0:00:02 > 0:00:03The American Black Bear.
0:00:03 > 0:00:06The bear that attacks more people...
0:00:06 > 0:00:09than any other.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13To some, they're unpredictable and dangerous.
0:00:13 > 0:00:16- When I turned, the bear's head was right there.- What, in the water?
0:00:16 > 0:00:19In the water, then it grabbed me by the back of the neck.
0:00:19 > 0:00:24Other people think we've got them completely wrong.
0:00:27 > 0:00:32I'm Gordon Buchanan and I'm a wildlife cameraman.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36I want to find out the truth about black bears.
0:00:36 > 0:00:38In this series, I'm going to try
0:00:38 > 0:00:42and film a bear family over three seasons.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46From the moment they wake up in the spring...
0:00:49 > 0:00:52..to the time they hibernate in autumn.
0:00:53 > 0:00:57This is the only place in the world I can do it.
0:00:57 > 0:01:00But to tell you the truth...
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Oh, aye, aye, OK. I'm a little bit scared.
0:01:05 > 0:01:11I've just been bitten for the first time by a bear. Whoa!
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Northern Minnesota is just west of the Great Lakes,
0:01:38 > 0:01:39near the border with Canada.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46It's one of the last great wilderness areas in the US.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50This is bear country.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58The little town of Ely lies at its heart.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Thousands of people begin trips into the backwoods from here.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12Bears are the one animal people do not want to meet in the forest.
0:02:13 > 0:02:18I'm going to try and shoot them with a camera, not with a gun.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Bears have a big reputation...
0:02:25 > 0:02:28..and they've become monsters in our imagination.
0:02:30 > 0:02:35Until the moment I see one in the wild,
0:02:35 > 0:02:38I'll know how I truly feel about it,
0:02:38 > 0:02:40but it is an animal that I have a,
0:02:40 > 0:02:43a healthy respect for and, and a fear of.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48When you look into a bear's eyes, I think they've got a, they've,
0:02:48 > 0:02:51they've got a mad look about them, I think.
0:02:56 > 0:03:01My biggest problem will be just seeing one.
0:03:01 > 0:03:06Black bears live in thick forest and are almost impossible to find.
0:03:11 > 0:03:18However, in the woods just outside Ely, I have a unique opportunity
0:03:18 > 0:03:20to get close to them.
0:03:20 > 0:03:24That's because of one remarkable man.
0:03:24 > 0:03:30He could help us reveal a side of bears that no-one has seen before.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35- Hello.- Are you Gordon?
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- Hey, you've got your luggage right with ya.- How're you doing?
0:03:38 > 0:03:39Good, I'm good. Come on.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41- Glad to be here.- Yeah, come on here.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46I mean, I probably know more about you than you know about me.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50Dr Lynn Rogers has been a bear biologist for 44 years.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53- Here, get in that side.- Oh, ha-ha!
0:03:53 > 0:03:55I was forgetting what country I was in.
0:03:55 > 0:03:58Yeah.
0:03:58 > 0:04:02Yeah, you're in America now.
0:04:02 > 0:04:06If anyone can get me close to bears, it's Lynn.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09So in a normal year they'd all still be in hibernation?
0:04:09 > 0:04:12Yeah, right, yeah.
0:04:12 > 0:04:15About now, the earliest ones would be coming out.
0:04:15 > 0:04:2015 miles out of town is the cabin where I'll be staying.
0:04:24 > 0:04:31Lynn wants to show me that there are bears living right on my doorstep.
0:04:31 > 0:04:35In your professional opinion, where's the closest bear to us right now?
0:04:35 > 0:04:41There's probably one bear per each one and a half square miles.
0:04:41 > 0:04:45So, I dunno, could be anywhere.
0:04:45 > 0:04:46Oh, oh, wow.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48Whoa, ho, ho, ho...
0:04:48 > 0:04:53- That is definitely bear hair.- Yeah.
0:04:53 > 0:04:54So he's wandered up here
0:04:54 > 0:04:57and just scratched his back on this rough bark?
0:04:57 > 0:05:01Yeah, but it's not for comfort, it's to communicate.
0:05:01 > 0:05:05Every bear that comes by will smell the bear on here and stop and sniff it.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06It's actually quite soft.
0:05:06 > 0:05:11Yeah, it's actually really pleasant to pet a bear.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14I'll take your word for it.
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Is that bear?
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Oh, there you go, way to go.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19Those are teeth marks.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Probably a male bear.
0:05:21 > 0:05:25So when the male bear stands up, he's taller than you?
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Yes, right.
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Yeah.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32OK, here's one where, probably a bear...
0:05:32 > 0:05:36I just didn't realise that they were that big.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38When I think of a grizzly bear, I know that they are enormous
0:05:38 > 0:05:43and I know that polar bears are enormous, black bears I always think of,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45of being
0:05:45 > 0:05:49little bears and these marks aren't left by a little bear.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52You're talking something significantly taller than me.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00No matter how big our brains are, when you're out here in the forest,
0:06:00 > 0:06:02it's how big your teeth are,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05how strong you are and compared to a black bear, we are nothing.
0:06:19 > 0:06:25The next day I feel jet-lagged, but wake up to a magical April morning.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36North of the cabin, there's pretty much nothing but wilderness
0:06:36 > 0:06:39all the way to the Arctic.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41It's amazing to think
0:06:41 > 0:06:45in North America you've got somewhere like this.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49On the other side of this lake, it is truly wild and that's why
0:06:49 > 0:06:54you've got moose and wolves, bears wandering about this forest.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57It's pretty much untouched and that's what makes it so special.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09This vast patchwork of lakes and forest is found
0:07:09 > 0:07:11nowhere else in America.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16There are plenty of bears here,
0:07:16 > 0:07:18but they're hidden in the trees.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23Fortunately, Lynn's managed to put
0:07:23 > 0:07:29radio collars on ten wild bears, which will help with the search.
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Before I begin filming, there are a few basic steps I need to take.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36I want to get a feel for the lie of the land and how difficult
0:07:36 > 0:07:37it's going to be to track them.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- All right, guys. - Take care out there.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45I'm here with the rest of the crew.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47OK, see you later.
0:07:47 > 0:07:51But for this first attempt to find a bear, it's important I go alone.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54That way, I don't make any noise.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01I've radio-tracked animals before.
0:08:01 > 0:08:06What I don't know is what a bear will do when it sees me.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08I'm gonna go this way. Oh, gosh.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12I'm travelling light, just in case I have to leg it.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14Phew.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21OK, I'm getting a really strong signal
0:08:21 > 0:08:24from right over there. Very strong.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27I've filmed large predators
0:08:27 > 0:08:32all over the world, from tigers in the Himalayas to lions in Africa.
0:08:32 > 0:08:33But bears are completely new to me.
0:08:33 > 0:08:38The only way to film one will be to get as close as I dare.
0:08:52 > 0:08:57It kinda feels like a bad idea doing this.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59You're walking towards
0:08:59 > 0:09:01an animal
0:09:01 > 0:09:07that is infinitely stronger than I am, that's bigger than I am.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09Um...
0:09:09 > 0:09:11I can't imagine it's more scared than I am.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16OK, keep walking, keep walking, keep walking,
0:09:16 > 0:09:20keep walking, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29The signal gets louder as I get closer.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Ohh.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Oh...
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Just there.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05I can see it, it's about...
0:10:05 > 0:10:07maybe 20 metres away.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15OK, it's just standing up.
0:10:15 > 0:10:17Come on, camera!
0:10:17 > 0:10:19There it is.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26Focus, focus. Blinking camera!
0:10:26 > 0:10:32There it is. One thing that Lynn had told me was to
0:10:32 > 0:10:35just announce my presence by speaking to the bear.
0:10:35 > 0:10:40Hey, bear. Hey, bear.
0:10:40 > 0:10:41Hey, bear!
0:10:46 > 0:10:49Oh, it's got a cub!
0:10:49 > 0:10:51It's got a cub with it!
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Hey, bear.
0:10:59 > 0:11:03I'll keep 20 metres between us because the one thing I know
0:11:03 > 0:11:06about bears is that they're fast sprinters.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12Hey, bear. Oh, man.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20OK, it's coming towards me.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27OK, it's coming towards me.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Bloody thing's walking towards me.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34It's just coming up. I'm going to back off a bit.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Phew! OK.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Just keep your distance,
0:11:50 > 0:11:52and I'll keep mine.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58No, no, no, no. No, thank you.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00No, thank you.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03Not this close, thank you.
0:12:03 > 0:12:07No. No, no, no, no, no.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15She's coming up.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Man, she's a big bear!
0:12:20 > 0:12:24No, no, no. No, no, no. No, no, no.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27No, no, no, no. No, no, no.
0:12:27 > 0:12:32Oh, man! It's like... can you see her?
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Phew!
0:12:51 > 0:12:52Ooh!
0:13:00 > 0:13:03It's amazing. That is really quite something else.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08I'm surprised by how scared I was.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11It really is beyond me, I don't know why anyone would want to do that.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13It's just insane.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17I think I'd be a fool if I lost the fear of these bears.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21They're wild animals and you have to remind yourself of that.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28To record their lives in any detail, I'm going have
0:13:28 > 0:13:33to get much closer than that, and stay with them for hours.
0:13:35 > 0:13:39Right now, that feels impossible.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43I know I'm not alone, most people are frightened of bears.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46Even bear biologists are scared of them.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50Most believe bears can only be followed from a distance.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55They rely on remote tracking devices
0:13:55 > 0:13:58which can only be put on by first trapping...
0:14:00 > 0:14:02..and then tranquillizing the bear.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12This is highly stressful for the animal,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15and it seems to reinforce fear on both sides.
0:14:15 > 0:14:21It's why most biologists have rarely seen black bears behaving normally.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Lynn's decided to do things differently.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Long ago, I realised how little you can learn
0:14:33 > 0:14:38from measuring a tranquillized bear and flying over a radio-collared bear
0:14:38 > 0:14:40and putting some dots on a map.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43If you can't see the animal you're studying,
0:14:43 > 0:14:45there's very little you can learn.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Lynn's methods are unconventional.
0:14:49 > 0:14:53But he gets closer to wild bears than any other researcher.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59He's my passport to filming them,
0:14:59 > 0:15:02so I'll have to learn how he does it.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10This morning, Lynn's giving me a crash course on how to get
0:15:10 > 0:15:12so close to bears you could touch them.
0:15:14 > 0:15:19Lynn has devoted the last 40 years of his life to studying these bears.
0:15:19 > 0:15:22I don't think there's anyone else on the planet that knows as much
0:15:22 > 0:15:26or has spent as long with black bears.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30He's the best mentor I could ever have.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33But then, you know, who's to say that
0:15:33 > 0:15:37he's not just a complete crackpot, and he's just been lucky for 40 years?
0:15:37 > 0:15:39It's me, bear.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- We're homing in on the mother and cub I met earlier.- It's me.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45She's a first-time mother and Lynn thinks
0:15:45 > 0:15:47she would make a great subject to film.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49It's me, bear.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52He's decided to try and upgrade her radio collar
0:15:52 > 0:15:54to make finding her a little easier.
0:15:59 > 0:16:01What he does next blows me away.
0:16:01 > 0:16:06Something no other bear expert would attempt.
0:16:06 > 0:16:07It's me, bear.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- Lynn's going to try and change the collar...- It's me, bear.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13..without tranquillizing her first.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16It's me, Lily. Don't worry.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18Well, let's go closer.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20- Did you say "Lily"?- Yes.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23- Is that her name?- Yep, this is Lily.
0:16:23 > 0:16:30- There she is.- Is she there? - OK, here she comes.
0:16:30 > 0:16:34- Hey, look at that big bear coming. - Is she going to approach us?
0:16:34 > 0:16:36I hope so, yeah.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40OK, I'll tell you what, I'm going to back off, Lynn,
0:16:40 > 0:16:42and just let you do your thing.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Because it's something I'd like to just observe.
0:16:45 > 0:16:47Hi, bear. It's me, bear.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50I'm not getting too close to the massive black bear.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Incredible.
0:16:58 > 0:17:00Hi.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Do you remember me?
0:17:02 > 0:17:05You do, don't you? You do, don't you?
0:17:05 > 0:17:08OK, you remember that?
0:17:08 > 0:17:11I'm the grape man.
0:17:11 > 0:17:18I have never seen anyone get this close to a large, wild carnivore.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Just a second.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22Um-hum. It's me, it's me, all right.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34This is the closest I've ever been
0:17:34 > 0:17:36- to the cub.- Really?
0:17:38 > 0:17:42Oh, wow, she is cute. And have you given this one a name yet?
0:17:42 > 0:17:46Oh, the cub's name is Hope.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Lily's Hope.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59You and I will go up to the bear
0:17:59 > 0:18:04and you will offer her food so she knows you're the one.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06- Giving her some food?- Yep.
0:18:06 > 0:18:08Yeah, yeah. And you will continue to offer her food
0:18:08 > 0:18:10to distract her, while I put this on.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14I hadn't realised Lynn was going to rope me in on this.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18What's going to be interesting, this is a bigger collar, a heavier collar
0:18:18 > 0:18:20than she's used to.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Because she's just got a little collar on now.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25This is bigger, this is new.
0:18:25 > 0:18:27We'll see how she reacts.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33It's me, bear.
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Hello, Lily. It's all right, girl.
0:18:41 > 0:18:42It's all right, girl.
0:18:52 > 0:18:56Hello, girl. Don't worry, I'll give you something.
0:18:56 > 0:18:59- I'll give you something. - Don't be scared, Lily.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02Is she going to be OK if I come down onto her level, or is that
0:19:02 > 0:19:04- not a good thing to do?- Yeah.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06- Hello, girl.- You're doing good.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Hi, girl.
0:19:08 > 0:19:09Oh, wow!
0:19:09 > 0:19:12No, don't be greedy.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15Oh, gosh, oh, gosh.
0:19:15 > 0:19:17There you go.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19- OK, bear.- Hey, hey, hey, hey.
0:19:23 > 0:19:26OK, my heart's going a little bit faster than it was two minutes ago.
0:19:26 > 0:19:31I'm just imagining it's a pony, not a bear.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Try to get these to fit through the holes.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37Halfway through the grapes, Lynn, just to let you know!
0:19:37 > 0:19:39- Uh-oh.- All right, OK, you take these.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41I keep on thinking she's going to nip me.
0:19:41 > 0:19:43Now, is that tight enough? I think it is.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Now I'm going to take her heart rate.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54It's a lot easier with a stethoscope.
0:19:54 > 0:19:55This is surreal.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00It's weird, it's just strange.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03It's a very odd situation, because I've seen
0:20:03 > 0:20:08animals being radio-collared before and that's normally quite
0:20:08 > 0:20:11a traumatic experience for the animal, because you've got to dart them.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14What is 37 times 2?
0:20:14 > 0:20:1674.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19That's what I thought!
0:20:19 > 0:20:24Probably best not, not the time to, to be asking me mathematical problems.
0:20:24 > 0:20:31- She's lovely.- Yeah, 74 is a nice, slow, calm heart rate.
0:20:31 > 0:20:34- Yeah, so she's nice and relaxed? - Yeah.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37That's your old radio collar.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39Lynn, I'd like you to take my heart rate at the moment.
0:20:42 > 0:20:46Doing this it suddenly makes sense, you know, why Lynn
0:20:46 > 0:20:49builds such a close relationship with these animals.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54It enables him to do something like this that causes much less stress
0:20:54 > 0:20:58to the animal, and not only the issue of collaring them, but once you've got
0:20:58 > 0:21:03this level of trust with an animal, you can follow it, you can watch it
0:21:03 > 0:21:07and it will eventually ignore you.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10As a cameraman, this is a perfect situation.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14You've got a wild animal acting in a natural way that you're able
0:21:14 > 0:21:17to follow and sit this close to, so it, for me, it is a real
0:21:17 > 0:21:20unique opportunity.
0:21:22 > 0:21:25Even Lynn doesn't know how mothers like Lily
0:21:25 > 0:21:27learn how to raise their first baby.
0:21:29 > 0:21:34If I can get Lily to accept me, I'll have an amazing chance
0:21:34 > 0:21:35to document what happens.
0:21:46 > 0:21:51I think the next step is learning to control my fear.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55But that's easier said than done.
0:21:57 > 0:22:01Many of Lynn's field assistants have bottled out in the past.
0:22:01 > 0:22:05I've had a number of people quit, actually, because they see things
0:22:05 > 0:22:08they didn't understand and then they...
0:22:08 > 0:22:10They come in and tell me I don't wanna get killed.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17One guy, he got a little ways into the woods,
0:22:17 > 0:22:20he got so scared he starting throwing up,
0:22:20 > 0:22:24and a week later he was gone.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28I didn't fire him, he just quit.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30Lynn's researcher Sue Mansfield
0:22:30 > 0:22:34is the only assistant to have stayed the course.
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Sue is going to help the crew keep the cameras rolling as much
0:22:37 > 0:22:41as we can for the next six months, even when I'm not here.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46We're hoping we'll reveal more about bears than ever before.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53It's interesting how she's paralleling
0:22:53 > 0:22:55the road, but not travelling on the road.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Lily's brand-new GPS collar is a huge bonus.
0:22:58 > 0:23:05They send a signal to our computer every ten minutes.
0:23:05 > 0:23:12It tells Sue where Lily's just been, but bears rarely stay put.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15Once we're in the forest we need the radio-tracking equipment
0:23:15 > 0:23:17to fine-tune the search.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22Hey, bear! It sounds easy-peasy,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25but the terrain makes it a nightmare for the crew, and for me.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27It's me, bear.
0:23:30 > 0:23:34It's not at all easy, this, because all you've got to go on
0:23:34 > 0:23:38is the direction that this antennae's giving me, and I thought
0:23:38 > 0:23:41she was in this direction and what it's doing is directing me
0:23:41 > 0:23:43to this big, blinking rock here,
0:23:43 > 0:23:45so it means I've been
0:23:45 > 0:23:49dragging my backside through the forest towards the signal
0:23:49 > 0:23:52and it's not a signal, it's just a bounced signal off this rock
0:23:52 > 0:23:53so she's not here, she's over there.
0:23:55 > 0:23:58When I first started my graduate work, my first walk
0:23:58 > 0:24:02was an absolute disaster.
0:24:02 > 0:24:04I was just stumbling through the woods
0:24:04 > 0:24:08after her and not learning anything,
0:24:08 > 0:24:09except how hard it was.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14- Oh, man, get off me, ohh! - You just have to keep with it.
0:24:14 > 0:24:19I find myself going halfway towards a Lynn Rogers impersonation
0:24:19 > 0:24:23in the hope that the bears think it's him and they come out to see him.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25"Hey, bear,
0:24:25 > 0:24:28"it's me, bear,
0:24:28 > 0:24:30"old Doctor Rogers, bear."
0:24:33 > 0:24:35Not working yet.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38This would be a good time for Gordon to try to connect with Lily cos it,
0:24:38 > 0:24:40it looks like she's bedded.
0:24:40 > 0:24:46She's been in that area for, hmm, about an hour and 15 minutes.
0:24:46 > 0:24:51I've got one thing on my side, Hope is tiny and needs to rest.
0:24:51 > 0:24:56Finally after an hour of bushwhacking I catch up with them.
0:24:56 > 0:25:00Hey, Lily. Hey, Lily.
0:25:00 > 0:25:04And thankfully Lily's more concerned about her cub than me.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16Through my lens I can see Hope's eyes are still blue.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20Later, they'll turn brown.
0:25:22 > 0:25:30Lynn's told me he's never seen a cub out of the den at such a young age.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33At last I feel relaxed enough to begin filming.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56Hope is totally dependent on her mother.
0:25:56 > 0:25:58She needs to nurse every few minutes.
0:26:05 > 0:26:08But Lily is only three-years-old and,
0:26:08 > 0:26:13like all first-time mothers, she's having to learn on the job.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26If she continues to accept me, and I can keep up with her,
0:26:26 > 0:26:31I'll have a ringside seat to see how she and baby Hope get on.
0:26:33 > 0:26:38Hey, bear. Hey, bear.
0:26:39 > 0:26:43Over the next few days I return to the same spot.
0:26:43 > 0:26:48Lily's allowing me to watch her, but only from a distance.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54I can understand why she's anxious.
0:26:54 > 0:26:58With wolves around, the forest floor is a dangerous place for a cub.
0:27:07 > 0:27:13To be safe, Hope needs to learn to climb trees as soon as possible
0:27:13 > 0:27:16and her instincts are already kicking in.
0:27:18 > 0:27:20She's pawing at trees.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31Even with the right instincts, cubs like Hope, born to first-time mothers,
0:27:31 > 0:27:37have only a 50% chance of surviving their first year.
0:27:42 > 0:27:46Cubs of more experienced mothers have better odds.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50To help us understand how far Lily's mothering skills have to go,
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Sue takes us to see June.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55It's me, bear.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Here she comes.
0:27:59 > 0:28:03June is Lily's own mum, and by all accounts she's a bit of a star.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Hey, girl.
0:28:05 > 0:28:11She's already successfully raised five cubs, including Lily.
0:28:12 > 0:28:17Her current cubs are yearlings, already into their second spring.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24These two have a reputation,
0:28:24 > 0:28:26a naughty reputation,
0:28:26 > 0:28:28which is why Sue is here to help.
0:28:32 > 0:28:37What I'm thinking is that I'm glad that I'm not you
0:28:37 > 0:28:40because, um, hang on...
0:28:40 > 0:28:45we've got two bears sniffing and pawing at you.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47All his equipment remains intact.
0:28:47 > 0:28:51Hey, bear, it's me again. And the cubs turn their attention elsewhere.
0:28:51 > 0:28:55OK, don't go rooting about in my bag, please.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57No, no, no, no.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02Now the worst thing you could do is try and chase the bear away.
0:29:02 > 0:29:07I mean, you're just looking for trouble if you do something like that.
0:29:07 > 0:29:12No, don't do that, don't do that, no, no, no, it's not mine, that's hired.
0:29:22 > 0:29:24He could probably do a better job than I could.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30No, OK, no, ah.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37Um, um, I think you've overpowered it.
0:29:37 > 0:29:40Sue comes in to rescue the camera.
0:29:44 > 0:29:49We refer to the yearlings as "little muggers",
0:29:49 > 0:29:51and they haven't learned their manners yet.
0:29:53 > 0:29:55No, well, no harm done.
0:29:56 > 0:29:59Well, I would say a little nibble out of the microphone,
0:29:59 > 0:30:02I've been let off lightly.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05I think I've caused more damage to cameras in the past, that was OK.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08And if I'd just stayed beside the camera,
0:30:08 > 0:30:10that bear would have kept away from me.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16It's a shock to think that these yearlings
0:30:16 > 0:30:19are not much younger than Lily.
0:30:19 > 0:30:23It makes me realise how quickly she's had to grow up.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33It's been two weeks since Lily and Hope
0:30:33 > 0:30:36first emerged from their winter den.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39Lily hasn't had a decent meal since last autumn.
0:30:39 > 0:30:43She's been relying on her fat reserves.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47Now Hope is more mobile, she'll be travelling further
0:30:47 > 0:30:48to find the food she needs.
0:30:50 > 0:30:55Following them is drawing me even deeper into their world.
0:31:06 > 0:31:12As Gordon hopefully can gain the trust of some wild bears,
0:31:12 > 0:31:18his mission is to become ignored, so if the bears trust him enough
0:31:18 > 0:31:22that they regard him as inconsequential to their lives,
0:31:22 > 0:31:27he can be there. He's not a friend, but he's not an enemy.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30He's not a food giver, but he's not a competitor.
0:31:30 > 0:31:33He's just there and pretty soon they say,
0:31:33 > 0:31:36"You're of no value whatsoever to me.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39"I'm just gonna go about my life and pay no attention to you."
0:31:39 > 0:31:42That's when we get scientific data.
0:31:50 > 0:31:53I reckon that log was full of beetle grubs or something
0:31:53 > 0:31:56because she's absolutely demolished it.
0:31:58 > 0:32:01It's as if someone's thrown a hand grenade at it.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03I pick through the matchwood when she moves away.
0:32:03 > 0:32:08OK, this is what she was doing, ripping this open.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Just see if I can find what she was after.
0:32:10 > 0:32:15You'd be quite surprised how much of their diet is made up of tiny little creatures. Easy, girl.
0:32:15 > 0:32:18OK, so I am just ripping open your log, I wanted to find out
0:32:18 > 0:32:21what was in here.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25Lynn and Sue have taught me gestures the bears understand.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28Hands up means I have no food.
0:32:34 > 0:32:38To spend a little bit of time with her in this way when it's nice
0:32:38 > 0:32:40and quiet in the forest,
0:32:40 > 0:32:43she and Hope are just doing their thing, it's really good.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48Being scared of a black bear.
0:32:48 > 0:32:50Oh, what a fool.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58Hey, Lily, are you checking me out?
0:32:58 > 0:33:01Are you checking me out? Hey, good girl.
0:33:01 > 0:33:04Bring that cub over.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Bring that cub over, OK?
0:33:08 > 0:33:10You're a lovely beast.
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Hey, here comes Hope.
0:33:14 > 0:33:17What is that cub making all that noise for?
0:33:17 > 0:33:22Look at the cub of yours, Lily.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Hello, she's very curious.
0:33:34 > 0:33:38OK, we done, we done here,
0:33:38 > 0:33:40we're done.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44I think, I think, Lily, OK, gonna give me a kiss.
0:33:47 > 0:33:49What am I doing?
0:33:49 > 0:33:52I've just asked a wild bear for a kiss.
0:33:53 > 0:33:57The better a person knows a bear, the more they like 'em.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Because as you get to know 'em, you get to realise
0:33:59 > 0:34:01they're not the dangerous animals we once thought
0:34:01 > 0:34:06and so a person can get to feel close to a certain bear,
0:34:06 > 0:34:09but if you feel that way too quickly,
0:34:09 > 0:34:13it could be just one action on the bear's part destroys everything.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16It's taken just a few weeks
0:34:16 > 0:34:19for me to feel really connected with this family.
0:34:21 > 0:34:25Lily, are you interested?
0:34:25 > 0:34:27But today, she doesn't come straight up
0:34:27 > 0:34:29and take the greeting from my hand.
0:34:35 > 0:34:37She's nervous about something.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40I think there's a tree squeaking over there.
0:34:40 > 0:34:41It's me, Lily.
0:34:45 > 0:34:47A grape or two?
0:34:47 > 0:34:48That's the deal,
0:34:48 > 0:34:52you and I, we're gonna be friends.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55Yeah, we're gonna be good friends.
0:34:56 > 0:34:59I almost patted her there.
0:34:59 > 0:35:01Just seems a natural thing to do.
0:35:03 > 0:35:08Every time I see Lily, Hope plucks up a little bit more courage.
0:35:08 > 0:35:11I'm gonna put my hand out to your cub, is that OK?
0:35:11 > 0:35:13Oh, no,
0:35:13 > 0:35:15wow, Hope.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18That was the first time I've touched your nose.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22Oh, hello.
0:35:27 > 0:35:31Are you coming closer? Are you coming closer?
0:35:49 > 0:35:51Hey, I don't really have to tell you
0:35:51 > 0:35:56how magical this is, because who in the world wouldn't want to do this?
0:35:59 > 0:36:01OK, hey, girl. I'm sorry,
0:36:01 > 0:36:04no, no. Ow.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11I've just been bitten for the first time by a bear.
0:36:13 > 0:36:16She just bit my leg.
0:36:16 > 0:36:21It's OK, it wasn't a bite. Um...
0:36:24 > 0:36:28I was just looking up at Hope when I wasn't keeping an eye on Lily
0:36:28 > 0:36:34and what she was doing, she just grabbed my leg with her teeth.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39I wouldn't call it a bite, it's not a bite. It's just a,
0:36:39 > 0:36:40a warning, really.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Huh, funny how quickly it changes.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53OK, Lily. I don't have anything.
0:36:54 > 0:36:58Good bear. Hey, bear.
0:36:58 > 0:37:03OK, that lip-smacking is her letting me know that she's nervous.
0:37:03 > 0:37:08I think Lily, I am gonna stand up. OK, bear.
0:37:08 > 0:37:11Hey, Lily, I'm gonna stand up.
0:37:11 > 0:37:16Hey, girl, I'm just gonna back away, you're not too happy.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20Hope's been scared by this.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24I ain't got nothing.
0:37:24 > 0:37:26No, off you go.
0:37:26 > 0:37:31I realise now that Lily was giving me hints to back off
0:37:31 > 0:37:33and I wasn't listening.
0:37:33 > 0:37:36Hey, Lily. I'm just gonna move.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39That was me being told off.
0:37:41 > 0:37:43It's just a bit of a shock.
0:37:43 > 0:37:46You're going hoochy-coochy, hoochy-coochy to a baby bear
0:37:46 > 0:37:49on this side and you've got Mummy Bear
0:37:49 > 0:37:52suddenly putting her jaws round your upper thigh.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56She just went like this and grabbed on like that, ohh.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59There's no blood or anything, it's not,
0:37:59 > 0:38:00it's,
0:38:00 > 0:38:04it's just a test bite and it's not even a bite, cos a bite, I always think,
0:38:04 > 0:38:08draws blood or leaves a mark. That was more just a,
0:38:08 > 0:38:11a caress with her teeth.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Hope, we might have to call the fire brigade
0:38:16 > 0:38:18to get you down out of there.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22It looks as if someone's stuck a toy teddy up in the tree.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24Hey, Hope!
0:38:28 > 0:38:31On a positive note, Hope's climbing's coming on!
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Biting is a part of communication.
0:38:39 > 0:38:43It doesn't mean the bear's attacking, it's just communicating.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47They have great control over the power of their jaws
0:38:47 > 0:38:50so they can just grab your arm to tell you, "Don't.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54"You know, no pressure, but just telling ya, no, I don't like that."
0:38:54 > 0:39:01Or they can give a quick, light bite, or it could be harder.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Being bitten was completely my fault,
0:39:04 > 0:39:06but it's left me feeling a bit rattled.
0:39:06 > 0:39:11I know bears do attack and injure people and I want to find out
0:39:11 > 0:39:12why that happens.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18Jeremy Cleaveland and his son Jamie have agreed to meet me
0:39:18 > 0:39:23to tell me about their experience on a canoe trip 23 years ago.
0:39:27 > 0:39:31We had a nice breakfast, bacon and eggs and probably
0:39:31 > 0:39:38the smell of that bacon grease has brought this bear into the campsite.
0:39:38 > 0:39:43Jamie said, "Look, Dad, there's a bear," and about 30 feet away,
0:39:43 > 0:39:45here comes this bear out of the woods.
0:39:45 > 0:39:49They say you're supposed to bang pots and pans together
0:39:49 > 0:39:54and jump around, what we did, pots and pans were all packed up, so...
0:39:54 > 0:39:58The first thing I decided to do was I'd said, "I'm gonna take the food
0:39:58 > 0:40:01"and go down the hill with that and put the canoe in the water."
0:40:01 > 0:40:05Then almost immediately, it turned and started for me.
0:40:07 > 0:40:10I learned later you're never supposed to run from a bear,
0:40:10 > 0:40:14but it seemed like the appropriate action at that moment so I,
0:40:14 > 0:40:19I, and I came over the bank and dove straight in
0:40:19 > 0:40:22and swam out about 100 feet and then I was worried where Jamie
0:40:22 > 0:40:26had gotten to and when I turned, the bear's head was right there.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29- What, in the water?- In the water.
0:40:29 > 0:40:33Because the Cleavelands were in a remote area, they didn't know
0:40:33 > 0:40:36that the same bear had attacked somebody else the previous day.
0:40:38 > 0:40:41Everything went on automatic at that point.
0:40:41 > 0:40:44It bit me in the thigh first
0:40:44 > 0:40:50and then I tried to push it off and it bit me in the arm and the shoulder
0:40:50 > 0:40:57and at that point, I realised I had to try to get away, so I again turned
0:40:57 > 0:41:01and tried to get away from it and it grabbed me by the back of the neck
0:41:01 > 0:41:04and at that point of course, I was completely helpless.
0:41:04 > 0:41:09So then I went into the water and took the two of them to shore,
0:41:09 > 0:41:11dragged 'em to shore and the first thing I tried to do
0:41:11 > 0:41:14was I put my hand in the bear's mouth, I tried to open the bear's mouth.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16So the bear's still got a hold of your father at this point?
0:41:16 > 0:41:18Yes, and he's shaking him back and forth.
0:41:18 > 0:41:23And I, and I had tried to, to push the bear off my, you know, I was down
0:41:23 > 0:41:29on all fours, or on two, on my knees and I tried to push the bear off,
0:41:29 > 0:41:32but that jaw was just like a vice, I couldn't move it.
0:41:32 > 0:41:37So then I took the canoe paddle, hit him by the back of the neck
0:41:37 > 0:41:40and it dropped him, then we got him.
0:41:40 > 0:41:43Well, the paddle broke at that point, yeah.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45And if Jamie hadn't been there?
0:41:45 > 0:41:46I would have died.
0:41:46 > 0:41:48There's just no question.
0:41:48 > 0:41:53I don't think there's any way I would have escaped if he hadn't been there.
0:41:53 > 0:42:00The rogue bear was hunted down and killed by rangers the next day.
0:42:00 > 0:42:03Lynn investigated the incident
0:42:03 > 0:42:06and found that the bear was seriously underweight.
0:42:06 > 0:42:10It probably attacked because it was starving.
0:42:11 > 0:42:15This was a very rare and exceptional case.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19I need to remind myself I'm more likely to be killed by lightning
0:42:19 > 0:42:21than a bear.
0:42:27 > 0:42:32What's also helped is I've begun to see bears in a different light.
0:42:38 > 0:42:44This spring, I feel I've become part of a little bear family.
0:42:44 > 0:42:47But my time with them on this visit is running out.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51Every day I spend on their trail seems precious.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54I don't want to miss out on any of Hope's growing up.
0:42:57 > 0:42:59Right...
0:42:59 > 0:43:01Oh, give me a desert, please.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06Now, she's not climbing these trees because she's scared.
0:43:06 > 0:43:09I don't think, I think she's just testing her skills.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12She's picking at every variety of tree
0:43:12 > 0:43:15that she possibly can and seeing if she can climb it.
0:43:15 > 0:43:16When you think about it,
0:43:16 > 0:43:21these bears, cubs have to learn a huge amount.
0:43:21 > 0:43:23Amazing to think that this little cub within a year
0:43:23 > 0:43:25is gonna be on its own.
0:43:29 > 0:43:34But while Hope's with Lily, she can learn by making mistakes.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36Like avoiding trees over water.
0:43:55 > 0:44:00It's really sweet to see how Lily coaxes Hope out of danger.
0:44:00 > 0:44:03Maybe she's better at this mothering thing than I first thought.
0:44:09 > 0:44:11The more time I spend with them,
0:44:11 > 0:44:14the more I'm falling under their spell.
0:44:42 > 0:44:47It's already May. Soon I have to go back to the UK.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51The bears remind me why I want to return as soon as possible.
0:44:53 > 0:44:55They start putting on a show.
0:44:55 > 0:45:00They're telling each other they're available by rubbing scent
0:45:00 > 0:45:02everywhere they can.
0:45:28 > 0:45:31Love, it seems, is in the air.
0:45:31 > 0:45:35June will be coming into heat this year.
0:45:35 > 0:45:40Once the mating season starts her yearlings will be on their own.
0:45:40 > 0:45:43And June will finally get some time to herself.
0:45:50 > 0:45:53Lily can smell that the breeding season has begun.
0:45:53 > 0:45:59But what's weird is that she begins to react, too.
0:45:59 > 0:46:01She's just stomping about like that.
0:46:04 > 0:46:06She's scent marking
0:46:06 > 0:46:09but a mother with such a young cub
0:46:09 > 0:46:13shouldn't mate again until next year.
0:46:13 > 0:46:16I've got no idea what's going on.
0:46:16 > 0:46:17It's quite odd.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25It's going to be dark in about half an hour,
0:46:25 > 0:46:28so I think I'm going to have to leave Lily and Hope.
0:46:38 > 0:46:40OK, Lily, where are you heading to?
0:46:40 > 0:46:42I haven't got a clue.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52These bears...
0:46:54 > 0:46:56These bears are something else.
0:47:00 > 0:47:01Bye-bye.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06Tomorrow I leave for seven weeks.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09It's a chance to see my own family.
0:47:16 > 0:47:19But I had no idea a remarkable drama
0:47:19 > 0:47:22would start to play out after I left.
0:47:24 > 0:47:29Fortunately the crew who stayed on were able to record what happened.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36They film Lily climbing down a tree,
0:47:36 > 0:47:38leaving Hope alone.
0:47:48 > 0:47:53It seems her head has been turned by a male and she starts
0:47:53 > 0:47:55following his scent trail.
0:48:01 > 0:48:05It's not unusual for a mother to leave a cub for a few hours,
0:48:05 > 0:48:10but as evening approaches Sue realises something's wrong.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14After six hours I went out
0:48:14 > 0:48:19to the location where I had last seen them together and I listened.
0:48:21 > 0:48:23And it sounded like
0:48:23 > 0:48:29some animal, possibly Hope, was scurrying around among the trees.
0:48:32 > 0:48:36Because of the GPS on Lily, I knew where she was,
0:48:36 > 0:48:38and she was several miles away.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45That evening a storm arrives.
0:48:47 > 0:48:50Lynn and Sue think Lily tried to get back to Hope.
0:48:52 > 0:48:56We suspect that Lily couldn't find Hope's scent at that point,
0:48:56 > 0:48:58that the scent had been washed away.
0:49:00 > 0:49:03Lily is obviously missing Hope.
0:49:16 > 0:49:19I would just imagine this cub is scared
0:49:19 > 0:49:24and hungry
0:49:24 > 0:49:27and desperately wanting her mother.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33Hope is still dependent on Lily's milk,
0:49:33 > 0:49:36and too young to survive on her own.
0:49:40 > 0:49:47When I took Lynn out to show him the red pine where I had last seen Hope,
0:49:47 > 0:49:51there on the side of the road was a fresh sign that either a wolf
0:49:51 > 0:49:54or a coyote had been around.
0:50:00 > 0:50:02I think,
0:50:02 > 0:50:07I think the chances of them getting back together now are getting slimmer
0:50:07 > 0:50:08by the day.
0:50:10 > 0:50:14I don't know what to think, is she dead?
0:50:14 > 0:50:18Did Lily find Hope's body?
0:50:24 > 0:50:30By the fifth day Lynn and Sue believe that Hope is dead.
0:50:40 > 0:50:46Even when a neighbour reports seeing a lone bear cub, Lynn is pessimistic.
0:50:46 > 0:50:50It's a long way from where Hope was last seen.
0:50:50 > 0:50:54It's hard to believe that this is Hope out here actually
0:50:54 > 0:51:00because it's just so far.
0:51:09 > 0:51:12OK.
0:51:12 > 0:51:14She was on the... Came down, she went, she went down.
0:51:14 > 0:51:17- OK.- Did you see her?- Yeah.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22It's me, bear,
0:51:22 > 0:51:24- it's me.- Don't you think that's her?
0:51:24 > 0:51:27- It's gotta be her, right?- Yep.- Yeah.
0:51:29 > 0:51:32Amazingly, it is Hope.
0:51:32 > 0:51:39This tiny cub has walked over two miles back to where she was born.
0:51:40 > 0:51:42Ah. Sue's happy.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52You're going to make me cry!
0:51:55 > 0:51:58But finding Hope puts Lynn in a dilemma.
0:51:58 > 0:52:02There were so many thoughts went through my mind about what's going
0:52:02 > 0:52:05to happen to this cub, what should I do as a researcher,
0:52:05 > 0:52:09how much should I get involved, should I interfere
0:52:09 > 0:52:11and help them get back together?
0:52:11 > 0:52:13What is the right thing to do here?
0:52:15 > 0:52:21Hope is starving. Should Lynn intervene to save her,
0:52:21 > 0:52:24or should he let nature take its course?
0:52:27 > 0:52:29Here's what we could use.
0:52:29 > 0:52:31He's made his decision.
0:52:31 > 0:52:35I don't know if you have kennel carrier kind of thing?
0:52:35 > 0:52:39You do?
0:52:39 > 0:52:45Lynn tries to attract Hope down the tree with a stick dipped in milk.
0:52:48 > 0:52:53Hope is so hungry she's prepared to overcome her fear.
0:52:53 > 0:52:58Come on, come down. It's me, bear.
0:53:05 > 0:53:06Come on down, it's OK.
0:53:13 > 0:53:16But Hope is a wild animal.
0:53:16 > 0:53:17And she's feisty.
0:53:17 > 0:53:23BEAR GROWLS
0:53:23 > 0:53:24BEAR SCREAMS
0:53:24 > 0:53:25Lynn, Lynn?
0:53:49 > 0:53:51Well, I'm just wondering what's going to happen next.
0:53:51 > 0:53:55I'm really wondering how
0:53:55 > 0:53:57Lily will feel.
0:54:02 > 0:54:05Lily is just a mile away.
0:54:05 > 0:54:08Lynn is going to try and reunite them...
0:54:08 > 0:54:11But he's in unchartered territory.
0:54:21 > 0:54:25The borrowed pet carrier has a faulty latch.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27Now what?
0:54:34 > 0:54:37It's a disaster.
0:54:37 > 0:54:41Lynn needs to come up with a new plan.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44It's me, bear.
0:54:44 > 0:54:47He decides to try to find Lily,
0:54:47 > 0:54:51but with the sun setting he doesn't have long.
0:54:52 > 0:54:54It's me, bear.
0:55:00 > 0:55:07He's found her, just a few hundred metres into the woods.
0:55:07 > 0:55:10He tries to lead her to where Hope was last seen.
0:55:20 > 0:55:26After so many days apart, Lynn fears Lily may not accept her cub.
0:55:48 > 0:55:53Just an outpouring of pure animal emotion
0:55:53 > 0:55:55is the strongest I've ever seen.
0:55:58 > 0:56:01Little Hope bawling and bawling
0:56:01 > 0:56:05for wanting to nurse and be with her mother and have that contact.
0:56:11 > 0:56:15And the mother responding with, "Uh, uh, uh,"
0:56:15 > 0:56:18which means, "I want you."
0:56:50 > 0:56:55This is one of the most satisfying moments in my research.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07It's me, bear, don't worry.
0:57:20 > 0:57:25Well, let's just go back to the van and be thankful.
0:57:30 > 0:57:32I'm going to sleep good tonight.
0:57:41 > 0:57:45Next time, I return in the summer to find that Lily and Hope's lives
0:57:45 > 0:57:49have taken another dramatic turn.
0:57:49 > 0:57:55Hope's not feeding properly, she's weak and struggling to survive.
0:57:56 > 0:58:01Lynn wonders whether he has made the right decision to re-unite them.
0:58:03 > 0:58:08And I don't know how far we should go to save Hope's life.