0:00:30 > 0:00:34- Hello and welcome to Animal Park. I'm Kate Humble.- And I'm Ben Fogle
0:00:34 > 0:00:37and we've just come out of the great doors of Longleat House.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41Longleat first opened to the public in 1949 -
0:00:41 > 0:00:44one of the very first stately homes to do so -
0:00:44 > 0:00:48and a quarter of a million visitors take the house tour every year.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51We'll be bringing you stories from the house and the entire estate
0:00:51 > 0:00:54and, of course, the safari park. Here's what's coming up today.
0:00:54 > 0:00:58Mayhem has broken out in the aviary -
0:00:58 > 0:01:01the spoonbills are at war and the casualties are mounting.
0:01:01 > 0:01:04They're definitely not giving it any time at all
0:01:04 > 0:01:07and if they keep hounding it like that, they'll kill it.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11There's an army trying to eat Longleat's treasures.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14We'll be reporting on the latest battle in the war on bugs.
0:01:17 > 0:01:22Up at Wolf Wood, pups are on the way so the keepers have come up with
0:01:22 > 0:01:25a high-tech solution to keep an eye on mum.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32But first...
0:01:33 > 0:01:35we're off to the park's aviary...
0:01:36 > 0:01:38it's one of the largest of its kind in Europe
0:01:38 > 0:01:43and is home to a wide variety of exotic birds
0:01:43 > 0:01:46including Chilean flamingos,
0:01:46 > 0:01:50sacred ibis and four species of duck.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Longleat's four spoonbills arrived here 18 months ago
0:01:57 > 0:02:02and, since then, they've lived happily together
0:02:02 > 0:02:03until today.
0:02:06 > 0:02:10Suddenly two of them have declared war - relentlessly hounding
0:02:10 > 0:02:14one of the other spoonbills to within an inch of its life.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Keeper Michelle Stevens has rounded up the bullied bird
0:02:21 > 0:02:23and brought it inside the house.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28Now she has called in safari park vet Duncan Williams to make sure it's OK.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31- Got a few bashes round its face. - Yeah. He has been...
0:02:31 > 0:02:36- They have been bullying him, haven't they?- ..bullied by the others.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38I'll have a listen to his chest.
0:02:38 > 0:02:44Luckily the spoonbill has no serious injuries but he's been terrified
0:02:44 > 0:02:46by his ordeal.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50His heart's going so fast. So stressed out.
0:02:50 > 0:02:56Duncan decides that the best thing is to keep him inside to recover.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04Meanwhile back outside, the pair of bullies has found a new victim.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07They've turned on the fourth spoonbill.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09- Where's the other one?- At the back. - Oh, yeah.
0:03:10 > 0:03:15Neither Duncan nor the keepers have ever seen this kind of behaviour before.
0:03:15 > 0:03:20They're at a loss to know how to control the spoonbill pair's aggression.
0:03:20 > 0:03:25I don't really know why cos it's only happened in the last day and a half
0:03:25 > 0:03:29that these two, apparently this pair, has been picking on it.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32They're definitely not giving it any time at all
0:03:32 > 0:03:34and if they keep hounding it like that, they'll kill it.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41There's nothing for it but to bring the other bullied spoonbill
0:03:41 > 0:03:44into the safety of the house. Desperate for a solution,
0:03:44 > 0:03:47the keepers call in the man who set up the aviary -
0:03:47 > 0:03:50bird expert Mike Curzon.
0:03:50 > 0:03:52Steady, steady, steady, steady, steady.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56This is one we've caught so far.
0:03:56 > 0:04:01Mike has worked with spoonbills for over 40 years.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04How long do you think we should keep them in for?
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Well, I'd keep them in now until the middle of the summer.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Spoonbills are monomorphic
0:04:12 > 0:04:16which means that boys and girls look exactly the same.
0:04:16 > 0:04:22DNA testing when these four arrived indicated that they were all male.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Nevertheless Mike thinks that he knows what the problem is.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28Even though they are both boys,
0:04:28 > 0:04:34it's possible that the two bullies have formed a pair bond which would explain their aggressive behaviour.
0:04:36 > 0:04:42With no females around then two males will, um, take the part of a pair
0:04:42 > 0:04:44and they'll behave as a pair
0:04:44 > 0:04:46and be aggressive.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49Mike thinks the size of the spoonbill group
0:04:49 > 0:04:52is also contributing to the problem.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57Anything that lives in a colony, whether it's people or birds, you will always get bickering.
0:04:57 > 0:05:03You know, they shout across a garden fence at each other and neighbours fall out with each other.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06The problem is with the spoonbills there are only four.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08If there is any aggression from two
0:05:08 > 0:05:10it's onto the other two.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14If you have a complete colony, if you have a larger number,
0:05:14 > 0:05:18then bickering isn't taken out on individuals -
0:05:18 > 0:05:20they can't be singled out -
0:05:20 > 0:05:23it's spread through the group.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28If you watch the flamingos, there's constant bickering going on.
0:05:28 > 0:05:34It doesn't become aggressive because something else happens
0:05:34 > 0:05:38or another one walks by and walks between them.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41Um, it doesn't usually become violent.
0:05:41 > 0:05:46Um, and the more that there are in the colony,
0:05:46 > 0:05:49it spreads...it spreads the load.
0:05:51 > 0:05:56Thankfully, the two bullied spoonbills have recovered well from their ordeal.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58For now, they'll be kept safely apart,
0:05:58 > 0:06:01until some spoonbill girls can be brought in
0:06:01 > 0:06:03to calm the boys down.
0:06:03 > 0:06:09I think the important thing is to find one of the continental zoos who are breeding them
0:06:09 > 0:06:11and bring in four females,
0:06:11 > 0:06:15and then, hopefully, everything in the garden will be rosy.
0:06:15 > 0:06:18A lot of activity then, a lot of noise,
0:06:18 > 0:06:21and, hopefully, a lot of little spoonbills.
0:06:34 > 0:06:39Across the park, there's been excitement of a much nicer sort.
0:06:39 > 0:06:44Longleat's herd of seven Bactrian camels recently welcomed a new member to their gang.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47The latest arrival is called Elvis,
0:06:47 > 0:06:51and he's now just two weeks old.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54# ..I'm all shook up, ooh-hoo-hoo
0:06:54 > 0:06:55# Ooh-hoo
0:06:55 > 0:06:58# Yeah, yeah... #
0:06:58 > 0:07:02Elvis had a bit of a shaky start as he was born with a weak hind leg.
0:07:02 > 0:07:05# ..I can't seem to stand on my own two feet
0:07:05 > 0:07:08# Who do you think of when you have such luck...? #
0:07:08 > 0:07:12Thankfully, within days, the leg strengthened.
0:07:12 > 0:07:15# ..Mm-mm-hmm, ooh-ooh
0:07:15 > 0:07:16# Yeah, yeah... #
0:07:16 > 0:07:20Now Elvis is enjoying his excursions into the wilder enclosure.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24I'm out in the new area with keeper Adie Landfear,
0:07:24 > 0:07:28and the new camel is going out for one of its first trips out, isn't it?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30Yes. He's been out a few times,
0:07:30 > 0:07:33but it's still a very new experience for him.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38He's in a mixed reserve where he'll encounter different species that he wouldn't normally encounter.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41We've got the rhinos over there,
0:07:41 > 0:07:43we've got the Ankole cattle...
0:07:43 > 0:07:44And all these cars!
0:07:44 > 0:07:48Which, presumably, genuinely, for a young camel
0:07:48 > 0:07:50is actually a bit of an issue, is it?
0:07:50 > 0:07:54- He doesn't know what's dangerous and what isn't.- He's got to learn.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56He's got to learn a lot from Mum.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58That's Bhali, protecting there.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00She's been an excellent mother.
0:08:00 > 0:08:02She's using her body as a shield there.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05She's literally shepherding him around.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Have you noticed a character forming with the young camel?
0:08:08 > 0:08:10He's very playful.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15Mum's been very good. We're able to handle him, have a play with him.
0:08:15 > 0:08:16Mum's brilliant.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19You look after them every day
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- and you must recognise characters between all of them.- Yeah.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26The biggest character is Babs. She's got the saggy humps.
0:08:26 > 0:08:31They are so saggy it doesn't look like she has any humps whatsoever.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33It looks like she's flattened them!
0:08:33 > 0:08:35The humps are actually stored fats,
0:08:35 > 0:08:37which they use for energy
0:08:37 > 0:08:41and through a process of oxidation they actually produce water.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Really? So that's how they can live in an arid area?
0:08:44 > 0:08:47They can live up to 17 days without water,
0:08:47 > 0:08:50but because she's got a ready supply of food and water,
0:08:50 > 0:08:53her body's adapted, got a little bit lazy,
0:08:53 > 0:08:57and there's no need to store so much fat, so they've sagged over.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01And are you confident that this youngster is happily blending in,
0:09:01 > 0:09:05mixing with the camels that already exist here?
0:09:05 > 0:09:08Yeah. He's mixing very well with the other camels.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10They've all got to learn their place.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14- Of course.- But they'll encounter other animals with horns in here,
0:09:14 > 0:09:15the Ankole.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19The Oryx is our biggest worry, the five girls up there.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23They're very inquisitive. They come over and they circle the young one,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26and they will try and test it with their horns,
0:09:26 > 0:09:29and it's a little bit frightening at the moment.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Until he gets bigger, we've got somebody watching him out here.
0:09:32 > 0:09:34Adie, thank you very much.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38And we'll keep you posted on Elvis's progress throughout the series.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42# ..Yeah, yeah, I'm all shook up! #
0:09:42 > 0:09:44WOLVES HOWL
0:09:44 > 0:09:48Ensuring the survival of Longleat's baby animals
0:09:48 > 0:09:50is constant challenge for the keepers.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54Up in Wolf Wood, breeding season is underway
0:09:54 > 0:09:57and there's been a dramatic development.
0:09:57 > 0:10:02The last time we were here, we heard that Freda, the alpha female, was thought to be pregnant.
0:10:02 > 0:10:04That was as expected,
0:10:04 > 0:10:10and everyone was hoping that this would be a bumper breeding season, just like last year.
0:10:10 > 0:10:14But recently, as signs of the pregnancy finally started to show,
0:10:14 > 0:10:20keeper Bob Trollope noticed that Freda was not the only female who was looking round in the belly.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23This year, we've got two females that are pregnant.
0:10:23 > 0:10:27One you can see just up by the road there.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29That's Freda.
0:10:29 > 0:10:31And that's the alpha female.
0:10:31 > 0:10:36But we also have a lesser-ranking female that is pregnant, as well.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39She's not here at the moment, cos she's close to her den site,
0:10:39 > 0:10:43and doesn't tend to go very far away from there.
0:10:43 > 0:10:47So it's an exciting time of year for us.
0:10:47 > 0:10:51It may be exciting, but it's also a worry.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54The wolf pack works best as a team,
0:10:54 > 0:10:58when everyone knows there place in the hierarchy.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Normally, it's only the alpha pair that will breed,
0:11:01 > 0:11:06cos it's the strongest pair, so the offspring will be stronger.
0:11:06 > 0:11:12You do sometimes get another female that will come into season
0:11:12 > 0:11:15but if the alpha female is doing her job,
0:11:15 > 0:11:18then she will suppress that season.
0:11:18 > 0:11:22She does that by dominating and stressing the other females.
0:11:22 > 0:11:27It's the natural way that wolves control the birth rate in the wild,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30where the food supply is usually scare.
0:11:30 > 0:11:35Of course, here at Longleat, they don't keep any animals in a state of constant hunger.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39In the wild, if there was plenty of food, plenty of animals to hunt,
0:11:39 > 0:11:43then the female would allow another one to get pregnant.
0:11:43 > 0:11:49And now there are indications that both Freda and the other pregnant female
0:11:49 > 0:11:52are only days away from giving birth.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56We have noticed that they have been building little nest sites.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59So that is a positive sign.
0:11:59 > 0:12:06Plus the fact that on Freda you can see signs that she is sort of imminent.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10So the keepers are also doing what they can to get things ready.
0:12:10 > 0:12:14We're not allowing anyone up to the Wolf House.
0:12:14 > 0:12:18We're basically trying to keep that as quiet as possible.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21We haven't mucked the house out for a week,
0:12:21 > 0:12:25so that any wolf that's going in there is leaving their smell,
0:12:25 > 0:12:29so that it's a bit more alluring for the females to go in there
0:12:29 > 0:12:32and find somewhere quiet for themselves to give birth.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37This year the keepers have gone to extra lengths
0:12:37 > 0:12:40to encourage the wolves to have their cubs indoors.
0:12:40 > 0:12:46A few weeks ago they built a wooden den and installed it in the Wolf House.
0:12:46 > 0:12:52The hope was that the mums-to-be would find it cosy and safe, an ideal nursery.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57In the past, cubs have always been born out in the enclosure
0:12:57 > 0:13:01in one of the many dens the wolves dig under the roots of the trees.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04The problem with that is that there's always the risk
0:13:04 > 0:13:07that the dens could flood after heavy rain,
0:13:07 > 0:13:11and there's no way for the keepers to monitor the cubs in case of emergencies.
0:13:11 > 0:13:16The wooden den, on the other hand, has been fitted with a spy camera
0:13:16 > 0:13:21so that we and the keepers will have a chance to see the new cubs actually being born.
0:13:22 > 0:13:27For now, though, Bob's using the camera to check for encouraging activity inside the den.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35It's pretty hard to see who it is at the moment
0:13:35 > 0:13:38but it looks like a young female.
0:13:38 > 0:13:43She's actually in nest-building, she's actually making a nest,
0:13:43 > 0:13:47which is... You don't normally see them do this.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50We know they do build nests...
0:13:50 > 0:13:54like most dogs, to make themselves comfortable,
0:13:54 > 0:13:57but these are a little bit more in-depth.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00They're building the banks up a little bit,
0:14:00 > 0:14:04which is a good indication...
0:14:04 > 0:14:07that they will be giving birth pretty soon.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11But while this young mum seems to have settled on the wooden den
0:14:11 > 0:14:15as the best place to have her cubs, Freda, the alpha female,
0:14:15 > 0:14:18hasn't yet been seen anywhere near it.
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Perhaps she's intending to stick to the traditional hole in the ground.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27But, of course, we only need one litter to get some pretty special footage.
0:14:27 > 0:14:30This is really exciting cos we would never see this.
0:14:30 > 0:14:34In previous years, they've always burrowed under the trees
0:14:34 > 0:14:36and gave birth in total secrecy.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41But seeing as we've got these cameras set up, it's brilliant for us to be able to keep an eye on them.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44And also to see how many cubs are born,
0:14:44 > 0:14:47because we don't know until the first few weeks.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Within the next day or two,
0:14:49 > 0:14:53I would put money on the fact that this one is going to give birth.
0:14:56 > 0:15:01She is acting how you would expect a pregnant wolf to act.
0:15:01 > 0:15:06But this is her first pregnancy and there's still a lot that can go wrong.
0:15:06 > 0:15:10We'll be back later to see what happens in Wolf Wood.
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Using the spy camera to help Bob and Brian monitor the birth of wolf cubs
0:15:21 > 0:15:24has given head of section Mark Tye an idea.
0:15:24 > 0:15:28I've worked with these guys for a long time now and
0:15:28 > 0:15:31we know very well what happens during the day, but that's it.
0:15:31 > 0:15:36Despite looking after western lowland gorillas Nico and Samba for over 20 years,
0:15:36 > 0:15:42and there are some aspects of their behaviour Mark has never seen, and he's keen to learn more.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49I'm up at Gorilla Island, and we're trying a little bit of an experiment, here.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52We are going to spy on Nico and Samba,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54the two western lowland gorillas
0:15:54 > 0:15:56who are tucked away in their cage, here.
0:15:56 > 0:15:59And we're going to try and see what they get up to at night.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04I'm just going to sneak gently in here, in case Nico gets cross.
0:16:04 > 0:16:10There's a camera right up here, which should give us a bird's-eye view of Samba in her cage at night.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15So this is where she sleeps. There will be another one in Nico's cage.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18And, if I come back out, you can see head of section, Mark Tye.
0:16:18 > 0:16:22How you doing, Mark? We've got cameras here and lights.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26But these are infrared lights. They won't be really bright.
0:16:26 > 0:16:31They won't disturb the gorillas but it means we can get shots both in daylight and at night
0:16:31 > 0:16:35and down here is all the recording equipment that will just
0:16:35 > 0:16:39buzz away through the night and can record for about nine or ten hours.
0:16:39 > 0:16:46So we should get... Well, have you any idea, really, what happens once you go home at the end of the day?
0:16:46 > 0:16:51No, none whatsoever. We know very well what happens during the day and sort of early evening,
0:16:51 > 0:16:54but once we go home, that's it.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Presumably, are they entirely shut in at night?
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Will it just be two sleeping gorillas, do you think?
0:17:00 > 0:17:05No, because it's summer now, and the weather's a lot better, we leave the door open at night.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09They can go out on to the island all through the night if they want to.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- OK.- One of the things is, we don't know if they do.
0:17:11 > 0:17:16Shall we just pop outside? I know we've got all the stuff out here.
0:17:16 > 0:17:21We have put a camera out here in case they do come out which is just there, again.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25Those wires will be tucked away.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27So we're going to spread food out.
0:17:27 > 0:17:31- Would you normally feed them at night?- Yes, we do put a lot of diet out for them at night.
0:17:31 > 0:17:35We scatter that around the island and they have the natural forage
0:17:35 > 0:17:37that we leave for them as well.
0:17:37 > 0:17:40So, we should spread all these out,
0:17:40 > 0:17:46- get them ready for the night, come back and see what evidence there is in the morning.- Yes.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48- Really looking forward to it.- Me too.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Join us a bit later to find out what Nico and Samba get up to at night.
0:17:57 > 0:18:00There are new arrivals all over the park.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04In fact, youngsters are popping up everywhere.
0:18:04 > 0:18:08I'm up in Wallaby Wood with keeper Bev Evans
0:18:08 > 0:18:12and we've come to catch up with some of the newborn joeys here.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14How old are these little guys?
0:18:14 > 0:18:19A lot of these joeys sticking their heads out at the moment are about five, five and a half months old.
0:18:19 > 0:18:21How long would they stay in the pouch?
0:18:21 > 0:18:26Around nine months old. At nine months, they are popping in and out, building up their confidence.
0:18:26 > 0:18:30I notice the mums are chewing on bread and various other things.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32What would the joeys be eating?
0:18:32 > 0:18:33They will pick at a few things.
0:18:33 > 0:18:39A little bit of grass, a little bit of bread, but nothing very solid because at the moment,
0:18:39 > 0:18:43- they're still on their mum's milk.- How do they get the milk in the pouch?
0:18:43 > 0:18:46The mum's got four teats inside the pouch.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49So there's a bit of a choice, really.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53- And is there always only one wallaby in the pouch?- Yeah.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57Although there could be a young joey outside who's not fully weaned yet.
0:18:57 > 0:19:03You'll have one outside, one in the pouch which is very young, about five months old, and she'll still have
0:19:03 > 0:19:07an egg as well, which she's holding, which has already been fertilised.
0:19:07 > 0:19:12When the joey leaves the pouch that egg will go straight in and she'll be pregnant again.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13So it's a continual cycle, really.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16She's basically continually pregnant.
0:19:16 > 0:19:19- And do the little joeys ever come out?- Sometimes.
0:19:19 > 0:19:26If it's really quiet, they'll put the joey out, give it a bit of a lick and a clean and put it back in again.
0:19:26 > 0:19:30- So doing the spring cleaning in the pouch.- That's right, yes.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34They really are absolutely beautiful. Bev, thank you very much.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38Here's what's still to come on today's programme.
0:19:38 > 0:19:43With cubs on the way, there are dramatic developments in Wolf Wood.
0:19:43 > 0:19:48There was no sign whatsoever to warn us something was going wrong.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Bev and I continue our tour of the park's nurseries
0:19:51 > 0:19:56and meet Longleat's most decorated new arrival - a baby named Gomez.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59And we'll see what Nico and Samba really get up to
0:19:59 > 0:20:04when they think no-one is watching.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06A typical bloke!
0:20:06 > 0:20:08It really is!
0:20:08 > 0:20:11That's something you never see during the day.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13But first...
0:20:19 > 0:20:24For more than four centuries, Lord Bath's family has been filling Longleat House with treasures.
0:20:24 > 0:20:30So now, the 114 official rooms are furnished with valuable antiques
0:20:30 > 0:20:33while the walls are hung with irreplaceable paintings.
0:20:33 > 0:20:36There are seven separate libraries that contain
0:20:36 > 0:20:3944,000 books and manuscripts -
0:20:39 > 0:20:43almost all of them rare, with some bordering on priceless.
0:20:43 > 0:20:47In its long history, Longleat House has survived civil war, fire
0:20:47 > 0:20:51and the attention of thieves.
0:20:51 > 0:20:56But now, a hidden enemy threatens the very existence of the place.
0:20:57 > 0:21:01Inside the wood, the fabric and the paper lurk armies of insects -
0:21:01 > 0:21:05woodworm, clothes moths and now the latest invader -
0:21:05 > 0:21:09Ptinus tectus, the Australian spider beetle.
0:21:09 > 0:21:13The curator of Longleat's historic collections is Kate Harris.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18It's up to her to stop them from turning all this history into dust.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22We're fighting not just a battle at Longleat, but a war, with several
0:21:22 > 0:21:27campaigns against small creatures that destroy important things.
0:21:27 > 0:21:32Mostly a beetle called Ptinus tectus, the Australian spider beetle.
0:21:32 > 0:21:36And also, of course, woodworm - which affects all historic furniture.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39We've used the fumigator methyl bromide in the past,
0:21:39 > 0:21:41years ago, for our whole library.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44And now we're using C02 fumigation
0:21:44 > 0:21:50on objects that are in the southwest corner of the house,
0:21:50 > 0:21:55where we have seen a lot of evidence of a lot of Ptinus tectus about for some time.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59So it's really another battle, another skirmish with them.
0:21:59 > 0:22:02We don't think we will win but we are getting closer all the time.
0:22:08 > 0:22:13Using CO2 - that's carbon dioxide - to kill insect infestations
0:22:13 > 0:22:17is quite a new technique and it's never been done at Longleat before.
0:22:17 > 0:22:22First, the objects that need to be done are collected into neat piles
0:22:22 > 0:22:28so that they can be sealed into giant airtight bubbles made from a special packaging material.
0:22:28 > 0:22:35Ken Windess, who's now the house conservator, has prepared several of these infested piles.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38The next step now is to actually seal the bubbles.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43What they do now is create a bubble with this material,
0:22:43 > 0:22:49so they need to seal the base over, so that it is literally like a tent.
0:22:50 > 0:22:54What happens then is that they literally suck out all the oxygen,
0:22:54 > 0:23:00or as much air as they can, out of the bubble, then replace it with C02.
0:23:02 > 0:23:06And then of course, anything that normally breathes oxygen will die.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14With everything in place, it's time to hand over to the professionals.
0:23:21 > 0:23:25They're going to start with the piles of infested books and antiques
0:23:25 > 0:23:29that have been assembled in the old Victorian kitchen.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33As technical director of the pest control company, Colin Smith is only
0:23:33 > 0:23:38too aware of the first rule of combat - know your enemy.
0:23:38 > 0:23:40This is a typical example.
0:23:40 > 0:23:41This is wool.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45And what's very interesting about this is that
0:23:45 > 0:23:48this is the sort of damage the insects will cause
0:23:48 > 0:23:51and this is the type of material they love to go for
0:23:51 > 0:23:53because it's a protein.
0:23:53 > 0:23:58They are behind the scenes, in the dark, in storerooms.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00People don't know they're there at all,
0:24:00 > 0:24:04slowly chomping away and when you realise there's a problem,
0:24:04 > 0:24:07then that's what you get - you get holes in everything.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16But now, the fumigators swing into action
0:24:16 > 0:24:21deploying their secret weapon - specially designed tents.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24We now have to form a gas-tight structure
0:24:24 > 0:24:26and that is very difficult to do indeed.
0:24:26 > 0:24:31This material is very similar to the material you would have at home
0:24:31 > 0:24:33that you would keep your coffee in.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37When you go to the supermarket, you buy your aluminium pack of coffee,
0:24:37 > 0:24:39it's almost the same material,
0:24:39 > 0:24:42except, here, of course, we're making a huge structure.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52The infested piles have been placed on top of sheets of the packaging material,
0:24:52 > 0:24:58so the tents can be made gas-tight round the bottom edge, using a heat-sealing machine.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01And this is where the carbon dioxide is introduced.
0:25:01 > 0:25:07And it takes about ten minutes to fill the bubble up, like this.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Carbon dioxide is the gas we all breathe out.
0:25:10 > 0:25:17It's harmless in small amounts, but inside the bubble tents, it will be at a concentration of 60 per cent.
0:25:17 > 0:25:22And that's lethal, not only to insects, but also to people.
0:25:22 > 0:25:26The only risk, really, is if there was to be an accidental puncturing of
0:25:26 > 0:25:30the bubble, or if somebody was silly enough to put their head inside it.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32That would be very serious.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35That person would be affected very quickly indeed.
0:25:37 > 0:25:43So, safety procedures must be observed when the bubble tents are being filled with C02.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47The room is cleared and the fumigators must wear breathing apparatus.
0:25:47 > 0:25:51We'll be back later when it's time for the bubbles to be opened.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Across the Safari Park, it's all hands on deck
0:26:04 > 0:26:08to ensure every baby animal gets the chance of a good start in life.
0:26:08 > 0:26:13Somehow, though, raising a family seems a lot more straightforward
0:26:13 > 0:26:18for Longleat's pair of South American tapirs, Jethro and Jess.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20They have just one baby at a time,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23almost every year, regular as clockwork.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27Little Gomez is number five.
0:26:30 > 0:26:34I'm out in the tapir paddock with senior warden Bev Evans
0:26:34 > 0:26:39and the tapirs, including a very large looking Gomez.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43- He was so much smaller when I last saw him!- Yes, he's shot up. - Can we go and see him?
0:26:43 > 0:26:45We've got some food for mum and dad
0:26:45 > 0:26:49so that they don't mind us coming and saying hello to everyone.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51He's still got his stripes.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Yes, quite strikingly, he's still got his spots and stripes.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58And how is he with people? He is letting us come quite close to him.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Yes. He's a little bit shy. He's one of our more nervous babies.
0:27:01 > 0:27:06But he's fine. He's starting to eat a few more solids so maybe he'll come over for some bananas.
0:27:06 > 0:27:10- How long will these stripes stay on him for?- Round about six months.
0:27:10 > 0:27:15- And then he'll look exactly like Mum and Dad?- Exactly like Dad.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17He'll get really big really quickly.
0:27:17 > 0:27:23And he's had only cold weather until now but we got the sun out. Is he enjoying it?
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Yes, definitely. Getting very active, in fact.
0:27:26 > 0:27:29And of course, Bev, he's got a little pond over there.
0:27:29 > 0:27:33Mum and Dad go in there when it's nice and hot. Has he been in yet?
0:27:33 > 0:27:36No, he hasn't yet but I'm thinking he's just too small.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Jess will encourage him in when she's happy with his size
0:27:39 > 0:27:42but at the moment, she's not taking him in the pond at all.
0:27:42 > 0:27:43And in terms of eating,
0:27:43 > 0:27:46I can't tell if he's actually eating some of the fruit we put down.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50He has. He will go for the banana. Banana is obviously a lot softer.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54He's going for the softer fruit rather than what he enjoys more?
0:27:54 > 0:27:56Banana is a favourite of tapirs anyway,
0:27:56 > 0:27:59but as it's soft, yes, he's definitely aiming for that.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02- How have Mum and Dad been here? - Absolutely brilliant.
0:28:02 > 0:28:07We have already gone through mating already, so they're getting straight back into the swing of things.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Everybody in the family is getting on well.
0:28:10 > 0:28:13I'm amazed they've gone through a mating this soon,
0:28:13 > 0:28:16when he's still so young and they're still looking after him.
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Yes, she comes in season quite quickly.
0:28:19 > 0:28:22- And that's typical behaviour out in the wild?- Definitely.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24They're always pregnant out in the wild.
0:28:24 > 0:28:26They're just continual.
0:28:26 > 0:28:33- Does that mean, then, that more baby tapirs could potentially be born here?- Yes - more than likely.
0:28:33 > 0:28:3613 months' time, hopefully, we'll have another baby.
0:28:36 > 0:28:40- 13 months, is that the gestation period for a tapir?- Yes.
0:28:40 > 0:28:44In the wild, the babies do tend to hide for the first few months,
0:28:44 > 0:28:46to kind of protect them from predators.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49Is he showing any of that sort of behaviour?
0:28:49 > 0:28:51Yes, Mum will go and lay him up somewhere,
0:28:51 > 0:28:53and carry on doing her normal thing.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56And he will be absolutely fine for a couple of hours.
0:28:56 > 0:28:59Really? And in here, does that mean behind a tree? In a bush?
0:28:59 > 0:29:03Unfortunately, it means right on the other side, and getting lost.
0:29:03 > 0:29:08So we've had a few problems with him getting on at the wrong side of fences and things like that,
0:29:08 > 0:29:10but he's generally getting the idea of it now,
0:29:10 > 0:29:13but yes, he's quite small, so we lose him quite a few times.
0:29:13 > 0:29:18I'm sure. Well, Bev, thank you very much for letting me come in again.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20I'm so glad that he's doing as well as he is.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23While parenting for the tapirs is going smoothly,
0:29:23 > 0:29:29making babies is a much more complicated matter for wolves.
0:29:29 > 0:29:36The keepers have been on high alert, waiting for the birth of two separate litters of pups.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39For the second year running, Freda the alpha female was pregnant
0:29:39 > 0:29:43but, in addition, a younger female was also expecting.
0:29:43 > 0:29:47And it looked like she would have her cubs in the new wooden den
0:29:47 > 0:29:51in the wolf house which has been fitted with a spy camera.
0:29:54 > 0:29:58But when Bob Trollope and Brian Kent came in this morning,
0:29:58 > 0:30:01they found that the young mum to be was missing.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04'Had a look round the section. Couldn't find her for ages.'
0:30:04 > 0:30:09I thought, perhaps she's gone inside and had her pups.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Kept on looking
0:30:11 > 0:30:14for a while, to try and find her.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Eventually, I did. She was outside,
0:30:16 > 0:30:19laying down, dead, unfortunately.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26There was no sign whatsoever to warn us something was going wrong.
0:30:26 > 0:30:31Just one of those things that unfortunately does happen.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34A post-mortem revealed that the young female had suffered
0:30:34 > 0:30:38pre-natal complications and and deadly infection had set in.
0:30:38 > 0:30:42Death would have come quickly and the cubs had no chance.
0:30:42 > 0:30:49It was unexpected. You don't expect that, you know - just turn up and she was dead, unfortunately.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53It's not very nice but there were no other signs that we know of, wrong with her.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57I saw her a few days ago. She seemed fine.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01She's even come in here, hoping she was going to use it to pup down.
0:31:01 > 0:31:06But now, Bob and Brian still need to get things ready for Freda, the alpha female.
0:31:06 > 0:31:11Perhaps with the other one gone, she will come and have her cubs in the wooden den.
0:31:11 > 0:31:13We've cleaned out the box -
0:31:13 > 0:31:16something that we weren't going to do initially,
0:31:16 > 0:31:21but we thought about it and we thought, if there are any smells
0:31:21 > 0:31:28in there, a bit too strong, just to encourage Freda in there, we've put a clean bed in,
0:31:28 > 0:31:30and hopefully,
0:31:30 > 0:31:35fresh smells, she might come in and hopefully give birth in the den.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38Prior to today,
0:31:38 > 0:31:42it was the young female that was using the box more than Freda.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45Hopefully, we just want to encourage her in a bit more.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53But the next day, there's another surprise.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55Freda was spotted acting strangely.
0:31:57 > 0:32:04We've come in to check all the cameras were still working and we noticed that she had laid up
0:32:04 > 0:32:06in a bed of nettles.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09And on walking back to the vehicles,
0:32:09 > 0:32:14we could hear some whimpering noises.
0:32:14 > 0:32:17And obviously, she had started to give birth.
0:32:19 > 0:32:22And when we heard, she picked one up and wandered off with it.
0:32:22 > 0:32:24So we knew she had given birth.
0:32:24 > 0:32:29And it was an amazing sight, to see something that had just been born.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33With her cubs out in the open, Freda is likely to be very
0:32:33 > 0:32:37protective, so it's vital for everyone to stay well away.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40Bob's been watching what we're getting with our camera.
0:32:40 > 0:32:45They're a really dark colour, which I suppose, if she was giving
0:32:45 > 0:32:46birth and and then under a tree,
0:32:46 > 0:32:50or something, they would blend in with the surroundings.
0:32:50 > 0:32:53From what we can see of them, they do look very, very healthy.
0:32:53 > 0:32:56They are all doing what we would expect them to to do.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58They are all tucked in near mum,
0:32:58 > 0:33:02and there's a possibility that we have even seen them suckling.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05But it's hard to tell.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08The other members of the pack have rallied round to help Freda
0:33:08 > 0:33:11look after the new cubs.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13They're amazing.
0:33:13 > 0:33:15If she was to get up and go for a drink,
0:33:15 > 0:33:18there would always be someone protecting those cubs.
0:33:18 > 0:33:20There would always be a babysitter.
0:33:20 > 0:33:24It's a big team effort just to raise these cubs.
0:33:26 > 0:33:30They are young - they're not even 24 hours old yet.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33So we've got a long way to go, honestly.
0:33:34 > 0:33:37Needless to say, we'll be there to follow
0:33:37 > 0:33:39all the action later in the series.
0:33:52 > 0:33:55For the last 20 years, Nico and Samba,
0:33:55 > 0:33:57the residents of Gorilla Island,
0:33:57 > 0:33:59have led their life in the public eye.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03But come nightfall, they have the place to themselves.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07And in all that time, no-one has ever seen what they get up to...
0:34:07 > 0:34:09until now.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12I'm in the gorilla house with head of section, Mark Tye.
0:34:12 > 0:34:16And yesterday, we rigged up cameras all over the house and outside,
0:34:16 > 0:34:18to really spy on the gorillas at night,
0:34:18 > 0:34:21because you've never really seen what they get up to at night, have you?
0:34:21 > 0:34:24No. We know very well their day-to-day routine,
0:34:24 > 0:34:27but once we go home in the evening we're a bit in the dark.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29We don't know what they get up to.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32OK. Well, the doors are left open at the moment
0:34:32 > 0:34:36because it's nice and warm, so they can go in and out, can't they?
0:34:36 > 0:34:41Yes, they have a free run when the weather's nice, and they can make use of the island at night.
0:34:41 > 0:34:43And you put some food out.
0:34:43 > 0:34:46Food is out and scattered round the island as we'd normally do.
0:34:46 > 0:34:49Shall we press play and see what happens?
0:34:49 > 0:34:53So, we're looking first of all at one of the cameras
0:34:53 > 0:34:55mounted outside the house.
0:34:55 > 0:34:58Right on cue - there he is. Look at that.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02He thinks of nothing but food, that boy,
0:35:02 > 0:35:04so he's always the first to find it.
0:35:04 > 0:35:08No sign of Samba yet. Shall we check indoors, and see if she's there?
0:35:08 > 0:35:10OK, I'll just change over.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13She seems to be in Nico's pen.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17Yeah. I'm not sure what she'll be doing in there.
0:35:17 > 0:35:21But she won't stay there for long once he walks in the door.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25It does seem odd - they have been together for so long, that they
0:35:25 > 0:35:29don't curl up together at night but it doesn't seem to be the case.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31No. I know.
0:35:31 > 0:35:37Nico wants to be friends. I've seen that before when we've had them together in the pens during the day.
0:35:37 > 0:35:41He wants to touch Samba and he wants to get hold of her, sometimes.
0:35:41 > 0:35:46He's quite gentle and nice, but she doesn't want to know. She's having none of it.
0:35:46 > 0:35:49- Just doesn't fancy him at all.- No.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54Now being kicked out by Nico, into her own pen.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01He seems to have spotted the camera, looking straight up at it.
0:36:01 > 0:36:02He's not silly.
0:36:02 > 0:36:07He's heard us working up in the roof and drilling holes in the roof.
0:36:07 > 0:36:08And what's he going to...Go?
0:36:08 > 0:36:10He's climbing! Look at that!
0:36:10 > 0:36:12It's right hidden in the roof.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15It's really only just a black hole, as far as he's concerned.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18- Is he? Is he going to have a look? - Wow! That is amazing!
0:36:18 > 0:36:22Don't do the camera, Nico!
0:36:22 > 0:36:25Sniffed the camera, see if it was worth eating.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27He did, didn't he?
0:36:27 > 0:36:31He wasn't particularly bothered by it - it was just potential food!
0:36:31 > 0:36:32Potential food.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Didn't smell very good.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41This is stuff from a little bit later on, it's gone to infrared.
0:36:41 > 0:36:46It's black and white so it must be completely dark outside.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48- Samba...- Still messing with her bed.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Still messing with her bed, isn't she?
0:36:51 > 0:36:53Just can't decide where she wants to be.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57- No. She does suffer from a bit of arthritis.- Does she?
0:36:57 > 0:37:01Yeah. Lying in one position may be uncomfortable for her
0:37:01 > 0:37:04for any length of time, which is why she moves around a lot.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Where is she off to? Looks like she's going outside.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11She's going out! That's surprising.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15I didn't think that once it got dark, they would actually go out.
0:37:15 > 0:37:17- Here she comes.- Yeah.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20She's coming out.
0:37:20 > 0:37:26Don't know why she's done that unless she's heard some noise out there.
0:37:26 > 0:37:32- Again, it's late. She'd eaten well. It's not really hunger that would have driven her out, is it?- No.
0:37:32 > 0:37:37Now, if she heard a noise, would be likely that Nico would come out, too?
0:37:37 > 0:37:40- He may do. - Let's go and check on Nico.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42Check on him, I suppose.
0:37:42 > 0:37:45SHE LAUGHS
0:37:50 > 0:37:53- Look at him!- He's completely zonked.
0:37:53 > 0:37:56THEY BOTH LAUGH Typical bloke!
0:37:56 > 0:37:59- Ha-ha! It really is, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02- And that's something you never see during the day.- No.
0:38:02 > 0:38:09He's always very dignified and sort of sat up. So to see him and just sprawled like that...
0:38:09 > 0:38:12Feels a bit naughty, it feels like we really have spied on him.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15Poor boy.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17- Thank you very much.- Thank you.
0:38:25 > 0:38:26Up in Longleat House,
0:38:26 > 0:38:30it's been four weeks since the battle began against the invading
0:38:30 > 0:38:37army of insects that are threatening to devour some of the most precious art, antiques and books.
0:38:37 > 0:38:42The worst-affected items were sealed in purpose-built gas-proof bubble tents
0:38:42 > 0:38:47which had been filled with lethal concentrations of carbon dioxide.
0:38:47 > 0:38:53For safety's sake, the rooms where the tents were set up have been sealed for 28 days.
0:38:53 > 0:38:58But now, the fumigators have returned because it's time to open the bubbles.
0:38:58 > 0:39:01C02 is not normally toxic,
0:39:01 > 0:39:05but it's being used in a concentration high enough to kill.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08So the technicians must wear breathing apparatus.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11There's no guarantee that the process has done the job.
0:39:11 > 0:39:14And, as we're not allowed in while they're working,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17we just have to wait until the fumigators have finished.
0:39:18 > 0:39:22When everything was cleaned up, service manager Mike Davis reported back.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26It's brilliant. Everything has gone absolutely fine.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29All the insects are dead and we've taken the covers off.
0:39:29 > 0:39:34They are ready now for the house people to come in and empty the bubbles for us.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37It's great when we finish and we can get onto the next one.
0:39:39 > 0:39:43This was the first time the new C02 technique was used here.
0:39:43 > 0:39:46So, it's a relief that it has worked.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50But this isn't the end of the problem, as the curator of Longleat
0:39:50 > 0:39:55historic collections Kate Harris knows only too well.
0:39:55 > 0:39:59'Of course, it's only one step in an on-going process.
0:39:59 > 0:40:03'It's not an instant, total cure for all time.'
0:40:03 > 0:40:08We have to make sure everything goes back into a clean environment that has also been treated
0:40:08 > 0:40:12with insecticides, and that we keep up the housekeeping for the future.
0:40:12 > 0:40:17So, they've won this battle with the bugs but the war continues.
0:40:17 > 0:40:21Next winter, it will be the old library's turn to make a start on.
0:40:21 > 0:40:26Cleaning and vacuuming and the rest of it - our usual programme of work.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29If there's anything going on, that's when we will spot it.
0:40:48 > 0:40:53We've come down to Pets' Corner with Alexa Fairburn and two of...
0:40:53 > 0:40:56I just don't know how anyone cannot like rats, Alexa.
0:40:56 > 0:40:58They are so adorable.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01These are new ones, and very small.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04They're only eight weeks - it's a really good age to get them from,
0:41:04 > 0:41:08so you can really start handling them and get, really, to bond with them.
0:41:08 > 0:41:12- They make brilliant pets. - Do they?- Yep, really friendly, really intelligent.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15You can train them to do things as well.
0:41:15 > 0:41:20- What can you train them to do? - They can pick things up, and bring them back to you, small objects...
0:41:20 > 0:41:23Obviously not the newspaper - that would be a bit of a struggle!
0:41:23 > 0:41:27And what about feeding and that sort of thing?
0:41:27 > 0:41:29Do they need a complicated diet?
0:41:29 > 0:41:34No. You can buy commercial pet food, same as hamsters, rabbits, everything like that.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37But they are pretty much garbage bins - they will eat anything.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40Is there anything you should avoid them eating?
0:41:40 > 0:41:44Green foods, really. A lot of green foods can give them an upset stomach.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47- Lettuce leaves and things like that?- Yeah. Too much moisture.
0:41:47 > 0:41:50- You'd think those sort of things would be good for them.- Yeah.
0:41:50 > 0:41:55- You can tell if a rat's healthy, because their teeth should be orange. - Come on, show us your pegs.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57- Let's have a look.- Very wriggly.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01- No way!- I'll have a... - You see if you can... No.
0:42:01 > 0:42:05"I'm not going to Ben, I'm not going to Ben, no way!"
0:42:05 > 0:42:09I'll definitely leave that one with you, Kate. Let me have a quick look.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12- Has it got a name, yet? - Yes, this one's Squeak.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14The one up Kate's sleeve is Bubble.
0:42:14 > 0:42:18Ah! Very good! Are they happy alone, or do they like company?
0:42:18 > 0:42:20They like company.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24So it's best to get two perhaps, if you were going to have one.
0:42:24 > 0:42:26- Yeah.- You are quite sweet, actually.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29Look! You see, Ben? You don't need a dog at all.
0:42:29 > 0:42:32You can just stick with rats. They're much more fun.
0:42:32 > 0:42:34Call me old-fashioned, Kate.
0:42:34 > 0:42:41Alexa, thank you very much. Sadly, we're out of time, but here's what's coming up on the next Animal Park.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Up at Wolf Wood, these fearsome hunters
0:42:44 > 0:42:47try their paw at a spot of fishing.
0:42:48 > 0:42:53The park has ordered two new safari boats for Half Mile Lake,
0:42:53 > 0:42:56but unless it rains soon, they'll be left high and dry.
0:42:56 > 0:43:01And we'll be there to greet the first baby Eland antelope
0:43:01 > 0:43:03to be born in the park for over eight years.
0:43:03 > 0:43:07So, don't miss the next Animal Park.
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