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Narrator: This time on magic of Disney's animal kingdom...

A hunky new arrival makes a big impression.

- He is quite handsome. - He's gorgeous.

Narrator: One nosy bird...

Mel: He pokes his beak into everything.

Narrator: Hopes for a clean bill of health.

And a pair with a spotty reputation cleans up their act.

Nicole: Why are you so adorable?

- (Music playing) - (Bird squawking)

Narrator: A new day.

And peace reigns on the harambe wildlife reserve.

The 34 species that call the Savanna home,

- get along just fine. - (Roars)

Narrator: All except... for one family.

(Monkey squeals)

Narrator: Meet the mandrills.

A feisty gang who just can't stop picking on each other.

- (Monkey squeals) - Erin: You know, like all families,

there's certain squabbles from time to time.

But we can tell that there's a really strong bond between all three females.

(Munches)

Erin: They spend a lot of time grooming and being affectionate.

(Munches)

Narrator: Every day, Erin and the team look for ways to keep the peace.

We have some wire mesh boxes here

that I've stuffed with some hay and some popcorn.

Because it's national popcorn day coming up.

Just wanna put a little bit of popcorn into these cans.

They feel like they wanna go hide in the bush with it then... that's fine.

- (Chuckles) - (Walkie-talkie beeps)

Ten-four, Carrie, you are good to send out the mandrills.

They're out. (Chuckling)

And it's always nice to do something a little special,

something a little extra for the animals, uh, that we don't get to do every day.

Hazel is Scarlett's daughter.

And then snow over here, she's actually Scarlett's mother.

So all three of these guys here are related.

Grandma, mom, daughter.

Oh! And there's Hazel.

Isn't she gorgeous?

Whoa. (Exhales) It makes me nervous.

Narrator: Manager Beth helps oversee this family.

Beth: They're really, really fun to work with.

But they're having some disputes.

And we're seeing some injuries that are occurring occasionally.

(Squeals)

Beth: Definitely a behavior we would prefer not to see.

Narrator: To stop the squabbling,

the team decides to throw a little testosterone into the mix.

In their natural habitat,

a dominant male usually rules a mandrill group.

He helps provide the babies, and keeps the peace.

Beth: When you have a male present, he does a good job

of defusing some of the tension.

Taking some of the focus away from the females

and just kind of smoothing out the behavior.

Narrator: Time for some urgent primate pairing.

Erin: We have been looking for a suitable male

that would be able to join this group.

It has taken a while, and fortunately, we have found a male.

And we think he's gonna be a perfect fit.

Narrator: And the girls have no idea he's already here.

Meet Linus. Seventy-three pounds of pure hunky monkey.

Linus puts the man in mandrill.

(Screeches)

Kerri: He is quite handsome.

I will say he's got an impressive coat. He's so fluffy.

- Erin: Yeah. - Beth: He's gorgeous.

Erin: I don't think the pictures

- they sent us of him did him justice. - Beth: Yeah.

Erin: 'Cause he had kind of a goofy look on his face.

And I don't think they showed how great his hair was.

- Beth: Oh! - Kerri: Look at that.

- Wow. That was impressive. - I can't even do that.

Erin: I would be impressed, if you could do that.

- (Laughs) - (Laughs)

Beth: Oh my god. He's in the basket.

- Erin: He's in the basket. - Beth: Oh my god.

- Kerri: Oh, my god. - I don't think he meant to...

He knows how to get out the basket.

Erin: "I don't know how I'm in the basket." (Chuckling)

He's really pretty flexible and spry.

Narrator: But just as Linus struts his monkey stuff...

Erin: Hmm.

Beth: Okay. So look at... Look at that body posture

- for the foraging. - Uh-huh.

- Kerri: What're you saying? - Erin: Well, he might...

When he forages, he puts his face really close to the ground

like he doesn't have very good...

- Ah! - When we had put some worms...

- Visual acuity for the small items... - On the ground for him...

- For bigger items... - Yeah.

He doesn't do that. But for small things,

he gets very, very close.

So I really wonder if he's got some issues with eyesight.

Erin: Hmm.

He's awfully young to have vision issues, but who knows?

- Kerri: Oh. You're right. Every time. - Beth: Yeah. Yeah.

Erin: We've noticed that he's really putting his face

really close to the ground when he's picking up,

especially the smaller items. So we're starting to think

maybe he might have some sort of visual challenges.

Worst case scenario, this could be something that would hold him back

from joining our female group.

So we wanna make sure a vet takes a good look at him

before we do our introductions

because we don't want to put him or anybody else in a dangerous situation.

(Munches)

Narrator: One of the world's most critically endangered animals

lives over in the land of Asia.

(Birds chirping)

Narrator: Tiger temple provides a tranquil home

for sumatran tiger, sohni.

Only around 500 of these rare tigers survive

in their natural habitat.

Sohni is our eight-year-old female.

Hi.

I'm gonna throw her a piece of meat.

She's calm, pretty relaxed, doesn't get startled.

She's like, "okay. Well, I'm gonna take my time.

"I'm not in any hurry. I'll get to everything."

Narrator: Sohni may be a chill cat, but she needs stimulation

to keep her senses sharp.

- Susan: What are you saying? - (Munches)

- (Chuckles) What? - (Roars)

We try to think of different things that will make their life fun and better.

I mean, that's fun for me to do that.

Narrator: So with sohni safely inside for the night...

Susan prepares a little something special.

Sometimes we like to give them additional things to smell.

And then maybe just a couple more...

- Male voice: Yeah. - Around here.

- And that's real fun for the cats. - Male voice: Yeah.

Narrator: The park's horticultural team helps Susan

with a treat grown right on Disney property.

Susan: We're looking at areas to put the lemongrass

so the cats will really like it.

What's really cool about the lemongrass

is they have that in their natural habitat.

It's like a little grassy forest.

- Male voice: Right over there. - It looks really nice.

Uh, they love to chew the ends of it, and roll in it.

So it's gonna be really super fun for them.

So now that we've got all these great grasses,

we're gonna put a little something special in there.

These guys love perfumes and scents.

It's really interesting how they react to them.

I guess it's kind of like catnip for house cats.

Sohni, she loves the older perfume. The stinkier the better.

So with that lemongrass, and all the other good scents,

she's gonna love it.

Narrator: Tigers may love their treats,

but today, backstage, sohni faces a challenge.

- Female voice 1: Are you ready? - Female voice 2: Yeah.

Narrator: One that even the tamest kitty would struggle with.

Susan: Okay. I am ready for sohni.

Narrator: Voluntary blood draw training...

Susan: Sohni. Crate.

Narrator: Takes hard work to master.

Susan: Anything that we can train them to do...

Female voice: Down.

Susan: Prevents us from having

- to do an immobilization... - (Blows whistle)

- Female voice: Good job. - Susan: To get routine blood work done.

Susan: That's a good spot there.

- You good if I open? - Female voice: Yup.

Susan: Okay. Opening.

Susan: What we've been doing is called baiting, when you take the food

and you actually keep moving them with food.

Susan: I have her tail,

- you can back her up when you're ready. - Female voice: All right. Sohni, back.

Narrator: Sohni must allow keepers to handle her highly sensitive

three-foot-long tail.

- Female voice: All right. Sohni, back. - Susan: Good. Back her up.

Female voice: Sohni... (Blows whistle) There you go. Good girl!

Susan: Okay. Feeling for the vein.

Tigers are very independent animals.

Those of us that have cats know they are difficult to train.

It is a challenging behavior.

Female voice: Poking.

Susan: But we definitely want her to trust us, so the more we work on that,

the better she's gonna be.

Female voice: Off.

So, applying lots of pressure to the base of the tail

as if we did just get the blood. There we go.

Much better. Good job, sohni.

Move up.

- (Blows whistle) - Good job. So cute.

- I think it went really well. - Female voice: Yeah.

All right. Perfect.

Narrator: Tigers in training deserve treats,

and sohni is no exception.

Back onstage...

- (Walkie-talkie beeps) - Okay. We're ready at the temple.

Narrator: The lemongrass garden is officially open.

(Bell ringing)

Susan: Hi, what a good girl. Good girl!

(Growls)

Susan: You don't ever know when you put new things in here,

how they'll feel about them.

We want them to enjoy them, and sometimes they do,

and sometimes they ignore them.

So she's sniffing around, knows that the dirt's been moved around.

What a good girl. Good girl!

It's like a picture out of nature.

You like your new grasses?

- (Roars) - Susan: (Chuckling) Yeah?

You like your grasses?

(Chuckling) They're pretty good. Oh, boy.

Delicious.

They like to rub their face on the grasses and just roll over all of it...

(Giggling) ...Like it's a bed.

You are so cute.

Aw! (Chuckling)

It's very fun for them.

That's the best part of taking care of them

is to making sure they're having the best life.

You can't really get any better than that.

And it makes me feel good.

I think we did good. Sign of approval.

Narrator: Out on the harambe reserve in the land of Africa.

Mandrill family monkeys around as usual with no idea there's a new man in town.

But behind the scenes,

Dr. Natalie needs to get to the bottom of Linus's puzzling behavior.

Linus has had some concerns with some vision.

They've been noticing that he's really looking at his food

really up close, and so we're gonna do the best we can

with an eye exam.

- Dr. Natalie: Okay if I listen to him? - Female voice: Yeah.

Dr. Natalie: The challenge is that we're under anesthesia.

So I can't get all of the same cues that I might

with an animal that's awake.

Vision problems can be a serious concern.

This can cause a problem with integration.

We're really not sure how the females are gonna respond to him

if he has vision issues.

This may affect Linus's opportunities for breeding.

We really need to figure out what's going on.

- Dr. Natalie: Okay. We're good? - Female voice: Yup.

(Breathes deeply)

Dr. Natalie: Heart rate's 96 to a 100.

He's in a really good plane of anesthesia. Just keep checking his eyes.

Make sure the pupils are same level of dilation.

If they get too big or too small, let me know.

(Linus breathes deeply)

Narrator: They need to move quickly as the anesthetic only lasts an hour.

Dr. Natalie: I'm gonna grab blood.

- Narrator: The countdown begins. - (Linus breathing deeply)

Narrator: First, Dr. Natalie gives Linus a once-over and checks his teeth,

a task too perilous to try while he's awake.

- Female voice: It's been 30 minutes. - Dr. Natalie: It's been 30 minutes?

- Female voice: It's been 30 minutes. - Dr. Natalie: Okay.

- Female voice: Believe it or not. - Dr. Natalie: Wow.

Dr. Natalie: Can you just be ready to grab his head and look at his eyes

- if they start moving? - Female voice: Uh-huh.

Narrator: Now, Dr. Natalie must get close to examine his eyes.

Dr. Natalie: His eyes are starting to react to the light.

So if I scream "out", I need you to leave quickly.

We're gonna have to get ready to grab all this stuff.

Female voice: Yup.

- His arm's moving. - Dr. Natalie: All right.

Do you guys wanna...

- I don't wanna sedate him any further... - Female voice: Yeah.

Dr. Natalie: But I do wanna do this if we have an opportunity.

Narrator: Natalie and the team race to finish

before the anesthetic wears off.

Dr. Natalie: Now, I'm just trying to get his ocular pressures...

- Female voice: Yeah. - Dr. Natalie: On the left eye.

Twenty-three. Struggling with the right eye.

It's not right.

Twenty-one. So, they're fairly similar.

Female voice 1: Okay.

- Female voice 2: He's moving his head. - Dr. Natalie: Okay. Everything's out?

- Female voice 1: Yes. - Female voice 2: Yup.

Dr. Natalie: He'll be a little bit groggy.

Narrator: Linus's future now rests on the results of the tests.

Dr. Natalie: This will help us understand if it's behavioral

or if there's a problem with his sight.

If there's a problem with his sight, is there an underlying health issue

that we need to be concerned about?

That may be a stumbling block for us.

Dr. Natalie: Now we wait. (Exhales)

Narrator: Over on the other side of the wildlife reserve

live some of the Savanna's more provocative residents.

The spotted hyena. A species with a notorious reputation.

Nicole: They like stinky things.

They like the stuff that smells really bad.

If you've ever had a dog at home that has, you know, gone out

and then come back from the woods smelling terrible,

it's sort of the same thing.

They like to roll in poop. (Chuckling)

Narrator: And hyena table manners leave a lot to be desired.

- (Hyena whines) - They've got one of the strongest

bite pressure of any mammal.

So they can consume bone and extract nutrients from it

instead of just leaving it there and... and that animal going to waste.

Narrator: But Nicole knows hyenas are more than just stinky scavengers.

Nicole: Why are you so adorable? What are we supposed to do with you?

Narrator: The park has two spotted hyenas.

Female scooter and male zawadi.

Oh, my goodness. Zawadi is so cute. He's so sweet.

And he is, he's a very calm, very sensitive animal.

So it's really, really easy to fall for him.

And scooter is so smart and so inquisitive.

Those wheels are always turning.

Narrator: Nicole is their number one admirer.

But it's a pretty small fan club.

Nicole: And they're actually very sweet and incredibly intelligent.

And not as bad as they've been made out to be.

We want people to see what we see.

Narrator: So every day, Nicole shows these guys

the love they deserve.

Nicole: Hyenas are definitely not king of the jungle,

but we treat them like royalty.

Narrator: It starts with food. The menu is interesting.

Nicole: They both really like goat's milk mixed with peanut butter.

We've tried a bunch of different combinations to see,

you know, what their preferred items were.

Good girl, scooter.

We've also done liver smoothie, which sounds pretty disgusting

and it smells just as disgusting as it sounds,

but they enjoy it.

Narrator: Taste buds satisfied. Next up, another sensory delight.

Nicole: This is one of the things that we get to do with them

that makes us fall in love with them. (Chuckling)

It's a social behavior between clan members.

They enjoy grooming each other, and this is sort of a way for us

to be able to groom them as well.

You know, who doesn't wanna scratch a hyena every day?

Narrator: And there's no better way to end a tough day.

I am putting some bubble bath in scooter and zawadi's favorite pool.

We picked something that's safe and non-toxic just like something

you would give your kids a bubble bath in.

The bubble bath is scented, the hyena really do enjoy scent.

This is, I think, lavender.

But this is just a little bit something different in their day

that they really seem to enjoy.

Hopefully, she'll get in there.

Narrator: These misunderstood animals

are the focus of Disney education programs across Africa.

But here at the park, Nicole's working to improve

one hyena life at a time.

Nicole: I look at them and I see one of the most adorable,

charismatic animals I've ever seen in my life.

You've gotta take the time to really get to know them,

and that just blossoms into such an amazing relationship.

That bond is just that much more special because you really had to work for it.

- (Sniffs) - Nicole: Scooter and zawadi have really

- changed my life for the better. - (Sniffs)

Nicole: So I've made it my mission to make sure

that they get the best care possible living here.

(Yelps)

Narrator: Over a mile away,

animal kingdom lodge hosts some incredible residents of its own.

Most of the 200 animals living here just keep to themselves.

(Ducks quacking)

Narrator: But one inquisitive creature sticks his nose into everything.

Abyssinian ground hornbill, cassanova.

Cassanova, come on, buddy.

Cassanova's a great bird. I love working with him

but he is always in my business.

He's super curious and nosy. He pokes his beak into everything.

Hey, buddy, you want some more bugs?

Cassanova's a very unique bird.

A lot of birds don't like human company, but he wants it all day long.

Hi.

Narrator: Cassanova's friendliness is a big hit with guests.

(Indistinct chatter)

Mel: Cassanova is definitely a fan-favorite.

He spends all day flirting with our guests.

- (Indistinct chatter) - (Laughs)

Mel: All of the guests know him.

If he's not out, they go, "where is cassanova?"

One of our young guests decided that he absolutely loves cassanova,

he actually named him dynamite. And he sends videos.

Hi, dynamite. (Chuckles)

I love you more than anything in the world.

Mel: Dynamite may have made him a little video to send back.

I showed dynamite your video, and he wanted you to know

that you are his very best friend in the whole wide world.

Right, dynamite?

Narrator: In their natural habitat,

hornbills use their eight-inch-long beaks to nose around for food.

What looks like a second broken beak, called a casque, helps amplify

- their loud calls. - (Hooting)

Narrator: And with eyes like these, no wonder cassanova has admirers.

They're beautiful. I wish my eyelashes looked like that.

Narrator: But now, keepers notice some signs

that all might not be well.

Mel: We're starting to see that cassanova's losing

some of his feathers.

They're getting dry and crackly.

His skin is also dry and starting to flake off,

and we're a little concerned.

He's 23 now, which is starting to get older

for a ground hornbill.

And this could be a sign that he has an underlying health condition.

We're gonna send cassanova to see a vet.

And hopefully, they can do some detective work

and find out what's going on.

Narrator: In the veterinary treatment room...

- Mel: Hello. - Dr. Dan: Hi.

Female voice: Hello.

Narrator: Dr. Dan gets ready to solve the mystery.

Cassanova is a big character, everybody loves him.

And so, we're really trying to make sure that we get to the bottom

of what's wrong with him today.

Okay. So cassanova will definitely have the anesthesia.

Mel: Okay. Yup.

Dr. Dan: Feather loss can sometimes be very simple to fix,

but we need to rule out something that could be more serious

and that's what our goal is today.

So, I'm gonna have you hold this wing, and I'm gonna take this one.

Narrator: They can now search for clues.

Dr. Dan: I don't see any evidence of parasites

or little mites that would be crawling

on the skin and the feathers that we would worry

about with something like this. So, that's good.

But we are seeing a lot of this dry, flaky stuff.

Okay. Let's go ahead and get that blood taken.

Narrator: Blood test results will take time.

But Dr. Dan has a hunch.

Vitamin a can play a pretty big role in just normal development

of skin cells...

- Female voice: Mm-hmm. - And feathers.

So, we're gonna just put him on a supplement in his diet.

Basically, a little bit of a vitamin powder

put into the animal diet that he already gets.

Mel: Wakey-wakey.

- (Indistinct chatter) - Mel: Here he goes.

He's still getting his legs a little bit, but he's definitely more his spicy self.

Dr. Dan: So we need to wait for the results of the vitamin a levels

to determine if in fact they are low, and could be the cause of the skin issues

or whether it's something more serious.

We need to see how he responds to these vitamin supplements

and whether it improves his skin.

So, right now, it's kind of a waiting game.

(Roars)

Narrator: Over in the mandrill habitat, a big day begins.

The family has no idea that this may be their last day

as an all-girl group.

(Munches)

Narrator: But whether the big mandrill matchmaking can safely go ahead

hangs on the results of Linus's medical tests.

And the verdict is in.

Dr. Natalie: So we did a full exam on him, and spent a lot of time

checking his eyes.

And all the tests came back with no issues.

I'm happy to give Linus a clean bill of health,

so that he can go out there and meet his new lady friends.

Erin: As far as the close-up foraging behavior,

it might have just been something he picked up

when he was a baby mandrill, or just a habit that he has.

We all have our own quirks and ways we do things.

We're just very happy that he's all okay.

Narrator: This hunky monkey is good to go. The mandrill ladies can meet Linus.

Female voice: One of you on this side, one of you on that side?

Beth: Ten-four, we copy. Thank you.

Female voice: It's very exciting, isn't it, Linus?

Beth: I get really excited during introductions

because it's kind of the unknown.

We get really good at predicting the animal's behavior,

so we don't get surprised all that often

but when you do an introduction, you have no idea what's gonna happen,

so you get kind of a little bit of excitement,

a little bit of adrenaline going potentially when you open those doors.

Erin: Okay. Opening up to Linus.

Beth: Pay attention.

(Female voice laughing)

Female voice: Snow's grooming, Linus.

Beth:

Female voice: Right. (Chuckling)

Beth:

That's a great sign of social bonding.

Erin: And this is looking pretty good, huh?

Beth: Yeah.

- Beth: Linus is chasing Hazel. - Erin: Yeah. He's... oh, my god.

- (Beth laughs) - Came back and hit him. (Laughs)

(All laugh)

Narrator: And now, Linus sets his eyes on Scarlett.

Female voice: Scarlett's smiling at Linus.

He's smiling.

Female voice: She seems pretty comfortable already with him.

Beth: It's good.

Erin: He's smiling and following.

We've got a copulation from Linus to Scarlett.

So far so good.

Beth: He didn't have very much experience, uh, managing a group of females,

so we weren't sure how he was going to handle the stress.

But he has been super smooth and really competent so far.

So we're very, very pleased with how this is going.

(Munches)

Erin: It's a great new start to our new family group of mandrills.

Hopefully with Linus leading the group, we're going to have a more stable,

less argumentative family.

And hopefully, even some babies in the future.

- (Music playing) - (Indistinct chatter)

Narrator: Early morning,

the new blended mandrill family ventures onto the Savanna together

- for the very first time. - (Indistinct chatter)

Narrator: Their habitat forms part of a wilderness trail

called the Kilimanjaro safaris.

Here, dozens of species, predator and prey, seemingly live together.

But what the guests don't see is this.

A hidden network of barriers that makes this Savanna vista possible

and keeps each animal safe.

(Warthog snorting)

Moats are a pretty effective way to separate areas provided

you have the space to do it in.

Narrator: Executive creative designer, Joe, visualizes a landscape

as close to Africa as possible.

If you were to make a fence to keep an animal in,

that fence would be so profound

that you wouldn't be able to see the animal.

So the only way you could keep the animal in

and still be able to see it is with a moat.

This moat system allows you to stack these views

so that you can look across moat after moat

and see all these animals adjacent to each other.

There's a moat between me and those cheetahs,

but I just can't see it at all. I see an earthen wall facing me,

but I don't see the moat that keeps all the other animals

from the cheetahs and vice versa.

Narrator: Today, one of the moats needs an inspection.

Only when the guests depart can work begin.

(Indistinct chatter)

Narrator: One hundred sixty-four thousand gallons of water

border the black rhino habitat.

This moat takes five hours to drain.

And now, engineers can finally start their inspection and examine

a submerged fence.

The in-water fence is there to keep certain animals

on certain sides of this water feature, and it's time for a replacement.

You know, it's gonna be slippery, so we'll all end up in the drain.

That was close. (Chuckles)

Narrator: Foreman Mike measures for a new fence.

I've been working here 15 years.

So I've been in every bush, moat, building.

There's another 20 feet, that's 40 feet there.

Working at animal kingdom is unique in itself.

This is a new challenge for us.

You can let go of the tape.

We have so many different animals out here.

And then for the protection of the animals,

there's different equipment we have to use for different jobs.

So, it's a challenge every day, but it's a fun job.

Narrator: Mike's team finally finishes the inspection.

Patrick: Tj, will you give me hand?

Yeah, absolutely.

- Mike: (Laughs) No. - Patrick: I'm stuck here.

- We're gonna leave you there. - (Patrick laughing)

(Mike laughs)

- Narrator: And now... - Patrick: (Grunts) Thanks.

They race to refill the moat.

Patrick: I'm hoping it's filled before daylight,

before animals are introduced back into the forest.

Before guests start riding on the safari ride.

If the public ever saw what we do in the night,

and then the time the park opens, the amount of work that goes on,

they'd be like, "how do you get this done?"

Narrator: As the sun rises...

- (Monkey screeching) - (Yawns)

Narrator: And the animals awaken...

The moat returns to full capacity.

And the guests who'll arrive soon won't know any different.

Back at the lodge, friendly hornbill,

- cassanova... - Hi.

Narrator: Nears the end of a three-month course of vitamins.

Today, Dr. Dan checks to see if they've solved the problem.

Dr. Dan: We did some blood work and basically found

that he was a little bit low in his vitamin a levels.

I'm really anxious and hoping that his skin and feathers

look a lot better, because if they don't, it's gonna mean that he's gonna require

more trips to the hospital and more diagnostic testing,

which nobody wants to have happen. My fingers are crossed today.

Mel: Good boy. (Exhales)

Dr. Dan: You've done this before, haven't you?

A little bit of practice.

Dr. Dan: If we ever have the opportunity where we can avoid doing

a full anesthetic procedure,

- we would rather do that awake... - Mel: Shh.

Dr. Dan: Than have to anesthetize them.

Shh. It's okay.

- Um, let's try to get a look... (Exhales) - All right. Need to do a wing?

Dr. Dan: Yeah, maybe I'll just take this one.

Mel: Are you able to lift it?

- Dr. Dan: Mm-hmm. - Mel: Thank you.

Dr. Dan: Okay. Got it?

I know, buddy. You're a good boy.

- Dr. Dan: This was all... - Mel: All chunky.

Really flaky and I mean, it looks a ton better.

Mel: Does it?

Dr. Dan: There's a scant amount of skin flaking still,

but compared to what it was, where you would just run your hand

across his feathers and there would be like...

- Mel: Yeah. - A blizzard of dandruff.

Yeah. The inside is a lot better too.

And you were commenting that you felt like his feather quality has improved.

Mel: The quality... He's back to being shiny

- and pretty again. (Chuckles) - Dr. Dan: Awesome.

-Mel: Handsome -Handsome. Yeah, handsome.

- (Laughs) - Come on.

You're a very handsome man, cassanova.

Cassanova did awesome today. He was really patient.

Mel: Good job, buddy. (Chuckles)

Everything that we were trying to fix seems to be resolving

or completely resolved.

He's a really, really cool bird, and I'm happy to see that.

Narrator: And now, with a clean bill of health,

cassanova gets back to doing what he does best.

Flashing those lashes, and charming the guests.

I'll probably bring him some extra super worms

and maybe some puzzle feeders, something to play with

since he did such a great job.

Mel: (Chuckles) Yeah. Good boy.

He makes me smile, I love spending my day with him.

He makes work fun. He's the best. I love him.

Narrator: A month and a half has passed since new male Linus

joined the mandrill family.

He's managed to create Harmony.

And Linus may also have helped create something else.

Linus has proven to be a pretty good cohesive leader of this group,

and now, we're thinking that Scarlett might be pregnant at this time.

Narrator: If so, it will be Linus's first.

But to be sure, Scarlett needs an ultrasound.

Erin: All right, mama, are you ready to go?

Where's that belly? All the way up. All the way up.

Narrator: Erin, Beth, and the whole expert team

who care for this family, gather in anticipation.

Dr. Dan: Okay.

So you're definitely in the right zone. I lost contact...

- With whatever you did. - Erin: -Okay.

- Put more gel on there, good job. - Dr. Dan: Yeah.

Erin: You're being very patient.

Can you sit?

I know, that's a great butt. Can you sit? Good girl.

- (Chuckles) - Erin: Come on, mama.

Dr. Dan: It's a little complex because a keeper has to hold

one part of the ultrasound, I'm looking at the screen

trying to help her put it in the right position.

Okay. You're close.

Oh. You're right there, I think. Slightly furth... yup.

Slightly further down again.

Erin: Is that anywhere where I need to be?

Dr. Dan: You're close. Yeah, it's actually towards the tail...

Up a little bit more. Right there.

- Dr. Dan: That's awesome. - Erin: She's pregnant?

Yeah. She is.

- You're a rock star. - (Screeches)

- She says, "I'm pregnant." - Your baby.

- You're gonna have a baby. - Dr. Dan: That was awesome.

This is Scarlett's uterus.

Uh, this right here is her baby.

- Erin: You're doing so well. - It's just a little bean right now.

It's pretty early on, but there is a little motion,

which is probably the fetus' heartbeat.

Erin: Linus is a first time dad.

We think she's probably between five to six weeks along,

and we are very excited.

Good girl, Scarlett. Here you go. There's your banana.

Dr. Dan: This is a big deal. Uh, it's always a big deal

when we have an animal that's pregnant.

We wanna see these animals create cute little baby animals.

That's part of the reason we're here.

And to see one of them be pregnant and potentially have a baby

in the future is a huge rush.

(Monkey chattering)

Narrator: Mandrill numbers are in decline.

So a new arrival would be great news for the species.

But most of all, it'll bring this new family together.

A firstborn for Linus.

And for these once fraught females, a hopeful, exciting future.

Erin: For me, this is really a very happy, great moment for the mandrills.

For all of us as a team, too. I think we're beyond thrilled about this.

(Munches)

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