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(MONKEY SCREECHING)
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NARRATOR: This time on
Magic of Disney's Animal Kingdom...
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-a baby monkey becomes a big sister...
-DR. NATALIE: Beautiful tail here.
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NARRATOR: ...a teenage elephant
takes a run at her biggest fear...
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ELIZABETH: You can do it!
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NARRATOR:
...and a green turtle goes for gold.
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AARON: (LAUGHS) Awesome, buddy.
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-(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
-(BIRD SQUAWKING)
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(TIGER PURRS)
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(TIGER PANTS)
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NARRATOR: Out on the Gorilla Falls
Exploration Trail...
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Hi, guys. You ready for some lunch?
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NARRATOR: ...one baby monkey likes
nothing more than creating a little chaos.
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-(MONKEY GIBBERS)
-(MUNCHES)
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Alika is just over a year old now.
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She is the most rambunctious for sure.
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She just never stops, never stops moving,
never stops bouncing around.
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She's really, really, really a lot of fun.
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NARRATOR: Black-and-white colobuses have
four fingers and no thumb.
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Perfect hooks for leaping on branches.
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(MONKEY GIBBERS)
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Alika, what are you doing, lady?
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She's playing a lot
and Mom does not want that at all.
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(CAITLIN LAUGHING)
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NARRATOR: The monkey business bugs mom,
Zahra, for good reason
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she's pregnant with baby number two.
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Hi, Zahra. You want some? Here you go.
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Your purple kale's exciting.
I know, Zahra. (LAUGHS)
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Zahra was a very good mother with Alika,
so we're hoping that she will be
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a good mother again
with her next little one.
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NARRATOR: Alika becoming a big sister
will be a first for the park.
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It's going to be very interesting
when the new baby is born, um,
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to see what Alika is going to do for sure.
It's gonna be an adventure for all of us.
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How can you have a bad day when you're
watching her play around like that?
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(CAITLIN LAUGHING)
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NARRATOR: But there's one detail
no one is quite sure of.
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CAITLIN: Zahra's becoming a mom again
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a little bit earlier
than we had anticipated.
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We don't know exactly when Zahra
is going to deliver.
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DR. NATALIE: Move this...
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-KEEPER: Wanna move it closer to the door?
-...to the corner there?
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NARRATOR: So, behind the scenes,
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Dr. Natalie
and the primate team are on the case.
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Today I'm here to ultrasound Zahra,
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so that we can get a better prediction
of when the baby will be born.
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We can try this first.
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ZOOKEEPER: Zahra. Come here, lady.
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DR. NATALIE: I've been working with Zahra
since she was an infant.
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So it's really exciting to see her
grow up as an adult.
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To see her have her own children.
To be able to ultrasound those babies.
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You know. Good girl. That's not scary.
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So move to the right a little,
or at least tail to the left.
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More towards the left. There we go.
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You can even see the heart valves
on the baby.
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That was an awesome tail,
I have a beautiful tail view.
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(CHUCKLES)
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-So cute. Is that the little colobus tail?
-Oh, yeah.
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ZOOKEEPER: Oh, my gosh.
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DR. NATALIE: Fingers.
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These are end-on fingers,
so you can just see them kind of...
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NARRATOR: This scan shows
the little one is healthy,
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but a big question remains...
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How far along do you think?
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DR. NATALIE: I'll tell you this,
we've still got a lot of amniotic fluid,
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and so we've still got a lot of room
to grow, so we're not... you know,
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we're probably second trimester?
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NARRATOR: Dr. Natalie's guess puts Zahra
around three months pregnant.
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Still more than two months to go.
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Over on the African savanna...
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13-year-old elephant, Nadirah,
babysits her 3-year-old sister, Stella.
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ELIZABETH: Nadirah, right now,
is just, kind of, hanging out,
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she's picking up hay scraps,
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and surprise, surprise,
Stella is behind her hanging out.
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Picking up hay scraps.
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Typical little sister.
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I have a little sister.
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She still lives with me
and steals my clothes, so... (LAUGHS)
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Nadirah is a great big sister,
she's very gentle with Stella.
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Right now, Stella,
she's seeing what Nadirah got,
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seeing if she got anything good.
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When they stick their trunks
in each other’s mouths,
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they have to kind of trust each other.
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So, she's super comfortable with Nadirah.
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NARRATOR: But teenager Nadirah
has one major growing pain.
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ELIZABETH: The bridge connects the east
and the west yard,
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that's the only way to access
the west yard
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for an elephant is to go over the bridge
to that yard.
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NARRATOR:
For the other elephants in the herd,
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stepping on the bridge
is a walk in the park.
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But not for Nadirah.
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ELIZABETH: Nadirah, in general,
her personality,
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she's a little bit more skittish.
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So, the first time Nadirah would not go
past the threshold,
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so where the dirt met the cement
to go over the bridge, she couldn't do it.
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So that is the bridge dilemma.
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NARRATOR: As Mom, Donna,
takes over the baby-sitting duties...
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ERIN: Stephanie, Tyler. You copy?
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...animal manager, Erin, hopes a little
peer pressure will encourage Nadirah
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to take her first steps onto the cement.
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-FEMALE VOICE: Go ahead, Erin.
-East gate has been confirmed secure,
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you can start sending the ladies.
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Today, we're gonna wait for all four
of the girls to come here,
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and hopefully she will go with them
in a group so she's more comfortable.
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Kianga. Hi, big girl.
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Hi. Good morning. Good morning.
Come on, Vasha.
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Luna! Nadirah!
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NARRATOR: While the others say
a friendly hello,
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Nadirah seems to know what's coming.
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Nadirah's the one hanging
out in the back by the rock ring.
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You guys ready? Come on.
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Raising the drop gate.
All right, Luna go on.
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Luna and Kianga, look like they're
gonna be first.
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NARRATOR: Nine-year-old Luna
and 15-year-old Kianga
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-stroll right on to the cement.
-ERIN: Come on, Vash.
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I know you're waiting,
you're doing so good.
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NARRATOR: Now it's up to mother figure,
Vasha, to give Nadirah a nudge.
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ERIN: Vasha seems to do a really
good job of waiting for Nadirah.
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She'll kind of put her in front of her
sometimes and then she'll go behind her
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and try to scoot her over.
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So far, nothing.
But she's at least making an effort.
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Come on, Nadirah.
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I know, Vasha, you're doing good.
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She stopped, looked back kind of a, to me,
"Let's go, come on."
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NARRATOR:
But even Vasha can only wait so long.
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Now, for Nadirah.
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ERIN: Good girl, Nadirah. Come on.
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Everyone's going, kid.
You can do it, come on.
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Step back a little bit.
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Come on, Nadirah. Good girl, Nadirah.
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So, this is kind of about where we're at.
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So far, we have not had any more
forward momentum.
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This is all choice for her.
Ultimately, we can't...
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I can't force her to go anywhere,
she's an elephant.
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What're you doing? Atta-girl.
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NARRATOR: But being left by yourself
is no fun, either.
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ERIN: She'll try and she'll go back.
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Now she's... Now she's leaving.
She's gonna throw a tantrum, right now.
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I know. I know.
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(ELEPHANT GRUNTS)
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-NARRATOR: Today at least...
-ERIN: There she goes.
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NARRATOR: ...it remains a bridge too far.
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(SCREAMING)
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NARRATOR: Anchored right in the heart
of the Park, stands Discovery Island.
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And the 145-foot Tree of Life.
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So I'll pull some of this out of here.
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NARRATOR: Beneath its huge branches,
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keeper Tricia, cleans up after a messy
pair of birds.
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Carri and Bones are not the best
nest builders in the world.
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So, we have Carri and Bones,
our lappet-faced vultures.
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They're the largest species of vulture
in Africa.
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Carri is our female,
she is a little bit larger than he is.
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She is our feisty one.
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She kind of rules the exhibit
and tells all the other animals
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that live in here, where to go.
They have to answer to her.
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Uh, whether it be red kangaroo
or zookeeper.
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She's got her wings open and coming across
the yard like she owns it.
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Bones, on the other hand,
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just kind of follows along
and does what he's told.
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NARRATOR: Once a year,
this odd couple builds a gigantic nest.
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And everyone hopes for a baby.
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This is an endangered species in Africa.
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We're trying to do whatever it takes
to get these guys
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to re-populate their species.
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So we'd really like to get some chicks
from them.
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NARRATOR:
But after 15 years with little success,
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practice hasn't exactly made perfect.
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As a couple, she...
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(CHUCKLING)
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Ah, I don't know what I could say.
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They're not great communicators,
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as far as
how they want their nests to look.
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So, a lot of times he'll put the sticks in
and then she will rearrange.
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Well, I mean, yeah. When my husband
moves something around,
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you know, it's not...
not where it's supposed to be.
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I have to go in and fix it, so...
(CHUCKLES)
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NARRATOR: The results can be
a little haphazard.
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They'll probably, hopefully, build up
the edges a little bit more,
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so that it's not just a ramp down.
(CHUCKLES)
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But again that leads back to how they're
not the best home makers, these two.
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NARRATOR: But what they lack in know-how,
they make up for in enthusiasm.
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TRICIA: During the breeding season,
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Bones spends a lot of time
building the nest,
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a lot of time sitting on the egg.
He is our good dad.
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He really is, and she sure tries hard.
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So we're hoping that,
this is going to be our year
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from these guys.
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NARRATOR: Five miles away at Epcot,
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The Seas hosts everything
from tiny clownfish...
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to big and beautiful sharks.
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Behind the scenes
in a separate holding habitat,
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a newcomer waits his turn
to join the crowd.
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Harry, the rescued turtle.
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There you are. Good morning.
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NARRATOR: One of more than 300 injured
sea turtles taken in
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and released by The Seas.
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AARON: When he first came in,
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we knew he was hit by a boat
and had some head injuries.
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We didn't know exactly what he would
eventually give us...
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Want some back scratches?
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NARRATOR: But aquarist, Aaron,
soon found a way to his heart.
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He really finds
these back scratches reinforcing,
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um, so he can actually feel it
through his shell.
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Um, and you can see him kind of wiggling
his butt back and forth.
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That's kind of him backing up into it
and enjoying it.
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NARRATOR: Harry's injuries mean
he can't be re-released to the ocean.
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But to join the main aquarium,
he has to learn that here,
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dinner comes from a target above him.
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AARON: Our goal is to get him
in our main environment,
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but in order to do that we need to know
that he's going to come to his target
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and he's going to eat. It's dinner time.
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NARRATOR: Harry should head toward
his target and his food.
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Oh, this is not great.
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So right now he's probably averaging
about a C.
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In order to go out
into the main environment,
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he probably needs to be
around a B-plus at least.
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I'm not quite sure where he's at
at the moment.
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He chose not to engage
with this target twice.
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But, not looking too great this morning.
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But, again, that's okay.
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It's all up to him. I can't make him
do anything and it's all his choice, so...
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NARRATOR: Not a B-plus in sight today,
but Aaron doesn't give up on him.
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We'll just pull the target
and try again, take a timeout,
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and hope for better next time.
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(MUNCHES)
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NARRATOR: Back at Disney's Animal Kingdom
Theme Park,
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in the veterinary treatment room...
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TRICIA: Following you, Jen.
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...potential vulture-dad, Bones,
faces an emergency.
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DR. JOSIE: Let's grab a blade
for shaving things away.
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It's nice and cozy.
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He flew kind of...
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shoddily and landed,
unfortunately, on a log,
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um, and that's how he got
the puncture wound.
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All right, everybody clear.
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could crush any plans for a baby.
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If he wasn't able to go back today
that could delay their breeding process,
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it might even completely stall it.
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So, it's really important
to get him back out on exhibit with her,
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so that they can continue to nest-build.
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And he's still breathing well on his own?
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-VETERINARIAN: Yes.
-Great.
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to breed,
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Dr. Josie needs to get Bones stitched up,
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and back to his mate for life, Carri,
waiting at the nest.
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We're gonna flush this area
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because sometimes dilution is the solution
to pollution.
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This is a... a really critical step
'cause it was a wooden branch,
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um, the chances that there's
little small splinters
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that are in there is pretty high.
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It's closing up really well,
so I'm going to put some antiseptic cream,
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'cause everything goes better with just
a little bit of frosting.
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-All right. You ready?
-Yeah. I'm just gonna... hug him, right?
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You got his feet, Jen?
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Tricia gets the chance
for a rare vulture cuddle.
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TRICIA: Look at his eyelashes.
They so pretty.
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DR. JOSIE: So, we got a blink.
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TRICIA: Oh, that's some eye movement.
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Tickle, tickle.
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He's probably just gonna stand up
and look at us, like,
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"What are you guys doing?"
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DR JOSIE: You gonna stand there?
There's a vulture face.
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NARRATOR: After two and a half hours
away from each other...
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the love birds reunite.
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(BIRDS CHIRPING)
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TRICIA: He came back and after her
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being a little upset with him
for being gone,
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they went right back
to doing all the things
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that they are supposed to do
during this time of the year.
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In just a few weeks,
we hope to see an egg.
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(BIRDS CHIRPING)
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NARRATOR: On the savanna, as baby Stella
enjoys a juicy banana leaf...
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behind the scenes...
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DANNY: Nadirah. Good girl, Nadirah.
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NARRATOR: ...the elephant team tries out
a new tactic with Nadirah.
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DANNY: Oh, come here.
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NARRATOR: Softening her up
with her favorite pastime.
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A bath with keeper, Danny.
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-ZOOKEEPER: Ready, Danny?
-DANNY: I'm ready if you're ready.
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-ZOOKEEPER: Yup.
-DANNY: What a good elephant.
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She loves the bath,
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uh, she's getting a lot of treats.
She's getting attention from us.
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There's a lot of trust
between her and us.
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Nadirah, foot.
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Good girl.
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Good. Nadirah, turn.
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Nadirah, when she's really comfortable,
she'll cross her legs
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and then you just know she's chill,
she's loving life. Best time for her.
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-NARRATOR: The spa treatment does the job.
-ZOOKEEPER: Where's your nose?
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I don't see it. Oh, thank you.
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NARRATOR: Now, Danny gives Nadirah
a little something extra
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to sweeten her journey back to the bridge.
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DANNY: Come here. Good girl.
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Come here. There you go.
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All right Nadirah, go on.
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NARRATOR: Of course,
if a treat's involved,
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baby sister, Stella,
wants in on the action, too.
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No, ma'am.
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The babies, they always want all the food.
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All right, Stella, go on. Stella's yours.
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NARRATOR: So far, so good.
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But the threshold of the bridge
still awaits.
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(TRAIN WHISTLES)
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(MONKEY GIBBERS)
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NARRATOR: In the Colobus Monkey Habitat,
as Alika clowns around...
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her new sibling keeps everyone waiting
two weeks past the due date.
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DR. NATALIE: We're starting to get
a little bit concerned about normal
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versus when we're gonna have a problem.
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The things that we have seen,
historically, in our colobus
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is that we've had really big babies.
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And sometimes that can make
for a challenging birth.
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That makes us really vigilant.
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NARRATOR: So mom-to-be Zahra
heads backstage for another ultrasound.
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-DR. NATALIE: You're right on the baby.
-ZOOKEEPER: Okay.
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You're very wiggly.
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Tilt to the right.
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Three o'clock.
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(MUNCHES)
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So the baby's still
kind of in the same position.
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-FEMALE VOICE: Same, sideways.
-DR. NATALIE: Sideways.
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-FEMALE VOICE: Sideways.
-DR. NATALIE: Yup. Almost no fluid.
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This baby wants to come out.
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NARRATOR: The baby appears large.
Just as they suspected.
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This might just be that she is gonna have
this kidlet sometime soon.
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-FEMALE VOICE: Right, be done.
-I hope. (CHUCKLES)
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NARRATOR: The next few days
will be crucial for Zahra and her baby.
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I think that we are so close
that we are either going to
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-give birth soon...
-Right.
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...or we're gonna be intervening.
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So that's why I want you guys
to monitor every day.
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Babies normally come overnight. And so,
usually we wake up to find them here.
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If we have an animal in active labor,
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that means that something
hasn't gone properly.
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-What that means is really a C-section.
-Yeah?
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What it will likely mean.
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I'm hoping that's not where we go,
but it's always worth discussing it.
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-FEMALE VOICE: Yeah.
-DR. NATALIE: Okay?
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(MONKEY GIBBERS)
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(MONKEY SCREECHING)
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NARRATOR: Back at the Tree of Life,
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more than a week has passed
since Bones' emergency.
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And he hasn't let a few stitches
get in his way.
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Today is a very exciting day,
um, Carri and Bones,
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our lappet-faced vultures,
we've been waiting anxiously for them
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to lay an egg and today is the day
that she laid an egg.
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We've been watching her very closely
through the day
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and so when she finally stood up,
the whole team started cheering.
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We were very excited.
It's just the best feeling as a zookeeper.
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NARRATOR: As soon as Carri lays an egg,
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the highly trained keepers
spring into action.
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I've got our dummy egg and our container,
so we're good to go.
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NARRATOR: To give her egg
the best opportunity to survive.
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They're just very difficult to breed.
So what we've done is we've started
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pulling their eggs
and artificially incubating them.
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And then in its place we will leave
a fake egg, which we call a dummy egg.
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It looks exactly like their egg.
Um, we had one made,
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so it's the same size, shape, color.
Um, and we let them sit on that.
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-TRICIA: Everybody ready? Everybody good?
-ZOOKEEPER: Yup.
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TRICIA: We don't need to move super-fast.
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Okay. Nice and slow.
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-KEEPER: I don't see Bones yet.
-TRICIA: And she's facing our direction.
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NARRATOR: Normally,
Carri lays only one egg a year.
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-So this is make it...
-TRICIA: Watch your step, guys.
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-Sorry, Carri. It will be quick, Mama.
-Yeah, go in front of me.
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NARRATOR: ...or break it.
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TRICIA: Okay. There she goes.
Yup, go ahead and push her.
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-(CARRI SCREECHES)
-Push her.
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Okay, don't step on the egg, Jeremy.
Let's stop movin'.
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The dummy egg is down. I have the egg.
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Okay. Right, slow, slow, back up.
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-TRICIA: Okay guys, you're good.
-ZOOKEEPER: You're good.
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-TRICIA: They good, clear? Okay.
-ZOOKEEPER: Mm-hmm, yeah, they're good.
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-It looks great.
-ZOOKEEPER: Good job, guys.
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-Did she stay on the nest?
-She went right back over to it.
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-KEEPER: Yup, she's still standing there.
-TRICIA: Okay.
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-KEEPER: Bones is still on the other side.
-TRICIA: Okay. Awesome.
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NARRATOR: Mission accomplished.
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Now the real egg has a chance
to make it to the hatch-date
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at the Avian Research Center.
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TRICIA: I'm very excited.
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-That's an understatement.
-TRICIA: Um... Yeah.
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Hey, Glory. I brought you an egg.
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The egg will spend the next 55 days
tucked into a specialized incubator.
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-We can just wait...
-Yup.
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NARRATOR: Carri and Bones
take one step closer to becoming parents.
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So we're still a long way out
from hatching, but, um, very excited.
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NARRATOR: Back at The Seas...
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-AARON: (LAUGHING) Awesome, buddy.
-NARRATOR: ...Harry makes some progress.
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Right around the B, buddy.
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You gotta get around that strap
first though. Come on.
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I know, sometimes forget
you have shoulders.
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NARRATOR:
Eh, give or take an obstacle or two.
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AARON: Here you go. Right here.
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Right. Come on. That was awesome. So good.
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NARRATOR: But Harry needs more
than a single success
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to make sure he gets enough food
in his new environment.
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AARON: We'll try that again.
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Just wanna get that repetition in
to make sure it's consistent.
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Doesn't look like there's gonna be any
reaction to the target going in over here.
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Little bit disappointing, but...
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Ah-ha! Never mind. Look at that.
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That was A-plus right there.
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You can see that increase of speed
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when he saw the target
and came right over.
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Doing so well.
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Today was a great day for Harry
and we're absolutely making progress
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on getting him into our main environment.
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So, really hoping we can get him out
in our main environment soon.
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NARRATOR: Harry is on his way
to his forever home.
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The Sea's 5.7 million gallon
saltwater aquarium.
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But this indoor ocean
isn't shipped in from the coast.
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It's created right here on site.
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PATRICK: Yeah, that should work.
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We bring in very large
semi-trucks that are full of salt.
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NARRATOR: Twenty-two tons of salt,
to be precise.
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We add that salt to ready fresh water
that we have here in these basins.
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NARRATOR: Chemist, Kent, oversees the mix.
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This isn't like your table salt, uh,
that you would have on the dinner table.
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Although it has a lot of that in it,
we formulated our own custom formula
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to mimic sea water as closely as we can.
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It takes about two million pounds
of this salt
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to mix up the entire aquarium.
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NARRATOR: That's a whopping 27 truckloads.
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The next challenge,
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making sure 5.7 million gallons
of saltwater stays clean.
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That water is in a constant loop
of filtration. Round and round it goes.
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Its turnover rate is about
35,000 gallons a minute
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through ten different filters.
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Two Olympic size pools per hour
is what we're turning over
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to continually clean the water,
continually disinfect the water
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and make it safe and healthy
for our animals to live in.
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NARRATOR: Early morning at the park...
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keepers, Wendy and KO, start their rounds
in the monkey barn...
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KO: Here I come for it.
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Zahra, look.
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...only to spot a new arrival.
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I just kind of came in this morning,
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and did an earlier check than usual
and sure enough,
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there is the little baby there.
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All the keepers here
are feeling very relieved,
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it's just very exciting to all of us.
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-Whoa!
-NARRATOR: And Mom, Zahra
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is happy to show off her new baby
to Dr. Natalie...
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A shelled peanut. What?
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NARRATOR: ...for a peanut or two.
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DR. NATALIE: Oh, my goodness.
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This baby's a little bit big.
She was great
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because she passed this baby
without our intervention.
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-I really think she worked hard.
-KO: Yeah.
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NARRATOR: One little question remains...
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Is it too much to ask to have her come up
a little bit so I can look under?
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KO: I can try.
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DR. NATALIE: See if she does it.
See how tall you can go.
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We do have a little boy.
455
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-Yay.
-Awesome. Awesome.
456
00:27:21,056 --> 00:27:22,683
A little brother for Alika.
457
00:27:22,891 --> 00:27:25,853
It's kind of a big first.
This is our first sibling pair
458
00:27:25,978 --> 00:27:29,189
that has actually been born here
at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
459
00:27:29,690 --> 00:27:33,043
We're watching Alika
because this is her first experience
460
00:27:33,152 --> 00:27:34,695
with a baby in the troop.
461
00:27:34,778 --> 00:27:36,405
WENDY: Oh, everybody's
going to love you guys.
462
00:27:36,530 --> 00:27:37,656
ZOOKEEPER: Everybody's here.
463
00:27:37,781 --> 00:27:40,284
NARRATOR: Today at least,
Alika and dad, Damian,
464
00:27:40,450 --> 00:27:42,703
show more interest in the prized peanuts.
465
00:27:43,287 --> 00:27:47,666
You know, your job was easy, you don't get
a peanut for that. I'm sorry.
466
00:27:48,375 --> 00:27:51,128
NARRATOR: And it won't be long
till Alika's baby brother
467
00:27:51,295 --> 00:27:53,672
starts making mischief of his own.
468
00:27:53,881 --> 00:27:56,341
FEMALE VOICE: What a cute little baby
you have.
469
00:27:56,508 --> 00:27:57,593
(SCREECHES)
470
00:28:03,390 --> 00:28:07,060
NARRATOR: While Carri and Bones incubate
their dummy egg in the nest,
471
00:28:07,436 --> 00:28:11,398
the real egg is nearly three weeks away
from a potential hatch.
472
00:28:11,732 --> 00:28:14,484
-You ready for candling?
-Yes. Ready for candling.
473
00:28:14,902 --> 00:28:15,903
TRICIA: Yes.
474
00:28:16,195 --> 00:28:20,199
NARRATOR: Today, Tricia arrives
for a weekly update from keeper, Glory.
475
00:28:24,828 --> 00:28:27,039
-TRICIA: So... Yes, I'm ready.
-GLORY: Ready?
476
00:28:27,414 --> 00:28:30,584
NARRATOR: Glory uses a bright light
to look inside the egg
477
00:28:30,667 --> 00:28:34,296
and check its development,
a process called candling.
478
00:28:34,379 --> 00:28:38,258
GLORY: So, you can see that the light
difference here is lighter in the bottom.
479
00:28:39,384 --> 00:28:41,595
-TRICIA: So the dark space is...
-GLORY: Yes.
480
00:28:41,970 --> 00:28:44,097
-GLORY: That's where the chick...
-TRICIA: The chick is.
481
00:28:44,181 --> 00:28:45,307
-GLORY: Mm-hmm.
-TRICIA: Okay.
482
00:28:45,641 --> 00:28:47,726
NARRATOR: Today, she notices a change.
483
00:28:48,435 --> 00:28:51,396
GLORY: See this area here,
see how it's hazy.
484
00:28:51,855 --> 00:28:54,775
The blood vessels around the air cell
were not noticeable.
485
00:28:54,942 --> 00:28:56,985
TRICIA: And so that's different from what
we saw last time.
486
00:28:57,110 --> 00:29:00,113
GLORY: Yes. Last Saturday, it was clear,
the fluid was clear.
487
00:29:00,197 --> 00:29:01,615
NARRATOR: It's a troubling sign,
488
00:29:01,865 --> 00:29:05,118
the blood vessels inside an egg
deliver vital nutrients
489
00:29:05,285 --> 00:29:07,704
and oxygen to the developing chick.
490
00:29:08,372 --> 00:29:12,793
If they don't work properly,
the embryo may not survive.
491
00:29:13,043 --> 00:29:17,339
TRICIA: Would you normally see
blood vessels at this stage very clearly?
492
00:29:17,464 --> 00:29:19,216
-In the smaller eggs, yes.
-TRICIA: Okay.
493
00:29:19,383 --> 00:29:21,677
So that's one of the main concerns
that we have right now.
494
00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,471
It's a little bit of trouble
in the development, so it's just
495
00:29:24,554 --> 00:29:27,140
a matter of, like, going day by day.
496
00:29:29,309 --> 00:29:31,353
-I'm gonna keep my fingers crossed.
-GLORY: Me, too.
497
00:29:33,397 --> 00:29:38,485
Birds typically only lay one egg a season,
so each egg is extremely important, um,
498
00:29:38,568 --> 00:29:40,404
for the preservation of the species.
499
00:29:40,570 --> 00:29:44,908
So, to have something potentially
going wrong, it's a little...
500
00:29:45,784 --> 00:29:46,827
A bit of a bummer.
501
00:29:53,375 --> 00:29:56,461
NARRATOR: Just a couple of days later,
Tricia gets some news.
502
00:29:58,297 --> 00:30:00,257
The egg didn't make it.
503
00:30:01,383 --> 00:30:03,677
TRICIA: We haven't had the best luck,
but every year we learn
504
00:30:03,802 --> 00:30:06,430
a little bit more and every year,
we've been able to build on it.
505
00:30:06,555 --> 00:30:09,641
One day Carri and Bones will be
a mom and dad,
506
00:30:09,808 --> 00:30:12,436
and on that day, you won't be able
to hold me down,
507
00:30:12,519 --> 00:30:14,771
I will be so incredibly excited.
508
00:30:30,412 --> 00:30:31,997
NARRATOR: At the bridge on the savanna...
509
00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:36,335
And we wait. (LAUGHS)
510
00:30:36,543 --> 00:30:38,837
NARRATOR: ...Erin gets ready
for Nadirah's big moment.
511
00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:42,674
You know, we... Everything that we do here
is for the animals.
512
00:30:42,799 --> 00:30:45,302
So, we're just really trying to just
increase her confidence level
513
00:30:45,510 --> 00:30:47,262
and go with what she's comfortable with.
514
00:30:47,637 --> 00:30:48,638
There she is.
515
00:30:48,972 --> 00:30:51,099
She's actually the first one out here.
516
00:30:51,641 --> 00:30:55,395
NARRATOR: Maybe this time a relaxed
and happy Nadirah can cover new ground.
517
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:57,481
ERIN: Come on, Nadirah. You can do it.
518
00:30:58,190 --> 00:30:59,566
Here she comes.
519
00:31:03,236 --> 00:31:06,948
I know. Good girl. Just keep running
Look!
520
00:31:08,325 --> 00:31:10,243
Keep going. You can do it.
521
00:31:12,579 --> 00:31:13,789
Come on.
522
00:31:14,414 --> 00:31:17,292
Keep the momentum going.
You can do it, come on.
523
00:31:19,503 --> 00:31:21,046
I know, let's go. Come on.
524
00:31:21,546 --> 00:31:24,174
Good job, Nadirah.
You got your front feet up there.
525
00:31:24,257 --> 00:31:25,217
Atta-girl!
526
00:31:25,634 --> 00:31:27,928
-NARRATOR: Nadirah makes it.
-ERIN: Good girl!
527
00:31:28,136 --> 00:31:29,596
NARRATOR: At least her front feet do.
528
00:31:29,930 --> 00:31:31,807
ERIN: She has her front feet
on the concrete.
529
00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:33,767
So, that's as far as she's ever gone
so far.
530
00:31:34,226 --> 00:31:36,269
Come on, keep going, you can do it.
531
00:31:38,855 --> 00:31:40,816
Nope, okay. (LAUGHS)
532
00:31:40,982 --> 00:31:45,862
NARRATOR: Nadirah is conquering the bridge
one step at a time.
533
00:31:46,113 --> 00:31:49,908
Taking her first two steps onto
the concrete is a huge win for Nadirah.
534
00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:53,453
Eventually the goal is to get her
all the way across the bridge,
535
00:31:53,578 --> 00:31:57,707
but right now, any steps that we make
is fantastic and I'm super proud of her.
536
00:31:58,792 --> 00:32:01,294
Good girl, Nadirah. Good job.
537
00:32:05,298 --> 00:32:09,261
NARRATOR: Back at Gorilla Falls,
Zahra's baby gets to head outside
538
00:32:09,344 --> 00:32:10,887
for the very first time.
539
00:32:11,054 --> 00:32:14,599
With a name specially chosen for him
by the primate team.
540
00:32:15,058 --> 00:32:18,019
So, Douglas has a name... It's Douglas!
541
00:32:18,103 --> 00:32:21,356
(LAUGHS) Um, he is doing great.
542
00:32:21,773 --> 00:32:26,027
NARRATOR: Keepers, Wendy and KO,
await Douglas' first public appearance.
543
00:32:37,164 --> 00:32:38,999
It's a brand-new world.
544
00:32:40,125 --> 00:32:42,252
And not just for Douglas.
545
00:32:46,256 --> 00:32:49,676
-KO: Oh, that's okay, sweetie.
-NARRATOR: For Mom, Zahra, too.
546
00:32:50,677 --> 00:32:52,179
KO: Slow down. Slow down.
547
00:32:57,080 --> 00:33:00,062
It's gonna take a little bit,
uh, different momentum and movement
548
00:33:00,622 --> 00:33:03,106
when you're holding a baby.
So, you gotta kind of learn
549
00:33:03,231 --> 00:33:07,027
how to navigate the whole enclosure.
550
00:33:09,821 --> 00:33:14,576
NARRATOR: And as the weeks go by,
big sis, Alika, begins to play her part.
551
00:33:15,577 --> 00:33:19,956
KO: Alika is just super interested,
she comes over and she grooms him.
552
00:33:23,376 --> 00:33:25,086
Douglas is just beyond adorable.
553
00:33:25,754 --> 00:33:29,216
And Alika and him are playing
just a ton now.
554
00:33:29,299 --> 00:33:30,675
He's very curious.
555
00:33:31,343 --> 00:33:35,430
And he is really interested
in big sister, Alika.
556
00:33:36,223 --> 00:33:37,682
So it's very fun to watch.
557
00:33:38,475 --> 00:33:41,895
(MONKEY SCREECHES)