Episode 1

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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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