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Narrator: This time on
magic of Disney's animal kingdom...
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A young hippo meets his match.
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Jenn: We're gonna find out a lot
in the first five minutes.
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Narrator: A shark bites off
more than she can chew.
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These animals have become part
of our family.
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Narrator: And a baby gorilla reaches
for new heights.
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- (Theme music playing)
- (Bird squawks)
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- (Birds chirping)
- (Hippo grunting)
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Narrator: A thriving pod of hippos
lives in the safi river
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that flows through the ituri forest.
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And that includes this little guy,
nearly two-year-old Augustus...
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(Quacks)
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Narrator: Otherwise known as Gus.
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Lindsay has known Augustus all his life.
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There he is.
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(Chuckles) Hey, Gus.
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He is a little bundle of trouble.
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He was born here at animal kingdom
really late at night.
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An exciting thing to see, for all of us.
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Male voice: This is amazing. Wow.
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Lindsay: It's fun to watch people see him
for the first time.
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Most of them probably think
he's full grown,
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and he's still such a little baby.
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This is the coolest place
in the world to work with hippos.
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We have so many and they're all
so different and so special.
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Narrator: With his second birthday
coming up,
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Gus begins his journey to adulthood.
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Our hippos are part
of a species survival plan.
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So, it's very exciting to have
little Gus here.
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I mean, he's a fun little hippo,
but you know, he's destined
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for greater things.
He's gonna go off to another facility
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and, you know, he's gonna have an...
Uh, his own family once he goes there.
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Narrator: So, before he leaves, the team
prepares him for future encounters.
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Scott: We're gonna try some introductions
and that will better set him up
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for when we move him to his new facility.
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(Hippos grunting)
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Narrator: But naturally,
hippos fight for dominance.
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(Hippos grunting)
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Narrator: To avoid a hippopota-mess,
keepers must be ready for anything.
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Scott: We know that there's gonna be
wrestling, we know that there's gonna be
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some interactions between the two,
and we're all standing by to watch
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and monitor to make sure
that everything happens in a safe manner.
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Narrator: For young Gus and many
on the team, this will be a new adventure.
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Lindsay: I mean, we don't have favorites,
but if we did have favorites,
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Augustus is probably mine. (Laughs)
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He's such a little rock star.
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(Indistinct chatter)
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Narrator: A very special family makes
their home along
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the gorilla falls exploration trail.
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(Munches)
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Narrator: These western lowland gorillas
form a tightly knit unit
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known as a troop.
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Animal manager, Rachel, checks on them
as part of today's morning rounds.
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And there's a very little one
she's keeping a special eye on.
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Rachel: So, we've got kashata up here,
she's carrying grace.
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So grace is our infant, she's about...
About six months old at this point.
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Narrator: The youngest gorilla
at the park, grace,
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was born to mom, kashata,
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and dad, gino, a fully mature
silverback and leader of the troop.
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She's the sixth of this critically
endangered species
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to be born here, and mom just loves
to show her off.
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Rachel: We have a glass viewing area
that our gorillas love.
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So, the first day
when kashata had grace,
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she was with grace right there
at that window,
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which was amazing
because our guests got to come
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and see an hours-old infant gorilla
right there, right in front of them.
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Narrator: But early on, keepers discovered
something a little different
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about baby grace's development.
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Rachel: One of the things we did notice
with grace is that she,
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uh, was not meeting all her milestones.
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You'll notice that she kind of does
what we call a football hold,
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so grace kind of holds onto that arm.
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One of things we really like to see
is grace really using her body
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and her strength to hold onto kashata.
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We would love to see her riding
on kashata's back more.
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Narrator: And there's no hiding
her challenges from mom.
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Rachel:
We'll actually see her work with grace
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almost in, uh, a physical therapy fashion.
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So, we'll see her set her down sometimes
and move a couple feet away
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and make grace come to her...
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Or hold her in certain positions
so she has to work her legs more,
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or her arms more.
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Something about that relationship
that's just hard to explain,
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and I think that's the art to it.
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We always talk about science, but there is
a lot of emotion to what we do.
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Narrator: Since mom can only do so much,
behind the scenes the team has a plan
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to help grace's strength and coordination.
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Okay, I'm gonna open the yard door.
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- Female voice: Copy, opening yard door.
- (Door opens)
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Narrator: Time to come in for today's
therapy session.
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Good girl.
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- Courtney: Miss kashata. Come on.
- Female voice: Good girl.
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Courtney: That's a girl! Good girl!
See, look what I got you. All the good!
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Oh, see? She's ready.
She's ready for some goods.
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I'm gonna ask grace
to do different things,
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like climb up and down the mesh.
Hopefully up and down, not just up.
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Narrator: These exercises will challenge
grace to move without mom's help.
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Courtney: Come on up. It's okay.
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Come on! Nice. Nice girl.
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Yeah, look at you, you're so strong.
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You've got it, you got it, you got it.
It's okay. Hey, it's okay. Let's do it.
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Narrator: Grace proves she can climb up,
but now, for the challenge of coming down
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on her own.
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We're trying to encourage her
to bring herself back down the mesh
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with her feet a little more
than she's been doing.
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A lot of times, she kinda just grabs
onto kashata.
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Right here. What do you think?
No, too hard. A little tired.
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Whoa. That's not the dismount we expected.
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Grace did a great job climbing up.
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Her climbing down can still use
a little work,
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but that's why we do
these sessions every day.
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Kashata came to the rescue a couple times.
Not exactly what we want in the long-term,
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but I feel like we saw some progress,
so I feel good.
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Narrator: Out on the Savanna
of the Kilimanjaro safaris,
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keeper Jess searches for signs of love
among the herd of southern white rhinos.
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Jess: Oh, my gosh! Look at these dorks.
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Narrator: Growing their numbers
in the wild is important
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because so many animals
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on the Savanna depend on rhinos
for that thing they do best.
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They produce a lot of waste,
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and all that waste turns into fertilizer
and that fertilizer helps plants grow.
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That's a huge food source
for a ton of animals,
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including themselves.
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Narrator: With the hope of making
a love connection,
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the park brought in a male
to join the herd.
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So this is dugan, right in front of us.
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Narrator: But this Romeo-to-be
is a little shy around the ladies.
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- (Grunts)
- Jess: Looking bashful.
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(Grunts)
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Not really knowing if he should approach
the girls yet or not.
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The other male rhinos that we've had here,
their interactions with the females
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are a lot more...
(Clicks tongue) ...Assertive.
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They will kinda be a little bit pushy,
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where dugan will kind of
stand back and wait.
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Dugan is quite the gentleman.
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- Narrator: Before coming here,
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dugan lived the life
of a confirmed bachelor,
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with only his brother.
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Now, he has the company
of five potential sweethearts.
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Helen, jao, kiama, kendi, and Lola.
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Jess: Five girls,
they all have different personalities.
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Dugan having not been around females,
he never really learned
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to kinda figure out what the appropriate
behaviors would be,
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so a lot of this is him
kind of self-teaching.
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Narrator: He should be living the dream,
but true love isn't that simple.
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- (Grunts)
- So this is Lola. Dugan likes Lola.
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(Chuckling) It's interesting
that her tail is curled.
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A lot of times, tail curled means, like,
"I'm... I'm feeling good."
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Narrator: With Lola acting flirty,
it's the perfect time for dugan
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to make his move.
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Jess:
It's kinda funny that he's following her.
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He probably doesn't have any idea
what she wants from him.
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Narrator: And of course, Lola has a bff
who follows her... everywhere.
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Jess: Jao and Lola are best friends.
That took about 30 seconds
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for her to be like, "hey, wait a minute.
Where's my friend?
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"Gotta go find her, gotta go back her up."
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(Chuckles) So that's pretty cute.
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And now, jao's just gonna, like,
awkwardly stare at dugan.
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Narrator: Five miles away at epcot,
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the seas provides a home
for aquatic animals
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from around the world...
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Including flash, a mature white-spotted
bamboo shark.
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Flash is a very active,
boisterous individual.
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And she is roughly about 20
or so years old.
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Narrator: These sharks
have limited eyesight,
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but an injury years ago
left flash completely blind.
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So, she relies on her other senses
and a plucky streak of curiosity.
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Mitch: They're very inquisitive animals.
They do search around,
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and one of the ways that
they'll figure out what an object is,
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by trying to eat it.
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Sometimes that object is something
that they can consume safely,
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and sometimes it's not,
and so it can lead us into
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some sorts of trouble.
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Narrator: But now, courtesy of a guest,
flash may have bitten off
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more than she can chew.
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We had a call that there were some...
Some foreign objects floating in a tank
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that we thought they were some sort
of food that had fallen in.
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And just as we were netting them out,
she jumped and swallowed it.
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Narrator: They need to get whatever
she ate back out right away,
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in case it damages her stomach.
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Kevin: Since sharks' stomachs
and digestive systems aren't made
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for hard things,
that can create a situation where that...
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That object sits in their stomach
and could create an ulceration.
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Narrator: Dr. Deidre comes in to take care
of what is known here as an urgency.
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Dr. Deidre: All right,
you guys ready to go?
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- Female voice: Yes.
- Male voice: Ready to go.
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All right, let's do this.
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This is the aquatic anesthetic,
mixed in some of her water.
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Female voice: She's definitely a three.
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Narrator: To minimize any side effects
of anesthesia, the team moves quickly.
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(Indistinct chatter)
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Mitch:
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I'm doing okay. Worried.
Worried is a good word.
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But we're... she's in great hands,
so we'll be all right.
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All right, so we've just gone
into her mouth, and you can see we've got
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a beautiful view of her Gill arches
right now.
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And Kevin, you're gonna let me know
if you get any resistance.
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Kevin: Not so far.
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Getting close.
We're at about 20 centimeters.
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- Kevin: Keep going?
- And you can keep going just a bit.
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You can go ahead and move forward.
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Kevin, can you back up
just a moment, please?
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The culprit of the day! My senses tell me
we are looking at an almond,
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but the best way to figure that out
is to go in and grab it.
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So let's go ahead and advance.
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Yep, definitely something hard.
Let me see if we can snag it and...
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Okay, now, can you close it?
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Okay, let's try one more time.
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All right, so let's go ahead
and advance...
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And close.
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All right, now cl...
Hold it white-knuckled
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- with all that you've got. You ready, Jen?
- I'm ready.
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Okay, let's go ahead
and pull the endoscope out, please.
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Just hold on as tight as you can.
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Let's see what we've got.
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One almond covered in slime.
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She's breathing okay?
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Not... doesn't look too distended
at this point.
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Taking a look inside of her stomach.
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- Narrator: A quick check confirms...
- Dr. Deidre: Awesome.
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There's no damage to flash's stomach.
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That went great.
I'm really happy with our results.
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We got in there in the right time.
It's perfect.
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Great day. Great day.
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Dr. Deidre:
Let's go ahead and transfer her.
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Seeing any of our animals like flash
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do something that scares the daylights
out of you like that is terrifying.
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These animals have become part
of our family.
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We're... we're constantly thinking
about those...
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What the future of the animal looks like
when things like this happen.
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Narrator: Within no time, flash gets
the okay for her reintroduction back home,
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where nuts are definitely off the menu.
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(Screams)
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Narrator: Backstage
at Kilimanjaro safaris...
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Young Gus the hippo gets ready to meet up
with 17-year-old biko.
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Like Gus, biko is also headed
for a new home outside the park.
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Brandy: You're never quite sure
what you're gonna get with biko.
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Some days, he can seem very outgoing,
and then other days
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he can seem very subdued.
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Because he is one of our smaller males,
we felt like that might be
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a good pairing between him and Gus.
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Hey, biko. Come here, buddy.
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Narrator: Before the meeting,
biko has a sharp tooth
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that needs attention.
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Come on. What a good boy. Good.
That's a good boy.
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Narrator: So today,
standing in for actual dentists,
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are keepers, Mark and Marcus.
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(Grunts)
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Okay. Yup. Oh, thanks.
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Really good wheeze honk.
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Anything else to say or can we keep going?
(Chuckles)
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(Grunts louder)
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Mark: All right, all right. You're okay.
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Narrator: With the small talk over,
it's time to open wide...
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- Biko, open. Hold.
- (Grunts)
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Narrator: And get down to business.
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It's a pain-free process...
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- Mark: Hold.
- Narrator: Like trimming a fingernail.
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Good boy. Oh, yeah.
It's right there. Yeah.
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Hold. Hold. Got it? Good boy!
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What a good man, huh? We got it.
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Narrator: All that's needed now
is a little Polish of the rough edges.
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Feels pretty good, dude.
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Good boy.
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Narrator: And a double treat of watermelon
for good measure.
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All right. Good job, buddy.
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Marcus: For hippos, going to the dentist
is great because they just get
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a ton of food,
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as opposed to us going to the dentist,
where they say you can't have food.
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(Chuckles)
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- Marcus: Very happy with that.
- Mark: Sounds good to me.
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- Yeah. Good job, dude.
- Mark: Good stuff. You, too.
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(Indistinct chatter)
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Female voice: He's looking at you!
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Narrator: Out on the Savanna...
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Dugan, the white rhino,
slowly adjusts to life with the ladies
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and finds out that love hurts.
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Male voice: Come on down, buddy.
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Narrator: Rhinos don't kiss, they spar,
horn first.
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And the ladies have welcomed him
a little too enthusiastically.
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So dugan's love-scrapes
may need attention.
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Good job, bud.
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Kelsey: We just wanna get a good look
at what's going on between his two horns.
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We noticed that he had
a pretty substantial wound there,
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and so we just wanna take a look in
and have the vets come
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and make sure that everything's okay.
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So, that's why he's hanging out
in the barn with us today.
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Good job. Dugan likes treats,
but he likes tactile a lot.
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We're gonna fix your face up.
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These guys form really close bonds
with their keepers.
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It's really special because some
of the other animals, you know,
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we don't get to be as close with them.
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These guys will, like, get closer to us,
they'll solicit these behaviors
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to get some love from us,
which is really special.
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He's doing his balle-rhino moves.
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- Kelsey: Come on, handsome.
- (Rhino grunting)
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Narrator: But all the snacks
and love make dugan sleepy.
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- Kelsey: Dugan, come here, buddy.
- Narrator: Right when Dr. Jeff shows up.
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Kelsey: Hi. Can you get up?
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- I actually know exactly how he feels.
- Kelsey: Come on, du.
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- Let's go. Let's go.
- (Chuckles) I need my afternoon nap.
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Male voice: Snacks? Hey, dugan.
Are you awake?
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He's down for the count. (Laughs)
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- Kelsey: Come on, dugan. Come on, potato.
- I don't think that we can beat napping.
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Kelsey:
Dugan operates on his own schedule.
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You know, these guys are so big
that we can only ask them to do things,
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and if they say no, then they say no.
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(Roars)
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(Roars)
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Narrator: Backstage at the hippo barn,
it's a big day for Gus and biko.
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Time for a quick meeting,
known as a howdy,
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to see if these two can get along.
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Scott: Biko is gonna be in stall six,
Gus is all the way in stall, uh, four.
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We're gonna slide him over to stall five.
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Hopefully, they'll be side by side
for about 20 minutes is what I'm hoping.
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- We're ready to go.
- Awesome.
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Female voice: We are ready.
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Narrator: Gus heads towards
the meeting spot, led by a little treat.
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Across the barn, his nearly
3,000-pound playmate awaits.
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(Grunts)
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Narrator: Both males have
territorial streaks,
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but the team looks out
for different responses between the two.
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(Grunts)
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(Soft music playing)
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(Grunts)
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That's good, they're nose-to-nose
right there.
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- Female voice 1: He's tail swishing.
- Female voice 2: Gus, Gus. Gus, Gus.
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Scott: There's a lot of tail flashing
going on, which we're taking
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as a very good sign 'cause it's showing
that... that Gus is very interested
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in hanging out with biko.
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Becky: And biko has not done that.
I don't... not from what I've seen,
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which means he's very calm,
which is awesome.
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Lindsay: What a good hippo.
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The energy that biko gave
was exactly what we're looking for.
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We're looking for calm, composed.
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Female voice: You're all right.
It's all right.
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Narrator: More howdies will come,
but today shows a promising start.
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Scott: I think it went great.
I think that it was incredible,
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so we just hope that that energy
can kinda carry over to the next step.
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(Monkeys chattering)
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Narrator: Today, dugan is bright-eyed
and ready for the vet.
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- Dr. Dan: Morning.
- Caitlin: Good morning.
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Narrator: This time,
Dr. Dan takes the case.
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Dr. Dan: How's dugan?
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Caitlin: He's doing good.
We just, uh, rinsed his face off
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and got everything out of there.
There was a little bit of, like,
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I guess they've been having pus this week.
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Dr. Dan: So, just a little bit of pus
here and there,
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but not consistently every single day,
and he's not sensitive every single day.
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Caitlin:
I think there has been pus every day.
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Dr. Dan: What I'm doing with dugan
right now is using
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this thermography camera,
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and it allows me to see areas of his body
that are hotter than others.
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What I'm looking for is areas of his body
where we wouldn't expect
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there to be a warm spot, and there is.
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- And you can see the spot on his forehead.
- Caitlin: Yeah.
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Definitely hottest...
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- Right here.
- Caitlin: Okay.
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So, you can see this red area.
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So, I'm suspicious that maybe he either
has some foreign material, like dirt,
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plant material, in this area
because this is where his body
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is responding most of all,
and it is a little soft
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- right in this spot. But he's a tough boy.
- Caitlin: Right.
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Did you hear that? He says you're tough.
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I think his girlfriends are tougher
than he is, though. (Chuckles)
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It's good to flush this area,
at least to clean out the pus and whatnot.
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I'm not gonna start him on any oral meds
for now.
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- Caitlin: Okay.
- And the good news is,
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overall it doesn't seem
like it's really bothering him.
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He's just sort of going
about his day-to-day life.
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Narrator: Dugan gets the all clear
for his return to the Savanna,
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and the pursuit of rhino romance.
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Not far from the Savanna...
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Baby grace is growing up fast.
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But her coordination still needs help.
So behind the scenes,
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the team brings in some
special assistance.
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Courtney: The ability that we have
to reach out to people
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who aren't in the zoological community
and work with them
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on making our animals' lives better
is something that's really special.
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Narrator: Human and gorilla babies learn
and progress in similar ways.
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So grace works with
child development experts
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- marzena and Susan.
- Good job, baby. You're doing great.
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Our last encounter with her,
she was still showing some delays
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with her grasp on her...
Both her upper and her lower extremity.
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So we don't really know
what we're gonna go ahead and see today.
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- Female voice: What is that, grace?
- But we're excited.
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Do you mind seeing if she can climb
all the way up to that bar?
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Female voice: Yes.
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Once she's finished eating.
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- Courtney: Come on, miss grace.
- Female voice: Definitely motivated.
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- Courtney: Hold on. I've got food.
- Keep going, missy.
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- Awesome. Good job, grace.
- Good job, grace.
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Narrator: But getting back down without
mom's help has been the real challenge.
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Courtney: What do you think? No. Too hard.
Kashata came to the rescue.
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Narrator: Time to test
her progress so far.
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Susan: Is she gonna climb down, too?
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Female voice:
Yes, she's climbing down more.
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Susan: Down's a little harder.
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Seemed a little awkward there.
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Look at how she just sticks
that heel through.
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Do you feel a little stuck there, grace?
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- Female voice: Like it's nothing. Help!
- Marzena: Doing so incredible.
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Good job, grace. Look at you.
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- There you go. Just like that, yeah.
- Just like that, yeah.
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That's much better. At least
we're not belly-flopping into mom.
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- Remember when that was really hard?
- Female voice: Uh-huh.
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Narrator: Grace takes another step
in the right direction.
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- I'd say it's moments like this.
- I think so. (Laughs)
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- Oh, my goodness.
- It's unbelievable.
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Marzena: Now she's ready to explore
and learn what the world is about.
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Female voice: Looks amazing.
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To be able to take my skills
with children with varying abilities,
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and then being able to apply it
to a completely different domain
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and realm, I feel very lucky
to be a part of all this wonderfulness.
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Narrator: Baby grace
even has a special name.
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It's a nod to the gorilla rehabilitation
and conservation education center
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in the Democratic republic of Congo.
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Experts here care
for critically endangered
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orphaned gorillas.
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In little grace, the spirit of this center
comes full circle,
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back to Disney's animal kingdom
theme park.
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Over time, biko and Gus
have gradually gotten to know each other,
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but always with the safety of a barrier
in between.
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This time, they meet in the open.
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Female voice:
All right, biks, you ready?
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Narrator: Today marks the park's first
new male hippo introduction in a decade.
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It's the result of months of research
and careful preparation.
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Becky: We are going to monitor
and watch them as closely as possible.
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We'll have people all over,
keeping an eye on them
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while we do introductions.
So if either one of those animals,
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or both those animals,
wanna come in the barn,
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we're gonna get them in the barn.
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Opening door nine.
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Ready.
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Jenn: Hopefully, we'll see Gus do
his submissive behavior,
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really submit towards biko, so that way
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we just know that their partnership's
gonna go well.
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Narrator: Little Gus comes out first.
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There he is, little man.
So far, he looks relatively calm.
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Oh, here comes biko.
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(Grunts)
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Jenn: We're gonna find out a lot
in the first five minutes.
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Oh, I think Gus saw him.
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Gus is gonna go under the water...
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And probably come around,
'cause he's gonna be like,
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"I got a friend."
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These guys can see well underwater,
so he actually might be seeing Gus
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now underwater.
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And now, biko's on the move,
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so I think they have now fully realized
that both are out here.
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Okay. This is promising.
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It looks just really calm.
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00:28:55,817 --> 00:28:57,697
Oh, this is good.
This is really good right now.
455
00:29:03,825 --> 00:29:05,827
So, this is where
it's gonna get interesting.
456
00:29:06,495 --> 00:29:09,456
Biko is really showing
his dominance right now.
457
00:29:09,706 --> 00:29:12,751
So he's actually putting his head
on top of Gus.
458
00:29:14,419 --> 00:29:16,421
He's showing that, "I am dominant."
459
00:29:18,715 --> 00:29:21,510
(Tense music playing)
460
00:29:22,135 --> 00:29:23,735
Jenn: And they're both underwater again.
461
00:29:25,806 --> 00:29:28,117
Scott: What you're seeing now is Gus
and biko are wrestling a little bit,
462
00:29:28,141 --> 00:29:30,143
and that's normal hippo introductions.
463
00:29:30,227 --> 00:29:33,730
That's exactly what we're expecting to see
when we put these two boys out together,
464
00:29:33,814 --> 00:29:35,274
um, at any point in time.
465
00:29:47,869 --> 00:29:49,746
(Both growl)
466
00:29:50,289 --> 00:29:51,707
Gus is holding his ground.
467
00:29:51,957 --> 00:29:53,000
(Growls)
468
00:29:53,125 --> 00:29:56,253
What we're seeing right now,
everything is appropriate behavior
469
00:29:56,336 --> 00:29:57,587
for two male hippos.
470
00:29:57,713 --> 00:30:01,466
(Grunting)
471
00:30:01,758 --> 00:30:05,262
I hope that Gus submits
and realizes his position in all of this.
472
00:30:10,517 --> 00:30:11,685
(Grunts)
473
00:30:20,444 --> 00:30:22,904
He's gonna calm down
or he's gonna try to run in.
474
00:30:28,702 --> 00:30:30,912
Scott: They can grab the cue.
See, Gus is at the ramp.
475
00:30:31,705 --> 00:30:32,706
(Hippos grunt)
476
00:30:33,081 --> 00:30:34,761
Male voice:
I don't know. He's gonna do it.
477
00:30:36,460 --> 00:30:38,837
- Female voice: He's looking.
- Male voice: You see anybody?
478
00:30:39,129 --> 00:30:42,299
Jenn: That was not the storybook ending
that we wanted.
479
00:30:42,549 --> 00:30:46,511
Gus realized that this was not something
he wanted to participate in,
480
00:30:47,054 --> 00:30:50,349
so he kinda separated off
to get away from biko.
481
00:30:53,268 --> 00:30:54,353
Gus is on the ramp.
482
00:30:56,563 --> 00:30:57,915
Male voice: Gus is going up the ramp!
483
00:30:57,939 --> 00:31:01,109
You... you hope for them to be together,
but you know,
484
00:31:01,193 --> 00:31:04,780
they did what male hippos do,
so you can't be disappointed by that.
485
00:31:08,658 --> 00:31:11,620
Narrator: The rest of the team heads
backstage to make sure that
486
00:31:11,703 --> 00:31:13,705
- Gus is okay.
- (Indistinct radio chatter)
487
00:31:15,290 --> 00:31:19,753
Hi. What happened out there?
That was so exciting.
488
00:31:20,670 --> 00:31:26,760
Hi. Not bad. You did a good job.
You're too tough. You're too tough.
489
00:31:27,511 --> 00:31:30,013
Scott: I was expecting a little bit
of submissive from Gus,
490
00:31:30,097 --> 00:31:32,307
but straight out of the gate,
he wasn't having that.
491
00:31:32,391 --> 00:31:34,817
You know, it was game on
right from the start.
492
00:31:34,942 --> 00:31:38,436
I mean, Gus is unfortunately just a little
too small at the moment. (Chuckles)
493
00:31:38,536 --> 00:31:40,273
He's a big hippo in a little body
right now.
494
00:31:45,362 --> 00:31:47,531
Narrator: With his face in better shape,
495
00:31:47,739 --> 00:31:51,159
dugan, the white rhino,
returns to the Savanna.
496
00:31:52,285 --> 00:31:54,454
Caitlin: Hi, dugan. Hi, Lola.
497
00:31:55,414 --> 00:31:59,418
Narrator: And the company
of his favorite female rhino.
498
00:32:03,213 --> 00:32:05,340
He's shown a lot of interest in Lola.
499
00:32:06,550 --> 00:32:08,427
And she is showing interest in him,
500
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,513
so she'll start slowing down
in front of him.
501
00:32:13,682 --> 00:32:16,643
Dugan is pretty romantic
because he doesn't actually start
502
00:32:16,726 --> 00:32:19,396
attempting to breed
until kinda, like, sunset. …
503
00:32:19,521 --> 00:32:22,315
(grunts)
504
00:32:25,318 --> 00:32:29,573
He's attempting to actually copulate,
which isn't going very well.
505
00:32:31,908 --> 00:32:35,120
Lola's just kind of amazing,
she just is standing there with him,
506
00:32:35,203 --> 00:32:36,329
uh, being patient.
507
00:32:36,455 --> 00:32:37,998
(Grunts)
508
00:32:38,290 --> 00:32:42,002
He really likes Lola and... and so,
they're both doing what they need to do
509
00:32:42,085 --> 00:32:43,587
and there may be a baby on the way.
510
00:32:44,963 --> 00:32:45,964
(Grunts)
511
00:32:48,383 --> 00:32:50,844
(Monkeys screeching)
512
00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:58,185
Lindsay: As you can see,
Augustus is still alone.
513
00:32:58,477 --> 00:33:01,104
We did do an introduction
with him and biko
514
00:33:01,354 --> 00:33:04,441
and decided that maybe
it wasn't a perfect match.
515
00:33:05,650 --> 00:33:07,944
Biko's on the smaller side
for an adult male.
516
00:33:08,028 --> 00:33:11,364
I think he has a lot to prove,
I would say. (Laughs)
517
00:33:13,575 --> 00:33:17,746
The goal for Gus and biko is for them
to head to other facilities
518
00:33:18,038 --> 00:33:20,332
and be introduced to other females
519
00:33:20,415 --> 00:33:22,876
where, hopefully,
they'll make their own families.
520
00:33:23,877 --> 00:33:26,922
Narrator:
The two may not have become best buddies,
521
00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:30,509
but a bright future lies ahead
for both of them.
522
00:33:31,051 --> 00:33:33,678
Lindsay: This introduction
was a great learning opportunity
523
00:33:33,803 --> 00:33:36,973
for Augustus and biko to be introduced
to another hippo
524
00:33:37,057 --> 00:33:38,517
that they hadn't been around.
525
00:33:39,893 --> 00:33:42,103
Good practice for them,
setting them up for success.
526
00:33:47,901 --> 00:33:50,820
Narrator: Over on the Savanna,
keepers suspect dugan,
527
00:33:50,946 --> 00:33:55,408
the white rhino, may have conceived a baby
with one of the females.
528
00:33:55,492 --> 00:33:57,410
(Chuckles) Hi, mama.
529
00:33:57,953 --> 00:33:59,555
- Narrator: But not the one...
- Good morning.
530
00:33:59,579 --> 00:34:00,997
Narrator: They were expecting.
531
00:34:01,122 --> 00:34:04,918
Jess: Hi, pretty girl. She's like,
"where is my food? Where is it?"
532
00:34:05,710 --> 00:34:12,050
Yeah, so this is kendi.
Kendi is our mama bear of the barn.
533
00:34:12,133 --> 00:34:15,136
So, kendi is the very first rhino
that was ever born here.
534
00:34:15,220 --> 00:34:17,931
I'm hoping, hoping, hoping
that she might be pregnant.
535
00:34:19,683 --> 00:34:24,062
We would be over the moon, over the moon,
if we had a baby calf, and you know,
536
00:34:24,145 --> 00:34:27,899
of course part of that is just, like,
the joy of having a calf in the barn,
537
00:34:27,983 --> 00:34:30,527
but for their species, it's essential.
538
00:34:36,324 --> 00:34:38,910
White rhinos,
they are a near threatened species.
539
00:34:38,994 --> 00:34:40,954
We need more rhinos in the world,
540
00:34:41,162 --> 00:34:44,249
so the fact that Disney is able
to breed these guys
541
00:34:44,332 --> 00:34:46,751
and be such active participants
in the species survival plan
542
00:34:46,835 --> 00:34:48,336
of these animals is incredible.
543
00:34:48,587 --> 00:34:51,673
And that really is kind of why we do
what we do.
544
00:34:53,216 --> 00:34:54,551
So this morning,
545
00:34:54,968 --> 00:34:58,221
what I have to do
is collect a fecal sample.
546
00:34:59,055 --> 00:35:01,683
And the reason being
is that's basically her pregnancy test.
547
00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:03,810
It's a really great way to tell
if she's pregnant,
548
00:35:03,893 --> 00:35:05,270
just from a fecal sample.
549
00:35:05,604 --> 00:35:08,982
So, all I need to do is get in there
and get it, but she's currently
550
00:35:09,065 --> 00:35:12,485
in her bedroom stall so I'm gonna ask her
to shift over a stall,
551
00:35:12,736 --> 00:35:15,530
so that I can safely get in there
and get my hands on some poop.
552
00:35:17,824 --> 00:35:21,661
Good girl. Good girl. Good job, mama.
553
00:35:23,830 --> 00:35:26,750
Narrator: Pregnancy hormones can be found
in rhino feces...
554
00:35:26,833 --> 00:35:27,833
Okay.
555
00:35:27,917 --> 00:35:29,557
Narrator: Just like in urine or blood.
556
00:35:31,254 --> 00:35:33,465
So, I'm feeling around
in the center of the poop,
557
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:37,010
just because we wanna try to get
the warmest poop possible.
558
00:35:37,469 --> 00:35:40,430
Um... (Chuckles) It's where all
the good hormones are.
559
00:35:40,639 --> 00:35:44,267
So, I gotta feel around in there
to make sure I get the right sample.
560
00:35:45,018 --> 00:35:47,812
Yeah, so the next step is
we are gonna take this poop,
561
00:35:47,896 --> 00:35:48,980
I'll put it in our freezer.
562
00:35:49,064 --> 00:35:51,024
We'll pass it off to our
endocrinology team,
563
00:35:51,274 --> 00:35:53,318
they'll do what they need to do
to test the poop,
564
00:35:53,401 --> 00:35:55,070
and then we'll see if we have a baby...
565
00:35:56,112 --> 00:35:58,031
Which would be awesome! So excited.
566
00:36:01,242 --> 00:36:05,538
Narrator: A positive result could mean
dugan is on his way to fatherhood...
567
00:36:06,956 --> 00:36:08,917
For the very first time.
568
00:36:10,460 --> 00:36:12,420
- Female voice: Jess.
- Hey.
569
00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:14,214
- Female voice: Guess what.
- What?
570
00:36:14,589 --> 00:36:15,882
We have a pregnant rhino.
571
00:36:15,965 --> 00:36:19,260
Jess: Oh, my gosh.
I don't even know what to say about that.
572
00:36:20,804 --> 00:36:22,555
I can't. I can't.
573
00:36:22,972 --> 00:36:25,141
(Squeals) We're gonna have a baby.
574
00:36:29,854 --> 00:36:32,232
(Birds chattering)
575
00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:38,780
Narrator:
Back at gorilla falls exploration trail,
576
00:36:38,863 --> 00:36:41,449
Rachel comes to check up on grace.
577
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:43,535
Rachel: How are you guys doing?
578
00:36:44,703 --> 00:36:48,915
Looking for miss kashata and grace.
Where are they hiding out today?
579
00:36:50,125 --> 00:36:52,252
See how little grace
is doing this morning.
580
00:36:54,546 --> 00:36:57,716
One of the things that's really cool
about grace is just to see
581
00:36:57,799 --> 00:37:01,094
how far she's come in just a few months.
582
00:37:02,303 --> 00:37:05,890
One of the things I'm really noticing
these days is her grip.
583
00:37:08,393 --> 00:37:11,938
Initially, she just really
could not grasp anything.
584
00:37:12,230 --> 00:37:14,566
She... she couldn't curl her fingers.
585
00:37:14,858 --> 00:37:17,152
She was very flat-palmed.
586
00:37:18,695 --> 00:37:21,698
And now, she actually curls
those fingers around,
587
00:37:22,157 --> 00:37:25,994
she's able to grasp a piece of food
and bring that to her mouth.
588
00:37:28,288 --> 00:37:32,208
One of the things we initially saw was,
kashata kept grace really close to her,
589
00:37:32,625 --> 00:37:35,712
and we think part of that was
kashata's mothering style.
590
00:37:35,795 --> 00:37:36,921
She's very protective.
591
00:37:37,756 --> 00:37:40,425
But also, because grace was pretty weak.
592
00:37:42,844 --> 00:37:45,180
Now, grace is becoming more independent.
593
00:37:46,389 --> 00:37:50,351
She's starting to explore on her own,
she's foraging,
594
00:37:50,435 --> 00:37:53,146
and to see kashata allow her
to do these things
595
00:37:53,688 --> 00:37:56,900
lets us know
that even kashata is seeing a difference
596
00:37:56,983 --> 00:37:59,819
in grace's strength and her progression.
597
00:38:07,994 --> 00:38:11,623
She just grabbed onto mom's back
and pulled herself up.
598
00:38:13,416 --> 00:38:15,251
That's a big milestone for her.
599
00:38:18,254 --> 00:38:21,090
When I see that, I get super excited
because I know all the work
600
00:38:21,216 --> 00:38:24,969
that we're doing is making a difference
and we're seeing the improvement.
601
00:38:31,810 --> 00:38:33,770
We couldn't have done it without
all of the people
602
00:38:33,853 --> 00:38:36,773
who've helped us.
Just really a big team effort.
603
00:38:37,732 --> 00:38:39,567
(Munches)
604
00:38:40,944 --> 00:38:44,072
Gino, are we not talking about you enough?
605
00:38:44,531 --> 00:38:50,036
Are you not getting enough attention?
Are we not entertained? Gino.
606
00:38:50,703 --> 00:38:53,331
- (Beats chest)
- (Rachel laughs)
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