:00:23. > :00:26.For wild baby animals, this is the most critical time in their young
:00:27. > :00:30.lives. Right aRos the planet, May is their make or break month. Over
:00:30. > :00:34.the next three weeks, we are going to be following some of their
:00:34. > :00:39.stories as they struggle for survival. In Africa, Moja the lion
:00:39. > :00:43.cub and his mum are desperately looking for food. In North America,
:00:43. > :00:47.bear cubs Herbie and Fern face the prospect of freezing to death when
:00:47. > :00:52.a sudden snow fall catches them out. And in Sri Lanka, baby macaquee
:00:52. > :01:02.gremlin is growing up in a tough society.
:01:02. > :01:23.
:01:23. > :01:28.Hello and welcome to Planet Earth Live. It has begun at last. Let me
:01:28. > :01:32.formally welcome you to the Masai Mara, magnificent. It's also night.
:01:32. > :01:36.I'm coming to you, as the name suggests, live from the heart of
:01:36. > :01:41.Kenya right now. Planet Earth Live is truly a global event. Julia
:01:41. > :01:51.Bradley is 8,000 miles away where this critical month is affecting
:01:51. > :01:54.the lives of a very different cast of baby animals.
:01:54. > :01:59.It's 1.50 here in Minnesota, the land of 10,000 lakes and home to
:01:59. > :02:03.about 25,000 black bears. That's why I'm here. It's one of North
:02:03. > :02:10.America's last great wildernesss. This is how Planet Earth Live the
:02:10. > :02:17.series is going to work. Right around the globe, May is a
:02:17. > :02:22.critical time in the natural world. We've sent teams of experts out
:02:22. > :02:31.across the plan Tote capture the drama of this incredible time of
:02:31. > :02:35.year. -- across the planet to. In the nor
:02:35. > :02:40.them hemisphere, it's spring. Baby animals take their first tentative
:02:40. > :02:45.steps. As well as our black bears, Herbie and Fern, we'll follow the
:02:45. > :02:54.fortunes of mickey and Luca, newly emerged polar bears. In the tropics,
:02:54. > :02:59.May brings the end of the rain aye season.
:02:59. > :03:07.The rains in Africa and Asia have triggered a baby elephant bonanza
:03:07. > :03:12.in Kenya. But for our lion cubs, times are hard. May brings big
:03:12. > :03:18.challenges for other young animals. Young giant otters in Peru, tiny
:03:18. > :03:24.meerkat pups in South Africa. And a family of macaques in Sri Lanka.
:03:24. > :03:29.In California, this time of year marks the start of the perilous
:03:29. > :03:32.grey whale migration and changes the life of a very special sea
:03:32. > :03:38.otter pup. We'll be following their stories in
:03:38. > :03:41.this, the most important month for baby animals in the natural world.
:03:42. > :03:47.We genuinely have no idea what their fate will be. These are real
:03:47. > :03:50.animals, real lives in real time. You will be able to follow them
:03:50. > :04:00.every step of the way right here and on the web where you will get
:04:00. > :04:01.
:04:01. > :04:05.the very latest news as it comes in. So, over the next three weeks, this
:04:05. > :04:10.tent is going to be my home and I would like you to join me here live
:04:10. > :04:14.in the heart of what is one of the wildest places on the planet, the
:04:14. > :04:18.Masai Mara. I've begun the whole thing with hat hair - my mistake.
:04:18. > :04:25.I'm going to be following the lives of the predator that really has put
:04:25. > :04:29.this place on the map. The lion. Lions are the only cats that live
:04:29. > :04:33.in family groups, in the pride raising cubs is all about team work.
:04:33. > :04:40.The mums hunt together, bringing back meat for all the family. But
:04:40. > :04:45.not all cubs are this lucky. This is Moja. His name means one in
:04:45. > :04:50.civil war hily or loner. He has no problems or sisters, he and his
:04:50. > :04:54.mother are outcasts, they are alone and Moja is facing starvation right
:04:54. > :04:58.now. He's in real trouble. We have no idea what the future holds for
:04:58. > :05:02.him. All we can say right now, as we begin Planet Earth Live is that
:05:02. > :05:06.we know the odds are stacked heavily against him.
:05:06. > :05:11.Moja is only five months old so he's a bit like a toddler really.
:05:11. > :05:15.His mother's milk gives him a bit of comfort, but we won't survive
:05:15. > :05:18.without solids. It's up to his mum to make sure he gets them. As a
:05:18. > :05:22.single parent, she's having a hard time keeping him going. At this
:05:22. > :05:27.time of year, there is very little prey. That really brings us to the
:05:27. > :05:30.very reason of why we are here at this time of year and genuinely
:05:30. > :05:35.just before we went live somebody reported and in fact we saw a
:05:35. > :05:39.buffalo over there. There may be a hippo over there. Anything may
:05:39. > :05:44.happen. The fact is though, those are one of the few animals still
:05:44. > :05:48.remaining here and big prey like that to a single mother like Moja's
:05:48. > :05:52.mum really represent one heck of a challenge. As far as she's
:05:52. > :05:57.concerned, the cupboard is bare right now.
:05:57. > :06:07.In the dry season, there are more wild animals walking across these
:06:07. > :06:08.
:06:08. > :06:13.plains than anywhere else on earth. But we're here in the middle of the
:06:13. > :06:19.rainy season. The wildebeest are on their way, but right now, they're
:06:19. > :06:23.200 mails to the south. This is the hardest time of year to
:06:23. > :06:30.be a lion -- 200 miles to the south. If the adults have it tough, the
:06:30. > :06:34.cubs have it even tougher. Straightaway I think if we are
:06:34. > :06:39.going to get an idea of Moja's situation, we should take a proper
:06:39. > :06:43.look at him with some films we've made. Let's take a look at the
:06:43. > :06:47.little fella. You can see just how lonely he is, first of all. That
:06:47. > :06:51.actually is a problem straightaway. You don't have to see an expert to
:06:51. > :06:56.see he's one vulnerable little lion. You can see ribs and hips and even
:06:56. > :07:00.lying down is hard work. He's in serious need of a good meal.
:07:00. > :07:08.Right now, his mum needs to be out hunting for him to bring him the
:07:08. > :07:12.solid food he so desperately needs. And the good news is, she seems to
:07:12. > :07:15.be one heck of a mum. She has been out hunting for him, which is what
:07:15. > :07:20.we wanted to see. So we are going to show you some film of that. We
:07:20. > :07:23.have with us, for this whole exercise for the next three weeks,
:07:23. > :07:27.some of the best cameramen and women in the world so we can show
:07:27. > :07:37.you some astonishing stuff. Take a lack at this.
:07:37. > :07:37.
:07:37. > :08:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds
:08:25. > :08:31.That, to be honest, is one of many such hunts we hope to be able to
:08:31. > :08:35.bring you. I wanted to just show off some of the camera work. It was
:08:35. > :08:42.absolutely magnificent. The problem is, what happens next,
:08:42. > :08:46.I have to say. If you are a parent, you may be a bit skwee mish because,
:08:46. > :08:51.well, it gets a little tricky. You may be shifting in your seat, but
:08:51. > :08:55.this is what happened. Trust me, she is a good mum, really a good
:08:55. > :09:00.mum. Here is what I'm going on about. She's caught - and that's
:09:00. > :09:05.good - but she's eating it. All of it. That's because she really is
:09:05. > :09:09.Moja's only chance. She needs to keep herself fit and well so she
:09:09. > :09:13.can feed him. She's not being a bad mum. She will take that back to him
:09:13. > :09:18.in the form of milk. If you have cats at home by the way and see
:09:18. > :09:24.what is about to happen right now and you think, my cat does that,
:09:24. > :09:31.mine do that and I have six. That milk will be comforting but not
:09:31. > :09:36.enough to keep him alive. Straightaway, a bit of drama with
:09:36. > :09:46.Moja. The point of this exercise is, he's out there right now in the
:09:46. > :09:53.
:09:53. > :09:59.Moja's situation is desperate. Mum heads off again to try and find
:09:59. > :10:03.something to eat. This time, Moja decides to follow her.
:10:03. > :10:08.It's a very risky strategy. Moja is weak with hunger and following her
:10:08. > :10:12.is putting his life in danger. He's not safe out on the open plains.
:10:12. > :10:17.But it's make or break time for this little lion. He's literally
:10:17. > :10:25.starving to death. It's a very brave decision, but is it the right
:10:25. > :10:35.one? In the rainy season, the grass grows tall and mum makes full use
:10:35. > :10:47.
:10:47. > :10:57.A passing elephant calf has nothing A good sized warthog is much more
:10:57. > :10:57.
:10:57. > :12:09.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds
:12:09. > :12:19.To get his strength back, he needs to feed for at least a few hours.
:12:19. > :12:30.
:12:30. > :12:36.These hyenas are hungry too and they want a piece of the action. On
:12:36. > :12:46.her own, going head-to-head with hyenas is potentially deadly. His
:12:46. > :12:47.
:12:47. > :12:57.mum faces a terrible dilemma. Moja needs to eat and eat well. With
:12:57. > :12:58.
:12:58. > :13:03.night falling, will she flee or And moments like this are exactly
:13:03. > :13:06.what the show is going to be all about, real life animals making
:13:06. > :13:09.life-and-death decisions right now. So did she make the decision? I'll
:13:09. > :13:14.leave you with a cliff hanger, we'll find out later on because
:13:14. > :13:24.right now we are going to cross a third of the way around the globe
:13:24. > :13:24.
:13:24. > :13:29.to Julia Bradbury in Minnesota. Welcome back to the Northwoods of
:13:29. > :13:33.Minnesota 16 miles south of the Canadian border, 8,000 miles away
:13:33. > :13:36.from Richard and this is really bear country. The cubs are about
:13:36. > :13:41.three-and-a-half months old. Over the next few weeks, you will get to
:13:41. > :13:47.know the bear families very, very well. Bear families like yule yet
:13:47. > :13:52.and her three little ones. Shs the hand some Juliet, a favourite of
:13:52. > :13:57.mine, this is her with her three cubs, Sam, Sybil and Sophie. She's
:13:57. > :14:03.an experienced parent, this is her fourth litter and they are healthy
:14:03. > :14:06.and suckling well. Let's meet her baby trio team. Sam is a male
:14:06. > :14:10.little cub, he's adventurous, boisterous and look, he's just that
:14:10. > :14:15.little bit accident prone as Welch oops. There we go. Sophie is much
:14:15. > :14:19.more laid back. This is his sister, the one underneath Sam. Yes, he can
:14:19. > :14:26.be quite annoying, but don't worry, she gives as good as she gets.
:14:26. > :14:30.Feisty little one that one. And finally, this fare faced cutey is
:14:30. > :14:35.Sybil, the smallest and most fragile but certainly has a lot of
:14:35. > :14:38.spirit. We have been a part of the cubs' lives from the beginning for
:14:38. > :14:41.months. We have had cameras in their dens. Look at this. This is
:14:41. > :14:51.the Den Cam from not so long ago. What I want you to do particularly
:14:51. > :14:54.
:14:54. > :14:59.is listen to the noises that emerge Even in the den, the cubs are
:14:59. > :15:02.communicating with their mother, each little cry means something
:15:02. > :15:06.different, can you roll over so I can suckle you, you are sitting on
:15:06. > :15:11.me mum or I'm hungry mum. We'll learn so much about bear noises
:15:11. > :15:14.over the next few weeks. A month hag here, things went a little bit
:15:14. > :15:22.wrong for the bears and it's all down to the weather which turned on
:15:22. > :15:25.its head and that caused chaos. Normally Minnesota should be under
:15:25. > :15:35.a foot of snow at this time of year. But with the early arrival of
:15:35. > :15:37.
:15:37. > :15:42.spring, it looks like this. The melting snow flooded Juliet's den.
:15:42. > :15:52.She was forced to evacuate and move her cubs above ground a full month
:15:52. > :15:57.
:15:57. > :16:02.before they were ready to face the outside world. Juliet had to find a
:16:02. > :16:12.safe place for them and created a day bed underneath a large red pine
:16:12. > :16:12.
:16:12. > :17:04.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds
:17:04. > :17:08.With the weather warming up, it It was now that Juliet's experience
:17:08. > :17:15.really paid off. She knew she had to keep her cubs dry and warm
:17:15. > :17:25.during the snowstorm. She literally licked the snow flakes off their
:17:25. > :17:28.
:17:28. > :17:37.I can hear your hearts melting at home at the sight of the cubs. Take
:17:37. > :17:43.a listen again to that noise, the humming noise of the cubs. That is
:17:43. > :17:46.the sound of a content cub. You will normally hear that when a cub
:17:46. > :17:51.is suckling. Juliet is an experienced mum, caring and
:17:51. > :17:56.attentive and aware and experience out here can make all the
:17:56. > :18:00.difference between life-and-death. Jewel is a first time mum. She's
:18:00. > :18:06.got two little cubs, Herbie and Fern and her lack of experience is
:18:06. > :18:10.not working out well for Herbie and Fern. Herbie is shaking up in the
:18:10. > :18:17.tree. He shouldn't be really up on a tree, he should be on a day bed
:18:17. > :18:23.warm. Herbie and Fern have been put in real danger inadvertently by
:18:23. > :18:27.their mum. Find out how they fare later on. We have a Den Cam and
:18:27. > :18:30.Hammond cam. There he is, just there.
:18:30. > :18:35.Thank you. We take the trouble to link up live all around the globe
:18:35. > :18:40.and you have an odd pop at me. See you in a bit, Julia. We are live
:18:40. > :18:45.all around the globe right now. Julia's there in Minnesota. We
:18:45. > :18:51.might have saved a few quid on the globe, that's not an expensive
:18:51. > :18:55.special effect. That's me in the Masai Mara and that's Sri Lanka. No
:18:56. > :18:59.expense spared there, I made that myself. Gavin is following the
:18:59. > :19:07.macaques in Sri Lanka, one in particular.
:19:07. > :19:13.Meet Gremlin. She's a nine week old toque macaque. She's very cute but
:19:13. > :19:17.very fragile. Macaque society has a strict pecking order. Gremlin's mum
:19:17. > :19:24.is near the very bottom of the pile, making Gremlin pretty much the
:19:24. > :19:30.lowest of the low in a dangerous world.
:19:30. > :19:40.Apart from the squabbles within the troop, there are large and country
:19:40. > :19:43.
:19:43. > :19:47.reptiles living in the forest. Hunting dogs are a problem too.
:19:47. > :19:55.Tiny babies like Gremlin would be a welcome meal. If that wasn't enough,
:19:55. > :19:59.this busy road cuts right through the territory.
:19:59. > :20:04.So it's no surprise that one in three babies will die before
:20:04. > :20:08.reaching their first birthday. I really hope Gremlin isn't that
:20:08. > :20:18.one. To survive, young Gremlin is going
:20:18. > :20:22.
:20:22. > :20:28.to have to learn fast and keep her What I love is that they play out
:20:28. > :20:38.their daily dramas against this beautiful backdrop of this ancient
:20:38. > :20:47.
:20:47. > :20:52.ruined city. It's a good time of year and
:20:52. > :21:00.they've got six newborn babies in this troupe. They all look very
:21:00. > :21:06.similar, even to the trained eye. What singles Gremlin out to me is
:21:06. > :21:14.that she's often on her own away from mum and has a distinctive
:21:14. > :21:19.white tip on her tail. Gremlin's mother is your typical
:21:19. > :21:28.working mum. Hard at work foraging during the day to feed herself and
:21:28. > :21:32.to produce enough milk for Gremlin. Gremlin just gets under her feet.
:21:32. > :21:41.So for this little monkey, learning life's lessons will have to be done
:21:41. > :21:46.the hard way. On her own. Luckily, she's a
:21:46. > :21:49.confident young monkey, happy to venture away from the safety of her
:21:50. > :21:56.mother's arms. Happy to shadow the infants, you can see her working
:21:56. > :22:01.out what she should be doing to fit into this society. May in Sri Lanka
:22:01. > :22:11.is seriously hot. Today, the temperature's well into the 30s.
:22:11. > :22:15.
:22:15. > :22:25.Gremlin needs to learn how to cool For the older macaques, a mere
:22:25. > :22:56.
:22:56. > :23:03.puddle won't do and confidence It's going to be a while before
:23:03. > :23:07.Gremlin tries these stunts. Now, after all that paddling around,
:23:08. > :23:17.she's worked up quite an appetite. Being the adventurous type, she's
:23:18. > :23:26.
:23:26. > :23:32.She's got a year to a year-and-a- half before she's fully weaned and
:23:32. > :23:40.until then, milk will always be best.
:23:40. > :23:43.At last, she's reunited with mum. She gets the cuddle and milk she
:23:43. > :23:47.needs. Gremlin's life down the bottom of
:23:47. > :23:55.the pecking order is always going to be precarious. For tonight,
:23:55. > :23:59.she's back in the safety of her mother's arms.
:23:59. > :24:02.Come on, tell me your face isn't doing this. They are gorgeous! I
:24:02. > :24:06.must mention, by the way, because you will have noticed it's the
:24:06. > :24:09.rainy season here in Kenya and it's started in a big way. It's really,
:24:10. > :24:14.really seriously rain, but we'll carry on as long as we can, I'm
:24:14. > :24:18.sure we couldn't have any problems. Now, I've had it explained to me
:24:18. > :24:21.that it's late to talk to Gavin right now because he's two-and-a-
:24:21. > :24:25.half hours ahead of us in Kenya which mean he's four-and-a-half
:24:25. > :24:28.hours of you in the UK, being live around the UK is very, very
:24:28. > :24:33.complicated. Gavin's in bed, so I spoke to him earlier on.
:24:33. > :24:37.Gavin, your heart has to go out to Gremlin, but life at the bottom of
:24:37. > :24:43.the heap was never going to be easy. Realistically, what do you think
:24:43. > :24:46.our chances of survival are? think Gremlin's chances are high.
:24:46. > :24:50.She's a feisty little monkey and her mum is looking after her, so I
:24:50. > :24:53.think she's got a good chance of surviving. Did you know as soon as
:24:53. > :24:58.you clapped eyes on her that she was going to be a major character
:24:58. > :25:01.for you to follow? The honesty is, a lot of monkeys
:25:01. > :25:05.look very similar and she stood out initially just because of that
:25:05. > :25:09.white tail, but she's turned out to be one of the pluckiest little
:25:09. > :25:12.youngsters. On the issue of looks, Gavin, you
:25:12. > :25:16.spend a lot of time following these and we are looking forward to
:25:16. > :25:21.finding out more, but they've got a face really only a mother could
:25:21. > :25:27.love, I'm being polite?! I've actually got a picture of you
:25:27. > :25:33.as a baby here, Richard. I think they're great looking little babies.
:25:34. > :25:37.Great looking babies. I know they look like Gremlins, but no, I love
:25:37. > :25:42.'em! We wish little Gremlin the very
:25:42. > :25:47.best. You've filmed here quite a lot haven't you?
:25:47. > :25:50.Yes, I've been to the Masai Mara countless times, I'm jealous you
:25:50. > :25:55.are there but I'm also pleased to be here in Sri Lanka with the
:25:55. > :25:58.monkey group. Yeah, it's been raining here mostly. Thank you very
:25:58. > :26:04.much though, we look forward to talking to you later in the week.
:26:04. > :26:08.We wish you all the very best and the best to little Gremlin. Sorry
:26:08. > :26:11.about being rude about her face, I was just being silly, she didn't
:26:11. > :26:15.hear! You are back with me live and
:26:15. > :26:19.getting wet here in rainy Kenya in the rain aye season in the Masai
:26:19. > :26:22.Mara. I wanted to talk to you about some of the kit because we've
:26:22. > :26:27.brought some clever stuff, including thermal imaging cameras.
:26:27. > :26:31.This is a new generation of them. We've got one over there being
:26:31. > :26:36.manned by Sue right now. We can show you some of the images we have
:26:36. > :26:39.got from earlier on. Oh, this is us, lack, that's me with my torch and
:26:39. > :26:43.that's, I don't know who they are! That's the crew, bless them, yeah,
:26:43. > :26:48.all right. We've all been on telly, that's nice. Actually, it's not
:26:48. > :26:54.just for that, much as we enjoy it, it's very useful. We have had some
:26:55. > :27:01.great shots already. This is a buff foe that we saw. This was today, I
:27:01. > :27:05.believe, as we were live. This is a rogue male buffalo just now --
:27:05. > :27:10.buffalo. They are one of the most dangerous things you will find in
:27:10. > :27:14.after ach. Usually they are old males that are dominant males --
:27:14. > :27:18.find in Africa. We can use to it spot dangers out there. Sue, can
:27:18. > :27:23.you pan left to we can have a look and see if there's anything out
:27:23. > :27:28.there presenting a danger to us? We are in no danger at all. Panning
:27:28. > :27:33.out there to the left. That's a guard. That's my car and a fire. I
:27:33. > :27:37.think we are all right. Look, there they are! There's the buffalos
:27:37. > :27:41.right now. That's... Don't worryer we'll be OK. If anything nasty
:27:41. > :27:44.happens, I'll throw Pat, the cameraman in front of them. It does
:27:44. > :27:49.illustrate the point, because there are times of year when you will pan
:27:49. > :27:52.that camera across this wilderness at this time and it will just be
:27:52. > :27:57.alive with so much life here on the Masai Mara. Right now there isn't.
:27:57. > :28:02.If you are a single lioness such as Moja's mum, things like elephants,
:28:02. > :28:10.buffalo, hippo, they really are going to be too tricky. It's a very
:28:10. > :28:16.difficult time to be a lion on the Masai Mara right now.
:28:16. > :28:21.Here is Moja. He's an only child of a single mother and they are casts
:28:21. > :28:25.from their pride. Moja was finally getting some solid food but hyenas
:28:25. > :28:30.were threatening to steal the first food he'd eaten with a week. His
:28:30. > :28:37.mum was left with an agonising decision, either fight and allow
:28:37. > :28:40.Moja to have a good meal or should she decide to play it safe, abandon
:28:40. > :28:45.the kill. It's agony. The kind of decision we are going to be
:28:45. > :28:51.watching over the next few weeks and the crews were up very early to
:28:52. > :28:56.go out and see what had happened. This is what they found.
:28:56. > :29:02.First impressions didn't look good, just as they were entering Moja and
:29:02. > :29:07.her mum's territory, they found a den and warthog bones stripped bare.
:29:07. > :29:14.There's nothing much beft for Moja there. The thing is, Moja really
:29:14. > :29:22.needed to eat if he was going to get what he needed right now. No
:29:22. > :29:26.idea if he got anything like enough. I saddled up and went to see for
:29:26. > :29:36.myself and took along with me possibly the very pest person to be
:29:36. > :29:42.
:29:42. > :29:52.Jackson Looseyia has lived alongside the lions for his entire
:29:52. > :30:15.
:30:15. > :30:22.Let's get up. We were both very relieved to see
:30:22. > :30:31.our struggling cub alive and well. Luckily for Moja, his mum made the
:30:31. > :30:36.right decision giving up her kill to protect him.
:30:36. > :30:46.She's going to need to hunt again soon to provide her with the meat
:30:46. > :30:47.
:30:47. > :30:53.he's missing out on. But here, this is easier said than done.
:30:53. > :30:56.This state is basically bare. territory now, there are pockets
:30:56. > :31:04.that are just survivable through these tough times, this month, this
:31:04. > :31:10.specific time when there's a few bits of things left, apart from...
:31:10. > :31:16.This! It's abundant. It's no-man's-land.
:31:16. > :31:26.It's both the safest place for her to be and the worst place because,
:31:26. > :31:33.
:31:33. > :31:36.well... True. Absolutely true. It really is just unimaginibly
:31:36. > :31:40.tough. Jackson's join med here in the tent, I suspect not just to
:31:40. > :31:43.shelter from the rain. You don't mess about with your rainy season
:31:43. > :31:49.here, do you, that is some rain going on. Their situation is
:31:49. > :31:56.terrible isn't it? Exactly. It's bucketing, as you can see how much
:31:56. > :31:59.water is coming out of this tent. Really, Moja and his mother are
:31:59. > :32:03.cold out there. It's horribly difficult. I want to get some
:32:03. > :32:07.geography on this. I have a map over here. It's not a geography
:32:08. > :32:11.lesson, it's interesting. This is Moja, the patch of land here, no-
:32:11. > :32:14.man's-land because there's no prey that stays there during the rainy
:32:14. > :32:19.season. These are the other prides, each of these dominating this
:32:19. > :32:26.territory, the pride is handed down to the female lion. That's theirs.
:32:27. > :32:30.If Moja and his mum were to stray into these areas, they would not
:32:30. > :32:35.get a warm welcome? Indeed, they are in great danger, if you think
:32:35. > :32:39.about how much is surrounding them. Moja is in great danger if he meets
:32:39. > :32:45.some of the big pride. It will be bad. Our crews are going out daily,
:32:45. > :32:49.hourly, to keep on eye on what is happening. We'll update you for any
:32:49. > :32:53.encounters. We are not just following lions, another of Kenya's
:32:53. > :32:56.iconic animals, elephants, for whom this year means something very
:32:56. > :33:02.different, they are having a great time. It's led to a babyboom in
:33:02. > :33:12.fact. One to have crews has taken off 200 miles north to Samburu to
:33:12. > :33:14.
:33:14. > :33:18.have a look. Grace and Sky are two of Kenya's newest elephant arrivals.
:33:18. > :33:23.Their home, Samburu National Reserve, has been transformed by
:33:23. > :33:29.life-giving rain. Food and water are plentiful.
:33:29. > :33:35.Elephants are pouring into the park to make the most of this bonanza.
:33:35. > :33:45.Grace and Sky's mums are relaxed and catching up with old friends.
:33:45. > :34:06.
:34:06. > :34:16.Grace and Sky may be having the time of their lives, but there are
:34:16. > :34:19.It is just dazzling watching those guys in the field, I could watch
:34:19. > :34:23.them all day, running about learning to be an elephant. I think
:34:23. > :34:27.I'd be better than being an elephant than they are right now
:34:27. > :34:33.because they have a long way to go. In this easier time, fun times for
:34:33. > :34:39.the elephants, there are dangers facing them.
:34:39. > :34:42.Lions. I guess this is the other side of the lion's story, just like
:34:42. > :34:47.in the Masai Mara, they are hungry and if they are lucky enough to
:34:47. > :34:51.live in a pride, they can take an elephant calf. Grace and Sky are
:34:51. > :34:55.part of a big family with sisters, cousins, aunts and grandmothers
:34:55. > :34:58.watching over them through this most vulnerable period in their
:34:58. > :35:01.young lives. That protection is everything to an
:35:01. > :35:05.elephant. That's how they work. Their experience is passed down
:35:05. > :35:09.from generation to generation. It's a different experience for another
:35:09. > :35:14.bunch of elephants who are a very small herd, one in particular Emily
:35:14. > :35:17.is a young, inexperienced mother without access to that information
:35:17. > :35:23.and that experience and help. They are in fact without a leader as
:35:23. > :35:28.well right now which means the whole herd is pretty much in total
:35:28. > :35:34.disarray. Emily's calf is just three days old.
:35:34. > :35:42.Just like a human baby, he relies entirely on his mother. He needs to
:35:42. > :35:49.stop often to rest and suckle. But his family have to keep moving
:35:49. > :35:54.to feed. It's nearly 40 degrees in the sun.
:35:54. > :36:01.He's at serious risk of dehydration. Sun stroke is another killer. He
:36:01. > :36:06.needs shade badly. But Emily is a first time mum and
:36:06. > :36:13.has no-one to guide her through the first few confusing days of
:36:13. > :36:18.motherhood. Emily's doing her best. But her
:36:18. > :36:27.best migt not be enough to keep her calf alive -- might not be enough
:36:27. > :36:31.to keep her calf alive. Just a reminder, these are real
:36:31. > :36:36.life dramas happening in the world right now. We'll bring you more on
:36:36. > :36:42.that and many, many more. We can now cross to Julia once more in
:36:42. > :36:47.North America. Thank you. Let's hope Emily and her
:36:47. > :36:54.calf have luck on their side. Planet Earth Live is of course a
:36:54. > :37:03.global programme. I meat a grey whale calf who's about to set off
:37:03. > :37:11.on a perilous 5,000 mile journey. I have my first face-to-face
:37:11. > :37:18.encounter with a black bear. And Richard joins the fight against
:37:18. > :37:22.elephant poaching in Samburu. One, two, three...
:37:23. > :37:27.Welcome back to bear country. This really is the ultimate bear habitat.
:37:27. > :37:31.We are surrounded by these Prenn did white and red pine trees. This
:37:31. > :37:35.is a red pine, not the black bear's favourite climbing tree because
:37:35. > :37:39.look how easily the bark comes off. Mama bears don't generally teach
:37:39. > :37:44.cubs to climb on the red pine. So Jewel is a bear that might well
:37:44. > :37:50.make that mistake. She's a first time mum. Inadvertently, she's
:37:50. > :37:55.putting her cubs Herbie and Fern in mortal danger, she just doesn't
:37:55. > :37:59.know how to react with certain situations, snow being one of those
:37:59. > :38:09.situations. Jewel had her cubs up a tree and they were visibly cold and
:38:09. > :38:27.
:38:27. > :38:33.shivering while she stayed down on The cubs don't have the benefit of
:38:33. > :38:43.a thick winter coat like their mother. Their tiny size left them
:38:43. > :38:45.
:38:45. > :38:55.extremely vulnerable in the biting Jewel eventually returned to the
:38:55. > :39:05.
:39:05. > :39:09.base of the tree and calls her cubs Once on the ground, we expected to
:39:10. > :39:14.see Jewel comfort and warm her cubs up. But instead, she moved off
:39:14. > :39:24.again, leaving them struggling to keep up as they battled through the
:39:24. > :39:33.
:39:33. > :39:36.As darkness fell, the crew had to leave, as the temperatures dropped
:39:36. > :39:41.to minus ten. And there was a real sense that
:39:41. > :39:45.remight not see the cubs alive again. -- that we might not see the
:39:45. > :39:49.cubs alive again. Heart-breaking images. We all genuinely thought
:39:49. > :39:53.that Herbie and Fern would not make it through the night. Remember,
:39:53. > :39:58.they're just three months old. Their fur hasn't developed properly
:39:58. > :40:03.yet, it's still fluffy and not very insulating and they're meant to be
:40:03. > :40:08.in the warmth, safety and comfort of their dens. So imagine the
:40:08. > :40:13.crew's amazement and joy when the following morning this is what they
:40:13. > :40:16.saw. Despite the bitingly cold
:40:16. > :40:22.temperatures of the previous night, Jewel had somehow managed to work
:40:22. > :40:27.out that she needed to keep Herbie and Fern warm if they were to
:40:27. > :40:32.survive. It turned out that Jewel had
:40:32. > :40:38.wandered off to find a good place to shelter her cubs. She'd led them
:40:38. > :40:42.to safety and was now keeping them warm with her body heat.
:40:42. > :40:52.Thankfully, the cubs seemed happy and content once more and are
:40:52. > :40:59.
:41:00. > :41:05.I don't know about you, I could just watch those kinds of scenes
:41:05. > :41:08.all day. How lucky that I'm here 230 three weeks -- three weeks.
:41:08. > :41:16.That was Herbie and Fern. Let's see how they are this week. They are
:41:16. > :41:20.doing a bit of climbing practice. Mum, Jewel, is watching on.
:41:20. > :41:24.Lackadaisical in her approach there. Paying a bit of attention now, or
:41:24. > :41:28.is she just having a bit of a nap? Never really sure with Jewel. She's
:41:28. > :41:31.learning as we are. The nice thing about Herbie and Fern is that, as
:41:31. > :41:36.brother and sister, they get on very well. Looking forward to
:41:36. > :41:40.getting to know those two a little better as the weeks go on. We are
:41:40. > :41:46.watching young animals across the globe on Planet Earth, including
:41:46. > :41:50.grey whale calfs in Mexico. The grey whale calves have begun their
:41:50. > :41:54.massive migration from the warm water nursery lagoons of Mexico up
:41:54. > :42:00.the coast towards Arctic waters. Along the way, they're going to
:42:00. > :42:06.battle hunger, fatigue, all sorts of other things, including these,
:42:06. > :42:13.killer whales. Cameer whales intent on separating
:42:13. > :42:18.mothers from their calves. I went to Mexico about three weeks
:42:18. > :42:28.ago hoping to see a grey whale calf before she set off on this epic
:42:28. > :42:32.
:42:32. > :42:39.I've seen whales in the wild before, but I've never been close enough to
:42:39. > :42:48.touch one. And the prospect is so exciting. I'm shaking a little bit.
:42:48. > :42:55.There we go. Hello! There are an estimated 500 grey whale mums here,
:42:55. > :43:04.each with a newborn calf in what is effectively a giant nursery.
:43:04. > :43:08.Holy moley, this is bizarre. Look. We've got whale soup in front of us
:43:08. > :43:18.unfolding. Flippers and heads, dorsal ridges just twisting in the
:43:18. > :43:22.
:43:22. > :43:30.A little bit fishy. Nothing too bad. I'm prepared to live with that. The
:43:30. > :43:39.experience of a lifetime. Thank you. That's a definite hello!
:43:39. > :43:47.Lovely to meet you too. How incredible to touch. Soft, soft
:43:47. > :43:52.skin and covered in scratches and whale lice and barnacles.
:43:52. > :43:56.Hello, beautiful. Nice barnacles. This baby is only about four weeks
:43:56. > :44:03.old, but she's incredibly friendly and her mum is actually lifting her
:44:04. > :44:11.so that she can get a betterlike at me. We are eye ball to eye ball.
:44:11. > :44:18.Hello, beautiful, beautiful creature. Hello. -- better look at
:44:18. > :44:22.me. I can't think of another instance in the wild where an adult
:44:23. > :44:29.mother would encourage her young to go towards humans. It just wouldn't
:44:29. > :44:39.happen. You wouldn't find it with bears. And so strange and wonderful.
:44:39. > :44:42.
:44:42. > :44:47.Now, it's just showing off. We've made true friends here. It's an
:44:47. > :44:52.overwhelming feeling. They're communicating with one another,
:44:52. > :45:02.they are communicating with us. And when you look in the eye of a grey
:45:02. > :45:03.
:45:03. > :45:13.whale, it's so soulful and peaceful. It's just absolutely incredible.
:45:13. > :45:21.
:45:21. > :45:25.There is something so special about these sea giants, I don't think
:45:25. > :45:30.I'll ever surpass that moment when I looked a grey whale calf and her
:45:30. > :45:34.mother in the eye. We'll follow their journey, the 5,000 mile
:45:34. > :45:38.migration. Come over to my map. This is the route. This is Mexico
:45:38. > :45:44.where I went to have my encounter with a grey whale calf and this is
:45:44. > :45:49.their entire journey. This is the Bering Sea, the Arctic waters. If
:45:49. > :45:53.they make it there and back, that's 10,000 miles. These mammals are
:45:53. > :45:58.incredible, it's the biggest mammal migration in the world. 10,000
:45:58. > :46:05.miles in one year. They estimate that in a grey while's lifetime of
:46:05. > :46:10.50 years, they might make up to 500,000 miles, that's around the
:46:10. > :46:13.world 20 times. We've got spotters all along this route. This is
:46:13. > :46:17.Monterey Bay in California and we've got a team there who sent
:46:17. > :46:22.through news to me only yesterday, not just news, I've got pictures
:46:22. > :46:27.for you from yesterday, of killer whales. So the killer whales are
:46:27. > :46:33.moving in on that area. These are the pictures fresh in from
:46:33. > :46:37.yesterday. Look at that. You can even see the coast Ryan in the
:46:37. > :46:42.background. Very exciting. Of course, we'll be waiting with
:46:42. > :46:45.baited breath to see what happens. They move in pods of about seven or
:46:45. > :46:49.eight. Their intention is to separate the mothers from the
:46:49. > :46:53.calves. We've also got spotters in Kenya. I
:46:53. > :46:56.understand that they've spotted a Hammond. That's right, it's a
:46:56. > :47:00.Hammond. They have, they have! Half a
:47:00. > :47:03.million miles for the grey whales, that is staggering. The killer
:47:03. > :47:09.whales send a chill down your spine, they are so single-purposed. I
:47:09. > :47:14.would also like to say, I was where Julia was not that long ago filming,
:47:14. > :47:18.ideally grey whiles that,'s whey went to see, not one, none. I think
:47:18. > :47:22.Bradbury it was the anorak what they came to see. Welcome back to
:47:22. > :47:26.Kenya. Julia's having her lunch right now, Gavin's tucked up in bed
:47:26. > :47:31.and I'm here in the Masai Mara in the rainy season hoping I'm not
:47:31. > :47:37.about to be charged by a rogue bull buffalo. Good. Back to the action
:47:37. > :47:41.here. Elephants, 200 miles to the north in Samburu. Last time we saw
:47:41. > :47:46.Emily and her calf, the calf was weak and exposed, kept getting left
:47:46. > :47:52.out in the baking heat because he's inexperienced and was struggling to
:47:52. > :47:57.keep up with his young mum. This herd is tiny, only a few young
:47:57. > :48:02.inexperienced around. There are no elders to guide her. That is what
:48:02. > :48:08.she needs. That's how they learn all the time, elephant to elephant.
:48:08. > :48:14.I have to tell you, the situation got a lot worse.
:48:14. > :48:19.Monitoring all the elephants in Samburu is David and his team from
:48:19. > :48:26.Save the Elephants. For him, every baby holds hope for
:48:26. > :48:31.the species and right now, he's very worried about Emily's calf.
:48:31. > :48:41.We are looking for a young baby and we found the rest of the group but
:48:41. > :48:45.
:48:45. > :48:52.no sign of the baby. So I'm a Emily's with the herd, but she's
:48:52. > :48:58.alone and her calf is nowhere to be seen. David knows just how many
:48:58. > :49:04.threats there are to baby elephants in small, vulnerable herds like
:49:04. > :49:11.Emily's. I suspect it could have been lions. We have two massive
:49:11. > :49:19.males in this pack who're very specialised in killing young baby
:49:19. > :49:29.elephants. We have seen their tracks around this area.
:49:29. > :49:32.
:49:32. > :49:42.The team find a group of very full lay-ons in the salt scrub where
:49:42. > :49:51.
:49:51. > :49:56.It's part of nature for elephants to lose a baby. But, this will be
:49:56. > :50:06.quite emotional for poor Emily to lose her first calf which was only
:50:06. > :50:09.
:50:09. > :50:17.a few days old. Elephants have very complex emotions. They respond to
:50:17. > :50:27.death just like us. For Emily, she'll be mourning for the calf she
:50:27. > :50:27.
:50:27. > :50:31.just lost. Just a mile or so away, Grace and Sky are oblivious of the
:50:31. > :50:36.dangers around them. They're protected by a barricade of trunks
:50:36. > :50:41.and legs. Older family members constantly
:50:41. > :50:48.touch and reassure the babies, keeping them from trouble and
:50:48. > :50:58.helping them along. And they have a herd leader who's
:50:58. > :51:02.
:51:02. > :51:07.prepared to fight to the death for It was difficult. To be fair, we
:51:07. > :51:11.knew this kind of thing could, probably would happen.
:51:11. > :51:16.The lions are struggling too so I guess you could say on which side
:51:16. > :51:19.you view it from. Grace and Sky are safe in their extended family. Life
:51:19. > :51:26.is good on the whole for them but there is a danger facing them and
:51:26. > :51:31.I'm sorry, ashamed to have to tell you, that that danger comes from us.
:51:31. > :51:36.In the last three years, one in four elephants in Samburu was
:51:37. > :51:42.killed. Most of them at the hand of poachers, the illegal Ivory trade
:51:42. > :51:47.being at its worst for many years. But there is hope. David and his
:51:47. > :51:52.team are on the frontline of this fight.
:51:52. > :51:58.It really makes me very sad. What is wrong with people, you know, why
:51:58. > :52:02.are we doing this to wild animals who have no problem with us? It's a
:52:02. > :52:06.big day for David. Grace and Sky's family are known to wander outside
:52:06. > :52:11.the safety of the park where poachers lie in wait. I'm joining
:52:11. > :52:15.him and his team as they take desperate measures to try to
:52:15. > :52:21.protect them. The plan is to put a radio tracking
:52:21. > :52:31.device on Sky and Grace's herd leader, but to do that, she has to
:52:31. > :52:34.
:52:34. > :52:40.be sedated. I can feel the tension. Yes, everyone will be trying to
:52:40. > :52:50.protect this lion. Lions could pop out of the bush. This is a tense
:52:50. > :52:50.
:52:51. > :53:00.moment for all of us. Wow. That's... Suddenly around that
:53:01. > :53:04.
:53:04. > :53:09.corner and there they are. That's it. It's a race against time.
:53:09. > :53:19.She could go down at any moment and we have to be there to make sure
:53:19. > :53:28.
:53:28. > :53:38.Four minutes now. She can't be far. No, she's down. Down, yes. OK,
:53:38. > :53:55.
:53:55. > :54:01.This is about making noise to get the herd away from this elephant.
:54:01. > :54:08.The moment the other females see a female down, all they want to do is
:54:08. > :54:11.protect her. We are attacking her, as far as they are concerned.
:54:11. > :54:16.We find her in one of the worst possible positions. Her legs
:54:16. > :54:24.slipped in the mud and she's on her front crushing her lungs. She could
:54:24. > :54:34.easily suffocate. We've got to move fast. The vet immediately checks
:54:34. > :54:37.
:54:37. > :54:47.that she's OK. She's fine. She's I'm given a vital job, keeping her
:54:47. > :54:49.
:54:49. > :54:54.The whole purpose of these big ears of course is to cool. That's what
:54:54. > :55:01.they're for. Very thin skin which means the vains radiate heat out
:55:01. > :55:06.because they are close to the surface. The veins. The skin feels
:55:06. > :55:11.rough and hard, as you would expect, and hot. You get the impression the
:55:11. > :55:21.heat doesn't all come from the sun, some of it's from her. One, two,
:55:21. > :55:21.
:55:21. > :55:25.three. Again. OK, lift. Well done. A good position. If you could help
:55:25. > :55:33.me here. With the radio collar securely attached, it's time to
:55:33. > :55:43.bring her round. We have three minutes and we'll see movement. The
:55:43. > :55:43.
:55:43. > :56:49.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 47 seconds
:56:49. > :56:51.It was stressful, I know. These guys make that calculated judgment,
:56:51. > :56:53.the stress of that experience is more than offset by the value of
:56:53. > :56:56.having that transmitted collar on her. She'll range way beyond
:56:56. > :56:58.Samburu Park. The moment she does, she's in mortal danger and I think
:56:58. > :57:00.having that information, that database, is probably the most
:57:00. > :57:02.valuable tool in protecting her, her family, her offspring, her
:57:02. > :57:05.future. Do you feel relieved? Very Much Indeed. So Relieved.
:57:05. > :57:07.Because I Wasn't Sure What Is Going To Happen. She's a bit groggy but
:57:07. > :57:10.unharm and she heads off to rejoin her family. This tracking device
:57:10. > :57:16.will enable David to watch over Grace and Sky and the rest of the
:57:17. > :57:21.herd to try to protect them from poachers.
:57:21. > :57:25.I'm going to say it again, David and his team hate sedating
:57:25. > :57:28.elephants but fitting the collars are the best chance they stand of
:57:28. > :57:32.surviving against the poachers. I don't know about you, but I'm
:57:32. > :57:37.probably not alone in thinking that Ivory poaching was like one of
:57:37. > :57:41.those Victorian diseases that had gone away completely but it turns
:57:42. > :57:46.out it hasn't, it's actually as prevalent as it was before. The
:57:46. > :57:49.good news from Samburu is they are all up and well and fine and I'll
:57:49. > :57:54.be flying up north tomorrow to have a look at that myself. I'll bring
:57:54. > :57:59.you that on Wednesday. Julia, I have to tell you, that was one of
:57:59. > :58:02.THE most stressful things I've ever done in my life, I'm not
:58:02. > :58:06.exaggerating. I'm certain that it was, Richard. The thing is, we are
:58:06. > :58:10.in such a privileged position at the moment, aren't we, to have this
:58:10. > :58:14.proximity to wild animals, to get so close. We are hear in bear
:58:14. > :58:20.country, the country is literally branded with bears, there are bear
:58:20. > :58:25.mugs and T-shirts and all sors, yet if you came here as a tourist, you
:58:25. > :58:29.are very unlikely to have an encounter with a bear. I'm learning
:58:29. > :58:34.so much about the animals in such close quarters.
:58:34. > :58:37.It's astonishing. Being close to the elephant, helping keep her ear
:58:37. > :58:42.cool and seeing how it works as a radiator. It was astonishing. I'll
:58:42. > :58:47.check up and find out more later in the week.
:58:47. > :58:51.Can't wait for that. We are in this privileged situation in Minnesota
:58:51. > :58:57.because we have access to the black bears at an extraordinary level.
:58:57. > :59:03.That's all thanks to one man Dr Rogers, he's a biologist. He had a
:59:03. > :59:08.PhD in bears. Around here, he's actually just known as the Bearman.
:59:08. > :59:11.He really is quite extraordinary and he took me for my first nose-
:59:11. > :59:16.to-nose encounter. Trust me, you knead a big animal to match this
:59:16. > :59:26.nose, trust me, he took me for my first nose to have nose encounter
:59:26. > :59:27.
:59:27. > :59:34.with Juliet and we checked up on her three cubs as well.
:59:34. > :59:40.I'm sorry, bear, I rushed up upon you. You might be a little bit
:59:40. > :59:50.brave to get in here. Never get between a mother and a cubs. But it
:59:50. > :59:50.
:59:50. > :59:53.takes more than a mother black bear to scare her. Or maybe it takes
:59:53. > :00:03.more to scare you because you have been doing this for 45 years.
:00:03. > :00:04.
:00:04. > :00:13.They're up there for sure, yes? for sure. It's interesting. Sorry,
:00:13. > :00:16.bear, what do you want? To you wonder what we are here for? I
:00:16. > :00:22.think this is the only place we can come in the world and see a mother
:00:22. > :00:32.with cubs like this and trust us. wild bear, remember this is a wild
:00:32. > :00:49.
:00:49. > :00:53.bear? Yes. Hello Mrs Bear. Nothing Where are those cubs? They must be
:00:53. > :01:03.pretty high? I hope they come down. With the cubs nowhere to be seen,
:01:03. > :01:05.
:01:05. > :01:09.we took our cue from mum and sat down to wait. After 45 minutes, we
:01:09. > :01:17.heard scratchings in the tree above Juliet and the first of her cubs
:01:17. > :01:27.made they are way down to join mum. Here we go. Here we go. I've never
:01:27. > :01:55.
:01:55. > :02:05.So vulnerable. I can't believe I'm actually sitting here just a few
:02:05. > :02:13.
:02:13. > :02:19.feet away from this adorable, He's feeding.
:02:19. > :02:29.Someone else to join the party. Is he the right size for his age, or
:02:29. > :03:00.
:03:00. > :03:10.should he be bigger? He's doing OK. Starting to nurse. That's the sound
:03:10. > :03:18.
:03:18. > :03:23.of nursing? Yes, that's the sound They do look like little humans
:03:23. > :03:33.when they stand on their hind legs? Yes. It's actually like watching a
:03:33. > :04:05.
:04:05. > :04:10.That really was an emotional experience for me. Perhaps it's
:04:10. > :04:13.because I'm a first time mum but the bears seem so toddler and
:04:13. > :04:18.human-like to me. You will have also seen in the film the moment
:04:19. > :04:23.Ben Juliet moved towards us quite quickly. That's called a bluster,
:04:23. > :04:27.that was my first bluster experience. Although it looks like
:04:27. > :04:32.she was being aggressive, that's the bear's way of expressing her
:04:32. > :04:35.nervousness, not quite sure what's going on, so just makes a little
:04:36. > :04:39.warning noise, all the air coming out of her nose and she's making
:04:39. > :04:42.sure that you stand well back which of course I did. I was very pleased
:04:42. > :04:47.that Dr Lynn was in front of me. Hammond, if you were here, I'd put
:04:47. > :04:50.you in front of me as well, a sort of a double layer.
:04:50. > :04:54.Julia, I don't know how many times I could have been told that the
:04:54. > :04:57.bluster wasn't a real attack, I still would have decided to be
:04:57. > :05:00.somewhere else at that moment. I've come back out into the rain, that's
:05:00. > :05:05.the driving force out of all our stories here. This has come down
:05:05. > :05:10.many the course of this show. It really does fall very, very quickly.
:05:10. > :05:14.But it is beautiful here in the Mara. We have some pictures to show
:05:14. > :05:19.you. Glorious. Even though it's raining torrentially, this rain
:05:19. > :05:23.makes it, not only hard for the lions, but for the camera crews and
:05:23. > :05:27.wildlife spotters who've been out looking for them as well. To be
:05:27. > :05:31.honest, we have been stuck in the rain, battling through rain. There
:05:31. > :05:37.have been some adventurous missions and we'll be doing more before the
:05:37. > :05:41.end of the smo Show in three weeks' time. This is my car. We have
:05:41. > :05:45.already had rain up to there. If it continues falling for the rest of
:05:45. > :05:51.the evening, tnts will be getting washed away. We'll still be here on
:05:51. > :05:54.Wednesday though. -- tents. There's a buffalo over there. Can we have a
:05:54. > :06:01.look? Two buffalo. Right now live in Kenya you are looking at them.
:06:01. > :06:05.They don't mind the rain. We'll just stay quiet for now.
:06:05. > :06:09.No buffalo in Minnesota, just bears all around us. We have got four
:06:09. > :06:13.camera crew here in North America filming pretty much around-the-
:06:13. > :06:17.clock across the continent. We know that there was a black bear
:06:17. > :06:22.standing just about there, 200 yards aWay, some of our black bears
:06:22. > :06:26.have GPS collars on them which send a signal back to us every hour so
:06:26. > :06:29.we can get precise locations. A lot of people saying I was too
:06:30. > :06:34.emotional about the cubs there. Just look at this. Look at the cub.
:06:34. > :06:38.There we go. Standing on its hind leg. I've got a little boy who's
:06:39. > :06:42.nine months old, he's not that coordinated but does look a bit
:06:42. > :06:47.like that. I'm sure you agree with me. So we know there was a bear a
:06:47. > :06:56.couple of hundred yards away there. We also know that these are in the
:06:56. > :07:02.area. Listen to this. They are timber wolves. Top predator in the
:07:02. > :07:07.woods. We have heard them here. So imagine wolves stumbling across
:07:07. > :07:10.lost black bear cub. That is a situation that you don't want but
:07:11. > :07:14.an inexperienced mum could inadvertently put her black bear
:07:15. > :07:18.cub in that situation. On Wednesday, we'll be following the top
:07:18. > :07:22.predators. We have a camera trap. This is Max, one of the most
:07:22. > :07:26.experienced cameramen setting up a camera trap there. We hope to catch
:07:26. > :07:30.any motions of any wolves and anything else here in the
:07:30. > :07:34.Northwoods of Minnesota. On Wednesday, we'll update you with
:07:34. > :07:37.everything and of course more beautiful black bear cubs.
:07:37. > :07:41.More news just in from Kenya, as well as the buffalo which I can now
:07:41. > :07:45.hear, we have heard from the spotters that Moja has been found,
:07:45. > :07:48.he's OK, looking thin but hanging on in there. We have, I think you
:07:48. > :07:53.will agree, brought you some incredible stories already, but
:07:53. > :07:59.there are so many many more baub animals' lives we'll be following
:07:59. > :08:04.during this critical month -- baby animals' lives we'll be following
:08:04. > :08:12.during this critical month. We'll meet Mickey and Luka getting their
:08:12. > :08:15.first view of the outside world. Otter cubs live life on the run
:08:15. > :08:21.from some caiman. Our teams are stationed around the world getting
:08:21. > :08:28.as close as possible to the action. And that is pretty much it. We
:08:28. > :08:34.shall of course be bringing you more news on Moja. We'll update you
:08:34. > :08:39.on the whales and have more antics from Julia's bear cubs. Join us at