Episode 3 Planet Earth Live

May is an incredibly tough month for so many of the world's newest

and most vulnerable animal babies. We are following some of the babies

around the world and around the clock as they face some of the

biggest challenges of their lives. Welcome to Northern Minnesota,

where May is the crucial time for our newly emerged black bear cubs

to learn the skills that they need to survive in this wilderness.

8,000 miles away, it is an equally crucial time for our young animals

and that is where Richard Hammond It is. Even though this is the

first dry night since we got here to the Masai Mara, it is the rainy

season. That make it is tough for the lions. It is all very exciting

here. There is also a baby elephant

around here! May is a month unlike any other in the natural world. The

challenges it brings to the lives of the baby animals around the

planet are the toughest that they face. Together we are following the

action, 24/7 and reporting on events as they unfold. Tonight, the

latest on how the hungry lion cub, mojo is getting on. Julia is

reporting on developments for the my greating grey whale cubs and

find out about the dangers facing the baby black bears and we meet

Swift, a tiny meerkat scratching a living in the Kalahari. These are

real-life dramas. We are bringing you all the latest twists and turns

as they happen, both here and on the web.

It really is very exciting. From the base here in Minnesota, we are

following the migration of the grey whales as they head up the coast of

California, 5,000 miles to the feeding grounds in the ARCHIVE:.

This is the migration that they have to make. I had an encount we

are a whale in Mexico, it is an incredible experience, the whales

came to us. The mothers tend to nudge the calves towards you,

almost encouraging an encounter. It is strange and spectacular, but in

the boat you still don't get a feel for the size of these enormous sea

creatures. This is our satellite truck.

It has been able to beam Planet Earth Live live to you around the

world. That truck weighs about 13 tonnes. A female grey whale cow

weighs between 30 and 40 tonnes, that is about three of our trucks.

This is the length and the size of Australia grey whale calves, about

now, that is 18 feet. Today is was -- then he was one tonne, today he

is ten tonnes. He is feeding off his mother's fat-rifpl milk, trying

to put on blubber for his arduous journey. The mother is starving.

She has not eaten for months. She still has not evenen on this

journey, but that is the least of her troubles.

This is Monterey Bay in California, where a wrong turn could cost the

grey whale calf its life. This is a crucial point in the

migration of the grey whales. At this stage they have covered about

1,000 miles, moving slowly through the waters at no more than five

miles an hour. The calf sometimes hitching a ride on its mother's

back. Then they arrive here, there are two options, they can hug the

coastline, or they can take a short cut across the Monterey cranion. It

is more than a mile deep. Once they are in these waters, they are

incredibly vulnerable to an attack by a killer whale.

The mother and the calf I encountered in Baha will be coming

through here. I know which option I would go for, but then I'm not an

ocean giant. I would be quite scared.

You are standing on my grey whale, get off, thank you very much! We

have spotters all along the coast of California. They are letting us

know when it comes in. 1,000 baby calves are leaving the sanctuary of

the waters of California, we know that one in three will not make the

journey. We know there are killer whales on the hunt it was only a

matter of time before our crew got We have a kale that there are

killer whales so, a possible attack here.

Well, I'm going to leave you with a cliff hanger. I want you to come

back later to see what has happened. All I will say it is the most

remarkable bit of footage. We have captured something on film that has

never been caught before. It is amazing. It has our team in

Africa as blown away as the them that filmed it. We will bring you

that later on. Meanwhile, welcome back to the Masai Mara. We are at

the northern tip of the Serengeti wastelands.

But look, I am outside. I am not wet. It is given us a thrill here.

The place is alive with animals. We will bring you some pictures, but

before that, just list and enjoy the night... That is the sound of

the African night. It is magnificent, but we must not forget.

It is the rainy season, that is why we are here. Times are tough for

the lions out there. Especially for the two lions that have captivated

us all, mojo, the cub and his mother. Mojo is skiny, he is

struggling, he needs a constant supply of meat. It is hard work.

His mum is trying to find that for him, but of course it is not just

that, she has to contend with the neighbours from hell. Mojo and his

mum roam the wilderness. Constantly alert, but they are not just

searching for food, there are predators to evade. Hyena clans

patrol the plains. Africa's most common carnivores,

and they are not fussy about what they eat.

And with teeth, designed to crush bone, there are no manners at the

dinner table. Strength in numbers often gives

them the upper hand against the lions.

And a clan of hyena, certainly would not hesitate to take on a

single lioness and her cub. But one of the biggest threats to

mojo's mum is other lionesss. They may be smaller than the males,

but they are not to be messed with. Females from other prides could

attack mojo's mum and chase her off, leaving mojo exposed, but it is

male lions that mojo should be truly afraid of.

If one was to find Moja, he would kill him. So he can then further

his own dynasty. This is called infanticide.

All that to contend with. Let's not forget that right now she has to

feed her baby, she has to hunt but the prey is scarce in this rainy

season. It is a daily struggle, for Moja, he needs meat. If he does not

eat, the muscle wastes quickly with a young lion. When we heard that

mum was out hunting, we knew we had no time to waste. I headed straight

out with Jackson to see her in action.

Her hunt had been successful. But she was exhausted.

She was dragging another good-sized warthog over bumpy ground and

through long thick grass. That is a tough, rainy exhausting

day she is having. She wants to drag it closer, enough

so that if she calls, Moja could still hear mum's call and come from

halfway. She does look so thin.

And she is panting. Yes.

Is she listening for the hyena or is she just exhausted? She is

resting. She is pulling then resting.

Pulling then resting. It is genuinely exhausting just

watching! She's left be hind! has left. She is exhausted. She is

not walking with it. That is a big decision to just

make? Yeah, but she has to take that gamble.

And while she is going to get her cub, the hyena could come? We hope

that they don't come. After an agonising wait, we finally

saw movement on the horizon. With no hyena's around, Moja can

finally enjoy a proper meal. Looking at Moja's mum close up,

Jackson thinks she might be an old friend.

I've met this lioness before. This is Tamu! I hope you've got goose

bumps showing, because I did at that moment. I did promise you a

big story with Moja and his mum. This is it. Jackson believes she is

a legendary linon es that he knew some year ago. He can piece the

story of how she and Moja became an outcast. We are getting to that

later on. First, now, lots of insects, this is the first we have

seen as it is dry. There are a lot out tonight. Toby's team are

following the Whiskers group. May has been dry for them, unlike us,

so that means that they are having to make new decisions about their

off-spring. This is Swift, a five week-old

meerkat pup. She is facing a very uncertain future.

This year, the rains did not come. So food here is very thin on the

ground. May 2012 is going to be a make or

break month for Swift. She has a brother and two sisters.

I'm filming Swift and her large extended family, known as the

Whiskers Group in this parched corner of the Kalahari. For Swift,

the advantage of being part of a large family, is that there are

always many eyes on the look-out for danger.

The disadvantage is that the limited food must be shared with

many mouths. So if you are the smallest and the weakest, you will

lose out. Here, Swift... Hello, little one.

You're letting me touch you! You are tiny! This year, the meerkats

have had a very bad year. The odds are not brilliant.

It's about 50/50 that a meerkat pup will make it to two months old.

Swift's life will depend on getting enough to eat. The responsibility

for making sure that she and the rest of the family are well fed,

rests squarely with the dominant female, Emily. Today, as always,

she is scouring their territory for good places to forage, but food is

getting harder and harder to come Swift has to keep up, or she will

lose out. On top of this, Swift and the pups

are too small to find their own food.

Meerkats dig away their own body weight and sand just to get a

mouthful. So the pups are utterly dependant

on the adults. There is fierce competition.

Swift is extremely feisty and determined not to miss out to her

siblings. In the middle here I can see 12 to

14 adults foraging around. When they find a pup, they listen, who

is here in the middle? Swift? Swift's begging means she is

getting the lion's share of the food, but by late morning, even she

is going hungry. There is just not enough food.

Emily is going to have to come up with a plan.

She leads Swift and the family to the road that marked the edge of

their territory. There are rich pickings on the

otherside, but it is a huge risk. A couple of months ago we lost

three meerkats in a couple of weeks. Swift has never seen a road before.

She's quickly disorientated. The family start to cross, she has

to stick with the adults. But she hesitates and gets left

behind. OK. We have a lorry coming. It is about 30 feet from our

meerkat. What are you doing? By some miracle

she make it is. And she is reunited with the family.

Fortunately, it seems that Emily's gamble has paid off.

But this full larder belongs to someone else... Emily has led them

into the territory of a rival group. If those two groups meet there will

be a full-on fight. The chances are that we could easily lose a pup.

With the day wearing on, Emily has to make a decision.

Cross the road back to safety, but little food, or take a chance and

stay on in the new territory? Either way, Swift's life will be

put on the line. Well, things are getting tense for

Swift and her family. Toby and the team are back out in the Kalahari

in the morning, bringing the latest twists and turns so you can have

that news on Sunday. We are in North America, we are following the

migration of the grey whales. We knew there was a possibility that

killer whales would intercept our greys. It has happened. What we are

about to show you is very powerful and dramatic footage of nine

killers moving in to ambush a mother and a calf. It is

We got a kale in from the sister ship that -- we got a kall in from

the sister ship that there are some -- call.

We have a gray whale here on the left. By the time the crew arrived,

30 minutes later, the killer whales were in the final stages of their

attack on the gray whale kaf -- calf.

They had managed to separate the calf from its mother and were

repeatedly pushing it under the To even witness an attack is

surprising, but what happened next is truly remarkable. To the best of

our knowledge it has never been filmed before.

As the Orca continue their attack, the crew notice two humpback whales

who seem to be intervening in an effort to protect the gray whale an

her baby. They appear to be placing their own bodies between the

wounded gray whale calf and the killer whales.

Sadly, despite their best efforts, they could not save the calf, but

the humpback whales remained in the area, following the Orcas, rolling

and tail-slashing in an effort to prevent the killer whales from

feeding. Six hours later, the humpbacks were

still there, but the killers shared the spoils with the albatrosses,

while the gray whale mother continued her journey north alone.

Even though we were expecting an attack, there was no guarantee we

would be able to film it. It is a rare occurrence indeed. It does not

make it any easier to watch. It is also hard even with the film, to

actually see what is happening, but there are a couple of things that

strike you about the encounter. First of all, the method that the

killer whales use. They are transient, they are bigger than

other Orcas. You can see the killer whale bearing down on the calf.

That is the gray calf there. The killers bare down on the calf, to

push them under the water to drown them. That is the technique. The

pod works together in order to do that. Something that is common in

these situations is that the mother, the gray whale mother is obviously

fighting for the life of her young. She does everything she can to

protect her calf, including getting between the killer whales and the

calf and pushing her calf out of the water to prevent it from

drowning. You can see that calf rise there, lurching out of the

water. It is extraordinary, it must have been incredible to be so close.

We are going live to Los Angeles to a live witness.

This is Elissa, a researcher. Good afternoon to you.

Good afternoon. You were a few feet away, in the

boat, what are your observations about the attack, you have

witnessed several of them? What I saw was a killer whale hitting at

the gray whale calf. Another looked like it was trying to separate the

moth frer the calf. Then I saw the head of the calf coming out. Then

it surfaced and submerged under the water, a young killer whale calf

popped up when the gray whale calf had gone down. This is unusual.

Normally they are kept away. This looked like it was a learning

experience, learning like it was in killer whale school.

Of course, the Orcas, the killer whales have to feed as well. That

is what this is about. What is your interpretation of the humpback

whales' intervention, something never seen before on film?

never it was amazing. One of the first things that I saw was a

humpback whale, surfacing exactly where the mother and calf was,

putting itself in harm's way. It could have been trying to separate

the gray whales from the killer whales it blew my mind. I did not

know what was happening. I heard it was giving trumpeting blows and

tail-slashes. Then there were seven humpbacks in the area. There was a

lot of food in the area, they should have been feeding but they

drew together to co-operate. Then they started to follow the killer

whales around, trumpeting and slashing their flukes, going up to

them. Sticking their heads up. Then extraordinarily, when a killer

whale went on its head to feed on the carcass and the humpback came

right up against it, blowing, loudly, it was slashing. Was it

some sort of altruism? Was it the female coming to the defence of the

calf? Unbelievable. Let me move you on to the sound

that the humpback whales made. Listen to this, what does it

signify from the humpbacks? Wow! That is the trumpeting sound that a

humpback whale makes when it is extremely distressed. I have never

heard a humpback do it more than twice in a row. It may be when

another whale tries to steal its food. We heard that to over several

hours. They were in agony. These were really upset. They were not

curious whales, they were unhappy. That was amazing, we have never

seen or heard anything like that. Thank you very much for that

eyewitness report. Remember more than 1,000 gray whale calves are

still migrating along the coast. Trying to get to the Arctic waters,

trying to get to their feeding grounds. We have teams out on the

Bay. We hope to bring you any news. We may be lucky to get more news,

the first time in this situation that a humpback has been captured

on film in this way. It was not what we were hoping for, but it

certainly was unexpected. Amazing footage of an amazing story

and a reminder of what a critical time May is in the natural world.

It does not end there. Still it come on tonight's show: We

bring you the latest story from Gremlin, our baby JRR Tolkien.

We find out more about -- toque macaque, we find out more about

Tamu, Moja's mum. It is climbing school for the baby bears.

Welcome back to the Masai Mara. It is the rainy season. This is our

first night. Everything seems to be coming out to celebrate with us.

You can hear the frogs, the crickets, and from our thermal

camera, there is a hippo. The back is slightly cooler than the rest

where it is darker. That has probably been in the water all day,

coming out to feed, but when they are out to feed, do not get in

their way! Right, moving on, the big story is Moja and his mum. We

think we have discovered who she is. When I say "we" you, Jackson, you

have discovered who she is, Tamu, who is Tamu? Well, ever since I met

this lioness, I knew I had med an old friend. Her behaviour tells me

that this lioness is special. So, there are mannerisms the way

that she moves, that told you, Jackson, I believe you, but you

have more proof? Yes, indeed. Her manners. It is like meeting you. I

knew your character. Small irritating! But you are --

have absolute proof? Yes, here, one of our pecks perts have taken this

photograph a few years ago. I have taken this photograph a few days

ago. Now look, the whiskers match from here, these three lines and at

the bottom here and the three whisker spots at the bottom here,

they match. This is Tamu. These are like fingerprints on us, they are

unique to each lion. So that has clinched it as far as you are

concerned. This is exciting. There have been so many questions on

Facebook and Twitter, asking why are Moja and Tamu outcast from

their pride? Well, this positive ID means that we can understand her

story. Tamu was born in the Marsh Pride,

one of the most successful lion families in the Masai Mara.

By the age of four she was already a formidable hunter.

She was often the one to make the kill.

Whilst the rest of the pride simply strolled in and ate their fill.

Fed up with sharing her hard-won gains, she began to hunt on her own.

She moved further and further away from the pride.

Until eventually, the bond between her and her family was broken,

forever. Tamu, was now an outcast. A loner,

living on the edge of her homeland. But she still wanted to raise a

family. She mated with Notch, the Marsh Pride male.

When the other lionesss discovered what she was doing, they chased her

out of their territory. Tamu gave birth in the know-man's

land between two prides. -- no move man's land between two

prides. But no her cubs were vulnerable to

attacks by nomadic males. In her fury, she chased him off.

But the fight was not without casualties.

One of her cubs was badly injured, the cub died within hours. Another

two scattered in fear, disappearing into the bush.

I know we are all choked up here in Kenya as well. If you think that

was emotional, what happens next really proves what an exceptional

mum Tamu is. Tamu's young family were in

disarray, scattered, but she refused to give up. She and her

remaining cub search the area, calling. For two days they tried to

track down the lost cubs with no luck. Until, towards the end of the

second day... Tamu had lost one of her cubs in the fight, but she had

successfuly kept three alive without help or protection.

With a mother like Tamu, there was every chance that this compelling

family might just make it. -- excelling family might just make

It is stagger, I know. Tamu did successfuly raise two of her

surviving cubs, but then she disappeared. Everyone thought she

was dead until now. With such an astonishing mother, maybe there is

hope for Moja. Let's just stay with the mum thing. We know how critical

mums are for survival of young babies around the world.

So let's eGo go further to Toby. We have a Gremlin who passed a

little bit of a milestone. Gavin was there to film it this morning.

He sent this in. This is Gremlin.

A ten-week-old baby toque macaque. She is the daughter of a low-

ranking female. In the strictly hierarchal toque macaque society,

this makes her just about the lowest of the low.

Mum is too busy getting enough to eat to look after her, so Gremlin

is having to learn life's lessons, the hard way.

Gremlin has just woken up. The dawn of a new day for her in a

big confusing world. All around her, family members

groom, hug and make faces at each other, but what does this all mean?

The entire troop's social structure revolves around a complex series of

posturing, teeth-bearing and calls that the little Gremlin has to

learn quickly in order to live her life in the group. As such a low-

ranking monkey, she will not get anywhere without being able to say

the equivalent of, "Sorry.",, "Excuse me." And, "Thank you."

Adults will not stop to remind her who is the boss and their methods

are harsh. These are painful lessons for a baby toque macaque,

especially when you have no idea you have done something wrong. The

truth is, she has not done anything wrong, she is just the lowest of

the low and being told this in no uncertain terms.

Despite getting a few clips around the ear. She is eager to learn, so

when the older ones play, she wants to be involved too, but has to ask

nicely first. It's a lesson on who to approach

safely... And who is best left well alone.

Hector is king of the Temple Troop. The enforcer of toque macaque law.

He has led the troop with an iron first for the last two years and

will not tolerate any insubordination from upstarts,

adult or baby. If he looks you in the eye you must express omission

or a beating. They chatter their teeth here in

homage to the king. If Gremlin plays this right, she

will escape punishment. If she gets it wrong, not even her

mother will be able to stop hector enforcing his law.

Bingow. She's done it! Wow. Well that does not seem insignificant in

human terms but that teeth chatter is effectively her first words.

Learning to say excuse me, don't hit me! Really sweet.

For Gremlin it is a vital stepping stone to adult life. She has said

her first words and opened up a world of possibilities.

For the time being, at least. Absolutely vital that Gremlin

learns how the big society work there is. I like the chattering bit.

We do that with our executive producer, we all d that when we say

something that we agree with him. We are keeping you up-to-date with

Gremlin and her news, with the latest news on Sunday. Lack back to

Minnesota, to the land of 10,000 lakes and home to 25,000 wild black

bears, but if you come down to the woods today, you are very unlikely

to have an encounter with a wild bare. We have this access because

of one man, Dr Lynn Rogers. Up until 20 years ago Dr Lynn

Rogers used tranquilising as a way of getting research and getting

close to the bears m but then developed a new method. He call it

is the upclose method. When I say close, he gets so close, he smells

the braeth of bears. He experimented with getting the bears

to associate voice with food. Overcoming his fear, he learned to

gain the trust of wild bears with a treat.

He discovered that bears would let him into their world and he became

the first person on earth who could study these large carnivores at

close-range. Incredible, this is the only place

in the world you can get this close to wild, black bears. A lot have

been asking about the collars that you saw in the films, here they are.

They are GPS collars. They have two unionities. This is where the GPS

device goes. It feed backs signals every hour on the motions and

movements on the bears. It enables us to chart where the bears are

moving and how they move in different territory. So very

important. This bit is the radio section, this allows us to track

and find the bears on a daily basis. That is what is helping us to track

the bears on a daily basis. Some of you are concerned that they are

uncomfortable. Well, let me tell you it is not heavy. A wild black

bear weighs anything between 250 and up to even 600 pounds. So this

is like wearing a watch for the bear. If they found them

uncomfortable, they would not allow Dr Lynn Rogers and his team to put

them on. Trust me, they they are big enough to let them know.

Now spring came early, so the bears were forced from hibernation

earlier than they should have been. They are smaller and weaker than

they should have been. Dr Lynn Rogers is scared for some of the

cubs. In particular he is worried about Sophie, Sam and Julia.

Even you think they are cute after They have got great personalities,

now, these guys? Yeah, their legs are growing good. All of a sudden

they are getting the long-legged look.

You think that they have a good chance, though, a litter of three?

Yes. A litter of two, that is good, you get up to four, then the

survival drops to a half. So three is the optimum size? Yes, that is

the most common litter size for the matture females.

How do they fare in the rain? tries to keep them dry. If they get

wet she licks them a lot. She responds to every cry.

If they say they are cold, she will let them snuggle in and curl up

around them. And they need all the help that

they can get. I mean, look at how skinny they are.

They are a bit too skinny for your liking? Yes. This is the tough

month, like they say, you know? Well, I hope they all make it.

Yes. I was not expecting Dr Lynn Rogers

to be as concerned about the three cubs as he is. Over the years he

has morphed into a bit of a bear himself. He makes all these bear

noises. But every time I get close to the

bears, I think of you with the lions, so be careful! Well, I'm not

worried about the lions, there is a hippo over there and other animals

mooching about is a hyena and an elephant, but Planet Earth Live is

about much more than pointing and saying, "Look, hyena." We want to

tell their stories, that is the whole point of the adventure. So as

well as telling the stories of the lions, we are here following the

elephants. They are safe here, but beyond

there, they could anybody peril. Yesterday we introduced you to an

elephant who did get into trouble. Sylvia is an experienced matriarch,

the leader of her family. The herd, known as the Royals is one of the

largest and most stable in Samburu. Sylvia enjoys the support of many

sisters, cousins and nieces. But she is in grave danger.

Last year, she was shot by poachers when her herd strayed outside of

the reserve. The bullet passed through the soft tissue under her

chin, broke her jaw and left a hole that constantly dribblings saliva,

but that is not her real problem. The bullet left a serious wound

that has never healed it is now infected and is swelling by the day.

Her life is in danger. About a week ago, Sylvia gave birth

to a calf, little Pinkfoot. She has a rare genetic trait that

means some of her skin has not developed pigment in the same way

as the rest of her body. Giving her her dis tinkive pink feet.

-- distinctive. Even at this young age, Pinkfoot needs as much as 11

litres of milk every day. She's totally dependant on mum.

But with the very real possibility of Sylvia's infection becoming

fatal, a dark cloud hangs over little Pinkfoot's young life.

I know! I know! But dark cloud or not, if I can offer you a glimmer

of hope, there is a team who are dedicated to preserving and looking

after the elephants in Samburu. Tomorrow we are following them to

watch as they try to save her life. We will bring you the results, I

promise. Meanwhile, we have been following two young elephant tear

aways, they are Grace and Sky. They are sief safe in the confines of

the herd, right now we are going to watch them live. Right now, Grace

and Sky's lives are filled with new experiences. Everything that they

do is new and exciting. There is a lot to learn, especially what to do

with that thing in the middle of their face. Their trunks are more

like run away limbs than something useful. That is no surprise,

whether you are learning how to control 100,000 muscles and tendons

all at the same time. Using the trunk is a tricky bus, especially

when you want to be just like mum. Even simple games hold valuable

life lessons. Like using mud as sunscreen.

Elephant skin can be almost four centimetres thick in places, but it

still needs protection from the scorching heat, but one thing that

elephants don't have to learn is how to have fun in water. Elephants

relish water whenever they find it. They use it to cool off in the heat

of the day when the temperatures soar to 40dweings heat, but more

than this, -- 40 degrees heat, but more than this, they just seem to

love splashing about. Wherever there is a water hole in

Samburu, you are sure to find elephants.

The trouble is, it can all get a little bit wet and slippery.

I know! It is stunning! There were hoots of laughter coming from the

tent where the gallery is. It is gorgeous watching them play.

Learning how to be elephants, but these are a reminder of how

vulnerable the elephant calves are, how much they need their mothers

and families around them, but that is the joy watching that. If you

have wondered what it is like to have a trunk, it is not like a nose

you can wiggle, it is the movement of the trunk and the middle, they

have to use it for grooming, eating, social bonding. It is their hands,

but look, you can do it, try it! Try it Julia! When you have a nose

this large, you don't need a trunk, let me tell you. Welcome back to

the woods, which as we said are full of predators, like these. This

is a wonderful. It is very important that the black bears

learn the art of escape. Around here, that is to learn how to shoot

up a tree! This is a wild forest. There is nothing manicured about

this environment. There is an amazing array of trees around here,

but not all trees are good climbing trees for the black bears.

This beauty is a red pine. It is a nice, mature tree. It looks like it

should abgood climber, but it is not, because the bark just peels

away. So the little claws will dig in... And then frul away.

-- and fen fall away. So we have a paper birch next door

to a creda here. I show you why, look at that. So not a great

climbing tree and also slippy. The creda on the other hand, a nice

juicy trunk and it can get a really good perch on that. That is a good

climber. Finally, this is actually the

perfect black bear climbing tree. A mature white pine. Look at the bark.

It is very sturdy and solid. It does not come away at all. So

imagine the claws clinging into that. When you go up to the top,

there is lots of protection. It is strong and sturdy with its strong

branches and pro techs from the rain and the sunshine for the cubs.

You can see how protected. This is one of Juliet's day beds, it has

been raining all morning, but it is perfectly dry and comfortable here.

I would not mind lying down there. Have you ever seen anything so

cute? If we were not hear, living and breathing bears we would not be

able to bring you the daily pictures up-to-date. Just because I

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can, I am going to bring you more No cubs were harmed during the

making of that film! And lsz, just to point out, that -- and also just

to point out, even if the accidents looked nasty, the black bears are

very bouncy and very good at falling out of trees. That is very

good news. I just want to tell you about

elephant names, but if you want to look back, that is my guard keeping

an eye on the hippo I showed you. One thing you should never do is

get between a hippo and water, we kind of are, but there have been

thousands of suggests on Facebook and Twitter for the names of this

little girl, when it comes to a name we know she will have to be

strong it is a tough life. The Samburu team love the name Maya

after Maya Angelou. So, it was suggested also by a few of you,

what a well-educated bunch of viewers. I like it. Maya, do you

like it, Juliet? Does it work? like it.

We have had thousands of names, as soon as you say we want a name, we

are flooded, but that is good. We want you to be involved. It is very

much what we want from the programme. You are a part of the

programme. There are a few golden rules when it comes to natural film

making, one is don't let the monkeys get anywhere near your I

chemical weaponment, never! -- your If you want to watch that little

monkeying around video, go online A lot of monkeying around, we don't

have that problem with the bears, their paws are too big. The big

story at the moment is that Juliet and the three cubs are not doing so

well. The cub came out of hibernation earlier. They are

playful when we go to see them. I have spent time with them. They

look playful, but they are very, very thin. Dr Lynn Rogers is very

concerned about them. So that is the story that we are watching here

in Minnesota in the woods here. We really need to stay on top of the

progress of the three cubs. We are bringing the latest news about them

on Sunday's Planet Earth Live show. We may even have some more of them

climbing trees as it just looks so good.

There is so much coming up to show you. So much we are still following

on Planet Earth Live! Lonely lion cub Moja has his belly full for now,

but how will he fare in the coming days? Pinkfoot, can her mother

protect her? And what about Swift and the family decide? Stay in

enemy territory or brave the dangers of the road? Keep up to

date with everything on the web and on Twitter and Facebook:

Remember, these are real stories we are following. They are going on

right now. Real animals all around the world. We have crews following

them every day. They are working even as I speak. We will bring you