0:00:02 > 0:00:06Zebras grazing on the plains, giraffes looking on -
0:00:06 > 0:00:07it's a classic East Africa scene.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10- We could be in the Serengeti. - Except we're not.
0:00:10 > 0:00:12We're in the rolling Wiltshire countryside,
0:00:12 > 0:00:15where some of Africa's most iconic animals have roamed
0:00:15 > 0:00:18- for the last 50 years. - When the park first opened,
0:00:18 > 0:00:21the idea was to create a little corner of Africa
0:00:21 > 0:00:24in the heart of England, and, amazingly,
0:00:24 > 0:00:27the people who came here could set up picnic and eat their lunch
0:00:27 > 0:00:29with the animals all around them.
0:00:29 > 0:00:33Sounds wonderful, but things have changed a little bit since then.
0:00:33 > 0:00:37However, we have plenty of wild stories coming up on today's show.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43The world's fastest land animal is put to the test.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45Go, go, go, go, go!
0:00:45 > 0:00:48THEY SHOUT
0:00:48 > 0:00:49Look at him go.
0:00:50 > 0:00:54We go back to 1968 when giraffes first arrived at the park...
0:00:55 > 0:00:59..and meet the people brave enough to rub shoulders with them.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03The small giraffe actually stood on Stephen's foot,
0:01:03 > 0:01:06so you can tell how close we actually got.
0:01:06 > 0:01:11And the life of a baby goat hangs in the balance.
0:01:25 > 0:01:26But before all that,
0:01:26 > 0:01:30we're out and about with our newest recruit, Jean Johansson,
0:01:30 > 0:01:32as she prepares to take on the might
0:01:32 > 0:01:35of the park's most mischievous monkeys.
0:01:37 > 0:01:42They first arrived in 1968 and have been causing chaos ever since.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50Today, a troop of 116 macaques lay in wait
0:01:50 > 0:01:54for a steady stream of cars to enter the monkey drive-thru,
0:01:54 > 0:01:59hitching rides, ripping off trim and generally causing havoc,
0:01:59 > 0:02:02and nothing can be done to stop them.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07It's Jean's turn to help with the daily clean-up.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- It's a bit of a jump. - So, already...window washer.
0:02:12 > 0:02:15Yeah, one of our favourites. We can put it on the back of the truck.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Yeah, so, we can look forward to finding a couple of these, I think.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Oh, looks like we've got a lovely L plate.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24And also a bumper sticker. Right, we're doing well.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27We are doing well. Ooh, there's a bit of trim.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- Ah, their favourites. - They love picking that up.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32That's a nice, thick bit, so they would have had some fun with that.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34- It's a bit like a junk treasure hunt, isn't it?- Yeah,
0:02:34 > 0:02:36and it's important to pick it all up
0:02:36 > 0:02:38cos obviously we've got all our other animals in here,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40like the gnu and the blackbuck.
0:02:40 > 0:02:44How much of this stuff do you find after, you know, a drive through?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Oh, in a day, we can have handfuls of it.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48It can sometimes fill up the back of the truck.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51And on a busy summer, we can have, yeah, even more.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55Macaques are the most widespread species of primate
0:02:55 > 0:02:57apart from humans.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01To stop this set of vandals totally trashing the place,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04the keepers have come up with all manner of games and tricks
0:03:04 > 0:03:06to keep them entertained.
0:03:07 > 0:03:08So, what have we got in here?
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- So, I've made them some ice lollies. - Good idea.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12We've got some of their favourite treats
0:03:12 > 0:03:14and they can also eat the stick, as well.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- What else have we got in here? - We've made them a little box.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19We've put some of their favourite branches,
0:03:19 > 0:03:21and we've also hidden some bits of pepper and carrot in,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23so they can use their fingers to get it out.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25And we've also got some camel fur
0:03:25 > 0:03:26cos our camels are moulting at the moment,
0:03:26 > 0:03:29so we're going to see what they're going to do with that.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32- What would monkeys want with camel fur?- I think the smell,
0:03:32 > 0:03:35playing with it, they kind of roll around in it and things like that.
0:03:35 > 0:03:37- Monkey wigs.- Yeah. - Right, let's do it.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43And they're quite sociable in their eating patterns?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45- They like to eat as a group? - Yes, they are.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47You'll have more of the dominant ones coming over
0:03:47 > 0:03:50and then you'll have the less dominant ones all hanging back,
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- kind of waiting for their turn. - And what about the children?
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Will mothers and elders tend to feed them?
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Yeah, there's one with a baby just there.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Will Mum just carry that baby around for a while?
0:03:59 > 0:04:00Yeah, it looks still quite young,
0:04:00 > 0:04:02so it'll be mainly on the front of the mum.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04As it gets bigger, it'll start exploring,
0:04:04 > 0:04:05kind of getting on her back.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- And Mummy will soon start training her how to do...- Yeah, definitely.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12- ..how to take off window wipers and things.- Yeah!
0:04:12 > 0:04:16You can see, as well, you've got some of them on our enrichment box.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- They're really poking. - And this is good for their dexterity
0:04:19 > 0:04:22- and their problem-solving skills, as well?- Yeah, it's really good.
0:04:22 > 0:04:23It keeps their minds working.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26They know that those bits of carrot are in there,
0:04:26 > 0:04:30- so they're having a real good look. - These are all, like, toys and fun
0:04:30 > 0:04:32and things that they can play around with.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34They seem to be having a good time, yeah.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37Well, despite all the damage they've caused to all the many cars
0:04:37 > 0:04:38that have driven through here,
0:04:38 > 0:04:40- I think they really deserved that treat.- Yeah.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57From car-mobbing monkeys...
0:04:58 > 0:05:02..to sea lions capable of holding their breath for up to 20 minutes,
0:05:02 > 0:05:07the park is full of amazing animals you have to see to believe.
0:05:09 > 0:05:13And none more so than the world's tallest animal - the giraffe.
0:05:14 > 0:05:19Speaking to us back in 2004, the first head warden, Mike Lockyer,
0:05:19 > 0:05:23was able to describe the scene when the first giraffes arrived.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31I imagine, to anybody locally seeing them,
0:05:31 > 0:05:35I mean, it was a thing that they'd never seen before in their lives
0:05:35 > 0:05:37and would probably unlikely ever see again.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40It was quite an exotic, you know, sight.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45And when they were first let out,
0:05:45 > 0:05:48I mean, they were a bit cautious and a bit flighty.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51Then they realised, you know, space,
0:05:51 > 0:05:54"We can have a little gallop," and, of course, they loved that.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Once they got used to their perimeters,
0:05:57 > 0:05:58they settled down fine.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02The giraffes were an instant hit,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05as this was the only place in the world outside Africa
0:06:05 > 0:06:08where the public could mingle amongst them.
0:06:08 > 0:06:14We've just opened a new reserve for giraffes, which is 100 acres,
0:06:14 > 0:06:17and there's 17 giraffes and a lot of zebras.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21The trouble is, of course, the giraffes eat the trees,
0:06:21 > 0:06:25but, still, the main point is that the public can get out and picnic
0:06:25 > 0:06:27and look at them in complete safety.
0:06:32 > 0:06:35And we've invited some of the first people
0:06:35 > 0:06:39lucky enough to share a picnic with them back to the park.
0:06:49 > 0:06:53I remember, particularly, there was a large giraffe
0:06:53 > 0:06:56and a baby by the side of her.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01And the kids went right up to that one.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04The small giraffe actually stood on Stephen's foot,
0:07:04 > 0:07:07so you can tell how close we actually got.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14My mum opened up the window and all of a sudden,
0:07:14 > 0:07:17a giraffe sticks its head straight through window and she's going,
0:07:17 > 0:07:20"It's going to come in and get me! It's going to come and get me!"
0:07:25 > 0:07:28But it wasn't just the first visitors
0:07:28 > 0:07:30who fell in love with these gentle giants.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32It was the keepers, too.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37Best memories of the whole place was the fact that it was
0:07:37 > 0:07:39an entirely new venture.
0:07:39 > 0:07:44Nobody had done this, so everybody who was here was excited,
0:07:44 > 0:07:45there was great camaraderie
0:07:45 > 0:07:48and everybody was really trying hard to make it work.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53One of those original keepers was Alec Long.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56Alec's daughter Rose and granddaughter Helen
0:07:56 > 0:08:01remember how working with the giraffe changed his life forever.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06He came here in 1968 having just retired from a farm in Horningsham.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10He was lucky enough to be offered a place here by Lord Bath at the time.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13He knew nothing at all about giraffes or zebras or camels at all,
0:08:13 > 0:08:15but he was told they were just like cows.
0:08:15 > 0:08:19So, he came on a temporary basis and he didn't leave for 30 years.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24Alec completely fell in love with the giraffe
0:08:24 > 0:08:28and dedicated his retirement to caring for them.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31He knew all of them, didn't he? He knew all the names, everything.
0:08:31 > 0:08:35- Absolutely, yeah.- And they recognised his voice, as well,
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- cos he did have a bit of a booming voice.- Yeah.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40We'd see his brown car sort of come through
0:08:40 > 0:08:43and it wasn't just us that saw it, but all these guys.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45The giraffes knew his car,
0:08:45 > 0:08:47and as soon as he was in the park with the car,
0:08:47 > 0:08:49they were coming towards him.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52So, they'd all come over, all round the car, heads down,
0:08:52 > 0:08:55cos they knew he had Polos and Extra Strong Mints.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- There was a real affinity between them.- Yeah.
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Alec worked at the park until he was 86 years old.
0:09:07 > 0:09:10He loved it so much. This was absolutely his life.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11This place was his life.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14I do count myself very lucky to have been here at that time
0:09:14 > 0:09:15and to have seen all of that.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Back at the park today, times have changed,
0:09:20 > 0:09:23and although you can no longer stroll out amongst them,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26the giraffes still hold a very special place
0:09:26 > 0:09:28within the safari park family.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31The giraffes are one of the most favourite animals at Longleat.
0:09:31 > 0:09:32Everybody's got their favourite.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Some love the monkeys, some love the gorillas,
0:09:35 > 0:09:36but giraffes are one of the favourites.
0:09:42 > 0:09:48Now, I have to confess that I rather bemoan that I wasn't here in 1966
0:09:48 > 0:09:51and able to picnic with the giraffes and the zebras.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54Those scenes were absolutely magical, but I'm guessing,
0:09:54 > 0:09:56as a keeper, you're probably quite relieved
0:09:56 > 0:09:58that none of us can do that any more.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00- I love the nostalgia element of it, Kate.- Yeah.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03But I must admit, from a health and safety perspective, you know,
0:10:03 > 0:10:06we're much happier with the set-up today.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08But, yeah, of course, it just looked so amazing back then.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12What an experience. Can you imagine? And again, we sort of forget that,
0:10:12 > 0:10:15I suppose, most people in the '60s
0:10:15 > 0:10:20would never have seen giraffe or zebra in the wild.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22It would have been a completely new
0:10:22 > 0:10:24and incredibly exciting experience for them.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Yeah, totally, and possibly, you know,
0:10:27 > 0:10:31maybe they'd seen a grainy image on a black-and-white TV back then
0:10:31 > 0:10:34or maybe a trip to the zoo, but certainly in a setting like this,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36nobody would have seen anything like it before.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39And, I mean, let's not take it away from today.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41It's still magical. I still love sitting out here.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44How many years have you worked here now? Come on, fess up.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46I came for a summer job in 1987.
0:10:46 > 0:10:49THEY LAUGH
0:10:49 > 0:10:51Instantly fell in love with the place.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53- And they're Rothschild's giraffe here, aren't they?- Yes.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56And Rothschild's giraffe are not very common in the wild any more.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58Extremely rare.
0:10:58 > 0:11:02You know, certainly, we think less than 1,000 animals in the wild.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05I've heard various numbers bandied around at 200, 500,
0:11:05 > 0:11:09but I think, to be safe, say less than 1,000 in the wild.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11And so any animal that is born here
0:11:11 > 0:11:14is really important for the conservation of the species?
0:11:14 > 0:11:17Massively important, yeah.
0:11:17 > 0:11:22Since we've had giraffe, I think we've had 120, 121 live births
0:11:22 > 0:11:25and, of course, over the years, those Rothschild's giraffe
0:11:25 > 0:11:30have gone around...you know, around Europe, really, just to ensure that,
0:11:30 > 0:11:34genetically, the whole of Europe does have Rothschild's giraffes.
0:11:34 > 0:11:41It is an incredible thing, I think, to realise what a key role,
0:11:41 > 0:11:42I mean, you have played.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Fiercely proud, yeah, of the amount of giraffe calves that we've had.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48- Really proud.- Yeah. Well, it's a huge success.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50It's always really exciting to be here.
0:11:50 > 0:11:55- Congratulations on a really good job done.- Thank you, Kate.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19Each and every day, keepers must come up with new and inventive ways
0:12:19 > 0:12:22to keep their animals in peak condition.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27Today, they're focusing on the world's fastest land mammal...
0:12:30 > 0:12:32..the cheetah.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36After years of persecution by farmers,
0:12:36 > 0:12:39the cheetah has become a threatened species.
0:12:42 > 0:12:43Five years ago,
0:12:43 > 0:12:47keepers travelled all the way to South Africa to collect some
0:12:47 > 0:12:49and begin a new breeding programme at the park.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56Keeper Laura is part of the team who look after them.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00I'll always convince people that cheetahs are the best.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04You shouldn't have favourites, but they are completely my favourite.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08Out in the wild, cheetah are capable of reaching speeds
0:13:08 > 0:13:11in excess of 60mph,
0:13:11 > 0:13:16but it's incredibly hard to recreate that kind of behaviour in captivity.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19I want to stimulate their mind.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22I mean, I know they enjoy just sitting and watching stuff all day,
0:13:22 > 0:13:24but it would be nice for them to just get up
0:13:24 > 0:13:26and really use those muscles, as well.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29So, Laura and the team have come up with an ambitious plan
0:13:29 > 0:13:32to construct a cheetah chase with a lure
0:13:32 > 0:13:35to encourage them to truly run wild.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37When you're not looking in the section,
0:13:37 > 0:13:40they will chase pheasants, crows, all of those kind of things,
0:13:40 > 0:13:41so we know it's in there somewhere.
0:13:41 > 0:13:45We're just going to try and courage it with our own little machine.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48But building a high-speed cheetah chase
0:13:48 > 0:13:52has never been attempted here before and it could be dangerous.
0:13:52 > 0:13:56This is where electrician Nick and mechanic Rob step in -
0:13:56 > 0:13:58the on-site tech wizards.
0:13:59 > 0:14:05I've built sheds, built gates. You name it, I've done it, really.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07The job's never the same day in, day out.
0:14:07 > 0:14:09Every day could be something different.
0:14:09 > 0:14:11I never know what I'm going to turn up to when I come in.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14They've got a proposition for the girls.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19If you wanted to go for quick, practical, lightweight, easy to move
0:14:19 > 0:14:23would be if we can do a system off of a battery cordless drill.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26There's no mains power, so there's no danger, obviously,
0:14:26 > 0:14:29towards the animals. And two - it's easy, accessible,
0:14:29 > 0:14:32you can take it anywhere in the park.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33Bingo.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36But that's not the only challenge.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38The next big thing is what do we put on the end of it
0:14:38 > 0:14:41to get them to chase, really? What's their favourite thing?
0:14:41 > 0:14:45So, while the tech team get to work on their latest invention,
0:14:45 > 0:14:47the girls get stuck into sorting out the bait.
0:14:47 > 0:14:50At the moment, we have meat, we have hide,
0:14:50 > 0:14:52we have feathers and we've got fish, as well.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54So, we're just going to put it in little piles
0:14:54 > 0:14:57and see which one they go to first.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00It's crucial that today's taste test is a success,
0:15:00 > 0:15:03or the boys' new toy might be a total waste of time.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06If we get this wrong and choose the wrong lure,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09then the cheetah might just be completely uninterested.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Time to release the cheetahs.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14I'm so excited. I'm so excited.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17They've been watching us do it, so they're going to run out.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Here they come. They're coming. Come on, cheetahs.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23Feathers!
0:15:23 > 0:15:26- They both went for feathers first. - She's sniffing it, though.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Wilma's gone for feathers. Well done, Willy.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31So, I'm thinking feathers is the way forward.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34- I think feathers is the way forward. - That went really well.
0:15:34 > 0:15:38I mean, we couldn't have asked for it to go any better, to be honest.
0:15:38 > 0:15:39The idea now is just...
0:15:39 > 0:15:42It's going to be so good because they've picked feathers, as well,
0:15:42 > 0:15:45so the fact that we're going to put feathers on the end of the lure
0:15:45 > 0:15:46and run it through grass...
0:15:46 > 0:15:49It's going to work. It's going to completely work.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50Go on, then.
0:15:50 > 0:15:53But have the boys come up with the goods their end?
0:15:53 > 0:15:56It's a bit nerving.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58It's going to look a bit silly if it don't work now.
0:15:59 > 0:16:00Right, ready?
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- That's so good. - Is that fast enough?- Yay!
0:16:11 > 0:16:14I'm so excited to see the cheetahs' reaction.
0:16:14 > 0:16:17I've been here for three years now and I've been wanting, every day,
0:16:17 > 0:16:19for this to happen, so now it's finally happening,
0:16:19 > 0:16:20I am very excited.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24With the test run complete and the bait agreed,
0:16:24 > 0:16:28confidence in their home-made invention is high.
0:16:28 > 0:16:30But how will it perform when pitted against
0:16:30 > 0:16:33the fastest cat in the world?
0:16:44 > 0:16:46It's feeding time here at Animal Adventure,
0:16:46 > 0:16:49and for two of our animals from South America,
0:16:49 > 0:16:51that means a game of hide and seek.
0:16:51 > 0:16:55- Hi, Charlie.- Hiya. - I've brought you some food.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56Who are these two?
0:16:56 > 0:16:59So, these guys are South American brown-nosed coati.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Down at the bottom, we've got Tallulah and up at the top is Ringo.
0:17:02 > 0:17:04- So, a boy and a girl?- Yes. - Oh, they're very cute.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06And what are we going to do today?
0:17:06 > 0:17:09So, today, I just need a bit of help hiding some food for them.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Coati are renowned for their great sense of smell,
0:17:12 > 0:17:15so it would be really great to see them digging up their food.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18They've got long noses, so I'm sure they'll put them to use. Let's go.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Oh, this is a great enclosure, Charlie.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Lots of trees and wood around for the coati to play in.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32Yeah, so, if we head round this way,
0:17:32 > 0:17:35we can hide all the food in the ground under the woodchip.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39OK, I've got some mealworms here, some grapes and some chicken.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41So, we're going to dig three holes and then we can put
0:17:41 > 0:17:44- a different piece of food in each hole.- OK.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48And why do the coati like digging for their food?
0:17:48 > 0:17:51So, in the wild, they'd have to look for insects and things
0:17:51 > 0:17:53in the ground, under the undergrowth.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56So, it's fantastic to see them doing what they would do
0:17:56 > 0:17:59- out there in the wild. - Put some chicken in there for them.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02So, you've gave them a little combination of some fruit,
0:18:02 > 0:18:04with the grapes, mealworms and some chicken, as well.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06- Yeah.- Do they eat quite a varied diet?
0:18:06 > 0:18:08They do. They are omnivores,
0:18:08 > 0:18:10so they would eat pretty much anything they can find,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13but I think they're probably going to go for either the mealworms
0:18:13 > 0:18:15or the meat first cos that's their favourite.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18- Right, shall we let them in? - Go for it.- Mealtime.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22- Jungle Kingdom one to Jungle Kingdom two.- RADIO:- 'Yeah.'
0:18:22 > 0:18:25Are you all right to let the coati out now for us, please?
0:18:25 > 0:18:26'Copy that.'
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Ah, we have a coati in sight.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Yeah, that's Tallulah.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Do you think she can smell that food from up there?
0:18:40 > 0:18:41I would imagine so.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44She has got a great nose and she is pretty greedy.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Here she comes.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51So, she'll be using that nose right now?
0:18:51 > 0:18:53Yeah, you can see she's sniffing around straight away.
0:18:53 > 0:18:57She's found something right away. She's gone straight for the chicken.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01She'll probably shove all that in her mouth
0:19:01 > 0:19:02and then go on to the next part.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06She knows there's something there for sure.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Oh, Ringo's having a look.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10He's using his nose to have a sniff, see what she's doing.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Yeah, he's thinking about coming down.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15We've got some mealworms, grapes and chicken here, Ringo.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Down you come. You can see the little nose wiggling
0:19:18 > 0:19:21when they're sniffing out the food. That's cute.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26- Ringo's gone straight for the grapes.- Yeah, healthy option.
0:19:28 > 0:19:29The food's that way.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32- She's very nosy. - She's picked up our scent, as well.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34She can probably smell what we've got in our hands still.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37They've got some little sharp teeth, as well.
0:19:37 > 0:19:38- Very sharp, yeah. - That was unexpected.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41They would go for small birds and rodents in the wild,
0:19:41 > 0:19:45so they do need to have quite a set of teeth on them to tackle them.
0:19:45 > 0:19:49So, how do think our little menu of mealworms, chicken and grapes
0:19:49 > 0:19:52- went down?- Well, Tallulah certainly went for the meat first,
0:19:52 > 0:19:54so it's really great to see, for next time,
0:19:54 > 0:19:57that that's what she likes, that's what she wants.
0:19:57 > 0:19:59And how did the grapes go down?
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Ringo seems to be enjoying them, he's tucking in still,
0:20:03 > 0:20:05so that's good to know for him.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Look, he's really burrowing his nose into the woodchip.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10It's almost like his nose is another limb.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Yeah, exactly. It's kind of like a hand to him.
0:20:13 > 0:20:17He pushes it all around with his nose, looking for the bugs.
0:20:17 > 0:20:19Well, they both look very happy.
0:20:19 > 0:20:22- I think we both know what their favourite meal is.- I think so.
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- Thanks very much.- You're welcome.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46While we've been here for the good times,
0:20:46 > 0:20:49we've also been here for the bad times.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51The moments that really stick in my mind
0:20:51 > 0:20:54are when the keepers here have gone out of their way
0:20:54 > 0:20:58to help an animal in distress. Nothing in life is certain,
0:20:58 > 0:21:02but sometimes, that extra mile could just save a life.
0:21:09 > 0:21:14Almost a decade ago, when Bev Evans was caring for the pygmy goats,
0:21:14 > 0:21:17she arrived one morning to find a nanny, called Sour,
0:21:17 > 0:21:20had given birth to three little kids.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24But because pygmy goats have only two teats,
0:21:24 > 0:21:27it makes it hard for them to care for three babies,
0:21:27 > 0:21:30and the mother will often reject one of them.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36Rather than stand by and simply watch it die,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Bev stepped in to help,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42desperately trying to get Sour to recognise her kid.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52But it was no good. She didn't want to know.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Nobody ever wants to take a baby from its mother,
0:21:59 > 0:22:02but this was a matter of life or death.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05She took the kid to the staffroom where it was warmer.
0:22:05 > 0:22:09It was a little girl, but her body temperature was dangerously low.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14We're just taking over Sour's job and stimulate her
0:22:14 > 0:22:16and get her cleaned up, get her dry,
0:22:16 > 0:22:21and we're just trying to see how she's going to do, really.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23It's been a little bit touch and go.
0:22:24 > 0:22:27It's hard to say if she's going to survive or not.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31She wouldn't survive long without milk,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34and the best place to get that was from mum.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37So, Andy Hayton, who was head of the section,
0:22:37 > 0:22:39went back to Sour.
0:22:41 > 0:22:44So, this will give the baby the best head start
0:22:44 > 0:22:46you can possibly wish for.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50That's a start. Lovely.
0:22:52 > 0:22:53Let's try a little bit.
0:22:53 > 0:22:56- She does feel cold.- Yeah.
0:22:56 > 0:22:59This special first milk is called colostrum.
0:22:59 > 0:23:02It's full of antibodies to help protect newborn babies
0:23:02 > 0:23:05from disease and infection in the first few days
0:23:05 > 0:23:08of their precarious lives.
0:23:08 > 0:23:11To survive, she'd need a lot more milk than this.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- She swallowed then. - Swallowed, did she?- Yeah.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20But she was too weak to take any more.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23In fact, she didn't look good at all.
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Sour's only had twins before. She's never had triplets.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33So, she was probably quite occupied with giving birth to the second one,
0:23:33 > 0:23:35and then the third,
0:23:35 > 0:23:37and by that time, this little one had got a bit cold
0:23:37 > 0:23:41and wasn't really bleating as much and wasn't really standing as much.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44So, once the other two were up and about,
0:23:44 > 0:23:47Sour's attention kind of turned to them.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Maybe she knows something that we don't.
0:23:49 > 0:23:52Maybe she thinks this little one's a bit of a lost cause,
0:23:52 > 0:23:56but we can't really tell that until later on, really.
0:23:58 > 0:23:59Is that better?
0:24:03 > 0:24:04She's perked up a little bit
0:24:04 > 0:24:07and then she's gone a little bit sleepy again,
0:24:07 > 0:24:09so, you know, we'll just keep carrying on with this,
0:24:09 > 0:24:13just trying to give her a bit more energy, really.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15As I said, she's still very weak.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19The little kid was fading fast.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Maybe we'll give her a bit of a kick-start in a minute.
0:24:22 > 0:24:23She's trying.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26- She's taking it.- OK.
0:24:26 > 0:24:29As a last resort, Andy tried an emergency treatment -
0:24:29 > 0:24:32a kind of pick-me-up medicine that's used by farmers
0:24:32 > 0:24:34on struggling newborn lambs.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41It's like a vitamin, mineral supplement type of thing
0:24:41 > 0:24:44and it just gives them a real boost.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48It's kind of kill or cure almost.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55She's not as perky as she was.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57Almost sometimes, they just quit.
0:25:00 > 0:25:01It's what happens.
0:25:04 > 0:25:07- She's not gone yet. - She's not gone yet, no.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12But Andy and Bev knew that there really wasn't much hope,
0:25:12 > 0:25:14and it was only a matter of time.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19We'll find out later what happened to the poor little kid.
0:25:27 > 0:25:31In this series, Jean Johansson, the newest member of the team,
0:25:31 > 0:25:34has been exploring the park and finding out exactly what it's like
0:25:34 > 0:25:36to be a keeper.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38What are we going to do?
0:25:38 > 0:25:40Next stop - the hoof stock section.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44I'm really excited because I have never seen a tapir before.
0:25:44 > 0:25:46Oh, our tapirs are lovely. We've got three.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49We've got Eddie, our male, and then two female tapirs, as well.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52So, how did they kind of adapt to being here
0:25:52 > 0:25:55in the lovely greens of Wiltshire?
0:25:55 > 0:25:57They don't mind too much, but cos obviously our climate
0:25:57 > 0:26:00is not as humid, there's not as much moisture around,
0:26:00 > 0:26:02- they do kind of get dry skin sometimes.- Right.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04So, it's nice that we can groom them daily
0:26:04 > 0:26:06and it kind of just keeps the skin nice.
0:26:06 > 0:26:07So, is that something we can do today?
0:26:07 > 0:26:10- That's something we're going to do today.- Tapir grooming.
0:26:10 > 0:26:12They're quite responsive, so if I call them,
0:26:12 > 0:26:14- hopefully, they'll come see us. - Really? OK.
0:26:14 > 0:26:17- Come on, Eddie! - SHE WHISTLES
0:26:17 > 0:26:19- Eds!- Come on, Eddie!- Jessie!
0:26:19 > 0:26:21They're quite friendly.
0:26:21 > 0:26:25They do like a brush and a cuddle, and they're quite placid.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28But you've got to remember there's a lot of weight behind them.
0:26:28 > 0:26:29They can be dangerous.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31If they need to defend themselves in the wild,
0:26:31 > 0:26:33they're not defenceless.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36- Here they come.- Hi, Ed. Good boy.
0:26:36 > 0:26:39- Hi, Eddie. He looks happy to see us. - If we step this side of him...
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- OK.- ..just so we're not in between him and one of his ladies.- OK.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46- Hi, Eddie.- He feels a bit wet. I think he's had a swim.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50I can see a bit of an elephant, a bit of a donkey, a bit of a pig.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52I thought they looked a bit like Shetland ponies.
0:26:52 > 0:26:56- Their closest relatives are horses and rhinos.- Right, OK.
0:26:56 > 0:26:58Oh, he's enjoying that.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01Ah. You like that, Eddie?
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Oh, I can see.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Now, am I right in thinking he wants his tummy rubbed?
0:27:06 > 0:27:11- Yes.- There you go. Oh, this is great. How lovely!
0:27:11 > 0:27:14- Why do they like this? - They just really enjoy it.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19It's good for their skin, it's good for us to be able to rub them down,
0:27:19 > 0:27:21so we can see all over their body,
0:27:21 > 0:27:23make sure their feet are in good condition,
0:27:23 > 0:27:25that they haven't got any cuts and scrapes on them.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28- TAPIR SQUEALS - What's that noise?
0:27:28 > 0:27:30- I think that's a squeal of excitement.- Oh, great.
0:27:51 > 0:27:54Enrichment is a vital part of animal care
0:27:54 > 0:27:58and the keepers here spend lots of time coming up with ideas
0:27:58 > 0:28:02to keep the animals here mentally and physically active.
0:28:02 > 0:28:05Now, these marmosets, as you can see,
0:28:05 > 0:28:09they have plenty of different surfaces to run around and explore,
0:28:09 > 0:28:11and their food is put in things like...
0:28:11 > 0:28:13This is ingenious. This is a brush
0:28:13 > 0:28:17and they tuck the food in so that they have to forage for it
0:28:17 > 0:28:21and find it, exactly as they would in the wild.
0:28:21 > 0:28:25But not all the keepers' ideas work. Sometimes, the animals go for it.
0:28:25 > 0:28:27Sometimes, they don't respond at all.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29There's simply no guarantee.
0:28:30 > 0:28:34And it's this uncertainty that awaits the cheetah lure team.
0:28:39 > 0:28:43It's time to test out their home-made contraption for real
0:28:43 > 0:28:44and they're nervous.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48These animals, again, are completely unpredictable,
0:28:48 > 0:28:51so they could just not be interested at all, remotely,
0:28:51 > 0:28:54so we're just going to have to play it by ear.
0:28:54 > 0:28:58While the girls secure the bait, it's up to Nick to set the trap.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01The plan is to pull the lure out with a four-by-four,
0:29:01 > 0:29:05while Nick sets up behind the fence to reel it back in.
0:29:05 > 0:29:07A bit like with fishing, you just jiggle the lure
0:29:07 > 0:29:11just to get their attention and once they see it and they go for it,
0:29:11 > 0:29:13just reel it in as quick as you can.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18But he's never attempted to race a cheetah before.
0:29:19 > 0:29:22The main concern is, obviously, I need to get the distancing right
0:29:22 > 0:29:25when I actually stop winding the lure back in.
0:29:25 > 0:29:27If I bring it in too far and they're fully chasing it,
0:29:27 > 0:29:30we could end up with the cheetah running into the fence.
0:29:30 > 0:29:35With the bait set and Nick primed and ready to go, it's now or never.
0:29:36 > 0:29:38No pressure, Nick. No pressure.
0:29:39 > 0:29:44Can the team tempt the cheetahs into running truly wild?
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Got their head upright, looking ready, though.
0:29:50 > 0:29:51Go.
0:29:51 > 0:29:53Go, go, go, go, go!
0:29:53 > 0:29:55THEY CHEER
0:29:55 > 0:29:56Whoohoo! Look at them go.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Oh, my God, look at them go.
0:30:01 > 0:30:03Yeah!
0:30:04 > 0:30:07That was amazing. They both ran for it straightaway.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10That was so good. So, so, good. They were so quick, as well.
0:30:10 > 0:30:13Wilma just came out of nowhere. We were all like, "Karl's looking.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16"Oh, look, Wilma's there running after it now."
0:30:16 > 0:30:19At a speed of around 30mph,
0:30:19 > 0:30:22it's been a success and the girls are thrilled.
0:30:23 > 0:30:25That was working really well.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27That was so much better than I'd hoped for.
0:30:27 > 0:30:30That was amazing. For both of them to run at the same time, as well,
0:30:30 > 0:30:32was just awesome.
0:30:32 > 0:30:35But Nick wants to give it another go
0:30:35 > 0:30:39just to see if he can get those cats going even faster.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50- Yeah!- Oh, my God, look at them go!
0:30:50 > 0:30:52Look at them go!
0:30:52 > 0:30:54Yeah!
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Whoo! Well done.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07That was amazing. That was so, so quick.
0:31:07 > 0:31:08He was running so fast.
0:31:08 > 0:31:12I reckon between about 40mph and 50mph. That was really quick.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14My heart goes when you see that initial look.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16You know when they're going to go for it.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18You can just tell by their stance.
0:31:19 > 0:31:21That was a first for me - a tug-of-war with a cheetah.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23I don't think I'll ever get that again in life.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26The cheetah has a unique flexible spine,
0:31:26 > 0:31:29which can extend and recoil so quickly,
0:31:29 > 0:31:32the cheetah's able to make strides of 20ft.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35I always talk about it to members of the public and everything,
0:31:35 > 0:31:37how they get up to those top speeds,
0:31:37 > 0:31:42so seeing it in action for the first time at this angle is just amazing.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44Seeing how they can flex up their spine
0:31:44 > 0:31:48and get that 8m stride on the go is really amazing and fantastic to see.
0:31:48 > 0:31:52These guys are built for speed - that's what they're built to do -
0:31:52 > 0:31:53so it is in there somewhere.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56We just needed to tap into it and get it back out again.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58We're trying to get their fitness
0:31:58 > 0:32:00to that level that they'd be at in the wild.
0:32:00 > 0:32:05It's just great. Great for them and great for us to see, as well.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Today is my day off. I love these guys so much, though,
0:32:07 > 0:32:10I just want to see them doing what they're supposed to do.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18Now we're heading down to Half Mile Lake,
0:32:18 > 0:32:20where Jean, our newest recruit,
0:32:20 > 0:32:23is helping out with the world's largest primate -
0:32:23 > 0:32:25the western lowland gorilla.
0:32:28 > 0:32:31Keeping the animals entertained is a full-time job,
0:32:31 > 0:32:33and here in the gorilla enclosure,
0:32:33 > 0:32:36that means some big toys for some big boys.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44- Hi, Lauren.- Hi.- Wow. Who's this behind you?
0:32:44 > 0:32:47This is Kesho, our dominant silverback here.
0:32:47 > 0:32:49We're just making some new enrichment up for these boys.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52It's the first time they've had anything like this.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55We've drilled holes in the side here and we put small amounts of food in,
0:32:55 > 0:32:58so, hopefully, they can roll them around
0:32:58 > 0:32:59and the food will fall out
0:32:59 > 0:33:02or they can hopefully reach in and try and grab little bits.
0:33:02 > 0:33:05You know, if they were just given their food in one go,
0:33:05 > 0:33:06it would be really boring,
0:33:06 > 0:33:09so every day, we try and think of something new for them to do.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11So, what we've got here is three barrels
0:33:11 > 0:33:13cos in silverbacks, he's going to be a dominant male,
0:33:13 > 0:33:16so with these, we're hoping that, cos they're so big,
0:33:16 > 0:33:18he won't be able to grab all of them at once,
0:33:18 > 0:33:22so the other young boys can have a go and join in, as well.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24- OK, shall we take them out? - Yeah, sure.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29In the wild, it's common for young male gorillas
0:33:29 > 0:33:32to leave their families and form bachelor groups,
0:33:32 > 0:33:34much like the one here at the park.
0:33:34 > 0:33:39But there's still a pecking order, and it's Kesho, the big silverback,
0:33:39 > 0:33:41who rules the roost.
0:33:42 > 0:33:44I'm excited, Lauren. Should we let them out?
0:33:44 > 0:33:45We'll let them out and see what happens.
0:33:45 > 0:33:47This is Kesho, our dominant male.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Right, Kesho bounding straight out, as expected.
0:33:51 > 0:33:56Here we are. This is Alfie and that's Evindi - our two youngest.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58Now, they're kind of looking a bit inquisitive.
0:33:58 > 0:34:00They're a bit unsure, aren't they?
0:34:00 > 0:34:02He's being quite generous in letting them
0:34:02 > 0:34:04- kind of look in their barrels. - He's very unsure, isn't he?
0:34:04 > 0:34:06I guess maybe cos he's not seen it before,
0:34:06 > 0:34:08he's letting them do the stupidness
0:34:08 > 0:34:10and try and see if it's dangerous first.
0:34:10 > 0:34:14OK, so, he's letting them try it first, but he's got the barrel down.
0:34:14 > 0:34:16In you go, Kesho.
0:34:17 > 0:34:20Quite intelligent to know to go straight in those holes,
0:34:20 > 0:34:23- get their fingers working. - They are really intelligent animals.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25They're all different levels of intelligence, too,
0:34:25 > 0:34:28so they've all got different methods that they're doing.
0:34:28 > 0:34:31So, Kesho is kind of just using brute force there to get it open,
0:34:31 > 0:34:34whereas Evindi and Alfie are kind of working at it a bit slower.
0:34:34 > 0:34:36They're pulling out the grass and they're rolling it,
0:34:36 > 0:34:38which is kind of what they should do.
0:34:38 > 0:34:40That's what the aim was - that it's a bit more cognitive
0:34:40 > 0:34:42- rather than brute force.- Yeah.
0:34:42 > 0:34:44They're trying to get it the fastest,
0:34:44 > 0:34:46so that Kesho's not going to run over and steal theirs
0:34:46 > 0:34:48- once one of them's worked it out.- Yeah.
0:34:48 > 0:34:51In the wild, they'd be searching around the bushes,
0:34:51 > 0:34:52looking for nuts and seeds,
0:34:52 > 0:34:55so we're just trying to recreate that it's not easy for them
0:34:55 > 0:34:56to just grab their food and go.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59Anything that takes a bit longer, that they've got to work for it.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02I've noticed that they're kind of watching each other
0:35:02 > 0:35:04to see the best techniques for getting into the barrels.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07That's the way primates learn, especially young primates
0:35:07 > 0:35:10would watch the older ones and see what they're doing.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13Kesho, though, because he is a bit lower intelligence,
0:35:13 > 0:35:15he's definitely watching the young ones,
0:35:15 > 0:35:16- seeing how they work it out.- Yeah,
0:35:16 > 0:35:19and I think he's kind of going for ripping the barrel apart
0:35:19 > 0:35:21and hopefully finding that fruit.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23- There you go.- Oh, look, he's got the lid off.
0:35:23 > 0:35:25He's managed to snap some of that off, yeah,
0:35:25 > 0:35:27so he's just pulling out the grass there
0:35:27 > 0:35:29and finding the nice bits in there.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32- Who's that over there? - This is Evindi on the far right.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Evindi, who was smart enough to rip the lid off
0:35:34 > 0:35:36- has gotten to the fruit first.- Yeah.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38And he was the one at the window looking so, yeah,
0:35:38 > 0:35:41he was kind of working it out before they were even out here.
0:35:41 > 0:35:42- Do you think?- Yeah, definitely.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45They'll be watching us, watching where we put it in,
0:35:45 > 0:35:46so they know kind of where to go for.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48That's amazing. So, when we were having a chat
0:35:48 > 0:35:52and filling our barrels, he was watching how we put the lid on.
0:35:52 > 0:35:54That is amazing.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56Well, Lauren, everything has gone to plan.
0:35:56 > 0:35:58It's worked well, yeah. I'm glad.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01It's one that we'll put on the books and we'll try again, I hope.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04Kesho still hasn't really got any fruits,
0:36:04 > 0:36:07and I reckon that he might be here for another couple of hours,
0:36:07 > 0:36:08so we'll leave him to it
0:36:08 > 0:36:11and hopefully he gets a treat at the end.
0:36:20 > 0:36:22Now we're going back almost a decade
0:36:22 > 0:36:25to find out what happened to a newborn kid goat
0:36:25 > 0:36:28that was rejected by its mother.
0:36:28 > 0:36:32Bev had to step in and try to save the baby's life.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39She tried body massage and tiny feeds of the mother's milk,
0:36:39 > 0:36:43but the kid's life was hanging in the balance.
0:36:43 > 0:36:46The most important thing was to keep the baby warm.
0:36:47 > 0:36:50We brought in a hot-water bottle just to try and warm it up
0:36:50 > 0:36:54from all angles, really, and it's starting to perk up a little bit.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58Starting to lift its head, but only in, like, fits and starts.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02It's not really jumping for joy yet.
0:37:02 > 0:37:07This kid was rejected because her mother, the nanny called Sour,
0:37:07 > 0:37:10couldn't look after three babies at once.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15But then Andy spotted a problem with one of the other kids,
0:37:15 > 0:37:18so he called in vet Paul Higgs to take a look.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21Five hours after being born,
0:37:21 > 0:37:24one of them still couldn't stand up properly.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26Whenever he's putting weight on it,
0:37:26 > 0:37:28his back legs were both just splaying completely.
0:37:28 > 0:37:29Yeah, he's quite weak, isn't he?
0:37:29 > 0:37:32I think his main problem is that his toes aren't...
0:37:32 > 0:37:34If you put his toes flat,
0:37:34 > 0:37:36he can't actually stand on the bottoms of his feet at the moment
0:37:36 > 0:37:40cos his tendons are all contracted down.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44This was another problem caused by having three babies in the womb.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47They were squashed together with no room to stretch,
0:37:47 > 0:37:51so the tendons in his back legs hadn't developed properly.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54Generally, they come right within 24 hours, you know.
0:37:54 > 0:37:56Otherwise, we could...
0:37:56 > 0:38:00If he's still not right sort of tomorrow afternoon or whenever,
0:38:00 > 0:38:02then we can stick a splint on them.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05That's the other thing. But considering it's both of them,
0:38:05 > 0:38:08we don't really want to be splinting both his legs
0:38:08 > 0:38:11and usually, they just come right all by themselves.
0:38:11 > 0:38:13While the vet was in the goat house,
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Bev was waiting in the staffroom with the poor little kid.
0:38:16 > 0:38:18The baby was fading away.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23But then something changed.
0:38:33 > 0:38:36About an hour ago, she was still wrapped up in a towel,
0:38:36 > 0:38:38hardly lifting her head,
0:38:38 > 0:38:42and then I just took the towel off her and she just stood straight up,
0:38:42 > 0:38:45had a wee and she's been like this ever since. She won't even sit down.
0:38:45 > 0:38:50Yeah, with little young ones like lambs and kids,
0:38:50 > 0:38:52they've got very little energy when they come out,
0:38:52 > 0:38:56very little reserve, so if they get cold, they rapidly use those up.
0:38:56 > 0:39:01Once they've warmed up, they tend to come back to life quite quickly.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05She seems quite good. If you stick your finger in her mouth,
0:39:05 > 0:39:07she sucks really nice and strong now,
0:39:07 > 0:39:10so she should be quite happy to go onto the bottle now,
0:39:10 > 0:39:13- rather than just squirting it into her mouth.- That's good.
0:39:13 > 0:39:15- And she's got loads of energy.- Good.
0:39:15 > 0:39:17She looks as good as the other two now, doesn't she?
0:39:17 > 0:39:19She does, yeah. Bless her.
0:39:20 > 0:39:23It's turned out pretty well, as you can see.
0:39:23 > 0:39:26Bit of a shock, actually, taking off the towel
0:39:26 > 0:39:28and she just stood straight up.
0:39:28 > 0:39:32So, from an early death's door to up and about and quite lively,
0:39:32 > 0:39:33yeah, really pleased.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37It's been a long day, but, yeah, a very good day in the end.
0:39:38 > 0:39:40The kid couldn't go back to her mother
0:39:40 > 0:39:43and it was up to Bev and Andy to raise her by hand,
0:39:43 > 0:39:46bottle-feeding day and night.
0:39:48 > 0:39:51But just one week later and she was already strong enough
0:39:51 > 0:39:55to spend every day out playing with the other kids.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02She came home with me on the first night
0:40:02 > 0:40:05and she stayed at my house probably a good five or six days
0:40:05 > 0:40:07because she was just so incredibly weak.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10She's special in lots of ways.
0:40:10 > 0:40:15She's called Bubble because she sits there after she's had her milk
0:40:15 > 0:40:17and blows big bubbles out the side of her mouth.
0:40:17 > 0:40:19So, yeah, a special character.
0:40:25 > 0:40:29Now, that was nine years ago, and now I'm back with Bev...
0:40:29 > 0:40:31- Hello. - ..and beautiful-looking Bubble.
0:40:31 > 0:40:32- Where's Bubble?- Just by your foot.
0:40:32 > 0:40:35- Bubble is looking very round, by the way.- Yes.
0:40:35 > 0:40:37Is that too much food?
0:40:37 > 0:40:40A little bit that, but, also, pygmies are usually as tall
0:40:40 > 0:40:43as they are round, so pygmy goats are a little bit like that.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46Let's just get... Oh! Hey, greedy, greedy pygmy goat.
0:40:46 > 0:40:49- Bev, obviously, you work with a number of animals here.- Yeah.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51You see the highs and lows.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54But do you see an animal like Bubble and think, "Do you know what?
0:40:54 > 0:40:56"That little bit of intervention makes a huge difference
0:40:56 > 0:40:59- "between life and death"? - Definitely, definitely.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02And if we hadn't done that, she definitely would have died
0:41:02 > 0:41:04and she's gone on now to have babies of her own,
0:41:04 > 0:41:07who have had babies of their own, so it's great.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10And what is the life expectancy of a pygmy goat?
0:41:10 > 0:41:13How long can we expect her to hang around?
0:41:13 > 0:41:15You know, ten, 12 years is pretty good,
0:41:15 > 0:41:16so at nine, she's doing very, very well.
0:41:16 > 0:41:19She's got no medical problems, no arthritis, nothing like that.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21She's doing really well for her age.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23We might be lucky. She could go up to 15 years.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26And she's turned into quite a feisty little pygmy.
0:41:26 > 0:41:28She's very small, but she's very feisty
0:41:28 > 0:41:30and she's always been like that.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32It might be because she was hand-reared, but, yes,
0:41:32 > 0:41:35if she meets anyone new, she lets them know that she's around
0:41:35 > 0:41:37and tends to butt them a little bit.
0:41:37 > 0:41:40And how does she get on in terms of the hierarchy with this lot?
0:41:40 > 0:41:41Yeah, she does really, really well.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44She acts like a normal goat, she doesn't have any odd behaviour
0:41:44 > 0:41:46and her sister Clara, who's the bigger goat,
0:41:46 > 0:41:48tends to be in charge of the herd.
0:41:48 > 0:41:50And Bubble seems to have changed colour a little bit.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52Yeah, all of our goats tend to do that.
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Huckleberry's done it, Piglet's done it.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56But it's generally as they grow older,
0:41:56 > 0:41:59they lose their baby coats and then they go into their adult coats.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02And sometimes their winter coat and their summer coat is different,
0:42:02 > 0:42:05but in general, once they've got into their adult coat,
0:42:05 > 0:42:09they stay the same, so she's always been quite ginger.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11- Bev, thank you so much and congratulations.- Thank you.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14What a success story Bubble has been.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Here's what's coming up on tomorrow's show.
0:42:17 > 0:42:18Here you go, guys.
0:42:23 > 0:42:26A world-class team of experts have flown in
0:42:26 > 0:42:28to save a threatened species.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for most of us.
0:42:35 > 0:42:38A vet is on red alert to save a wolf pack
0:42:38 > 0:42:40whose cubs are fading fast.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42He doesn't go back to the pack,
0:42:42 > 0:42:45then we're not going to be able to save him anyway.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47And keepers risk it all
0:42:47 > 0:42:50to pull off their most daring enclosure extension.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53Our risk is that they actually get down off the tree
0:42:53 > 0:42:56and they're free...roaming.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03- There'll be all that and more on the next...- Animal Park.