible, isn't it? - ..just extraordinary.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31Because they jump from one incredibly thorny branch to another
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- and you think, "How can you do that?!"- Yeah. And somehow,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36they manage to do it without piercing their digits.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39But they're obviously... They've evolved,
0:10:39 > 0:10:42they've adapted for that particular environment.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46And you see them on the ground, and it is a whole different ball game.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- It's like...- Minister of silly walks, isn't it?- Yes.
0:10:48 > 0:10:52It kind of is, like a crazy, bouncing, bounding ballet.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53- Hands held high.- Yeah.
0:10:53 > 0:10:58- Bouncing down.- They do this amazing bound from one foot to another, like
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- this.- Can they possibly be right?
0:11:01 > 0:11:05Perfect. You do get another part of your curious creature.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06- Congratulations.- Yeah.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11And here it is.
0:11:11 > 0:11:12Ooh!
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Now it's time to play our regular mystery animal round,
0:11:16 > 0:11:18Is It Bigger Than A Chicken?
0:11:21 > 0:11:25We're going to focus on one particularly fascinating animal,
0:11:25 > 0:11:28but first of all, our teams have to work out what it is.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32They take turns to ask me questions to which I must be able to answer
0:11:32 > 0:11:35only yes or no.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Each time they get a yes, a small part of the animal is revealed.
0:11:39 > 0:11:41You are allowed to guess,
0:11:41 > 0:11:46but if you get it wrong, you're out of the game, OK?
0:11:46 > 0:11:52The very first question that the teams have to ask me is, audience?
0:11:52 > 0:11:55- AUDIENCE:- Is it bigger than a chicken?
0:11:55 > 0:11:59Thank you very much. Vianet, what would you like to ask me?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Is it bigger than a chicken?
0:12:01 > 0:12:05I can tell you that its weight
0:12:05 > 0:12:09is more or less the same as a small chicken,
0:12:09 > 0:12:12but its length is definitely bigger,
0:12:12 > 0:12:16so I am going to give you your first visual clue.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18Here it is.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23- There it is.- Looks to be a mammal. - A mammal, that's right.
0:12:23 > 0:12:26And it's got flecked fur, but that's such a close-up, Vianet,
0:12:26 > 0:12:29that we can't gamble on that at this stage, can we?
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Unless you're... What are you...?
0:12:31 > 0:12:35- I'm pretty sure I know what it is, but...- Do you, really?
0:12:35 > 0:12:39- Honestly, I don't want to... - No, no, hold on a moment.
0:12:39 > 0:12:41I love a man who's sure
0:12:41 > 0:12:43and we really need to score some points.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46- Yes.- Are you pretty certain you know what it is?
0:12:46 > 0:12:49- Yeah.- Hold that thought.- Yes.
0:12:49 > 0:12:54Let's just zoom it back so that you get an idea of where it would be
0:12:54 > 0:12:56- in the animal.- OK.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58If you get it right, I shall salute you.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01Definitely a mammal. I think it's a porcupine.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05I'm afraid...
0:13:05 > 0:13:08QUACKING ..you're wrong.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12- Lucy and Steve.- I'm not confident enough to go for a guess yet.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15- OK.- I have a couple of inklings,
0:13:15 > 0:13:19but I'd want to kind of focus as to where it came from.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21OK, let's do that, then. Yeah, yeah.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24OK. Is it from the New World?
0:13:25 > 0:13:26No.
0:13:27 > 0:13:28Darn!
0:13:28 > 0:13:31- Sorry, Lucy!- I know what you were thinking!
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Now then, Vianet, you can obviously help Chris,
0:13:35 > 0:13:37but I'm afraid you won't be able to ask any more questions.
0:13:37 > 0:13:42- Chris, what would you like to ask me?- I'd like to ask...
0:13:42 > 0:13:45is this animal a carnivore?
0:13:45 > 0:13:48It's not. Lucy.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49So, it's Old World.
0:13:49 > 0:13:54Now, just... The Old World means Africa?
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Only Africa? Or Africa and Europe, isn't it?
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Africa, Asia, Australasia.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00OK. Right, so...
0:14:00 > 0:14:04it lives in Africa, Asia, Australasia.
0:14:04 > 0:14:09I'm wondering whether it's some kind of marsupial creature.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13Erm...is it a marsupial?
0:14:13 > 0:14:16- No.- Ooh!
0:14:16 > 0:14:17It's not. Chris.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19Wow. OK.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23Does it live in sub-Saharan Africa?
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Yes...
0:14:26 > 0:14:27ish.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Oh.
0:14:29 > 0:14:32So you get another little bit of our animal jigsaw.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Let's have a look.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38- Wow.- We're all stumped.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40- This is quite something, isn't it? - It is. This is a tricky one.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43Let's zoom that back then, so we can see its placement.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Hmm.
0:14:46 > 0:14:51- Pass it over.- I'm going to come to you, Lucy and Steve.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54There are some strange creatures in sub-Saharan Africa.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57There's a group of creatures known as the tenrecs.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01- Yeah.- The tenrecs are exclusive to Madagascar, aren't they?- Yeah.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03OK. Shall we go with...? Because tenrecs are kind of weird
0:15:03 > 0:15:06and fantastic, and Madagascar's wonderful, so let's ask that.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Is it from Madagascar?
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- Yes.- Very good.- It is. APPLAUSE
0:15:11 > 0:15:14So you get another clue.
0:15:14 > 0:15:19- And here it is.- Oh, it's an aye-aye!- Oh, no, it's an aye-aye. - It's an aye-aye.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22Do you want to ask me whether it's that?
0:15:22 > 0:15:27We both feel very strongly that that ear can only belong to one
0:15:27 > 0:15:31completely fabulous lemur that is exclusive to the island of Madagascar
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- and that is the aye-aye.- Shall we see if you're right?
0:15:34 > 0:15:37Let's have a look. ELEPHANT TRUMPETING
0:15:37 > 0:15:40APPLAUSE
0:15:40 > 0:15:41Very good. Well done.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48You get a part of your curious creature.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Let's have a look.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52- Ooh!- Wave your hands in the air, like you just don't care.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54LAUGHTER
0:15:54 > 0:15:55Woohoo!
0:15:56 > 0:15:58Chris and Vianet,
0:15:58 > 0:16:03you do have a chance to win a part of your curious creature now,
0:16:03 > 0:16:05and, Vianet, you are back in the game
0:16:05 > 0:16:08if you can answer this question.
0:16:08 > 0:16:13The aye-aye has a very distinctive middle finger.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15What does it use it for?
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- Picking its nose. - LAUGHTER
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- Vianet?- Go on, Vianet, what do you think?
0:16:21 > 0:16:24I've actually seen them using that very
0:16:24 > 0:16:29extraordinary finger to get some insects from trees, etc.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32- So, yeah.- So they use the finger, they put it inside the tree
0:16:32 > 0:16:35- to dig...- To dig and, you know, grab the insect and then eat them.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37You're absolutely right, Vianet.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39APPLAUSE
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Well done.
0:16:41 > 0:16:44So you get another part of your curious creature.
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Let's have a look.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51The aye-aye is indeed an absolutely extraordinary animal.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Let's have a look at it in action.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57They tap on the wood with that bony finger.
0:16:57 > 0:17:02The resonance inside tells them if it's hollow and if there's a chamber
0:17:02 > 0:17:03that contains a grub.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07Effectively, they echo-locate using that bony finger.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09That's what those big ears are used for,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12for listening out for the sound of that middle finger tapping,
0:17:12 > 0:17:14and then using that finger to extract the grub.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16Well done, everybody.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20We've now all got an A-level in aye-aye.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21APPLAUSE
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Now, I can barely contain my excitement
0:17:27 > 0:17:31because it's time to play Whose Poo?
0:17:34 > 0:17:37Yes, our teams will each have a sample to examine,
0:17:37 > 0:17:42kindly provided by the National Poo Museum on the Isle of Wight.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46All the teams have to do is to figure out which animal is responsible,
0:17:46 > 0:17:51therefore showing they're no fools when it comes to stools.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Now, at this point, I must issue the usual health and safety notice.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Please do not try this at home.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03All animal poo is potentially harmful and our expert teams are examining
0:18:03 > 0:18:07their samples under strictly controlled conditions.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09Chris and Vianet.
0:18:09 > 0:18:14Your sample is here under the Dome of Delight.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20- Are you ready, Vianet? - Yes.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23Ooh, it smells nice.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26What do you think? It doesn't smell unpleasant, at all.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28Not at all, no.
0:18:28 > 0:18:32So, would that give you a hint as to what this animal eats?
0:18:32 > 0:18:35I'd say it was eating something sweet and sugary.
0:18:35 > 0:18:37Pass me the knife, Vianet.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42Let's cut a piece in half and see what's on the inside of this poo.
0:18:42 > 0:18:44That's interesting.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Yes, it's full of grass that it's eaten.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50- So we know that it's a herbivorous animal.- Yes.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53Look, they almost fit together in a neat little chain.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54Look at that!
0:18:54 > 0:18:59The only thing I can think with poos slightly like this was the...
0:18:59 > 0:19:01baby gorilla. Slightly bigger,
0:19:01 > 0:19:05but they actually are quite linked together like this.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07- Are they?- Yes.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10But I know it doesn't...
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Size-wise, it doesn't look anywhere close to that.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15But it depends on how big the gorilla was, if it was a baby.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I can give you a little bit of a clue here.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Go on, then. Give us a poo clue.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22You might find it in the Congo.
0:19:22 > 0:19:23No pressure, Vianet.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25It's your manor.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27What do you think?
0:19:27 > 0:19:31It's... Look, it's a vegetarian animal that's producing pellets in the Congo.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34I'm thinking that it looks more like ungulate than primate.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38And if it's from that part of the world,
0:19:38 > 0:19:41the only thing that I can think of that defines that part of the world
0:19:41 > 0:19:42is the okapi.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45We have nothing more to go on.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Given its geographical location
0:19:47 > 0:19:52- and all of our rumination...- Yeah. - ..we're going to go okapi.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Let's see if you're right.
0:19:54 > 0:19:59- Oh!- Give me a hug. You've got to give me a hug.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Congratulations. You got there in the end. You're absolutely right.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05It is the poo of an okapi
0:20:05 > 0:20:08and you win another part of your curious creature.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10APPLAUSE
0:20:14 > 0:20:19Lucy and Steve, what is under the shiny Dome of Doom?
0:20:19 > 0:20:21LUCY LAUGHS
0:20:21 > 0:20:23OK, are you ready?
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Ooh, intriguing!
0:20:26 > 0:20:32- Golly gosh. Whatever this animal is, it's been eating fish.- It has.
0:20:32 > 0:20:34So there are little chunks of fish vertebrae in here,
0:20:34 > 0:20:37lots and lots of fish scales.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40And the animal in question doesn't look like it's terribly good at
0:20:40 > 0:20:46digestion, by my deduction, because this doesn't look like it's...
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Scales and bones do tend... I mean, with the exception of things like
0:20:49 > 0:20:53the crocodilians that have incredibly potent stomach acids that can break them down,
0:20:53 > 0:20:56they do tend to represent in faeces very, very often
0:20:56 > 0:20:58because they're not very digestible.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00So, let's do our detective work.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03What we've got so far is this has DEFINITELY eaten fish.
0:21:03 > 0:21:07- Yes, it has.- Because we can see... We've picked out...
0:21:07 > 0:21:09And I think probably crustaceans as well.
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- I'm thinking mustelid? - Yes, exactly that.
0:21:12 > 0:21:17You've got your badgers, your stoats, your weasels, your mink, your otter.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19I was going to say, is this otter spraint, do you think?
0:21:19 > 0:21:23It's got otter spraint kind of written all over it, to me.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25There's a lot of it.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27There's an awful lot of it for one otter,
0:21:27 > 0:21:32so I'm wondering if maybe it's not our Eurasian otter.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35- You're pretty confident this is otter, then?- Yes, I would say so.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38I agree with you. I think this is otter spraint.
0:21:38 > 0:21:43We believe that this mystery poo was done by an otter.
0:21:43 > 0:21:44Let's see if you're right.
0:21:45 > 0:21:48- Yes!- You absolutely were. APPLAUSE
0:21:48 > 0:21:51It was the Asian short-claw otter.
0:21:51 > 0:21:54Very well done. Which means that you have won
0:21:54 > 0:21:57another part of your curious creature.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00That is a part well earned, I can tell you!
0:22:00 > 0:22:01APPLAUSE
0:22:04 > 0:22:08So both teams have four parts of their curious creatures and we're
0:22:08 > 0:22:10very nearly at the end of the show,
0:22:10 > 0:22:15which means it's time to see how many bits of their curious creatures
0:22:15 > 0:22:17our teams can identify.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23So, Chris and Vianet, let's start with the head.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25It's the fastest animal on the planet.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29- Vianet, what do you think? - Fastest is a peregrine falcon.
0:22:29 > 0:22:30You're absolutely right, Vianet.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34Two points. APPLAUSE
0:22:35 > 0:22:40Now then, I know that this particular body part
0:22:40 > 0:22:44has been foxing you somewhat. Any thoughts?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46This is a really tricky one.
0:22:46 > 0:22:48I think there should be two of these,
0:22:48 > 0:22:52because I think this is a stalked eye of a ghost crab.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54They have little hairs around their eyes,
0:22:54 > 0:22:57so I think this is a ghost crab's eye.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59- Totally wrong.- Really?
0:22:59 > 0:23:03- Yeah. It is the lure of an anglerfish.- Oh!
0:23:03 > 0:23:08OK, let's go for your body.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- What do you think?- Well, that's...
0:23:10 > 0:23:15To me, it looks slightly like a primate from Madagascar.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17I would say it's a sifaka.
0:23:17 > 0:23:18No, it's not.
0:23:18 > 0:23:21- It's a tamandua, then. - It's a gibbon...- Oh, a gibbon.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24..I'm afraid, so no points.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25Here is your final part.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30Are these the legs of a giant frog?
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Yeah, you're right!
0:23:33 > 0:23:35- No.- They are the wings of a dragonfly,
0:23:35 > 0:23:38perhaps even a four-spotted chaser, because it's got four spots on it,
0:23:38 > 0:23:40although I don't recall them having
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- a yellow base but they're dragonfly wings.- They are.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45And they are the wings of a four-spotted chaser,
0:23:45 > 0:23:47and you get two points. APPLAUSE
0:23:51 > 0:23:52So, you have four.
0:23:52 > 0:23:57You can claw it up to five if you can identify the one part that you
0:23:57 > 0:23:59didn't win, which is this part.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03That's a very tatty animal, isn't it?
0:24:03 > 0:24:07It could be bactrian camel in moult, couldn't it?
0:24:07 > 0:24:08Yeah. Go on.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Bactrian camel in heavy moult.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12You're right. One point.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17So, you have five points.
0:24:17 > 0:24:21Lucy and Steve, can you beat them?
0:24:21 > 0:24:23I should jolly well hope so, with your first body part.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Who does that belong to?
0:24:25 > 0:24:27It's a koala.
0:24:27 > 0:24:28Two points.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34How about this extraordinary body?
0:24:34 > 0:24:35That's fabulous, isn't it?
0:24:35 > 0:24:39- It is.- That's also as distinctive as koala, in many ways, isn't it?
0:24:39 > 0:24:40They are very, very small, though.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Not much bigger than a golf ball.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44- And...- Deadly.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Yes, lethal. We've filmed several different species of these.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49They're the blue-ringed octopus
0:24:49 > 0:24:51and those rings that you can see there,
0:24:51 > 0:24:56when this animal is in any kind of distress, they flash neon blue.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59It's one of the most incredible displays of colour you'll ever see
0:24:59 > 0:25:03in the natural world. And they secrete from their beak,
0:25:03 > 0:25:08which is the only hard part of their body, a poison called maculotoxin,
0:25:08 > 0:25:12which is then bitten into their prey as a venom,
0:25:12 > 0:25:14it's one of the strongest toxins known to science.
0:25:14 > 0:25:18If these are kept in an aquarium with other fish, just that venom
0:25:18 > 0:25:21dissipating off into the water will kill everything in the aquarium,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23and they're the size of a golf ball. They could sit in your hand.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26- They're absolutely exquisite. - So you're saying it is...?
0:25:26 > 0:25:28It better be right after saying all that!
0:25:28 > 0:25:31It would be so awkward if you got it wrong, Steve!
0:25:31 > 0:25:32The blue-ringed octopus.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34You are right. It is two points.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41Now, what about this next body part?
0:25:41 > 0:25:44- If you get this right...- Ooh!
0:25:44 > 0:25:47..you will have more points than Packham.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49- SHE GASPS - OK. So, Steve?
0:25:49 > 0:25:52Do you know what? I'm married to an Olympian who I thought was the most
0:25:52 > 0:25:54competitive person in the whole world.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57And I've just found out she's not even close.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01- Chris Packham blows her out the water!- Yeah. Yeah.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- So, let's back to these legs.- OK.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Who might that belong to?
0:26:06 > 0:26:09This is a bit harder, isn't it?
0:26:09 > 0:26:11"Ta-da!"
0:26:11 > 0:26:13I have to say, zoomed in like that,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16- you can see what appear to be scales.- Yes, it's a reptile.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20Which would therefore rid you of the newts and the salamanders.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22I wonder if it's crocodilian?
0:26:22 > 0:26:24Listen, there's only 23 species of crocodiles.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26There are several thousand lizards,
0:26:26 > 0:26:30so we've got a much better chance if you go crocodilian than lizard.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32Crocodile.
0:26:32 > 0:26:35- You're right.- Yay!
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Well done, well done!
0:26:38 > 0:26:45So, you have beaten Chris and Vianet's total of five,
0:26:45 > 0:26:47but let's see how much further you can go.
0:26:47 > 0:26:51Can you identify the wings?
0:26:51 > 0:26:55I feel like doing a sifaka dance already, actually!
0:26:55 > 0:26:58The wings, yeah, they're tricky, aren't they? I mean...
0:26:58 > 0:27:03I'm just thinking about birds that do that a lot.
0:27:03 > 0:27:04That is a good thought.
0:27:04 > 0:27:08- That is a good thought.- Because obviously a cormorant sort of flies
0:27:08 > 0:27:10underwater in a way. Not in the same way as a penguin,
0:27:10 > 0:27:13but it dives very deep, doesn't it, to catch its prey?
0:27:13 > 0:27:15So the wings would go alongside, and then what they do
0:27:15 > 0:27:18when they come out of the water is they hold the wings up like that
0:27:18 > 0:27:21in order to dry them out, so that they can fly.
0:27:21 > 0:27:23So you are saying that it is...?
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Cormorant.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29- You're right.- Yes! - Well done!
0:27:31 > 0:27:35So, eight points and, just to complete the thrashing,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38would you like to have a go at the one body part that you didn't manage
0:27:38 > 0:27:40to collect, which is this?
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Yeah, it's a...
0:27:42 > 0:27:45- It's a pinniped.- Actually...
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Yeah, so it would depend whether you could see the flippers as to
0:27:47 > 0:27:50whether it was an eared sea lion or fur seal,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52or whether it was a true seal.
0:27:52 > 0:27:54Do you know what? I'll go sea lion.
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Perfect. Then I will give you a point.
0:27:56 > 0:28:00Well done. Really good. Really impressed.
0:28:01 > 0:28:03So, at the end of that,
0:28:03 > 0:28:07it means that Lucy and Steve with nine points are absolutely,
0:28:07 > 0:28:10unequivocally today's winners.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Well done. Really good.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23And thank you to all four of you glorious, curious creatures for
0:28:23 > 0:28:26playing along and thank you, you brilliant beings at home
0:28:26 > 0:28:29for watching. We'll see you next time. Goodbye.