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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:12,440 Our planet is home to millions of different animals. 2 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:25,120 The big and the powerful capture our attention... 3 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:28,080 but there is another story to tell. 4 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:33,280 Beneath our feet are hidden almost magical worlds... 5 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:39,000 ..teeming with extraordinary little creatures. 6 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:43,680 The world looks very different to them. 7 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,960 A falling acorn becomes a meteor... 8 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,280 ..a tiny trickle, a tsunami... 9 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,640 ..and every enemy is a giant. 10 00:01:07,800 --> 00:01:11,400 Now, using the latest technology, 11 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:15,280 we can recreate the world from their perspective. 12 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:26,240 These are tales of life from the African plains... 13 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,880 and America's Sonoran Desert... 14 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:34,840 ..in the Hidden Kingdoms. 15 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,520 MOUSE HOWLS 16 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,600 East Africa... 17 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:07,200 and the largest animals that walk the Earth. 18 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:14,320 But look closely beneath their feet 19 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:17,560 and you will see a network of tiny trails... 20 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,720 ..and the tiny creature that constructed them. 21 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:45,560 She's an elephant shrew, 22 00:02:45,560 --> 00:02:48,640 known by her African name "sengi". 23 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,600 Trails like this are the secret to a sengi's survival. 24 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,520 They're race tracks that allow them 25 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:05,880 to sprint through this miniature jungle. 26 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,000 To escape their enemies and chase down food, 27 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,840 all they really need... 28 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:13,520 is speed. 29 00:03:28,680 --> 00:03:33,640 For their size, a sengi is twice as fast as a cheetah. 30 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,120 Just off trail is her youngster. 31 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:53,320 Sengi babies spend their first few days in hiding, 32 00:03:53,320 --> 00:03:57,000 waiting for their mother's fleeting visits. 33 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,080 The mother's high-speed lifestyle 34 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:12,760 requires even more fuel now that there are two mouths to feed. 35 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:25,720 She's forced to forage in the far corners of her territory. 36 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:35,720 Generations of termites built this mountain fortress... 37 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,480 but now it's the home of a hunter. 38 00:04:47,320 --> 00:04:49,520 ROARING 39 00:06:01,400 --> 00:06:05,080 A monitor lizard can taste a scent trail. 40 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:11,360 But the forked tongue does more. 41 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:17,240 Its shape means it tastes in stereo... 42 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:23,200 ..so it not only knows that prey passed by, 43 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,080 but in which direction it was headed. 44 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,560 SHE SQUEAKS 45 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:52,440 A mother's instinct is to lure away the danger. 46 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:22,880 Sengi know their trails so well, 47 00:07:22,880 --> 00:07:25,520 they can normally outrun an enemy. 48 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,000 But the world above is beyond their control. 49 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,200 With the trail suddenly blocked, 50 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:43,080 there's no escaping the predator. 51 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:02,920 SHE SQUEAKS 52 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,000 With her mother gone, 53 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:10,000 how will the youngster learn the secrets of sengi life? 54 00:08:21,440 --> 00:08:24,680 Nearly 10,000 miles away, 55 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:26,920 on the other side of the world, 56 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:29,880 a different hidden kingdom... 57 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:34,080 ..in America's Sonoran Desert. 58 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:47,000 Long before the first human settlers, 59 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,880 there were already families 60 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,640 struggling to make this wilderness home... 61 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,560 ..and they're still here. 62 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:05,160 A family of grasshopper mice. 63 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:16,160 The father has long gone. 64 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:22,640 This mother is raising four hungry mouths alone. 65 00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:26,560 20 days after they arrived 66 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:29,400 kicking and squeaking into the world, 67 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:31,520 they're furred and feisty. 68 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:39,840 They're not quite ready to make it on their own, 69 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:42,360 except for one. 70 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:46,760 An hour older and bolder than his brothers, 71 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:52,760 he already has the urge to explore the world beyond his birthplace. 72 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,600 DISTANT HOWLING 73 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:05,440 Every night, his mother goes out to find food. 74 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:18,760 And she sees things out there that could scare a young mouse to death. 75 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:31,760 There are more venomous creatures here than anywhere in the USA. 76 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:37,960 THUNDERCLAP 77 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:48,840 No place for the timid. 78 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:00,240 But she's not your average mouse. 79 00:11:08,400 --> 00:11:13,200 Her kind has never known a time without this ancient adversary. 80 00:11:16,320 --> 00:11:20,440 It's why old-timers would call her by an earlier name... 81 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:27,800 ..scorpion mouse. 82 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:32,640 The sting of a scorpion can cause death in humans. 83 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:36,640 But a grasshopper mouse has almost superpowers. 84 00:11:43,640 --> 00:11:46,760 Their reactions are faster than a scorpion strike... 85 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,600 ..their bodies immune to the venom. 86 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:58,560 They specialise in killing deadly prey. 87 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,240 MOUSE HOWLS 88 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:13,600 To defend their territory, they stake a claim 89 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:15,360 with a warning howl. 90 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:18,320 HIGHPITCHED HOWLING 91 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:26,840 If we were shrunk to mouse size, it would sound more like a wolf. 92 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:34,040 The young grasshopper mouse knows nothing 93 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:36,520 of the dangers outside his door. 94 00:12:45,960 --> 00:12:48,000 But barely three weeks old, 95 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:52,640 growing curiosity means he's about to face them. 96 00:12:56,520 --> 00:13:01,400 The desert will soon have him running for his life. 97 00:13:26,560 --> 00:13:32,000 In Africa, the orphaned sengi must learn to fend for herself. 98 00:13:38,680 --> 00:13:40,800 Without a mother to guide her, 99 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,680 she has no sense of who is friend or foe. 100 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,800 Curiosity gives way to hunger. 101 00:14:40,800 --> 00:14:46,280 For the first time, she's driven onto the trails her mother left. 102 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:51,800 A young sengi must eat every few hours. 103 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:59,680 Catching enough food is a challenge. 104 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:03,440 It's no good trying to fight through thick grass. 105 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:07,240 Obstacles just slow you down. 106 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:21,560 The penny drops. 107 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:26,760 The trail is the key to finding food fast. 108 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:34,600 So, to maximise speed, a spot of spring-cleaning is in order. 109 00:15:39,680 --> 00:15:42,640 The smaller the mammal, the higher its metabolism. 110 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:45,400 So, in the hidden kingdom, 111 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,640 there's a constant race to fuel your lifestyle. 112 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:58,080 It's why sengis are a little...fussy. 113 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:12,200 They can spend half their waking hours tidying their home. 114 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:21,280 The sengi needs to clear away everything that gets between it... 115 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,640 and its food. 116 00:17:06,200 --> 00:17:10,160 But no matter how hard you work, 117 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:13,400 some problems are just too big to deal with... 118 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,280 ..even for the most house-proud sengi. 119 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,080 RUMBLING 120 00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:19,160 SHREW SQUEAKS 121 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:22,480 ELEPHANT RUMBLES 122 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:17,600 ELEPHANT TRUMPETS 123 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:25,800 Things seemed to be going so well. 124 00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:35,160 Luckily, in the hidden kingdom, help is at hand. 125 00:19:39,680 --> 00:19:43,880 Dung beetles can sniff the whiff of dung half a mile away. 126 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:48,680 Within minutes, thousands helicopter in. 127 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,000 Without these miniature marvels, 128 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:56,480 the savanna would be drowning in dung. 129 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:02,640 Serrations on their head saw it up... 130 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:09,440 ..and legs like spades shape the dung into perfect balls. 131 00:20:15,960 --> 00:20:18,640 Most just take enough to eat. 132 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:22,360 Others are out to attract female company. 133 00:20:22,360 --> 00:20:25,720 And for that, the bigger the balls, the better. 134 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:37,360 She climbs on board for the ride. 135 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,480 Later, she'll lay her eggs inside... 136 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:44,840 ..as soon as the male finds them 137 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,680 a secluded spot where they can start a family. 138 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:05,760 Pound for pound, a dung beetle is stronger than an elephant. 139 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:11,240 Sadly, this is no consolation when their worlds collide. 140 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:28,040 Still, it's not all bad. 141 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,400 At least the trail is clear. 142 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:37,480 Alas, bigger problems are brewing on the horizon. 143 00:21:47,360 --> 00:21:52,120 THUNDERCLAP 144 00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:55,400 In the Sonoran Desert, the remaining youngsters 145 00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:58,560 wait patiently in the burrow for their mother. 146 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:02,600 HIGH-PITCHED HOWLING 147 00:22:28,360 --> 00:22:31,080 They're getting a taste of the world outside. 148 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:37,280 So far, their mother has protected them from its dangers. 149 00:22:54,000 --> 00:22:57,440 But there's nothing she can do for her eldest. 150 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:01,160 He faces his first night in the desert alone. 151 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:08,640 The heat absorbed by this desert road lures insects at night. 152 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:13,240 It's the perfect place for a hungry mouse to find food, 153 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:16,440 and for others to set up an ambush. 154 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:39,160 There are more rattlesnakes here than anywhere else on Earth. 155 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:46,800 A grasshopper mouse tiptoes through a living minefield. 156 00:24:39,880 --> 00:24:43,720 Grasshopper mice face deadly locals every night. 157 00:24:46,360 --> 00:24:49,560 Usually a dry riverbed would be a place of safety. 158 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,560 But tonight a powerful force threatens... 159 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:09,520 ..one so rare, a mouse could go its whole life without seeing it. 160 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,720 This refuge will soon become a trap. 161 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:27,880 There are places in this desert 162 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:31,160 that don't see a drop of rain for 1,000 days. 163 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:41,320 Yet when it does arrive, a year's worth can fall in a single night. 164 00:25:49,440 --> 00:25:54,480 For one so small, wet fur can lead to a fatal chill. 165 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:05,000 A mouse shakes up to 30 times a second, generating forces of 70G. 166 00:27:07,120 --> 00:27:08,760 It may have rained, 167 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:14,720 but months of blazing sun has baked Arizona's earth as hard as stone. 168 00:27:19,120 --> 00:27:22,240 The water can't soak away. 169 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,240 Instead, it gathers momentum 170 00:27:25,240 --> 00:27:27,480 as it races downhill. 171 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:32,480 To us, it's a tiny stream. 172 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:38,600 To a mouse, it's a 12-inch high tsunami. 173 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:51,280 MOUSE SQUEAKS 174 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:35,840 Back in Africa, the grassland is tinder-dry. 175 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:42,360 For now, life in the Hidden Kingdom appears tranquil. 176 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,800 When it comes to perseverance, a young sengi could learn a lot 177 00:28:57,800 --> 00:29:01,360 from Africa's hard-working waste disposal expert. 178 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:09,560 Dung beetles can push the equivalent of a three-tonne truck. 179 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:14,400 It provides all the food this male's family will ever need. 180 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,440 The trouble with keeping your head down, though, 181 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,280 is that you can't always see where you're going. 182 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:12,880 Dung beetles don't give up. 183 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:18,280 Even when they've lost the ball, they get right back on, 184 00:30:18,280 --> 00:30:22,480 heading off in the same direction, no matter what is in their way. 185 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:37,960 The secret to super strength is diminutive size. 186 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:41,160 Small animals weigh less, 187 00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,600 so waste less muscle power moving their bodies. 188 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:50,400 Relative to body weight, the smaller the animal, the stronger it becomes. 189 00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,280 They are unstoppable. 190 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:03,800 Almost. 191 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,200 Wildebeest stampede for a reason. 192 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,960 Down here, you're the last to see trouble ahead. 193 00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:15,320 A sengi's trails are its greatest strength 194 00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,680 and its Achilles heel. 195 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:24,480 They're so dependent on them, they're effectively a prisoner. 196 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:41,600 Every year, lightning sets the bone-dry savanna alight. 197 00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:48,080 Few small creatures can escape the inferno. 198 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:26,080 When fire threatens, she can outrun the flames... 199 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:39,320 ..but it's into the unknown, 200 00:33:39,320 --> 00:33:42,560 leaving the very trails that kept her alive. 201 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:22,800 High noon in the Wild West. 202 00:34:24,640 --> 00:34:28,320 So hot, the last drop of water is long gone. 203 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:34,200 The highest temperatures are down at mouse level, 204 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:38,560 where it can reach a blistering 60 degrees centigrade. 205 00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:45,760 It's a side of the sun-scorched desert 206 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,200 a nocturnal mouse should never see. 207 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:53,200 Except for those washed up, exhausted, 208 00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:56,360 and swept very far from home. 209 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:40,320 In daytime, the desert is a real-life Jurassic Park, 210 00:35:40,320 --> 00:35:43,120 where heat brings the lizards to life. 211 00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:56,000 This realm of reptiles is ruled from the air. 212 00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,880 BIRDS CRY 213 00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:07,640 Harris hawks. 214 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:14,120 "Eyes like a hawk" is no empty phrase. 215 00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:17,840 Their vision is thought to be eight times as good as ours. 216 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:43,520 It's hard to outwit this intelligent team. 217 00:37:45,960 --> 00:37:49,280 They're the world's only pack-hunting raptors. 218 00:37:54,240 --> 00:37:58,600 While one attempts to flush the prey, 219 00:37:58,600 --> 00:38:00,760 others prepare an ambush. 220 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:14,720 Hawks tend to eat animals alive, 221 00:38:14,720 --> 00:38:18,440 so have giant talons to hold down struggling prey. 222 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:50,840 Long, feather-free legs are ideal for extracting mice 223 00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:53,320 from those hard-to-reach places. 224 00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:07,720 When one victim is out of reach, 225 00:39:07,720 --> 00:39:10,920 it pays to be open to other opportunities. 226 00:39:21,240 --> 00:39:24,600 A zebra-tailed lizard is the fastest in the West. 227 00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:31,600 But a collared lizard will chase anything that moves. 228 00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:39,760 Both accelerate so fast they can't help but "pull a wheelie". 229 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:47,480 At times, like tiny T-rex, they're on two legs. 230 00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:20,040 When danger threatens, only one has this trick up its sleeve. 231 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:29,360 With a shimmy beneath the sand, the zebra-tail is saved. 232 00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:35,720 A collared's colours make it an easier target. 233 00:40:39,720 --> 00:40:41,680 BIRD CRIES 234 00:40:48,840 --> 00:40:51,920 The daytime is not safe for a grasshopper mouse. 235 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:54,840 BIRD CRIES 236 00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:59,000 For now, best to wait till darkness falls. 237 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:17,760 Africa. 238 00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:25,080 It's hard to see a fire as anything but disaster. 239 00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:29,080 But for the savanna, it's as natural as the rising sun. 240 00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,480 As the smoke clears, it's already recovering. 241 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,440 For the survivors, it brings fresh hope for the future. 242 00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:32,480 The dry grass burns so swiftly 243 00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:36,200 that a sengi trail can survive almost unscathed. 244 00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:47,440 It's nothing that an enthusiastic spring-clean can't solve. 245 00:42:54,640 --> 00:42:58,720 Around the trail, the grassland doesn't so much recover 246 00:42:58,720 --> 00:43:01,040 as burst back into life. 247 00:43:07,720 --> 00:43:10,520 The flames have swept away the old, 248 00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:15,040 allowing fertile ash to fuel the growth of fresh young grass. 249 00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:23,240 In a few short days, the savanna is transformed. 250 00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:30,280 And the sengis' world is once again restored. 251 00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:42,560 She's home. 252 00:43:42,560 --> 00:43:49,040 And as long as she looks after the trails, they will keep her alive. 253 00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:10,680 Sundown in the Sonoran. 254 00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:15,040 This is the time when grasshopper mice were born to venture out. 255 00:44:24,600 --> 00:44:28,080 Their territories can be over 300 metres wide... 256 00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:33,000 ..and marked with a distinctive scent. 257 00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:41,280 When close enough, a lost mouse can follow its nose, all the way home. 258 00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:53,760 It's true to say that the things we want in life 259 00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:56,000 are not always the things we need. 260 00:44:57,640 --> 00:44:59,880 So it is that there comes a time 261 00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:03,640 when every youngster faces a difficult choice. 262 00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:13,680 An easy life... 263 00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:18,160 ..or independence. 264 00:45:24,200 --> 00:45:26,360 The world is full of danger. 265 00:45:28,960 --> 00:45:32,760 But what would life be without a challenge? 266 00:45:40,280 --> 00:45:42,120 Life will be hard. 267 00:45:43,640 --> 00:45:47,120 But not even a two-headed monster will slow it down. 268 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:55,200 The false head of a venomous, giant centipede confuses predators 269 00:45:55,200 --> 00:45:56,800 and packs a powerful punch. 270 00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:06,360 It's the real head that inflicts the venom. 271 00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:14,160 But this is a scorpion mouse. 272 00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:15,560 And as they say, 273 00:46:15,560 --> 00:46:19,240 what doesn't kill you only makes you stronger. 274 00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:38,920 MOUSE WAILS 275 00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:52,160 MOUSE WAILS 276 00:46:52,160 --> 00:46:55,800 Their mothers give them the start they need. 277 00:46:55,800 --> 00:47:01,160 But it's their own experience that finally makes a man of the mouse. 278 00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:09,600 At less than four weeks old, he's finally ready to leave his home... 279 00:47:13,720 --> 00:47:17,280 ..to wander the desert alone. 280 00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:35,880 These two tiny lives may be separated by continents, 281 00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:39,720 but for all youngsters, the challenges are the same. 282 00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:45,120 They'll face hardship. 283 00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:56,600 There will be twists and turns along the way. 284 00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:01,920 With luck, they'll avoid the dangers 285 00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:06,440 and live their extraordinary lives running free. 286 00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:17,280 Little guys don't always finish last. 287 00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:22,600 And heroes come in all sizes, 288 00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:26,240 especially in the Hidden Kingdom. 289 00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:06,000 In this series, the team's mission was to show viewers 290 00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:09,920 the natural world from a completely new perspective. 291 00:49:15,720 --> 00:49:17,240 To achieve their goal, 292 00:49:17,240 --> 00:49:21,240 they had to combine their experience as wildlife film-makers 293 00:49:21,240 --> 00:49:25,280 with techniques learned from the world of feature films, 294 00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:28,160 using special effects, storyboards, 295 00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:32,680 but most crucially of all, a great cast of characters. 296 00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:36,120 Cameraman Jip and producer Simon 297 00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:39,040 set off into the wilds of Kenya to find them. 298 00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:42,960 The animals in the series were small, 299 00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:45,920 but the kit required was greater than ever, 300 00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:47,640 weighing almost half a tonne. 301 00:49:48,680 --> 00:49:52,360 The theory is, the smaller the things you film, the more kit you need. 302 00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:57,920 After dark, Simon discussed his ambition with the team. 303 00:49:57,920 --> 00:50:00,760 If there was one thing I'd really love to get, it's just trying 304 00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:03,600 to give the audience an impression of what it might feel like 305 00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:04,840 to be running down there, 306 00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:08,480 just a couple of inches high off the ground at the same speed as a sengi. 307 00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:11,640 - So, basically like a car chase? - Yeah, a sengi car chase. 308 00:50:12,640 --> 00:50:15,200 To learn as much as possible about the sengi, 309 00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:18,400 next morning they met with trackers from the local village. 310 00:50:21,160 --> 00:50:24,400 Trackers are more used to finding lions or big game, 311 00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:27,120 but these had been using their skills to piece together 312 00:50:27,120 --> 00:50:28,960 the sengis' movements. 313 00:50:28,960 --> 00:50:31,600 Yeah, this is the poo of the sengi. 314 00:50:31,600 --> 00:50:36,640 And with their help, they soon spot one of the distinctive race tracks. 315 00:50:36,640 --> 00:50:39,840 - Here's a trail. - Really, where? - There. 316 00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:42,800 - You're kidding. - No, it goes over there. 317 00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:47,320 But it is true when you come down here, you definitely can see a path. 318 00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:48,800 That's a great sign. 319 00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:52,840 It wasn't long before the team got their first glimpse. 320 00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:55,320 - There it goes. - Wow, that was right in the distance. 321 00:50:55,320 --> 00:50:56,600 Did you see that? 322 00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:01,760 - It just went "vooom!" - That is amazing. 323 00:51:01,760 --> 00:51:03,840 - Did you even get it in shot? - I don't even know. 324 00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:07,360 I mean, I think I wasn't framed where it was. 325 00:51:07,360 --> 00:51:10,600 This was going to be harder than they thought. 326 00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:13,080 The ground they're covering in that time is ridiculous. 327 00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:15,560 Jip, keep your eyes open. 328 00:51:15,560 --> 00:51:20,280 Jip moved into position. The sengi continued to run rings around them. 329 00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:23,160 Oh, there he goes, he went straight past you. 330 00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:27,120 It would be tricky but the team put their plan into action. 331 00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:35,320 Work began on building the perfect stage for the Hidden Kingdom stars. 332 00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:37,440 First, for a dung beetle. 333 00:51:38,600 --> 00:51:40,600 By building stages in the savanna, 334 00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:43,240 the team could film the animals from low angles 335 00:51:43,240 --> 00:51:46,920 to show the audience the true scale of this Hidden Kingdom. 336 00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:54,520 To recreate the world from a small creature's perspective 337 00:51:54,520 --> 00:51:57,440 would require some special effects. 338 00:51:57,440 --> 00:51:59,760 Another technique, the use of blue screen. 339 00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:01,960 We can then cut out the blue background 340 00:52:01,960 --> 00:52:03,600 and replace it with something else. 341 00:52:03,600 --> 00:52:05,560 And all these elements come together 342 00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:07,560 to create this kind of Hidden Kingdoms look. 343 00:52:12,240 --> 00:52:13,520 The stage is set. 344 00:52:16,600 --> 00:52:19,280 Tomorrow they would go in search of the one thing 345 00:52:19,280 --> 00:52:21,600 that would attract the beetles. 346 00:52:21,600 --> 00:52:24,680 Time enough to implement their plan for the sengi. 347 00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:29,880 They would need to win its trust... 348 00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:34,960 and began to build a special filming territory, complete with trail. 349 00:52:34,960 --> 00:52:38,440 If a sengi would adopt their track, they had a chance, 350 00:52:38,440 --> 00:52:41,160 and Jip knew how he could keep up. 351 00:52:41,160 --> 00:52:44,840 The camera's going to whizz down here... 352 00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:47,240 at sengi speed, which is... 353 00:52:47,240 --> 00:52:49,320 well, lightning speed, really. 354 00:52:52,440 --> 00:52:55,880 To get down on the sengis' level we have to dig a trench, 355 00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:59,440 dig a blooming great hole to put the camera in, and the cameraman in, 356 00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:02,800 so that we're eyeball to eyeball with this incredible animal. 357 00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:08,720 After a lot of work with a pick and shovel, 358 00:53:08,720 --> 00:53:11,000 the track was ready for a test run. 359 00:53:13,680 --> 00:53:15,640 This should give you something to look at. 360 00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:18,080 Every Hollywood star needs its own stand-in. 361 00:53:18,080 --> 00:53:19,680 And, three, two, one. 362 00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:26,720 If they could earn the sengis' confidence and work with them, 363 00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:31,200 they might have a chance of bringing this animal's incredible abilities 364 00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:32,800 to the screen. 365 00:53:37,960 --> 00:53:40,760 But obviously at ten times the speed. 366 00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:43,400 - You know, this might just work. - Yeah. 367 00:53:46,600 --> 00:53:49,680 The following morning, the team got up well before dawn 368 00:53:49,680 --> 00:53:51,560 to collect the vital ingredient 369 00:53:51,560 --> 00:53:54,160 that would attract the beetles to the stage. 370 00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:01,320 At the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage, 371 00:54:01,320 --> 00:54:04,720 young elephants are cared for by their keepers 372 00:54:04,720 --> 00:54:07,560 until they're ready to head back into the wild. 373 00:54:07,560 --> 00:54:10,960 Our chances of obtaining elephant dung have drastically increased. 374 00:54:12,160 --> 00:54:14,800 The crew would join them on their daily walk 375 00:54:14,800 --> 00:54:17,760 to seize any opportunity that presented itself. 376 00:54:19,920 --> 00:54:21,120 Morning. 377 00:54:22,680 --> 00:54:25,280 You on that? Nice close up. 378 00:54:27,600 --> 00:54:30,000 It's a two-trowel technique now. 379 00:54:30,000 --> 00:54:33,200 That one was nice, solid, good form. 380 00:54:33,200 --> 00:54:35,560 ELEPHANT BREAKS WIND 381 00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:38,000 THEY LAUGH 382 00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:39,600 Elephant flatulence. 383 00:54:39,600 --> 00:54:41,760 It's a good sign, it's a good sign. 384 00:54:41,760 --> 00:54:44,000 It really smells bad. 385 00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:54,520 With the secret ingredient to hand, they could return to the stage, 386 00:54:54,520 --> 00:54:59,600 watch the skies, and wait for the dung castle to work its magic. 387 00:54:59,600 --> 00:55:03,360 - Here he is. - Look, look, look, look, look. 388 00:55:03,360 --> 00:55:04,880 There's our star. 389 00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:06,800 The first sighting. 390 00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:09,560 - They are coming in from all directions. - What do you want to do? 391 00:55:09,560 --> 00:55:11,080 Look, straight for it, look. 392 00:55:12,200 --> 00:55:15,440 At last, the beetles can take the stage. 393 00:55:15,440 --> 00:55:17,240 Welcome to the Hidden Kingdom. 394 00:55:17,240 --> 00:55:19,240 The great thing about these beetles in the wild 395 00:55:19,240 --> 00:55:21,960 is they just pick a direction and they keep going and keep going 396 00:55:21,960 --> 00:55:24,280 and keep going - they're the perfect actors. 397 00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:32,520 But despite this success, as the days wore on, one worry remained. 398 00:55:35,520 --> 00:55:39,600 Would a sengi ever adopt the trail they'd built 399 00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:44,000 and trust the team enough to race alongside it? 400 00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:46,400 - OK, try one as fast as you can. - Ready? - Yeah, I got it. 401 00:55:50,320 --> 00:55:52,320 What would happen? 402 00:55:55,440 --> 00:55:57,800 - THEY LAUGH - Did you get that? 403 00:55:57,800 --> 00:55:59,880 Well, it went through frame, for sure. 404 00:55:59,880 --> 00:56:02,600 The trails are so important to the lives of these tiny creatures 405 00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:05,760 that they were even willing to forgive the questionable 406 00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:08,080 trail-building skills of the team. 407 00:56:08,080 --> 00:56:11,200 I just need to be slightly ahead of him... 408 00:56:11,200 --> 00:56:14,960 All they had to do now was keep up. 409 00:56:14,960 --> 00:56:16,960 I was behind that then. 410 00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:18,720 You've got a tail disappearing. 411 00:56:19,880 --> 00:56:24,360 The sengi weren't slowing down but eventually Jip managed to keep up. 412 00:56:26,960 --> 00:56:29,360 That felt more on it. 413 00:56:29,360 --> 00:56:31,760 It was close. I lost him towards the end. 414 00:56:34,320 --> 00:56:36,000 Oh, the moment of truth. 415 00:56:37,680 --> 00:56:41,920 He's through. Look, he's running, he's running. 416 00:56:41,920 --> 00:56:44,840 - There was certainly a moment. - That was more than a moment. 417 00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:48,120 It's going to work, it's going to work. 418 00:56:48,120 --> 00:56:52,000 This was one of the many filming territories required to capture 419 00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:54,560 the story of the sengis' Hidden Kingdom. 420 00:56:56,240 --> 00:56:59,400 After a brief spell as TV stars, 421 00:56:59,400 --> 00:57:03,480 it was as if we had never visited their world. 422 00:57:07,960 --> 00:57:12,560 Come on, up over the top. Brilliant. You superstar. 423 00:57:12,560 --> 00:57:16,360 Camera speed. On the move in three, two... 424 00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:23,560 Here we go, this is it. Fantastic, guys. Well done. 425 00:57:24,560 --> 00:57:28,360 The crew's adventure in the miniature world was over, 426 00:57:28,360 --> 00:57:31,640 but they returned home with a new-found admiration 427 00:57:31,640 --> 00:57:34,280 for the little things in life, 428 00:57:34,280 --> 00:57:37,640 those extraordinary tiny heroes. 429 00:57:40,360 --> 00:57:45,080 Next week, we enter the Hidden Kingdom of the forest, 430 00:57:45,080 --> 00:57:48,960 a secret woodland and a steaming jungle. 431 00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:54,840 Two tiny heroes must fight for survival, 432 00:57:54,840 --> 00:57:56,920 escape their enemies... 433 00:57:58,520 --> 00:58:03,920 ..and above all, learn to use the incredible powers 434 00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:05,600 they were born with. 34994

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