Episode 11

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0:00:05 > 0:00:11Today, we're loading up the feed truck because the three new tigers here are about to get a meat feast.

0:00:11 > 0:00:17And four keepers from Longleat are heading over to Tanzania to work with a living legend of conservation.

0:00:17 > 0:00:20All that and more on today's programme.

0:00:43 > 0:00:46Today on Animal Park, deep in the African bush,

0:00:46 > 0:00:51there's a race against time to save a pack of wild dogs.

0:00:51 > 0:00:54Back at Longleat, we'll find out if Royce the iguana

0:00:54 > 0:00:56has recovered from her radical surgery.

0:00:59 > 0:01:04And when it's feeding time for the tigers, you'd think they'd go for the meat, not our vehicle.

0:01:04 > 0:01:08He's trying to go for the tyres. Hey!

0:01:11 > 0:01:18But now, four keepers are about to set out on the adventure of a lifetime.

0:01:18 > 0:01:22Ryan Hockley from the giraffery, Bev Allen who works in Pets Corner

0:01:22 > 0:01:26and Michelle Stevens who helps look after the lake animals,

0:01:26 > 0:01:31are going on a mission led by the safari park's head warden, Keith Harris.

0:01:31 > 0:01:34They're going to go to Africa.

0:01:34 > 0:01:38It's very nice that the keepers go over and see things in the wild.

0:01:38 > 0:01:44We deal with captive animals and they do react different and you can get to know them.

0:01:44 > 0:01:48And it would be very, very good for the staff to see things in the wild,

0:01:48 > 0:01:50see how they live,

0:01:50 > 0:01:52see how they struggle for life sometimes.

0:01:52 > 0:01:55In some ways, the staff and the animals are pampered here.

0:01:55 > 0:02:00But in the wild, every day is a struggle so it would be good for them to see that.

0:02:04 > 0:02:06And this is where they're headed.

0:02:06 > 0:02:09The Mkomazi game reserve in Tanzania,

0:02:09 > 0:02:121,600 square miles of pure wilderness.

0:02:12 > 0:02:16The Longleat keepers aren't coming here just to go on safari.

0:02:16 > 0:02:19They'll be working on wildlife projects

0:02:19 > 0:02:22alongside the renowned conservationist Tony Fitzjohn,

0:02:22 > 0:02:26known to one and all as Fitz.

0:02:26 > 0:02:31Fitz has played a major role in preventing the local elephant populations

0:02:31 > 0:02:33from being wiped out by poachers.

0:02:33 > 0:02:37He's built a sanctuary for the critically endangered black rhino.

0:02:37 > 0:02:40And he's running a captive breeding programme

0:02:40 > 0:02:43to preserve the desperately rare African hunting dog.

0:02:43 > 0:02:49He also cleared a runway and learnt to fly in order to track animals from the air.

0:02:52 > 0:02:54I'm really looking forward to them coming.

0:02:54 > 0:02:58Longleat, I mean, it was one of the first and I understand

0:02:58 > 0:03:02some people that have been there for decades coming out.

0:03:02 > 0:03:08It would be lovely to meet them and hear what they have to say and their call on it.

0:03:08 > 0:03:13But I just know it's going to be great because all animal people that I meet are good people.

0:03:17 > 0:03:23Back at Longleat, Ryan Hockley's giving his giraffes a final feed before he sets off.

0:03:23 > 0:03:26I'm really hoping to see some carnivores,

0:03:26 > 0:03:30because as a kid, I was fascinated with the whole Africa thing.

0:03:30 > 0:03:34And lions are always a bit part of that.

0:03:34 > 0:03:38My main objective when I'm out there is just to try and soak up as much as I can, really.

0:03:38 > 0:03:44For Bev Allen, Mkomazi is going to feel a long way from home.

0:03:44 > 0:03:47I've never been that far away from home before.

0:03:47 > 0:03:51The furthest I've been is Greece. So I'm a little bit anxious about it.

0:03:51 > 0:03:54But it's also a dream come true.

0:03:54 > 0:03:56Michelle can hardly wait.

0:03:56 > 0:04:02Ever since I was a kid, I've always loved animals. It's been my passion ever since I was a toddler, really.

0:04:02 > 0:04:04I've always known what I wanted to do.

0:04:04 > 0:04:08It's always been very clear in my mind that I wanted to work with animals.

0:04:08 > 0:04:15It's just a great opportunity to see other animals in their natural wild habitat, really.

0:04:15 > 0:04:18It's going to be an interesting experience all round.

0:04:18 > 0:04:22Their host got his training as a conservationist from the best.

0:04:23 > 0:04:2740 years ago, Fitz was the apprentice of George Adamson,

0:04:27 > 0:04:33the man made famous by the book and Oscar-winning film, Born Free.

0:04:33 > 0:04:37Adamson was one of the founding fathers of wildlife conservation,

0:04:37 > 0:04:39working from his camp in Kenya.

0:04:42 > 0:04:46He was the man, George. He was just...

0:04:46 > 0:04:51When I saw George and got to know him for a few days, I thought,

0:04:51 > 0:04:53you know, "I want some of that."

0:04:53 > 0:04:56Fitz became involved in the work Adamson was doing

0:04:56 > 0:05:00to care for rescued and orphaned lions,

0:05:00 > 0:05:04return them to the wild and then protect them from hunters.

0:05:04 > 0:05:07He gave me the chance to be anything I wanted to be.

0:05:07 > 0:05:11There we were, sharing the lives of these incredible predators,

0:05:11 > 0:05:15you know, once again, with that big MGM reputation.

0:05:15 > 0:05:19In fact, the lion in the MGM thing is yawning, he's not roaring, did you know that?

0:05:19 > 0:05:23It was extraordinary. They were just such an integral part of us.

0:05:23 > 0:05:26It's like saying, "How do you feel about your kids?"

0:05:26 > 0:05:31They're great, I love them dearly and they're part of me.

0:05:31 > 0:05:37But it took a wild lion to remind Fitz exactly how dangerous these animals really are.

0:05:37 > 0:05:42I'd just come back from the supplies trip and I got out to say hello to the lions

0:05:42 > 0:05:45and they jump on my shoulders to say hello and rub heads.

0:05:45 > 0:05:47No-one saw this lion coming out the bush.

0:05:47 > 0:05:53He came for me, probably as the biggest threat, and he whacked me across the head,

0:05:53 > 0:05:56a bit like Mike Tyson with six-inch nails in his fist.

0:05:56 > 0:06:02I stuffed my fist in his mouth and he started to bite harder on my head.

0:06:02 > 0:06:05Then he sort of took a big chunk, all this muscle out of my neck

0:06:05 > 0:06:07and shoulder and sort of ate it.

0:06:07 > 0:06:10And you become this sort of silent spectator of your own death.

0:06:10 > 0:06:12And I went down that tunnel.

0:06:12 > 0:06:15There's nothing at the end of it, it just went black.

0:06:18 > 0:06:21George came running out, he shouted at this lion

0:06:21 > 0:06:24and the lion dropped me and ran off for about 40 yards, 50 yards

0:06:24 > 0:06:29and then crouched and growled at George, who didn't stop running, just with a stick in his hand.

0:06:29 > 0:06:30Was just going for him.

0:06:30 > 0:06:34And it was enough bluff, bless him, just to see the lion off.

0:06:36 > 0:06:39And I said, "George, am I dying?" And George said,

0:06:39 > 0:06:42"I think you probably are, but we'll have a look at you first."

0:06:42 > 0:06:45It was a close call.

0:06:45 > 0:06:49But after weeks in hospital, Fitz pulled through.

0:06:49 > 0:06:51George Adamson died in 1989

0:06:51 > 0:06:57and Fitz moved to Mkomazi to continue his conservation work.

0:06:57 > 0:07:00Now four keepers from Longleat are in the air.

0:07:00 > 0:07:03We'll be back in Tanzania later when they arrive.

0:07:10 > 0:07:14Luckily, the big cats of Longleat have never managed to savage anyone.

0:07:14 > 0:07:17But that doesn't mean they wouldn't.

0:07:17 > 0:07:20The three young tigers who arrived just a few months ago

0:07:20 > 0:07:24are particularly feisty and unpredictable.

0:07:24 > 0:07:28So the keepers need to keep their wits about them, especially at feeding time.

0:07:28 > 0:07:32Kate and I are out in the feed truck in the tiger enclosure

0:07:32 > 0:07:36with deputy head warden Ian Turner and we're about to feed the new tigers.

0:07:36 > 0:07:40Look, look! One of them's absolutely chasing the truck here.

0:07:40 > 0:07:45- That's Soundari, the braver one. - Right, now this is a first.

0:07:45 > 0:07:48They are used to being fed in a completely different way from this.

0:07:48 > 0:07:52Yeah, we've fed them inside for the last nine months for quarantine.

0:07:52 > 0:07:58This is a good time, because this will stimulate what they do in the wild which is chase prey.

0:07:58 > 0:08:00When are we going to start feeding them, Ian?

0:08:00 > 0:08:02You can chuck one bit out now.

0:08:02 > 0:08:04Kate, you can do the first.

0:08:04 > 0:08:07Let's see if she goes for it. Down the hatch.

0:08:07 > 0:08:09And we feed them separately, yes?

0:08:09 > 0:08:14Yeah, we do a bit of a distance so they get in between. Oi!

0:08:14 > 0:08:16What's she doing?

0:08:16 > 0:08:18She trying to go for the tyres. Hey!

0:08:23 > 0:08:25Now she's realised that this meat there, look.

0:08:25 > 0:08:28The other one's coming over. That's a good sign as well.

0:08:28 > 0:08:31So who is that second one coming over now?

0:08:31 > 0:08:36You've got Soundari who's just gone off. The next one coming over is Svetli, coming over now.

0:08:36 > 0:08:39The one out the back is the one we've always been worried about.

0:08:39 > 0:08:41There we go. So they've taken them off.

0:08:41 > 0:08:43That is absolutely brilliant for what we wanted.

0:08:43 > 0:08:46The other two have hung back a little bit, which is fine.

0:08:46 > 0:08:51And one's chased us. Little bit having a go at the tyres, which we might have to rectify.

0:08:51 > 0:08:56But she doesn't know the feed's coming out, so it's just a chase, which we wanted to do.

0:08:56 > 0:08:59You say tyres, I think sound man crouching down here.

0:08:59 > 0:09:02- But you're happy that they eventually saw the meat?- Yeah.

0:09:02 > 0:09:07- And they've gone off and they're eating quietly.- Now, she is coming back towards us to have a look.

0:09:07 > 0:09:11- We need to move off, presumably. - She's just on the chase again.

0:09:11 > 0:09:15Is she coming over for our tyre again? So she's the inquisitive one.

0:09:15 > 0:09:19She's the one in the house who's always the confident one.

0:09:19 > 0:09:24She's semi... I wouldn't call her friendly, but she would come over, was quite aggressive.

0:09:24 > 0:09:26She's more mischievous.

0:09:26 > 0:09:29Interesting that there's meat out there

0:09:29 > 0:09:31and yet she's more interested in the tractor.

0:09:31 > 0:09:34How often will you feed like this?

0:09:34 > 0:09:38Because they're getting quite a lot of meat, quite big chunks and two each.

0:09:38 > 0:09:40We'll probably do this about three times a week.

0:09:40 > 0:09:43- She's going for the tyre again.- Oi!

0:09:43 > 0:09:45- Soundari!- Behave yourself.

0:09:45 > 0:09:48Otherwise you'll be put on starvation rations.

0:09:48 > 0:09:51Rubber tyres aren't tasty.

0:09:51 > 0:09:54Out of curiosity, could those teeth penetrate our tyres?

0:09:54 > 0:09:56- Easy. - So we could break down in here.

0:09:56 > 0:09:58We'd just have to go out on a flat.

0:09:58 > 0:10:00She's still there, she's still going.

0:10:00 > 0:10:07- She's determined to get that tyre. - The patrol man's coming in here, chasing her off. There she goes.

0:10:07 > 0:10:11She's absolutely determined to get at us.

0:10:11 > 0:10:15Well, Ian, although we may not get out of here in one piece,

0:10:15 > 0:10:19it seems like a very good first feed truck feed.

0:10:19 > 0:10:23Apart from this last bit, where she just seems to be interested in the tyres.

0:10:23 > 0:10:28And this is something you don't want to get her doing this every time you come in here.

0:10:28 > 0:10:30This is the first time she's ever been fed this way.

0:10:30 > 0:10:35- She's gotta learn that once she's been fed, that's it.- She's running.

0:10:35 > 0:10:37She's out-running the patrol man.

0:10:37 > 0:10:40The trouble is, she can turn on a sixpence.

0:10:40 > 0:10:44She does look like this glorious, kind of playful kitten,

0:10:44 > 0:10:48just unfortunately an absolutely lethal one, as far as our tyres are concerned.

0:10:48 > 0:10:51I'm quite pleased we're in this cage, aren't you?

0:10:51 > 0:10:53I'm still worried about those tyres.

0:10:53 > 0:10:55Let's hope we get out of here.

0:10:55 > 0:10:59Well, Ian, thank you very, very much for a great experience.

0:10:59 > 0:11:01Soundari, carry on playing.

0:11:11 > 0:11:16Meanwhile, almost 5,000 miles away at the other end of the world,

0:11:16 > 0:11:23four keepers from Longleat are just coming into land on a dirt strip deep in the African bush.

0:11:26 > 0:11:30They will be spending a week in the Mkomazi game reserve to learn more

0:11:30 > 0:11:36about the animals they care for and to help with some ground-breaking conservation projects.

0:11:37 > 0:11:43Their host is the legendary conservationist, Tony Fitzjohn, known as Fitz.

0:11:43 > 0:11:45Since I was a kid, I've heard about Longleat.

0:11:45 > 0:11:48I've never been there, but welcome to the Mkomazi.

0:11:48 > 0:11:53We're looking forward to showing you what goes on and looking forward to hearing from you.

0:11:56 > 0:12:00For many years, Longleat has supported the work of a British-based conservation charity

0:12:00 > 0:12:02called The Tusk Trust,

0:12:02 > 0:12:08an organisation that's done much to help save endangered African wildlife.

0:12:08 > 0:12:11And there's certainly been a lot to do here in Mkomazi.

0:12:11 > 0:12:16When Fitz first arrived, poachers had almost wiped out the wildlife.

0:12:16 > 0:12:20The elephant population was in a very bad way.

0:12:20 > 0:12:23The elephant count before I came here was 11 individuals,

0:12:23 > 0:12:26so the elephants have gone from 4,000 to 11 individuals

0:12:26 > 0:12:28in five, six, seven years.

0:12:28 > 0:12:31There'd been this massive slaughter of the elephants

0:12:31 > 0:12:35and it's all happened in the incredibly short period of time

0:12:35 > 0:12:37that I've been in Africa.

0:12:37 > 0:12:40Fitz has taken every opportunity to boost the numbers.

0:12:40 > 0:12:44When a zoo here closed a few years ago, he managed

0:12:44 > 0:12:49to rehabilitate their elephant and then return her to the wild.

0:12:49 > 0:12:53But ever since, she's been a frequent visitor to the game reserve's headquarters.

0:12:53 > 0:12:57I'd like you to meet someone rather special to us.

0:12:57 > 0:13:04Now, the workshop doesn't really seem the place to do it, but come down and have a look anyway.

0:13:07 > 0:13:12Meet Nina, the zoo elephant, the ex-zoo elephant and her baby.

0:13:18 > 0:13:24Nina has adapted quite well to life in the wild. Her baby is a little boy called Johnny.

0:13:24 > 0:13:27How old is the calf, Fitz?

0:13:27 > 0:13:30- Nearly four.- Cool. He looks really healthy.

0:13:30 > 0:13:32Doesn't he, doesn't he?

0:13:32 > 0:13:38She was locked up in a place that wasn't much bigger than where the machines are here.

0:13:38 > 0:13:44She was right next to a main road and that was home from when she was tiny.

0:13:44 > 0:13:46So do you think she could be pregnant again?

0:13:46 > 0:13:54She should be, but she started off life quite socially disadvantaged.

0:13:54 > 0:13:58And you know how tight elephant are.

0:13:58 > 0:14:02And she hasn't had any of that upbringing and everything with them is memories.

0:14:02 > 0:14:04And she's only got,

0:14:04 > 0:14:09you know, just those four little walls that confined her.

0:14:09 > 0:14:13And here she is, behaving like a completely wild elephant, making all the right moves.

0:14:13 > 0:14:16They're incomparable with anything else.

0:14:16 > 0:14:20Lions are basically your housecat, zebra are horses and all the rest of it.

0:14:20 > 0:14:25But there's nothing, nothing that can stand up with an elephant.

0:14:25 > 0:14:28I agree with you totally, but I have known a few lions

0:14:28 > 0:14:32that might take offence at that remark of yours about housecats.

0:14:32 > 0:14:36I'm really sad I don't have a couple around at the moment to hear those things.

0:14:38 > 0:14:40That was a just amazing experience.

0:14:40 > 0:14:45It's the best thing for me to sort of be allowed into their world.

0:14:45 > 0:14:48They're coming here, which means they're comfortable here.

0:14:48 > 0:14:50And they're allowing me to stand there and watch them.

0:14:50 > 0:14:54It's a real privilege to be able to do that.

0:14:54 > 0:14:57I've never been to Africa before. It's quite moving.

0:14:57 > 0:15:00I don't know if I'll get to experience it again.

0:15:00 > 0:15:04So I'm really pleased. It's just wonderful.

0:15:04 > 0:15:07If I didn't see anything else for the rest of my time here,

0:15:07 > 0:15:11I would be happy because it's wonderful to see her doing so well.

0:15:15 > 0:15:21When Fitz came to Mkomazi, there were just 11 elephants in the reserve.

0:15:21 > 0:15:24Now there are almost 1,000.

0:15:26 > 0:15:31We'll be back in Africa later, when the keepers take a walk on the wild side.

0:15:36 > 0:15:41Back in Pets Corner, Royce the iguana needs some veterinary attention.

0:15:41 > 0:15:48Earlier in the series, we followed the action when vet Paul Higgs had to amputate the end of her tail.

0:15:48 > 0:15:54The problem was that an infection had taken hold and necrosis set in.

0:15:54 > 0:15:57The tissue was dead and if nothing was done,

0:15:57 > 0:16:01the infection could have spread up her tail until it killed her.

0:16:01 > 0:16:06That was the first time that Paul had ever amputated an iguana's tail

0:16:06 > 0:16:10and the surgery seemed to go pretty well.

0:16:10 > 0:16:14But today, I've come to check up how she's doing.

0:16:14 > 0:16:17Inside is vet Paul Higgs and keeper Sarah Clayson.

0:16:21 > 0:16:22Hi, guys.

0:16:22 > 0:16:24Ah, this is Royce.

0:16:24 > 0:16:27So what are you here to do today, Paul?

0:16:27 > 0:16:33I'm just here checking up on Royce after she had her tail amputated a few weeks ago.

0:16:33 > 0:16:38So we're checking to see that everything's healed up nicely and is looking healthy.

0:16:38 > 0:16:40What is your prognosis then so far?

0:16:40 > 0:16:43It's all looking pretty good. These are still

0:16:43 > 0:16:48the stitches in there. Obviously, there's some dead tissue here.

0:16:48 > 0:16:52But hopefully, that will drop off to reveal healthy tissue underneath.

0:16:52 > 0:16:55It was quite a while ago that we did the op,

0:16:55 > 0:16:57and there's no infection there,

0:16:57 > 0:17:00so I'm quite happy with how that's going.

0:17:00 > 0:17:04Cos Paul, this was a first for you, the amputation of a reptile's tale.

0:17:04 > 0:17:07- You'd never done that before in your day job.- Absolutely not, no.

0:17:07 > 0:17:12It certainly was a big step into the dark for me at times.

0:17:12 > 0:17:16It went really, really very well. And for me, it looks great.

0:17:16 > 0:17:19And how have you found Royce since the operation?

0:17:19 > 0:17:21Has she returned to normal?

0:17:21 > 0:17:23Yeah, she's back to her normal feisty self now.

0:17:23 > 0:17:25Is she? You've got a bit of a grip there.

0:17:25 > 0:17:30Obviously, you're just holding on to her while Paul here checks up on the tail.

0:17:30 > 0:17:33How will her life be affected without the same tail length

0:17:33 > 0:17:34she had before?

0:17:34 > 0:17:36In this kind of protected environment,

0:17:36 > 0:17:38it won't be too different.

0:17:38 > 0:17:41In the wild, perhaps they wouldn't get on that well

0:17:41 > 0:17:42without their length of tail

0:17:42 > 0:17:45to help them balance and climb trees and things.

0:17:45 > 0:17:46Here, they're so protected,

0:17:46 > 0:17:49I don't think there's going to be any problem,

0:17:49 > 0:17:50any change for her at all.

0:17:50 > 0:17:53Sarah, how has Royce got on with the other iguanas?

0:17:53 > 0:17:56I can see one up here lazing under the heat lamp.

0:17:56 > 0:18:00How has she been welcomed back into the group?

0:18:00 > 0:18:03Absolutely fine. She's come in with no problems whatsoever.

0:18:03 > 0:18:06She was always quite a strong one of the group.

0:18:06 > 0:18:09She's basically slipped back into how she always has been.

0:18:09 > 0:18:12- Full appetite and all that? - Yes, she's eating really well.

0:18:12 > 0:18:14- Really happy with her.- Good.

0:18:14 > 0:18:18Can we see her on the ground now? Are you happy that you've had a look, Paul?

0:18:18 > 0:18:20Yes, I'm happy with how she's doing.

0:18:22 > 0:18:23Not happy.

0:18:23 > 0:18:27She recognises you, Paul. "I don't want you coming near me."

0:18:27 > 0:18:29She always was a grumpy one.

0:18:29 > 0:18:31Paul, Sarah, thank you very much.

0:18:31 > 0:18:35What fantastic news that Royce has made such a good recovery.

0:18:45 > 0:18:50Up in the East Africa Reserve, the newest arrivals that keeper Ryan Hotley helps care for

0:18:50 > 0:18:55are the three warthogs who came from Colchester Zoo, the ones they named Vlad,

0:18:55 > 0:18:58Attila,

0:18:58 > 0:18:59and Genghis.

0:18:59 > 0:19:03These three brothers are the first warthogs they've ever had here

0:19:03 > 0:19:08and it's been a challenge to learn how best to look after them.

0:19:08 > 0:19:13But today, Ryan isn't in the East Africa Reserve,

0:19:13 > 0:19:18he's in East Africa. And now, he's about to get the chance to find out

0:19:18 > 0:19:20a little more about warthogs,

0:19:20 > 0:19:26because ranger Semu has just spotted one of the Mkomazi camp's regular visitors.

0:19:27 > 0:19:30- Does he have a name? - Yeah, it's Kaburu.

0:19:30 > 0:19:36- Kaburu?- Kaburu, yeah. I think it's now 10 years he's been...in here.

0:19:36 > 0:19:4110 years? So he's a big old boy.

0:19:41 > 0:19:45A wild warthog would not normally come anywhere near people.

0:19:45 > 0:19:47Kaburu, Kaburu, Kaburu!

0:19:47 > 0:19:51But Kaburu lost one eye in a fight with another male,

0:19:51 > 0:19:56which makes him an easy target for predators, mainly lions.

0:19:56 > 0:19:57Kaburu, Kaburu, Kaburu.

0:19:57 > 0:20:03But lions won't venture too close to the camp, so Kaburu knows he's safe here.

0:20:03 > 0:20:09However, while he may have got used to people, he's clearly not at ease.

0:20:11 > 0:20:16I think he's just a little bit scared, the warthog, Kaburu.

0:20:19 > 0:20:22He's just being careful, he's being cautious.

0:20:22 > 0:20:27Straight away, just heading into the slightly thicker brush there.

0:20:27 > 0:20:29He wants the food, otherwise he'd be long gone.

0:20:29 > 0:20:33But I think he's got to do it on his terms.

0:20:33 > 0:20:37After a while, Kaburu circles round and comes out in the open,

0:20:37 > 0:20:40but he's still very nervous.

0:20:43 > 0:20:45They can be dangerous.

0:20:45 > 0:20:49But as with a lot of what we call prey animals, basically,

0:20:49 > 0:20:52it's more defence than aggression.

0:20:53 > 0:20:56All they want to do is make you go away.

0:20:56 > 0:21:00There's no benefit in them killing you...

0:21:00 > 0:21:03because they're not going to eat you.

0:21:03 > 0:21:07A moment later and Kaburu takes flight and is gone.

0:21:07 > 0:21:12For a disabled warthog, life in the wild is no picnic.

0:21:14 > 0:21:19Meanwhile, back in Wiltshire, the situation couldn't be more different.

0:21:21 > 0:21:24I'm out in the warthog closure with head of section Andy Hayton

0:21:24 > 0:21:27and we've got three extremely contented looking warthogs, Andy.

0:21:27 > 0:21:29They've clearly settled in beautifully.

0:21:29 > 0:21:35They're fantastic. Kate, to be perfectly frank with you, they love it here.

0:21:35 > 0:21:36They're so chilled.

0:21:36 > 0:21:37You can see them...

0:21:37 > 0:21:40well, there you go, he's just flopped down

0:21:40 > 0:21:41to go and have a little sleep.

0:21:41 > 0:21:45Which one's which? Can you literally tell from them lying down here?

0:21:45 > 0:21:50We tell them by their tusks, actually, Kate, because Vlad's got one of his upper tusks missing.

0:21:50 > 0:21:55His left-hand upper tusk is actually missing, hence Vlad the Impaler.

0:21:55 > 0:21:56Aha, of course.

0:21:56 > 0:21:59Genghis is the real smart one, he's the brains of the outfit.

0:21:59 > 0:22:03- Yeah.- He's got a lower left-hand task missing.

0:22:03 > 0:22:04Right.

0:22:04 > 0:22:10And Attila is the smaller one with all four tusks. A kind of follower.

0:22:10 > 0:22:14So they do have, they've developed or you've realised,

0:22:14 > 0:22:17they've got very distinct personalities,

0:22:17 > 0:22:19they're not just pigs in a field?

0:22:19 > 0:22:22Absolutely, Genghis, we could have posted him back to Colchester

0:22:22 > 0:22:24very quickly, because he tested everything.

0:22:24 > 0:22:28If anyone was going to break the electric fence, or test a fence, it was him.

0:22:28 > 0:22:32You could see him just standing there, looking at things and working them out.

0:22:32 > 0:22:35And it was just, oh, he was a nightmare.

0:22:35 > 0:22:38It was a real battle of brains. And we've got them now.

0:22:38 > 0:22:41They're really good, they're happy, we're happy.

0:22:41 > 0:22:45And, well, obviously it's an idyllic lifestyle for warthogs here.

0:22:45 > 0:22:48Completely fantastic. Well, Andy, it's a huge privilege

0:22:48 > 0:22:53to be so close to three obviously very happy, very content warthogs, so thank you very much.

0:22:53 > 0:22:56And we've got lots more coming up on today's programme.

0:22:58 > 0:23:05Out in Africa, the Longleat keepers join a mercy mission to save a whole pack of ferocious killers.

0:23:05 > 0:23:09Back home, the pygmy goats have had a baby boom.

0:23:09 > 0:23:12We'll be meeting the new kids on the block.

0:23:12 > 0:23:18And from the bygone past, there's a dance to the music of time.

0:23:18 > 0:23:20But first, back in Tanzania,

0:23:20 > 0:23:25a tricky and dangerous mission is about to start.

0:23:27 > 0:23:32One of the most endangered species in the world is the African hunting dog.

0:23:32 > 0:23:35They once roamed in packs across most of the continent.

0:23:35 > 0:23:38Now, they're on the very brink of extinction.

0:23:40 > 0:23:47To try to save the species, Fitz began a captive breeding programme in the Mkomazi game reserve.

0:23:47 > 0:23:52He now has six and closures, called bomas, that house nearly 70 hunting dogs

0:23:52 > 0:24:00and today, he's about to take the first vital step towards returning a whole pack back to the wild.

0:24:00 > 0:24:04We're going to dart this group of nine male dogs and move them

0:24:04 > 0:24:08to this new holding compound we have on the Kenyan border.

0:24:08 > 0:24:11We've got too many here so I have to move them.

0:24:11 > 0:24:13We've just got permission to do this.

0:24:13 > 0:24:16Longleat's head warden, Keith Harris, is going to help.

0:24:16 > 0:24:19He's had lots of experience moving wild animals

0:24:19 > 0:24:23though he's never done anything quite like this.

0:24:23 > 0:24:25It's quite nerve-racking.

0:24:25 > 0:24:28You've got to sedate them so there's the worry of sedation.

0:24:28 > 0:24:31I think we're planning on flying them down.

0:24:31 > 0:24:35It's going to be quite interesting, I think.

0:24:35 > 0:24:37It's conservation at work.

0:24:37 > 0:24:42If we can be a little part of that, and it is a little part, that's what really appeals to me,

0:24:42 > 0:24:45just being able to put something back.

0:24:46 > 0:24:51Wild dogs or hunting dogs are, in one way, Africa's most successful predator.

0:24:51 > 0:24:55Lions make a kill in only about every five chases they begin.

0:24:55 > 0:25:00But when these guys start running, the prey doesn't stand a chance.

0:25:00 > 0:25:03These dogs, they just go and go and go.

0:25:03 > 0:25:08They can run forever and eventually the prey gives up and they pull it down.

0:25:08 > 0:25:13They just rip at everything until there's absolutely nothing left whatsoever.

0:25:13 > 0:25:18Being such efficient hunters has given them an evil reputation

0:25:18 > 0:25:21and so they've been massacred by people.

0:25:21 > 0:25:24They say in the whole of Africa there's 3,000 left.

0:25:24 > 0:25:25They are very, very rare.

0:25:25 > 0:25:29They have this incredibly undeserved reputation.

0:25:29 > 0:25:34They've never, ever been known to harm a human being, ever...ever.

0:25:36 > 0:25:39To save them from extinction, Fitz plans to release packs

0:25:39 > 0:25:42into protected areas in Tanzania and Kenya.

0:25:42 > 0:25:45But just moving them is a high-risk operation.

0:25:45 > 0:25:50Fitz and Keith are going to use anaesthetic darts to put them to sleep for about an hour.

0:25:50 > 0:25:55Just enough time to load them into a plane and fly them to the release camp 40 miles away.

0:25:55 > 0:26:00So, once these darts start flying, the clock starts ticking.

0:26:06 > 0:26:11The darts are pressurised and the anaesthetic is supposed to be injected on impact.

0:26:14 > 0:26:15It's not going in.

0:26:15 > 0:26:20One of the dogs has been sedated, but the other darts don't seem to be working.

0:26:20 > 0:26:22This one's not going in either.

0:26:25 > 0:26:28Even that one didn't go, Keith.

0:26:28 > 0:26:31So, no, I don't know what's happening. We're losing pressure.

0:26:31 > 0:26:34I think it's just because the darts are so old.

0:26:34 > 0:26:38The more stressed the dogs get, the more difficult it is to dart them.

0:26:40 > 0:26:44With 30 years' experience of sedating animals to draw on,

0:26:44 > 0:26:46Keith won't lose his head now.

0:26:46 > 0:26:51At the moment, we're out in the field. We're not doing a clinical trial or anything.

0:26:51 > 0:26:53The job got to be done, you've got to do it.

0:26:53 > 0:26:56So, whatever happens, you just work round it.

0:27:00 > 0:27:05At last, the darts start working and the drugs can begin to take effect.

0:27:05 > 0:27:09That's quite something. All the noise just now, it's a bit peaceful.

0:27:09 > 0:27:13So we'll try and move them before they start coming round.

0:27:15 > 0:27:17It's a race against time,

0:27:17 > 0:27:21but the danger of the dogs waking up is not the only deadline.

0:27:21 > 0:27:25Get them in the car to the airstrip. We're going to move fast.

0:27:26 > 0:27:29The anaesthetic drug has a dangerous side-effect.

0:27:29 > 0:27:33It can cause animals to lose control of their body temperature.

0:27:33 > 0:27:36And now, the heat of the day is building up.

0:27:36 > 0:27:39It's over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

0:27:39 > 0:27:43If they get too hot, the dogs will die.

0:27:44 > 0:27:47Meanwhile, 40 miles away on the Kenyan border,

0:27:47 > 0:27:51Longleat keeper Ryan Hotley and ranger Semu have arrived

0:27:51 > 0:27:54on the landing strip, ready to receive the dogs.

0:27:54 > 0:27:58It's a stressful time for everyone, but the dogs in particular.

0:27:58 > 0:28:03Obviously, you only got a certain amount of time to travel them while they're still under.

0:28:03 > 0:28:07Obviously, you don't want them to wake up in transit.

0:28:07 > 0:28:12Last thing the dog knew, he fell asleep in his home and today wakes up in a plane.

0:28:12 > 0:28:14That's quite a shock for an animal.

0:28:14 > 0:28:19So I think it's very, very important that everything runs to the minute.

0:28:19 > 0:28:23The flight to the release compound should take less than 10 minutes.

0:28:23 > 0:28:27But what state will the dogs be in when they arrive?

0:28:27 > 0:28:29We'll be back shortly to find out.

0:28:46 > 0:28:49I'm in the great hall with head cleaner June Windess.

0:28:49 > 0:28:53And we have just listened to one of the fantastic clocks in this house.

0:28:53 > 0:28:55- They can't all do that, surely? - No, not all of them.

0:28:55 > 0:28:58This one is the oldest clock in the house.

0:28:58 > 0:29:00It's the original clock.

0:29:00 > 0:29:06And it is still able to do all the functions it has always been carried out to do.

0:29:06 > 0:29:09And this dates back to practically when this house was first built.

0:29:09 > 0:29:11It's hundreds and hundreds of years old.

0:29:11 > 0:29:14Yes, a 17th-century clock, beautiful.

0:29:14 > 0:29:17I assume this isn't the only clock in the house.

0:29:17 > 0:29:20No, we've got lots more. Lots more. All different shapes and sizes.

0:29:20 > 0:29:24- OK, shall we go and see some of those ones?- Yeah.- Lead the way.

0:29:24 > 0:29:27- First one's in the ante-library. - OK, down this way.

0:29:32 > 0:29:37In fact, there are nearly 30 antique clocks in Longleat's 128 rooms,

0:29:37 > 0:29:41many of them very rare and precious.

0:29:44 > 0:29:48Now this looks slightly more manageable, a slightly smaller clock here.

0:29:48 > 0:29:52Now, I'm assuming you have a number of different keys

0:29:52 > 0:29:55- for all the different clocks in the house?- Yes.

0:29:55 > 0:29:57That's the one that does this one.

0:29:57 > 0:30:01Do you have a special collection for all the other ones?

0:30:01 > 0:30:03- Oh, yes.- Is this the key bag?

0:30:03 > 0:30:07Oh, yes. The biggest one of the collection is this one.

0:30:07 > 0:30:09Look at that!

0:30:09 > 0:30:13That is quite a key. And how do you know how far you can wind?

0:30:13 > 0:30:17I wind them just so much, just enough to know that

0:30:17 > 0:30:21the clock will work but not to overwind it and bust the springs.

0:30:21 > 0:30:24So we just go very carefully. Then we check the time.

0:30:24 > 0:30:27That is a little but fast, but I'll leave it as is.

0:30:27 > 0:30:31Now, June, I know you've been working here for nearly 25 years.

0:30:31 > 0:30:35I have to whisper it. You obviously must have your favourite parts of the house,

0:30:35 > 0:30:38favourite rooms, favourite clocks. Where is your favourite then?

0:30:38 > 0:30:42My favourite room is the drawing room, the state drawing room.

0:30:42 > 0:30:45It is so opulent, it's beautiful.

0:30:45 > 0:30:47- And my clock's in there, too.- Is it?

0:30:47 > 0:30:49- Yes.- Can we go?- Yes, we can.

0:30:49 > 0:30:51I'll follow you.

0:30:51 > 0:30:54CLOCKS TICK

0:30:57 > 0:30:59CLOCKS CHIME

0:31:04 > 0:31:07I can hear the clock before I can actually see it.

0:31:07 > 0:31:09This is fantastically ornate.

0:31:09 > 0:31:11It is, it's gorgeous.

0:31:11 > 0:31:14- This is your favourite of the clocks you have to wind up.- Yes.

0:31:14 > 0:31:17- And this is what the enormous key is for.- That's right.

0:31:17 > 0:31:20I'll let you do the winding of this one.

0:31:20 > 0:31:24Now, while you're doing that, who, before you came along in the house,

0:31:24 > 0:31:26who would have done this in days of old?

0:31:26 > 0:31:30Well, there used to be a chap, Eddie, his name was,

0:31:30 > 0:31:34and he used to come round and do all the clocks for us.

0:31:34 > 0:31:38And when he retired, it was handed down to me.

0:31:38 > 0:31:41And we take care of them as much as we can.

0:31:41 > 0:31:45We don't wind them any more than we feel is necessary.

0:31:45 > 0:31:48Once it starts becoming tight, we stop.

0:31:48 > 0:31:52With so many clocks to look after, you must be a very good timekeeper.

0:31:52 > 0:31:55- I'm always late.- Are you?

0:31:55 > 0:31:58Speaking of late, June, we've got a lot more clocks to do.

0:31:58 > 0:32:00- Yes.- You'd better leave us to that.

0:32:00 > 0:32:02Just look at the number of keys still left to go!

0:32:07 > 0:32:12Earlier in the series, we saw what happened when Sour, the nanny goat, had triplets.

0:32:12 > 0:32:18Unfortunately, she just couldn't cope with three and so rejected the smallest one.

0:32:18 > 0:32:23The little kid would certainly have died if Senior Warden Bev Evans

0:32:23 > 0:32:28hadn't intervened, and for a while there, it was still touch and go.

0:32:28 > 0:32:32Luckily, the baby did survive, was named Bubble,

0:32:32 > 0:32:35and has had to be bottle-fed ever since.

0:32:35 > 0:32:40But that was just the start of this year's birthing season, so now I've come to meet Bev

0:32:40 > 0:32:43and catch up with developments.

0:32:43 > 0:32:47There seems, Bev, suddenly, to be thousands of them.

0:32:47 > 0:32:50Yes, we've got quite a lot at the moment. We've got about 21.

0:32:50 > 0:32:56- Right.- We had a bit of a prosperous year this year on breeding, we had nine kids born.- That's fantastic!

0:32:56 > 0:33:00Because, although you would think that goats could breed very easily,

0:33:00 > 0:33:03pygmy goats are difficult to breed, is that right?

0:33:03 > 0:33:06They can be. They conceive quite well,

0:33:06 > 0:33:12but the breed does have quite a high a stillborn and mortality rate with youngsters.

0:33:12 > 0:33:16So it can be quite a difficult birth for them, because they are so small.

0:33:16 > 0:33:22- And all of them doing well, all the parents doing the things they should do?- Kind of.

0:33:22 > 0:33:24We do have two hand-reared females.

0:33:24 > 0:33:28- Right.- Basically, two of our girls had triplets.

0:33:28 > 0:33:31One didn't have enough milk so we took one of the females off

0:33:31 > 0:33:35and the other just abandoned one of the little ones.

0:33:35 > 0:33:36Oh, really. So, thought that...?

0:33:36 > 0:33:41Cos quite often with sheep, they'll take a third away and give it to another mother?

0:33:41 > 0:33:44So why did you hand rear? Why not give it to another adult?

0:33:44 > 0:33:48We didn't have anyone, really, who could take one on.

0:33:48 > 0:33:51They all had enough babies of their own.

0:33:51 > 0:33:55So we were able to hand rear from powdered milk instead.

0:33:55 > 0:34:00So, which two need feeding and how on earth do you manage to feed them and not all the others?

0:34:00 > 0:34:04- Well, there are two, the two keenest.- These two!

0:34:04 > 0:34:06This is Dora and this is Bubble.

0:34:06 > 0:34:09Bubble was the one who was abandoned by her mum, Sour.

0:34:09 > 0:34:11We don't really know why.

0:34:11 > 0:34:17- She just was. So we had to intervene quite dramatically. - Well, now, I heard that really,

0:34:17 > 0:34:21you were key in saving Bubble's life. She wasn't going to make it.

0:34:21 > 0:34:26Yes, Andy and I kept an eye on her throughout the day, but she went downhill.

0:34:26 > 0:34:32She got a little bit cold and generally, she was kind of death's door, to be perfectly blunt.

0:34:32 > 0:34:37But we just kept rubbing her with a towel, things like that,

0:34:37 > 0:34:40syringed some colostrum, which we milked off Sour,

0:34:40 > 0:34:43and just tried to keep her spirits up.

0:34:43 > 0:34:47It didn't take long, a few hours, till she stood on her own.

0:34:47 > 0:34:50Shall we try giving them food now and see what they want to do?

0:34:50 > 0:34:52I don't think I've ever hand fed a goat.

0:34:52 > 0:34:54- Lambs, yes.- This is Bubble.

0:34:54 > 0:34:57Bubble has less milk, she's a bit smaller.

0:34:57 > 0:34:59OK, so is there a knack to it?

0:34:59 > 0:35:02Just head it towards her mouth and lift up slightly.

0:35:02 > 0:35:04She kind of does the rest,

0:35:04 > 0:35:08but she's incredibly strong for her size, as you can see.

0:35:08 > 0:35:11Crikey, it must be quite hard being a mother goat, actually.

0:35:11 > 0:35:15They really do push to get the milk out, don't they?

0:35:15 > 0:35:20Yeah, as you can see, it doesn't take very long for them to drink most of the milk.

0:35:20 > 0:35:23They're absolutely adorable.

0:35:23 > 0:35:27It must be very rewarding for you to get them to this stage, get them

0:35:27 > 0:35:31to the stage where they can almost go off and be completely independent?

0:35:31 > 0:35:36They've done very well the whole way through. We haven't had any problems with them at all.

0:35:36 > 0:35:38So it's been really, really good.

0:35:38 > 0:35:41You're getting it all over your head!

0:35:41 > 0:35:44That's it, crikey! Absolutely done and dusted.

0:35:44 > 0:35:46Bubble, you can keep sucking on that

0:35:46 > 0:35:49but I don't think you're going to find any more.

0:35:49 > 0:35:51Bev, they're a complete credit to you.

0:35:51 > 0:35:53Very, very well done.

0:35:53 > 0:35:55You're not going to give up, are you, little one?

0:35:55 > 0:36:00And we look forward to seeing her out and grazing on the grass soon.

0:36:00 > 0:36:03Well done, you two. Aren't you brilliant? Yes.

0:36:13 > 0:36:17At a bush airstrip on the Tanzania/Kenya border,

0:36:17 > 0:36:23Longleat keeper Ryan Hotley and ranger Semu are anxiously waiting for Fitz's plane.

0:36:24 > 0:36:28He's bringing nine African hunting dogs to a release compound here,

0:36:28 > 0:36:31ready for them to be returned to the wild.

0:36:31 > 0:36:35Flying with him is Longleat's head warden, Keith Harris.

0:36:35 > 0:36:40Now, as the African heat climbs well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit,

0:36:40 > 0:36:42the plane seems to be taking forever.

0:36:48 > 0:36:50Until finally, they arrive.

0:36:50 > 0:36:51Here he is.

0:36:59 > 0:37:02But, the race against time is far from over.

0:37:02 > 0:37:07In order to make the move, the dogs had to be put under anaesthetic.

0:37:07 > 0:37:13And that could be very dangerous because the drug can cause animals to overheat, with fatal results.

0:37:15 > 0:37:19They won't know if the dogs are all still breathing until after

0:37:19 > 0:37:23they take them out of the boxes inside the holding compound.

0:37:23 > 0:37:26There's always a risk when you're sedating any animal,

0:37:26 > 0:37:29whether it's a wild dog or a domestic dog.

0:37:29 > 0:37:34And, of course, the heat is not going to help us, because they can very quickly overheat.

0:37:34 > 0:37:36So we want to move as quickly as we can.

0:37:38 > 0:37:41The holding compound is a quarter of a mile away.

0:37:44 > 0:37:47Let's just get them out, because, as I say, they're very hot.

0:37:47 > 0:37:49There's not a second to lose.

0:37:49 > 0:37:53Apart from anything else, they could start to wake up at any moment.

0:37:53 > 0:37:56It's now midday and incredibly hot.

0:37:56 > 0:38:02As they're taken out, the dogs are put in the shade to give them the best chance of survival.

0:38:13 > 0:38:15This is the last one.

0:38:17 > 0:38:19And they are all still breathing.

0:38:21 > 0:38:27For me, this is like phew, because I have waited so long to get them, to start moving them.

0:38:28 > 0:38:31The pack will stay here in the compound for one month,

0:38:31 > 0:38:34while they acclimatise to their new surroundings.

0:38:34 > 0:38:37Then, they'll be released into thousands of square miles

0:38:37 > 0:38:41of protected bushland, where they can hunt and breed in safety.

0:38:41 > 0:38:43I would love to be a wild dog here.

0:38:43 > 0:38:46There's a lot of game out there

0:38:46 > 0:38:49and it's a wonderful place for a dog to be.

0:38:49 > 0:38:52There's no tourist camps. It's just perfect for them.

0:38:53 > 0:38:59I think these dogs are at a critical stage of their evolutionary history.

0:38:59 > 0:39:03I think if we don't help them now, they will disappear.

0:39:07 > 0:39:11- Here they come. - Yeah, even the little ones.

0:39:16 > 0:39:19This one's coming round now nicely.

0:39:22 > 0:39:28- That one, he's up now.- Steadier than the others were, at the same time.

0:39:32 > 0:39:35They've all come round really nicely.

0:39:35 > 0:39:37They're beautiful. Aren't they wonderful?

0:39:37 > 0:39:43It's not until you get this close you realise how delicate they are. Everything I knew as a kid was

0:39:43 > 0:39:46they're a ferocious pack, they are the more successful hunter.

0:39:46 > 0:39:49But extremely delicate.

0:39:50 > 0:39:54It's been an interesting day for Ryan and Keith.

0:39:54 > 0:39:57Animal moves in Wiltshire are nothing like this.

0:40:01 > 0:40:04Being able to be part of a release programme,

0:40:04 > 0:40:08we talk about it a lot...

0:40:08 > 0:40:12in Longleat in captivity,

0:40:12 > 0:40:14but a lot of the time, it's talk.

0:40:14 > 0:40:18We try to do our bit, obviously, but coming out here now

0:40:18 > 0:40:22and being part of a scheme to put these dogs back out there,

0:40:22 > 0:40:24I think is absolutely wonderful.

0:40:24 > 0:40:27And I'm very privileged to have done it.

0:40:27 > 0:40:30So I'm going home with a lot of memories from this trip.

0:40:43 > 0:40:45And now, deep in the wilds of Wiltshire,

0:40:45 > 0:40:47the rainy season has begun.

0:40:47 > 0:40:52The natives have a name for it, they call it summer.

0:40:52 > 0:40:57Well, it's a very rainy, wet, windy end of the day, but Kate and I have

0:40:57 > 0:41:02come up to Wallaby Wood with a very wet head of section, Andy Hayton.

0:41:02 > 0:41:05Andy, the wallabies don't mind this weather too much?

0:41:05 > 0:41:08They're not too bad, actually, they're really tough little animals.

0:41:08 > 0:41:14Which is fortunate, really. But there are actually wild populations of wallabies in this country.

0:41:14 > 0:41:19There's some in the Peak District, in Derbyshire, and there's some on an island in Loch Lomond.

0:41:19 > 0:41:21So they've adapted to our climate pretty well?

0:41:21 > 0:41:23Really well. These guys are really good.

0:41:23 > 0:41:26They've got their breeding cycle going

0:41:26 > 0:41:29so all the babies come in spring for the really good weather.

0:41:29 > 0:41:31Like this, yeah.

0:41:31 > 0:41:35Now, they're obviously scattered around.

0:41:35 > 0:41:37In weather like this, do they tend to take shelter?

0:41:37 > 0:41:41- Do they hide under trees or go into the house here? - Yeah, you will see a lot of that.

0:41:41 > 0:41:46Plus, with this wind, you can hear yourself, the noise of it is quite ferocious.

0:41:46 > 0:41:52If you've got really good hearing like a lot of our animals, it spooks them out a little bit.

0:41:52 > 0:41:54It plays havoc on their senses,

0:41:54 > 0:41:58because they're being buffeted around and can't hear possible threats and things like that.

0:41:58 > 0:42:03So a lot of animals get spooked in this weather. Rhinos get a bit tripped out in this weather.

0:42:03 > 0:42:06If it's raining and windy, they don't really like it.

0:42:06 > 0:42:09In the years I've been here, I've figured out it's not solely

0:42:09 > 0:42:11because it's wet, miserable and horrible.

0:42:11 > 0:42:15They're actually quite clever, because if we just go around

0:42:15 > 0:42:19the corner here, sheltered from the wind, is a very clever wallaby.

0:42:19 > 0:42:22And that's where I want to be.

0:42:22 > 0:42:28Exactly! Andy, thank you very much indeed for bring us up to a wet, wild Wallaby Wood.

0:42:28 > 0:42:31Sadly, that's all we've got time for on today's programme

0:42:31 > 0:42:34but here's what's coming up on the next Animal Park.

0:42:36 > 0:42:40We'll be back in Africa to get close to a pair of wild rhinos.

0:42:40 > 0:42:43One false move, and they'll charge.

0:42:44 > 0:42:48While the rhinos of Longleat are getting pretty frisky.

0:42:48 > 0:42:51This might make a few cars move.

0:42:51 > 0:42:55And how do you measure a cat with paws the size of a Frisbee,

0:42:55 > 0:42:57apart from very carefully?

0:42:57 > 0:42:59Wow, look at those teeth!

0:42:59 > 0:43:03We'll have all that and more next time on Animal Park.

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