0:00:17 > 0:00:20Hello. I'm Kate Humble and this is Curious Creatures,
0:00:20 > 0:00:25a quiz all about the fabulous fauna of planet Earth.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26It's amazing, isn't it,
0:00:26 > 0:00:30to think that every animal alive today has evolved over hundreds of
0:00:30 > 0:00:35millions of years from a very basic single-celled organism
0:00:35 > 0:00:37in the primordial soup. Of course,
0:00:37 > 0:00:40some have evolved more than others.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Let's meet them. On my left,
0:00:42 > 0:00:46please welcome the godfather of natural history, Chris Packham,
0:00:46 > 0:00:50and wildlife film-maker extraordinaire Simon King.
0:00:50 > 0:00:51APPLAUSE
0:00:53 > 0:00:58And on my right, the fairy godmother to the world's sloths, Lucy Cooke,
0:00:58 > 0:01:03who is joined by writer and former zookeeper Niall Strawson.
0:01:03 > 0:01:04APPLAUSE
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Let's get cracking with our opening round, Yay or Neigh?
0:01:13 > 0:01:15I will read each member of our teams
0:01:15 > 0:01:17a statement about the animal kingdom.
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Their job is simply to decide whether it's animal fact...
0:01:21 > 0:01:22ELEPHANT TRUMPETS
0:01:22 > 0:01:26That's a yay. Or beastly fiction...
0:01:26 > 0:01:27HORSE NEIGHS
0:01:27 > 0:01:30That, ladies and gentlemen, is a neigh.
0:01:30 > 0:01:31Chris, we'll start with you.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34The inside of a wolverine's nose
0:01:34 > 0:01:37has twice the surface area
0:01:37 > 0:01:39of a bloodhound's nose.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- CHRIS:- We have six million scent cells
0:01:42 > 0:01:47in our noses and some breeds of dog have up to 600 million.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51What's interesting is that those dogs which are very good at smelling
0:01:51 > 0:01:54are better at smelling than wolves are
0:01:54 > 0:01:56and all dogs have evolved from wolves.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58We've selectively bred them and
0:01:58 > 0:02:02bloodhounds are those animals with THE most accomplished sense of smell,
0:02:02 > 0:02:06so they're up in the 600 million sensory cell range.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10They can track animals over huge distances.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Vast distances. Tiny parts per million in their capacity.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15They're part of the mustelid family,
0:02:15 > 0:02:17so they are related to things like pine martins,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19badgers - they're in that gang,
0:02:19 > 0:02:21and they have very variable senses of smell, it has to be said.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Some don't work by their noses a great deal and others do,
0:02:24 > 0:02:26the badger being a good example.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28It has a brilliant schnoz.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31The wolverine however, is doing what it has to do on a daily basis,
0:02:31 > 0:02:32but as you rightly say, it hasn't
0:02:32 > 0:02:35been selectively bred by anything other than
0:02:35 > 0:02:36nature's demand - find a meal.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38One other thing. When it comes to smell,
0:02:38 > 0:02:42some animals lack one of the senses of smell because it doesn't operate
0:02:42 > 0:02:46very well in the cold. We know that smell is not as good in the cold.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48I'm tempted to go...
0:02:50 > 0:02:52The dog has a better sense of smell than the wolverine.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- Because of selective breeding?- Yeah.
0:02:54 > 0:02:55We're going to neigh that one.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57- HORSE NEIGHS Are you?- Yes.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59You're wrong.
0:02:59 > 0:03:00- Oh!- Oh!
0:03:00 > 0:03:01- BOTH:- Yes!
0:03:03 > 0:03:06I'm afraid it is absolutely true.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08Despite, as you said,
0:03:08 > 0:03:11the bloodhound having one of the best senses of smell of any dog,
0:03:11 > 0:03:15the wolverine has twice the turbinal surface area of the bloodhound
0:03:15 > 0:03:19so it's thought that it does have an even better sense of smell.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- Shall we have a look at one, scampering about?- Yes, let's.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Aren't they great?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26- Aren't they beautiful? - Yeah, they're fantastic.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29I would love to spend time with them in the wild properly.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33Well, I'm sorry, guys, you don't add any parts to your creature.
0:03:33 > 0:03:37What a fabulous start to this quiz, I'd like to say!
0:03:37 > 0:03:40It's extremely unusual that Chris Packham gets caught out.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43He'll be thinking about wolverines now for the rest of the show,
0:03:43 > 0:03:44which is also an advantage.
0:03:44 > 0:03:46I used to like the wolverine!
0:03:48 > 0:03:53So, Lucy, I put it to you that coconut crabs can climb trees.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Now, that's a fantastic animal.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56How are you on the coconut crab, Niall?
0:03:56 > 0:03:59It's not my strongest suit, I'm going to be honest.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01They grow to a really massive size.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02I think they grow...
0:04:02 > 0:04:04I mean, actually...
0:04:04 > 0:04:05They grow really big.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08There's an amazing photograph on the World Wide Web
0:04:08 > 0:04:10of one climbing a bin.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Anything that can climb a bin deserves to climb a tree.
0:04:13 > 0:04:15Crabs are good at climbing.
0:04:15 > 0:04:18Therefore let's give it the credit that it can climb a tree.
0:04:18 > 0:04:20So you're going yay or neigh?
0:04:20 > 0:04:21Yay.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22ELEPHANT TRUMPETS
0:04:22 > 0:04:24You're right.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26APPLAUSE
0:04:29 > 0:04:33I can even show you a coconut crab up a tree.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- Brilliant.- Have a look at this.
0:04:36 > 0:04:40There is. There's one up a tree and there's one below with a lovely
0:04:40 > 0:04:42bunch of coconuts. Very good.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45So, congratulations to both of you,
0:04:45 > 0:04:49you win your first part of a Curious Creature.
0:04:49 > 0:04:50Here it is.
0:04:50 > 0:04:51Ooh.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53To-wit, to-wooh(!)
0:04:53 > 0:04:54To-wit, to-wooh, yeah!
0:04:58 > 0:05:00Now, Simon, your turn.
0:05:00 > 0:05:05I'm going to put it to you that kangaroos cannot swim.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08I've seen kangaroos under attack
0:05:08 > 0:05:11from dingoes and one of their predator evasion strategies
0:05:11 > 0:05:12is to get into water,
0:05:12 > 0:05:14so they spend a lot of time standing
0:05:14 > 0:05:16in the water with their head here.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20They are very reluctant to go any further than that.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Big, fat back legs.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25A lot of top-heavy animal, try and push that through water,
0:05:25 > 0:05:27what's going to happen to its face?
0:05:27 > 0:05:29It's going to start to go down.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32I've never seen a kangaroo swim or a wallaby.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- What do you think, Chris? - I entirely concur.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36So you are saying yay?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38- Yes. - ELEPHANT TRUMPETS
0:05:38 > 0:05:39You're wrong.
0:05:39 > 0:05:40Two wrong!
0:05:42 > 0:05:44They can.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48As we saw when they're hopping, they use their hind legs absolutely in
0:05:48 > 0:05:52tandem with each other, when they swim, they use them independently.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- OK.- They doggy paddle rather than kangaroo paddle.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Do they inflate their pouch for buoyancy?
0:05:58 > 0:06:02I'm going to have to have a word with the ones that were under attack and say, "Why didn't you swim?!"
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Absolutely. Lucy and Niall,
0:06:04 > 0:06:07they haven't got any parts of their Curious Creature.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08- Yes!- AND it's your turn.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Woohoo! Yay!
0:06:10 > 0:06:13So Niall, the final yay or neigh question for you is,
0:06:13 > 0:06:16an octopus' arms can still work
0:06:16 > 0:06:20even when detached from the octopus?
0:06:20 > 0:06:22I think they can, but I'm not sure why.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24If you chop a chicken's head off,
0:06:24 > 0:06:26famously they can run around, can't they?
0:06:26 > 0:06:30And a chicken is a bird, it's a more highly evolved,
0:06:30 > 0:06:33more complicated species than an octopus, so therefore
0:06:33 > 0:06:35one would think that...
0:06:35 > 0:06:38- Yeah, um...- Although it doesn't necessarily work like that.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Let's take a punt. Let's go for yes.
0:06:41 > 0:06:42So you are saying...
0:06:42 > 0:06:44- Yay.- Yay.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45ELEPHANT TRUMPETS
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Congratulations.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48APPLAUSE
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Two thirds of an octopus' neurons are in its arms
0:06:53 > 0:06:56rather than in its central brain,
0:06:56 > 0:06:59so each octopus arm acts autonomously
0:06:59 > 0:07:03when feeling around for food or threats
0:07:03 > 0:07:07and researchers have found that even detached arms could recoil
0:07:07 > 0:07:10from an unpleasant stimulus.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12There you are. These guys have just won
0:07:12 > 0:07:15another part of their curious creature. Congratulations!
0:07:15 > 0:07:17Ooh!
0:07:20 > 0:07:25So, as Lucy and Niall's curious creature begins to take shape,
0:07:25 > 0:07:29we move on to round two, which today is called Who's the Daddy?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Each team will be shown a picture of a baby animal.
0:07:35 > 0:07:40All they have to do is figure out what species it is, in other words,
0:07:40 > 0:07:42who's the daddy? And for that matter, the mummy.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45Chris and Simon, have a look at this glorious little one.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- First thoughts?- We're both, at the moment, very confident.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54- What gives you clues?- You begin.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56Well, I'm thinking monotreme,
0:07:56 > 0:07:58which is a small group of creatures
0:07:58 > 0:08:01that live in the Antipodes in Australia
0:08:01 > 0:08:04and they are unusual mammals in that they lay eggs,
0:08:04 > 0:08:07the duckbilled platypus being one, echidna being the other.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09The echidna is a spiny anteater.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11It's a little creature that...
0:08:12 > 0:08:14From this, you can't see very clear spines,
0:08:14 > 0:08:17but what you can see is the strong digging claws
0:08:17 > 0:08:21because they do excavate and break into termite and ant nests and I
0:08:21 > 0:08:23believe the spines develop later.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26It would be a painful thing to come out of an egg, anyway.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29- So, that's where I'm heading. - I'm heading for echidna, too.
0:08:29 > 0:08:30That head shape is characteristic.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33They've got these wonderful little noses which actually grow when they
0:08:33 > 0:08:37mature, so they come out in a little narrow, pink snout.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40I was driving along once in Australia
0:08:40 > 0:08:43and there was one on the side of the road
0:08:43 > 0:08:46and I picked it up and put it down onto the soil and it vanished.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49I've never seen anything digging into the ground so quickly.
0:08:49 > 0:08:54It sort of shuffled and disappeared into the ground.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57I would say that has an awful lot to do with your personality,
0:08:57 > 0:08:59because I was driving along a road...
0:08:59 > 0:09:00LAUGHTER
0:09:00 > 0:09:04..in South Australia once and saw an echidna at the side of the road
0:09:04 > 0:09:05and said, "Stop the car!"
0:09:05 > 0:09:07I'd never seen an echidna, I was quite excited.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10I got out, the echidna scampered into the bush,
0:09:10 > 0:09:13I scampered into the bush after it, which was quite prickly,
0:09:13 > 0:09:15and I was trying not to think about snakes,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18and I got down on my hands and knees and I was crawling along and there
0:09:18 > 0:09:22was the echidna and I just stood there and did it burrow down like it would when it met you? No.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26It came and walked up to me and we ended up nose-to-nose,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29doing a little...Eskimo kiss.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30LAUGHTER
0:09:30 > 0:09:32Stick with me, Packham, you'll see a lot more.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37So you're going echidna?
0:09:37 > 0:09:40You're sounding very, very confident.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Let's see if you are right.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Yes! There it is.
0:09:45 > 0:09:46APPLAUSE
0:09:49 > 0:09:52I'm going to throw this open to everybody, because this is
0:09:52 > 0:09:54possibly the sweetest thing I've ever heard.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Does anybody know what a baby echidna is called?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- A puggle.- Yes!
0:09:59 > 0:10:01It is. Isn't that adorable?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03- It's called a puggle. - That's a lovely name.
0:10:03 > 0:10:08So, thank heavens for you, because you were trailing so far behind,
0:10:08 > 0:10:10you have managed to claw yourselves
0:10:10 > 0:10:14back into the game and get your first part of your Curious Creature.
0:10:14 > 0:10:15APPLAUSE
0:10:17 > 0:10:22Lucy and Niall, over to you, here is your bouncing baby.
0:10:24 > 0:10:25Ooh!
0:10:25 > 0:10:26Ooh, yeah!
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Looks simple, but could be tricky.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30What are you thinking?
0:10:30 > 0:10:32I did used to look after sea lions.
0:10:33 > 0:10:35Brilliant - yes, because you were a zoo keeper.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38Although, I'm almost certain that's not a sea lion pup.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42So it's got flippers, so we can tell that it's a pinniped,
0:10:42 > 0:10:45pinniped being the name of the group
0:10:45 > 0:10:47to which sea lions, seals and walruses -
0:10:47 > 0:10:50animals with flippers - belong to.
0:10:50 > 0:10:53That's a clue. But which KIND of pinniped?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56It has the ears, which is a giveaway, isn't it?
0:10:56 > 0:10:58- Some have ears, some don't.- Yes.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Ah, which ones have ears?
0:11:00 > 0:11:03My gut went with fur seal.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Fur seal. OK.
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Why would you say fur seal?
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- Cos it looks like a seal and it's furry.- Mm.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12I'm LOVING your deduction.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Do you know why I think a fur seal?
0:11:14 > 0:11:16If you look at its face,
0:11:16 > 0:11:20it's got like a little miniature face of a fur seal, because fur seals have quite a doglike face.
0:11:20 > 0:11:22I trust you, Niall.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23Foolish.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27I think you've had a more intimate relationship with pinnipeds than
0:11:27 > 0:11:29- I have.- That's probably sadly true!
0:11:29 > 0:11:31From your experience at the zoo.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33- Yes.- So...
0:11:33 > 0:11:35- Fur seal.- Sure?
0:11:35 > 0:11:37- Oh, no!- You're right!
0:11:37 > 0:11:38Yay!
0:11:40 > 0:11:45So, you're absolutely right, it's sea lions that have visible ears.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48Seals generally don't, but fur seals are one of the few that DO
0:11:48 > 0:11:50have visible ears.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54So, if you shaved that fur seal, he'd have massive big ears.
0:11:54 > 0:11:59Massive ears. Do you want to see a little bevy of fur seal beauties?
0:12:00 > 0:12:02Aw, bless.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04With their little ears.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09- That is cute.- You have won another part of your Curious Creature.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Fantastic.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14That's easy peasy, isn't it?
0:12:16 > 0:12:20There are many questions in this complicated world of ours,
0:12:20 > 0:12:22but none more pressing than
0:12:22 > 0:12:25Is It Bigger Than A Chicken?
0:12:29 > 0:12:33Our teams' task in this round is to work out the identity of a mystery
0:12:33 > 0:12:36animal. They take turns to ask me questions about it,
0:12:36 > 0:12:40to which I must be able to answer simply yes or no.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44Each time they get a yes, a small part of the animal is revealed.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48At that point, teams, you can make a guess
0:12:48 > 0:12:50as to what the animal is,
0:12:50 > 0:12:55but do remember, if you guess wrong, you are then out of the round.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58There is just one other rule.
0:12:58 > 0:13:03The first question that's asked in this game has to be, audience...
0:13:03 > 0:13:06- ALL:- Is it bigger than a chicken?
0:13:06 > 0:13:07Thank you very much indeed.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Chris Packham, we are going to start with you.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13What would you like to ask me?
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Is it bigger than a chicken?
0:13:15 > 0:13:17LAUGHTER
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Is it really, really, really bigger than a chicken?
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Much bigger than a chicken?
0:13:22 > 0:13:24No.
0:13:24 > 0:13:25Lucy.
0:13:28 > 0:13:30What do you mean, no?
0:13:30 > 0:13:31I mean no!
0:13:31 > 0:13:33How many ways can I say no?
0:13:35 > 0:13:36No.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38He's not going to get over that easily!
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Does that mean that it's smaller than a chicken?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43It's not your question.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47- Lucy.- OK, so what we know is that it's smaller than a chicken.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50What shall we ask next?
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Shall we go for a group?
0:13:52 > 0:13:57Or...cold blooded or warm-blooded, to make it a bit more general?
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- OK, I like that.- Is it cold-blooded?
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Yes, it is. Here is your clue.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09- There it is.- Hmmm.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Any initial thoughts?
0:14:13 > 0:14:17I'd love to see where that square belongs on its body,
0:14:17 > 0:14:18like which bit of the screen...
0:14:18 > 0:14:20We can do that for you.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22OK.
0:14:22 > 0:14:23It's quite a distinctive marking.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25It's too difficult to guess.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Even Chris Packham and Simon King don't know what that is.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30- Shall we find out? - Yes.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Simon, what would you like to ask me?
0:14:33 > 0:14:34Is it an amphibian?
0:14:34 > 0:14:38Yes, it is. So you get another clue and here it is.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Let's shrink it back to see where it belongs in the overall picture.
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- Look at a common toad, Bufo bufo. - Yes.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48You've got the... Sorry, I'm doodling a toad here.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52You've got the great big poison gland behind the...
0:14:52 > 0:14:53The parietal gland.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56The parietal gland. Then you've got the great big eye here and then
0:14:56 > 0:14:58you have the eardrum, which is what that is.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- Yes, it is.- That's not the eye, that's the ear.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04- It's the tympanum... - However, with the cane toad, they,
0:15:04 > 0:15:07I think they've got quite a prominent ridge...
0:15:09 > 0:15:12..over the ear. I'm going to say a common toad, Bufo bufo.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14DUCK QUACKS
0:15:14 > 0:15:15Aah!
0:15:15 > 0:15:18And you are out of the game, sorry, Simon.
0:15:18 > 0:15:21I think, we need a question that gets a yes answer,
0:15:21 > 0:15:24so we think it's Bufo marinus, which is the cane toad.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25So...
0:15:26 > 0:15:28I know what we ask, is it toxic?
0:15:28 > 0:15:30I was going to say, is that the one you lick?
0:15:30 > 0:15:33Exactly, cane toads are toxic, so shall we ask that?
0:15:33 > 0:15:34- One could lick it.- Yes, exactly.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36That's a good question, I think.
0:15:36 > 0:15:38- Is it toxic?- Yes, it is.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40So here is another clue.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Would you like to see it in its position with the rest of the clue?
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- I'm sure I know what it is, but it might be helpful, yes.- Let's see.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- There it is.- It's not its tentacles on the top of its head!
0:15:51 > 0:15:55So, Niall, you are able to make a guess, if you would like to.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59With the help of my esteemed colleagues...
0:15:59 > 0:16:01..I believe it is a cane toad.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03"ELEPHANT" TRUMPETS FANFARE
0:16:09 > 0:16:11So, very many congratulations.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- You win another part of your Curious Creature.- Yes!
0:16:14 > 0:16:16Well done.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Chris and Simon, if you can answer
0:16:18 > 0:16:20this question, you too can get a part.
0:16:20 > 0:16:21It's like school sports day.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23You get a medal for taking part.
0:16:23 > 0:16:28Cane toads have been described as one of the most invasive species in
0:16:28 > 0:16:31Australia, but why were they introduced there in the first place?
0:16:32 > 0:16:33- Pest control.- Pest control, yes.
0:16:33 > 0:16:37It's one of these ludicrous and early attempts at what we call biological control.
0:16:37 > 0:16:42Specifically, they were introduced to annihilate cane beetles
0:16:42 > 0:16:46that were destroying the sugar cane crop, but congratulations,
0:16:46 > 0:16:50you do get one more part of your Curious Creature.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59Round four today is called Pecking Order.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07So, Chris and Simon, we are going to start with you.
0:17:07 > 0:17:11I'm going to give you the images of three animals,
0:17:11 > 0:17:14and I want you to rank them in the order of length of time they're
0:17:14 > 0:17:20asleep during a 24-hour period, from least to most, OK.
0:17:20 > 0:17:21So here's your first one.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24It is the hairy armadillo.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29The second one is the baboon, and the third one is a giraffe.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Well, you've spent time watching giraffes.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36I have. In fact, I filmed giraffes sleeping for a programme I made about sleep a long time ago.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38And you slept through most of it.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41And I had to. I tell you what, it was a test of stamina.
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Giraffe, being a very tall animal, can't afford to take a nap,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49because if it lies down, it takes a long time to get up.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51It lives in the world of lions.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53You don't want to be caught napping, when lions are there.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57It takes a giraffe many seconds to get from being on the floor
0:17:57 > 0:17:58to being up.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02They sleep proper deep sleep for five minutes in every 24 hours.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04And they do it by lying down,
0:18:04 > 0:18:07and they allow their head to sag back over onto their rump.
0:18:07 > 0:18:09They go like this.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11And it's there for about 20 seconds, maximum,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14and then they snap out of it, and then they do it again.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17And they do that for a maximum of five minutes
0:18:17 > 0:18:18across a 24-hour period.
0:18:18 > 0:18:21They can catnap, and they do it like many Ungulates do,
0:18:21 > 0:18:22any hoofed animals, by standing
0:18:22 > 0:18:26and letting their head sag, so are we calling that sleep?
0:18:26 > 0:18:28It is a short kind of nap, I wouldn't call that sleep.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30So I would put giraffe as the least.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32- Yes.- By a long way.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34The least sleep, giraffe, then.
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Then we've got baboons,
0:18:35 > 0:18:37which are principally diurnal
0:18:37 > 0:18:39because they bivouac at night, don't they?
0:18:39 > 0:18:43They like to find either a tree or an escarpment of rock
0:18:43 > 0:18:45or even a cave.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46They'll go into a cave.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48And they go in, and...
0:18:48 > 0:18:51slightly before dusk and emerge at dawn,
0:18:51 > 0:18:55and given that they live in tropical or Central African areas,
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- that's about ten hours' sleep. - At least.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00So that just leaves the old hairy armadillo...
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Which knocks around in Patagonia, South America.
0:19:02 > 0:19:03They're very busy by day.
0:19:03 > 0:19:04- Yes, they are.- Knocking around.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07I think they're also fairly busy by night.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10Yes. Cos they're opportunistic omnivores,
0:19:10 > 0:19:13so they'll be out and about looking for things, needing to bump into
0:19:13 > 0:19:15- them.- Shall we go giraffe, armadillo, baboon?
0:19:15 > 0:19:17I think so.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Frankly, we're...
0:19:18 > 0:19:19LAUGHTER
0:19:19 > 0:19:22We're stuffed anyway!
0:19:22 > 0:19:26So your answer is giraffe, armadillo, baboon?
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- Correct.- Let's see if you're right.
0:19:31 > 0:19:32You're not.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Simon, you were absolutely right
0:19:36 > 0:19:39when you said giraffes sleep roughly five minutes a day.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41It can be up to 30 minutes.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Baboons, absolutely spot-on, ten hours, roughly.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48They do tuck themselves up at night and then get up in the morning.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Giant hairy armadillos
0:19:50 > 0:19:53sleep for up to 16 to 18 hours a day,
0:19:53 > 0:19:57with 20 hours of their day spent in their burrows.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59So they're like teenagers really, in that respect.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03And if I ever meet one, it'll be sleeping a lot longer than that!
0:20:04 > 0:20:09So I'm very sorry, but you don't add to your slightly paltry collection.
0:20:09 > 0:20:10- ALL:- Ohhh!
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Lucy and Niall, we have...
0:20:13 > 0:20:15a Galapagos tortoise...
0:20:17 > 0:20:18..a garden snail...
0:20:20 > 0:20:22..and a three-toed sloth.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25And I would like you to rank them
0:20:25 > 0:20:29in order of their top speed.
0:20:29 > 0:20:33From slowest to, shall we say, slightly less slow.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35OK, so top speed.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36Right, OK, this is...
0:20:37 > 0:20:42The Galapagos tortoise isn't actually as slow as people necessarily think.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45I've seen them in my zoo days wandering around.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- Booking it.- They can go at a fair old lick.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50One, maybe two... No, probably not even that.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55So sloths, harpy eagle is their predator.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58You know about that. They often get taken out of the tree,
0:20:58 > 0:20:59so they can't run away from that.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- Do they drop out of the tree? - They don't drop out of the tree.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05The sloths' defence strategy is to look like a bit of tree.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09It has green fur and it sits in the tree all hunched up, and it's
0:21:09 > 0:21:11actually thought their movements are so slow
0:21:11 > 0:21:13that they pass under the radar of the harpy eagle,
0:21:13 > 0:21:16which actually is flying around looking for movement,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18and it can't actually detect the sloth cos it's so slow.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22So actually, the sloth's slothfulness is part of its defence
0:21:22 > 0:21:24strategy. And they are indeed very slow.
0:21:24 > 0:21:26In particular, the bradypus,
0:21:26 > 0:21:28the three-fingered sloth that we can see there,
0:21:28 > 0:21:31is actually significantly slower than the two-fingered sloth.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33I think the snail will be the slowest, because it's just tiny.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36I think it's snail, tortoise, sloth.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39- All right, go on.- Let's see if you're right.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42- Ah.- You're not.
0:21:42 > 0:21:43You were right about the snail.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46A garden snail was recorded by the Guinness Book of Records
0:21:46 > 0:21:50moving at just under ten metres per hour.
0:21:50 > 0:21:54Three-toed sloth, ground speed is 160 metres per hour.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56They do move faster in trees -
0:21:56 > 0:22:00a positively breakneck speed of 270 metres per hour.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04But the Galapagos tortoise is our speedy one here.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08It can get up to 370 metres per hour.
0:22:08 > 0:22:10Think of the G force in that.
0:22:10 > 0:22:11LAUGHTER
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Well, both teams drew a blank there,
0:22:18 > 0:22:21so that leaves Chris and Simon with just two parts of their Curious
0:22:21 > 0:22:25Creature, and Lucy and Niall have four of theirs.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30So now it's time to see how many bits our teams can identify.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35- So, Chris and Simon... - This won't take us long!
0:22:35 > 0:22:37..your slightly paltry collection.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40If you identify both of these body parts correctly,
0:22:40 > 0:22:42- you can score four points. ALL:- Ooh!
0:22:42 > 0:22:43However...
0:22:45 > 0:22:48We will show you the three missing parts,
0:22:48 > 0:22:49and if you can identify those,
0:22:49 > 0:22:52you can get one point each.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55So, you could come away with a total of seven points,
0:22:55 > 0:22:57which isn't too shabby, but let's see how you get on.
0:22:57 > 0:23:00We'll start with that lovely little face.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04So, it's a chimpanzee or it's a bonobo.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07Bonobos generally have a really good parting.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09- Have you noticed?- I haven't, actually, no.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11They generally have this really neat parting,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- it looks like they've been working on their hair.- Right.
0:23:14 > 0:23:15Chimps are hugely variable.
0:23:15 > 0:23:17I spent a lot of time with chimps in Tanzania,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20and they're everything from pink gnarly faces with black spots
0:23:20 > 0:23:23to fully black faces, depending on their age.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25The female has got a narrow little face,
0:23:25 > 0:23:27the male has got a big, brutey face.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29We know it's one of the two. What would you say, chimp?
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Under extreme pressure,
0:23:31 > 0:23:34and therefore desperate to get this right...
0:23:34 > 0:23:35LAUGHTER
0:23:35 > 0:23:36..we're going to come down to
0:23:36 > 0:23:38whether it's got a centre parting or not!
0:23:40 > 0:23:42- Let's go chimp.- Go chimp.
0:23:42 > 0:23:43- Chimpanzee.- Two points.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45- Yes.- Well done. - Well done.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47APPLAUSE
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Thank goodness you were paying attention to their haircuts!
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Now, what about this rather splendid snout?
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- That's marvellous.- That's lovely. Obviously,
0:23:56 > 0:23:59- it's part of the alligator crocodile group...- Mm-hm.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01..with a very long, narrow snout.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03- Mm-hm.- Yeah... Gharial. - Absolutely right.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05Two points.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Now, if you'd managed to get any other questions right...
0:24:12 > 0:24:13LAUGHTER
0:24:13 > 0:24:15..throughout the game,
0:24:15 > 0:24:19you would have been awarded this rather glorious body part.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Yes. Well, those feathers there on the left-hand side,
0:24:22 > 0:24:25that are wrapping around the breast
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- look very much like a resplendent quetzal.- Yes.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30You are absolutely spot-on.
0:24:30 > 0:24:31- Yay.- One point.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Now, the body would have been adorned with a pair of these.
0:24:40 > 0:24:41What are they? Who do they belong to?
0:24:41 > 0:24:43That looks very lobster claw to me.
0:24:43 > 0:24:45- It does, yes.- It looks like a...
0:24:45 > 0:24:48- European lobster.- Most people think lobsters are pink.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Unfortunately, because they see them after they've been in the pot!
0:24:52 > 0:24:54They can be beautifully coloured.
0:24:54 > 0:24:57Beautiful blues and purples and mauves.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59That's a European lobster.
0:24:59 > 0:25:00- Yes.- You're absolutely right.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03APPLAUSE
0:25:04 > 0:25:06So you have six points.
0:25:06 > 0:25:10To get to the maximum you can achieve of seven,
0:25:10 > 0:25:12you need to identify this.
0:25:15 > 0:25:18Well, there are six of them and they're in matching pairs,
0:25:18 > 0:25:20- it's going to be an insect.- OK.
0:25:20 > 0:25:22Neat little claw toes here.
0:25:22 > 0:25:23Neat little claw toes.
0:25:23 > 0:25:25I think it's more likely bee than beetle.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29Hm. Looking at those legs.
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Yes, and these would be the pollen catchers on the legs, the hairy legs.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- Could well be a honey bee, couldn't it?- It could be a honey bee.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Or are you thinking bumble, cos it's got a lot of hair going on here?
0:25:38 > 0:25:40That's very hairy, coming through here.
0:25:40 > 0:25:42Maybe they'll let us get away with just saying bee?!
0:25:42 > 0:25:45I WILL let you get away with just saying bee.
0:25:45 > 0:25:46APPLAUSE
0:25:50 > 0:25:53It was a honeybee, as you surmised.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56So, you have seven points to beat,
0:25:56 > 0:25:58Lucy and Niall.
0:25:58 > 0:26:02So let's start with your head.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Ooh, this is a toughy(!)
0:26:05 > 0:26:07If you don't get this right, you're sacked!
0:26:07 > 0:26:10We're really in trouble. We'll go for barn owl.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13And you will get two points for that.
0:26:13 > 0:26:14APPLAUSE
0:26:17 > 0:26:19How about its rather splendid hat?
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Initially when I saw it I thought, that could be an ibex, but actually,
0:26:22 > 0:26:25looking at it more closely, I went a bit bighorn sheep...
0:26:25 > 0:26:29My instinct when I saw it was bighorn sheep, as well. So...
0:26:29 > 0:26:31- Well, there we go then.- Shall we go for big-horned sheep?
0:26:31 > 0:26:33- And you get two points.- Great.
0:26:33 > 0:26:35APPLAUSE
0:26:37 > 0:26:39So, four points. Let's go for your body.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44- Well...- Again, I can feel a sacking coming on.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47It's everybody's favourite bear, isn't it?
0:26:47 > 0:26:49I believe it's a giant panda.
0:26:49 > 0:26:50And you would believe right.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53APPLAUSE
0:26:54 > 0:26:55So it's almost neck and neck.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Six plays seven.
0:26:57 > 0:26:58Now, these legs?
0:26:58 > 0:27:01I feel like it's a grasshopper.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03- Could be a locust.- Do they...?
0:27:03 > 0:27:06They do, but I think they're not... They're back legs.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09They're not so jumpy, they're more fly-ey.
0:27:09 > 0:27:13There is an awful lot riding on this, namely beating HIM,
0:27:13 > 0:27:15which is impossible to do, because he knows so much!
0:27:15 > 0:27:18They had a hair parting, we have the whole world of insects that jump.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Yes, exactly, I know, it's hard, isn't it?
0:27:21 > 0:27:24- Come on, let's just go for it. - Let's go for it.- Yes, go on.
0:27:24 > 0:27:25Grasshopper, please.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27If you're right...
0:27:27 > 0:27:29you will have eight points,
0:27:29 > 0:27:34which will be a point more than Packham and King.
0:27:34 > 0:27:35Ladies and gentlemen,
0:27:35 > 0:27:36they've done it!
0:27:36 > 0:27:38- Yes!- Yay!
0:27:39 > 0:27:41Woohoo!
0:27:41 > 0:27:43APPLAUSE
0:27:44 > 0:27:49Would you like to seal the deal and see if you can clear the board
0:27:49 > 0:27:53and identify your final body part?
0:27:53 > 0:27:55- Yes, please. - OK, let's have a look at it.
0:27:57 > 0:27:58Ooh.
0:28:00 > 0:28:02I'm not sure, I think there's a few types.
0:28:02 > 0:28:03Let's go for...
0:28:03 > 0:28:06- Sea dragon. - Yes, is it is sea dragon?
0:28:06 > 0:28:07One point.
0:28:07 > 0:28:09APPLAUSE
0:28:14 > 0:28:15Congratulations.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19- Very good.- Which means that Lucy and Niall are today's winners
0:28:19 > 0:28:21with eight points!
0:28:21 > 0:28:22APPLAUSE
0:28:23 > 0:28:27So, thank you to all four of you curious creatures for playing,
0:28:27 > 0:28:30and to all you awesome organisms at home for watching.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32We'll see you next time. Goodbye.