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NARRATOR: This time on
Magic of Disney's Animal Kingdom,
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a tiger faces a testing time...
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DAWN: Look at that. Hundred
and forty pounds is nothing for her.
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NARRATOR: ...a pregnant porcupine presents
a prickly problem...
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She was sneezing a lot, rubbing her nose.
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NARRATOR: ...and a rhino celebrates
a special surprise.
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He's turning 24.
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So we thought it would be really fun
to kind of throw him a birthday party.
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(ALL CHEERING)
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-(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
-(BIRD SQUAWKING)
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(THEME MUSIC ENDS)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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NARRATOR: At the Maharajah Jungle Trek...
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MEGAN: I copy, Anala's in the yard.
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NARRATOR: ...one very smart girl gets
ready for a stimulating series of puzzles.
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MEGAN: Hi, good morning.
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Having fun?
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-So this is Anala.
-(ANALA GROWLS)
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She is our
two-and-half-year-old Sumatran tiger.
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-(ANALA GROWLS)
-MEGAN: She's one of the most clever cats
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that I've worked with.
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It's really important for us
to keep Anala active,
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both physically and mentally.
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So we have a series of tests
and enrichment items for her.
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Anything where they can use
their natural behaviors.
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NARRATOR: The first challenge lies
at the bottom of the fountain.
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MEGAN: We froze a bone and stuck the bone
in that pool.
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She's gonna have to rely
on her sense of smell to find the stuff.
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You hear a lot that cats hate water,
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but I have to say that tigers
are the exception to that rule.
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You can do it.
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(ANALA GROWLS)
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MEGAN: I think she found her bone.
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She sees it in there.
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-(ANALA GROWLS)
-(LAUGHS)
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NARRATOR: Now, she just needs
to get her claws on it.
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I know. I'm sorry.
You can get it though.
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She really wants it.
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Needs to just commit.
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-(ANALA ROARS)
-MEGAN: There you go.
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-(ANALA GROWLS)
-(MEGAN LAUGHING)
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MEGAN: I think she startled herself there
a little bit.
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Just a little out of her reach.
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She needs to,
at least, put one back paw in.
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She did actually hit it up
for a second.
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So I think she, like, startled herself
that it was coming at her a little bit.
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-Anala.
-(GROWLS)
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MEGAN: What are you doing?
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You wanna actually come here
'cause I feel bad now.
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She's super, super smart.
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She is little Miss Independent.
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She's a little bit sassy sometimes.
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NARRATOR: Maybe this time,
the bone is best left alone.
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All of the tiger keepers work
with all of our tigers,
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but I would say that my relationship
is strongest with Anala.
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She's like, "I'm done with you.
You're not feeding me." (LAUGHS)
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NARRATOR: Only around 500 of these
magnificent big cats
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survive in their natural habitat
of Indonesia.
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Sumatran tigers
are critically endangered tigers.
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I think it's really important
that she helps spread the message
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about tiger conservation.
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She's definitely
a really special tiger to me.
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She's really just a great cat
to work with.
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NARRATOR: Agile Anala's next set
of challenges helps keep this precious cat
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in top physical condition.
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MEGAN: Are you ready?
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-NARRATOR: And backstage...
-MEGAN: Whoa!
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NARRATOR: Anala needs to show
she can help out the keepers
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-who care for her.
-MEGAN: Look at her.
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MEGAN: This test is all about
keeping Anala's paw pads healthy.
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Can you sit?
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We're always trying to train them
new behaviors
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so that they can help participate
in their own care.
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Because she is so smart, we're able
to teach her a lot of new things.
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All right, Anala. Stand.
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-(ANALA GROWLS)
-MEGAN: Delicious.
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Good girl.
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So looking at her pads,
they look pretty good.
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Ready? Sit.
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(WHISTLE BLOWING)
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MEGAN: Good girl.
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I am trying to teach her
the open mouth behavior now
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so that if vets wanna get a good look
inside of her mouth and her teeth,
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they're able to do so.
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-Open. Good girl.
-(WHISTLE BLOWING)
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So I'm just gonna keep rewarding
any of those little mouth movements
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that she's making. Open.
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(WHISTLE BLOWING)
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When we use a whistle,
it's called a bridge.
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That means, "I did the behavior correctly
and that I'm gonna get rewarded for it."
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So you can start to see, she's...
You know, she's listening for that.
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-Open.
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MEGAN: It's powerful.
When you ask her to open her mouth
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and she's opening her mouth,
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it is like, "Oh, my gosh," you know?
(LAUGHING)
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"You are a tiger
and you have giant teeth."
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-Open.
-(WHISTLE BLOWING)
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MEGAN: Good girl. You're so smart.
Okay, all done.
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That was a really good session for her.
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NARRATOR:
As Anala heads back to her habitat,
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the team gets ready to reward her
with another challenge.
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MEGAN: She's gonna be so happy.
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NARRATOR: But solving this one will test
all of the tiger's dexterity.
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(ALL SNIFFLING)
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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
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ASHLEY: Good morning, Peri.
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Are you snoozing in your barrel?
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NARRATOR: At Conservation Station,
it's a big day for Peri,
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the prehensile-tailed porcupine.
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ASHLEY: Hi. There you are.
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It's been a long time
since we've had a sleepy morning.
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Usually you're like up and ready to go.
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NARRATOR: Keepers think exciting news
may be coming soon.
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ASHLEY: We're suspecting she's pregnant,
we're hoping.
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NARRATOR: And it's time to find out.
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ASHLEY: We woke up. Yeah.
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NARRATOR: Prehensile-tailed porcupine
babies are called porcupettes.
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A muscular tail helps them
climb through the trees
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of their native South America,
almost immediately after birth.
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-FEMALE VOICE 1: Hello, Ms. Shelley.
-ASHLEY: Good morning, Shelley.
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NARRATOR: Peri travels under a cover
to keep her calm and ready
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for an unusual type of scan.
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With porcupines, physically,
when they're pregnant,
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it's kind of hard to see
when they're laying down
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or when they're kind of tucked in.
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But when they stand up, and that's why
we do our ultrasounds kinda standing,
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we're able to see that belly just pop out.
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-She's ready to rock.
-FEMALE VOICE 2: Hi, Peri.
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-ASHLEY: A little more awake now.
-FEMALE VOICE 3: Now, she is. I know.
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She really just needed to wake up.
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LORI: Oh, it's like such perfect
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-placement.
-Yeah, it is.
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-Yeah. That's perfect.
-SHELLY: You good?
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ASHLEY: Yes. Go for it.
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Hey, Peri.
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-You're doing great, girl.
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DR. NATALIE:
The challenge is that we have a porcupine.
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And so that means
that she has little quills
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just about everywhere.
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So, Shelley needs to be careful
that she doesn't get herself
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punctured by a little barb.
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Luckily, we have a little spot there
where she's got some low-barb skin,
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and so we can get a nice little window.
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ASHLEY:
I might be imagining it, but I feel like
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I can see
a little bit of a pooch on her lately.
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I love porcupines.
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And Peri's got a special place
in my heart
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because when I joined Disney
three years ago,
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she was the first animal
that I was able to work with.
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So I love Peri to pieces.
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NARRATOR: Peri's used to being a mom.
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Ten months before this scan,
she gave birth to her first little one,
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Piper.
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I mean, ideally, what we wanna see
is a really nice heartbeat
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or some definitive structures.
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Second baby always shows faster
than the first one, so...
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-ASHLEY: Yeah, again.
-Hopefully.
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SHELLEY: We do have a heartbeat.
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-That's a nugget in there...
-(LAUGHS)
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...with a heart. I see it.
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-Congratulations. Yay.
-(LAUGHS)
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-Yay. Yes.
-It's a baby.
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NARRATOR: The team has high hopes
for Peri's second pregnancy.
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ASHLEY: Because Peri is such a great mom.
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She was phenomenal,
her first time around.
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Births with prehensile-tailed porcupine
as a species
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are not necessarily that rare in zoos,
but is important that you make sure
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you have the right genetics.
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Peri's very genetically valuable,
that's why we decided to go ahead
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and do it again,
and help spread the word
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about these amazing animals
that live in the rainforest.
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We're excited.
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NARRATOR: Over a mile away,
Animal Kingdom Lodge
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is home to over 200 African animals.
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And nestled backstage...
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it's time to meet the newest arrival,
Stark, an infant steenbok calf.
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The cutest animal that we have,
in the whole world basically
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is our little baby boy steenbok.
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I mean, come on. (LAUGHS)
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-He's so tiny.
-ASHLEY: Hi, buddy.
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REBEKHA: He's born just a few hours ago.
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NARRATOR: Hand-rearing during this
crucial early stage calms Stark,
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and builds a bond with his keepers.
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I have to test the bottle
just like you do a human baby.
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Make sure it's a good temperature.
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You can see he has very long legs.
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We'll see if he wants to stand
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He's still very unsteady.
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What do we think?
I know. We wanna move around.
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It's so fun, huh?
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Is it so fun?
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He'll actually enjoy six bottles a day,
and they're spread out
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about four-hour increments.
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And it has a variety of immune building
properties in there.
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So right now, all done.
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You can see he's not quite super strong
in his legs yet,
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but as he grows, within a week,
he will be a little bit more
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straightened out
and more upright on those back hooves.
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Tuck you in for the night.
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Till four more hours
until you get fed again.
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Goodnight, buddy.
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NARRATOR: In their natural home
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on the savannas
of Southern and Eastern Africa,
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these small antelope rely
on a powerful leap to escape predators.
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ASHLEY: Hi, bud.
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NARRATOR: But now, one month later,
Stark's legs show troubling signs.
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Over the course of a few weeks,
Stark started to develop
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a little bit of a deformity in his limbs.
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He had some issues with walking.
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And so we were just concerned about that,
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so we started putting on
some kinesiology tape.
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NARRATOR: The tape can help straighten
Stark's legs,
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but that doesn't guarantee success.
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DR. NATALIE: Today, we see
if we've had any improvement.
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(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)
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DR. NATALIE: All right.
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ASHLEY: So, I don't know
if it'll be helpful for you if I hold
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the opposite leg that you're
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-not you're measuring. Okay.
-It would. Yes.
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I'm gonna take...
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NARRATOR:
A straighter ankle would mean progress.
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DR. NATALIE: His wrist should be
sitting straight, but it's not.
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We're hopeful that we had
a positive change.
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-It has improved.
-Oh, good.
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Yeah, it's improved by two degrees.
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-Oh, nice.
-DR. NATALIE: Yeah.
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He's not okay yet,
so let's keep doing the tape...
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-Okay.
-...for now.
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Um, and I wanted to go ahead
and try exercise.
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I want you guys to actually physically
get him out and exercise him.
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NARRATOR: Failing to correct Stark's legs
could leave him in long-term pain.
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Today I'm really encouraged to see
that we have a decrease in that angle.
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It's still present, but it is less.
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We've decided that
we're gonna increase his exercise
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and recheck him again next week.
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NARRATOR: Backstage off the land of Asia,
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clever cat Anala gets ready
for her next challenge.
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DAWN: She loves her pumpkins. Loves them.
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NARRATOR: A treat packed inside a puzzle.
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DAWN: So what's the weight of this thing?
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FEMALE VOICE:
A hundred and forty-four pounds.
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DAWN: Whoo! Don't drop it.
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They don't usually get pumpkins,
but pumpkins are in season.
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So she's gonna get a pumpkin.
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FEMALE VOICE:
Right. Where do you guys want it?
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-MALE VOICE: Over here. This way.
-FEMALE VOICE: Yeah.
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-DAWN: All right.
-This is gonna be super exciting for her.
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MALE VOICE:
We could do the flat side down.
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-FEMALE VOICE: Yeah.
-MALE VOICE: Then it won't roll as well.
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-Perfect.
-DAWN: Cool.
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All right. Let's drill a hole.
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DAWN: With this pumpkin, there's some
meatballs in it to entice her.
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The idea is that she's gonna use
her claws, she's gonna use her teeth.
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Her senses are gonna be exploding.
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Putting the meatballs into the pumpkin.
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And we'll see what happens.
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It's fun.
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Oh, here she comes.
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I don't think she's ever seen
a pumpkin this big.
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She's trying to figure out,
"How do I get in there?
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"How do I get those meatballs?"
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In the wild, they'd be hunting for food.
They'd be figuring out where things are.
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They'd be smelling.
So she's using all those senses right now.
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It's really good for them.
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Oh, boy.
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(ANALA GROWLS)
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DAWN: The hope is that she goes after it
like it's a prey item.
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You might see her actually hanging onto it
with her teeth and just hanging on.
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And that's her going after
her prey item.
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The reason we're looking for that
is 'cause those are natural behaviors
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for our cats.
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Look at that. Hundred and forty pounds
is nothing for her.
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-Oh, she got it.
-She got it.
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-She got a meatball out.
-MALE VOICE: Clever girl.
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NARRATOR: Success never tasted so sweet.
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And Anala shows her natural instincts
are as sharp as ever.
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DAWN:
She'll work on this the rest of the day.
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Back at Animal Kingdom Lodge,
three weeks into treatment,
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Stark, the baby steenbok,
still faces problems with his bent legs.
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DR. NATALIE:
Recently, it was getting worse,
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and so I asked for a specialist
to come in today.
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This is Dr. Andrew Smith,
and he's a large animal surgeon
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at the University of Florida's
College of Veterinary Medicine.
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Stay in your bed.
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MALE VOICE: Sounds good.
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He's in the yard. We'll be good.
All right. Ready.
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Recently, that front left,
it's even more bent than it was.
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(LAUGHS) He's very curious about you.
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We don't have any male keepers
in this barn,
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so when we have men come in,
they're sometimes nervous.
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Sometimes they're very curious.
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Where I think our problems are is that,
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you know, as he's growing,
his bones are growing faster
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-than his tendons are.
-ASHLEY: Mm-hmm.
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DR. ANDREW: Because of that, his tendons
are actually stretched and that's
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-causing him a little bit of a pain.
-ASHLEY: Mm-hmm.
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And that's basically
making the structure worse.
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I do think it'd be worth looking at him
under anesthesia and seeing
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if I could get that leg straight.
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NARRATOR: Delicate surgery gives Stark
the best chance of walking properly again.
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All right. We're doing it.
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So, Dr. Smith is simply
going to cut a tendon.
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And while I say that's simple, it's not.
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You really have to know
the anatomy super well.
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And he's a really tiny animal.
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For me, trying to tackle this,
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it's like looking at somebody
who's trying to defuse a bomb.
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I would open it up and try to figure out,
"Where am I supposed to cut?
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"You know, is it the red wire?
Is it the green wire?"
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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)
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DR. ANDREW: We cut the two tendons
that attach to the accessory carpal bone
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so that they can fully extend now.
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Then I'll make sure we got everything.
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We can get him out, and actually move
around, and it heals at elongated position
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that would be the best-case scenario
for him.
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There we go.
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Beautiful.
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We're done.
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The graceful dismount.
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Well done. Awesome.
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FEMALE VOICE 1: One, two, three.
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There's always that moment
after anesthesia
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where animals are little wobbly anyway.
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-FEMALE VOICE 1: You good, bud? Nope.
-FEMALE VOICE 2: Hold on.
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ASHLEY: All right. He's...
Oh, he's standing. He did it. He's up.
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DR. NATALIE: Hi, big guy.
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We're all super relieved
to have him not only stand up,
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but stand up and be stable
and not have any discomfort afterwards.
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But what we're looking at is a few weeks
of him actually having that bandage on.
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It all depends with how well he is doing
in order to allow the appropriate growth.
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I'm really hopeful
for a successful outcome.
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And so we're just gonna have to wait
to see what's gonna happen.
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NARRATOR: Just over one mile away sits
the 110-acre Harambe Wildlife Reserve,
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home to 34 species,
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including one of the world's
most iconic animals.
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Now we're officially in the east savanna.
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Here. I'm gonna kind of loop around.
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Sorry, Ken. You're okay.
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NARRATOR: Keeper Jess checks up
on the park's herd
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of six southern white rhinos.
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Today, she encounters
a typical traffic jam on the reserve.
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JESS: Oh, Helen.
What are you doing, man?
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Helen has plenty of other places
to manicure her horn.
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The truck just happens to be one of her
favorite places to do it.
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NARRATOR: The herd's only male rhino holds
a special place in Jess's heart.
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JESS: Dugan's my favorite. I love him.
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There's something about Dugan.
He's just the sweetest rhino.
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He really is.
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The girls are awesome, too.
They're super, super cool.
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But there's something about Dugan.
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His personality with the keepers.
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His personality with the girls.
It's fun to watch.
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For some reason,
which I will never understand,
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rhinos are always made to look
like they're this super aggressive,
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scary kind of thing, and they're not.
I mean, look at Dugan.
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Sweetest rhino ever.
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So to see them all together is awesome.
That makes my zookeeper heart happy.
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NARRATOR:
Dugan has a big milestone coming up.
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JESS: Dugan is turning 24 years old,
and the rhino team is throwing him
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a big party to celebrate.
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NARRATOR: And the local fire department
helps out with the party supplies.
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(PLAYFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
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-JESS: Hello. Nice to see you.
-MALE VOICE 1: Hey. How are you?
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-Hey. Very good.
-JESS: Hello, guys. Thank you so much.
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The idea is we wanna come up
with a really good birthday gift
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for Dugan.
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NARRATOR: This present provides
a perfect recycling opportunity
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for an old fire hose.
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-Yes, thank you.
-MALE VOICE 2: Right.
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I cannot wait to see his reaction
when he gets his present.
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It is gonna be really special.
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NARRATOR: Across the park,
pregnant porcupine, Peri...
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causes concern for her keepers.
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ASHLEY: A couple days ago,
she was sneezing a lot, sniffling.
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Like rubbing her nose with her front feet.
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Just kind of acting
a little uncomfortable.
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Just kind of progressed,
and today she sounded a little bit,
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like, when she was breathing, labored
breathing and wheezing. So that's why...
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It just kind of escalated each day.
And being pregnant obviously,
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you know,
I wanted to make sure she was seen.
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NARRATOR: Peri receives anesthetic,
before Dr. Ryan begins a thorough exam.
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DR. RYAN: Okay. It went in her.
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ASHLEY: She got an injection now.
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Peri's asleep enough.
I say we move her over in the crate
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and get her on the plate
and get rolling.
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DR. RYAN: So our first step with Peri
was to get some radiographs
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of her lung fields just to make sure
she doesn't have a lower
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respiratory tract infection
or problem like pneumonia.
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NARRATOR: Dr. Dan steps into the mix.
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DR. DAN: Let me know if we're getting
to a point where we can move her.
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Don't see why not.
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DR. RYAN: Looks good.
Chest radiographs look fine.
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At least I know
she doesn't have pneumonia.
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Oh, but look at her stomach contents.
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-DR. DAN: Hmm. Looks like...
-DR. RYAN: A little dehydrated.
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So we need to rehydrate her
and get things moving along.
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NARRATOR: Peri gets a special solution.
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All right, we got some nice B vitamins.
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My goal is to get her feeling
a little bit better, get her re-hydrated.
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NARRATOR: But pregnant Peri's
persistent sneezing still needs solving.
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DR. RYAN: I'm a little concerned about her
being under anesthesia
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for long periods of time
with her current condition,
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so we just really wanna
hustle things along.
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I can see from the outside
that she has a problem.
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Look at this.
See how it's just stuck on there, man.
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We found something.
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And so that's the stuff she gets...
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MALE VOICE: That's gross.
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DR. RYAN:
Yeah, and it's hard as a rock, so...
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LORI: She got hard boogers?
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She has hard boogers.
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NARRATOR: Thankfully, a simple diagnosis
with an easy cure.
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It'd be very helpful
if she started sneezing more
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to kinda clear some of that stuff
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-outta there.
-We've asked her. She doesn't quite
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listen to us but we'll continue to ask.
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'Cause again, that stuff is just...
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-LORI: It makes a difference. Yeah.
-...stuck on there and it's so hard.
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We're good.
So, yeah, let's get her woked up.
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Peri's a great mom
and she's a great patient to work with.
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Hopefully, we can get her through
the birth of this baby and then,
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you know, follow up with her as needed.
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ASHLEY: Yeah. We're still on baby watch.
So she's in that time frame.
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Yeah. Could be any day.
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NARRATOR: And no one wants to miss
the big arrival.
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Tonight, let's do this.
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No. Saturday, while I'm there.
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-Okay.
-Yeah.
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It's all about you, Dr. Dan.
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-Whatever you need.
-All right, if you could just let
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-Peri know...
-Okay. (LAUGHS)
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...that I would prefer to be there
when she gives birth, that would be great.
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NARRATOR: The Harambe Wildlife Reserve
is home to the park's closest family.
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This pack of African painted dogs
comprises a canine band of brothers.
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Keeper Kendall gets ready
to let them loose on their lunch.
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KENDALL: These guys, in general,
have a very strong pack mentality.
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They're all brothers from the same litter.
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It makes them the most efficient hunters
because they work together.
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NARRATOR: On the African plains,
painted dogs catch up
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to 90 percent of the animals they chase.
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Today, this hungry pack prepares
for a special stinky treat.
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Hey, Prima girl. How you doing?
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KENDALL: I am collecting some
of our Hartmann's zebra's poops.
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NARRATOR:
You've heard of the circle of life.
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Well, this is the circle of poop.
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While the feces is fresh,
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Kendall makes an express delivery
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to the pack and makes sure
everyone gets his share.
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KENDALL: If we were to single one
individual dog out,
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it could actually cause him to be
alienated from the rest of pack.
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They do have a strong pack mentality,
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but scuffles still happen
and wounds still happen.
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(BELL RINGS)
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Luke right there,
who was rolling in that pile.
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Oswald over here was doing the same thing.
He's, you know, putting his neck in.
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That's what I often see
with my own dog at home
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when he rolls on something that's scented.
He kinda does his neck area.
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It could be that they're trying
to disguise their own scents.
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It could be that they wanna scent mark
the poop that's in there with their smell,
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keep other predators away from the area.
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00:26:30,881 --> 00:26:33,300
There's a couple
different theories for it.
462
00:26:33,425 --> 00:26:36,762
But we do know
that our painted dogs really like it.
463
00:26:37,846 --> 00:26:41,767
NARRATOR: It might look gross,
but one animal's poop
464
00:26:42,017 --> 00:26:43,477
is another's pleasure.
465
00:26:43,811 --> 00:26:47,856
KENDALL: I saw that. (LAUGHS)
You wanna be extra stinky?
466
00:26:48,690 --> 00:26:50,150
Did you enjoy it?
467
00:26:50,526 --> 00:26:51,735
Seems like it.
468
00:26:52,069 --> 00:26:53,821
(SNIFFS)
469
00:26:58,367 --> 00:26:59,701
(MONKEY HOOTING)
470
00:27:03,956 --> 00:27:05,958
NARRATOR: Behind the scenes at the Lodge,
471
00:27:06,208 --> 00:27:10,170
Stark, the baby steenbok,
faces a life-changing day.
472
00:27:11,046 --> 00:27:14,591
Today is when we take those bandages off,
and I'm really hopeful
473
00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:17,761
that what I'm gonna see
is a really straight leg.
474
00:27:25,853 --> 00:27:28,480
Here we go. This looks fantastic.
475
00:27:29,857 --> 00:27:31,984
-You're a good boy.
-So, so close
476
00:27:32,109 --> 00:27:33,902
to being done, big guy. There we go.
477
00:27:34,444 --> 00:27:38,240
Okay, a little bit of scar tissue.
It's feeling really good.
478
00:27:38,615 --> 00:27:42,744
And now we're gonna see what he does
when we let him go. (LAUGHING)
479
00:27:43,996 --> 00:27:45,247
Now is the moment of truth.
480
00:27:45,330 --> 00:27:46,290
ASHLEY: Are we ready?
481
00:27:46,373 --> 00:27:47,958
-FEMALE VOICE 1: Let's put him down.
-ASHLEY: All right.
482
00:27:48,041 --> 00:27:49,293
Moment of truth.
483
00:27:49,835 --> 00:27:51,920
All right. There ya go, little mans.
484
00:27:52,254 --> 00:27:54,590
-ASHLEY: Legs.
-DR. NATALIE: (LAUGHS) Look at that.
485
00:27:54,756 --> 00:27:57,509
-ASHLEY: Good job, bud.
-Perfectly straight. That's beautiful.
486
00:28:01,597 --> 00:28:03,640
DR. NATALIE: (LAUGHS) Hi, handsome.
487
00:28:04,141 --> 00:28:05,517
I'm really excited.
488
00:28:05,767 --> 00:28:08,562
The surgery is a super success.
He's walking normally.
489
00:28:09,021 --> 00:28:11,064
-Look how straight those are.
-FEMALE VOICE 2: It's really beautiful.
490
00:28:11,148 --> 00:28:12,941
-FEMALE VOICE 1: That's like... perfect.
-FEMALE VOICE 2: Yeah.
491
00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:14,568
You're like a whole new steenbok.
492
00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:17,487
DR. NATALIE: I don't think we're gonna
have to do anything more
493
00:28:17,613 --> 00:28:19,031
because those look so good today.
494
00:28:19,198 --> 00:28:21,283
Yeah. Good job, guys.
495
00:28:21,491 --> 00:28:23,827
He's really cute,
and he's walking super well.
496
00:28:23,911 --> 00:28:25,787
And I couldn't be happier.
497
00:28:41,470 --> 00:28:46,308
NARRATOR: Out on the Kilimanjaro Safaris,
Dugan turns 24 today.
498
00:28:46,808 --> 00:28:51,230
Backstage, Jess and the team
prepare his special birthday surprise.
499
00:28:52,022 --> 00:28:53,190
Okay. Cool.
500
00:28:53,649 --> 00:28:54,816
(PLAYFUL MUSIC PLAYING)
501
00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:59,196
JESS: Today is Dugan's 24th birthday,
and we have a lot of work to do
502
00:28:59,279 --> 00:29:03,033
to make this fire hose into an amazing
present for his big day.
503
00:29:07,788 --> 00:29:11,541
We really wanna play off of a rhino's
natural behavior, that they spar.
504
00:29:11,625 --> 00:29:14,378
So this is just an item
that they can practice
505
00:29:14,586 --> 00:29:17,089
that kind of play aggression,
sparring behavior.
506
00:29:17,214 --> 00:29:18,674
(RHINO ROARS)
507
00:29:19,716 --> 00:29:23,095
JESS: I am so proud of our team
because it's a sweaty job,
508
00:29:23,178 --> 00:29:25,138
but it's really fun, and it's worth it.
509
00:29:25,639 --> 00:29:27,933
It's kind of a team building
opportunity, too,
510
00:29:28,058 --> 00:29:29,518
for us to all kind of come together
511
00:29:29,601 --> 00:29:32,104
around one animal that we really love
and make something for him.
512
00:29:32,312 --> 00:29:34,314
ALL: Hey!
513
00:29:34,523 --> 00:29:36,817
We did it. It looks awesome.
514
00:29:40,529 --> 00:29:42,030
-JESS: Ooh.
-NARRATOR: After a few final
515
00:29:42,239 --> 00:29:44,992
touches, it's up to Dugan to decide
516
00:29:45,075 --> 00:29:48,036
if the team's hard work
puts him in the mood to party.
517
00:29:48,328 --> 00:29:50,330
-Ready for the birthday boy?
-I think we're ready for him.
518
00:29:50,497 --> 00:29:51,498
FEMALE VOICE: We're ready.
519
00:29:57,671 --> 00:29:59,298
JESS: Here he comes.
520
00:29:59,798 --> 00:30:01,383
-MALE VOICE 1: Happy birthday, buddy.
-(JESS LAUGHING)
521
00:30:01,466 --> 00:30:03,343
-MALE VOICE 1: Come on out.
-MALE VOICE 2: Come have fun.
522
00:30:03,468 --> 00:30:06,388
-He's like, "Oh, yeah."
-Oh, what is this?
523
00:30:07,222 --> 00:30:08,598
MALE VOICE 1:
Are you gonna open your presents?
524
00:30:10,183 --> 00:30:12,227
Oh. (LAUGHS)
525
00:30:14,062 --> 00:30:15,439
MALE VOICE 1: Gotta read your card, Dugan.
526
00:30:16,940 --> 00:30:18,275
-That's so cute.
-FEMALE VOICE: Oh, yeah.
527
00:30:18,442 --> 00:30:21,445
-The good stuff is inside.
-JESS: Okay. Oh, yeah! (LAUGHS)
528
00:30:22,821 --> 00:30:24,865
-MALE VOICE 1: There you go.
-Stick your whole face in it, bud.
529
00:30:25,032 --> 00:30:26,783
-(JESS CHEERS)
-MALE VOICE 1: You got it. Yeah!
530
00:30:26,908 --> 00:30:29,369
-(ALL LAUGH)
-JESS: So cute.
531
00:30:30,370 --> 00:30:32,164
Good boy. (LAUGHS)
532
00:30:35,083 --> 00:30:38,003
I knew... We knew he'd go for the hay.
We knew he'd go for the good stuff.
533
00:30:38,128 --> 00:30:39,713
I love that he smashed the cake.
534
00:30:39,963 --> 00:30:42,758
NARRATOR:
But there's still Dugan's special present.
535
00:30:42,841 --> 00:30:45,010
He hasn't gone
to the fire hose toy just yet.
536
00:30:46,011 --> 00:30:48,013
But I'd love if he would go over to it.
537
00:30:48,555 --> 00:30:52,392
-Oh, oh. Yeah! He got it.
-(ALL LAUGH)
538
00:30:52,476 --> 00:30:53,810
MALE VOICE 2: Good job, Dugan.
539
00:30:54,644 --> 00:30:56,646
-MALE VOICE 1: There you go.
-JESS: There you go.
540
00:30:56,772 --> 00:30:58,482
-(ALL CHEERING)
-JESS: Go take it!
541
00:30:59,191 --> 00:31:01,443
It seemed like he enjoyed it.
I hope he enjoyed it.
542
00:31:01,651 --> 00:31:03,695
I know all of his keepers
really enjoyed it.
543
00:31:03,987 --> 00:31:05,530
So I think overall, today was a win.
544
00:31:05,864 --> 00:31:09,701
NARRATOR: Birthday boy, Dugan,
gets the final word.
545
00:31:09,951 --> 00:31:11,078
(WHEEZES)
546
00:31:11,411 --> 00:31:14,331
So that was his way of checking in
on the girls.
547
00:31:14,498 --> 00:31:16,833
It could even be his way of inviting them
to the party.
548
00:31:17,250 --> 00:31:18,710
So, that was pretty cute.
549
00:31:19,044 --> 00:31:20,128
(JESS CHUCKLES)
550
00:31:34,226 --> 00:31:37,854
NARRATOR: Long after closing hours,
in the middle of the night,
551
00:31:38,980 --> 00:31:42,109
securely nestled inside
her sleeping quarters,
552
00:31:42,484 --> 00:31:45,195
pregnant Peri suddenly stirs.
553
00:31:55,622 --> 00:31:58,583
The park's newest baby arrives safely.
554
00:32:07,008 --> 00:32:10,137
So I'm the on-call veterinarian today,
and got great news
555
00:32:10,220 --> 00:32:13,098
that Peri the porcupine had
her baby last night.
556
00:32:20,522 --> 00:32:23,442
I hope my topknot survives
this big purchase.
557
00:32:23,817 --> 00:32:25,485
-(LAUGHS)
-This might be ugly.
558
00:32:27,529 --> 00:32:32,868
NARRATOR: Dr. Deidre comes in
to check on the health of mom and baby.
559
00:32:33,243 --> 00:32:35,495
DR. DEIDRE: Let's see if she might wanna
come out a little bit.
560
00:32:38,623 --> 00:32:40,041
Hi, sweet Peri Mama.
561
00:32:40,250 --> 00:32:41,710
FEMALE VOICE: Hi, sleepy wee one.
562
00:32:43,253 --> 00:32:44,504
You're a good girl, Peri.
563
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:46,465
DR. DEIDRE: She's a mama rock star.
564
00:32:47,424 --> 00:32:49,092
LORI: But so far, so good.
565
00:32:49,509 --> 00:32:53,054
Just check its skin to see if you think
that it might be dehydrated.
566
00:32:54,222 --> 00:32:56,349
-DR. DEIDRE: So skin looks good.
-LORI: Okay. Good.
567
00:32:56,433 --> 00:32:58,226
DR. DEIDRE: You don't want me to see
what you are.
568
00:32:58,351 --> 00:33:01,021
You don't want us to tell us
if you're a boy or a girl, do you?
569
00:33:03,148 --> 00:33:04,483
(WHISPERS) I think it's a girl.
570
00:33:06,067 --> 00:33:08,487
Shelley, does she look as cute
as she did on ultrasound?
571
00:33:08,570 --> 00:33:09,571
SHELLEY: Cuter.
572
00:33:09,738 --> 00:33:12,741
It's so exciting just to watch her
from the first time
573
00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:16,077
we started ultrasounding her
and watching her growth and...
574
00:33:16,870 --> 00:33:17,871
and now this.
575
00:33:18,413 --> 00:33:21,249
Oh, look, prehensile cuteness.
576
00:33:21,583 --> 00:33:23,210
SHELLY: Oh. (LAUGHS)
577
00:33:24,628 --> 00:33:28,006
DR. DEIDRE:
Our initial exam today is great news.
578
00:33:28,381 --> 00:33:30,592
The porcupette looks very active.
579
00:33:30,926 --> 00:33:33,678
Peri looks very active
and looking great.
580
00:33:34,888 --> 00:33:37,724
You're a good mama.
Go back to your baby.
581
00:33:38,767 --> 00:33:40,644
Go on. Good girl.
582
00:33:43,939 --> 00:33:46,483
She's like, "I just wanna check,
make sure everything's okay."
583
00:33:47,526 --> 00:33:50,529
ASHLEY: This baby is so important to us
because it's not often
584
00:33:50,612 --> 00:33:53,698
that we get, as keepers,
to deal with a newborn baby.
585
00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:57,244
It just helps you learn so much
as a zookeeper.
586
00:33:57,327 --> 00:34:00,956
And to see her taking care of the baby
and getting to hold the baby,
587
00:34:01,122 --> 00:34:02,207
it's just incredible.
588
00:34:02,499 --> 00:34:05,794
It's hard to describe,
but it's a really amazing experience.
589
00:34:11,591 --> 00:34:12,884
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
590
00:34:36,950 --> 00:34:38,285
(THEME MUSIC ENDS)