0:00:02 > 0:00:05A long time ago, Darwin came to our island.
0:00:05 > 0:00:09The stories that he told filled my grandad with wonder
0:00:09 > 0:00:13and he told me so that I could tell you.
0:00:16 > 0:00:23..98, 99, 100! Ready or not, here I come!
0:00:23 > 0:00:29Oh, Sam. You have a thing or two to learn about camouflage.
0:00:29 > 0:00:31Camo what?
0:00:31 > 0:00:33Camouflage, Sam.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37It's what some animals use to disappear into the background.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Stick insects are very good at it.
0:00:40 > 0:00:42What's a stick insect?
0:00:42 > 0:00:49Stick insects are long thin animals that look like...well, a stick.
0:00:49 > 0:00:54They're amazing. And I have a great story for you.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59Welcome to this year's World Hide And Seek Contest!
0:00:59 > 0:01:02Without further ado, let me introduce you
0:01:02 > 0:01:05to this year's finalists.
0:01:05 > 0:01:11Chameleon, Moon Moth, Flying Gecko and last, but not least,
0:01:11 > 0:01:12Stick Insect!
0:01:12 > 0:01:16And this year's seeker is last year's winner
0:01:16 > 0:01:19the great, the brilliantly-camouflaged,
0:01:19 > 0:01:25Clouded Leopard! Are you feeling confident today, Leopard?
0:01:25 > 0:01:28Nobody is as good as me at camouflage.
0:01:28 > 0:01:33I won't be fooled by Chameleon, Moon Moth or Flying Gecko
0:01:33 > 0:01:36and most definitely not by a walking stick.
0:01:36 > 0:01:41Humph! You wait and see, smarty-pants!
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Everyone ready?
0:01:42 > 0:01:44Remember the rule -
0:01:44 > 0:01:47once you've been found, you have to help the seeker
0:01:47 > 0:01:52look for the others. Leopard, turn your back to the audience,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55close your eyes and count to 20!
0:01:55 > 0:02:03One, two, three, four, five, six, seven...
0:02:04 > 0:02:12..17, 18, 19, 20. Ready or not, here I come.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16So, let me find somewhere perfect to hide.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Right on top of this twig. Ah-ha!
0:02:20 > 0:02:23He won't find me here.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Phew!
0:02:29 > 0:02:33- Ha. I found you.- Oh.
0:02:33 > 0:02:37I found Flying Gecko. I caught him mid-air.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40HE SIGHS Double trouble!
0:02:40 > 0:02:44Both Leopard and Flying Gecko are searching for me now!
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Stick insects always hide amongst sticks. So, let's look there.
0:02:49 > 0:02:54- There are hundreds of sticks. Where would you like to start?
0:02:56 > 0:03:00- Ha, look at that. I found Chameleon.- Bother.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03My greedy tummy always lets me down.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06With only two left in the competition,
0:03:06 > 0:03:11Stick Insect did something very special.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14She moved with the wind and the other sticks
0:03:14 > 0:03:17to make her camouflage better.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21Stick Insect and Moon Moth stayed hidden for a long, long time.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25But when the moon came out...
0:03:25 > 0:03:31Moon Moth. There she is. I found you.
0:03:31 > 0:03:34Moon Moth adores moonlight.
0:03:34 > 0:03:38So, as soon as the moon appeared, so did she.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41So, Stick Insect won!
0:03:41 > 0:03:47This year's hide and seek champion is Stick Insect!
0:03:47 > 0:03:51Come out, come out wherever you are.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52I'm over here.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54Where?
0:03:54 > 0:03:59- Right here.- Ladies and gentlemen, she's so well camouflaged
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- nobody can see her.- Here I am!
0:04:05 > 0:04:08How do you feel being a winner?
0:04:08 > 0:04:14Over the moon. Oh, sorry, Moon Moth. I love being camouflaged.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Is there any animal that can find a stick insect?
0:04:17 > 0:04:23Oh, yes, Sam. It's a very clever animal called a bat
0:04:23 > 0:04:26and it doesn't use its eyes to find food.
0:04:26 > 0:04:31So, how does he do it if he doesn't use his eyes?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34That is an interesting question.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42The next story is about a bird that can't fly.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50BIRD SQUAWKS Wow! What was that, Grandad?
0:04:50 > 0:04:53A bird, Sam. A big one.
0:04:53 > 0:04:57I bet that was the biggest bird in the world.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00No, I don't think so, Sam.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Really? How do you know?
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Well, the biggest bird in the world doesn't fly.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09But all birds can fly.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11Not the ostrich.
0:05:11 > 0:05:17Not so long ago, a mummy ostrich had a nest full of eggs
0:05:17 > 0:05:20when disaster happened!
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Ah... Oh!
0:05:25 > 0:05:28Ha-ha. Well, you're going to be a big fellow!
0:05:28 > 0:05:32The ostrich egg landed in the nest of the guinea fowl
0:05:32 > 0:05:36and when it was ready to hatch, Mummy guinea fowl
0:05:36 > 0:05:39was in for a big surprise!
0:05:39 > 0:05:40BOTH: Mama.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- DEEP VOICE:- Mama.
0:05:42 > 0:05:43SHE LAUGHS
0:05:43 > 0:05:48Well, it wouldn't do if we were all exactly the same.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53A few weeks later, Ollie had grown a lot more.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57You look different. Why are your feathers so messy?
0:05:57 > 0:06:02And you have a really long neck!
0:06:02 > 0:06:06Right, my little ones. Who's ready for a flying lesson?
0:06:06 > 0:06:09- Me! Me!- Oh, me! Me!
0:06:09 > 0:06:12Um, OK.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15Now, watch carefully. See what I do.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- SHE PANTS - Ha-ha.
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Me first!
0:06:19 > 0:06:24HE PANTS Weee!
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Ha-ha! Well done, Freddy.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- SHE PANTS - Wooo!
0:06:29 > 0:06:33Lovely, Freya. Now it's your turn, Ollie.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Oh.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38HE PANTS
0:06:40 > 0:06:42It takes a little practice, Ollie.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46And I'm very proud to see how fast you can run!
0:06:46 > 0:06:51- 'Why can't he fly?- His wings are too small for his size.
0:06:51 > 0:06:55'But Ollie does have brilliant eye sight.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00'And one day, when Ollie, Freya and Freddy were playing,
0:07:00 > 0:07:04'Ollie spotted something in the distance.'
0:07:04 > 0:07:08- Gulp.- 'Ollie laid his neck flat on the floor as camouflage.'
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Head down, stand still - there's a lion!
0:07:12 > 0:07:16There's no lion. Come on Freya, let's go and play.
0:07:16 > 0:07:21'As the lion got closer, Ollie started to run.'
0:07:21 > 0:07:24- HE PANTS - Watch out! A lion!
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Fly, Freya! Fly, Freddy!
0:07:27 > 0:07:32- 'And did they get away? - Just in the nick of time.'
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Ollie was amazing, Mama!
0:07:34 > 0:07:37He was taking huge steps and going so fast,
0:07:37 > 0:07:41there was no way the lion could have caught him!
0:07:41 > 0:07:45- I'm very proud of you, Ollie. - Really?- Oh, yes.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48Have you noticed that you're a bit different
0:07:48 > 0:07:51- to your brother and sister? - Um, kind of.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Well, you may be an ostrich.
0:07:54 > 0:07:59- Oh.- So, if you're an ostrich, I'm not your mummy.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04- So, where's my mummy?- She lives with a group of other ostriches.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09I look just like them! I am an ostrich!
0:08:09 > 0:08:12That's why you're different from us.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Um, I need to go.
0:08:14 > 0:08:18- HE PANTS - Mummy! Mummy!
0:08:20 > 0:08:27- Why don't we fly, Mummy? - Well, a long, long, long time ago,
0:08:27 > 0:08:33we could fly, Ollie. But after a long, long, long time,
0:08:33 > 0:08:38we got bigger and bigger until we were too heavy
0:08:38 > 0:08:44to get off the ground. But we don't need to fly because...
0:08:44 > 0:08:51- We can run SO fast.- Ha, exactly!
0:08:51 > 0:08:56So, if ostriches stopped flying, could we start flying?
0:08:56 > 0:09:01Ha - a flying tortoise! Now, that would be a sight.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07It's Sam's favourite story, next.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11He knows it so well he can tell it himself.
0:09:12 > 0:09:17- HE YAWNS - Been a long day, Sam. Good night.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21Grandad, have you forgotten?
0:09:21 > 0:09:22Forgotten what?
0:09:22 > 0:09:27Forgotten our story. We can't go to sleep without our story.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- HE YAWNS - Oh, yes. Of course not, Sam.
0:09:31 > 0:09:33What story do you want?
0:09:33 > 0:09:35I want Elephant Nose!
0:09:35 > 0:09:41Sam, it's not Elephant Nose, it's called a trunk.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44I know! Let me begin.
0:09:44 > 0:09:50In a land far, far away, there lived a herd of elephants.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54- There was a big Papa elephant... - And a little elephant,
0:09:54 > 0:09:58who wanted to know about everything.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01Herd, halt!
0:10:01 > 0:10:05- Oomph! - THEY LAUGH
0:10:05 > 0:10:09Good gracious me. A bumped trunk?
0:10:09 > 0:10:13Yes. Why do I have to have a trunk, Papa?
0:10:13 > 0:10:15It's always getting in the way.
0:10:15 > 0:10:19Come on, little one. Hold on to my tail.
0:10:19 > 0:10:23You can walk with me until you feel better.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25'He couldn't do that without his trunk.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29'Elephants use their trunks for all sorts of things.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33'Like when they came to the trees, remember?'
0:10:33 > 0:10:38Halt! At ease. Dinner time!
0:10:38 > 0:10:40Not hungry.
0:10:40 > 0:10:47Look at those delicious new leaves. Look at those soft twigs.
0:10:47 > 0:10:54Ip, dip, sky blue, pull down those leaves and start to chew!
0:10:54 > 0:10:58Mmmm... Why don't you try?
0:10:58 > 0:11:02HE PANTS AND SIGHS
0:11:02 > 0:11:07Did it! Mmmm.
0:11:07 > 0:11:11'But elephants don't just use their trunks for eating.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15'They also use their trunks for making noises.'
0:11:15 > 0:11:17ELEPHANT TRUMPETS
0:11:17 > 0:11:20'And fighting.'
0:11:20 > 0:11:25- HE LAUGHS - Be careful, you two!
0:11:27 > 0:11:29BIRD SQUAWKS
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- HE SNIFFS - I smell danger.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36And I see danger!
0:11:36 > 0:11:39Form a circle!
0:11:40 > 0:11:45ELEPHANTS TRUMPET AND LIONS ROAR
0:11:47 > 0:11:50'And they also use it for threatening.
0:11:53 > 0:11:57'..Hooray! The trunks did it! They're so handy.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00'But there's a lot more they can do.'
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- HE GASPS - Water!
0:12:05 > 0:12:08- THEY TRUMPET - Can we play now?
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Not until you've had a wash.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13HE SLURPS
0:12:13 > 0:12:15HE LAUGHS
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- Oh, me too! - HE SLURPS
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Now we're cool.
0:12:28 > 0:12:34And we'll get even cooler. Is your trunk ready?
0:12:34 > 0:12:36Snorkel time!
0:12:45 > 0:12:49'And the sun went down and the moon came up
0:12:49 > 0:12:52'and Junior started thinking about all the things
0:12:52 > 0:12:55'that his trunk could do.'
0:12:55 > 0:13:00Breathing, greeting, smelling, eating, reaching,
0:13:00 > 0:13:03holding tight,
0:13:03 > 0:13:09threatening, wrestling, tic-scratching, showering in dust...
0:13:09 > 0:13:15..drinking, washing, swimming, sploshing, snorkelling right under.
0:13:15 > 0:13:21Grandad, how did the elephants get their trunks?
0:13:21 > 0:13:24HE SNORES
0:13:27 > 0:13:30I'll ask you tomorrow.
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