:00:10. > :00:14.Right now it's make or break time for animals across the world. From
:00:14. > :00:19.here in North America, around the globe, from Sri Lanka to South
:00:19. > :00:29.Africa, we're following the daily daum yaz of these animals, as they
:00:29. > :00:45.
:00:45. > :00:50.unfold every step of the way -- Hello I'm live in the Kenyan Masai
:00:50. > :00:55.Mara. It's lunch time for Julia in the USA. It's gone 10pm here in
:00:55. > :00:59.Africa. In the Northern Hemisphere it's spring. In the Tropics, the
:00:59. > :01:06.rainy season has changed everything for our lions and elephants. There
:01:06. > :01:09.is so much going on. May is a month unlike any other in
:01:09. > :01:14.the natural world. The challenges it brings to the lives of baby
:01:14. > :01:18.animals around the planet are the toughest they will ever face.
:01:18. > :01:23.We've got teams stationed around the globe, following the action
:01:23. > :01:27.24/7 and reporting on events as they unfold. Tonight, we bring you
:01:27. > :01:32.the latest on the attempt to save elephant Sylvia's life, after she
:01:32. > :01:37.was shot by poachers. Julia discovers why year old bear
:01:37. > :01:41.cubs have been attacked by their mothers at this time of year. And
:01:41. > :01:46.we travel to South Africa, to find out if Swift and her family spent
:01:46. > :01:49.the night in enemy territory or braved the trorz of the road.
:01:49. > :01:53.-- terrors of the road. None of us know what their fate will be.
:01:53. > :01:58.Whatever it is, we will bring you the latest twists and turns in
:01:58. > :02:05.their stories, as they happen, both hor and on the web.
:02:05. > :02:09.-- here and on the web. Hello and welcome a very windy
:02:09. > :02:14.Minnesota. We're surrounded by thousands of lakes, millions of
:02:14. > :02:21.rustling trees and 25,000 black bears. Of course, spring came early
:02:21. > :02:22.here. And then suddenly it kicked into reverse with heavy snowfall,
:02:22. > :02:27.into reverse with heavy snowfall, really putting our young bear
:02:27. > :02:32.families to the test It's not just the tiny black bears having a tough
:02:32. > :02:35.time here, throughout May. Our juveniles, the yearlings are facing
:02:35. > :02:38.tough times as they get ready for family break up, when they're
:02:38. > :02:43.forced from the family group to fend for themselves for the first
:02:43. > :02:46.time. We'll of course, have the latest on Sam, Sophie and Sybil,
:02:46. > :02:52.the young bear cubs we've been following closely. We've got our
:02:52. > :02:55.concern abouts little Sybil. We've got the very latest from experts on
:02:55. > :02:59.those incredible scenes in California, when humpbacks
:02:59. > :03:04.intervened on a killer whale attack on grey whales.
:03:04. > :03:13.Join me for the bear and whale news later on. Now let's go 8,000 miles
:03:13. > :03:17.back to Richard, where he's waiting under the stars.
:03:17. > :03:21.Thank you Julia. I am under the stars. There's no rain, in the
:03:21. > :03:25.rainy season. Welcome back to Kenya and the heart of the Savannah where
:03:25. > :03:29.we're following the lion, specifically two particular ones
:03:29. > :03:32.crews have been following, baby cup Moja and his mother. They are
:03:32. > :03:36.outcasts, living outside their pride. They are struggling. These
:03:36. > :03:40.are the latest pictures we have of them, taken just yesterday. Moja
:03:40. > :03:44.was holed up in his den. Our crews couldn't get near him. His mum was
:03:44. > :03:52.out hunting for him. This is the hardest time to be a lion in the
:03:52. > :04:02.Masai Mara. This is why. It's the rainy season. The graest
:04:02. > :04:07.wildebeest migration is a month or more away. The plains are empty.
:04:07. > :04:17.With hardly any food around, Moja is at risk of starvation. Oh,
:04:17. > :04:19.
:04:19. > :04:27.that's a harsh picture. But he does have something in his favour. An
:04:27. > :04:37.incredible mum. She is an exceptional hunter. If anyone can
:04:37. > :04:41.
:04:41. > :04:47.get Moja through these lean times, something to hunt. Right now, at
:04:47. > :04:54.this time of year, prey is scarce in the Mara. That means lions are
:04:54. > :05:00.taking on some dangerous prey. Moja's mum knows every nook and
:05:00. > :05:07.cranny of her territory. There are many secret hide-outs where she can
:05:07. > :05:16.keep Moja safe while she scans the plains. Male warthogs are strong,
:05:16. > :05:26.fast and armed with deadly tusks. She spots a huge one. It's a gamble
:05:26. > :05:35.
:05:35. > :05:39.she's got to take. She leaves Moja safe in his den. The hunt is on. An
:05:39. > :05:49.adult warthog can run as fast as she can, but she has better
:05:49. > :05:52.
:05:52. > :06:02.acceleration. She needs to close the gap. The bushes provide perfect
:06:02. > :06:02.
:06:02. > :06:48.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:06:48. > :06:57.thoughts are with Moja. She needs high yeen yaz are quickly on the
:06:57. > :07:07.scene. The boar is as big as she is. She needs all her strength to drag
:07:07. > :07:31.
:07:31. > :07:34.ground surrounded by water, the That hunt was filmed by wildlife
:07:34. > :07:37.camera operator Sophie Darlington who's been filming lions for 20
:07:37. > :07:42.years, out in the field all day, every day for months, sometimes
:07:42. > :07:52.years on end. I went out to meet Sophie just after Moja's mum made
:07:52. > :07:52.
:07:52. > :07:57.that kill to see what she made of our lioness star.
:07:57. > :08:07.When I got there, Moja and his mum were relaxed and happy after a very
:08:07. > :08:13.
:08:13. > :08:22.here. You come on that side. Mind your head. I'm minding it. Sorry.
:08:22. > :08:27.Keep low. That is quite lovely. It's clear that Sophie is
:08:27. > :08:31.developing a close bond with Moja's mum. She is the most stunning and
:08:31. > :08:35.astonishing lion, because of her strength, the fact she's surviving
:08:35. > :08:45.against althe odds and she has got a cub. She shouldn't do that
:08:45. > :08:51.
:08:51. > :08:58.because she's tough and she's surviving against the odds and, I
:08:58. > :09:08.don't know, maybe a part of mef as a mummy self-to a little boy and --
:09:08. > :09:09.
:09:09. > :09:12.a part of me, as a mum myself to a little boy and I feel empathy.
:09:12. > :09:17.Now, I have an announcement to make, there has been a development, quite
:09:17. > :09:22.a significant one. You may have noticed during that film, I refer
:09:22. > :09:27.to Moja's mum as Moja's ma'am and not as Tamu, when only on the other
:09:27. > :09:30.show we said we were pretty sure we had identified her as Tamu, a
:09:31. > :09:34.linion first filmed bit BBC six years ago. Since then we've heard
:09:34. > :09:37.from other experts who disagree with our experts, because they say
:09:37. > :09:41.and people on Facebook and Twitter as well, that they're pretty sure
:09:41. > :09:46.she's not that lion. This is the thing, these are wild lions. They
:09:46. > :09:50.don't generally carry ID. So what it means is there is some mystery
:09:50. > :09:53.surrounding the identity of Moja's mum. I know, I kind of quite like
:09:53. > :09:56.that. Whoever she is, wherever she's come, from the one thing we
:09:56. > :10:02.know for certain, she's learned some amazing and unusual skills to
:10:02. > :10:06.be able to look after her son in these testing times. Sophie, she
:10:06. > :10:10.has, hasn't she? Yes. You've spent many hours in the field with her,
:10:10. > :10:12.whoever she is. Why do you think she's such an exceptional lion?
:10:12. > :10:17.she's such an exceptional lion? She's unusual because she's on her
:10:17. > :10:22.own. She has no support or back up, no pride. She's out there hunting
:10:22. > :10:26.and guarding Moja. She's smart. She's using a tree to look out for
:10:26. > :10:30.predators and prey. She's hunting. She's so strong. She's hunting
:10:30. > :10:35.warthog, taking down stuff that could be lethal to her, really
:10:35. > :10:41.dangerous. She's really brave. wort hog was nearly as big as her.
:10:41. > :10:46.Using trees is unusual for lions. They do do it. She's canny. She's
:10:46. > :10:50.also hunting in daylight. Camerawoman's dream! Good for you,
:10:50. > :10:54.but dangerous for the lion. It's fantastic. She's doing it because
:10:54. > :10:57.she's avoiding other lions, she's smart. In many ways she's proving
:10:57. > :11:02.herself to be quite a unique thing. I like the fact that the mystery is
:11:02. > :11:05.till. There the thing is, what does this mean for Moja? We do know that,
:11:05. > :11:09.well, whatever it means above all else, with an exceptional mother
:11:09. > :11:13.like his to look after him, to protect and feed him, he stands a
:11:13. > :11:17.better chance of making it through these testing times. Jewel ya, I
:11:17. > :11:22.don't know about you, I think that's actually added to this
:11:22. > :11:26.mystery back to Moja's mum. Whatever Moja's mum is called, she
:11:26. > :11:30.is indeed a marvellous mum. Today I can say happy Mother's Day to her,
:11:30. > :11:34.because it's Mother's Day in America. Welcome back to
:11:34. > :11:38.magnificent Minnesota. The forecast was for a nice, spring, calm day.
:11:38. > :11:43.You'll notice by our microphone and if you look out there onto the lake,
:11:43. > :11:47.it's windier than we anticipated. Our cameraman has been out there
:11:47. > :11:50.for hours. Thank goodness he's wearing a lifejacket. We're
:11:50. > :11:54.surrounded by wonderful trees, marvellous wildlife and of course,
:11:54. > :12:01.thousands of black bears. Let's meet some of those families, one of
:12:01. > :12:07.those families. This is Juliet, our experienced
:12:07. > :12:11.black bear muma. She's nine years old and this is her third litter.
:12:11. > :12:15.Her dark faced male cub Sam is a tinker, who loves playing around
:12:15. > :12:17.with his sister Sophie. The two of them like a bit of rough and tumble
:12:17. > :12:22.them like a bit of rough and tumble and enjoy one another's company.
:12:22. > :12:30.Sybil is the smallest of the three cubs. She's turning into a bit of a
:12:30. > :12:34.loner. Sybil is now really beginning to
:12:34. > :12:38.look like the runt of the litter. While her brother and sister Sam
:12:38. > :12:45.and Sophie are building up strength, constantly toying with one another
:12:45. > :12:50.and play fighting. Sybil is being left out, possibly suffering. She
:12:50. > :12:54.isn't bulking up enough. She's missing out on important social
:12:54. > :12:58.skills. Dr Lynn Rogers, our bear specialist s, concerned about her
:12:58. > :13:02.because she is looking skinny. The play fighting becomes very serious
:13:02. > :13:09.when it gets down to feeding wh. It gets down to feeding, it's all
:13:09. > :13:14.about nipple order. Bears have three sets of nipples.
:13:14. > :13:19.With those producing the richest milk at the top of the chest. The
:13:19. > :13:23.cubs fight fiercely over which nipple they suckle from. In this
:13:23. > :13:30.case, Sybil is being forced from the top nipples to those further
:13:30. > :13:36.down. Sam especially won't allow Sybil to suckle on his favourite
:13:36. > :13:41.nipple, guarding it ferociously, as if guarding a territory.
:13:41. > :13:50.Sybil is left with the less rich milk from lower down Juliet's chest,
:13:50. > :13:54.meaning her development is stunted compared to her brother and sister.
:13:54. > :14:01.The cub litter survival rate for a litter of three is quite good,
:14:01. > :14:05.about 82%. When you unpack that it means 2.45 of the cubs of a litter
:14:05. > :14:10.of three will survive. So obviously, we're rooting for Sybil. We want
:14:10. > :14:14.her to be at the right end of that statistic. It's so vital that our
:14:14. > :14:19.bears eat properly, because they won't make it through the next
:14:19. > :14:23.hibernation if they don't reach a certain rate. A malnourished black
:14:23. > :14:29.bear doesn't reproduce successfully either. Earlier in the series, we
:14:29. > :14:34.introduced you to another black bear, that was Jewel. She's a first
:14:34. > :14:37.time mum. These are her slivering cubs Herbie and Fern who got caught
:14:37. > :14:42.in the snow because Jewel didn't know what to do, because of her
:14:42. > :14:46.experience, she left them out in minus ten degrees far too long. But
:14:46. > :14:49.very luckily, they did survive because Jewel managed to turn it
:14:49. > :14:55.around. She eventually gave them the warmth that they need. Let's
:14:55. > :15:00.lock at that family from yesterday. Let's get the latest pictures from
:15:00. > :15:06.them. They're looking healthy, bouncy, they're climbing trees. Mum
:15:06. > :15:13.is occasionally making the odd mistake, look a little whack there
:15:13. > :15:18.to Herbie. You can hear the contented humming sound as her cubs
:15:18. > :15:23.suckle and of course, just two cubs so it mean that's they both get the
:15:23. > :15:30.top nipples. So that's very good news for them. So, we're live near
:15:30. > :15:35.Minnesota. We've been live in Kenya. Now we have the latest news on our
:15:35. > :15:43.meerkat family from theical hara in South Africa. These are the very
:15:43. > :15:48.latest pictures. ( this is Swift, a five week old baby meerkat. She's
:15:48. > :15:52.part of a large family known as the Whiskers. Last time she hay close
:15:52. > :15:59.shave crossing a busy road to get to a richer supply of food. What
:15:59. > :16:06.are you doing? It was a case of out of the frying pan and into the fire.
:16:06. > :16:09.Cameraman Toby is following their lives out in this dry corner of the
:16:09. > :16:13.Kalahari desert. May can be a tough time of year for meerkats, as food
:16:13. > :16:18.is thin on the ground. This year is worse than usual. The rains have
:16:18. > :16:23.failed and food is even harder to find. That's why the leader of the
:16:23. > :16:27.Whiskers family has led them to a rival group's patch who go by the
:16:27. > :16:32.name of kung fu. If this family find the group
:16:32. > :16:38.stealing from their larder, there will be hell to pay. Swift could
:16:38. > :16:46.easily become a casualty. Temperatures today are soaring into
:16:46. > :16:52.the high 30s. Despite the heat, Swift is keen to find her own lunch.
:16:52. > :16:58.It's a giant mill peed and it has a toxic skin. So Swift has to master
:16:58. > :17:03.the art of dragging it across the sand to remove the foul taste. The
:17:03. > :17:11.rest of the family are nervous. They know how dangerous being in
:17:11. > :17:21.enemy territory is. So everyone's on red alertment Suddenly, there's
:17:21. > :17:25.an alarmment -- alarm. Swift is too involved in her mill peed to notice.
:17:25. > :17:32.The family rapidly regroup. At last Swift realises something's up and
:17:32. > :17:37.runs for her life. In everyone comes. Everyone's up. All these
:17:37. > :17:45.eyes, all these eyes are keeping an eye out, what is it? They're
:17:45. > :17:55.nervous as the adults. Guys, concentrate. But it's a false alarm.
:17:55. > :17:56.
:17:56. > :18:06.It's not the enemy or a bird of prey, it's just a harmless vulture.
:18:06. > :18:16.Oh, falling asleep, little sister. All this excitement has been too
:18:16. > :18:19.
:18:19. > :18:29.much for tiny Swift. They're sort of relaxing in the shade of this
:18:29. > :18:39.tree. After an alarm call, everyone gets quite frisky and playful, look
:18:39. > :18:55.
:18:55. > :19:00.at that. It's sort of a release of long. They've got to keep moving.
:19:00. > :19:10.This desert offers such meagre pickings. Swift's got to get used
:19:10. > :19:11.
:19:11. > :19:18.to these all-day foraging trips. Everyone keeps moving deeper into
:19:18. > :19:24.enemy territory. By dusk they're far from home. It's too late to
:19:24. > :19:30.turn back now. So they've quickly got to find somewhere safe to spend
:19:30. > :19:34.the night. But the nearest burrow is anything but safe. Kung fu,
:19:34. > :19:39.another meerkat group. This is their burrow deep in their
:19:39. > :19:42.territory. Now Whiskers have been caught out by the time and are
:19:42. > :19:47.having to spend the night here. They won't be approaching the
:19:47. > :19:55.burrow as they do to one of their own. There they're a lot more
:19:55. > :20:01.nervous, a lot more sniffing, more observant. There's a meerkat, part
:20:01. > :20:05.-- if I were a meerkat, part of the Whiskers group, I would not sleep
:20:05. > :20:09.here tonight. Swift's brave cousin Ernesto is one of the first to
:20:09. > :20:19.check out the hole for danger. It seems clear. They take a chance.
:20:19. > :20:20.
:20:20. > :20:27.But would they bump into the enemy deep under ground? The following
:20:27. > :20:34.morning, the meerkats are slow to rise. Spending the night in their
:20:34. > :20:42.arch enemy's bed was a dangerous decision, but was it the right one?
:20:42. > :20:47.First meerkat's up. About half the group are up. One pup. Thankfully
:20:47. > :20:51.everyone's here. The enemy group must have used one of their other
:20:51. > :21:01.burrows. With Swift an the other three pups accounted for, everyone
:21:01. > :21:02.
:21:02. > :21:09.is up soaking in the sun's first rays. But half an hour later, a
:21:09. > :21:14.little hunched figure emerges. Ernesto Swift's cousin is in
:21:14. > :21:19.trouble. It looks as if he's been bitten by a snake. The venom is
:21:19. > :21:27.already starting to take hold. can see the mark on hills head here,
:21:27. > :21:32.his right eye. It's very nearly closed and that general lass tued,
:21:32. > :21:40.drooping, compare his posture to the other meerkats. They're agile,
:21:40. > :21:44.aware, light. This is a sick, sick animal. Snakes are a constant
:21:44. > :21:48.danger for Swift and her family. This desert is home to some of the
:21:49. > :21:54.most venomous in the world, including cape cobras. The meerkats
:21:54. > :21:57.response when they meet one is to mob it en masse. They have
:21:57. > :22:01.astonishing reflexes and somehow avoid every strike. If they come
:22:01. > :22:07.face to face with one in the depths of the burrow, the skrout come is
:22:07. > :22:16.very different. -- the outcome is very different. Imagine it last
:22:16. > :22:19.night, cobra in the dark, this one takes the hit. Poor little Ernesto,
:22:19. > :22:26.somehow he's managed to drag himself out of the enemy burrow to
:22:26. > :22:31.be with the family. He's put his life on the line for
:22:31. > :22:41.Swift and the rest of the family. Will he pay the ultimate price for
:22:41. > :22:53.
:22:53. > :22:58.stuff. Toby and his team will bring you the next instalment as soon as
:22:58. > :23:02.they can. Meantime, I guess it's fingers crossed for Ernesto. Turns
:23:02. > :23:07.out me might -- he might make it. I've been talking to experts, and
:23:07. > :23:11.they say there's enough venom in a cobra bite to kill me and you, but
:23:11. > :23:14.meerkats, even though they only weigh less than a kilo, they have a
:23:14. > :23:19.bit of tolerance. So there say chance that Ernesto might be tough
:23:19. > :23:23.enough to pull through something that would fell you or I. Fingers
:23:23. > :23:27.crossed. Welcome back to the Masai Mara in Kenya. This is the rainy
:23:27. > :23:32.season, but it's not raining. It means things might get busier, if
:23:32. > :23:36.only with the insects. We have our thermal camera here. There it is.
:23:36. > :23:43.First time we've seen the cam ra. To be honest, it doesn't look much,
:23:43. > :23:48.after all the fuss we've made. on there at the moment? Some trees
:23:48. > :23:51.and that will be a hipo. That glowing lump between the trees is a
:23:51. > :23:55.hipo. They come out of the water at night to browse and forage for food
:23:55. > :24:00.and graze. They can travel about five kilometres in a single night
:24:00. > :24:04.looking for food. That's probably more hippos in the background I
:24:04. > :24:07.suspect. More shots from the thermal camera as the evening
:24:08. > :24:11.progresses. We're not here just to look at hippos in the dark and
:24:11. > :24:17.follow the story of our lions either. A couple of hundred mile
:24:17. > :24:25.north, we have camera cruise in Samburu, where the rainy season
:24:25. > :24:29.means different news for the elephants, heralding in new life.
:24:29. > :24:33.Samburu is in the middle of a baby boom. This has already been a
:24:33. > :24:38.bumper year with almost 50 new arrivals.
:24:39. > :24:46.I've been flying north to follow their progress. As commutes go,
:24:46. > :24:53.this isn't bad. Elephant babies are utterly dependent on mum and their
:24:53. > :24:59.family to protect them. If they get all the love and care they need,
:24:59. > :25:04.they're free to start exploring their world. But elephants wander
:25:05. > :25:10.far and wide in search of food and poaching outside of the reserve is
:25:10. > :25:15.an ever present threat. Many families have been hit hard by
:25:15. > :25:20.illegal hunting. Without their elders to guide them, young mums
:25:20. > :25:28.are struggling to get to grips with motherhood and some older elephants
:25:29. > :25:33.like Sylvia, are carrying life threatening bullet wounds. On
:25:33. > :25:38.Thursday, we saw how the wound in Sylvia's jaw was infected and was
:25:38. > :25:43.swelling day by day. Now the thing is, it's not just Sylvia's life
:25:43. > :25:48.we're worried about. She gave birth to a calf only a few days ago,
:25:48. > :25:54.Little Pink Foot. Obviously, pink foot is in danger, though she's
:25:54. > :26:04.entirely unaware of the big cloud hanging over her life.
:26:04. > :26:08.Little Pink Foot is just nine days old. Sylvia is an experienced and
:26:08. > :26:15.atentive mother despite the bullet wound, she's making sure her calf
:26:15. > :26:25.gets everything she needs. Little Pink Foot has a big sister to lock
:26:25. > :26:26.
:26:26. > :26:30.after her too. They are very close, even though she has no milk, Little
:26:30. > :26:35.Pink Foot suckles from her for comfort and reassurance. Sylvia's
:26:35. > :26:42.condition is becoming critical. If she dies, there would be no-one to
:26:42. > :26:46.feed Little Pink Foot and she would almost certainly starve to death.
:26:46. > :26:53.Watching over the herds are David and his team from save the
:26:53. > :27:03.elephants. They've been monitoring Sylvia. They know they need to take
:27:03. > :27:03.
:27:03. > :27:09.action. Treating such a huge wild animal is fraught with danger, for
:27:09. > :27:19.the elephant and the team. But the wound is so serious, David believes
:27:19. > :27:39.
:27:39. > :27:43.it's a risk they must take. First, anaesthetic to have an effect.
:27:43. > :27:49.Things are looking good. Little Pink Foot is with her sister, out
:27:49. > :27:55.of harm's way. Sylvia is easily accessible and the other herd
:27:55. > :28:04.members are a safe distance away. Sylvia's becoming drouzy. Sensing
:28:04. > :28:10.danger, she calls to her family. Little Pink Foot rushes back. Now
:28:10. > :28:14.she's underneath her mother, all three tons of her. This should be
:28:14. > :28:24.the safeest place in the world for her, but Sylvia's about to collapse.
:28:24. > :28:25.
:28:26. > :28:35.When she does, she could crush her calf. David has to do something.
:28:36. > :28:37.
:28:37. > :28:41.But Little Pink Foot will not leave her mother's side. Now as we saw,
:28:41. > :28:44.and perhaps more importantly, heard there, it was Sylvia's cry that
:28:44. > :28:48.changed everything and that's the point at which her calf's life was
:28:48. > :28:51.put in danger. Elephants are capable of really complicated
:28:51. > :28:54.communication. Experts have identified about 70 specific sounds
:28:54. > :28:59.already and they reckon that's only scratching the surface. Here's the
:28:59. > :29:03.thing, David has sedated more than 100 elephants so far. He reckons
:29:03. > :29:09.they always make the same noise at about the same time when they
:29:09. > :29:12.realise something is going wrong. Let's hear it again.
:29:12. > :29:16.That's the noise Sylvia made. David reckon that's noise means danger,
:29:16. > :29:21.get out of here. So it's not surprising when baby pink foot
:29:21. > :29:24.heard that noise, rushed in to be near mum. The thing is, that's when
:29:24. > :29:29.it got tricky because Sylvia had been sedated. She couldn't really
:29:29. > :29:32.move and she was probably only moments away from falling down
:29:32. > :29:36.unconscious, which would have been disastrous. There was no way her
:29:36. > :29:41.daf was going to leave. David faced an -- her calf was going to leave.
:29:41. > :29:46.David faced an agonising choice. If David moved in himself, he risked
:29:46. > :29:56.Sylvia falling on him and crushing him. He -- if he did nothing, baby
:29:56. > :30:08.
:30:08. > :30:18.to get the calf out of the way. She weighs almost 16 stone, 100 kilo
:30:18. > :30:24.
:30:24. > :30:34.grams. Forcing her to leave her mum is not easy.
:30:34. > :30:41.
:30:41. > :30:48.They get her out of the way just in Foot panics.
:30:48. > :30:52.Her family hear the calf's calls of distress and close in.
:30:52. > :30:57.Her sister looks like she might charge. The team have to get Little
:30:57. > :31:02.Pink Foot back to the herd as quickly as possible.
:31:03. > :31:06.A baby elephant's eye sight is poor. They'll instinctively follow large
:31:06. > :31:16.moving objects, perhaps thinking they're members of the herd. The
:31:16. > :31:27.
:31:27. > :31:37.team use their vehicles to lead sister, the team get to work. The
:31:37. > :31:47.
:31:47. > :31:53.abscess is huge. It needs to be service gives Sylvia antibiotics to
:31:53. > :31:57.help her fight the infection. She is just one of hundreds of
:31:57. > :32:02.elephants that are shot every year. Many die slowly and painfully.
:32:02. > :32:07.Sylvia is lucky that the reserve is part of her territory. It's a safe
:32:07. > :32:17.haven, where help is at hand. When he's finished treating her, the vet
:32:17. > :32:45.
:32:45. > :32:55.family, but in the wrong direction. David uses the car to shepherd
:32:55. > :33:11.
:33:11. > :33:14.united. Little Pink Foot can relax in the safety of her herd.
:33:14. > :33:19.When we keep talking about elephants feeling emotions, we're
:33:19. > :33:25.not just being soft. Scientists say they can prove they feel them. You
:33:25. > :33:29.saw them in that film, joy, anger, compassion and love. Scientists
:33:29. > :33:33.reckon their attachment to their families rival their own. It was a
:33:33. > :33:36.procher's bullet that caused all that pain, upset and grief. We are
:33:36. > :33:45.packing a lot into the show, as always. There is so much more
:33:45. > :33:52.coming up from our crews around the world right now.
:33:52. > :33:59.Still to come in the show, how with Moja react to a new run-in with the
:33:59. > :34:04.high evena clan and with Tocque Macaque baby Gremlin get away with
:34:04. > :34:09.eating another group's figs. Welcome back to the windy wood.
:34:09. > :34:14.Sorry if I'm shouting. It's difficult to hear out here. It's
:34:14. > :34:18.not just little black bear cubs out here, there are yearlings out there
:34:18. > :34:24.as well. They are one-year-old. They're the older cubs. Let's look
:34:24. > :34:30.at our big black bear family tree, right at top we have Shadow. She's
:34:30. > :34:35.25 years old and she's had at least nine or ten litters. Juliet and
:34:35. > :34:40.June are her daughters. Juliet we're following the story of Sam,
:34:40. > :34:50.Sophie and little Sybil. I want to concentrate on June and her two
:34:50. > :34:58.
:34:58. > :35:04.yearlings, Aster and Aspen. There yearlings, Aster, a young female
:35:04. > :35:10.and her brother Aspen. They're just over a year old and
:35:10. > :35:16.enjoying their second spring with mum.
:35:16. > :35:23.It's an adventurous existence. Days involve playing with the family,
:35:23. > :35:33.foraging for food and climbing trees. Mum's teaching them all the
:35:33. > :36:03.
:36:03. > :36:07.skills they need, ready for life on their mother are drawing to a close.
:36:07. > :36:12.Sleeping soundly and suckling will soon be a thing of the past. It's
:36:12. > :36:19.time for family break up. Mother June is coming into season
:36:19. > :36:25.and the yearlings will soon be seen as competitors for food. This break
:36:25. > :36:30.up always begins in May and is traumatic for the youngsters. It's
:36:30. > :36:40.difficult to believe that within a moment, thiser is reen family scene
:36:40. > :36:41.
:36:41. > :36:44.will be over forever. -- this sern -- serene family scene
:36:44. > :36:48.will be over forever. That will be the last time we will
:36:48. > :36:53.see them as a family unit. Because after we finished filming, this
:36:53. > :36:58.happened. Family break up, after doing
:36:58. > :37:03.everything for her cubs over the past 12 months, it's time for June
:37:03. > :37:07.to reclaim some of her territory and to mate again. The cubs, in
:37:07. > :37:11.this case Aspen, right there, are rejected from the family group and
:37:11. > :37:16.this is known, this is what we've been talking about, family break up.
:37:16. > :37:21.It can be aggressive, as you saw there and it is very traumatic.
:37:21. > :37:26.That's the last we'll see of Aspen. Aspen say male wild black bear. He
:37:26. > :37:30.doesn't have a collar. He could roam for hundreds of miles now. So
:37:30. > :37:35.Aspen's gone. What does that mean for Aster? This is June and Aster
:37:35. > :37:40.two days ago. If you read a bit of body language, June's trying to
:37:40. > :37:46.hide down an old den there, so she's doing her best to hide from
:37:46. > :37:50.Aster, but no. Here comes Aster. It doesn't work. She's keen to hang
:37:51. > :37:55.out with her mum for as long as possible. I don't blame her. This
:37:55. > :37:58.is incredible footage. We've had cameramen filming in the Northwoods
:37:58. > :38:05.of Minnesota for five years. They've never captured swimming
:38:05. > :38:14.before. Black bears swimming, but still mama cannot shake Aster. The
:38:14. > :38:17.only thing she can shake is herself. Really, really incredible. So these
:38:17. > :38:21.two were, are, we think still together. I was very keen to find
:38:21. > :38:31.out if that's the case. Yesterday morning, I went deep into the woods
:38:31. > :38:31.
:38:31. > :39:27.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 46 seconds
:39:27. > :39:36.bears experience. Yes. These guys I don't have anything. That's a
:39:36. > :39:42.good way to judge the size of a Black Country bear. There you go
:39:42. > :39:48.bear. You can have it. What are you doing? I was feeling how swollen
:39:48. > :39:52.her vulva is. It's a measure of oestrus. To see whether she's in
:39:52. > :39:56.season? Yes, she's on her way. an indication that for these two
:39:56. > :40:01.it's any moment now. Approaching the break up. Which I find hard to
:40:01. > :40:07.believe, when you lock at this little one. Yeah. She still seems
:40:07. > :40:10.so juvenile and not ready yet. think, yeah. But she's got her
:40:10. > :40:17.adult teeth. She can tear into logs. She knows where the big refuge
:40:17. > :40:21.trees are to run to. She'll do OK. See what a nice bear she is. Yeah,
:40:21. > :40:25.she's lovely isn't she. She has such a nice temperament. Yeah,
:40:25. > :40:32.she's going to be a good research bear. Hello! Right now she's a
:40:32. > :40:36.little ram bunk Saddam Hussein. -- rambunkshus. That will all
:40:36. > :40:41.disappear. In a week if we try to come out here and home in on her
:40:41. > :40:45.radio signal, we'll be luck tkwroi see her. She'll hear the voice --
:40:45. > :40:49.she'll hear the voice and think, when I was with my mother I could
:40:49. > :40:53.trust that. But not now. Maybe tonight or tomorrow, it will be her
:40:53. > :40:56.first night alone in the woods. That's right, yeah. If we see play,
:40:56. > :41:05.it could be the last of the year- and-a-half of play that they've had
:41:05. > :41:08.together. She'll never play with her mother again.
:41:08. > :41:14.So after family break up, essentially, the yearlings are on
:41:14. > :41:17.their own. They forage for themselves, fending for themselves.
:41:18. > :41:21.They tend to sleep up in the trees because they're so frightened by
:41:21. > :41:24.every sound they hear rustling around them in the wilderness. We
:41:24. > :41:27.have got a collar on Aster. Hopefully, we'll be able to keep
:41:27. > :41:32.track of her movements, when it happens for her. It could be
:41:32. > :41:36.happening right now, at this very moment.
:41:37. > :41:41.Welcome back to Kenya in the suddenly dry rainy season. We've
:41:41. > :41:46.been following up north in Samburu newborn elephants. Crews up there
:41:46. > :41:52.keeping track of an elephant baby boom. We asked you earlier this
:41:52. > :42:02.week to help us name a calf, a newborn calf. Here she is. The name
:42:02. > :42:04.
:42:04. > :42:08.chosen is Maya, after the African- American writer. The baby is only
:42:09. > :42:12.nine days old. Inskpeerbsed mothers can mean a calf doesn't get the
:42:13. > :42:16.protection they need -- inexperienced. She's OK now. We'll
:42:16. > :42:21.update you later in the week. It is dry, so it can be busy out there.
:42:21. > :42:26.There is a buffalo standing just over there. On the thermal camera,
:42:26. > :42:30.we saw a hyena. We can look at that. It's not necessarily just looking
:42:30. > :42:34.to pick up something that somebody else has killed. They are very
:42:35. > :42:37.effective predators in their own right. The truth of the matter is
:42:37. > :42:42.they do scavenge and that's relevant to this next thing. Out
:42:42. > :42:46.there as well gs right now, we have Moja and his mum. We've been
:42:46. > :42:51.following them since we arrived. Earlier, we saw Moja have a good
:42:51. > :42:56.field. The thing is, starvation might be staved off for now, and
:42:56. > :43:06.that was a big enough warthog to feed them for several days. But his
:43:06. > :43:15.
:43:15. > :43:25.mum can't protect that from their had moved in and claimed their kill.
:43:25. > :43:26.
:43:26. > :43:30.Not far behind, the vultures. It won't be long before adult males
:43:30. > :43:37.get wind of the meal. Moja's mum can't take the risk that they'll
:43:37. > :43:43.discover her son. Moja will certainly be killed. In broad
:43:43. > :43:53.daylight, she leaves her safe haven. With so many eyes around they need
:43:53. > :44:01.to find cover and fast. So Moja and his mum are out there
:44:01. > :44:05.on the move now, skull beinging around in no-man's land. She still
:44:05. > :44:12.needs to find food as well. It's hard. Sophie will be following them
:44:12. > :44:16.tomorrow. We will bring you an update when we can. Now getting
:44:16. > :44:20.hold of food can be dangerous if it brings you into contact with rival
:44:20. > :44:25.gangs and enemies. What we're going to talk about now, this film has
:44:25. > :44:28.been sent in late last night from the Sri Lankan team. They've been
:44:28. > :44:33.following Gremlin baby Tocque Macaque, a lot of fans I know,
:44:33. > :44:43.together with family. They've had some surprisingly similar troubles
:44:43. > :44:43.
:44:43. > :44:48.there. Gremlin is a ten week old baby
:44:48. > :44:51.macaque. She's part of a family growing among the ruins of an
:44:51. > :44:56.ancient ruins in Sri Lanka. Unfortunately this family has a
:44:56. > :44:59.strict pecking order. Hectare, the leader, is at the top and poor
:44:59. > :45:06.Gremlin is right at the bottom. It's something she's constantly
:45:06. > :45:13.reminded of. Wildlife cameraman Gavin is watching every milestone
:45:13. > :45:17.in her young life. Gremlin has a curious nature and is
:45:17. > :45:22.keen to learn. There's certainly a lot to get her head around. Last
:45:22. > :45:27.time, she managed to say her first words, showing respect for hectare
:45:27. > :45:32.and avoiding a beating. Her next lesson is learning what's good to
:45:32. > :45:36.eat and where to get it. It's a pretty varied diet for Gremlin in
:45:36. > :45:46.these forests. Ranging from birds eggs and insects to fruit, flowers
:45:46. > :45:52.
:45:52. > :45:59.enough territory and you have to keep it defended against any
:45:59. > :46:03.competition. Gremlin doesn't know her territory that well yet and
:46:03. > :46:13.needs to find the boundaries, know every nook and cranny and where to
:46:13. > :46:15.
:46:15. > :46:24.find food throughout the yearment - - year. And when it comes to food,
:46:24. > :46:27.this large fig tree is like a supermarket. It's just coming into
:46:27. > :46:35.fruit now. Figs are a favourite of the monkeys, highly prized and full
:46:35. > :46:40.of nutrition. Gremlin's family, the temple troop, decide to check it
:46:40. > :46:47.out. Learning how to tell if a fig is ripe enough to eat will be an
:46:47. > :46:54.important lesson for Gremlin. But there's a catch. The tree sits
:46:54. > :46:58.right on the border with some very nasty neighbours. It's the Slumdog
:46:59. > :47:03.troop, an aggressive, large troop, based in the town. They're led by
:47:03. > :47:06.Bad Eye. He lost the use of an eye in a previous battle with Hector.
:47:06. > :47:11.There's old scores to settle between them.
:47:11. > :47:21.Bad Eye and his slum dogs know the fig tree is almost ripe too. They
:47:21. > :47:23.
:47:23. > :47:26.will do anything to keep it from Hector and the temple troop.
:47:27. > :47:31.Gremlin and the rest of the troop are happily exploring the fig tree,
:47:31. > :47:35.testing the fruit for ripeness. Their constant calling gives
:47:35. > :47:42.instant updates on the fruit on each branch. It's obviously not
:47:42. > :47:46.quite ripe enough yet. Their calls have attracted the attention of the
:47:46. > :47:56.slum dogs. As for as they're concerned, this is their fig tree
:47:56. > :47:57.
:47:57. > :48:07.and they're prepared to fight for it. Gremlin is at serious risk. If
:48:07. > :48:08.
:48:08. > :48:17.there's a full-scale fight, any baby captured would be killed. The
:48:17. > :48:23.advancing slum dogs are spotted by a sentri and the alarm goes up. --
:48:23. > :48:28.sentry. Gremlin's mum needs to get her out of the way sharpish. As the
:48:28. > :48:36.two troops face each other, they weigh each other up, body for body,
:48:36. > :48:42.pound for pound. They're equally matched. The temple troop
:48:42. > :48:50.youngsters get out of tree and out of the way as fast as possible.
:48:50. > :48:59.Gremlin's grabbed by her mm and whisked out of harm's way. -- mum.
:48:59. > :49:04.Hector is more than prepared to fight for his propertyment But the
:49:04. > :49:11.old king knows the gains must outweigh the risks. Hector's very
:49:11. > :49:14.wise. He knows this fruiting fig isn't ripe yet. It's not worth
:49:14. > :49:18.fighting and possibly getting injured over that. But over the
:49:18. > :49:25.next few days, when the tree comes into full fruit, I think this
:49:25. > :49:29.battle's going to kick off. Gremlin was lucky this time. She
:49:29. > :49:33.was within reach of her mother when the Slumdogs turned up. But next
:49:33. > :49:39.time, this adventurous, but naive little monkey, might not be so
:49:40. > :49:43.lucky. Very fortunate escape for Gremlin and her family there. If
:49:43. > :49:49.you can't get enough of Gremlin, and I know you're in love with this
:49:49. > :49:53.funny little bog-eyed monkey, go to our website and Facebook page,
:49:53. > :49:57.because the crew in Sri Lanka are putting up behind-the-scenes
:49:57. > :50:00.footage and also putting up other photographs of Gremlin.
:50:00. > :50:04.Now we've been following the migration, the essential seasonal
:50:04. > :50:07.migration of the grey whale and their calves on Planet Earth Live.
:50:07. > :50:14.They've been migrating along the coast of California towards their
:50:14. > :50:18.feeding grounds in the Arctic. But it is a perilous journey. Lying in
:50:18. > :50:22.wait are killer whales intent on hunting down the grey whales, the
:50:22. > :50:27.mothers and calves and separating them. We filmed an extraordinary
:50:27. > :50:37.attack on Thursday. We show today to you on Thursday. Take a look
:50:37. > :50:46.
:50:46. > :50:51.separate a grey whale calf from its mother and were repeatedly pushing
:50:51. > :50:56.it under the water in an effort to drown it. To even witness an attack
:50:56. > :51:02.is surprising. But what happened next is truly remarkable and to the
:51:02. > :51:06.best of our knowledge has never been filmed before. As the orca
:51:06. > :51:09.continued their attack, the crew noticed two humpback whales, who
:51:09. > :51:16.seemed to be intervening in an effort to protect the grey whale
:51:16. > :51:21.and her baby. They appear to be placing their own bodies between
:51:21. > :51:25.the wounded grey whale calf and the killer whales. Sadly, despite their
:51:25. > :51:29.best efforts, they couldn't save the calf.
:51:29. > :51:39.But the humpback whales remained in the area, following the orcas in an
:51:39. > :51:39.
:51:39. > :51:43.effort to prevent the killer whales from feeding. Six hours later, the
:51:43. > :51:48.humpbacks were still there, but the killers shared the spoils with the
:51:48. > :51:55.albatrosses. While the grey whale mother continued her journey north,
:51:55. > :52:00.alone. Very powerful, what amazed the
:52:00. > :52:03.eyewitnesses of that attack and amazed our crew as well, was the
:52:03. > :52:07.intervention of the humpback whale. Scientists are scratching their
:52:07. > :52:12.heads trying to work out why this behaviour took place. I've been
:52:12. > :52:16.speaking to scientists and marine ecologists on Thursday's show I
:52:16. > :52:21.spoke to Alissa Shulman Janiger, she's a whale researcher who is
:52:21. > :52:24.also an eyewitness. She was in the boat. She has subsequently sent us
:52:24. > :52:28.this photograph of a humpback whale that was part of that very
:52:28. > :52:34.intervention. Now if you look at the humpback's fluke, you'll see
:52:34. > :52:38.those marks along the top and the notch along the tail. They are
:52:38. > :52:43.scarring from a killer whale attack when the humpback was a calf. They
:52:43. > :52:47.can identify that. Her theory is that this was some sort of revenge
:52:47. > :52:50.intervention. The interesting thing about that humpback is that earlier,
:52:50. > :52:56.before the attack, it was three- and-a-half miles away. So it
:52:56. > :53:03.definitely moved on in. The natural history unit has witnessed hump
:53:03. > :53:09.backs intervening before as well. In the Antarctic they witnessed a
:53:09. > :53:14.humpback intervening on the attack of a seal. Killer whales circled an
:53:14. > :53:18.ice floe intent on getting the seal off the ice. There they are again,
:53:18. > :53:25.the hump backs, popping up, appearing to protect the seal. What
:53:25. > :53:33.you see now is quite extraordinary, because it looks as if the humpback
:53:33. > :53:37.is popping its flipper around and under the seal to protect it, quite
:53:37. > :53:41.extraordinary. Robert Pittman is a marine ecologist. He also has
:53:41. > :53:45.theories about this intervention. One of his theories is that the
:53:46. > :53:49.hump backs are attracted to the vocalisation of the orcas during
:53:49. > :53:54.this attack. They're silent when they hunt, but when they feed
:53:54. > :53:59.they're very vocal. That could attract the hump backs. His other
:53:59. > :54:03.theory is simply, I'm not sure that I'm with him, hump backs are a bit
:54:03. > :54:07.silly. He says they're the grazers of the sea and he puts them half a
:54:07. > :54:11.step above a cow. Not sure if we all as a nation agree with that.
:54:11. > :54:15.I'm a fan of the humpbacks. Of course, our crews are out there in
:54:15. > :54:19.the waters now keeping an eye on everything that's happening.
:54:19. > :54:25.They're all along the coast and already, we've got news of four
:54:25. > :54:29.other attacks along a 400-mile stretch of coastline between Los
:54:29. > :54:35.Angeles and San Francisco. We've got another attack in LA. Two at
:54:35. > :54:40.Big Sur, south of Monteray and one in half moon bay near San Francisco.
:54:40. > :54:47.As and when we get any more news on any of the grey whales migrating,
:54:47. > :54:51.we'll let you have it. Remember, it's a bump -- bumper year for the
:54:51. > :54:54.kaufz. More than a thousand are heading towards their feeding
:54:54. > :55:01.waters in the Arctic. Let's hope that more of them make it than last
:55:01. > :55:06.year as well. Half a step above a cow? I think
:55:06. > :55:11.I'd be wounded in I were a humpback whale. This is quite an opportunity,
:55:11. > :55:14.earlier on this evening, we found out despite our best efforts to
:55:14. > :55:17.identify her, Moja's mum isn't Tamu after all. We thought she was a
:55:17. > :55:23.lioness that the BBC filmed six years ago. Other experts have said
:55:23. > :55:26.probably not. That means she's without a name. Naming lions is
:55:26. > :55:31.pretty important for those studying them. We're calling on your help
:55:31. > :55:35.with this. Weed a like you to help us find a name for her. We need a
:55:35. > :55:40.name that renects her personality. We've learned a lot about her.
:55:40. > :55:43.She's brave, strong, courageous and resourceful. We want a name to
:55:44. > :55:47.reflect all of that. Your suggestions please Facebook and
:55:47. > :55:50.Twitter. The experts will choose theirs once they've come up with
:55:50. > :55:54.your suggestions. Naming a lion seriously say big honour. Let's
:55:54. > :55:58.have your suggestions for it. We have time before we go, I want
:55:58. > :56:02.to bring you pictures that Sophie filmed on the way to film some
:56:02. > :56:06.lions. Here they are. If you think of hippos being big, cuddly fat
:56:06. > :56:12.things, that's proof that they're really not. We reckon they're
:56:12. > :56:15.probably two males. It's probably a territorial disputes. They can open
:56:15. > :56:18.their mouths four feet wide. Those huge teeth can cause pretty
:56:18. > :56:23.horrible damage to one another. That's why we're advised to keep
:56:23. > :56:28.out of the way of them. I believe we have footage of a leopard as
:56:28. > :56:32.well seen skulking around these parts this evening. There we go.
:56:32. > :56:37.That say leopard out there. It is all going on, yeah, there you go.
:56:37. > :56:41.That's a beautiful, elusive thing to see. I'm hoping to see one of
:56:41. > :56:46.those whilst I'm here in the Masai Mara. We're very nearly out of time
:56:46. > :56:49.now. I will say, it's a lovely, dry evening. One last thing before
:56:49. > :56:59.we'll go probably. Meanwhile there are lots of stories to keep on top
:56:59. > :56:59.
:56:59. > :57:04.of. Here's a few ideas of what's coming up in the next show: We find
:57:04. > :57:09.out how limb pink foot's mum copes in the aftermath -- Little Pink
:57:09. > :57:17.Foot's mum copes after her treatment. We bring you the latest
:57:17. > :57:22.-- latest on Aster, will she be given her marching orders? And will
:57:22. > :57:28.brave meerkat Ernesto survive his snake bite? You can keep up to date
:57:28. > :57:31.with the Planet Earth Live stories on the web, Twitter and Facebook.
:57:31. > :57:36.On Wednesday, I'm going to be joined in the Northwoods of
:57:36. > :57:41.Minnesota by the bear man himself, the man who makes all of this
:57:41. > :57:47.possible here in the Northwoods, Dr Lynn Rogers. He's got a PhD in
:57:47. > :57:51.bears. He's a zooologist and he is the only man in the world that
:57:51. > :57:56.walks with wild black bears. He has some of the cutest friends in the
:57:56. > :58:00.world and he'll be sitting next to me on a log right here on Wednesday.
:58:00. > :58:04.We'll see you and we'll meet him then.
:58:04. > :58:08.I'm looking forward to that. We're halfway through this incredible
:58:08. > :58:12.adventure now. I'd like to say, thanks to all of our crews, they're
:58:12. > :58:16.out there in the field throughout the world filming the stuff that
:58:16. > :58:20.brings you some incredible stories on the strifes and troubles facing
:58:20. > :58:22.animals in the wild right now. animals in the wild right now.
:58:22. > :58:25.That's pretty much it this evening. Remember the adventure goes on. It