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[Eugene Levy] A great philosopher
once said, "The world is a book,
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and those who don't travel
read only one page."
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[Levy] Well, I've gotta say,
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I've read a few pages,
and I'm not crazy about the book.
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I don't look forward to traveling
for a number of reasons.
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- When it's too cold...
- Whoo.
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...I'm not comfortable.
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Ice swimming, naked?
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- Yes.
- Well, that's a terrific invitation.
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Whoa.
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When it's too warm, guess what?
I'm not comfortable.
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- [Levy] I can't move that fast.
- [Mylo chuckles]
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- [Levy] But I'm 75.
- [friend] You need some help?
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No, I got it.
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[Levy] And maybe it's time
to expand my horizons.
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[Levy] Oh, my God.
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[grunts]
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First time I've had my hand
up an elephant's ass.
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[Levy] On the plus side,
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I'm staying at some unbelievable hotels.
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[Levy] Oh, my. This is spectacular.
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[Levy] The catch is, I've also agreed
to explore what lies outside.
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- [Tony] Watch your step.
- [Levy] No kidding.
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- [Levy] Beautiful mountain.
- [Jairo] That's a volcano.
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That's a volcano?
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[Levy]
A world I've spent my whole life avoiding.
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Whoa. Whoa, whoa. Sadie.
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Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
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Just surviving would be great.
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[Levy] This is the last time
I have five vodkas with a Finn.
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[laughing]
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[Levy] When I told people I was going
on safari in South Africa,
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they'd say, "Wow.
You've gotta be so excited."
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And I'd say, "Well, I should be."
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But I'm not really into the wild.
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[roars]
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I have watched nature programs
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and seen just about every animal
that you would see here,
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and I didn't have to travel halfway
round the world to do it.
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[Levy] But here I am
in an undeniably beautiful country.
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Home to 7% of the world's reptile
and mammal species.
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Now, I'm an animal lover,
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but anything that views me
as lunch, I'd prefer to see
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from the safety of my couch.
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[Bonga] Hello, my name is Bonga.
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[Levy] Bonga, Eugene.
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- [Bonga] Nice to meet you. Come on in.
- [Levy] Nice to meet you.
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[Levy]
And it genuinely is nice to meet Bonga,
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as he's the guide who's going
to get me safely to the hotel.
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Kruger National Park is one
of Africa's biggest game reserves.
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At 8,000 square miles,
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{\an8}it's like you took New Jersey
and filled it with lions and hyenas.
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They tell you a million people
visit Kruger every year.
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Of course, they don't tell you how many
make it back home.
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Do you find just about every type
of animal here in the park?
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Kruger National Park is well-known
for its Big Five species.
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So, the animals are considered dangerous
to encounter on foot.
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[Levy] And the Big Five would be what?
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It would be an elephant, buffalo,
a lion, a leopard,
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and the last one would be a rhino.
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- That's good. That's good.
- [Bonga chuckles]
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Is this the, uh, hotel?
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[Bonga]
Yeah. This is where the magic will happen.
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[Levy] Amazing.
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So, Eugene, if you can head out
and then follow the track.
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Get out and follow the track?
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[Levy] Great. My fear of being eaten alive
is rapidly being replaced
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by my terror of being crushed by a train.
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Welcome to Kruger Shalati, Eugene.
My name's Gavin.
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Gavin. How are ya?
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Very well, thank you.
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[Levy] Gavin's the manager of one
of the world's most unique hotels.
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The Kruger Shalati is made up
of 13 train cars suspended
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above the Sabi River
on a 1,000-foot bridge.
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That's gonna cause quite the holdup.
A hotel on the track.
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- [Gavin] It's a little different, right?
- I've never quite seen a hotel like this.
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[Levy] 100 years ago, this railway was
the only way to visit the game reserve,
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but it was abandoned in 1973,
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partly due to the number
of animals being killed by trains.
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Now, these reconditioned carriages
have been sourced
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from across Africa to accomplish this feat
of engineering.
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- [Gavin] Shall we swap, or are you good?
- No... [stammers] ...I'm good.
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[Levy] The hotel opened in 2020,
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offering incredible views
of some incredibly dangerous things.
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Last night, on our--
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on our night camera
we caught lions just here.
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- Um, right-- Right underneath us.
- No.
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[Gavin] We had some guests who heard
them roaring and were questioning,
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- "Were they on the deck?"
- No. Go on.
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- [chuckles]
- Were they on the deck?
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- No, they were not on the deck.
- All right.
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- We're pretty safe, so-- Yeah.
- Pretty safe, not completely safe.
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- Pretty safe.
- Well, you remember, this is Africa.
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Right. Right.
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[Levy]
No chance of forgetting I'm in Africa.
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It's all around me,
and it's extraordinary.
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[Levy] Oh, my. Look at this.
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[Gavin] This is the best place to come
and sit and watch game the whole day.
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[animal grunting]
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- What was that?
- That was a hippo.
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All right.
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- Shall we go show you your room?
- Yeah.
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[Gavin] Let's do that.
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We have a safari, um... [stammers]
...booked for you.
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So once you've orientated yourself,
we'll see you on the vehicle.
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[Levy] Thank you.
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[Levy] The cars date back to the 1950s.
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But they've added a level of luxury which,
I'll be honest, I can get on board with.
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It's quite spectacular.
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You definitely get
a sense you're in Africa here.
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[bird squawks]
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[smacks lips] Yeah.
I don't know what that was.
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[sighs]
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[Levy] With the balcony
and the floor-to-ceiling windows,
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you feel close to nature.
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Maybe too close.
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[animal grunts]
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What the hell is that?
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[animal grunting, screeching]
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Okay, something's being killed.
I don't know what that sound was.
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It was just a horrible, like, uh, hack.
Something was hacking.
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[blows]
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[Levy]
People keep talking about the Big Five.
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I'd be happy to achieve
the Big One on this trip: staying alive.
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[Levy] This is quite incredible.
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[Levy] But fortune favors the brave,
so safari with Bonga it is.
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[Bonga]
Once we in the vehicle, you don't go out.
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- You remain seated at all time--
- [Levy] Oh!
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- [Bonga] Oh, wow.
- [Levy] Oh!
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- [Bonga] Oh, my goodness. Look at that.
- Crocodile. Crocodile.
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[Bonga] This is an amazing, big crocodile.
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So, you see the teeth,
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- how they're actually sticking out.
- I can-- I see the teeth.
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[Bonga] That's the smile of death.
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Because that one could actually snap
the whole entire human being.
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[Levy] It almost didn't look real.
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It looks like the kind of thing
that is planted there
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so that tourists have something,
you know, to look at.
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[Bonga] Oh. Look down the road. A leopard.
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Oh, yeah.
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- [Levy] My first leopard.
- [Bonga] That's one of the Big Five.
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There we go.
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Ooh! Oh, oh, oh. Stop, stop, stop, stop.
Look on the left.
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[Levy] Oh, elephant.
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[Bonga]
That's another one of the Big Five.
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[Levy] Look at that.
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[Bonga]
They've got various ways of communicating.
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So, they've got an amazing tummy rumble
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that actually sends a signal
onto the ground,
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and then they've got receptors
under their feet
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that actually detects that vibration.
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- Wow.
- Yeah.
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{\an8}- [Levy] We're doing well.
- [Bonga] We doing good.
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{\an8}[Levy] Two down already.
It's like they're lining up to meet me.
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Must be Schitt's Creek fans.
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- [Bonga] Look what's on the road.
- Is that a hippo?
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[Bonga] No, no. It's a warthog.
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- It's a warthog.
- It's a warthog.
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This is too much. Wow.
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[Bonga] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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[Levy]
That is not a pleasant-looking thing.
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[Bonga]
They've got an amazing sense of hearing.
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Well, they gotta have something
going for them.
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[both chuckle]
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[Levy] They say there's no sunset
like an African sunset.
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And I've gotta say,
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I'm enjoying the light on the landscape
from the comfort of this jeep.
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We're gonna walk.
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- We're gonna have to walk?
- To walk. Yeah.
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We're not supposed
to get out of the truck.
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[Bonga chuckles]
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[Levy] Okay, I like sunsets,
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but not enough to get eaten for one.
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Bonga assures me it's safe.
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And nothing says "safe"
like an armed guard.
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- That's a healthy-looking, uh, weapon.
- [guard chuckles]
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- We walk in a single file.
- Okay.
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If you see a buffalo, a hippo,
you just call,
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"Buffalo left," "Hippo on the right."
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It actually scares me that I'm the one
that's gonna be saying,
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- "A hippo left," "Rhino right."
- [Bonga chuckles]
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Like, as if, like,
you guys are like, "What?"
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[Bonga, guard chuckling]
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[Bonga] Have you got any questions?
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"Why are we doing it?"
is-- is the-- the first question.
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[chuckles]
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- [Levy] Okay, single file.
- [Bonga] Yeah.
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When the sun starts going down,
that's when the cats come out?
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[Bonga] Yeah. So, the cats come out,
especially in the dark,
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because they've got
an amazing nocturnal vision.
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You're not single file.
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Sorry. I'm in. [chuckles] What's that?
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- [Levy] What are you pointing to?
- Oh, look at the monkeys on the left here.
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[Levy] Oh, monkeys?
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[Bonga] Yeah, the monkeys are retreating
up to the trees as well,
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now that it's getting dark.
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Well, you're-- you're not single file.
Are you trying to kill me?
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[chuckles]
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- Come through.
- [Levy] Hey, look.
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[Bonga] This is what we call a sundowner.
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This is what I call "That's more like it."
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[Bonga chuckles]
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So we've got some warthog dried sausage.
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- Uh-huh. Next.
- And then we've--
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we've got a crocodile schnitzel.
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- A crocodile schnitzel?
- Yeah.
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Well, I'm gonna enjoy
watching you eat that, Bonga.
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This is amazing.
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[Levy] I think just a vodka tonic.
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Perfect.
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- Cheers.
- Cheers.
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[Bonga] Cheers.
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[Levy] I think we did pretty well.
There were some good sightings.
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- We saw a lot of animals.
- Yeah.
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I think you had something to do with that.
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I don't know what,
but you kind of arranged it, I think.
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[both laughing]
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[Levy] When you see animals on TV,
you're on your own turf.
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And out here, you're on their turf.
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And there's kind of an element of danger
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that creates an element of excitement.
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[Levy] This is beautiful.
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[hippo grunting]
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[Levy] As exciting as it is
to see these animals in the wild,
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I'll be less than thrilled
to find one in my hotel.
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[Levy] I'll be keeping the windows closed.
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The one thing
that's not gonna get me to sleep
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is hearing the sound
of an animal squealing
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for his life as some other thing
is just ripping him apart.
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[Levy]
After a surprisingly good night's sleep,
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I'm ready for breakfast
before anything makes breakfast out of me.
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- Good morning, Eugene.
- [Levy] Hi.
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How are you finding your stay with us?
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- Well, so far, so good. Yeah.
- So far, so good.
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[server] Oh.
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The insect, it's loving you.
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- What, what, what? What is it?
- Whoosh. [chuckles]
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- [server] I see the insect here.
- Oh, my God.
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- Do me a favor. Flick it off.
- [server] There.
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Here we go.
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- Fanta-- Ooh.
- [server chuckling]
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- Don't be scared.
- [Levy] No, I'm not.
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That's a-- Whatever it is.
A giant something, isn't it?
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[server] A locust.
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[Levy] It's the first morning,
and I already am being attacked by,
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you know, giant praying mantis.
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[exhales sharply]
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[Levy] I'm up for a change of pace today.
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Ideally, something that doesn't
involve risk to life and limb.
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Fortunately, hotel manager Gavin
has invited me for a round of golf.
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[Levy] This is kind of exciting.
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I mean, people play golf there,
so it would have to be safe.
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"Use of golf course at your own risk."
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"They are unable to accept liability
for any loss,
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damage and/or injury. Fatal or otherwise."
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[smacks lips, inhales deeply] Gonna have
to have a little chat with Gavin.
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[Levy] Skukuza Golf Course is one
of the wildest in the world.
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There's nothing to keep the animals out.
Not even a dress code.
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So, there's no fencing? Like...
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Exactly.
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How does that work?
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If we do hit our balls into the rough,
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then it's safe to say
that we leave it there.
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- [Levy] Yeah.
- Remember to keep your head down
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when there's a rattle
in the bush behind you.
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Shall we go and get Eugene
on his cart? [chuckles]
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[Levy] Here we go.
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[Gavin] Right. Off we are.
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Last week, I took a video of a hippo
right in front of us here.
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- On the fairway here.
- Wow.
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[Levy] Hippos can cover 100 meters
in under ten seconds.
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So, I'm keen to tee off in under nine.
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[Levy] Well, this is really something.
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[Gavin] Yep.
Oh, my goodness. Look at this.
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[Levy] Ooh! Yikes!
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[Gavin]
A hippo is the most dangerous animal.
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I mean, it accounts for more deaths
than any other animal.
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I know why you're doing this.
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- [Gavin laughing]
- You know,
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Gavin,
it's tough enough hitting over water.
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[Levy] He's trying to put me off my game.
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You know,
"The hippo's the most dangerous animal."
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That's a dirty player.
I didn't think he was a dirty player.
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You can keep your head down.
I'll watch your back.
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[Levy] No!
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Let's try it again.
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- [bird screeches]
- [Levy groans]
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Was that bird laughing?
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[golf ball splashes]
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Where'd he go?
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He went just behind us.
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[both laughing]
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- [Levy] Let's see how it's done. Go ahead.
- [Gavin] Okay. All right.
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Let's have a look.
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Yes, sir.
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I kind of held back because I didn't want
to show him up. So, I, uh--
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[hippo grunting]
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[Levy] Okay, this is getting
a little spooky, isn't it?
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I'm just going to, uh,
head up to the lunch area
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and maybe hide behind some children.
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[Levy] After that round of golf,
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I didn't think it was possible
to get any closer to the wildlife here.
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But Bonga's arranged an experience for me,
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which he promises will bring new meaning
to up close and personal.
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First, we've gotta get there.
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Oh, my. Look at those buffalo.
Wow, are they big.
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[Levy] I've heard of having a face
that stops traffic,
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but these guys take
that to the next level.
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[bellowing]
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[Levy]
They're actually looking right at us.
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Okay, now it's getting a little scary.
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Well, let 'em stare.
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Sometimes you have to show
these animals exactly who's the boss.
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And I can definitely do that
from the back seat of-- of the van here.
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[Levy] Good news? That's another
of the Big Five ticked off. Bad news?
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They can kill 200 people a year.
So, I'm happy to stick to their timetable.
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One beast of a roadblock later,
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{\an8}I finally arrive to meet Peter,
Kruger's head vet.
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So, Peter, what exactly
are we doing today?
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So, what we hope to do today
is immobilise an elephant,
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'cause we'd like to do a general
health check while we have it in hand.
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[Levy] I've never heard anyone say
"immobilise an elephant" so casually.
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Where exactly do I fit in?
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We're gonna try and get you
to help us as much as possible.
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- [smacks lips] Okay. But I hope...
- [chuckles]
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...they're not counting on me
for doing too much
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because my background is comedy.
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[Levy] We actors are accustomed
to safety briefings,
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but today in particular, I'm all ears.
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If you see the elephant starting to move,
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even if it starts to urinate,
please let me know,
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'cause it suggests that the elephant
is starting to wake up.
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- If the elephant starts to urinate...
- [Peter] Mmm.
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...how far back do you have to stand?
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No, you have to start running.
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[workers laughing]
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Start running.
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- Yeah.
- Gotcha.
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[Levy]
Now me and helicopters don't go together,
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so I'm in the tracking vehicle
with Peter's colleague, Michele.
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[Michele] I would advise most people
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not to be in the chopper
when they're darting.
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- [Michele chuckling]
- [Levy] You don't have to twist my arm.
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[Peter]
Hey, that looks like our man today.
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[static on radio]
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So what they're trying to do is just use
the chopper to push the animal this way,
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- and that's the time that Peter will dart.
- [Levy] Right. Gotcha.
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[dart gunshot]
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[Levy] Wow. Look at this.
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[Michele] And look at that amazing flying.
Have you ever seen anything like it?
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[Levy] He's going exactly
where they want him to go.
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- Okay, he's starting to s-- uh, stumble.
- There he goes.
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- [Michele] Yeah. Now he's laying down.
- [Levy] There he goes. Yeah.
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[Michele] And they're going
to pull him over on to his side.
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That was incredible.
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[Levy]
Spot checks, like this, help monitor
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the health of the elephant population.
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The team now has less than 30 minutes
to collect their data
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before the harmless tranquilizer
wears off.
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[Michele]
Your first elephant. Come and touch him.
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Wow.
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He's calm and in a good state
for us to be able to work on him.
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- He's more calm than I am right now.
- [chuckles]
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[Levy] I'm not real big on medical dramas.
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Like, now, they're be--
yanking his mouth open.
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[grunts]
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Okay...
[stammers] ...now they gotta sh-- Whoa.
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[elephant groans]
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- [Levy] So far, so good?
- [Michele] So far, so good.
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All right. Keep me posted.
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- [Michele] Okay. [chuckles]
- [elephant breathes heavily]
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- [Peter] Eugene...
- Yeah?
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...I don't know if you wanna help us
just c-- collect some of the samples?
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- Take some of the samples?
- [Peter] The s-- The samples, yeah.
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- [chuckles] You need a big glove.
- Yeah?
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You can just imagine--
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Hmm. I-I don't know. I don't think s--
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- So it's at this end of--
- Oh, yeah. No.
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[chortling]
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No. No.
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[Levy] Not sure I like the direction
this is going in.
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- [vet] Okay, so you're just gonna...
- Yeah.
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...collect a fecal sample.
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- So, I don't want all of it-- Yes.
- Collect a fecal sample?
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[Levy] Right. And what if the big fella
wakes up while I'm,
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you know... [stammers] ...there?
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- [vet] You don't have to be too gentle.
- [Levy groans]
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Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.
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- [Levy] Oh!
- [vet chuckles]
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- He's tightening.
- [vet] Is he tightening?
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- Yeah. Oh.
- Okay.
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- And I don't blame him!
- [chuckles]
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- [vet] Are you getting anything?
- [Levy strains] I don't know.
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- [vet] You can feel around.
- You feel around. How about that?
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- [vet chuckles]
- [Levy groans] Oh.
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- There it is.
- [vet] There you go.
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[groans]
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First time I've had my hand up
an elephant's ass, I gotta be honest.
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Tick that off the bucket list.
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00:22:13,084 --> 00:22:18,506
One of the all-time worst experiences
I've ev--
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Well, that's not exactly
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- fecal matter, is it?
- [vet] No, it's not.
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00:22:21,259 --> 00:22:23,511
I think I should try and help you.
[chuckles]
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Good luck.
I don't know how far up you have to go.
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- [vet] Oh, let's see.
- But, you know, if you have to Uber...
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- [vet chuckles] Okay.
- [plastic glove rustles]
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- [Levy] You see what I mean?
- I've got it.
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Oh, okay.
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[exhales sharply]
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- [vet] So that's what we want. [chuckles]
- Yeah.
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[elephant groaning]
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It's fun, Africa.
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[Michele]
They say elephants never forget, so...
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I think he's looking for you, Eugene.
[laughing]
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00:22:51,373 --> 00:22:54,709
No kidding. And believe me, I'm gonna--
I'm just gonna duck a little bit here.
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[Levy] I don't think I'll be back
in this particular field
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because he'll know this hand. You know?
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He might not be good with faces,
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but he's gonna look at this hand
and, you know...
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[grunts]
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[Levy] Seeing this hulk of an animal
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and getting the opportunity to touch it,
feel it,
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feel its heartbeat, I mean,
that was quite amazing.
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Can't honestly say I've experienced
anything quite like this in my life
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and probably, uh, never will again...
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- [chuckles]
- ...but, uh, that was something.
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[Levy] I've come to realize
that when the sun sets in Africa,
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you can't assume you're done
for the day on the savage beast front.
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- Look, look what's on the road.
- [Levy] Yeah?
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Hey, whoa, whoa.
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- [Bonga] That's a hyena.
- [whooping]
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- [Levy] Hyena?
- [Bonga] Yeah.
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- [Levy] There it is.
- [Bonga] Look at that.
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00:23:58,607 --> 00:23:59,649
[Levy] Wow.
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[Levy]
As Bonga and I head back to the hotel,
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some of the park's nocturnal wildlife
have come out to eat us--
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00:24:06,031 --> 00:24:07,240
Sorry, meet us.
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00:24:07,866 --> 00:24:10,869
There's more further down the road.
Quick, quick, quick. Go, go, go.
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00:24:10,869 --> 00:24:11,995
[Levy] There they are.
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[Bonga] And they're actually
on the hunt at the moment.
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Well, hopefully we're not on the menu.
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00:24:17,584 --> 00:24:18,668
[Bonga chuckles]
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00:24:19,252 --> 00:24:22,172
- [snorts]
- Wait, look. What's that, what's that?
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00:24:22,172 --> 00:24:24,257
- [Levy] Is it a rabbit?
- [Bonga] It's a scrub hare.
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[Levy]
That's not one of the Big Five, is it?
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00:24:26,426 --> 00:24:28,470
- Scrub hare?
- [Bonga chuckles] No. No.
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00:24:29,930 --> 00:24:33,183
- Rhinos are part of the Big Five.
- Yeah.
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00:24:33,183 --> 00:24:36,311
What are the chances
of seeing a rhino tonight?
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00:24:36,311 --> 00:24:39,022
It's very rare to see a rhino in the park
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because they've been poached
for their horn.
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Ten years ago, I used to see a rhino
maybe three times a week.
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Now, we go for, like, a month
without having to see a rhino.
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I'm worried that my son might not have
an opportunity to see when he grows up.
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00:24:58,833 --> 00:25:02,087
Oh, boy. Just terrible.
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00:25:06,883 --> 00:25:08,343
[Levy] I can't believe I'm saying this,
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but the wildlife in South Africa
is actually starting to affect me
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in a way that I wasn't expecting.
459
00:25:16,893 --> 00:25:23,024
I loved the experience of being
that close to the elephant.
460
00:25:23,858 --> 00:25:28,405
And spotting animals on a safari,
461
00:25:28,405 --> 00:25:33,118
that's something you don't see in,
uh, Toronto.
462
00:25:33,702 --> 00:25:39,332
But being on the deck next to a fire,
sipping a lovely cabernet,
463
00:25:39,916 --> 00:25:43,879
it's a nice little way to end a day here
in the wilds of Africa.
464
00:25:51,011 --> 00:25:55,181
[Levy] Three of the Big Five down.
Lion and rhino to go.
465
00:25:56,433 --> 00:26:02,230
Over the last decade, the rhino
population in Kruger has dropped by 75%.
466
00:26:02,230 --> 00:26:05,483
So I'm having to travel out of the park
to see some.
467
00:26:06,359 --> 00:26:09,571
Now, I managed to avoid it earlier,
but this time,
468
00:26:09,571 --> 00:26:13,700
there's no getting away from my least
favorite mode of transportation.
469
00:26:14,284 --> 00:26:17,787
We're taking a helicopter.
470
00:26:19,414 --> 00:26:22,709
I don't feel great about helicopters,
I gotta be honest.
471
00:26:22,709 --> 00:26:25,337
I've got a thing about heights.
472
00:26:25,337 --> 00:26:27,672
[Levy] Specifically, plummeting from them.
473
00:26:28,798 --> 00:26:32,302
Just keep telling myself
it's all for the Big Five.
474
00:26:32,886 --> 00:26:35,764
[pilot] There's an elephant bull
just sitting under a tree there.
475
00:26:36,806 --> 00:26:39,559
[Levy]
I'm looking straight ahead at a mountain.
476
00:26:39,559 --> 00:26:41,019
[pilot chuckles]
477
00:26:42,562 --> 00:26:44,272
[pilot] There we go. Solid ground.
478
00:26:45,357 --> 00:26:47,067
- Feels good.
- [chuckles]
479
00:26:47,901 --> 00:26:51,488
- Nice meeting you. Welcome here.
- Nice to meet you. Eugene.
480
00:26:51,488 --> 00:26:53,156
Petronel. Let's go.
481
00:26:55,283 --> 00:26:57,994
[Petronel] You jump in here with me
and Goofy. It's my dog.
482
00:26:58,495 --> 00:27:00,747
- Hi, Goofy. Goofy, Goofy.
- [Petronel chuckling]
483
00:27:02,415 --> 00:27:06,211
[Levy] Petronel is the driving force
behind Care for Wild,
484
00:27:06,211 --> 00:27:08,755
the world's largest rhino sanctuary.
485
00:27:08,755 --> 00:27:13,885
Once you've seen a rhino, they climb right
into your heart, so be careful.
486
00:27:13,885 --> 00:27:17,305
You might find
a new love of your life here.
487
00:27:17,305 --> 00:27:23,728
That's something I never actually
thought was possible, but we'll see.
488
00:27:24,563 --> 00:27:29,192
[Levy] Since 2011, the team here
has rescued over 100 rhinos.
489
00:27:30,068 --> 00:27:32,904
As I arrive,
it's feeding time for the youngest.
490
00:27:32,904 --> 00:27:36,449
- [Levy] Wow, that's what I call a bottle.
- [Petronel] Yes. [chuckles]
491
00:27:36,449 --> 00:27:40,745
How do you get the babies over here?
492
00:27:41,288 --> 00:27:42,330
We call them.
493
00:27:43,123 --> 00:27:44,291
[imitates rhino call]
494
00:27:45,500 --> 00:27:47,210
Go, go, Eugene. Call, call.
495
00:27:47,210 --> 00:27:48,920
[imitating rhino call]
496
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,548
- [imitating rhino call]
- [Petronel] We're doing well.
497
00:27:51,548 --> 00:27:53,383
[both imitating rhino call]
498
00:27:53,383 --> 00:27:54,968
[Petronel] There's your little one.
499
00:27:54,968 --> 00:27:56,386
- Come, come!
- [Levy chuckles] Oh.
500
00:27:56,386 --> 00:27:58,054
- Look here! There's Danny...
- [Levy] Wow.
501
00:27:58,054 --> 00:27:59,681
- ...the big one jogging.
- They're big.
502
00:27:59,681 --> 00:28:01,641
- And there-- [chuckles]
- They're very large babies.
503
00:28:01,641 --> 00:28:05,729
[Petronel] Okay, there we go.
And you pick it up like that.
504
00:28:05,729 --> 00:28:08,773
Excellent. Excellent. [sniffs]
505
00:28:11,568 --> 00:28:14,988
- He's done.
- Excellent. That's why we give him two.
506
00:28:16,615 --> 00:28:20,076
[Levy] Last time I bottle-fed was,
uh, 36 years ago,
507
00:28:20,702 --> 00:28:24,664
and the bottle was considerably smaller.
And so was my daughter.
508
00:28:25,957 --> 00:28:28,752
[Petronel] He's a bit smaller than
he's supposed to be,
509
00:28:28,752 --> 00:28:32,714
because he was just about a month old
when they poached his mom.
510
00:28:32,714 --> 00:28:34,299
[sucks teeth] Wow.
511
00:28:34,299 --> 00:28:36,635
[Levy]
Despite the sanctuary's best efforts,
512
00:28:36,635 --> 00:28:39,221
if poaching continues at its current rate,
513
00:28:39,221 --> 00:28:43,141
wild rhinos could be extinct
within 15 years.
514
00:28:43,141 --> 00:28:47,187
These things are being killed
at an alarming rate,
515
00:28:47,187 --> 00:28:49,773
and the fact that people
are picking these orphans up
516
00:28:49,773 --> 00:28:53,652
and getting them here somehow,
I think is like a miracle.
517
00:28:57,906 --> 00:29:01,701
I'm beginning to like these things.
These sweet little things.
518
00:29:04,537 --> 00:29:08,750
That was a very,
very cute experience for me.
519
00:29:11,753 --> 00:29:16,633
There was something absolutely
adorable about those rhinos.
520
00:29:18,176 --> 00:29:22,639
I just kept thinking,
"I can't believe I'm feeding a rhino."
521
00:29:27,644 --> 00:29:31,231
[Levy] Petronel aims to release
all her orphan rhinos
522
00:29:31,231 --> 00:29:32,816
back to their natural habitat.
523
00:29:33,567 --> 00:29:36,903
And she's got something extra special
she wants to show me.
524
00:29:38,238 --> 00:29:41,032
We are heading out to see the rhinos
525
00:29:41,032 --> 00:29:45,120
that we already released
and see how they're doing.
526
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,872
You know,
rhinos need to be out in the wild.
527
00:29:47,872 --> 00:29:49,833
- That's where they belong.
- [Levy] Yeah.
528
00:29:52,919 --> 00:29:55,839
[Levy] Ah. This is crazy.
529
00:29:57,299 --> 00:30:03,513
One, two, three, four, five.
That's an amazing picture.
530
00:30:07,183 --> 00:30:10,437
This is incredible, Petronel.
531
00:30:10,437 --> 00:30:14,983
This is a sighting I never actually
thought I'd get to see.
532
00:30:18,028 --> 00:30:19,154
Wow.
533
00:30:21,072 --> 00:30:25,744
[Levy] Two of these rhinos, Wynter
and Storm, have recently made history.
534
00:30:26,369 --> 00:30:30,373
[Petronel] Wynter bred with another orphan
by the name of Storm,
535
00:30:30,373 --> 00:30:34,377
- and there's Blizzy. Like, what a miracle.
- [Levy] Wow.
536
00:30:35,545 --> 00:30:38,340
[Petronel] This is the first in the world.
537
00:30:38,340 --> 00:30:42,010
First baby born to two orphan rhinos.
538
00:30:42,636 --> 00:30:45,805
It's the first step on the moon,
you know, for us.
539
00:30:45,805 --> 00:30:47,599
- It's just-- This is possible.
- Yeah, yeah.
540
00:30:47,599 --> 00:30:51,269
This is the hope.
It's a new era for rhinos.
541
00:30:53,021 --> 00:30:54,606
[Levy] Wow. Miraculous.
542
00:30:57,067 --> 00:31:01,738
Seeing that orphan rhino
that had just given birth to the baby
543
00:31:01,738 --> 00:31:07,827
was an image that will linger when it
comes to, "What is South Africa to me?"
544
00:31:09,454 --> 00:31:13,083
[Levy] This is a country
unlike any I've ever been to.
545
00:31:13,083 --> 00:31:15,877
And it's left a lasting impression on me.
546
00:31:16,586 --> 00:31:21,841
I'd thought seeing animals in the wild
would be just like seeing them on TV.
547
00:31:21,841 --> 00:31:23,301
How wrong I was.
548
00:31:24,511 --> 00:31:27,347
Being this close to the animals,
549
00:31:27,847 --> 00:31:33,144
that's what makes it more exciting
than I thought it was actually gonna be.
550
00:31:34,020 --> 00:31:39,693
In your day-to-day life, you're
not thinking about the animals here.
551
00:31:40,277 --> 00:31:44,531
You're not thinking about the possible
extinction of the rhino.
552
00:31:45,365 --> 00:31:50,412
When you're here,
you're smack-dab in the middle of it.
553
00:31:50,912 --> 00:31:54,457
These are once-in-a-lifetime experiences,
554
00:31:54,457 --> 00:31:57,752
and I did get to see some amazing things
555
00:31:57,752 --> 00:32:00,839
that most people might not get
a chance to see.
556
00:32:01,506 --> 00:32:04,134
I think I saw four of the Big Five.
557
00:32:04,718 --> 00:32:06,511
Apparently, that's a good batting average.
558
00:32:07,095 --> 00:32:09,222
I didn't get to see the lion,
559
00:32:09,222 --> 00:32:12,809
but I'm gonna go back
and watch The Lion King when I get home.