0:00:02 > 0:00:08The keepers have spent the last few years gaining the confidence of these terrifying tigers.
0:00:09 > 0:00:15But all their hard work could be undone because today they need to administer a big injection.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19Do tigers forgive and forget? We'll find out on today's programme.
0:00:44 > 0:00:51Coming up on today's show: there's unease in the rhino house as Mirashi is taken ill.
0:00:51 > 0:00:54She's very poorly.
0:00:54 > 0:00:59The bats get in a flap as Kate serves up some tropical delights.
0:00:59 > 0:01:05And there's a surprise delivery in the camel house that gets the keepers all shook up.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09It's going to be a pretty hair-raising event I think!
0:01:09 > 0:01:14But first we head straight over to Tiger Territory.
0:01:16 > 0:01:22Of all the animals in the park some of the fiercest have to be the three young tigers -
0:01:22 > 0:01:30Svetli, Showri and Sindari. They could kill with one bite of their awesomely powerful jaws.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33So you don't really want to upset them.
0:01:35 > 0:01:39But today big cat keepers Bob and Brian have a job to do
0:01:39 > 0:01:44that certainly won't make them any friends.
0:01:44 > 0:01:48We're going to inject all the tigers today for a cat flu injection.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51So a one mil dart each.
0:01:52 > 0:01:59it's pretty well easy to do, but tigers do tend to get a bit lively,
0:01:59 > 0:02:02so we are prepared for trouble.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10I think we'll get a lot of tigers jumping up at the cages at us.
0:02:10 > 0:02:16You need them to sit back a way so you can get a decent shot in the muscle of the back leg.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20It's very hard to do with a tiger jumping at you, coming forward.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26But with the expertise of Bob...
0:02:26 > 0:02:29we may be able to distract them somehow.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35They've got quite a job on their hands.
0:02:35 > 0:02:42These three girls arrived two years ago and from the off two of them, Svetli and Showri, were very lively.
0:02:43 > 0:02:49Sindari, the third tiger, is calmer than her sisters, but you've still got to watch her.
0:02:49 > 0:02:56Over the past two years, Bob and Brian have tried to build up a relationship with the tigers.
0:02:56 > 0:03:01Today's vaccinations might undo all that hard work.
0:03:03 > 0:03:09The fact that we're going to do something that isn't going to be pleasant to them,
0:03:09 > 0:03:14I'm sure they'll hate us for a few moments,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17but hopefully only briefly.
0:03:17 > 0:03:21But the vaccinations have to be done as cat flu can be fatal.
0:03:23 > 0:03:29Four years ago, these three tigers' predecessors fell victim to this virus.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32They don't want to make much effort to move.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36She's got a lot of discolouration on her tongue.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41As all the tigers were fairly old, it hit them especially hard.
0:03:44 > 0:03:51She's very stiff and just by looking at her you see she doesn't want to move much.
0:03:51 > 0:03:58There's no cure for cat flu, so they were given antibiotics in their meat
0:03:58 > 0:04:05just to make sure they didn't get any other infections. It took over a week before all three perked up.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Oh, good girl.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10Good girl.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13A lot better than yesterday.
0:04:16 > 0:04:20The keepers never want to go through this again.
0:04:20 > 0:04:28Even though the vaccination doesn't guarantee the cats won't fall ill, they give them their annual jabs.
0:04:34 > 0:04:40Once the drug has been successfully administered, the keeper's job is not done.
0:04:40 > 0:04:46Bob and Brian still have to get the dart back. This can be the most difficult part.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Obviously, they can't just go in and pull it out.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57Hopefully let them brush against a bit of the cage and it draws it out.
0:04:57 > 0:05:05The one thing we will have to be careful about is if the needles bend and stay in.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09We'd obviously have to knock them out and not leave them like that.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12Will we do you first, lady?
0:05:15 > 0:05:19Bob and Brian start with the calmest tiger first, Sindari.
0:05:19 > 0:05:27They have to get the dart into her hind quarters, but she's not making it easy to get a clean shot.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Oh, you so-and-so.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- Surround you now.- Oh, look at this.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Yeah, what's this?
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Hey, come here.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Good girl, good girl.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48Oh, you felt that, didn't you, darling? Hey!
0:05:48 > 0:05:53Bob's distraction technique seems to have worked.
0:05:53 > 0:05:57But Sindari's not too happy with Brian.
0:05:57 > 0:06:02- It's out. It's on the floor. - In you go.- Good girl.
0:06:02 > 0:06:06She was quite quiet.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09As you can hear, those other two might be a little more trouble.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12ANGRY GROWLS
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Next up is Showri - the noisy one.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Come here, come here.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23VERY ANGRY GROWLS
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Hey, hey, hey.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35- Good girl.- Good girl.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Hey, hey, hey.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Calm down, calm down.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45The dart's in there somewhere.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48It was here.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Hey, hey, hey.
0:06:53 > 0:06:59They thought the hardest part was going to be getting the dart out of the tiger,
0:06:59 > 0:07:06but it seems to be finding it. There's an obvious joke here and someone's got to say it.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10Trying to find a needle in a haystack, aren't we?
0:07:10 > 0:07:17- It can't be that hard to find! - Come back in an hour's time. Have a cup of tea while you watch.
0:07:20 > 0:07:26We have to find it. We have to dart Svetli and we may need to put her in here.
0:07:26 > 0:07:30We don't want her standing on it. That adds to your problems.
0:07:33 > 0:07:39Maybe we should leave them to it, but we'll be back later to see if they find the dart.
0:07:39 > 0:07:45If they do, they'll have to face Svetli, the rowdiest tiger of them all.
0:07:55 > 0:08:01Two years ago, three brothers arrived to begin a reign of terror in the East Africa Reserve.
0:08:01 > 0:08:07Their names - Vlad the Impaler, Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan.
0:08:07 > 0:08:11They're warthogs, the first they've ever had here.
0:08:11 > 0:08:16At first, they charged around like monsters.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21# What's that coming over the hill? Is it a monster? Is it a monster? #
0:08:22 > 0:08:28But they've calmed down a bit since then and enjoy nothing more than a good wallow in the mud.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32However, they haven't been able to indulge recently
0:08:32 > 0:08:36as, after a spell of warm, dry weather, their hole has dried up.
0:08:36 > 0:08:40So Ben and I are off to make some mud.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44We're out in the warthog field with Andy Heyton.
0:08:44 > 0:08:51- It's churned up. Is this their work? - Well, we kind of built this whole paddock on sand.- Right.
0:08:51 > 0:08:59We brought in some clay to line it out, with a nice depression here, but the boys have ruined our hard work.
0:08:59 > 0:09:06- This is meant to be their wallow. - Right.- But we've had unseasonal summer weather and it's been warm!
0:09:06 > 0:09:10- So it's dried out, basically. - Baked hard. So we'll chuck water in.
0:09:10 > 0:09:17And here they are behind us. Presumably, like pigs, they love to wallow and cover themselves in mud.
0:09:17 > 0:09:23It's fantastic for them. It keeps direct sunlight off their skin. They have quite delicate skin.
0:09:23 > 0:09:28It acts as a moisturiser and exfoliant.
0:09:28 > 0:09:32- You could jump in afterwards. - Thank you!
0:09:32 > 0:09:38- We've got a trailer of water here. - Yes, so if we fill up these holes here and dampen it down a bit.
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- OK.- How do we do that? I don't want to get too wet.
0:09:42 > 0:09:47- I'll try not to get our cameraman's feet too wet.- OK.
0:09:47 > 0:09:54So this is going to be a perfect, good, muddy...and presumably they do the churning up themselves.
0:09:54 > 0:10:00- All you need to do is put the water in.- They'll have a good dig about, hopefully.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05- They're all lined up behind us. - Spying!- Ready to go, are they?
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Mud, mud, glorious mud!
0:10:08 > 0:10:13And do you think this will actually stay for a while?
0:10:13 > 0:10:21- I suppose it depends on the weather, how dry it is.- Once they get in here, they displace the water
0:10:21 > 0:10:26- and it all comes flowing out. - Excellent.- Brilliant.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30You've got the system here very well planned, haven't you?
0:10:30 > 0:10:34We're extremely technologically advanced.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38- Are we done with the water?- Yeah. - Good. We can move that away.
0:10:38 > 0:10:45Now we've got some warthog favourites - apples and bananas. Is it worth scattering those?
0:10:45 > 0:10:49We can drop a couple round the edge so they can...
0:10:49 > 0:10:55- They would root in the ground to feed anyway.- Yeah, they'll dig up tubers and roots and things.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59- These are omnivorous.- Right.- They will eat a small amount of meat, too.
0:10:59 > 0:11:04They won't go out catching meat or animals to eat,
0:11:04 > 0:11:10but if there's a lion kill they may start chewing on the bones, taking small mammals, birds possibly.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15- They'll eat pretty much anything. - Are we putting all the food out?
0:11:15 > 0:11:19Yeah, you can chuck it all out, Ben. It might encourage them.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23This is like what a child creates in their garden.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27It's what I did as a boy! It's brilliant!
0:11:27 > 0:11:32- There we go. One more banana. - Shall we move away a little bit?
0:11:32 > 0:11:37Yeah, back to where the tractor is. We may have to wait half an hour.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40Just sit down in the grass.
0:11:40 > 0:11:46'We're going to leave them to it. Join us later to see if there's been any wallowing action.'
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Throughout a year at the park, there are lots of births.
0:12:07 > 0:12:12Most of them go without a hitch and are a cause for celebration.
0:12:12 > 0:12:18However, there are times when they just can't let nature take its course
0:12:18 > 0:12:21and keepers have to step in.
0:12:22 > 0:12:28One species that historically have had more trouble than most is the Bactrian camel,
0:12:28 > 0:12:31a critically endangered animal.
0:12:32 > 0:12:39So when birthing season arrives, head of section Tim Yeo is always a bit nervous
0:12:39 > 0:12:45and two years ago was no exception when he discovered one of his females was unexpectedly pregnant.
0:12:48 > 0:12:55What we've noticed this morning is that Bali, one of our Bactrian camels, has gone away from the group
0:12:55 > 0:12:59and shown an enormous amount of restlessness this morning.
0:12:59 > 0:13:05She appears to be looking for somewhere to give birth.
0:13:05 > 0:13:12That, coupled with the size of her udder, is really suggesting to me that she's very close to calving.
0:13:14 > 0:13:21Tim and his deputy Kevin Nibbs had to hurry and prepare the barn for an imminent arrival.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25We have to make sure we get the pens prepared for her
0:13:25 > 0:13:29and then we have to keep watching it so that when she gives birth
0:13:29 > 0:13:35she actually looks after it properly and, if she doesn't, we can step in and help.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39We're talking hours rather than anything else. It's imminent.
0:13:39 > 0:13:44Now the fate of Bali and her unborn baby was in the hands of nature.
0:13:44 > 0:13:48All Tim and Kevin could do was wait.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50COCK CROWS
0:13:51 > 0:13:56Next morning, Tim had the good news he'd been hoping for.
0:13:56 > 0:14:02I looked in and there was the little one and Mum standing over him.
0:14:02 > 0:14:08- I think he was actually sucking the wool at the time. - The new calf appeared healthy enough
0:14:08 > 0:14:13but something was wrong. He didn't seem able to stand up on his own,
0:14:13 > 0:14:19which meant he couldn't suckle from his mother. Tim was immediately concerned.
0:14:19 > 0:14:25That animal has to drink the vital colostrum, the first milk,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28that comes through from the mother.
0:14:28 > 0:14:35And that milk holds the antibodies which help to build up an immunity to different ailments
0:14:35 > 0:14:38a camel may be subjected to.
0:14:39 > 0:14:44So it's vitally important that they do, probably within the first three hours,
0:14:44 > 0:14:47that they need that colostrum.
0:14:47 > 0:14:53To give the young camel a helping hand, he decided to bandage up his weak leg
0:14:53 > 0:14:59to give it more support in the hope of giving it the strength it needed to stand and suckle.
0:15:00 > 0:15:06But it seemed if this plan was going to work, the new born was going to need more time,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09but he needed the nutrients now.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12So Tim decided to milk the mother.
0:15:12 > 0:15:20He hoped feeding him this small amount of goodness would give the baby the strength to stand.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23Now we just go away and leave alone,
0:15:23 > 0:15:29but I would like to see very much a situation where we look in and we see
0:15:29 > 0:15:32the little on feeding from Mum.
0:15:32 > 0:15:36We'll know then that everything we've done this morning has been OK
0:15:36 > 0:15:41and we haven't mucked anything up and it's helped
0:15:41 > 0:15:45and that's it. We'll be happy then.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49Find out later if the new-born camel survived.
0:15:52 > 0:16:00Now straight back to Tiger Territory where Bob and Brian are giving the tigers their cat flu vaccinations.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04They successfully darted Showri, but they couldn't find the needle.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07She's safely back in her cage,
0:16:07 > 0:16:13but it's been 10 minutes since Bob and Brian started looking for a needle in a haystack.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16- There it is!- At last.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19- At long last. - I told you it was over there(!)
0:16:19 > 0:16:28They can finally get on with the job in hand and they've saved the best, and liveliest, for last.
0:16:29 > 0:16:36So that Bob can get a clean shot at Svetli, Brian stands in the next pen to get her to stand side on.
0:16:36 > 0:16:42He's a brave man as this means he's standing between two very angry tigers.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48Good one, good one.
0:16:54 > 0:16:58Can't see if it's gone off or not. ..Yeah, it has.
0:17:02 > 0:17:07I'll open the back door a bit, shall I?
0:17:10 > 0:17:13She really isn't happy with Bob,
0:17:13 > 0:17:17but both he and Brian are pleased with how it has gone.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19- A success.- Yep.
0:17:19 > 0:17:25That was actually quite good. On each of them the dart's gone off.
0:17:25 > 0:17:31Obviously, it's a little bit stressful for them, but I think they all went
0:17:31 > 0:17:35how we thought they would do. Sindari is the quiet one, anyway.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Showri and Svetli were... how they normally are!
0:17:39 > 0:17:46But, yeah, they've got their booster for another year. They don't need to worry about it for 12 months.
0:17:47 > 0:17:54- Go on, then.- With their ordeal over, the three tigers are allowed out for the day, safe from cat flu.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Let's hope they don't hold a grudge against Bob and Brian for too long.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09They shouldn't, as their keepers have a treat in store for them.
0:18:16 > 0:18:23Now it's time to catch up once again with the warthogs and their muddy treat.
0:18:23 > 0:18:30Well, they were feeling a little bit shy about wallowing while we were in there, Andy, so we've now come out
0:18:30 > 0:18:34and they have come down the hill and you can see...
0:18:34 > 0:18:39Who's that in the middle? He's really using his tusks.
0:18:39 > 0:18:43I can't see quite from here. It's possibly Genghis again.
0:18:43 > 0:18:49- He's using his nose as opposed to tusks.- Yeah.- Oh, look at that! - Look at that!
0:18:49 > 0:18:56- Can we edge a little bit closer? - Hopefully he'll be in such raptures doing what he's doing.
0:18:56 > 0:19:00- If we keep as quiet as possible... - He's rolling like a dog would do.
0:19:00 > 0:19:05They just have a real good time when they do this kind of thing.
0:19:05 > 0:19:11- In the wild they would find these naturally.- Yeah, they'd probably go down on a river bank
0:19:11 > 0:19:17or after it rains or whatever. That's normally why water holes in Africa look such a mess.
0:19:17 > 0:19:21Warthogs roll on the edge and the rhinos and elephants.
0:19:21 > 0:19:27And presumably they will take advantage of having other heavier animals around,
0:19:27 > 0:19:33- like rhinos, like elephants, like giraffes, churning up the ground for them.- Absolutely.
0:19:33 > 0:19:40They say elephants are the architects of Africa. They create water holes for other animals, knock down trees,
0:19:40 > 0:19:47they give everything - right down to these guys and insects, it all works in conjunction.
0:19:47 > 0:19:53And for your visitors this is great. Everyone is getting a really good view of them.
0:19:53 > 0:19:57These animals are just a fantastic show when they're doing stuff.
0:19:57 > 0:20:05I like them even when they're sunbathing in a big heap. Even when they're not moving, they're animated.
0:20:05 > 0:20:10They've just got wonderful faces. Incredible expressions.
0:20:10 > 0:20:15If you get up close enough, the little eyebrows go up and down.
0:20:15 > 0:20:22- I really do rave about these. They are fantastic.- And made very popular after The Lion King
0:20:22 > 0:20:29- and we had the warthog in there. - Whoever drew Pumbaa got it absolutely spot on.
0:20:29 > 0:20:35- That is a warthog. - I love the manes they've got, like an ill-fitting toupee!
0:20:35 > 0:20:41The comb over! That's great, Andy, that they now feel comfortable enough
0:20:41 > 0:20:48to come down and completely just enjoy a good muddy wallow in the sun.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51Yeah. It's just abandon.
0:20:51 > 0:20:55When you do things for the animals and make life better for them,
0:20:55 > 0:21:00- it's enjoyable to see what you do... - Look at that!
0:21:00 > 0:21:05- That is the epitome of a happy warthog.- He's coming to say, "Cheers, Andy!
0:21:05 > 0:21:09- "Same time tomorrow?" - "Thanks very much."
0:21:24 > 0:21:31We're looking back to when one of the rare Bactrian camels gave birth to a new male calf.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35A week on and the new-born was looking much steadier.
0:21:35 > 0:21:40However, his jelly legs inspired his keepers when choosing a name -
0:21:40 > 0:21:42Elvis.
0:21:44 > 0:21:52So as the King was looking stronger, safari park vet Duncan Williams gave him his first health check.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56- Why did you put the bandage on? Just for support?- For support.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01- She was flicking over on the fetlock?- Right over.- He, sorry.
0:22:01 > 0:22:06- Yes, right over.- Shall we take it off, then?- Lovely, yeah.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08HE WHIMPERS
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Right, I'll hold you.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16'What Tim is describing is a weakness in the ligaments.
0:22:16 > 0:22:22'I think this joint was just collapsing forward as the baby put weight on it.
0:22:26 > 0:22:33'That tends to strengthen. The ligaments and tendons firm up as the calf gets stronger.'
0:22:33 > 0:22:39With the thumbs up from Duncan, Elvis was ready for his next big step -
0:22:39 > 0:22:43being allowed out into the enclosure for the first time.
0:22:43 > 0:22:49Once the baby goes out, he's going to be be extremely inquisitive of other animals
0:22:49 > 0:22:53and will approach them and some of those may not want approached.
0:22:53 > 0:22:58So it's going to be a pretty hair-raising event!
0:22:58 > 0:23:04Tim had to keep a close eye on Elvis to check he didn't get into any dangerous situations
0:23:04 > 0:23:07with the other animals.
0:23:07 > 0:23:15The Bactrian camels have been living happily side by side with the cattle and rhino for years,
0:23:15 > 0:23:20but the new-born camels don't know the rules. If Elvis got too close,
0:23:20 > 0:23:22it could have been fatal.
0:23:25 > 0:23:32It really is a serious matter, particularly as he just takes off into the middle of those cattle.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37All that one's got to do is give a sharp hook with a horn.
0:23:37 > 0:23:46We've had it happen before. The baby took them into trouble, the mother tried to protect it
0:23:46 > 0:23:50and one of the bull Ankole just, as the mother went by,
0:23:50 > 0:23:55flicked his horn and disembowelled her, literally. She did survive,
0:23:55 > 0:23:59I have to say, miraculously, but it was nasty.
0:23:59 > 0:24:06Things seem to have gone well for Elvis, though, but then having come so far,
0:24:06 > 0:24:10Elvis took his life in his own hands by heading straight for the Ankole,
0:24:10 > 0:24:14forcing his mother and Tim into action.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20It's a nightmare.
0:24:20 > 0:24:26You don't know where he's going to go next. To manoeuvre a vehicle, you often don't get it right.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29You're praying that nothing happens.
0:24:29 > 0:24:35But thanks to the efforts of Mum and Tim, Elvis will never walk alone
0:24:35 > 0:24:39and was steered well away from the dangerous herd of cattle.
0:24:39 > 0:24:43Having survived his first day in the enclosure,
0:24:43 > 0:24:49Tim could now relax and look forward to Elvis enjoying a long and happy life.
0:24:50 > 0:24:55That was two years ago and since then Elvis has grown - a lot.
0:24:55 > 0:24:59And he's starting to get a bit frisky,
0:24:59 > 0:25:05but with Khan, the dominant male, already in the herd, there's no place for Elvis here.
0:25:05 > 0:25:11Sadly, he's having to leave the park and his new home is a camel centre in Suffolk.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15He's getting to the age now
0:25:15 > 0:25:20where he's been attempting to sneak on and mate some of the females
0:25:20 > 0:25:23when Khan's not watching.
0:25:23 > 0:25:29If Khan doesn't stop him from attempting to mate one of the others,
0:25:29 > 0:25:36that is something we do not want. He could end up breeding with his mother, or something like that.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39The other...
0:25:39 > 0:25:44The other reason being that, he's not quite there now,
0:25:44 > 0:25:48but as he gets larger, he will at some point become a threat to Khan
0:25:48 > 0:25:56and they'll start fighting and bull camels, when they do fight, it's nasty.
0:25:56 > 0:26:01Because Elvis has had quite a lot of contact with his keepers,
0:26:01 > 0:26:06this has made him an extremely confident and fearless camel around humans,
0:26:06 > 0:26:10so Tim has some words of warning for his new owners.
0:26:10 > 0:26:16People will have to be cautious when dealing with him when he's breeding, certainly.
0:26:16 > 0:26:23Because he hasn't any real fear of us and we had to do quite a bit in the early days
0:26:23 > 0:26:25to get him started.
0:26:25 > 0:26:30How is amorous Elvis going to react to leaving the park?
0:26:37 > 0:26:41Most cats don't like water. However, over the years,
0:26:41 > 0:26:45all the park's tigers have loved their pool.
0:26:45 > 0:26:52But Deputy Head Warden Ian Turner now thinks it's a bit too small for the three girls who live here.
0:26:52 > 0:26:58The old pond's been here for years. None of the other tigers used it a lot,
0:26:58 > 0:27:03but these three young ones play in it and they play together.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05So it needs to be a bit bigger.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08So Ian had a vision.
0:27:08 > 0:27:14Hopefully, I should be stood in the middle of the pond when it's finished.
0:27:14 > 0:27:21The plan of action is to go into the old pond over there, and this area here is the new pond.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25I'd like it to be as deep as possible.
0:27:25 > 0:27:29Work was meant to start in the winter when the park was closed.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34However, there were problems before they even started.
0:27:34 > 0:27:40Because it's concrete, you've got to wait for the frost to go and then wait for dry weather,
0:27:40 > 0:27:44otherwise this area will turn into a complete bog with JCBs and diggers.
0:27:44 > 0:27:51It may be a case that we're open to the public and have to do it first thing in the morning,
0:27:51 > 0:27:55which gives us two hours each morning. Could be a long job.
0:28:04 > 0:28:09Anyway, a year later and a lot of hard work, the tiger pool is ready.
0:28:12 > 0:28:18That is a very impressive construction. Big question - where's the water?
0:28:18 > 0:28:22We haven't got that. Just waiting for the rain!
0:28:22 > 0:28:24It'll be turned on in a minute.
0:28:24 > 0:28:29- There's a switch to turn on down at the bottom.- OK.- Rob?
0:28:30 > 0:28:34- 'Come in.' - Can you turn it on, please?
0:28:34 > 0:28:36'OK.'
0:28:36 > 0:28:42So it should come out there. Presumably the water has to come all the way up the pipe.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46- It takes a little time. - That's one of the good things.
0:28:46 > 0:28:50It will be full all the time, not up and down.
0:28:50 > 0:28:54It'll be full all the time. > It's not happening.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Has he turned the right switch on?
0:28:57 > 0:29:00Can't hear a thing!
0:29:00 > 0:29:04I reckon you've got a hole in your pipe, John!
0:29:04 > 0:29:06GURGLING
0:29:06 > 0:29:09I can hear something in the pipe.
0:29:11 > 0:29:13CHEERING
0:29:13 > 0:29:15Very good!
0:29:15 > 0:29:20- Thank God for that! - That's a relief, I imagine!
0:29:24 > 0:29:31- Any idea how long it will take to fill up?- I would have thought 10-12 hours to fill right up
0:29:31 > 0:29:33and get it going.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37Then we'll let the tigers out. Fantastic.
0:29:37 > 0:29:42Join us later to find out what the tigers make of their new pool.
0:29:42 > 0:29:45In the meantime, here's what's coming up.
0:29:47 > 0:29:50Elvis stages a comeback special.
0:29:50 > 0:29:53Just mind he doesn't come out.
0:29:55 > 0:29:59'And I help get the guinea pigs looking their best.'
0:29:59 > 0:30:01You're looking gorgeous!
0:30:01 > 0:30:06But now to a very dark corner of the park.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09They can be found almost anywhere in the world.
0:30:09 > 0:30:14Many people fear them and they come out at night.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16They're bats.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20Or, more specifically, the Egyptian fruit bats.
0:30:20 > 0:30:27This animal may only come out at night, but when it does they're extremely helpful to us.
0:30:27 > 0:30:32Many plants rely on bats for pollinating flowers or spreading their seeds.
0:30:32 > 0:30:39Kate's gone into the bat cave to find out more whilst giving them their dinner.
0:30:39 > 0:30:44This glamorous little spot is behind the scenes at the bat cave and I'm here with John.
0:30:44 > 0:30:49You've got all sorts of extraordinary things laid out here.
0:30:49 > 0:30:53- We're preparing a fruit cocktail for our fruit bats.- OK.
0:30:53 > 0:30:57On a normal bog standard day, we prepare fruity kebabs.
0:30:57 > 0:31:01- That's skewers with big chunks... - Yeah, whole bananas, whole apples.
0:31:01 > 0:31:08But today we're trying something a bit different. Fruit bats are responsible for a lot of pollination.
0:31:08 > 0:31:14- Right.- They would go to the fruit, take a mouthful, drop it, drop seeds.
0:31:14 > 0:31:20They also eat pollen and nectar - go to one flower, stick their tongue in, then go to another flower...
0:31:20 > 0:31:23- Exactly like bees.- Just like a bee.
0:31:23 > 0:31:29So what we're doing here is basically taking away all the waste that a bat wouldn't eat
0:31:29 > 0:31:34like the seeds and skin and bringing it down to its natural core.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37Put a dollop of each in each one? All right.
0:31:37 > 0:31:43You can do some work. I know you're a boy, but it is allowed!
0:31:43 > 0:31:46Are bats crucial to fruit pollination?
0:31:46 > 0:31:52It's some ridiculous number like 70% of the world's fruit, or exotic fruit, is pollinated by bats.
0:31:52 > 0:31:58That is a huge amount. Any of the more exotic fruits, say, avocados.
0:31:58 > 0:32:04- Our guys adore avocado.- Really? - They're one of the biggest pollinators of avocados.
0:32:04 > 0:32:10All the nice fruits you get in your fruit salad, if it wasn't for bats, you wouldn't be having them.
0:32:10 > 0:32:16I think we should go in and encourage them to do a bit of pollinating.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18Let's see.
0:32:18 > 0:32:23So we'll push our way through... the bat curtain.
0:32:23 > 0:32:27I always do feel like I'm in some superhero film.
0:32:28 > 0:32:33Right. Oh, that's clever. You've set up a little holder.
0:32:33 > 0:32:36A little feeder which I prepared earlier.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Stick the banana in the middle.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43OK, I'll put that sort of apple pulp there, banana in the middle.
0:32:43 > 0:32:49Sharp-eyed viewers, you will notice that there is also a camera just here
0:32:49 > 0:32:54looking down at this clever contraption that John has built.
0:32:54 > 0:32:58So we should be able to get a really good close-up view.
0:32:58 > 0:33:05- What should we do?- Step out the way. You can see that they're already starting to buzz about.
0:33:05 > 0:33:07Brilliant.
0:33:09 > 0:33:13I can't see his face, but it looks like he's lapping that up.
0:33:13 > 0:33:19- I think he definitely went for the banana. The banana was the first one of choice.- Not surprising.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22Here we go.
0:33:22 > 0:33:26To find their food, these bats not only use their good sense of smell,
0:33:26 > 0:33:29but echo location.
0:33:29 > 0:33:33This is a type of sonar the bat makes as it flies.
0:33:33 > 0:33:40These sounds then bounce off things around them so that they can tell how close or far away they are.
0:33:40 > 0:33:46They can even tell what the object is - like something that might taste good.
0:33:46 > 0:33:52Echo location is so sophisticated that these animals can detect an object the width of a human hair.
0:33:56 > 0:34:00It is interesting, isn't it? We've come in and that's a disturbance,
0:34:00 > 0:34:07but I do notice that there does seem to be more clicking, more echo location going on
0:34:07 > 0:34:10when something new comes in.
0:34:10 > 0:34:15Do they really communicate as a group? Do they talk to each other?
0:34:15 > 0:34:19They're very vocal animals. They've really become much more active.
0:34:19 > 0:34:26Those couple that scouted it out have communicated with the others to let them know there's food.
0:34:28 > 0:34:35- Must be quite a perilous position for them to lie flat, to not be ready to go.- Yeah.
0:34:35 > 0:34:42Think of the amount of energy it takes to lift up and take off. They can't just drop and fly away.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Particularly with what he's getting!
0:34:47 > 0:34:50Here's another one in.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54- They're all going for the banana. - Straight to it.- Straight in.
0:34:54 > 0:34:58He's eating like he hasn't eaten for a month!
0:34:58 > 0:35:04I'd say from that bat's face that it's been a huge success. Would you do it again?
0:35:04 > 0:35:10- Yes, it's another good way of presenting their food. - Thank you. Enjoy it, bats!
0:35:10 > 0:35:14One hanging there, waiting his moment.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26Kate's now raced up from the bat cave to the rhino house.
0:35:26 > 0:35:31The last time we saw Mirashi, the vet was giving her a health check
0:35:31 > 0:35:35as well as taking some blood to see if she was pregnant.
0:35:35 > 0:35:42No news yet on that, but everyone's become really worried about her as she's been acting very strangely.
0:35:44 > 0:35:48Deputy Head Warden Ian Turner has now urgently called Duncan out
0:35:48 > 0:35:53and Kate's gone along, too, in the hope of finding out what's wrong.
0:35:53 > 0:35:57She looks quite depressed, doesn't she?
0:35:57 > 0:36:03- You can look at the face and tell something's not right.- Yeah. - She's off her food this morning.
0:36:03 > 0:36:09- Any other symptoms? - They've always got runny noses, when you see them in the wild,
0:36:09 > 0:36:15but hers is running more than normal. Everything's an effort. She took a while to get there.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20And she's not moving. I've tried to call her over.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24- This one's fine.- She's looking great.
0:36:24 > 0:36:29Well, Duncan, you're over having a look at her.
0:36:29 > 0:36:34- A rhino with a chill doesn't sound like a good thing.- No.
0:36:34 > 0:36:40We're trying to get her a bit closer, to encourage these others in and she might come over.
0:36:40 > 0:36:46It's hard to see. She's got her eyes half shut, looks very, very depressed.
0:36:46 > 0:36:52When we arrived she was just lying down and didn't want to get up. It was very cold last weekend.
0:36:52 > 0:36:58- That's probably how she's picked something up.- Right. Oh, come on over here, girl.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02- We're worried about you. - She's much slower than normal.
0:37:02 > 0:37:08When rhinos get sick, they can go downhill very quickly.
0:37:08 > 0:37:14So in order for Duncan to get a closer look, the keepers try to get Mirashi into the rhino house.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20Are we all right to come in here?
0:37:20 > 0:37:23Hey, girl. Here you go. Come on.
0:37:23 > 0:37:28That's quite a thick mucus coming out of her nose, isn't it?
0:37:28 > 0:37:34Yeah, but it's not pus. It's clear. That's a good sign, really.
0:37:34 > 0:37:37I suppose, Ian, what this shows
0:37:37 > 0:37:43is just how important it is that you and the keepers who are looking after these rhinos,
0:37:43 > 0:37:48- day to day, how important it is to know your animal.- That's right.
0:37:48 > 0:37:54- It's little signs, isn't it? - Tell-tale signs. If they're not eating, that's obvious,
0:37:54 > 0:38:01- but when they're not walking properly... You can tell by her face. - It's her whole demeanour.
0:38:01 > 0:38:07- She doesn't look happy.- She looks like everything's an effort. - That's right.
0:38:09 > 0:38:16She has flu-like symptoms and Duncan needs to monitor her to know what's making her poorly.
0:38:16 > 0:38:22In the meantime, he's prescribed her some medicine that's being mixed up in her food.
0:38:24 > 0:38:26Come on, girl.
0:38:26 > 0:38:29- Oh, a bit slow, isn't she?- Yeah.
0:38:29 > 0:38:31Good girl, come on.
0:38:31 > 0:38:34She's looking kind of interested.
0:38:34 > 0:38:36It's down here, sweetheart.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Come on, girl.
0:38:39 > 0:38:42Look at this. Come on, lovely.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44- Down there.- Good girl.
0:38:45 > 0:38:48Yummy. Yummy.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Go on.
0:38:50 > 0:38:53- That's a good sign, Ian.- Mm.
0:38:53 > 0:38:55Good girl.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58Come on.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05Maybe she doesn't want to eat with an audience.
0:39:05 > 0:39:09- Should we leave her in peace? - Leave her.
0:39:09 > 0:39:15- We've got a pen for her. We don't want her to be hassled by anything.- OK.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19Mirashi's going to be kept safely tucked up in her pen,
0:39:19 > 0:39:23so everyone can keep a close eye on her for the next few days.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27We'll let you know how she's getting on.
0:39:31 > 0:39:39We're now hot-footing it back to the camel house where Elvis is about to leave the park.
0:39:39 > 0:39:46Head of Section Tim Yeo is having to let him go as there is already a dominant male in the group
0:39:46 > 0:39:48and he wants to avoid inbreeding.
0:39:48 > 0:39:55His new owners, Ray and Larissa Smith, have arrived with a horse box to transport him to his new home -
0:39:55 > 0:39:57a camel centre in Suffolk.
0:39:57 > 0:40:03But as Tim's already warned them, taking on Elvis doesn't make for an easy life.
0:40:03 > 0:40:06We are quite experienced with camels,
0:40:06 > 0:40:12but he did very kindly point out one or two characteristics about Elvis.
0:40:12 > 0:40:18The way he was brought up from being a baby and they had to help him along with mother.
0:40:18 > 0:40:25And sometimes that does make camels and some animals quite confident and bolshy.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29But I think he'll be all right with us.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33- I'm quite confident, in fact. - It should be relatively simple.
0:40:33 > 0:40:37They just have to line the horse box up with the gate...
0:40:37 > 0:40:40Push this over that way.
0:40:40 > 0:40:45- Push the front a little bit. - ..build a corridor for Elvis to walk down,
0:40:45 > 0:40:52then tempt him in with some food. Nothing to get all shook up about, but with Elvis nothing is simple.
0:40:52 > 0:40:55Whoa, whoa, whoa.
0:40:55 > 0:40:59Can you turn it up on... on this bit?
0:40:59 > 0:41:01That's it. Yeah.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03Take that one.
0:41:03 > 0:41:10We've got a door that opens at the front. You could walk him through with some food
0:41:10 > 0:41:12and just see what he does.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15OK, Julie?
0:41:15 > 0:41:18He's coming out.
0:41:18 > 0:41:20It's now or never.
0:41:20 > 0:41:26Will Elvis, known for his bolshiness, go into the horse box without any fuss?
0:41:26 > 0:41:28Good boy.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Good boy!
0:41:35 > 0:41:37He's in there.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41What a good lad.
0:41:42 > 0:41:47- That went surprisingly smoothly. - Can you keep feeding him, Julie?
0:41:47 > 0:41:53But suspicious minds might say that it's been a little too easy.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Don't let him come out the front!
0:41:58 > 0:42:03It's always nice when they load easily like that
0:42:03 > 0:42:08and you haven't got to try different things which can upset the animal.
0:42:08 > 0:42:14It seems the keepers just couldn't help falling in love with Elvis, but as they say a quiet goodbye,
0:42:14 > 0:42:19there's a definite look of mischief in his eyes.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23Just mind he doesn't come out. Can we just get...?
0:42:24 > 0:42:26Back up.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29No, no...
0:42:33 > 0:42:37Ah, that well-known camel-handling technique - mass arm waving.
0:42:37 > 0:42:42I think it might take a bit more than that, though.
0:42:42 > 0:42:44Good boy.
0:42:44 > 0:42:48Ah, he just wants to give Tim a goodbye kiss.
0:42:48 > 0:42:52Can you get those boards? Go and get a board, quickly.
0:42:52 > 0:42:57Get a board and bring it round here and put it in front of him.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Just bring it round quickly.
0:42:59 > 0:43:04Bring it right in front of him. Close him up, that's it.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09- Just keep that...- Go back.
0:43:10 > 0:43:14Keep his head down. Bring the board in, that's it.
0:43:14 > 0:43:19- Take the board away.- Board away. Keep that door shut!
0:43:19 > 0:43:21That's enough of that!
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Yeah.
0:43:24 > 0:43:26Right.
0:43:26 > 0:43:30With Elvis safely back in the horse box, surely it IS now or never.
0:43:30 > 0:43:36But life with Elvis isn't that easy and he seems determined to take one last look around.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42Will Elvis ever make it to his new home?
0:43:48 > 0:43:54We're out in Pets Corner, it's a beautiful sunny day and at my feet is a box of straw
0:43:54 > 0:43:59and they are, of course, guinea pigs. Look at these, Ben.
0:43:59 > 0:44:04They're great. You get the box full of very sweet, cuddly guinea pigs
0:44:05 > 0:44:13and Bev and I have a rather ominous black bag, dustpan and brushes and cleaning liquids.
0:44:13 > 0:44:17- We get the fun part of it(!) - We're off cleaning.- We are.
0:44:17 > 0:44:21Go and clean up. They deserve a nice, clean house.
0:44:21 > 0:44:24We'll go and do our best.
0:44:24 > 0:44:26About time he did some housework!
0:44:26 > 0:44:33Now, Alexa, tell me about these little creatures. Guinea pigs are a classic first pet, aren't they?
0:44:33 > 0:44:39- Oh, yeah.- Often given to children. Does that mean they are very easy to look after?
0:44:39 > 0:44:45- Can you bung them in a box with food and hay and leave them?- Oh, no. They need cleaning out regularly.
0:44:45 > 0:44:51Today we're doing a health check and grooming session. All long-haired guinea pigs need that.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54- Their teeth continually grow.- Right.
0:44:54 > 0:44:56Just gently fold up their top lip
0:44:56 > 0:45:00and you might be able to see their lovely little teeth.
0:45:00 > 0:45:06- So they're a rodent, presumably. - That's right.- I've got a very fine pair of teeth.
0:45:06 > 0:45:10So these are a good length. What if they look too long?
0:45:10 > 0:45:17- They come into that lower lip? - They can do. If you're ever concerned, advise your vet.- Right.
0:45:17 > 0:45:21- They know and they can help.- OK, so these two are OK on the teeth front.
0:45:21 > 0:45:26That's it. Look at their lovely eyes as well. Make sure they're clear.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28- Have a look in the ears as well.- OK.
0:45:28 > 0:45:34- Very nice and clear.- Yeah. They're well hidden with all this hair in here!
0:45:34 > 0:45:41- You're looking to make sure there's nothing in there.- No gunk. Have a look at their feet as well.
0:45:41 > 0:45:45Nails are continuously growing, so they may need clipping.
0:45:45 > 0:45:50Presumably, again having a lot of bark and bits of wood around
0:45:50 > 0:45:56- helps keep those nails down.- Bark chippings, a little bit of concrete in the enclosure - not too much.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59And they quite like grass.
0:45:59 > 0:46:05- Am I taking all of this out? - All of it, Ben.- Am I sweeping it all into here?- Yeah.
0:46:05 > 0:46:11- All the straw and everything else? - Yes, please.- Potentially, how many guinea pigs live in here?
0:46:11 > 0:46:18We've got 25 guinea pigs altogether. We've got 24 females and one neutered male.
0:46:18 > 0:46:23- And can you tell them apart? - I can and Alexa can as well.
0:46:23 > 0:46:27We work with them all the time and we can tell them apart.
0:46:27 > 0:46:31Other keepers can't. You get different colourations.
0:46:31 > 0:46:35You get long-haired guinea pigs, short-haired breeds as well.
0:46:35 > 0:46:40Some have the fur that is rough to the touch.
0:46:40 > 0:46:45- Abyssinian ones as well.- I never knew there were so many different types!
0:46:45 > 0:46:50Do you ever have to bath a guinea pig? Do they need de-fleaing?
0:46:50 > 0:46:56- They can sometimes pick up parasites. - Yeah.- Again, consult your vet if you're in any doubt.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59Look at your tummy, madam. Gorgeous.
0:46:59 > 0:47:04How's that? I'm not very good with my housework, I'll warn you.
0:47:04 > 0:47:08I like to sweep the dust under the carpet. Do I need to clean more?
0:47:08 > 0:47:11- A little bit more!- Shall I get in?
0:47:11 > 0:47:17Obviously, they don't go out like your dog does. They'll go to the loo in here.
0:47:17 > 0:47:23That's a sight for sore eyes! I've never ever seen you do so much work!
0:47:23 > 0:47:29- How do you manage it?- I know! - This is going to be cleaner than my own home!
0:47:29 > 0:47:34Well, hurry up. We've got two beautifully-groomed girls
0:47:34 > 0:47:38- waiting for their nice, clean house. - How's that? Does that get...?
0:47:38 > 0:47:43- That's OK.- And this bedding? - Shavings in.- OK, here we go.
0:47:43 > 0:47:48It would be good if you made the bed like this at home! Bed's all made.
0:47:48 > 0:47:52- Spread it around.- OK. Where do they get their dinner served?
0:47:52 > 0:47:56- If we do it in front of the house... - Come on, girls.
0:47:56 > 0:48:01- Now you're all ready and brushed up for dinner.- Lots of visitors.
0:48:01 > 0:48:06- Just...- Spread it out. And they should come over.
0:48:06 > 0:48:12- They definitely know that tea's up. - Fantastic. A nice clean home and plenty of dinner.
0:48:12 > 0:48:17- That's brilliant.- Impressed, Kate? - I'm very impressed. I need a cleaner.
0:48:17 > 0:48:21- Are you free tomorrow afternoon? - What have I done?!
0:48:21 > 0:48:25- Bev, Alexa, thank you very much. - There you are, happy guineas.
0:48:33 > 0:48:38Back over to the camel house now where the saga is still unfolding.
0:48:38 > 0:48:44Elvis is meant to be heading off to a new home, but he clearly isn't in any rush.
0:48:44 > 0:48:49- Well done...- Obviously, his new owners can't drive down the motorway
0:48:49 > 0:48:53with a camel hanging out of the back, but Tim has a plan.
0:48:53 > 0:49:01- If we try to cut it right, we could know a hole in it and tie it onto here.- Yeah.
0:49:02 > 0:49:08This should be easy enough. All they have to do is measure the gap and cut a board to fit.
0:49:14 > 0:49:16- Hang on.- Whoa, whoa.
0:49:16 > 0:49:21- Leave the boards there. - Put it in.
0:49:21 > 0:49:25- Can you push it in?- Get in. - Push it in.
0:49:25 > 0:49:29- Take the boards back, take the boards back.- In!
0:49:31 > 0:49:36- That's it, OK. - Yeah, I've got that.- Well done.
0:49:36 > 0:49:41Now that is good. Come on - that is good.
0:49:41 > 0:49:45I could give up this job and become a carpenter.
0:49:45 > 0:49:51Now with just a little bit of very careful drilling, Elvis should be good to go.
0:49:51 > 0:49:58For now, though, he's sensibly moved to the front of the horse box, safely out of harm's way.
0:49:58 > 0:50:03The keepers are keen to get him on the road as then he will sit down,
0:50:03 > 0:50:07which is safer for him than standing and shake, rattle or rolling around.
0:50:07 > 0:50:13- It's silly of me not thinking of that. I have a board that fits the back of this.- Right.
0:50:13 > 0:50:18But we've not had such a problem for such a long time.
0:50:18 > 0:50:24So, finally, it's taken two hours, but Elvis has left the building.
0:50:24 > 0:50:31After all that, let's just hope his new owners don't decide they want to return to sender!
0:50:42 > 0:50:50We're now just moments away from seeing how the tigers react to their brand-new paddling pool.
0:50:50 > 0:50:57It's now full of water and, dressed in some rather fetching fishing gear, Kate's been adding goodies.
0:50:57 > 0:51:02Have you tried them with fish before or this a new thing for these three?
0:51:02 > 0:51:06We have tried them and they do love it.
0:51:06 > 0:51:09The shine on their coats is ideal.
0:51:09 > 0:51:15And now with Bob and Kate safely positioned in the vehicle, the tigers have been released.
0:51:17 > 0:51:22Is this Sindari? Of course. Of course.
0:51:22 > 0:51:27The braver one. Now she is going straight in. Look at that.
0:51:27 > 0:51:34They're very strong swimmers and they will regularly swim four miles.
0:51:34 > 0:51:41- Really?- Anything up to about 20. - 20 miles is an extraordinary distance for anything to swim!
0:51:41 > 0:51:47And it doesn't really matter about how strong the flow of water is. They are very powerful swimmers.
0:51:47 > 0:51:50- They're very powerful animals.- Yeah.
0:51:50 > 0:51:56She didn't seem to mind getting the bottom half of her head wet. Would they submerge their whole heads?
0:51:56 > 0:52:00- Well, they don't like it getting into their eyes.- No.
0:52:00 > 0:52:07But she's classically going in forwards. A lot of tigers will reverse into water.
0:52:07 > 0:52:13Really? Sindari's right up... We've got a camera tucked round the side of that waterfall.
0:52:13 > 0:52:17Hopefully, we'll be getting some nice close-up shots of her.
0:52:17 > 0:52:25- She's sort of fishing for it, using her claws.- Or she puts it to the side and picks it up with her mouth.
0:52:25 > 0:52:30- Was she going for the camera, do you think, Bob?- She noticed it.
0:52:30 > 0:52:36It's something different than the enclosure. We've hid it under a big rock.
0:52:36 > 0:52:44- She's sniffing that. - Sindari, that isn't in the plan! Don't play with the camera!
0:52:45 > 0:52:53- Go and play with the water! - Who is that on the top there, Bob, looking on enviously?
0:52:53 > 0:52:59- This is Svetli. - And Showri walking along the back of the fence line.
0:52:59 > 0:53:07So it really does look like Sindari might finish everything before the other two brave the water.
0:53:07 > 0:53:13It's not a main feed, obviously. This is just titbits we've chucked out for this purpose
0:53:13 > 0:53:18- to see them in the water. - Oi! Not the camera!
0:53:18 > 0:53:23She knows she's being naughty. No...she's got it.
0:53:25 > 0:53:29If she doesn't kill the camera, we'll get some unique footage!
0:53:29 > 0:53:31Oh, no! It's in the water.
0:53:31 > 0:53:38- She's dismissed it now. Now she's... - She's such a great tiger.
0:53:38 > 0:53:42- She's a real character, this one. - She's a little darling.
0:53:42 > 0:53:46She is like a giant oversized kitten, isn't she?
0:53:46 > 0:53:52- Yeah, she is. She just stuck her nose under. - She looks very happy in there.
0:53:58 > 0:54:04Oh, now, look. It looks like Svetli could be...
0:54:04 > 0:54:08feeling brave enough... Oh, the other one.
0:54:08 > 0:54:09Bob!
0:54:16 > 0:54:19That is such a lovely sight.
0:54:19 > 0:54:25- I think this is the most animated I've seen all three of them out in the park.- Yeah.
0:54:25 > 0:54:29You can see how well they get on together. They are playful.
0:54:29 > 0:54:35They don't mind each other's company. As a solitary animal, you'd expect them to have their own area.
0:54:35 > 0:54:40But you can see they enjoy their own company as well as the others'.
0:54:40 > 0:54:45Oh, it's an absolutely fantastic sight.
0:54:45 > 0:54:49Look, head straight in! She didn't like getting her eyes wet.
0:54:49 > 0:54:52She's sort of blinking there.
0:54:52 > 0:54:56- She's been in there ages now.- Yeah. - She's enjoying it.
0:54:56 > 0:55:01Obviously thoroughly enjoying it. Bob, thank you very much.
0:55:01 > 0:55:06What a lovely day, watching a tiger looking blissful in a paddling pool.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08Enjoy it, Sindari.
0:55:22 > 0:55:28Well, we are here in the goat enclosure, as you can tell, with senior warden Bev Evans.
0:55:28 > 0:55:33Almost the end of the day. Always lovely to cuddle the goats.
0:55:33 > 0:55:37- There's been a bit of a sadness this year.- Yeah.
0:55:37 > 0:55:41We haven't bred our goats this year, so we haven't had any babies.
0:55:41 > 0:55:47- Is there a reason for that? - Yeah, we couldn't bring our Billy down from Mid-Glamorgan
0:55:47 > 0:55:51- so we weren't able to breed. - Why couldn't you bring him down?
0:55:51 > 0:55:58At the moment, there's a disease around called Blue Tongue. We're classed as an infected area.
0:55:58 > 0:56:03Mid-Glamorgan isn't. We could bring him down to us, but not send him back.
0:56:03 > 0:56:10- What are the effects of Blue Tongue? - A lot of animals, if they get bit by midges, flying insects,
0:56:10 > 0:56:17they can get a swollen tongue, nasal discharge, and it wouldn't necessarily be fatal,
0:56:17 > 0:56:22- but it wouldn't do them very good. - Not a pleasant-sounding disease.- No.
0:56:22 > 0:56:27This was one of the success stories of last year. This is Bubble.
0:56:27 > 0:56:33Really, it's thanks to you and all the staff here that Bubble is alive at all today.
0:56:33 > 0:56:39Yeah, she didn't do particularly well. Her mum concentrated on the other two babies she had
0:56:39 > 0:56:43and left Bubble for dead, really. So Andy and I had to come in
0:56:43 > 0:56:48and give her colostrum and just really warm her up. She got cold.
0:56:48 > 0:56:54Once an animal gets cold that's just been born, it takes a long time to warm them up again.
0:56:54 > 0:56:59Hot water bottles, towels, everything, just to get her up on her feet.
0:56:59 > 0:57:03- She's looking a bit plump! - She's quite round, yeah!
0:57:03 > 0:57:09- She's just come from the winter diet to a grass paddock, so she's actually a bit gassy.- Thank you(!)
0:57:09 > 0:57:12I'm glad Kate is holding Bubble.
0:57:12 > 0:57:16Bev, thank you very much for letting us catch up.
0:57:16 > 0:57:21Sadly, we've run out of time. Here's what's coming up next time.
0:57:22 > 0:57:26- Two spiders got on. - He's doing it, he's doing it!
0:57:26 > 0:57:29But is she pregnant?
0:57:29 > 0:57:34Our attempts to get close to the hippos doesn't go to plan.
0:57:34 > 0:57:39There is a pile of logs that has broken down.
0:57:40 > 0:57:46And we look back to the terrible day when almost every animal faced being destroyed
0:57:46 > 0:57:51thanks to a relentless disease closing in on the estate.
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