0:00:04 > 0:00:08We're out in Wolf Wood, where the pack are looking restless. It's a sign.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11Yes, Freda, the alpha female, is due to give birth at any moment.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15We'll be following her progress closely throughout the programme.
0:00:38 > 0:00:42Today on Animal Park - what will the monkeys think
0:00:42 > 0:00:47when we stuff all their fruit trifles into a tree trunk?
0:00:47 > 0:00:52Find out who might like a nice rhino dung cocktail.
0:00:52 > 0:00:58And back in Africa, an orphaned hyena must be drugged in order to return her to the wild.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02But then something goes very wrong.
0:01:04 > 0:01:09But now, up in Wolf Wood, they're expecting some exciting news.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13In a well-ordered wolf pack, it's only the alpha male
0:01:13 > 0:01:16and alpha female who mate and breed,
0:01:16 > 0:01:19producing just one litter of pups each year.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Here at Longleat, the leaders of the pack are Two Tips, the male,
0:01:23 > 0:01:25and his partner, Freda.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Right now, she's heavily pregnant.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31In fact, she's due to give birth any day.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35So keeper Bob Trollope has been watching her closely.
0:01:35 > 0:01:38It's absolutely great to see Freda pregnant again.
0:01:38 > 0:01:46She's absolutely huge. This will be her third litter as alpha female.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49So she knows what she's doing.
0:01:49 > 0:01:55And hopefully, judging by the size of her, we'll have plenty of youngsters.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57WOLVES HOWL
0:01:57 > 0:02:02Over the past 30 years, they've had about 150 pups here.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06But when wolves give birth, things can go horribly wrong.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09One of their mothers died in labour, and there have been times
0:02:09 > 0:02:11when pups were unexpectedly found dead.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14It would help if the keepers could monitor them closely.
0:02:14 > 0:02:19But the trouble is wolves are incredibly secretive.
0:02:19 > 0:02:23It is actually very hard to catch a wolf giving birth.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26It's one of these things that you just don't see.
0:02:26 > 0:02:30They normally give birth after we've gone home for the night
0:02:30 > 0:02:33and everything's nice and quiet here.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36When Freda was pregnant last year, the keepers installed
0:02:36 > 0:02:40a purpose-built wooden den box inside the wolf house.
0:02:40 > 0:02:45And in order to check on the wolves, it was fitted with an infra-red CCTV camera
0:02:45 > 0:02:48that would be able to see in the dark.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Kate went along to help set it up.
0:02:50 > 0:02:56What we'll be able to do... Bob? Can you go into the den, please?
0:02:56 > 0:02:59And we'll just show you how this works.
0:02:59 > 0:03:03Everything was done to make the artificial den as comfortable as possible.
0:03:03 > 0:03:08But, despite some interest, when her time came, Freda gave birth
0:03:08 > 0:03:12in the middle of the night, out under a tree in the wood.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16This year, Bob reckons there's a good chance
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Freda will give birth inside.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21In fact, he's installing an extra CCTV camera
0:03:21 > 0:03:24in order to cover the wolf house more closely.
0:03:24 > 0:03:30I think one of the main problems last year was the fact that this was all new to them.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34It takes a while for animals to get used to something new in the environment.
0:03:34 > 0:03:39And this being quite a big thing, it obviously put them off a bit.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44Hopefully, this year, it will be slightly different in the fact that
0:03:44 > 0:03:47they've had it all year to get used to.
0:03:47 > 0:03:53It's one of the reasons why we're setting up these cameras prior to them giving birth,
0:03:53 > 0:03:57so we can monitor which ones are coming in and which ones aren't,
0:03:57 > 0:04:01and hopefully we'll see Freda coming in.
0:04:01 > 0:04:06And now it's become even more important for Freda to have her babies indoors.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Recent wet weather has left the ground waterlogged.
0:04:10 > 0:04:14Any den dug under a tree is in serious danger of flooding,
0:04:14 > 0:04:20so if Freda had her pups out here, they could easily drown.
0:04:20 > 0:04:24There's an advantage for giving birth in here.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26The weather is absolutely terrible at the moment.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Heaven forbid if you were born outside in this...
0:04:30 > 0:04:34You'd have a worse chance of survival, basically.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39With the risk of flooding so high, drastic measures have to be taken
0:04:39 > 0:04:42to protect the pups from the danger of drowning.
0:04:42 > 0:04:48Keeper Craig must stop them from digging birthing dens under the trees.
0:04:48 > 0:04:52This is the start of a hole it looked like they were going to dig at.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55We've gone round virtually every single tree up in the wolves,
0:04:55 > 0:04:59and that took a couple of days to go round and fill the holes in.
0:04:59 > 0:05:03This should discourage them from using this tree, or any other tree.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06So fingers crossed now.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12With all the possible den sites blocked up and the weather deteriorating,
0:05:12 > 0:05:16surely this year will be different from last.
0:05:16 > 0:05:18You can't predict an animal.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21We wanted her inside, she had them outside.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23So, where will Freda give birth?
0:05:23 > 0:05:26And will she and her pups survive?
0:05:26 > 0:05:29We'll be back in Wolf Wood later to find out.
0:05:34 > 0:05:38No, I haven't come to the jungle, I'm still at Longleat,
0:05:38 > 0:05:40but I'm in the butterfly house,
0:05:40 > 0:05:44and I'm here to meet the head of the butterfly house, Derek Longuet,
0:05:44 > 0:05:48who has come up with an ingenious way of feeding his butterflies.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49- Morning.- Good morning.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54Now, I assumed that with all this beautiful, lush, verdant planting
0:05:54 > 0:05:58you've got in here, the butterflies would just feed themselves.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00No, some butterflies take pollen.
0:06:00 > 0:06:07They also need minerals, so they'll go down to riverbanks and muddy puddles.
0:06:07 > 0:06:09They'll come down and take goodness out.
0:06:09 > 0:06:15So... We always think of butterflies simply just eating nectar
0:06:15 > 0:06:19from flowers, but that's not enough then to give them a balanced diet?
0:06:19 > 0:06:20That's only part of it.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Looking at this stunning butterfly here, is it drinking orange juice?
0:06:24 > 0:06:26That's a fruit pulp, yes. Orange.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30As you can see, its proboscis is going in and it's taking up...
0:06:30 > 0:06:33You've got this extraordinary-looking,
0:06:33 > 0:06:36not terribly appetising collection, if I may say so, here!
0:06:36 > 0:06:38This is a butterfly pub.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42We've got maple syrup here,
0:06:42 > 0:06:46which is the same as a fruit syrup that they would find in nature.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50So you're going to put these in the test tubes.
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Why have you bothered to put the picture of the flowers?
0:06:52 > 0:06:55It looks very pretty, but do you need to?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58It is very attractive, and also they come down to colour.
0:06:58 > 0:06:59Oh, is that what attracts them?
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Colour is the first attractant, yes.
0:07:02 > 0:07:06Do you need to top that up with water? OK, I'll do that.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08Stick that in.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10You have an important breeding programme here.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13This helps me breed right through the year.
0:07:13 > 0:07:17When the flowers are scarce, they'll come down on to fruit, sugar, water,
0:07:17 > 0:07:20and any of the tubes that we're setting up here.
0:07:20 > 0:07:22What are we going to put in this next one?
0:07:22 > 0:07:27Having seen in the wild butterflies going down on to sand banks,
0:07:27 > 0:07:30we've got some salt licks here.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32That's a mineral content.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35We're trying to...
0:07:35 > 0:07:41ape the natural goodness that you'd find on a sandy riverbank.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43I think that should do it.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45Again, another top up.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52- There we go.- That's fine.
0:07:52 > 0:07:57Can you see, Derek, that I'm putting off the evil moment of the final test tube?
0:07:57 > 0:07:59I thought I'd leave that to you!
0:07:59 > 0:08:01SHE LAUGHS I knew you would!
0:08:01 > 0:08:04So, dung.
0:08:04 > 0:08:09You kind of think of butterflies being these lovely, delicate,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11rather lady-like creatures.
0:08:11 > 0:08:18- Well, yes.- And I can't imagine what they would be getting from dung.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- Same thing, nutrients.- Right.
0:08:21 > 0:08:27- I've observed them in the wild coming down on carrion.- Really?- Yes.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30So a dead animal...
0:08:30 > 0:08:34- They'll take the juices from that. - So they're not quite the lovely,
0:08:34 > 0:08:38delicate, sophisticated creatures we like to think about?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- They got quite nasty habits. - They've got another side.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43The dark side of the butterfly!
0:08:43 > 0:08:48While Derek and I finish off this not terribly lovely-looking butterfly cocktail,
0:08:48 > 0:08:53we are then going to wait around and see which butterfly comes to what.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55So join us later. Thanks, Derek.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Meanwhile, almost 5,000 miles away, four keepers from Longleat
0:09:11 > 0:09:15have come to east Africa on the adventure of a lifetime.
0:09:15 > 0:09:19Ryan Hockley, Bev Allen, Michelle Stephens and Keith Harris
0:09:19 > 0:09:22are in the Mkomazi game reserve in Tanzania
0:09:22 > 0:09:27to find out more about the animals they look after back home
0:09:27 > 0:09:31and to contribute to several conservation projects.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34It's also an opportunity to work with one of the all-time greats
0:09:34 > 0:09:37of African conservation, Tony Fitzjohn,
0:09:37 > 0:09:41known to one and all as Fitz.
0:09:41 > 0:09:46So far, Ryan and Keith have helped move a pack of endangered hunting dogs
0:09:46 > 0:09:49as part of a ground-breaking release programme.
0:09:49 > 0:09:55Michelle tracked two tons of rather unpredictable black rhino through the bush.
0:09:55 > 0:09:59And Bev encountered her first ever wild tortoise.
0:09:59 > 0:10:02No-one will believe them back at Longleat!
0:10:02 > 0:10:07Fitz was the apprentice of this man, George Adamson, made famous through
0:10:07 > 0:10:11the book and film Born Free, and Michelle has the chance to continue
0:10:11 > 0:10:17Adamson's work by helping release a striped hyena back to the wild today.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21She was taken to the snake park just outside of Rushwa as an orphan,
0:10:21 > 0:10:26when she was quite small, and reared by two South Africans that owned the place.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29She was always causing trouble.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32She'd come out and chew your leg and chew your ankles.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33Chew your hand.
0:10:33 > 0:10:38Then she'd break out and eat all the little day-old chicks...
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- Snake food. - For the snake food, right.
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Although native to Africa, the striped hyena is increasingly rare
0:10:45 > 0:10:50due to hunting and the destruction of their natural habitat.
0:10:50 > 0:10:5418-month-old Fissi arrived at Mkomazi just four weeks ago
0:10:54 > 0:11:00so Fitz could release her into the park to breed with the other striped hyenas.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02I think putting her back in the rhino sanctuary,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05where there's a lot more striped hyena, and bags of room,
0:11:05 > 0:11:11will give us more time to find out about her.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13There's little known about these animals.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16So Fitz can monitor Fissi's movements, once she's been released,
0:11:16 > 0:11:21he's fitted her with a special collar with a radio location device.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Even though she's used to her keeper, Simon,
0:11:24 > 0:11:27Fissi is still a potentially dangerous animal,
0:11:27 > 0:11:32so the collar can only be fitted when she's under sedation.
0:11:32 > 0:11:37Fitz has over 40 years' experience working with animal wildlife.
0:11:37 > 0:11:42But anaesthetising wild animals is always a potentially risky procedure.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46She's never had a dart before, so I don't know how she'll react.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Maybe it would be a good thing if people stand back a bit.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57We'll aim for the hind quarters. It's the safest place to put the dart in.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Hello, big girl.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05The darting may look uncomfortable, but it's the simplest way
0:12:05 > 0:12:09to alleviate any distress for Fissi when the tracking collar is fitted.
0:12:11 > 0:12:13It all went in.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16But we managed to distract her so she didn't pull the dart out.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22But within a couple of minutes,
0:12:22 > 0:12:26the sedative starts to take effect and the team can get to work.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31What do you think? Steady, Michelle.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33- Can I touch her?- Yes, please.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37She's really rough. Really, really rough!
0:12:40 > 0:12:43Once the special tracking collar is in place, Fitz has a chance
0:12:43 > 0:12:48to make sure Fissi's in good health before she's released,
0:12:48 > 0:12:51and Michelle gets the chance to help out.
0:12:51 > 0:12:53OK. Now, let's check her for ticks.
0:12:53 > 0:12:57OK, fleas... She seems amazingly free
0:12:57 > 0:13:01of all sorts of things. Teeth are all good.
0:13:01 > 0:13:02OK. Gums are good.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07At Longleat, Michelle normally looks after sea lions, hippos and gorillas,
0:13:07 > 0:13:14so by coming to Mkomazi, she's getting an invaluable opportunity to broaden her knowledge.
0:13:14 > 0:13:15This is really kind of...
0:13:15 > 0:13:19I can't really describe it. It's amazing being this close.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21I've never been this close before.
0:13:21 > 0:13:24So it's always a good opportunity, when an animal
0:13:24 > 0:13:29is under anaesthetic, just to have a good look at them,
0:13:29 > 0:13:31just to explore them.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35Look at this long hair. It's amazing.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Fitz is satisfied that Fissi is in good health,
0:13:39 > 0:13:43and so it's time to give her another injection to bring her round.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Do you want to inject the antidote?
0:13:46 > 0:13:48I can do. Where to?
0:13:48 > 0:13:50In the rump.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Nice, juicy bit in the rump.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- Straight in.- Here?
0:13:54 > 0:13:55Yeah.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Thank you.
0:14:03 > 0:14:07We don't know what's going to happen, we should all stand back a bit.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12This is always a nervous time, isn't it? It can go either way, can't it?
0:14:12 > 0:14:16It should only take a few minutes for Fissi to wake up.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20But bringing an animal out from sedation is always an anxious moment.
0:14:20 > 0:14:27However many animals you sedate, for whatever reason, you always...worry.
0:14:27 > 0:14:32Every now and then you get caught by surprise, there's a bad reaction or something.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35There are some big breaths going in.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39Worryingly, there's still no sign of Fissi coming round.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43OK, why isn't she waking up, though?
0:14:45 > 0:14:50We'll find out if Fissi comes out of the anaesthetic later in the programme.
0:14:53 > 0:14:59Back at Longleat, inside the old stable block they look after
0:14:59 > 0:15:03another animal that some people regard as a little creepy - bats.
0:15:03 > 0:15:09But that's quite unfair. They're not bad really, just misunderstood.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12I'm in the bat cave, with keeper Alexa Fairbairn.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Alexa, it's breakfast-time, is that right?
0:15:14 > 0:15:16It is, yes. They're very hungry.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19So how on earth do we go about feeding bats?
0:15:19 > 0:15:21These are fruit bats, so they get a variety of fruit,
0:15:21 > 0:15:25apples, oranges, bananas, melon, mango, strawberries.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Anything we can get our hands on, they eat.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31- Figs as well, they really like.- OK. So where do we do this preparation?
0:15:31 > 0:15:35Just through here, and we've got a little treat for them today as well.
0:15:35 > 0:15:39- What are we doing?- It's a different enrichment feeding device...
0:15:39 > 0:15:41- OK, very good. - ..which we will be trying out.
0:15:41 > 0:15:46- We go through the area, and this is where we become chefs, is that right?- Indeed.
0:15:46 > 0:15:49So it's just fruit they live off?
0:15:49 > 0:15:53Yes, it is with us. In the wild they would eat little bugs
0:15:53 > 0:15:56and things like that, but in here they don't bother.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58- And it looks pretty finely chopped to me.- It is indeed.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02We do try and chop it quite finely. Otherwise they do tend to drop it.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05So it's finely chopped, or they'll drop it on visitors' heads.
0:16:05 > 0:16:09Shall I have a go? I'll show you what my chopping technique is like.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11Today they're going to have an extra-special treat.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13So what's the plan?
0:16:13 > 0:16:17We've got a nice enrichment device for them that we're going to put the food into,
0:16:17 > 0:16:22so we can see all their flight muscles working, be able to see them clambering around,
0:16:22 > 0:16:26squabbling for the food and things like that, naturally how they would do in the wild.
0:16:26 > 0:16:32- Fantastic. What do you think of my chopping?- Absolutely brilliant. - Good. We'll add that.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37We've got our finely-cut fruit. What's the plan now then?
0:16:37 > 0:16:41We're going to put it in our nice new enrichment device for them.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45So this is the enrichment device. How does it work?
0:16:45 > 0:16:50What we're going to do, just pour some fruit in, and then, hopefully,
0:16:50 > 0:16:55the bats are going to come in and use the holes, using their flight muscles
0:16:55 > 0:16:58and their claws and feet. Hopefully, they'll have a nice feed.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03OK. Presumably, now we take a step back and let the bats come in.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05To see the bats more clearly,
0:17:05 > 0:17:10we've rigged up a night-vision camera over the feeding basket.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Now, the first thing is, how on earth do the bats know the fruit is there?
0:17:14 > 0:17:18They've got an amazing sense of smell, so they smelt it when we walked into the room.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20They use echo location as well,
0:17:20 > 0:17:24which is a series of clicks they use with their tongue,
0:17:24 > 0:17:27that tells them where objects are so they avoid them.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29We've got the first bat.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31- That's right.- What's it doing now?
0:17:31 > 0:17:34He's just smelling it now. It's got human smells on there.
0:17:34 > 0:17:38He's checking it out. He'll be able to smell all the nice, tasty fruit.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41So he'll tell the others that it's there now!
0:17:41 > 0:17:42Is that how they'll work?
0:17:42 > 0:17:45Yeah, normally one of them starts feeding,
0:17:45 > 0:17:47and then it sets all the others off.
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- So will there potentially be a feeding frenzy?- Hopefully, yeah.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54We've got a couple in there now. It looks like there's about three.
0:17:54 > 0:17:58Yeah, three or four of them. You can see them using all of their wings.
0:17:58 > 0:18:02They'll get right on in there, find their favourite food,
0:18:02 > 0:18:04possibly have a little squabble over it.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06It looks like they're squabbling.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- I can't believe they all fit! - They never hurt each other.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12It's more of a dominance thing over anything else.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15And they're pretty agile to crawl out of those holes like that.
0:18:15 > 0:18:19They've got really strong flight muscles, chest muscles, and they use those.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23The older they get, the less they work better.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26But they do really use them to clamber through everything.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29You can almost see their little claws, can't you?
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Yeah, they've got hooks on the end of their wings.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34So how do they grab the food?
0:18:34 > 0:18:37- Is it with their teeth or their little hooks? - They'll use their teeth.
0:18:37 > 0:18:42They'll just stuff it all in their mouth and then fly off.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- And consume it elsewhere?- And consume it elsewhere normally, yeah.
0:18:45 > 0:18:48- Are they greedy? Do they have quite an appetite?- They do.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53They can eat 70% of their body weight every day. So they really do eat an awful lot.
0:18:53 > 0:18:5470% of their body weight?!
0:18:54 > 0:18:57Between 50 and 70%, yeah.
0:18:57 > 0:19:00- That's a lot of fruit cutting you've got to do.- That is a lot, yes!
0:19:00 > 0:19:02And they're all clambering out everywhere.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04This is to give them something new?
0:19:04 > 0:19:07Yeah. Naturally, in the wild, they would be foraging,
0:19:07 > 0:19:11feeding, all the time, finding new roost sites.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14In here it's a controlled environment, so we do like to
0:19:14 > 0:19:18give them loads of different enrichment ideas, different feeding techniques.
0:19:18 > 0:19:22And presumably, doing a different feeding technique like this
0:19:22 > 0:19:25gives you a new insight into the bats and their behaviour.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30Yeah, you can see just how much they move, how much their chest muscles do a lot of the work for them
0:19:30 > 0:19:32when they're using their wings.
0:19:32 > 0:19:37So it's brilliant to see them actually moving around using themselves more.
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- So this is not only breakfast, but a bat workout?- Exactly.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Alexa, thank you very much.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46I think we'll leave the bats to their exercise.
0:19:57 > 0:20:03Back in Wolf Wood, keepers Bob and Craig are monitoring Freda, the alpha female, closely.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05She's due to give birth any day now
0:20:05 > 0:20:08and everyone is hoping that she'll have her babies
0:20:08 > 0:20:14inside the wolf house where they'll be able to keep an eye on things with CCTV cameras.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16It's now even more important,
0:20:16 > 0:20:21because outside the weather has gone from bad to worse.
0:20:21 > 0:20:28Bob and Craig are checking the CCTV to try to figure out what the wolves are thinking.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32At least we know they're coming in quite regularly now.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35That's another male, by the looks of things.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Not Freda yet.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40That's Two Tips. That's the boss.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43He's come over to have a look.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45Another one coming in.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47That looks like One Tip.
0:20:47 > 0:20:51So the boss and the foreman are in there.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Just waiting for the first lady to come in.
0:20:54 > 0:20:57This is a good sign as well, because...
0:20:57 > 0:21:01they're actually nest-building and they're nest-building properly.
0:21:01 > 0:21:06They're dragging it all the way, making sure that it's draft-proof,
0:21:06 > 0:21:10I suppose, so they have a nice little shallow.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13He's really working at it, this one.
0:21:13 > 0:21:18If they're making nice little areas, she can come in and that's saving her a job.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21All she's got to do then is go in there
0:21:21 > 0:21:24and save her energy, and pop out the youngsters.
0:21:24 > 0:21:28I would like to see her come in now, that's for sure.
0:21:28 > 0:21:32If we could catch the whole birth on film, that'd be brilliant.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35But they are so nervous about anything new.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40Maybe to our benefit, the weather has changed for the worse,
0:21:40 > 0:21:46which hopefully may draw her in to coming into the house and giving birth there.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49Even if she's only in there for a few days,
0:21:49 > 0:21:52it's one step closer than what we got last year.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Freda is due very soon indeed.
0:21:55 > 0:22:00Will the birth of her pups be a happy event or turn into a tragedy?
0:22:00 > 0:22:02We'll find out later.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Back in the Mkomazi game reserve in Tanzania,
0:22:12 > 0:22:16pioneering conservationist Fitz and Longleat's Michelle Stevens
0:22:16 > 0:22:19are anxiously waiting to see if Fissi,
0:22:19 > 0:22:24the orphan striped hyena, is going to come round from being sedated.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27She's moving now.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Ears are back.
0:22:29 > 0:22:34Fissi has been fitted with a radio transmitting collar that will enable
0:22:34 > 0:22:38Fitz to monitor her movements once she's released into the wild.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43But for now, she's more interested in the safety of her den.
0:22:43 > 0:22:49- I mean, talk about heading for home. - Safety.- Wheyy!
0:22:50 > 0:22:54Sedating a wild animal is always a risky procedure
0:22:54 > 0:22:58so Fitz and Michelle are relieved that she's back on her feet,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00even if she's looking a little bit groggy.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03There she goes. Now, this is better.
0:23:03 > 0:23:08Simon's the one she likes to bite and that's what she's doing.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11- Everything...- ..is normal.- Yeah.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Simon was saying that she's biting a little bit harder than normal
0:23:15 > 0:23:17when she normally plays with him,
0:23:17 > 0:23:20but that's understandable.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22That's happened before with other animals.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24They just want to let you know
0:23:24 > 0:23:28that something funny has gone on and they're not impressed.
0:23:28 > 0:23:31So now, Fissi is almost back to her normal playful self.
0:23:31 > 0:23:36Fitz and Michelle leave her to rest overnight, as tomorrow's a big day.
0:23:40 > 0:23:45Next morning, Fitz and Michelle are back to see how Fissi is doing.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50Today's the big day when she's finally released into the reserve
0:23:50 > 0:23:52where she can mingle with the other striped hyenas.
0:23:52 > 0:23:55First, Fitz wants to make sure that the collar's working
0:23:55 > 0:24:00as it's important to monitor Fissi's progress once she's released.
0:24:00 > 0:24:03This is an essential piece of kit
0:24:03 > 0:24:07when you're tracking... trying to find a little, lone hyena.
0:24:07 > 0:24:11This is difficult country. It's not like the Namibian desert
0:24:11 > 0:24:13where you follow a nice little trail.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16It's thick, there's lots of grass.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19It's difficult country, especially in the rains, to track in this.
0:24:19 > 0:24:21- It's big as well.- Yeah, huge.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24And we have no idea where she's going to go, so this is essential.
0:24:24 > 0:24:29Maybe she'll go 20 miles in a straight line. Maybe she'll just go round the corner.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Maybe she won't leave. Who knows?
0:24:31 > 0:24:34But without this, we'll never know.
0:24:34 > 0:24:40The collar works by transmitting a radio signal which is picked up by the aerial.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44The strongest signal is the way this antenna's pointing.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49And now we are, we are that close...
0:24:50 > 0:24:53RECEIVER BEEPS You can actually notice
0:24:53 > 0:24:55a slight difference, even here. Yeah.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58The bleeping sound tells Fitz the collar is transmitting.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02So finally Fissi is ready to be released.
0:25:02 > 0:25:06But after a month of guaranteed food and shelter here,
0:25:06 > 0:25:10she's going to take a bit of coaxing to get her out of the compound.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11Don't chuck her anything.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16OK. Put it back, put it back.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Simon.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20Simon. Come on. Come on.
0:25:22 > 0:25:24Show her the meat. Perfect.
0:25:26 > 0:25:29Come on. Come on.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41FISSI YOWLS
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Fissi has got too attached to her home,
0:25:43 > 0:25:46so there's only one thing for it.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48It's going to have to be pulled down.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51We're just a trying to tell her that it's time she became
0:25:51 > 0:25:54a bit of a big girl, and made a move into the bush.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58She knows what we're doing. She's a bit cross we're busting the hut down.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01FISSI GROWLS Come on, Fissi.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04You can't stay in here forever.
0:26:04 > 0:26:08That's been her little place, her little place of safety, security,
0:26:08 > 0:26:11for the weeks that she's been here.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14So, I mean, she's defending that, which is great.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17All her instincts, all her inherited knowledge are there.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19So I'm not worried about how she's going to cope.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23She'll be fine. I think we're going to have to leave her.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26Simon, I'm sure, will get her out later.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31OK, Simon. All yours, man.
0:26:31 > 0:26:38With Fissi standing her ground, Fitz leaves it to Simon to tempt her out of her compound.
0:26:38 > 0:26:41We'll find out later on if this hyena wants to be released at all.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Back in the butterfly house I'm here with Derek,
0:26:50 > 0:26:54and earlier we set up a collection of butterfly cocktails.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56And, Derek, it seems to have worked a treat.
0:26:56 > 0:26:59We've got all sorts of customers in there.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03Although I do notice that the cocktail made of poo has been roundly ignored.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06I think that that's an acquired taste!
0:27:06 > 0:27:08So what have we got on the salt solution there?
0:27:08 > 0:27:10We've got our salt solution there.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14Idea leuconoet, the tree nymph from Malaysia.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16And up here with the fruit pulp?
0:27:16 > 0:27:19That's one that we're breeding quite well here.
0:27:19 > 0:27:21Breeds on bamboo.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25- Oh, OK. And where would you find that in the wild?- That's South America.
0:27:25 > 0:27:30South America. Looks like we've got a similar one on the maple syrup.
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Yes. That's the same one again.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37Yes. That one down on the sugar solution down there is stunning.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40That's Greta oto.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43The common name is clearwing, or glasswing.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45As you look at it, it's like a cathedral window.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48It really is, and it's stunning.
0:27:48 > 0:27:51What's astonishing about this is how still they are
0:27:51 > 0:27:54when they're feeding. They're not jittery.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57It's a serious subject, isn't it, Kate?
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- When we're out eating it's, you know, it's business. - LAUGHTER
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- So they're not going to be deterred by anything?- Oh, no.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07Well, a huge success, but I can't help but mention, Derek,
0:28:07 > 0:28:11that you have got the largest moth I think I've ever seen hanging
0:28:11 > 0:28:14right in front of your nose. But not keen to come down and feed.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18No, no. They have enough goodness in their body for their lifetime.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20- Really?- So they don't feed. - What sort of moth is it?
0:28:20 > 0:28:23- Can I turn it round to have a look at it?- Atlas moth.
0:28:23 > 0:28:25That is absolutely stunning.
0:28:25 > 0:28:28You see, there again, that's got clear...
0:28:28 > 0:28:32patches in its wings. That makes him more fearsome.
0:28:32 > 0:28:38If there's a predator coming to it and they can see through it, it gives it a more fierce appearance,
0:28:38 > 0:28:43- and it confuses the predator, so it gives them time to escape. - It's absolutely gorgeous.
0:28:43 > 0:28:50Derek, I'm so pleased that my cocktail mixing it worked out, and thank you very much indeed.
0:28:50 > 0:28:51Enjoy your drinks, ladies.
0:28:59 > 0:29:05Up in Wolf Wood, everyone is waiting anxiously for the birth of a new litter of pups.
0:29:05 > 0:29:10Frieda, the alpha female, is due very soon and keepers Bob and Craig
0:29:10 > 0:29:14are watching her closely for any tell-tale signs.
0:29:14 > 0:29:18Frieda's actual behaviour today is like really erratic.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22She's the running around a lot, whimpering, lying down, up again.
0:29:22 > 0:29:30And she's been seen urinating a lot, so these are signs of imminent over the next day or so.
0:29:30 > 0:29:37In previous years, Frieda's given birth out in the wood, but Craig and Bob want her to use the house,
0:29:37 > 0:29:40where she and her pups would be safe and dry.
0:29:40 > 0:29:43Now Frieda's started to bring sticks in to make a nest.
0:29:43 > 0:29:45It's an encouraging sign.
0:29:45 > 0:29:52Last year especially she wasn't too bothered about going into the house, but know I've seen her in there more
0:29:52 > 0:29:57this year than ever before, and the fact that she's making all,
0:29:57 > 0:30:02all the right noises. She's very, very restless at this moment in time.
0:30:02 > 0:30:08If I was a gambling man, I would put money on the fact that she's going to give birth tonight.
0:30:08 > 0:30:13If not so tonight, tomorrow morning, and hopefully indoors.
0:30:24 > 0:30:30First thing the next morning, Bob heads straight up to Wolf Wood to see if his hunch was correct.
0:30:33 > 0:30:37What we'll do is a we'll check the section first and if we can't find her out here
0:30:37 > 0:30:41then we'll have to go down to the house and see if she's there.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43Just have a quick head count.
0:30:43 > 0:30:49If you can look over there by that oak tree, Frieda is laid there, curled up.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00I just... Oh, yeah. Look, look, look. There's a pup.
0:31:02 > 0:31:05She's had pups.
0:31:05 > 0:31:10She's had them not in the place we would've loved her to have them, but she's had some.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14I think it was pretty imminent she was gonna have them by all the signs yesterday,
0:31:14 > 0:31:22so obviously, during the night time, she's decided to give birth outside.
0:31:22 > 0:31:28She's virtually done what she done last year and instead of going into the house, she's actually just
0:31:28 > 0:31:35dug a little shallow near a tree, and that is one of the trees that has been her den site in the past.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38She's getting up.
0:31:38 > 0:31:41Ooh, there's probably about three or four there.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45One, two... She's just re-arranging herself.
0:31:45 > 0:31:48She won't stand on them.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52The first few hours and days are critical for wolf pups.
0:31:52 > 0:31:57They're born blind and don't even open their eyes until they're about two-weeks-old.
0:31:57 > 0:31:59This makes them incredibly vulnerable,
0:31:59 > 0:32:03and in the wild, around half don't survive.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06Here at Longleat, although they're not in danger
0:32:06 > 0:32:10from predators or lack of food, this is still a nervous time.
0:32:10 > 0:32:15The way there she is, I wouldn't have thought that she's finished giving birth yet.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18So possibly, there's more to come.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23I suppose it is a little bit worrying, because this isn't the best of weathers.
0:32:23 > 0:32:30It rained last night and I think the forecast is that it's going to rain again today.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33This is a very tense time, obviously, for the pack.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37But it's also a time when we can see just how tight knit
0:32:37 > 0:32:40the relationships are within the wolf pack.
0:32:40 > 0:32:43She's got a helper alongside her.
0:32:43 > 0:32:46That is Two Tips, who's the father.
0:32:46 > 0:32:50He's obviously going to be staying near her.
0:32:50 > 0:32:51You can't mess with nature.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53If she feel safe about here
0:32:53 > 0:32:55with fellow pack members around here,
0:32:55 > 0:33:00then she obviously has chosen this as her place.
0:33:00 > 0:33:03The fact that they do look lively is a bonus.
0:33:03 > 0:33:07With the pups just hours or even minutes old,
0:33:07 > 0:33:11we mustn't disturb Frieda by trying to get a closer look.
0:33:11 > 0:33:14We'll just have to be patient and come back another day
0:33:14 > 0:33:18to find out how many pups she has, and if they all survive.
0:33:27 > 0:33:32Earlier in the series, deputy head warden Ian Turner masterminded a plan
0:33:32 > 0:33:37to put one of the six million trees from the Longleat Estate into Monkey Jungle,
0:33:37 > 0:33:41to make its residents a new and exciting feeding station.
0:33:41 > 0:33:47Things didn't go exactly to plan and the whole operation took over 36 hours
0:33:47 > 0:33:51just to move the massive trunks into position.
0:33:51 > 0:33:56Ben and I have joined Ian to put them to good use.
0:33:56 > 0:33:59- So what have we got here?- We've made some special cakes for the monkeys.
0:33:59 > 0:34:05It's got all the normal stuff what the monkeys eat - banana, peanut and apples.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09What we need to do is shove it into this Corsican pine tree we've made for them specially.
0:34:09 > 0:34:14We've drilled loads of holes in, but the trouble is we need to do it quick because the monkeys...
0:34:14 > 0:34:18It's not the greatest day weather wise, but we need to scoop this out and shove it in there.
0:34:18 > 0:34:23- Would it be fair to describe this as a monkey trifle? - Yeah, yeah.- It looks very good.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26I've got one here. God, it does look good.
0:34:26 > 0:34:28So they will come a racing over to this.
0:34:28 > 0:34:32Has the tree gone down well with the monkeys? Have they enjoyed it?
0:34:32 > 0:34:37Really well. Yeah, yeah. And the reason why we're doing this is is instead of just putting food down,
0:34:37 > 0:34:41they've got all these perches where they can sit on and pick the food out.
0:34:41 > 0:34:44If you look behind you, you've got one coming over straightaway.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46And they don't like this weather.
0:34:46 > 0:34:51So it is very much a case of racing against time, or racing against monkeys.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53- Don't take them from my tray yet! - KATE LAUGHS
0:34:53 > 0:34:56We may even need to speed up, cos they'll be right here.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00What is attracting them? Are they curious because we're around here,
0:35:00 > 0:35:05or would they be able to actually smell this food from a distance?
0:35:05 > 0:35:09They'll be able to smell this food and they know somebody's made them.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12- And that's quite a nice one. Look. - Look at that. That's brilliant.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15- Squash right in. - I'm worried they'll blow away.
0:35:15 > 0:35:21Is the point that they'll spend hours and basically busy themselves when normally they'd just eat?
0:35:21 > 0:35:25Normally, they shove everything in their pouches. So they've got great big stores.
0:35:25 > 0:35:28Then if anyone comes over, a dominant male or some other,
0:35:28 > 0:35:30they can run off and eat at leisure.
0:35:30 > 0:35:36Well, Ian, should we just pull back now and let them come in and watch them feed?
0:35:36 > 0:35:41- On this tree, yeah.- Yes. OK, let's just pull back and away.
0:35:41 > 0:35:45And, yeah, in moments, we've got the first one coming in, although, rather lazily,
0:35:45 > 0:35:49picking stuff up off the ground there.
0:35:49 > 0:35:53MUSIC: "Girls and Boys" by Blur
0:36:02 > 0:36:05You're constantly coming up with ideas for them.
0:36:05 > 0:36:09Do they really need it, because it's a huge enclosure with lots of natural trees
0:36:09 > 0:36:11for them to climb and places for them to hide?
0:36:11 > 0:36:14Why is it so important to keep coming up with new stuff?
0:36:14 > 0:36:18They probably wouldn't need new stuff, because, as you say, it's like being in the wild.
0:36:18 > 0:36:22But literally just to keep them, cos they've got all the young ones,
0:36:22 > 0:36:24it's always good to keep their mind active.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28And have new stuff all the time. And this tree has gone down a treat.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31It has got little perches and stuff. You can see,
0:36:31 > 0:36:35instead of shoving all that in one, he's picking all the peanuts out.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39- Oh, yes, he is!- It must be incredibly satisfying to see them working away like this?
0:36:39 > 0:36:45- Yeah. Normally, they'd take five minutes to eat and this hopefully will take a few hours.- Brilliant.
0:36:45 > 0:36:48Well, we shall get down to putting this in the rest of the tree.
0:36:48 > 0:36:52But, Ian, thank you very much and congratulations on a real success.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55- You'll have some very happy monkeys this year.- Thank you very much.
0:37:03 > 0:37:06Earlier on, in the Mkomazi game reserve,
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Fitz and Longleat's Michele Stevens had trouble coaxing Fissi,
0:37:09 > 0:37:14the orphaned striped hyena, out of the compound and back into the wild.
0:37:14 > 0:37:19A few hours later, and Fitz and Michelle are keen to see if keeper Simon has had any more luck.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24THEY SPEAK IN DIALECT
0:37:28 > 0:37:31She came out. She just carried on adding sticks
0:37:31 > 0:37:34to where her little place was and she just went in
0:37:34 > 0:37:40and just bolted out, veered right and went through the fence at the back into
0:37:40 > 0:37:43the main part of the sanctuary and she's gone off into the bush there.
0:37:43 > 0:37:48- So we've got the machine here. We know her collar is working. Let's look for her.- Let's.
0:37:48 > 0:37:54Fitz has fitted Fissi with a radio transmitting collar so that he can track her progress in the wild.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57TRANSMITTER CRACKLES
0:37:58 > 0:38:01It doesn't take him long to pick up a signal.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03MACHINE BEEPS
0:38:06 > 0:38:11The strength and frequency of the beeps tells Fitz which direction to look in.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20- I can see something there. I don't know if that's her.- She is.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- Right here.- I saw her. - Here we are, Fissi.
0:38:23 > 0:38:26- Thought I could see something. - Yeah. No, well done.
0:38:26 > 0:38:31Apart from a bloody nose, Fissi seems in perfect health.
0:38:31 > 0:38:33And has found a new, comfortable home.
0:38:33 > 0:38:38She's found a beautiful sandy place beneath the rocky outcrop,
0:38:38 > 0:38:42protected from rain and shade
0:38:42 > 0:38:47and just a classic place for a striped hyena to lie.
0:38:47 > 0:38:50- I mean, couldn't be better than that, Simon.- Indeed.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54She has every chance now to become a real hyena.
0:38:54 > 0:38:59- How do you think she will find hunting, cos she's never done it before?- No, she hasn't.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01But I don't think she'll bother.
0:39:01 > 0:39:07I mean, they scavenge and they're very careful. They eat very small crustaceans and ants.
0:39:07 > 0:39:13- They're not fussy at all. - Maybe even lizards.- Will you feed her initially just a little bit?
0:39:13 > 0:39:15Of course. Of course.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18If she sort of heads back, she will get fed.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21And, after a couple of days, if she hasn't headed back,
0:39:21 > 0:39:24we'll look for her and give her something if she needs it.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Make sure she's well and she's coping OK.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30So, Fissi's release has been a success.
0:39:30 > 0:39:34I hope that she, you know, just continues to explore the environment.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36I hope she meets up with other striped hyena.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39Maybe in the long-term, have a family of her own.
0:39:39 > 0:39:41You know, she's got her life ahead of her now.
0:39:41 > 0:39:45She is a young hyena. She's got everything to look forward to.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50Being involved in the tagging and release of an orphaned animal
0:39:50 > 0:39:54has been an amazing chance for Michelle to learn about conservation first hand.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57This has been a really excellent experience for me.
0:39:57 > 0:40:03Not many people get hands-on experience doing this and it's a really positive thing to do.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06I mean, it is conservation at its best.
0:40:06 > 0:40:09You always want animals to be where they naturally should be.
0:40:09 > 0:40:15And it's been achieved today and it's really brilliant. It's great. Really good feeling.
0:40:21 > 0:40:26For many centuries, there were herds of deer living in the parkland around Longleat.
0:40:26 > 0:40:33In recent times, all sorts of other animals have moved in, But the deer are still here.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37Kate and I have joined head of section Tim out in the deer paddock here
0:40:37 > 0:40:40with some of these magnificent looking fallows.
0:40:40 > 0:40:45They're looking in such good form, Tim, with their antlers, their coats are looking radiant.
0:40:45 > 0:40:52That's right, Ben. This really is fallow peak condition time now, it really is.
0:40:52 > 0:40:57They will start very shortly to thicken their necks.
0:40:57 > 0:41:01They will put a lot of weight into the neck in preparation for the rut,
0:41:01 > 0:41:04which comes in the autumn, about September or October.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07So, yes. Because this is quite an unusual sight, really.
0:41:07 > 0:41:12To see males in full antler, but actually quite peaceful and not fighting.
0:41:12 > 0:41:19Presumably that all changes once those testosterone levels come up and they start thinking about the girls.
0:41:19 > 0:41:22Exactly, Kate. You've got it, certainly, yes.
0:41:22 > 0:41:26Quite. As soon as they start to clean their antlers,
0:41:26 > 0:41:29there will be a lot of bickering going on
0:41:29 > 0:41:32and they will not tolerate this sort of close company here.
0:41:32 > 0:41:36And what happens? Tell us about what goes on during the rut.
0:41:36 > 0:41:40Bucks very close to each other will have rutting stands dotted around.
0:41:40 > 0:41:42They will display and they will fight off.
0:41:42 > 0:41:47- Like their own little territories? - Exactly.- Just like you. - Just like me, I was gonna say.
0:41:47 > 0:41:51And they will be fighting for females?
0:41:51 > 0:41:55- They'll be trying to attract females over to them?- Exactly. They're strutting around.
0:41:55 > 0:41:58You know, they've already fought in some cases.
0:41:58 > 0:42:06Some cases, just the mere sort of presence of them is enough to intimidate a younger animal.
0:42:06 > 0:42:12But they will attract the does and the does will decide who they go to.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14They've got the pick of an enormous number of bucks.
0:42:14 > 0:42:16They'll walk up to...
0:42:16 > 0:42:20I challenge you, Tim, to a rut over Kate.
0:42:20 > 0:42:24LAUGHTER Yes, I think the two of you should take a stand!
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Tim, thank you very much indeed. ..Sadly, that's all we've got time for today.
0:42:28 > 0:42:31But here's what's coming up on the next Animal Park.
0:42:33 > 0:42:37There's a hair-raising experience lined up for one young keeper
0:42:37 > 0:42:40who has to give three large llamas a short back and sides.
0:42:40 > 0:42:44He may be Lord of the Manor, but which are
0:42:44 > 0:42:48the current Marquess of Bath's favourite corners of the estate?
0:42:48 > 0:42:51And the whole park is holding its breath
0:42:51 > 0:42:56as Longleat's oldest tiger has to go under anaesthetic.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Join us for the next Animal Park.
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