Episode 7 Planet Earth Live

May is always a critical time for wild young animals in 2012 and this

is no exception. We have been following the lives of the

vulnerable young animals and bringing you their individual

stories as they happen, here on Welcome to Kenya where we have been

witnessing things here. It's been a rollercoaster, but whatever happens

next, we'll keep you up-to-date with the latest news, not just from

here, but from around the globe. Reports are flooding in 24/7. Our

camera teams and experts are following the action as evens

unfold. Tonight, gremlin's family of

macaques go to war over a fig tree with tragic consequences.

We discover who noch is and what it means for Moja and his mum Nyota.

Mickey and Luca face the harsh realities of life on the open ice.

Right here and around-the-clock on our website, you can follow all the

latest twists and turns in our animals' lives as nature rights the

If that's not enough for you, here in the north Woods of Minnesota,

it's springtime. Our black bare mothers have emerged from their

dens with their little black bear cubs. Outside the dens, it's a

whole new world with so much to learn. It's been a dramatic few

days here in Ely. On Thursday, forest fires swept across the

entire area. We'll give you a full update and the impact on our bears.

As mating time closes in, we are scanning the woods for the male

bears who're on the prowl. They are here for one reason and you don't

want to get in the way. That could be a problem for the

yearlings, Aster and Aspen, if they're still with their mother,

June. So all of that to come from

Minnesota and more. It's a little chilly here today, temperatures are

going a little crazy. Let's go 8,000 miles south-east of here to

Africa where Richard and the team are waiting in warmer climes.

We are here and ready and we are certainly warm and also dry. Rainy

season it might be but once again, it's not raining. Hello, or as they

say here in Kenya, Jambo which is the best greeting possible because

it doesn't sound like you are not happy to see anybody when you say

it. We are here to follow the fortunes of lion cub Moja and his

single mum Nyota. Last time we saw them, they hadn't eaten for a few

days and they were both looking Over the last few days, camerawoman

Sophie Darlington's had her work cut out trying to follow Nyota and

Moja. We found her up on the ridge and it

was incredibly hard to find her because the grass is, as you can

see, really long. I've read that it grows an inch every 4 hours which

is sort of... You can pretty much see it growing?! Yes for her that

makes it tricky because she can't see the prey. This grass is a

problem because we can't see her either. Every day, something

happens to make it a little bit harder? Yes. Today she spent four-

and-a-half hours up a tree because she couldn't see anything to eat.

She's going from warthog mound to warthog mound just in case

somebody's in. When she finds one where somebody is in, she'll wait

two or three hours and when they come out, she'll have a go.

And have a go she did. She kills an adult warthog. Quickly replenishing

her energy. She takes the rest of the meal to her cub.

Once again, Moja has a feed just in time.

They really are just scraping through at the moment, living life

on the edge. We are running out of warthogs by the day right now on

Moja's side he has his mum who is an amazing hunter. As it turns out,

he may have some astonishing genes on his father's side as well

because Jackson, you now believe you know who Moja's father is. So

who is he and what proof have you got? Well, I've met mow that before

when he mated with this male. This male is a male I've known for a

long time, as well as Moja and Nyota. They were mating about nine

months ago, so that's when I took this photo. So the maths works

because Moja's six months, they carry the baby for three months so

that would be nine months socould be. So who is he someWell, He is

part of the collision of the most very very strong and well-known

genes in the Mara. This is Notch' gang, the father Notch and the sons,

one of them is Moja's father. have a coalition of males this big

is unusual and these four are all Notch's sons, one of these four is

Moja's father which means Notch is his grandfather? Exactly. That's

pretty exciting because Notch is pretty special? He is a very, very

special male. Notch is the King of the Masai Mara. That is why we are

excited. I have goose bumps. I've heard him described as the finest

lion ever to walk here. That's pretty good news for mow that what.

We are as sure as you can be that Notch is Moja's grandfather and

that's exciting because his story is incredible. This is the legend

of how he rose to power -- good News for Moja. A few years ago,

Notch had only one pride. He defended his family against young

pretenders who came to kill his cubs and claim his territory.

But one day, the challenge was too strong and he had to flee. But he

didn't leave alone. His young sons left with him.

And so began Notch's wilderness years.

He protected his remaining four boys. He waited until they were

strong. Then... He declared war.

Pride after pride fell before Notch's invincible lion army. Today,

Notch controls a vast territory, like a Mafia member, he wants

nothing less than total domination. Could he be about to take over yet

another pride? Well, come on, I mean what a

magnificent, awesome lion for Moja to have as a grandfather. He's a

survivor too. We reckon he's 12, maybe older. Male lions tend to

lead short, violent, brutal lives, so he really is a survivor

extraordinaire. We caught up with him. Here are the latest pictures

of him bruised and battered, but this is not a lion who walks away

from a fight ever. What does this mean for Moja? It's good news. This

is the time when nature weeds out the weaker lions. With Moja

carrying the genes of some of the finest lions, if any cub stands the

chance of making it through, it's got to be him. Julia, life for you

and the bears in the woods has been rocked by a big story I know - fire.

Absolutely. It certainly has. Welcome to the state of Minnesota.

This is an area surrounded by forests and lakes, it's 20 million

acres of beautiful, beautiful wilderness. Spring is here, but the

weather has just gone absolutely bonkers. Yesterday, it was about 80

degrees, more than that, it was 26 degrees, T-shirts and flip-flops

weather. You can see how much colder it is today, it's gone down

to the 40s, about eight or nine degrees. What's happened here is

the ground has become very, very dry and, on Thursday, a forest fire

erupted right on our doorstep. So far in the state of Minnesota,

there've almost been 80 fires. This one was right here less than ten

mile ace way. When we came off air, I went straight to the source of

the fire to find out what was going on. One resident described it as

the worst fire in living memory and This is Highway one. Ely is over

that way in the west and the sky luen is full of smoke. The skies

are full of helicopter and aeroplanes, a lot of police

activity, the locals are trying to see what is going on. -- skyline is

full of smoke. I don't know if it's under control.

Can't believe it. Here is a fire at the edge of town. The bad Swindon

carrying it into town. It's across the highway here. -- the bad wind

is carrying it into town. Not seen anything like this before. I don't

know if there's bears over here. The cubs climb trees and

firefighters have told me of hearing of shrieks as the fire

burns on. The fire spread rapidly.

Firefighters told us as much as 20 acres were consumed by flames in

just two minutes. The emergency services had to act

fast. They call this the land of 10,000 lakes and thank goodness.

Each water plain and helicopter scoops up to 2,000 gallons of water

to dump on the spreading furnace with precision.

Whoa. And then some bad news for one of our bears.

There is a fire just south of Juliet's territory, with the south

wind it's going to be blowing it into her territory. She does have

three cubs. I don't know what's going to happen there.

operation is ongoing, but once the flames have been brought under

control, this was the San that greeted us.

A charred, desolate landscape. -- was the scene that greeted us. Not

much will have survived. Well, obviously our first concern

was for the residents of Ely and it was a very, very serious situation.

Here is lovely Mia. This is our evacuation warning that was posted

under our doors at the hotel. They told us to pack and leave at a

moment's notice. And here are the headlines we woke up to this

morning, four frantic hours as the fire races towards Ely. I'm happy

to say, nobody was hurt, no humans have been hurt, no homes were lost,

but of course, we are very concerned about the black bears

here in the north Woods of Minnesota, as is Dr Lynn Rogers as

he said in the film. They way they escape danger is to escape up trees

and the worst thing you can do in a fire of course is go up a tree. Max

shot this footage on the day of the fire. This is lovely Jewel, the

first-time mum with her two cubs, Herbie and Fern. I've been here for

almost a month and I haven't seen this yet, I haven't seen a mum

claim the trees with her young. Is Jewel reacting to the fire? Look at

her sniffing? A bear's sense of smell is thought to be a hundred

times better than ours, they can smell food up to two miles away. Is

this why she took her cubs up a tree? Whatever the reason, it was

obviously the wrng place for her to be had the fire swept through. --

wrong place. She was absolutely fine. But what about Juliet and her

three cubs, Sam, Sybil and Sophie? We chased after them yesterday,

were frantically worried. We didn't get any signal from the GPS but did

eventually track them down and here they are safe and sound. Sam, Sybil

and Sophie and mum found in a nice bogy area trying to stay cool, more

worried by the mosquitoes and ticks than the fire there. We all know,

the crew and team, we all know about the ticks. One of the

cameramen manageded to remove 50 from his trousers the other day -

that was very lovely. That's what's been happening in Ely. Now the fire

is pretty much under control, the fire department say 90% under

control. But they are not taking any chances, they are combing

through every ember to make absolutely certain that a rogue

spark cannot escape. So very dramatic. We've lost

thousands of trees here and actually trees lie at the heart of

another war on the other side of the world in Sri Lanka, gremlin and

the monkeys are getting into We have been following the life of

Gremlin, a tiny female macaque growing up among the ruins of an

ancient city in Sri Lanka. At 11 weeks old, she is slowly learning

the rules of her strictly hierarchical society. In this

family, she is more or less the lowest of the low, so perhaps the

most crucial lesson she has learned so far is how to properly on are

the king of the temple troop, Hector, by chattering her teeth.

But bigger lessons lie in store, and little Gremlin tends to learn

things the hard way. Cameraman Gavin has spent May following every

milestone in run in's life. It is a hot day in the temple ruins.

Temperatures at this time of year reach well into the 30s. Gremlin

starts the day with a cuddle and a feed from mum. Whereas King hector

is starting the day with a grooming session from some of his loyal suss

-- subjects. This hot weather is perfect for ripening figs, and

there is a tree on the edge of their territory which is bursting

with them. The time has finally come for the figs to be harvested.

Unfortunately, the tree marks the border of their territory with

their arch rivals, the Slumdog eggs. These unsavoury characters live

among the houses and rubbish dumps of the town. They are led by the

fierce and uncompromising macaque. His ire was damaged in a run-in

with King Hector, and there are old scores to settle. They have been

keeping watch on the tree, too, biding their time. The hungry and

excited temple troop make their move. Gremlin is happily swinging

towards the tree with her family. Putting into practice all of her

best moves. Right now, life is good in Gremlin's innocent little world,

but around here, things can change in the blink of an eye. The Slumdog

Sorel so making their way towards the tree, their scouts moving ahead

of the main raiding party. Naive little Gremlin, always curious and

keen to explore, is highly in the tree. 30 feet below her, the rival

scouts have spotted each other. Warning calls go out. Battle lines

are being rapidly drawn. Hector and bad I are old campaigners, Tokely

aware that lives are at stake. Gremlin must leave with the females.

If the other troop catch her, they will show no mercy. Footsoldiers

from both sides charge a teacher there. They are testing to see if

one will back down. -- they charge each other. But there is too much

at stake. There is only one way to There is a mother with a baby right

The battle is over. For some, it was their last. A sudden storm

tears through the forest. Already frightened, the temple troop panic

and flee into the deep forest, in complete disarray. Gremlin is

nowhere to be seen. If she is lost, the noise of the storm will cover

any contact call that she would use to find her mother or her trooper.

-- her troupe. And as darkness falls, Gavin searches for her.

is unfortunate that the noise of the storm stopped them regrouping

after the battle. I still have not found Kremlin. -- Gremlin. Let's

The next day, the troupe has regrouped. The fig tree is theirs.

And the other troops have been vanquished. The family are relaxing,

licking their wounds and re- establishing their bonds. His old

female and heard little baby are safe. -- her baby. King hector is

languishing in his victory, but what about Kremlin? Am concerned

that I cannot see Gremlin. Lots of the key players are here. There is

little Richard, Hector, but I have not seen Gremlin yet. Their Shias.

Right on the edge of the group. -- there she is. She has made it home

to her family in one piece. Gremlin has had a lucky escape, but she is

no longer the naive little monkey she once was. She has had to grow

up fast. Life for baby animals like her can often be short and brutal,

but if she can learn her lessons well, then she might just be one of

the lucky ones. Another big fright for little

Gremlin, and for us. She keeps getting into these scrapes and then

getting out just at the last moment. The thing is, at these times of

intense competition for resources, we see these brutal clashes.

Sometimes when a family as new mouths to feed, they have to risk

everything if it means a guaranteed meal. Welcome back. You are live

with me in Kenya. We are going to talk about elephants now. Out there,

we have one that was having a scratch or trying to push down a

tree a moment ago. That is going to be relevant in a few moments. The

last time we met the newborn calf, Mayer, born into a herd that we

know was hit hard by poachers. They lost all of their elders, and all

of their wisdom and knowledge. Whilst here, we have seen them lose

Maya's mother is only nine years old. She is an exceptionally young

first-time mum, and Maya was born unusually small. When the crew came

across her, Maya was only five or six hours old. Her mother took a

while to find her feet as a mother. First, she did not even know to let

Maya circle, and she left her baby exposed to the sun. In the heat of

the day, Maya was at risk of heat exhaustion, but to the crew's

relief, her mother led her to a wallow and called her down. This

was Maya's first experience of water. It may well have saved her

life. Meeting the rest of the herd for the first time is a big deal,

especially for the other young females. 25-year-old Annie, one of

the oldest in the family, wanted Maya to know their place. Maya's

eyesight is poor, and she will follow other elephants, thinking

they are her mother. Annie gives her a gentle nudge, as if to say,

Elephants are born weak and vulnerable, and Maya had to grow up

fast. An older car seemed to be bullying her, forever pulling her

tail. -- calf. But as her strength and confidence grew, Maya started

to play on her own terms and her personality began to shine through.

At this stage, Maya is full of fun, enjoying exploring the world in her

own unique way. Our cameraman, Warren, has been fascinated by this

Karthik. One of the things that strikes me as just how small and

elephant starts off in its life and how big it grows to. I have is one

shot of his elephant calf between all of these legs. Having lost one

calf, the family seemed determined to keep Maya safe from harm.

think that is amazing, that the little calf lives among these

mobile tree-trunks, and how gentle the adults are with their babies.

Warren has watched Maya and her mother over their first 10 days, as

they have bonded and survived against the odds. She is clearly

getting more experienced and more confident with looking after this

little baby, and it is lovely to see just how wonderful she is doing

as a first-time mother. Maya has got through her most vulnerable

time. But she still faces big challenges. The herd will have to

cross the river soon to feed on the other side. And without the

guidance of any Elders, mistakes could be made.

I know! We are all hoping for the best. Warren will be with Maya

pretty much constantly and we will give you the latest in the next

show. You may have noticed that in all of the elephant herds and

families that we follow her around, all of the adults are female. There

is a good reason for that. That is because when male elephants reach

maturity, they are no longer welcome in the family. Not

surprising. Feisty is a nice way of putting it. Take this tree, for

example. That is my tent, where I sleep. The other night, a male

elephant came over here and just pushed the tree over, for no

conceivable reason. He might as well have put a traffic cone on his

head and danced down the High Street. But if you think that is

bad, at certain times of year, what social niceties they do observe go

clean-out of the window. Bull elephants are nomads, kicked out of

the herd when they become teenagers, between 10 and 15 years old. They

then spend most of the year roaming outside of the reserve. But in May,

they return to the sanctuary of Samburu to mate. First, they have

to work out who is boss. In a heightened state of sexual

aggression, they size each other up. This can last for up to four months.

In Samburu, it often occurs at the end of the rainy season, when more

females are ready to breed. Modified sweat glands on their

heads become inflamed and start to secrete a dark, oily and incredibly

smelly substance. This sends out a Males in must are unpredictable,

dominant, excitable and totally single-minded. And they have been

known to destroy everything in their path. Sometimes young males

-- sometimes they are killed by others. When they have court today

female and are accepted, they get their reward. After nearly 22

months, the longest pregnancy of any mammal, the calves are born.

Because the males fight for the females, only the strongest get to

mate. That is how it works. But there is a twist, because it is

precisely those strong, big males, with the biggest tasks, that are

killed for their ivory by poachers. If poaching continues to escalate

at the current rate, the future of the elephant is in doubt. That is

just a fact. Anyway, this is a patch showed tonight and here is

what is coming up. -- a packed show. Still to come:

Polar bear cubs face the harsh realities of life on the open ice.

Swift and the rest of her family of Welcome back to Ely. The fires that

have been raging here for the past few days have really pointed out

another danger for the Black Bears. I want to know if June and her

yearlings, Aster and Aspen are still together, or whether the

yearlings were facing the fires on their own. I went back into the

woods with Dr Lynn Rogers yesterday and something else was pointed out

to me, something extraordinary, June is really making us work today.

We have been going for about 40 minutes. Hello, little Aster.

honestly did not think we would track the Bears today. They are

still together. Two things I want to do. I want to take their heart

rate, if I can, and I want to see if you've got any metal in you.

June. It shows a red light. So that is a bullet? Yes, probably from a

shotgun. Sometimes people, if they see a bear going through their yard,

they are filled with fear. They have read too many wild stories

about theirs. So they feel like they have got to shoot it. That is

my goal in life, to have people understand them better, so they do

not feel like they have to shoot every bear that they see. She is a

really good mother. She is 11 years old. We have been watching her

since she was four. She is your favourite? Yes, she really years.

She has given us so much and I trust her more than any of the

others. What you think makes her a special? The trust, the working

relationship she has. She understands me, I understand her.

How do you feel when you go over her with a metal detector and find

bits of bullet? I just want people to learn the truth about them. And

through this bear and a few others, we have learned the language, we

can convey it to people. When people meet them, instead of

misunderstanding them, they will know what they are saying. I am

just looking for chances to show the world that. Thank you. Thank

you. This could be the last time we see them together. We keep saying

June is absolutely riddled with these pellets from a gun. Really,

it's brought it home for us all here in the north Woods of

Minnesota that yes the black bears are facing all the dangers, the

predators, the fires, but the biggest threats of all to the black

bears still is the humans. You heard Dr Lynn there talking about

June. He thinks she is an exceptional bear, a special bear,

some of the bears do have different personalities. June seems to be a

very caring and very tolerant bear. Is that one of the reasons why she

can't maybe do family break-up very well? Lily, her daughter, doesn't

seem to have that problem. This is lily with her female cub Faith

about three weeks ago, but once she decided to break up, that was it.

On 7th May, she ousted Faith and they haven't been together since.

Lily is now on her own and they think with a male, in the company

of a male. She's behaving slightly differently, she's moving a lot

more than normal and not foraging and sniffing almost everywhere she

goes, so real indicators that perhaps she is with a male.

Incredibly hard to film big males, very, very rare indeed. In his

lifetime here in the woods, 45 years plus, Lynn Rogers has only

seen a handful of males, so we thought our best chance of getting

a male on camera would be to set up camera traps. That's what we got

Max to do. He set them up over the past couple of nights. That is what

we captured. The night before last this was. There is a racoon popping

in to say hello. Did we get a male? Yes, we did. There he is. That is a

male. He's an adolescent, not a big boy, possibly about three or four

years old, old enough to mate but to do so, he'd have to be very

cheeky because he's definitely not big enough to hold ground against

the really big males in these woods. Speaking of the big males, we've

got something very special to show you now, something very rare. This

is two big males fighting. Watch That is incredible footage. Look at

the size of the males. This is the skull of a male and this is the

skull of a female. Look at the sagittal crest there where the jaw

muscles cling on. Phenomenal difference. They really are very,

very special creatures. That is what Asper and Aspen are facing.

Now, we know that millions of you are following the flight of our

meerkat family and in particular you're very keen to know what's

happened to Ernesto. He was bitten by a venomous snake the last time

you saw him. So what's gone on? The family are underground in a burrow

spending the night in a rival meerkats' burrow. In the morning

when they all came up, Ernesto was in a terrible state with a clear

wound to the head where they think a cape cobra had bitten him. He

looked at death's door. The family couldn't stay with him with four

little pups to feed. They had to get out there foraging. Ernesto

tried to keep up, bless him, but eventually fell behind and found an

empty burrow where he could curl up quietly. We all know what we

thought was going to happen then. We thought he died. Two days later

when the family returned to their own burrow what they thought was an

intruder turned out to be Ernesto still alive and, amazingly, he'd

somehow dragged himself home. The very latest news oner knows toe

from Toby and the team in South Africa is that Ernesto continues to

recover slowly and is looking better -- news on Ernesto.

What else is happening with the Whisker family in South Africa?

Swift is a little meerkat with a big family living in the Southern

Kalahari. This May has turned out to be a tough one for the Whiskers

family. The rains failed and food supplies are running lower and

lower. The dominant female is responsible for making sure Swift

and the other pups get enough to eat. Recently, she's been forced to

lead them deep into enemy territory. Cameraman Toby Strong has been

following all their ups and downs. The Joe of their recent return home

is short-lived. Whilst they were away, stealing food from someone

else's la Da, the same was happening to them -- else's larder.

Nicking each other's food is in the DNA of these creatures, but they

hate it when it happens to them. The Whiskers have caught the swent

of a rival group and they are furious -- scent. One of the

families spots something. It could be their thieving neighbours

returning for more. Straight towards the sand dunes to the north.

I'm presuming it's another big group. Tails up and backs arched,

this war dance is a visual show of strength to any rivals. The bigger

the show, the better the chance of scaring off their rivals.

This is a turning point for Swift. She's only seven weeks old. But if

she's going to survive as a meerkat, she has to know how to defend the

family's territory. These guys are all over the police.

-- place. Swift and her sister right at the forefront. They know

know fear. It's worked. The show of strength sent the opposition

packing and dp swift has earned her stripes. They've now come across a

bolt hole. A lot of sniffing, a lot of marking. Hyper aware, everyone

keeping an eye. Tails up. Super, super... Emily doesn't like what

she smells one little bit. They're all off. I've never seen them run

this far, this fast. There is a very real danger there whatever it

was. After intense danger like that, you

can see everyone's playing, reaffirming contact touch. There is

a huge release of energy. It's been a landmark day for Swift. She's

learned how to defend her territory and, just as importantly, she's

learned when to flee. And for a meerkat growing up in

this tough little corner of Africa, that's the difference between life-

An eventful day for Swift and family and the meerkat team will

bring you a final update in the next show.

Last time we heard how Moja might be directly descended from

legendary lion Notch. Because Moja and his mum live as outcasts, his

father and grandfather never just drop by. The situation is different

There are eight cubs in this large extended family. They enjoy lots of

rough-and-tumble as they ambush and stalk one another. Building up core

muscle strength and honing their hunting skills.

The mating ritual of a Jackson's widow bird is fascinating.

But the highlight of the day is when their three dads pay them a

visit. The males control two prides and divide their time between them.

Everyone is happy to see them and Males play an active role in

bringing up their own cubs. They want to make sure their offspring

survive. These battle-scarred bruisers look

like they have the weight of the world on their shoulders. But it's

hard to get a moment's peace with It's what happens next that really

cements the difference between these cubs and Moja. The whole

pride begins to roar. It's a phenomenal sound. The whole family

are saying, we are back together and we are strong. It's for their

neighbours' benefit as much as their own.

The cubs try to join in. But it's more of a miaow than a

Ten miles away, Moja and Nyota don't make a sound.

Roaring is all about territory and they are always trespassing.

They don't want anyone to know where they are.

They live their lives in silence. The thing is, not only are Moja and

Nyota forced to live in silence, they are forced to hunt in the day.

The fact that she's so successful is a very strong testament indeed

to Nyota's skill because, in the savannah, it's when the sun goes

down that the lions come into their own.

The lions are desuened to hunt at night.

-- designed to hunt at night. The white fur under their eyes acts

like a mirror reflecting all available light up into their eyes.

They have more light sensitive reSeptemberors -- recentors and a

special filter allows more light in but less light out.

-- receptos. At night, lions are hidden from their quarrifplt --

their quarry. Grazers can see for miles in the day, but in low light,

lions can creep up unseen. They are sprinters with awesome

acceleration, but they have to be close to catch such speedy prey.

They approach with incredible The night truly belongs to the lion.

We here lions out there roaring from here in our camp pretty much

every night. Jackson decided it was time for me to get closer to the

action and spend a night out there in the middle of a pride's

I'll be honest, I've been really looking forward to this because I

like a camping trip, I've packed my bag, got everything with me. What

kind of camping will it be? Drastic. Hopefully not too bad rustic. Just

a bit out of your comfort zone. We are going to be out in lion

Jackson, what is to stop them eating, say, me? To be honest, you

don't taste good. That's good. That's OK, I don't mind that.

the Masai Mara, they have developed a fear of humans. But at night,

they become bold, curious. They tend to become a completely

As the Lions get ready for a busy night, Jackson roasts mutton over

the fire. The smell of the meek will attract lions, hyenas,

leopards, every other predator will be crawling. -- the smell of the

meat. Just guess how many animals are looking at us right now. To be

honest, I did not want to guess, but the thermal camera confirmed my

unnerving sense of being watched. That's another one. Another one.

And that is close. Fantastic. I so enjoy that sound. A roaring lion

can be heard at least five miles away. At night, it is all about

letting other Lions know that Are they flanking us? We are

surrounded. Yes, that is exactly what I didn't want to hear you say,

OK? The Masai people have their own translation of what it means.

did you come here? This is my territory. This is my territory.

I'm rule, I rule, I rule. That is what they are talking about right

now. That is a hyena. OK. The first one is asking us any questions.

They are asking us, what have you left behind? We are not likely to

see Moja's mum out here at night. No, her main priority at the moment

is her son, Moja. So she is hunting during the day, while the other

predators, the Lions, the hyenas, they are all nocturnal, as you can

see. And then she goes back and sleeps during the night. The

It was magical, thrilling, completely unforgettable. It is

interesting how much we are learning about lions by watching

what Moja and Nyota do not do. They do not raw, they do not hunt at

night, do not interact with other lions. None of that means they will

not make it. They are sleeping, staying safe and the film crews

will catch up with them tomorrow for the final instalment in our

next show. Now, from Africa to the Arctic. That is where Gordon

Buchanan spent the spring following newborn bear cubs. This is the

Up in the Arctic, Micky and Luca have been out of the day and for

five days. -- out of the Den. Like most toddlers, they are enjoying

exploring the new world. But for their mum, Lyra, it is decision

time. Should she leave the safety of the den and risk the lives of

her cubs, or stay and staff? -- Look! I think it is getting closer

to the stage when they are going to disappear. This is what happens. It

starts off very, very slowly, a little bit of exercise. And then

suddenly, the mother will decide the cubs are ready to walk, and she

At the moment, Micky and Luca are unaware of the perils that lie

ahead. With every young animal, every little bit of play is an

important lesson. Over the next year, these cubs are going to have

to walk hundreds of miles, over snow and ice. Wow! Just sliding

down the slope. This rough and tumble will help to strengthen

their muscles for the long trek to the hunting grounds. Lyra must find

food if she is to continue to provide them with milk. Like all

polar bears, she hunts out on the sea ice. But this year, very little

has formed. This will make hunting very difficult. You forget,

watching them playing on the slope, that they have hard times ahead of

them. They have incredibly hard times ahead of them. She is not

going to want them to go too far. There is a lone male on the ice

below. He is hunting seals, but if he catches their scent, Micky and

Luca are in big trouble. He will attack them. He can smell a seal

under the ice. But the ice is too thick to break through. Micky and

Blucher would make a much easier meal. -- Micky and Luca. Especially

now that their mum is finally ready to start her journey. I think I

know what is going through her mind. One, I have to look after my cubs.

Two, I am hungry. Adults polar bears can easily cover 50 miles

each day. At three months old, Micky and Luca are going to have to

work hard. It is epic to see these tiny animals just setting out on

This is a journey that will last the rest of their lives.

Well, there is no doubt that little Micky and Luca face a very

uncertain future. Lyra, their mum, has to eat. She has lost almost

half her body weight during the Arctic winter. An average polar

bear needs to eat about 50 seals each year in order to survive. It

is the largest land carnivore on the planet. Let's put that into

some perspective. A large male polar bear in his prime will

weigh... 270 kilos is what a large bear here will way, so a big polar

bear is three times that size. Absolutely enormous. While Gordon

has been filming, they have also been darting and sedating the

mother, so they can fit her with a radio collar. Those Collor's work

in exactly the same way as the Black Bear collars. You can see

that Micky and Luca are attached to mum, so that they do not wander off.

There are more black bears in Minnesota than polar bears left in

the world, so that is vital data. This also gave Gordon a chance to

get close to a polar bear. Can I come in closer? Yes. Hello.

These cards are in perfect health, incredibly healthy. I have just

been told that this is not her first litter. And that is a great

thing for the cubs. If she has raised cubs before, their chance of

How does it sound if I follow you around? That would be nice,

wouldn't it? We could become good friends until you get big enough to

eat me! They have a very, very long road

ahead of them, those little polar bear cubs. But thanks to the radio

collars, Gordon will be able to follow them almost every step of

the way through this very tough Arctic summer. If you want to

continue to keep up with their story, keep watching the BBC,

because Gordon's series will be coming on towards the end of the

year. Watch out for that, Gordon and the polar bears. The polar

bears are not the only animals that will be spending the summer in the

Arctic. We have been following migrating gray whales from here as

well, heading up the Pacific coast to Arctic waters where they will be

feeding. They are very rich feeding grounds for gray whales. Along the

way, they have been doing everything they can to avoid pods

of killer whales that attack them and take the cards. -- take their

calves. Hopefully, on our last show on Thursday, we can bring you

footage of the gray whales in their First feeding ground, just off

Vancouver Island. We have a team setting off to get those pictures.

Hopefully that will be in our final show on Thursday. Also in our final

show - I cannot believe the series is nearly over - we will be finding

out if Aster and Aspen have finally broken up. Will they, won't they?

They are still together at the moment, that is the news Justin.

And little Sybil, she has been going from strength to strength.

Will she make it through the summer? How cute is that? We hope

she will do. And the male bears, roaming, prowling, moving in on the

ladies. We will see if we can get one on camera. We are doing our

very best on Planet Earth alive. We are very near the end of this

show and the series. And there are still so many questions left

unanswered. With cubs astern Aspen still

hanging around their mum, will it be a violent break-up for June's

family. What about baby Gremlin? After the fight between her troupe

and a rival gang, she had a lucky escape, but she remains vulnerable.

And will lion cub Moja and his remarkable mum beat the odds and

survive their life on the run? Remember, you can keep up to date

with all of our stories and share the adventure on our website, one

Twitter and on Facebook. And that is it for tonight. But

remember, as always, the stories go on. Moja and Nyota are out there