0:00:02 > 0:00:04A long time ago, Darwin came to our island.
0:00:04 > 0:00:09The stories that he told, well, filled my grandad with wonder.
0:00:09 > 0:00:14And he told me so that I could tell you
0:00:17 > 0:00:20Grandad, I'm hungry.
0:00:20 > 0:00:25Me too, Sam. There's some food down there to eat.
0:00:25 > 0:00:30But that will take us forever - we're so slow!
0:00:30 > 0:00:36If only we were like camels, then we'd have food stored in our humps.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38What's a camel?
0:00:38 > 0:00:42I have just the story to answer that question.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45A long, long time ago...
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Prince Ali was lost in the desert.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52There was a pot of gold as a reward for whoever found him
0:00:52 > 0:00:57and the villagers sent their finest animals to the rescue.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01# I'm off to the desert to rescue Prince Ali
0:01:01 > 0:01:04# Rescue Prince Ali Rescue Prince Ali. #
0:01:04 > 0:01:06What are you doing here?
0:01:06 > 0:01:10I'm waiting for the sun to rise so I can set off and rescue the prince.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13A stupid camel like you - rescue the prince?
0:01:13 > 0:01:16THEY LAUGH
0:01:17 > 0:01:21Mafid, no prince wants to be rescued by a silly camel.
0:01:23 > 0:01:29'The sun rose and Mafid watched the horses set off into the desert.'
0:01:29 > 0:01:32Ouch, ouch, ouch-ouch-ouch!
0:01:32 > 0:01:37Oh, stop fussing, Ballard. Ouch, ouch, ouch-ouch-ouch!
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Great! A dance to cheer us up!
0:01:39 > 0:01:43# We're off into the desert to rescue Prince Ali. Ouch! #
0:01:43 > 0:01:46The ground is burning our feet, you fool!
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Really?
0:01:48 > 0:01:51I can't feel a thing.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55'It was the thick leathery pads on the bottom of Mafid's feet
0:01:55 > 0:01:58'that allowed him to walk on the hot desert ground.'
0:01:58 > 0:02:00Mafid, aren't you hot?
0:02:00 > 0:02:04Nope. I'm just dandy, thank you very much.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11A-choo! I've got sand in my eyes. A-choo!
0:02:11 > 0:02:14I've got sand up my nose.
0:02:14 > 0:02:20I suggest you both close your mouth or you'll have sand in there too.
0:02:20 > 0:02:25'What about Mafid, Grandad? Didn't he get sand in his nose?'
0:02:25 > 0:02:31'Mafid kept the sand out of his nose by closing his large nostrils
0:02:31 > 0:02:36'and those long, long eyelashes protected his eyes.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39'So Mafid was able to continue the search for Prince Ali
0:02:39 > 0:02:44'because he was better suited to the desert than horses.'
0:02:44 > 0:02:45Come on, you three.
0:02:45 > 0:02:48# We're off into the desert to rescue Prince Ali. #
0:02:50 > 0:02:53'As the horses set off across the sand dunes,
0:02:53 > 0:02:58'their hooves started to slip and sink in the sand.'
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Why did they sink, Grandad?
0:03:00 > 0:03:05Because their hooves were not suited to walk on desert sand.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Mafid's feet, of course, were flat and wide.
0:03:08 > 0:03:12So he could walk across the sand dunes easily.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14'I like Mafid.'
0:03:14 > 0:03:16Prince Ali?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19I knew someone would come.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22You clever camel!
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Prince Ali!
0:03:24 > 0:03:26We found you.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29You horses look in no state to travel.
0:03:29 > 0:03:33You three will stay here. This fine camel shall take me back.
0:03:33 > 0:03:38Why wasn't Mafid tired like the horses, Grandad?
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Because of that famous hump, Sam.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45Camels are better suited to living in the desert.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48A camel can store food in his hump
0:03:48 > 0:03:53and travel for days without having to find things to eat or drink
0:03:53 > 0:03:57and humps make very comfortable seats too.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01# I've rescued Prince Ali I've rescued Prince Ali. #
0:04:01 > 0:04:04'What about the horses?
0:04:04 > 0:04:06'Well, that's the funny bit, Sam.
0:04:06 > 0:04:11'They had to send a group of camels into the desert to rescue them.'
0:04:11 > 0:04:17So if I lived in the desert, would I change to look like a camel?
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Now, that would be a funny sight.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23I'd look very funny with a hump, leathery feet,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26and long eyelashes.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30But would you be able to run all the way home,
0:04:30 > 0:04:31just like Mafid did,
0:04:31 > 0:04:36with your little legs?
0:04:36 > 0:04:42The next story is all about an animal who had to get used to the cold.
0:04:45 > 0:04:50I'm hungry, Grandad. We have been walking for ages
0:04:50 > 0:04:53and we didn't find anything to eat.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56It hasn't rained for a long, long time, Sam.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Without water, plants can't grow.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01But my tummy's rumbling.
0:05:01 > 0:05:06Lots of animals had to walk a lot further than us to find food.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09I'm sure their tummies were rumbling too.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Like who?
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Like the brown bears.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19'A long, long, long, long time ago,
0:05:19 > 0:05:22'there were lots of brown bears
0:05:22 > 0:05:26'who lived in a forest but they had a problem -
0:05:26 > 0:05:29'there wasn't enough food for them all.'
0:05:29 > 0:05:35I'm sorry, everyone. These are really hard times for us all.
0:05:35 > 0:05:38We'll have to split up to find food.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Some of us can stay in the forest
0:05:40 > 0:05:44but some of us must go to the hot South to find food
0:05:44 > 0:05:49and some of us will have to go to the cold, cold North.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54I wouldn't want to go where it was very, very cold - I'd be so shivery.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57That's how the brown bears felt.
0:05:57 > 0:06:03'When after a long, long journey, they reached the edge of the forest.'
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Ooh, I don't like it here - it's very cold.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12And the only food I can see are the seals way out there on the ice.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Well, I'm hungry.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18Let's go hunting.
0:06:18 > 0:06:20'Did they catch the seals?
0:06:20 > 0:06:24'They tried but their small paws weren't used to walking
0:06:24 > 0:06:27'on snow and ice.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31'They slipped and slithered all over the place
0:06:31 > 0:06:33'and the seals were able to get away.'
0:06:35 > 0:06:36Oh, no!
0:06:36 > 0:06:39So what did they eat?
0:06:39 > 0:06:41In the summer, they could eat fish
0:06:41 > 0:06:45but in the winter, when the water had frozen,
0:06:45 > 0:06:48they had to try and get the seals.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50'Did they ever catch any seals?
0:06:50 > 0:06:55'Sometimes but then after a long, long time
0:06:55 > 0:06:59'a brown bear was born with bigger paws,
0:06:59 > 0:07:01'with thicker pads.'
0:07:01 > 0:07:04I can run and not fall over!
0:07:04 > 0:07:06THEY LAUGH
0:07:10 > 0:07:14'The young brown bear's paws were perfect
0:07:14 > 0:07:17'for walking on the snow and ice.'
0:07:17 > 0:07:19'What happened to the other bears?
0:07:19 > 0:07:22'They found it harder to survive.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25'The bears with the bigger paws did better.'
0:07:25 > 0:07:28Hooray for the brown bears.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30But weren't they still very cold?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Not all of them.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Some were born with thick fur
0:07:35 > 0:07:38and they were better at coping with the freezing weather.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41'So could they catch lots of seals?
0:07:41 > 0:07:45'Not many - their fur was still brown
0:07:45 > 0:07:50'and that meant the seals could still see them coming.'
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Oh, no! Fish again!
0:07:56 > 0:08:01'One day, a brown bear was born that had lighter fur,
0:08:01 > 0:08:06'almost white so when he crept up on a seal...
0:08:06 > 0:08:09'The seal didn't see him coming.'
0:08:09 > 0:08:10Rarr!
0:08:10 > 0:08:14'And after a long, long, long time,
0:08:14 > 0:08:17'more and more bears were born that were white
0:08:17 > 0:08:21'and they could all catch seals more easily.'
0:08:21 > 0:08:25Hic! Delicious!
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Yummier than fish any day.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32And now they're called polar bears.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36And do polar bears like living in the snow and ice?
0:08:36 > 0:08:41- They do.- And brown bears like living in the forest?
0:08:44 > 0:08:48And we like living on our island.
0:08:48 > 0:08:53Especially when it rains and there are lots of green plants to eat.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57Grandad, are there such bears as green bears?
0:09:05 > 0:09:12In the next story, we meet an animal that is really good at hunting.
0:09:13 > 0:09:18Grandad Charlie, who's the best hunter in the world?
0:09:18 > 0:09:21I can tell you who the best hunter in the water is.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24- Who?- A crocodile.
0:09:24 > 0:09:28It could catch and eat a tortoise - in a flash.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31No, you're teasing, Grandad.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33Oh no, I'm not, Sam.
0:09:33 > 0:09:37And I can tell you great story about a young crocodile.
0:09:37 > 0:09:42'Once, there were two good friends -
0:09:42 > 0:09:44'Lizzie and Croc.'
0:09:44 > 0:09:48I won, Croc. I was fastest.
0:09:48 > 0:09:52Cheat! I passed the finish line before you did, Lizzie.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56Bet I'm stronger than you, though.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58And more dangerous.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00I'm not dangerous.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03My mum says that an adult crocodile like your mum
0:10:03 > 0:10:06can eat a lizard in one gulp.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09My mum would never do that.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12She's the gentlest mum in the world.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17'Croc told Lizzie all about how gentle his mum was.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20'How she had made him a nest before he was born
0:10:20 > 0:10:25'and helped crack open Croc's shell when he couldn't open it himself.'
0:10:25 > 0:10:30So you see, Lizzie, my mummy really isn't dangerous at all.
0:10:30 > 0:10:34But my mummy says that one day, you might eat me.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36- I'll never eat you. - SHE SIGHS
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Although, I am a bit hungry.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Wow, Croc, you are dangerous.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49But I'd never hurt you.
0:10:49 > 0:10:55But Croc couldn't stop thinking about what Lizzie had said
0:10:55 > 0:10:57and went to ask his mum.
0:10:57 > 0:10:59- Mummy.- Yes, Croc?
0:10:59 > 0:11:03Are we the most dangerous creature in the swamp?
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Well, Croc, we have to eat
0:11:05 > 0:11:08and the only way to eat is by catching our food.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11and we are very good at hunting
0:11:11 > 0:11:15so to some animals we can be dangerous.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Can you show me how to hunt food?
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Yes, Croc.
0:11:20 > 0:11:26Now, keep absolutely still, Croc. Don't move a muscle.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32Now, smell what's in the air.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38I can smell some animals.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Now, let's practise at catching an animals.
0:11:41 > 0:11:45Jump at that branch on that tree.
0:11:50 > 0:11:51Brilliant, Croc!
0:11:51 > 0:11:54I lost a tooth.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Oh, don't worry about that, Croc.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59A new one will grow back soon.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Now, you keep practising
0:12:02 > 0:12:06- while I go and check on your brothers and sisters.- OK, Mum.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08'So Croc did a few more leaps
0:12:08 > 0:12:12'and just as Croc was floating in the water ready to jump...
0:12:12 > 0:12:15'Little Lizzie arrived.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20'Croc could smell something very tasty.'
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Hi, Croc!
0:12:23 > 0:12:28Oh, Lizzie! I could have eaten you.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31You'd better go.
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- What do you mean? - Your mum was right.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39- We can't be friends. - Oh, don't be silly, Croc.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I'm growing up, Lizzie, and I'm becoming a hunter.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45It's what we crocodiles do.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48And I don't ever want to hurt you.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51But you're still my best friend.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54And you're still mine.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56But stay away from this swamp, Lizzie.
0:12:56 > 0:13:00I have lots of brothers and sisters and they might eat you.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02SHE GASPS
0:13:02 > 0:13:04And so Lizzie stayed away.
0:13:04 > 0:13:10And Croc grew up to be the best hunter in the swamp.
0:13:10 > 0:13:14Crocodiles do have a really nice side, Grandad.
0:13:14 > 0:13:19Oh, yes, son. They definitely look after their young.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23But their dangerous side is really, really dangerous.
0:13:23 > 0:13:28Are there any animals that hunt crocodiles?
0:13:28 > 0:13:30Hmm!
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