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Wildlife vet, Amanda salb,
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has her work cut out.
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Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!
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Trying to fit a radio
collar on a wild cheetah.
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I've got the head.
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The team grapples with
a 13-foot python.
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Hold on, hold on, hold on!
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And foster mom kezi goes rogue.
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How did that happen?
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It's all in a day's work
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for Malawi's only wildlife rescue team.
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At lilongwe wildlife center,
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Amanda and Alma have
called the team together.
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They're going to need a lot
of help for the task at hand.
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So we're gonna do the
exam of Henry today.
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So we're gonna look at him
and we're gonna measure him
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and we're gonna weigh him.
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We're gonna have one
person per meter of snake.
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Now it's really important
to not get too excited
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about scruffing this animal down.
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It's not a vervet monkey, right?
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Henry is an African rock python.
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One of the largest snakes in the world.
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He was rescued from a zoo in Malawi
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when it was shut down in 2007.
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Who hasn't held the snake before?
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Okay, you have.
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Okay, I'll do this again.
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All right, so if you're
holding him like this,
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ease, that will squeeze 'em.
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And if you hold him too loosely,
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if he tries to move, then
you can't maintain it.
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But it's gonna be okay for him
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to have just a little bit of movement.
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You don't wanna completely
restrict his movement,
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just to keep him from getting away.
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So, got it?
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- Yeah.
- Okay, cool.
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Most animals here are
put back into the wild
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but Henry's been in captivity
too long to be released.
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- Where is the snake?
- Can you open it, Jeremiah?
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I don't know.
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Wait, who takes care of the snake?
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Jeremiah, that's what I thought!
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Where's your snake?
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You can look in all the places
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that the snake usually hides.
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Rock pythons have great camouflage
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and heavy rains have caused
an explosion of vegetation.
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So, finding him is tricky.
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Can I have a stick?
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So, now, we're looking
for our snake friend,
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which is not easy to find
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in this jungle wilderness
of an enclosure.
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Ooh, look at this giant pile of poop.
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I'm trying to...
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My eyes are not always that good.
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So, I'm gonna try to see if
he's actually in those bushes,
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- before I step on him.
- Do you know what?
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She's gonna poke him with
a stick and make him mad,
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and then we're gonna have to grab him.
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If he's up in a tree,
that would be hilarious.
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But also, no.
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He's not in the tires,
we confirmed that, hey?
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Where's this snake?
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- Oh you see him?
- Holy shirt!
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We were not close, look where he is!
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- You missed it?
- Yes, and soft saw him.
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Super, super nice spot!
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Even though Henry isn't venomous,
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stepping on him is not a good idea.
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He's strong enough to squeeze the life
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out of a large mammal.
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So, the plan is, now that we've
identified our python friend,
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we're gonna get him to a position
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where we can gently pin his head
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and I'll come in and grab it.
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He's half under a branch
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so we can try to move the branches
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to get a better position.
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But the minute we're gonna
mess around with him,
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he's not gonna be all too happy.
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So, see how the backside of his coils
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are tucked under this log?
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What you might do,
once we have the head
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and we're trying to grab the body,
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is you might need to use
it to push the body
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from underneath the log.
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He's gonna start curling up more.
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He's going to tighten up, right?
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So, we need to make sure that
we can stretch that body out.
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The team needs to be careful.
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Henry is an ambush
predator that can strike
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and latch onto prey in
the blink of an eye.
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Let's see.
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Can you give me a hand?
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Hi, you, do not bite this
broom, I will be very sad.
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He might change his position anywhere.
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So, what I'd want you to do,
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- is kinda hold it.
- Yeah.
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Okay, push up with your,
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- okay, I've got the head.
- Yeah.
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Now this is where kondwani comes in.
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Come in from underneath him.
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Let's give it a nice little push.
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All right, push him.
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Now, everybody grab you some snake.
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All right, we're doing it.
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Great, fantastic.
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Pull this that way, rob.
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I've got the head.
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Fantastic, and let's lift it.
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Okay, hold on, hold on, hold on!
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- Hold on to the snake!
- Hold on to the snake!
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- Good, good.
- Hold on, hold on.
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- You all right, yeah?
- Fantastic.
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One huge python under control.
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While Amanda examines Henry,
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the rest of the team
keeps him pinned down
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to prevent him from wrapping
his body around her.
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Oh, look at this, see his cataracts?
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Yes, I do.
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Bilateral cataracts.
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Aging animals can get cataracts
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just as humans can and
Henry is at least 20,
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which is good going for a python.
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So, now, Alma, take this head.
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He's gonna move and again,
just moved gently with him.
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- Got it?
- Yep, got it.
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Would you like to open
your mouth for me please?
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Very gently, I know, thank you.
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Amanda wants to check Henry's teeth
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for any signs of infection
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but he has very strong jaws
and can deliver a nasty bite.
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Okay, hi buddy.
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All right, so I'm done here.
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This is the stomach, I just
wanna feel in between his ribs.
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I can feel that he's got
some feces in the pipe
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and all the way down here.
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Great.
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At the center, Henry
is fed whole chickens,
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but in the wild his
diet would be rodents,
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monkeys, and even small antelope.
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We wanna see, of course,
if he's growing.
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So, the only way to do it is
measuring him and weighing him.
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When you have your hands on an animal,
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you need to take the opportunity
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to take as many data as you can.
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So, measuring and weighing is
one of the most important ones
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in captivity to see if your
animal's actually doing okay.
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Henry is 12 feet long.
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On the count of three, one, two, three.
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Great.
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Now that we've done physical exam
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and now that we've got a length on him,
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then we are gonna do a weight
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and then let him go about his day.
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Alma's winding the snake in the.
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Now, we're gonna wrap him
up and close this lid.
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So, he is plus everything,
can someone record?
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- Yeah, I've got it.
- 37.7.
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Fantastic, great?
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He's eating all right.
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And his weight is maintaining.
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So, he's doing all right.
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So we're done with the exam.
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We're gonna leave Henry in
his nice little bucket.
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He's a bit nervous to come out.
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He can take his sweet time.
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It's been a busy few weeks
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at the rescue center.
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There's been an influx of orphans,
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all demanding a lot of attention.
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The orphan care team is already looking
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after five baby monkeys
when another comes in.
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Alma and animal care assistant kondwani
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head to reception to pick it up.
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How are you?
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More important, how are you?
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It is a baby, baby, baby.
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He's a real baby, baby.
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Lynn Clifford works with
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the wildlife action group.
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What happened?
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I have no idea, we think the
mom was killed raiding crops
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and then they found the baby,
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they sold the baby for five grand.
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So, we found the man
who paid the money.
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And just sort of talked and
said it wasn't allowed.
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And he should give it over.
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So, he was a bit reluctant,
but in the end he gave it.
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It's illegal to keep wild animals
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as pets in Malawi.
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So the center receives lots
of confiscated animals
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like this tiny vervet monkey.
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So we've had him for two nights.
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- Fantastic.
- He loves mangoes,
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porridge, and he likes scrambled eggs.
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Well, kondwani, meet
your first baby monkey.
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Kondwani has only just joined
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the orphan care team.
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Looking after this baby monkey
will be his responsibility.
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He's gorgeous, so his name is Sully.
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Sully?
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For Sullivan. Good Irish name.
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You got a full-time job.
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It's okay, baby, you can go across.
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There we go, yeah.
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Thanks a million, guys.
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- Thank you so much, -
yeah, lovely to see you.
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It was lovely to see you.
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- Take care.
- Yes, will do,
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I'll keep you updated, hey?
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- Good luck, guys.
- Thanks, guys.
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Sully was sold for just $7,
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which might not sound much but
for the average malawian,
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that's several day's pay.
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As with any new arrival, Sully
needs to be checked over.
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And that falls to visiting
British vet, Dr. Sophie Wilson.
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Just because of his
levels of dehydration,
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we're just gonna give him some fluids
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under the skin with some vitamins.
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Can't see any wounds, so that's good.
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He's mainly just skinny,
dehydrated and cold.
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They estimate Sully's
about three weeks old.
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He's a perfect candidate to be
released back into the wild.
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We need to stabilize him first.
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We need to make sure that
he can drink from a bottle.
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And then we're gonna introduce
him to a foster mother.
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And the younger we integrate
them with a foster mother
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the more success and
the quicker it goes
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and there's less human contact.
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So, that will benefit
him for the future
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and for his potential to be released.
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Before Sully can be
paired with a foster mom,
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he's going to require
round-the-clock care.
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His survival will depend on kondwani.
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And then basically...
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Alma has her hands full
with the new arrival
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at lilongwe wildlife center.
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A little bit more easier.
He's gonna climb up.
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Yes, you will, and I'm
first gonna put the teat
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in his mouth, oh, okay.
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The biggest problem you will
have is if he doesn't swallow,
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it will come into his lungs.
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So you need to always be careful.
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So this little guy is a bit cool,
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so I'm giving him my body temperature.
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I'm grooming him, so plucking
the fur in a gentle way,
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which relaxes him as well.
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And then they just dose off.
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Tiny babies like Sully
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use a lot of the center's resources.
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This little guy requires 24/7 care.
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So we do three hour shifts.
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He's gonna be fed every hour.
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We need to monitor his health.
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And in the meantime, all the
other things are happening too.
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So, we have quite a big team
taking care of this little guy.
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With orphan care filling up fast,
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kondwani's thrown in at the deep end.
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Right now I'm in charge
of feeding Sully.
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But Alma is helping me,
directing me on how to do it.
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Think it's warm enough.
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Hopefully one day he'll
be with his buddies
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yeah, this is actually great.
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Doing this will be some
of an achievement.
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And eventually, when you take
the animal back into the wild,
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there's that sense of fulfillment
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that I've made a difference.
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Amanda is the only
resident wildlife vet
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in Malawi authorized to
dart and capture big game.
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So, her services are always in demand.
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The biggest thing about being on call
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for animal emergencies
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is you're literally on call 24/7, 365.
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My phone is never turned off.
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So it's kind of intense,
it's kind of cool.
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It's kind of overwhelming sometimes
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but I wouldn't wanna do anything else.
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Malawi is a small country
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in the southeast of Africa.
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Amanda's base is in the
capital, lilongwe.
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But today, she's off to
the liwonde national park
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to help radio collar a cheetah.
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Cheetahs were declared extinct
in Malawi 20 years ago,
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but in 2017, thanks to a massive effort
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by African parks and the government,
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four were successfully
introduced into liwonde.
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And one went on to have cubs.
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Monitoring them is crucial
to their survival.
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And that responsibility falls
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to Olivia sievert from African parks.
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Without the helicopter,
there's a lot of places
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we would not be able to
get into in this park.
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That's for sure in the
rainy season, yeah.
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It's quite inaccessible
and it floods a lot.
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Liwonde covers 212 square
miles of wilderness
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and cheetahs are well camouflaged.
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So, finding them isn't easy.
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But a couple of the cheetahs
wear radio collars.
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These emit a signal
that Olivia can track.
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Have you got a visual?
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Olivia needs Amanda's help
305
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because the mother's collar
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was coming to the end of its lifespan
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and has to be changed.
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Now that she has the coordinates,
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she and Amanda should be able
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to locate the cheetahs from the ground.
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Ready if you are.
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Yeah, I think so.
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It's taken Amanda more than four hours
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to reach liwonde, but
there's no time to lose.
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Olivia wants to find the cheetahs again
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before they move off.
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Hey, dude, how's it going?
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Yeah, good, we found them last night
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and then we got a signal
again this morning.
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So, I think we can probably
just head straight out there.
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All right, ready to go?
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- Yeah.
- Okay.
323
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- I'll jump in with you.
- Okay, fantastic.
324
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Amanda prepares her dart gun in advance
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as she's going to need to
anesthetize the cheetah.
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Getting equipment, supplies, drugs
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are the bigger challenges
here in Malawi.
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It's still kind of like
329
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a fledgling wildlife
veterinary department.
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So, I'm having to set up
my own supply chains,
331
00:16:14,123 --> 00:16:16,090
figuring out where do you
get this drug that I need
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for darting cheetah.
333
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Where do you get, this
is a different drug
334
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than I would like to
use for darting lion,
335
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which is different than
elephant, of course.
336
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So, it's quite a challenge.
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Hopefully the cheetahs
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are still at the same coordinates.
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They have to approach slowly.
340
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These big cats are shy and skittish.
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If they find them, they don't
want to scare them away.
342
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So, you can see, right over
there, they're seeing us.
343
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The cheetahs aren't going
to make this easy.
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Oh, don't run!
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Ah, they're running.
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The mother is, understandably,
347
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protective of her three cubs
348
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and sees Amanda and Olivia as a threat.
349
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She has her first litter
of cubs with her.
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And even though they are getting older
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I think that also plays a
role in how skittish she is.
352
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They let the cats move off and relax
353
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before trying again.
354
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Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!
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There they are.
356
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There's two of them, give me the binos.
357
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Good positions they're in.
358
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Amanda needs a clear shot
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and must get as close as possible.
360
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The problem is, is that
it's so brushy there.
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And I think you're gonna
have to try to get closer.
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I think it's okay.
363
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If you come in and just
try to angle in that way.
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They have to be very quiet
365
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and no sudden movements.
366
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This could be Amanda's only
chance to get the mother.
367
00:18:25,838 --> 00:18:27,647
Right, wait, stop, stop, sorry.
368
00:18:33,488 --> 00:18:35,563
All right, keep going just a little bit
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and then just stop.
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00:18:38,934 --> 00:18:39,784
Stop!
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Amanda needs to sedate
the mother cheetah
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so she can replace her
aging radio collar.
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She'll likely only get one shot
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to hit the lean cat
square in the muscle.
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00:19:04,352 --> 00:19:05,509
Ah, no!
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Missed.
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So, this is when the distance
makes such a difference.
378
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Did you see how, because
I just don't have
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that much of a shot,
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00:19:17,866 --> 00:19:21,659
a difference of five meters
makes all the difference.
381
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Now the cheetahs are on high alert,
382
00:19:29,711 --> 00:19:31,794
Amanda won't get another opportunity.
383
00:19:35,407 --> 00:19:37,124
So, they definitely know
we're onto them now.
384
00:19:37,159 --> 00:19:39,877
And they keep moving out of range
385
00:19:39,912 --> 00:19:42,963
or going into thick bushes every
time we get somewhat close.
386
00:19:43,040 --> 00:19:45,382
So, it's just not really
ideal to continue today.
387
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It just stresses them out.
388
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So, we're just gonna call it today
389
00:19:47,836 --> 00:19:48,978
and try again another day.
390
00:19:52,567 --> 00:19:54,391
Amanda's experience has taught her
391
00:19:54,402 --> 00:19:55,735
to roll with the punches.
392
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This is just the way it happens.
393
00:20:00,241 --> 00:20:02,816
It happens like this all the time.
394
00:20:02,893 --> 00:20:04,401
And I think that that's one of
395
00:20:04,412 --> 00:20:06,570
the things people don't
realize, that you just...
396
00:20:06,581 --> 00:20:10,491
This is the way it is
and this is our lives
397
00:20:10,567 --> 00:20:12,243
and this is how we have to do it
398
00:20:12,253 --> 00:20:15,412
and if you get frustrated
every time like this happens,
399
00:20:15,447 --> 00:20:18,916
then you would pull your hair
out and never do this job.
400
00:20:33,799 --> 00:20:35,933
While Amanda's been
tracking down cheetahs,
401
00:20:35,944 --> 00:20:37,768
back in lilongwe,
402
00:20:37,779 --> 00:20:39,770
kondwani's been holding down
the fort in orphan care.
403
00:20:39,781 --> 00:20:41,772
And the center's newest arrival,
404
00:20:41,783 --> 00:20:44,108
baby Sully, is proving a handful.
405
00:20:44,118 --> 00:20:47,444
He's happy to play but not
in the mood to sleep.
406
00:20:47,455 --> 00:20:48,946
This is a young baby;
407
00:20:48,981 --> 00:20:50,114
he needs to sleep throughout the day.
408
00:20:50,149 --> 00:20:51,615
It's like a human baby as well,
409
00:20:51,650 --> 00:20:55,619
they get over tired, so
we help him fall asleep.
410
00:20:55,654 --> 00:20:58,622
So, kondwani, we can see
that his temperature drops
411
00:20:58,633 --> 00:21:01,125
when we probably leave
him too much by himself,
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he doesn't get enough
sleep which is not ideal.
413
00:21:03,805 --> 00:21:06,130
So we probably need to force him.
414
00:21:06,140 --> 00:21:08,048
But most of the time
when I finish feeding...
415
00:21:08,125 --> 00:21:09,800
- He falls asleep?
- He falls asleep.
416
00:21:09,835 --> 00:21:11,051
The question is, is he
sleeping long enough?
417
00:21:11,128 --> 00:21:12,553
Nah.
418
00:21:12,629 --> 00:21:13,804
- Yeah, yeah.
- 'Cause I have to wake him
419
00:21:13,839 --> 00:21:14,888
every hour to feed him.
420
00:21:14,965 --> 00:21:16,640
Yeah.
421
00:21:16,651 --> 00:21:18,475
So, I think that's
disturbing his sleep.
422
00:21:18,510 --> 00:21:19,810
It is disturbing his sleep,
but he sleeps in between?
423
00:21:19,821 --> 00:21:21,979
- Hmm.
- Yeah, but maybe not enough?
424
00:21:22,014 --> 00:21:22,813
Not enough.
425
00:21:22,824 --> 00:21:23,948
There you go.
426
00:21:29,188 --> 00:21:31,488
It's taking an army of carers working
427
00:21:31,523 --> 00:21:34,000
around the clock to look
after the little orphan.
428
00:21:35,336 --> 00:21:38,329
Next on shift is volunteer, bea.
429
00:21:38,339 --> 00:21:39,830
There's his drink.
430
00:21:39,865 --> 00:21:41,248
Let's just check for the temperature.
431
00:21:41,283 --> 00:21:42,750
So, just make sure before
you put him to bed,
432
00:21:42,785 --> 00:21:44,668
check the temperature.
433
00:21:44,703 --> 00:21:47,504
Don't let him walk around too
much on the concrete ground.
434
00:21:47,515 --> 00:21:49,173
Thank you, so see you tomorrow.
435
00:21:49,208 --> 00:21:50,474
Okay.
436
00:21:52,186 --> 00:21:54,178
There's probably five or six people
437
00:21:54,188 --> 00:21:56,347
every single day looking after Sully.
438
00:21:56,357 --> 00:22:00,109
You've got people like me that
come and feed him at night
439
00:22:01,696 --> 00:22:04,021
and other people that
feed during the day.
440
00:22:04,032 --> 00:22:07,524
It takes a lot to keep
this little monkey going.
441
00:22:07,559 --> 00:22:09,193
Without the comfort of his mother,
442
00:22:09,228 --> 00:22:10,694
the infant seems on edge.
443
00:22:19,213 --> 00:22:23,040
At this time of year it rains a lot
444
00:22:23,051 --> 00:22:25,376
and the noise on the tin
roof of orphan care
445
00:22:25,411 --> 00:22:27,011
can be frightening for the babies.
446
00:22:28,872 --> 00:22:30,765
But Alma is never far away.
447
00:22:35,897 --> 00:22:40,057
So, we're trying to
make Sully go to sleep.
448
00:22:40,068 --> 00:22:42,393
So, Sully is a bit
restless at the moment.
449
00:22:42,403 --> 00:22:44,728
He's behaving as a typical
young baby vervet,
450
00:22:44,763 --> 00:22:49,483
so they get overly tired and
then they become restless
451
00:22:49,518 --> 00:22:51,535
so we might be in here for a while.
452
00:22:53,272 --> 00:22:57,491
So, when it's rainy season
in Malawi, it pours down.
453
00:22:57,526 --> 00:23:00,077
We literally have rivers on site,
454
00:23:00,088 --> 00:23:02,746
and for animals, they just
tend to get very scared of it,
455
00:23:02,781 --> 00:23:03,881
which is normal.
456
00:23:09,455 --> 00:23:11,088
Alma has years of experience
457
00:23:11,123 --> 00:23:13,090
caring for orphaned monkeys
458
00:23:13,101 --> 00:23:15,759
and decides the best place
for Sully right now
459
00:23:15,770 --> 00:23:16,644
is in the clinic.
460
00:23:21,109 --> 00:23:24,101
In orphan care it's too
cold overnight for him.
461
00:23:24,112 --> 00:23:25,853
So, here is nice and warm.
462
00:23:25,929 --> 00:23:30,190
This is a much more quieter
environment for him.
463
00:23:30,267 --> 00:23:33,694
And if we have to, we
also sleep in the clinic.
464
00:23:33,770 --> 00:23:36,947
If an animal needs me, I will wake up,
465
00:23:36,982 --> 00:23:38,615
do whatever needs to be done
466
00:23:38,650 --> 00:23:40,951
in order to make sure this
animal is comfortable.
467
00:23:40,986 --> 00:23:41,869
That's my job.
468
00:23:44,823 --> 00:23:47,791
But even in this warm,
quiet environment,
469
00:23:47,826 --> 00:23:51,595
Sully seems full of beans and
nowhere near ready to sleep.
470
00:23:52,974 --> 00:23:54,298
No?
471
00:23:54,333 --> 00:23:55,799
Okay.
472
00:23:55,810 --> 00:23:57,468
They try not to interact with him
473
00:23:57,503 --> 00:23:59,803
to make him realize it's time for bed.
474
00:24:14,603 --> 00:24:18,080
He's going, he's falling asleep.
475
00:24:20,835 --> 00:24:23,961
He's relaxing, he's falling asleep.
476
00:24:25,155 --> 00:24:26,797
Spoken too soon.
477
00:24:30,702 --> 00:24:32,970
Minutes turn into hours.
478
00:24:51,682 --> 00:24:53,407
The slightest sound could wake him.
479
00:25:16,540 --> 00:25:19,883
He's asleep in his box,
480
00:25:19,918 --> 00:25:22,219
so we put a heat lamp more towards him.
481
00:25:22,254 --> 00:25:24,555
So, when he wakes up,
482
00:25:24,565 --> 00:25:25,973
we know his temperature drops a bit,
483
00:25:26,008 --> 00:25:27,891
so he prefers that.
484
00:25:27,926 --> 00:25:31,061
The key is to stay calm and
keep on trying, trying, trying
485
00:25:31,072 --> 00:25:35,065
and at one point they will
fall asleep, like this one.
486
00:25:36,077 --> 00:25:39,286
So, it's now 9 o'clock.
487
00:25:49,281 --> 00:25:51,748
In liwonde national park,
488
00:25:51,783 --> 00:25:55,085
the cheetah cubs have
separated from their mother.
489
00:25:55,096 --> 00:25:58,264
This is normal when cubs
reach around 18 months old.
490
00:26:00,292 --> 00:26:02,259
Amanda's back for another attempt
491
00:26:02,294 --> 00:26:04,011
at collaring the cheetahs.
492
00:26:04,087 --> 00:26:07,097
Today we're going to hopefully
dart a young cheetah.
493
00:26:07,132 --> 00:26:09,933
It is still considered a cub
494
00:26:09,968 --> 00:26:11,852
but she's almost entirely full grown.
495
00:26:11,887 --> 00:26:15,072
So we're going to be trying to
put a collar on that animal.
496
00:26:16,892 --> 00:26:18,358
Olivia still wants to change
497
00:26:18,435 --> 00:26:21,278
the mother's collar, but
that will have to wait.
498
00:26:21,313 --> 00:26:23,780
This female cub has to take priority
499
00:26:23,815 --> 00:26:27,117
because eventually she'll
split up from her brothers.
500
00:26:27,152 --> 00:26:28,869
She's the only female
in the sibling group
501
00:26:28,904 --> 00:26:31,538
so she's quite important for
the breeding population
502
00:26:31,615 --> 00:26:34,124
of cheetah here in liwonde so
we wanna get a collar on her
503
00:26:34,135 --> 00:26:36,293
so that way we can easily follow her.
504
00:26:36,304 --> 00:26:38,295
Severe rains over recent days
505
00:26:38,306 --> 00:26:40,964
have made the route
impassable by vehicle,
506
00:26:40,975 --> 00:26:43,717
so they're going in on foot.
507
00:26:43,794 --> 00:26:45,969
We've got an idea where
these cheetah are
508
00:26:46,004 --> 00:26:48,856
so we're going to walk towards them
509
00:26:49,966 --> 00:26:52,610
and see if they are in
a dartable location.
510
00:26:54,155 --> 00:26:55,145
Sorted?
511
00:26:55,156 --> 00:26:56,313
- Yeah.
- Cool.
512
00:27:01,687 --> 00:27:02,819
But walking in the bush
513
00:27:02,830 --> 00:27:04,988
is not to be taken lightly.
514
00:27:04,999 --> 00:27:07,574
Bumping into a lion, hippo or elephant
515
00:27:07,609 --> 00:27:08,792
is a real possibility.
516
00:27:10,362 --> 00:27:12,079
An armed park ranger accompanies them,
517
00:27:12,155 --> 00:27:13,922
in case they get into trouble.
518
00:27:19,121 --> 00:27:21,755
The team picks up the signal
from one of the two male cubs
519
00:27:21,832 --> 00:27:23,674
that already has a radio collar.
520
00:27:23,684 --> 00:27:25,676
So we're just getting
the signal that way
521
00:27:25,686 --> 00:27:28,428
and you can see their
fresh tracks all here.
522
00:27:28,505 --> 00:27:30,847
So, we're definitely headed
in the right direction.
523
00:27:30,882 --> 00:27:32,766
So, you can see here this track.
524
00:27:32,843 --> 00:27:35,769
We know it's a cat because
it has three bumps here,
525
00:27:35,804 --> 00:27:37,521
one, two, three.
526
00:27:37,556 --> 00:27:41,525
The cheetah is the only cat that
can't bring its claws back.
527
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:43,443
So, you will always see the nail there.
528
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:44,861
And that's also 'cause they run fast,
529
00:27:44,896 --> 00:27:46,697
they have to have their claws out.
530
00:27:46,707 --> 00:27:48,782
So, we're hoping within three
to four hundred meters,
531
00:27:48,859 --> 00:27:51,618
we'll be at them at their location.
532
00:27:51,695 --> 00:27:53,537
The grass is really tall so
we're probably gonna walk
533
00:27:53,547 --> 00:27:54,621
into them quite quickly.
534
00:28:02,390 --> 00:28:04,715
The signal leads them into long grass
535
00:28:04,750 --> 00:28:06,517
where they're extremely vulnerable.
536
00:28:10,564 --> 00:28:13,473
This area's just like really
not nice for walking.
537
00:28:13,550 --> 00:28:15,976
There's a lot of water and
drainage lines and water holes
538
00:28:16,011 --> 00:28:17,394
and the grass is super high.
539
00:28:17,405 --> 00:28:19,563
So, I'm just gonna try
to keep us in tree lines
540
00:28:19,598 --> 00:28:20,981
so we avoid some of that
water and tall grass
541
00:28:21,057 --> 00:28:22,741
and it just makes a bit safer.
542
00:28:25,729 --> 00:28:28,539
Any noise could scare
the cheetahs away.
543
00:28:32,253 --> 00:28:34,411
Yeah, we're really close now.
544
00:28:34,446 --> 00:28:35,746
Should I load the dart?
545
00:28:35,781 --> 00:28:37,164
- What?
- Should I load the dart?
546
00:28:37,240 --> 00:28:39,091
Maybe just wait until we get a visual.
547
00:28:41,119 --> 00:28:45,839
Olivia, I'm just afraid
that if we move too much...
548
00:28:45,874 --> 00:28:47,725
- Okay, okay.
- I'm just.
549
00:28:50,253 --> 00:28:51,261
Amanda's experience tells her
550
00:28:51,272 --> 00:28:53,430
she has to be ready.
551
00:28:53,441 --> 00:28:54,931
If they get eyes on the cheetahs,
552
00:28:54,942 --> 00:28:57,484
she's only going to get one chance.
553
00:29:02,724 --> 00:29:04,533
The signal's getting stronger.
554
00:29:07,788 --> 00:29:09,279
In that little shrub reclining there.
555
00:29:09,314 --> 00:29:14,752
Yeah.
556
00:29:16,154 --> 00:29:17,621
Yeah that's them.
557
00:29:17,631 --> 00:29:19,623
You can see the one's sitting up.
558
00:29:37,175 --> 00:29:38,809
Do you just wanna just
follow them ahead?
559
00:29:38,819 --> 00:29:40,611
You might get some openings
there, I don't know.
560
00:29:42,156 --> 00:29:43,980
The cubs are within range
561
00:29:43,991 --> 00:29:46,817
but telling the female apart
from her collarless brother
562
00:29:46,827 --> 00:29:50,153
in the tall grass is challenging.
563
00:29:50,188 --> 00:29:52,155
The only crossing point
for them is here
564
00:29:52,166 --> 00:29:54,241
or to go back behind us.
565
00:29:54,276 --> 00:29:56,502
So, I think if we just set
up shop somewhere here.
566
00:30:11,668 --> 00:30:13,176
Even at this distance
567
00:30:13,187 --> 00:30:16,346
it's hard for Amanda to
identify the female,
568
00:30:16,357 --> 00:30:18,431
but Olivia has a plan.
569
00:30:18,508 --> 00:30:20,183
I'm thinking if maybe you sneak up
570
00:30:20,218 --> 00:30:23,019
and stay hidden behind that tree.
571
00:30:23,030 --> 00:30:26,690
Then I can try to go around the side
572
00:30:26,725 --> 00:30:29,326
so I can point out that we're
sure about the female.
573
00:30:33,707 --> 00:30:35,866
Amanda can't get a clear shot
574
00:30:35,876 --> 00:30:37,334
unless the cub's standing.
575
00:30:48,330 --> 00:30:50,797
The two brothers are on their feet.
576
00:30:50,832 --> 00:30:52,966
But it's the female she's after.
577
00:31:02,719 --> 00:31:05,228
Yes, okay.
578
00:31:05,263 --> 00:31:08,315
She'll be asleep in just a few minutes.
579
00:31:15,416 --> 00:31:17,916
She just went down.
580
00:31:19,086 --> 00:31:20,911
Ah, did you see that?
581
00:31:20,921 --> 00:31:22,746
Now they need to act quickly
582
00:31:22,756 --> 00:31:24,798
before the anesthetic wears off.
583
00:31:27,285 --> 00:31:30,637
The towel should block out any
light to help keep her under.
584
00:31:36,461 --> 00:31:39,512
So we have our radio
tracking collar for her.
585
00:31:39,547 --> 00:31:43,266
And this is a collar that's
been modified here in the park
586
00:31:43,301 --> 00:31:45,936
to also have what acts as
like a satellite program.
587
00:31:45,946 --> 00:31:47,938
It'll give us GPS
location of the animal
588
00:31:47,973 --> 00:31:50,523
a few times a day on our computer.
589
00:31:50,558 --> 00:31:52,108
They'll leave the collar a little loose
590
00:31:52,119 --> 00:31:54,945
to allow the cub to grow.
591
00:31:54,980 --> 00:31:56,529
But they don't want it to too loose,
592
00:31:56,564 --> 00:31:58,698
as it could get snagged
on the undergrowth
593
00:31:58,733 --> 00:32:00,417
while she's hunting
and cause an injury.
594
00:32:03,154 --> 00:32:04,287
Yes I definitely don't think
595
00:32:04,322 --> 00:32:06,122
we should make it any looser.
596
00:32:06,133 --> 00:32:07,874
No, not any looser, I'm
just wondering tightness.
597
00:32:07,951 --> 00:32:10,126
Yeah, I mean, it's not
coming off her head at all.
598
00:32:10,161 --> 00:32:11,378
That's for sure.
599
00:32:11,454 --> 00:32:15,632
Okay, see how you feel about that?
600
00:32:15,643 --> 00:32:17,050
I think it feels nice and loose.
601
00:32:17,127 --> 00:32:18,301
I don't think she's gonna
get anything through it,
602
00:32:18,312 --> 00:32:19,353
I mean she can't.
603
00:32:22,966 --> 00:32:24,474
Ask him to hold this.
604
00:32:24,509 --> 00:32:26,476
Next, Amanda gives her fluids
605
00:32:26,511 --> 00:32:28,111
to help her cope with the anesthetic.
606
00:32:29,823 --> 00:32:32,899
Just hold it, just like
this, just hold it up.
607
00:32:32,976 --> 00:32:34,985
Great, perfect.
608
00:32:35,020 --> 00:32:36,653
Her brothers are about 15 meters away.
609
00:32:36,664 --> 00:32:39,823
They're sitting there very
vigilant, they're watching her.
610
00:32:39,833 --> 00:32:41,825
She gave out a bit of a
cry before she went down
611
00:32:41,860 --> 00:32:44,544
so they know that something's
not quite right.
612
00:32:46,173 --> 00:32:47,664
They have to make sure
613
00:32:47,675 --> 00:32:49,749
they don't scare the
brothers away because,
614
00:32:49,784 --> 00:32:51,334
coming out of sedation,
615
00:32:51,345 --> 00:32:53,837
the young female would be
vulnerable on her own.
616
00:32:53,847 --> 00:32:56,256
I can tell by the depth
of her respirations
617
00:32:56,291 --> 00:32:57,841
that she's getting light.
618
00:32:57,851 --> 00:32:59,843
It's been almost 30 minutes.
619
00:32:59,853 --> 00:33:02,095
Fortunately, they're all done.
620
00:33:02,130 --> 00:33:03,513
Where are we gonna wait?
621
00:33:03,548 --> 00:33:04,848
I think just in those mopanes there.
622
00:33:04,883 --> 00:33:06,441
Okay.
623
00:33:08,845 --> 00:33:11,196
A second drug reverses the sedative.
624
00:33:18,563 --> 00:33:20,030
When she wakes up, she's
gonna be a bit scared
625
00:33:20,065 --> 00:33:22,032
so I think if we just hide around here.
626
00:33:27,739 --> 00:33:29,039
So, I'm just checking for her brothers.
627
00:33:29,049 --> 00:33:30,874
They really are still close by
628
00:33:30,884 --> 00:33:32,709
so when she wakes up, she
should call for them
629
00:33:32,720 --> 00:33:34,711
and meet up with them quite quickly.
630
00:33:34,722 --> 00:33:36,713
Before Amanda and Olivia leave,
631
00:33:36,748 --> 00:33:38,882
they want to ensure the
cub's fully recovered
632
00:33:38,892 --> 00:33:41,468
and re-united with her brothers.
633
00:33:41,544 --> 00:33:43,386
The brothers are calling
from over here.
634
00:33:43,397 --> 00:33:45,221
They're coming in a bit closer.
635
00:33:45,232 --> 00:33:46,890
She's calling them
636
00:33:46,900 --> 00:33:48,191
but she's still struggling
to right herself.
637
00:33:52,406 --> 00:33:54,147
Sometimes when they wake up
638
00:33:54,182 --> 00:33:56,566
and they still have some drug on board,
639
00:33:56,601 --> 00:33:58,735
then they don't really
know what's going on
640
00:33:58,746 --> 00:34:00,570
so they feel the collar
641
00:34:00,581 --> 00:34:02,489
and they can't react
to it appropriately
642
00:34:02,565 --> 00:34:04,824
and so they end up doing a
little bit of rolling around
643
00:34:04,901 --> 00:34:07,744
or something like that and
then once they wake up fully,
644
00:34:07,779 --> 00:34:09,913
then they're like, "oh wait,
this is not a big deal I can,
645
00:34:09,948 --> 00:34:11,331
I can, this is fine."
646
00:34:36,933 --> 00:34:37,941
She's woken up now.
647
00:34:37,951 --> 00:34:39,442
She's still a little bit drowsy
648
00:34:39,453 --> 00:34:41,111
or like groggy you could say.
649
00:34:41,121 --> 00:34:42,996
But overall, she is alert.
650
00:34:52,966 --> 00:34:54,624
I think that's the nicest thing,
651
00:34:54,635 --> 00:34:56,793
is that we've seen a couple
of times her get up,
652
00:34:56,804 --> 00:34:58,378
call for them and they come.
653
00:34:58,413 --> 00:35:00,463
So, we know that they're there for her.
654
00:35:00,474 --> 00:35:01,714
Yeah, definitely.
655
00:35:05,145 --> 00:35:07,053
So, for the cheetah
population in Malawi,
656
00:35:07,130 --> 00:35:10,390
it's really great that we
got the collar on her.
657
00:35:10,466 --> 00:35:13,726
She's a very important animal
as she is our first female cub
658
00:35:13,803 --> 00:35:16,646
so we'll be able to watch that
second generation of cheetah
659
00:35:16,681 --> 00:35:19,616
be born here in Malawi and
watch our population grow.
660
00:35:25,690 --> 00:35:27,740
Back at base in lilongwe,
661
00:35:27,775 --> 00:35:31,411
it's a big day for orphaned
vervet monkey, Sully.
662
00:35:31,487 --> 00:35:34,548
He's going to meet his
new foster mom, Lulu.
663
00:35:39,996 --> 00:35:41,754
The wildlife center's youngest orphan
664
00:35:41,831 --> 00:35:43,640
is in desperate need of a new mother.
665
00:35:48,188 --> 00:35:50,847
Most of the foster moms
belong to established troops
666
00:35:50,882 --> 00:35:53,600
living at the center, but not Lulu.
667
00:35:53,676 --> 00:35:55,685
Lulu, unfortunately,
cannot be integrated
668
00:35:55,696 --> 00:35:58,688
with other animals, she doesn't
really like other animals.
669
00:35:58,723 --> 00:36:02,775
So, she has accepted her job
as being a foster mother
670
00:36:02,852 --> 00:36:05,778
and therefore I give her
a baby whenever I can.
671
00:36:05,813 --> 00:36:08,198
She already has her eyes on the
baby, which is really good.
672
00:36:08,208 --> 00:36:11,117
That's what she does,
that's what she's good at.
673
00:36:11,152 --> 00:36:13,870
Kondwani has built up
a bond with Sully,
674
00:36:13,905 --> 00:36:16,506
so he'll stay with the
infant for reassurance.
675
00:36:17,533 --> 00:36:20,293
So, if you can sit there.
676
00:36:20,370 --> 00:36:21,961
What we wanna achieve is
that he's comfortable
677
00:36:21,996 --> 00:36:23,463
and he's just walking around,
678
00:36:23,539 --> 00:36:27,634
and she will come and
will do her thing.
679
00:36:27,669 --> 00:36:30,887
So, he is already
completely enticed by her.
680
00:36:30,898 --> 00:36:32,805
I can see it from the way he was like,
681
00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:34,974
oh wow, monkey mommy.
682
00:36:35,051 --> 00:36:35,892
Yes.
683
00:36:35,903 --> 00:36:37,402
You wanna make him look.
684
00:36:39,430 --> 00:36:41,648
Great, she's doing already
what she needs to do.
685
00:36:41,724 --> 00:36:42,782
Look at him, look at him.
686
00:36:48,248 --> 00:36:51,791
She's presenting for grooming,
hands up, look at that.
687
00:36:56,948 --> 00:36:59,582
So, you see how I'm not looking at her.
688
00:36:59,593 --> 00:37:01,251
I'm just letting it happen.
689
00:37:01,261 --> 00:37:03,336
The idea of the integration
is, of course,
690
00:37:03,413 --> 00:37:05,838
that he loses the connection
that he has with us
691
00:37:05,915 --> 00:37:09,592
and we already saw that
he is responding to her.
692
00:37:09,603 --> 00:37:11,686
He starts to learn to become a monkey.
693
00:37:12,773 --> 00:37:13,897
Look at that.
694
00:37:16,384 --> 00:37:18,518
Great.
695
00:37:18,553 --> 00:37:20,770
Perfect, and then I we'll just do this.
696
00:37:20,805 --> 00:37:23,606
They've shown all the right signs,
697
00:37:23,617 --> 00:37:26,526
so Alma decides to strike
while the iron's hot.
698
00:37:36,988 --> 00:37:39,589
Now she's moving, so she looked at him.
699
00:37:41,409 --> 00:37:43,793
Lulu is an old hand at this game
700
00:37:43,804 --> 00:37:45,845
and she treads carefully with Sully.
701
00:37:47,641 --> 00:37:48,965
She's lip smacking, sniffing,
702
00:37:48,976 --> 00:37:50,300
she's doing all the right things.
703
00:37:50,335 --> 00:37:52,802
She's trying to not hold him yet.
704
00:37:52,837 --> 00:37:54,104
She's getting closer, great.
705
00:37:58,676 --> 00:38:01,695
See how she grooms him, it's so funny.
706
00:38:02,847 --> 00:38:04,364
It's quite rough as well.
707
00:38:06,159 --> 00:38:09,035
Yeah, yeah, yeah, he wants to play.
708
00:38:16,444 --> 00:38:19,921
With all eyes on Lulu,
kondwani is forgotten.
709
00:38:21,866 --> 00:38:24,134
It's time for the team
to take a step back.
710
00:38:30,792 --> 00:38:33,676
Not all the monkeys at
lilongwe wildlife center
711
00:38:33,711 --> 00:38:34,686
are in captivity.
712
00:38:36,464 --> 00:38:39,858
It's surrounded by one square
mile of forest reserve.
713
00:38:41,803 --> 00:38:43,853
And the wild vervet
monkeys have learned
714
00:38:43,888 --> 00:38:46,022
there are easy pickings here.
715
00:38:47,534 --> 00:38:49,609
Vervet monkeys are great jumpers,
716
00:38:49,685 --> 00:38:51,861
spending most of their
time in the trees.
717
00:38:51,896 --> 00:38:54,947
But these sneaky thieves
will venture to the ground
718
00:38:55,024 --> 00:38:55,999
when there's food to grab.
719
00:39:05,052 --> 00:39:07,594
There's never a dull
moment in orphan care.
720
00:39:09,580 --> 00:39:12,474
Kezi apparently escaped,
can I have some standby?
721
00:39:16,754 --> 00:39:19,972
All volunteers, can
you please move away?
722
00:39:20,007 --> 00:39:23,309
Ah, how did that happen?
723
00:39:23,344 --> 00:39:25,395
Baby baboon, doodle Bob, is upset
724
00:39:25,405 --> 00:39:28,740
because his foster mom, kezi,
has left their enclosure.
725
00:39:31,769 --> 00:39:33,495
How did she? Let me check.
726
00:39:34,355 --> 00:39:35,872
I see a hole there.
727
00:39:38,192 --> 00:39:40,159
Kezi's on the hunt for food,
728
00:39:40,194 --> 00:39:42,662
but Amanda's got her in her sights.
729
00:39:42,738 --> 00:39:46,082
So, kezi has come out of her enclosure.
730
00:39:46,093 --> 00:39:48,751
She's fortunately, the
volunteers were awesome
731
00:39:48,762 --> 00:39:50,503
and shut the door right away
732
00:39:50,538 --> 00:39:52,171
to keep her from coming out further.
733
00:39:52,248 --> 00:39:53,840
She's now just kinda exploring
734
00:39:53,916 --> 00:39:55,934
the orphan care food prep area.
735
00:39:58,105 --> 00:40:00,680
There's a hole in the door there.
736
00:40:00,756 --> 00:40:04,600
I wanna grab some binding wire
so we can wire up that door.
737
00:40:04,635 --> 00:40:06,936
That will free up Amanda.
738
00:40:06,947 --> 00:40:08,855
Amanda can't go inside
739
00:40:08,931 --> 00:40:10,773
because yellow baboons like kezi
740
00:40:10,784 --> 00:40:13,025
have extremely long canines,
741
00:40:13,102 --> 00:40:17,280
and being a wild animal,
she's unpredictable.
742
00:40:17,290 --> 00:40:20,450
Release manager, Mandy, tries bribery.
743
00:40:20,485 --> 00:40:21,960
Hi, hi girlfriend.
744
00:40:26,967 --> 00:40:29,125
Mandy, is she with you?
745
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:30,960
Yeah, she's over here now.
746
00:40:30,971 --> 00:40:32,128
Is she happy?
747
00:40:32,163 --> 00:40:33,471
Yup, eating her banana.
748
00:40:38,002 --> 00:40:39,469
Kezi's other foster son,
749
00:40:39,504 --> 00:40:41,020
fox, has followed her.
750
00:40:42,482 --> 00:40:44,315
She's coming your way, Alma.
751
00:40:46,153 --> 00:40:48,144
We're gonna tie up a piece
of rope on the door
752
00:40:48,179 --> 00:40:51,814
and then I'm gonna open
it from the inside.
753
00:40:51,825 --> 00:40:54,484
I make my way out here,
we drop the slide
754
00:40:54,494 --> 00:40:57,954
and when she gets in, we're
gonna try to close the door.
755
00:40:59,666 --> 00:41:01,824
Kezi is luckily quite a friendly animal
756
00:41:01,859 --> 00:41:03,743
but you don't wanna take any risks.
757
00:41:03,819 --> 00:41:06,329
So, you never know how an
animal is gonna respond
758
00:41:06,339 --> 00:41:07,997
when there is no fence in between.
759
00:41:08,008 --> 00:41:11,918
So there's always closed contact.
760
00:41:11,994 --> 00:41:16,639
We would never step in just
without any protection.
761
00:41:19,001 --> 00:41:22,428
Doodle was not really
happy with this escape.
762
00:41:22,505 --> 00:41:24,180
I could hear him crying.
763
00:41:24,191 --> 00:41:27,517
Even fox was a bit upset but
he's doing absolutely fine now.
764
00:41:27,527 --> 00:41:28,684
Where is she?
765
00:41:28,695 --> 00:41:30,019
She's coming to me.
766
00:41:30,054 --> 00:41:30,853
Okay.
767
00:41:36,870 --> 00:41:38,861
- Kezi!
- She's coming your way.
768
00:41:38,872 --> 00:41:40,196
Okay.
769
00:41:40,207 --> 00:41:41,664
Hi, kezi, come here.
770
00:41:43,901 --> 00:41:44,867
Too much happening maybe?
771
00:41:44,878 --> 00:41:47,629
Kezi, hey girl, kezi!
772
00:41:50,324 --> 00:41:51,591
Kezi!
773
00:41:53,494 --> 00:41:54,552
Good girl.
774
00:41:55,413 --> 00:41:57,380
All right.
775
00:41:57,390 --> 00:41:59,465
This is turning out to
be an interesting day.
776
00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:01,801
I've experienced this more often.
777
00:42:01,836 --> 00:42:04,387
We try our level best to
maintain all the fences,
778
00:42:04,422 --> 00:42:06,305
the gates, everything.
779
00:42:06,340 --> 00:42:07,723
It's human errors.
780
00:42:07,734 --> 00:42:09,809
So, there was a gap that
she pushed through.
781
00:42:09,885 --> 00:42:11,561
It was actually quite a small gap.
782
00:42:11,571 --> 00:42:14,564
And this is why we also
have these safety gates;
783
00:42:14,574 --> 00:42:17,066
if an animal escapes,
then we can lock them up
784
00:42:17,101 --> 00:42:18,985
and we did that so all good now.
785
00:42:19,061 --> 00:42:20,912
She's back in her enclosure.
786
00:42:26,110 --> 00:42:27,910
In the outside enclosures,
787
00:42:27,921 --> 00:42:32,164
things are going more smoothly
for little orphan Sully.
788
00:42:32,241 --> 00:42:34,834
Another bout of rain has
helped speed up the bonding
789
00:42:34,910 --> 00:42:36,261
with his foster mom, Lulu.
790
00:42:37,764 --> 00:42:39,889
He's asleep as well!
791
00:42:43,753 --> 00:42:46,262
So, tell me what happened?
792
00:42:46,297 --> 00:42:49,765
The rain started, then the
thunder was like, pow!
793
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:52,268
Then he freaked out
and he turned around
794
00:42:52,279 --> 00:42:54,353
and grabbed onto her.
795
00:42:54,388 --> 00:42:56,355
He's falling asleep, it's great.
796
00:42:56,390 --> 00:42:58,107
If it's raining, it actually helps
797
00:42:58,118 --> 00:43:02,278
because Lulu wants to
sleep and sit up high.
798
00:43:02,313 --> 00:43:04,030
So this is perfect.
799
00:43:04,106 --> 00:43:06,032
Now that happened one time and
for quite an extensive time
800
00:43:06,108 --> 00:43:09,201
and Lulu is really holding on to him.
801
00:43:09,236 --> 00:43:13,039
Most of the time she just see...
That this will repeat itself.
802
00:43:13,074 --> 00:43:14,707
I am super excited about this
803
00:43:14,742 --> 00:43:17,877
because I know how
much it means for him.
804
00:43:17,953 --> 00:43:21,130
She's taking all the care
basically away from us,
805
00:43:21,141 --> 00:43:22,381
except for the feeding.
806
00:43:22,458 --> 00:43:24,300
He will be a happier monkey.
807
00:43:26,629 --> 00:43:30,890
This is your first, you know,
successful integration.
808
00:43:30,966 --> 00:43:32,224
How do you feel?
809
00:43:32,301 --> 00:43:33,392
- Yeah, it feels amazing!
- It's good hey?
810
00:43:33,469 --> 00:43:34,810
- Yeah.
- High five!
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