Amazing Animal Behaviours Caught On Spy Camera Part 2 | BBC Earth

off the coast of south africa more adolescents have reached that difficult age at two years old male bottlenose dolphins leave their mother's pod to form boisterous gangs looking for excitement they like nothing better than surfing spy turtle is here to see what they get up to he in turn is joined by another spy creature this is spy puffer based on a fish that blows itself into a defensive puffball the spy creatures are here to film these teenage tearaways spy puffer faces a bumpy ride bus stops are common it's easy to get caught in the middle young males are so unruly the females kicked them out of the family poor this isn't spy puffer it's a real puffer fish the poor creature gets the same rough treatment perfect for a game of catch [Applause] but the dolphins are dicing with death pufferfish are one of the most poisonous fish in the ocean they exude a powerful nerve poison called tetrodotoxin it only takes a small amount to kill a human even so the dolphins often look for puffer fish and love to chew on them taken in small doses the secretions seem to have a narcotic effect [Music] the dolphins are careful not to swallow them instead they hold them gently in their mouths despite the risks passing the puffer has become a popular dolphin past time [Music] [Music] luckily the little fishes usually survive the strange experience each autumn a squirrel buries around 10 000 knots its memory is so phenomenal it can retrieve up to four thousand of them to achieve this feat as winter approaches the area of the brain responsible for memory enlarges 15 percent the squirrels show another brainy treat cunning a spy squirrel bearing gifts is ready to record their devious behavior he looks a soft touch but the squirrel needs to be sure he lashes his tail to show confidence fluffing it up makes him appear bigger and shows who's boss spy squirrel is a pushover he's going to be popular the nut is immediately stashed away but clever minds can also be devious [Music] and this squirrel watches where the nut is hidden as soon as it's buried she makes her [Music] move [Music] okay if you don't get caught but there's big trouble if you do [Music] then the duped squirrel needs to be craftier this time the crook may still be watching but this is what he wants in a shameless display of overacting he pretends to bury his nut [Music] the thief waits until the performance is over then quietly sneaks in but there's no knot to pilfer here hardly surprising it's stashed in his intended victim's mouth [Music] with the nut raider preoccupied he can either eat it or bury it secretly but the thief hasn't abandoned her life of crime spy squirrel has a new knot one with a camera theft is such an easy option around a fifth of all squirrels steel nuts rather than forage for them it's a crafty way of letting others do the hard work but this time the thief has picked the wrong knot in the forests of senegal spy bush baby is part of a team of spy cameras capturing intimate views of our closest living relatives here the family lives a charmed existence parental love and friendships form the foundation of their society [Music] spy tortoise is also being deployed but these are highly perceptive animals and something's not quite right this five-year-old checks what the others are thinking they seem equally baffled but with his curiosity peaked he simply can't stay away as his interest grows so does the strength of his feelings he just has to have spy tortoise all to himself he hides with it in his leafy day bed where he'd normally take a nap but he's too excited to sleep he's torn between using it as a pillow and giving it a cuddle it's somewhere between a toy and a pet it's definitely not for sharing uh chimps don't normally have possessions but spy tortoise has stirred new emotions for our spy creatures being immersed in the world of animals is not without its hazards in rajasthan the temple langers have taken spy monkey into the heart of the family but some are keen to take the budding relationship to the next level and are getting a little too familiar one seems to want to babysit her but disaster strikes an injured baby is a cause for concern and this langer seems to believe she's died then something extraordinary happened the monkeys gather round the motionless spy creature as if it is a real baby [Music] they react just as they do when their own babies die [Music] a calm and contemplative mood descends on the colony there's a sense of grief as well as empathy for one another quite accidentally our spy creature is at the center of something extraordinary capturing emotions that have rarely been observed [Music] with the herd staying in one place our spy cams can be everywhere even a tree stump spies on the calf's every movement [Music] boulder cam was first used in a film that spied on lions now it finds a new generation to entertain as always the lion's first reaction is curiosity but these cats are more inquisitive than most one cub has taken to it in a big way boulder cam doubles up as a baby walker [Music] so [Music] that's okay [Music] you

Channel: BBC Earth

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Keywords: bbc documentary, bbc, bbcearth, bbc earth, amazing animal behaviours caught on spy camera, spy camera, chimpanzee, lion, loin cub, hidden camera, spy, spying, covert, spy in the wild, spycamera, wildlife

Id: GTPU6RnGj68

Length: 16min 18sec (978 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 13 2021