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we love to keep pets forming close bonds with them and making<font color="#E5E5E5"> them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> part of our</font> lives<font color="#E5E5E5"> okay</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that's it it's a fish</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but around the</font> world some people have sought out unusual and even potentially dangerous relationships <font color="#E5E5E5">with some very surprising animals</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for a</font> human to<font color="#E5E5E5"> want to befriend a lion is one</font> thing but it takes<font color="#E5E5E5"> to to form a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">partnership if you get a bird to be your</font> friend you have a friend for<font color="#CCCCCC"> life when</font> she's in<font color="#E5E5E5"> a good</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mood it's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> phenomenal</font> feeling<font color="#E5E5E5"> and recently science has begun</font> to unearth why other animals<font color="#CCCCCC"> might be</font> willing to form lasting bonds<font color="#E5E5E5"> with us</font> I'm Liz Bonnin<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I'm going on a</font> worldwide journey of discovery<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">uncover the reasons behind some of the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">most unexpected animal human friendships</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> dolphins are telling the fishermen</font> how to fish<font color="#CCCCCC"> how a hippo could become</font> part<font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a family why a polar bear</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> would</font> let a man<font color="#E5E5E5"> give it a hug</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it's just a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">really special bond</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and how a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> human</font> could ever join<font color="#E5E5E5"> a pack of hyenas</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> without</font> being harmed<font color="#CCCCCC"> there's probably a reason</font> why a lot<font color="#CCCCCC"> of people don't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> work with</font> these guys<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm going to meet some of the</font> most<font color="#CCCCCC"> profound and extreme pairings</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> find out what lies at the heart<font color="#E5E5E5"> of these</font> surprising human animal relationships [Music] [Music] millions of<font color="#E5E5E5"> us have close bonds with</font> animals and for<font color="#E5E5E5"> most</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> people that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> means</font> our pets like cats or dogs like Ernie here right<font color="#E5E5E5"> but some people have made</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">friends with animals that you've</font> normally avoid so how have they<font color="#CCCCCC"> done</font> this<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm going to try</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> find out how</font> these relationships<font color="#CCCCCC"> have formed</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> why they</font> work and what's in it<font color="#CCCCCC"> for both the</font> humans and the animals [Music] <font color="#E5E5E5">I'm starting by tracking down three</font> remarkable relationships<font color="#E5E5E5"> that seem to</font> defy logic<font color="#E5E5E5"> to try and discover how these</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">bombs form</font> [Music] and I'm beginning my extraordinary <font color="#E5E5E5">journey in Canada</font> just outside Vancouver<font color="#E5E5E5"> near the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> small</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">town of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> abbotsford I've come here to</font> meet<font color="#CCCCCC"> Marc Dumas more than 16 million</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">people have watched a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> clip of him</font> swimming with a rather unexpected<font color="#CCCCCC"> female</font> companion her name is<font color="#CCCCCC"> Aggie she's 18 years of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> age</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she weighs around</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> 60 stone or so her</font> [Music] <font color="#E5E5E5">Aggie is a polar bear and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mark has been</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">her guardian provider and playmate</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> since</font> she<font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> 8 weeks old</font> mark is<font color="#E5E5E5"> the only person</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the world who</font> has this<font color="#E5E5E5"> kind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of bond</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with a fully grown</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">polar bear and apparently with anyone</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">other than</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Mark or his wife Dawn</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Agee</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">can get a bit cranky</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what do I need</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">know dawn</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she's jealous of other women</font> so seriously<font color="#E5E5E5"> seriously</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> when someone</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">starts</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> talking to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> takes my attention</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">away from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her she gets upset about it</font> dawn can take my attention as<font color="#CCCCCC"> much as</font> she<font color="#E5E5E5"> wants because</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Agee doesn't mind</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> done</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">she's used to me talking</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all the time</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font> she's super<font color="#E5E5E5"> protective of you do you</font> think<font color="#CCCCCC"> is that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this behaviors about</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you're what I think she's just</font> possessive possessive<font color="#CCCCCC"> I need to see this</font> with my<font color="#CCCCCC"> own eyes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> getting close to a</font> jealous and potentially dangerous polar bear is little disconcerting but don't tells me I'll be fine<font color="#CCCCCC"> as long as</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I let</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Agee have all of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Mark's attention it's</font> already very<font color="#E5E5E5"> curious isn't she hi honey</font> and then we stay about three feet away <font color="#E5E5E5">from so the gates open all right so</font> we're actually not behind a closed fence <font color="#CCCCCC">yeah come on in</font> are you sure I'm positive<font color="#CCCCCC"> come on in</font> she's right<font color="#E5E5E5"> behind you Don hi that's her</font> fence she knows that's<font color="#E5E5E5"> our fence hi</font> sweetheart it's just taking stock of what<font color="#E5E5E5"> exactly</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">is going</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> because I didn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> realize we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">weren't going to be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> behind a closed</font> fence<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I'm</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> staring as a polar bear</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> smelling the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> air figuring out who we</font> are<font color="#CCCCCC"> and you were utterly confident</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font> you can predict her behavior absolutely <font color="#E5E5E5">we've known her since</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was a baby and</font> we also know they do<font color="#E5E5E5"> not view</font> electricity the way we do they<font color="#E5E5E5"> don't</font> logically think oh I can step over<font color="#E5E5E5"> it or</font> get under<font color="#CCCCCC"> it they view it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> as a wall can</font> you hear it <font color="#E5E5E5">what's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on her new nose she's if you</font> could if<font color="#CCCCCC"> you quiet you can hear</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it yes</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">what is that that's her it's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> almost like</font> a purring noise for a cat but it's her<font color="#E5E5E5"> she makes because she's</font> super content<font color="#E5E5E5"> and she's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> sucking on her</font> tongue right<font color="#E5E5E5"> now I thought it was an</font> engine somewhere or something<font color="#E5E5E5"> that is</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">actually coming from the pillar beds</font> coming<font color="#E5E5E5"> from her she's clearly really</font> close to<font color="#E5E5E5"> mark how do you think adi sees</font> him<font color="#CCCCCC"> Agee sees him as her mother and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">father together</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> really</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and companion</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font> this is all about <font color="#E5E5E5">Adi thinking of him as kin right since</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">eight weeks</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we're G as long as she can</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">remember Marc trains animals for the</font> movie industry<font color="#CCCCCC"> and eighteen years ago he</font> was asked to<font color="#E5E5E5"> find a polar bear for a</font> film he'd heard about<font color="#CCCCCC"> a cub that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">being hand reared by staff at a zoo as</font> her mother was getting<font color="#E5E5E5"> too old</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Ali was</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> 11th baby born with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this mother so</font> this mother couldn't properly<font color="#E5E5E5"> care for</font> her so<font color="#CCCCCC"> mark took her on and trained her</font> for<font color="#CCCCCC"> the film but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he didn't expect their</font> relationship to<font color="#CCCCCC"> develop in the way it</font> did<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's my job</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and it's what I had to</font> do and then as I'm doing it<font color="#E5E5E5"> we became</font> very very attached to<font color="#E5E5E5"> her so tell me</font> what you feel<font color="#E5E5E5"> about your relationship</font> with<font color="#E5E5E5"> Agee it's just a really</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> special</font> bond<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> love her a lot</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I can't say she</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">loves me</font> she<font color="#E5E5E5"> really is bonded to me she loves him</font> there you go so<font color="#E5E5E5"> we</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> have a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> really</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wonderful relationship and I would never</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">change that for anything we knew when we</font> got<font color="#E5E5E5"> her that it's a commitment</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> we make</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> the rest of her life</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">mark became a parental figure for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Aggie</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">from a very early age when she's two</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">months old she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> barely walking and I</font> became<font color="#CCCCCC"> the middle of the night wake up</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">because she's yelling and go down and I</font> fed her and spent time<font color="#E5E5E5"> with her and then</font> she'd<font color="#CCCCCC"> go</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> back to sleep and then I'd go</font> back<font color="#CCCCCC"> to sleep and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> then I'd wake</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> up again</font> early<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the morning and do the same</font> thing over<font color="#CCCCCC"> again so I spent a lot of</font> time with her<font color="#E5E5E5"> and do you think that was</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> key to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> having her bombed with you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> oh</font> absolutely the more time you spend<font color="#E5E5E5"> with him the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">closer their bond is what would you say</font> cuz I've got to ask you<font color="#E5E5E5"> does she</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not</font> belong in<font color="#CCCCCC"> the wild she couldn't be in</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> wild if she wanted</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she was born</font> in<font color="#E5E5E5"> captivity</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you can't take it's very difficult to</font> take an<font color="#E5E5E5"> animal in captivity</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and then</font> turn<font color="#E5E5E5"> it loose in the wild doesn't seem</font> to work<font color="#CCCCCC"> very well</font> [Music] whatever you think of<font color="#E5E5E5"> this situation</font> mark has an incredibly<font color="#E5E5E5"> close bond with</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Aggie</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and even though she is a fully</font> grown polar bear with the strength<font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">kill with one blow he's never felt in</font> danger around her and it seems this has all been<font color="#E5E5E5"> made possible because</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he hand</font> reared her<font color="#E5E5E5"> from a very young age to find</font> out how<font color="#E5E5E5"> this works</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> meeting Jason</font> Goldman<font color="#E5E5E5"> from the University of Southern</font> California<font color="#E5E5E5"> certainly for a mammal like</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> bear<font color="#CCCCCC"> you know we're not necessarily</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> born</font> with an expectation of what<font color="#E5E5E5"> mom is</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">supposed to look like</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or what sort of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">other members</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> our</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> species are</font> supposed<font color="#E5E5E5"> to look like or even</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> if</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we are</font> it's<font color="#CCCCCC"> probably very very easily sort</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of</font> overridden<font color="#E5E5E5"> so if this young polar bear</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> example</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> only</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> had experience with</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">other humans particularly with this one</font> human then<font color="#E5E5E5"> it stands to reason</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that they</font> would<font color="#E5E5E5"> develop this kind</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> kind of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">relationship</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that it would look to this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">human as a parental figure but if you</font> took a mature polar bear who perhaps<font color="#E5E5E5"> had</font> never had any<font color="#CCCCCC"> experience with humans</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">then you'd probably</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> get a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> different kind</font> of a better<font color="#E5E5E5"> probably I'd</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> say definitely</font> so hand rearing and training a dangerous animal from a young age<font color="#CCCCCC"> can result in a</font> close bond<font color="#E5E5E5"> and it's likely</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Aggies</font> temperament plays a part<font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">occasionally this kind of connection</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> can</font> happen entirely by accident<font color="#CCCCCC"> to meet my</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">next odd couple</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I've traveled to South</font> Africa<font color="#E5E5E5"> and a small farm near Hood sprut</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">on the edge</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Kruger National Park</font> here at her home on<font color="#E5E5E5"> the banks of the</font> blyde river<font color="#CCCCCC"> surely Zubair is making tea</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> Jessica who she looks</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> after like a</font> daughter<font color="#CCCCCC"> surely what kind</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of tea are you</font> making her<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm making a rooibos tea with</font> lukewarm water and some brown sugar<font color="#CCCCCC"> so</font> why raw<font color="#CCCCCC"> bush tea with sugar</font> rooibos tea is very<font color="#E5E5E5"> healthy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> / so she has</font> 20<font color="#E5E5E5"> litres of this a day 20</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> litres of the</font> stuff every<font color="#CCCCCC"> day you're kept busy aren't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you yes yes but it's not doing it for a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">baby you know uh-huh and in my eyes</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">discos never grown up</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> because she's</font> she's 13 is that right he's 13 but she stole the<font color="#E5E5E5"> baby go something tells me you</font> love<font color="#CCCCCC"> it though oh it's my laughs the</font> bond<font color="#CCCCCC"> there's just so</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> strong and I</font> haven't got<font color="#CCCCCC"> kids of my own</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the bond</font> between us<font color="#E5E5E5"> is so strong can I keep you</font> company<font color="#CCCCCC"> while you feed her the Roy Bush</font> tea yeah she's<font color="#CCCCCC"> a good looking vs geez</font> yes<font color="#CCCCCC"> jessica</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is a hippopotamus</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Shirley</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and her husband Tony took her in when</font> she was<font color="#E5E5E5"> separated from her mother as a</font> newborn are you thirsty<font color="#E5E5E5"> geez she's 13</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he's just ready one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> more bottle all</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">right good look at</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> those teeth it's a</font> definitely<font color="#CCCCCC"> nights Roy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Bush tea</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> oh that's</font> it you<font color="#E5E5E5"> want me to do it yes please oh</font> good lord <font color="#E5E5E5">okay here you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> go now do I squeeze it or</font> so she<font color="#E5E5E5"> just no all right</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just wow</font> Weezer's<font color="#E5E5E5"> the relationship that Tony and</font> Shirley have with Jessica<font color="#E5E5E5"> is unique this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the only place in the world</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I could</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">ever get this close</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to a hippo and you'd</font> feel<font color="#E5E5E5"> you actually relaxing I've never</font> experienced anything<font color="#E5E5E5"> like this I'm</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just</font> a little<font color="#E5E5E5"> bit cautious I guess</font> hippos<font color="#E5E5E5"> can be extremely dangerous</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> they kill more<font color="#E5E5E5"> people than any other</font> mammal in Africa<font color="#CCCCCC"> so tell</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me about how</font> you came to<font color="#CCCCCC"> have Jessica</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in the first</font> place how did<font color="#E5E5E5"> it happen well we found</font> during<font color="#E5E5E5"> the year 2000 with a slice and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">she was washed away from her mother</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">right</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and then</font> well she washed out<font color="#E5E5E5"> just in front of her</font> house<font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I ran down and our tester</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> how</font> small<font color="#E5E5E5"> was she she was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> premature</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and she</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">still had on him the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> little cord okay so</font> she literally had been born the floods <font color="#CCCCCC">happened and she got</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> washed up what</font> happened then<font color="#E5E5E5"> we took her into</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the house</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">and Tony with his game ranging</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">experience he actually knew the formula</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to make it like a mother's milk and that</font> was the first<font color="#E5E5E5"> thing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that we actually</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">gave to her so you didn't have a chance</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to reunite her</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> her mother obviously</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">she finished</font> no she never you really knotted with<font color="#E5E5E5"> her</font> mom what probably<font color="#E5E5E5"> makes this</font> relationship<font color="#CCCCCC"> work is a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> process called</font> imprinting<font color="#CCCCCC"> where an animal forms a very</font> strong bond<font color="#E5E5E5"> with the first living thing</font> it sees as Jessica was washed away<font color="#CCCCCC"> from</font> her<font color="#E5E5E5"> mother as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> soon as she was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> born</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">likely that Tony and Shirley were the</font> first thing she saw so do you<font color="#CCCCCC"> think</font> she's imprinted<font color="#E5E5E5"> on you or</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on Tony</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> think<font color="#CCCCCC"> well it's it's it's 5050 right</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she</font> sees us as appearance yeah<font color="#E5E5E5"> your bond is</font> stronger<font color="#E5E5E5"> than I expected it to be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you</font> know I<font color="#E5E5E5"> don't see</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Jessica's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a HIPAA I've</font> actually got a psychological problem with it oh you're so in love<font color="#CCCCCC"> with her is</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that I can't see is</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that I mean when I</font> want<font color="#E5E5E5"> to hug her I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just hug her mm-hmm</font> [Music] wherever<font color="#CCCCCC"> girls shall</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> be following me</font> and wherever<font color="#E5E5E5"> she goes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'll be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> following</font> her<font color="#E5E5E5"> Jessica</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> also regularly wanders off</font> back into<font color="#CCCCCC"> the wild</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> she's not in</font> captivity at all<font color="#CCCCCC"> if</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Jessica wanted to</font> leave<font color="#E5E5E5"> she could be analyzed and beat now</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but she always comes home and she always</font> comes back sometimes she sleeps<font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> porch<font color="#E5E5E5"> with</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a dog</font> and Tony and Shirley will even give her a<font color="#E5E5E5"> massage</font> [Music] but<font color="#E5E5E5"> at dinnertime she pops into the</font> kitchen to eat<font color="#CCCCCC"> with the family all like</font> is the lack of my leafy<font color="#E5E5E5"> leafy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> oh good</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> menu tonight</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it's green beans</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you've</font> got it you've<font color="#CCCCCC"> got</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the knack huh she</font> wants to go out now<font color="#E5E5E5"> when she's finished</font> eating<font color="#E5E5E5"> she goes on her way</font> Tony<font color="#E5E5E5"> an</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> X game Ranger has enough</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">experience to know</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to try and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> stop</font> her you read the signs didn't you Tony you were like right she wants to go out there's no keeping<font color="#CCCCCC"> her in yes because at</font> the end<font color="#CCCCCC"> of the day you do see her as a</font> wild animal still I<font color="#E5E5E5"> said years</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ago as a</font> wild animal I don't<font color="#E5E5E5"> keep I do whatever sure to do</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> ok</font> can we be<font color="#CCCCCC"> out with her here I went today</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">just sort everything</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> out there although</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">jessica is happy to let me feed her from</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">behind the counter</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she is still capable</font> of charging<font color="#E5E5E5"> if I get too close</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> she does</font> a normal hippo life<font color="#E5E5E5"> but she she she she</font> is<font color="#CCCCCC"> her life with us as well she goes</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> them<font color="#CCCCCC"> they come to her she</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> was a normal</font> life<font color="#E5E5E5"> she still goes out with the wild</font> hippos that<font color="#E5E5E5"> are further down the river</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> correct</font> and upstream as<font color="#CCCCCC"> well so do you think</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">this beauty is going to be able</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mate</font> with wild male hippos and have a calf of her own do<font color="#E5E5E5"> you think that's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> possible</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> don't<font color="#CCCCCC"> think it's possible just like a</font> worm like<font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> know it's possible it will</font> happen<font color="#CCCCCC"> within two years</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Jessica will</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">never call for one and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm a contact</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font> know you better<font color="#E5E5E5"> if I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> think you should</font> come down<font color="#E5E5E5"> again</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you better</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Tonio cos I</font> need to see this young<font color="#E5E5E5"> lady with a graph</font> thank you <font color="#CCCCCC">Riis other days it seems that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Jessica</font> imprinted on<font color="#E5E5E5"> Tony and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Shirley</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when she</font> appeared on their<font color="#E5E5E5"> riverbank just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> after</font> she was born<font color="#E5E5E5"> and that's why she's still</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">so attached to them</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> even as a 13</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> year</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">old adult hippo</font> our next story is of a human animal<font color="#E5E5E5"> bond</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that seems to be something completely</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">different</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> as they were</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> both fully grown</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">when they met in Los Angeles California</font> [Music] I've come here to<font color="#CCCCCC"> meet Dominic Errol er</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">three years ago he was befriended by a</font> goose named Maria did you get a<font color="#E5E5E5"> good night's sleep okay</font> Maria<font color="#E5E5E5"> always seems pleased to see him</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">how are you I'm gonna take a walk we're</font> going to have a<font color="#E5E5E5"> little moment by</font> themselves<font color="#CCCCCC"> want to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> meet my friends hi</font> but is a little less enamored of strangers<font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm just gonna check you out</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that's fine</font> the secret is<font color="#CCCCCC"> just stand there you a</font> cutie the crew need checking<font color="#E5E5E5"> out - you know -</font> doesn't<font color="#CCCCCC"> she Maria didn't always live</font> here in the zoo<font color="#CCCCCC"> up until two years ago</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">her home was a park in Central LA where</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Dominic used to go for his regular</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">morning</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> walk</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so how did you first meet</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I'm walking around Echo Park Lake I'm</font> just about<font color="#E5E5E5"> finished and coming in delete</font> one<font color="#E5E5E5"> of the park</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> employees by the office</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">they</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> asked me on</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the shoulder he says</font> ain't Dominic you know you're being stalked when you're walking<font color="#CCCCCC"> around the</font> lake<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I said like yeah</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what are you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">talking about because this is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a big city</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">park there's gangs and stuff hanging</font> around there so he points<font color="#E5E5E5"> to this goose</font> about 50 feet<font color="#E5E5E5"> away and he just says her</font> name's Maria<font color="#CCCCCC"> he laughed he thought it</font> was funny<font color="#E5E5E5"> but I looked at Maria and</font> Maria was just which is<font color="#E5E5E5"> glaring at me</font> just<font color="#E5E5E5"> glaring at me and I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just waved said</font> hi Maria how you doing Maria<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I</font> thought it was kind of<font color="#E5E5E5"> cute</font> I left<font color="#E5E5E5"> came</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> back</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> next morning</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Maria came right to me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">right in front of me and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just looked up</font> so innocently and I just fell in love just<font color="#E5E5E5"> like that you're my friend and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">within a matter of just a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> few</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> days from</font> her<font color="#E5E5E5"> just</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> circulating around me as I'd go</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">took the lead</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> position so Maria would</font> always walk in<font color="#CCCCCC"> front leading</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the way the</font> pair quickly became inseparable [Music] when you fall in love<font color="#E5E5E5"> with a goose</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you</font> got to be aware<font color="#CCCCCC"> of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> what you're getting</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">involved</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with but their loyalty is</font> phenomenal<font color="#CCCCCC"> you remember they bond for</font> life so I basically<font color="#E5E5E5"> feel like I have a</font> certain<font color="#E5E5E5"> sense of responsibility for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> local<font color="#E5E5E5"> residents they became something of</font> a celebrity couple<font color="#E5E5E5"> one time we had</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> hundred<font color="#CCCCCC"> people marching behind</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> us as</font> we're walking<font color="#CCCCCC"> around</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the lake and we're</font> singing<font color="#CCCCCC"> Maria songs and I mean it became</font> such a festive thing that was<font color="#E5E5E5"> really</font> remarkable<font color="#CCCCCC"> feels like the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Michael</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Jackson of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the goose</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> rope</font> [Music] in 2011 the park authorities<font color="#E5E5E5"> decided to</font> drain Echo Park Lake part<font color="#E5E5E5"> of a two-year</font> renovation program for a safety<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> survival <font color="#E5E5E5">Maria was moved to this is where staffs</font> who discovered<font color="#E5E5E5"> that she may</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> been</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">mislaid</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we did a little Valentine's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">thing on a little TV channels or</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something and it was a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> perfect</font> relationship<font color="#CCCCCC"> unusual relationship a man</font> and a goose that<font color="#CCCCCC"> Dominic and Maria and I</font> think like a<font color="#E5E5E5"> week or two</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> after that the</font> head<font color="#E5E5E5"> bed here calls me up humorously</font> says<font color="#E5E5E5"> hey Dominic you got a problem and I</font> said what status<font color="#E5E5E5"> as well your</font> girlfriend's<font color="#E5E5E5"> a boy so Maria became Mario</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Oh Mario is he showing off</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but the bond</font> is as strong as<font color="#E5E5E5"> ever you visit him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> every</font> day is<font color="#E5E5E5"> that right every day so it's part</font> of my daily schedule<font color="#CCCCCC"> I love coming up</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">here and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hearing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you know it's nice</font> to have an animal<font color="#E5E5E5"> way it gets tail and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">go</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> caca ah you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> know it's it's great</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that's the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> great</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> thing about animals</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they want to be our friends right Mario</font> but<font color="#E5E5E5"> why did Mario want to be Dominic's</font> friend geese are well known for<font color="#CCCCCC"> being a species</font> that imprints<font color="#E5E5E5"> in fact they were the</font> first animals scientists studied<font color="#E5E5E5"> when</font> they were<font color="#E5E5E5"> trying to understand the</font> phenomenon but<font color="#CCCCCC"> Dominic definitely wasn't</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the first thing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mario saw when he</font> hatched<font color="#CCCCCC"> dominic suspects</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that mario was</font> a domestic goose<font color="#CCCCCC"> that had been abandoned</font> at the<font color="#E5E5E5"> lake and so was looking for a new</font> companion<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he found me and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he</font> determined<font color="#CCCCCC"> i'm always safe to be with</font> but he's with me<font color="#CCCCCC"> he feels</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> safe</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he knows</font> I'm I'm one of<font color="#E5E5E5"> him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Jason believes that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">even though Mario didn't imprint on</font> Dominic<font color="#E5E5E5"> those crucial a few</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> hours for</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the goose after it hatched were</font> significant imprinting has a what's <font color="#E5E5E5">called a sensitive period it's some you</font> know<font color="#E5E5E5"> so many hours 13 to 16 hours or so</font> after<font color="#E5E5E5"> birth</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and then it gets</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> locked in</font> so that that sort of<font color="#CCCCCC"> representation of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what mom was supposed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to look like</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">doesn't change okay so you imprints and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">then that's your representation for the</font> rest<font color="#E5E5E5"> of your life</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> okay the rest of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> your</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">life</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you know what mom looks like but</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Mario Metz</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Dominic when it was already</font> an adult<font color="#CCCCCC"> goose</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so what does that suggest</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">so it's possible</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> if this is a case of</font> imprinting<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's possible that Mario in</font> person under someone who looked a lot like Dominic<font color="#CCCCCC"> when he was</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> very young</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> Dominic may have certain<font color="#E5E5E5"> facial</font> characteristics or<font color="#E5E5E5"> color of his hair or</font> the shape of his facial<font color="#E5E5E5"> hair whatever</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">some something</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that Mario recognizes is</font> familiar<font color="#CCCCCC"> mario</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> has found in Dominic a</font> companion<font color="#E5E5E5"> he can rely on and like all</font> geese he's protective of<font color="#CCCCCC"> what he's got</font> his little nips were getting a little <font color="#E5E5E5">stronger every time</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> er</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but it's that's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">okay when he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> attacks someone it's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not so</font> much<font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he's trying</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to attack them to</font> defend me but really he's trying to keep me in other words I'm his property<font color="#CCCCCC"> Wow</font> so if you would see his behavior<font color="#E5E5E5"> he was</font> basically showing<font color="#E5E5E5"> all the other geese</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">keep your distance</font> this is mine any any goose that<font color="#E5E5E5"> we get</font> near<font color="#E5E5E5"> there'd be feathers flying that's</font> where he would<font color="#CCCCCC"> show the most</font> aggressiveness<font color="#E5E5E5"> Oh</font> we're never going<font color="#E5E5E5"> to find out exactly</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">what happened in the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> early stages of</font> Mario's life but my money's on<font color="#CCCCCC"> the fact</font> that he probably did imprint on an <font color="#E5E5E5">elderly gentleman that looks</font> suspiciously like<font color="#CCCCCC"> Dominick over there it</font> just goes<font color="#E5E5E5"> to show how</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> strong</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> an</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">influence your early life experiences</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">will have on how you behave as an adult</font> so the early life of an animal plays a huge role in how it might bond<font color="#E5E5E5"> with us</font> that first<font color="#CCCCCC"> human it sees or lives with</font> will impact on how it behaves<font color="#E5E5E5"> in later</font> life but in the next<font color="#E5E5E5"> stage of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> my journey I'm</font> going to meet three people who've managed to form lasting relationships <font color="#E5E5E5">with the most unpredictable animals by</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">becoming</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> part</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the pack here at this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">privately-owned wildlife park in South</font> Africa the staff are using a unique method to try and inspire<font color="#E5E5E5"> the public to</font> care more about<font color="#E5E5E5"> animals oral as me has</font> managed to<font color="#E5E5E5"> integrate herself with not</font> one<font color="#E5E5E5"> but four lions</font> [Music] she's known these animals since they were Cubs<font color="#E5E5E5"> and she's so confident they'll</font> be<font color="#E5E5E5"> well behaved</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that at this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> park</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they'll even allow people into the</font> enclosure<font color="#E5E5E5"> with them it's a controversial</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">setup even though there's always other</font> members<font color="#CCCCCC"> of her team keeping watch but</font> I'm intrigued<font color="#CCCCCC"> to know how this</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">relationship works</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and what she does to</font> keep<font color="#E5E5E5"> her lions in check</font> gotta say I<font color="#E5E5E5"> never thought I'd get this</font> close<font color="#CCCCCC"> to male lions</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in my life do I say</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hello or do I just stand</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> here</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I can't</font> see<font color="#E5E5E5"> his eyes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> no you can say hello it's</font> been good<font color="#CCCCCC"> to smell my hand</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> yeah the fact</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that she needs to see their eyes points</font> to just how unpredictable<font color="#CCCCCC"> these animals</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">can be like being your breath on my hand</font> that's nice<font color="#E5E5E5"> Joseph so three males and</font> one female over there yeah<font color="#E5E5E5"> you know them</font> very well<font color="#CCCCCC"> I take this yeah</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">behavior</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> what does he</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> want to do with</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> pool there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to kind of yeah</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hold on</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me dude these lions are just 17</font> months<font color="#CCCCCC"> old but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they are big enough</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to do</font> some serious<font color="#E5E5E5"> damage</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> if they choose to</font> obviously<font color="#E5E5E5"> if I was</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> here without you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it would be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a totally different</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> story</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that's why it is important</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to us to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">remember they are wild animals so their</font> instincts can<font color="#E5E5E5"> stay there when they're</font> younger we take them<font color="#E5E5E5"> on walks around the</font> park <font color="#E5E5E5">that's Judith we have a very strong bond</font> with this<font color="#E5E5E5"> group</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> how is it possible that</font> you can have<font color="#CCCCCC"> such a close relationship</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">with essentially wild animals we respect</font> them as wild<font color="#CCCCCC"> animals just start off with</font> I<font color="#CCCCCC"> think that's one of the some points</font> we don't train them<font color="#E5E5E5"> we don't</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> do anything</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">like that so</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you basically need to earn</font> their trust<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the respect they've</font> known me<font color="#E5E5E5"> as a constant dominant finger</font> in their life since they were babies<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that's why I'm able to go so up close</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> you okay so you're mentioning a dominant figure which means that hierarchy is a play here understanding how these <font color="#CCCCCC">animals would normally behave in the</font> wild<font color="#E5E5E5"> so where</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> are</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> in the pecking</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">order and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> how do you establish that with</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">lions albeit in captivity</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I think it's</font> just<font color="#E5E5E5"> because we've</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> been</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there since they</font> were babies<font color="#E5E5E5"> uh-huh</font> and<font color="#CCCCCC"> they've always been the grown-up so</font> what's<font color="#E5E5E5"> stronger in their eyes I think</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">yeah</font> and obviously they needed to<font color="#E5E5E5"> have a</font> figure<font color="#E5E5E5"> that everything back in place</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> they<font color="#CCCCCC"> are put back in place when they</font> misbehave<font color="#CCCCCC"> how do you learn how to do</font> that how did<font color="#CCCCCC"> you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> just from interacting</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">with them</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> over</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> time you learned their</font> behavior<font color="#CCCCCC"> you learned to read their looks</font> and mood<font color="#E5E5E5"> swings and their different</font> personalities<font color="#CCCCCC"> and then as a human you</font> need to understand those in<font color="#E5E5E5"> order not to</font> get a swipe taken out of<font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you got</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> me</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">today</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> not to longer yeah what happened I</font> was a really hot day and he picked up on me feeling weaker and he grabbed me for a second nothing serious would<font color="#E5E5E5"> they have</font> a nice<font color="#E5E5E5"> little scratch uh-huh and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a few</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">minutes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> later I fainted</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so he was</font> obviously<font color="#E5E5E5"> able to pick up on it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> before</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it happened so I should not</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> feeling a</font> little<font color="#E5E5E5"> bit</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> weak right now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or a little</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">bit scared I need to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> carefully not let</font> them know that I'm<font color="#E5E5E5"> not feeling</font> threatened by<font color="#E5E5E5"> them because instinctively</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">then I could react on that</font> jeepers I wish I'm good to go<font color="#E5E5E5"> after</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you</font> telling me that anecdote<font color="#CCCCCC"> about you</font> feeling<font color="#E5E5E5"> weak I'm now being a little I'm</font> feeling a<font color="#CCCCCC"> little</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bit more</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> oh so you know</font> you're not<font color="#CCCCCC"> allowed to do and he's</font> definitely<font color="#E5E5E5"> trying up he's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> not lying down</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">now</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> because he's tired</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> no good</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> clothes</font> I'm aware<font color="#CCCCCC"> of this I'm aware this let's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">just breathe what do you get out of this</font> relationship<font color="#CCCCCC"> but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I mean so close with</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">these</font> I just feel privileged<font color="#E5E5E5"> every single day</font> you<font color="#E5E5E5"> don't get used to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it mm-hmm</font> big ones or small ones it's just<font color="#E5E5E5"> an</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">animal you need to appreciate yeah and</font> we<font color="#E5E5E5"> definitely do</font> or has clearly grown<font color="#E5E5E5"> attached to these</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">lions but</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> if things go according to plan</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">she won't have this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> relationship with</font> them forever<font color="#E5E5E5"> the staff at the park are</font> planning a very ambitious and<font color="#E5E5E5"> untested</font> project<font color="#E5E5E5"> to do something that most people</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">would</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> consider</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> impossible</font> they want to<font color="#E5E5E5"> release these hand-reared</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">lions</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> into the wild when they're older</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> was<font color="#E5E5E5"> under the impression that if any</font> individuals are for release you must<font color="#E5E5E5"> have absolutely no contact with</font> them<font color="#E5E5E5"> that's what we're hoping to prove</font> wrong<font color="#E5E5E5"> because you have right</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> now in</font> South Africa<font color="#E5E5E5"> more Lions in captivity</font> than in the wild<font color="#CCCCCC"> so if we can</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> take the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">animals from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> situation and prove</font> that<font color="#E5E5E5"> you can turn them wild again then</font> we can be<font color="#E5E5E5"> saving quite</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a few of them</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> we</font> believe<font color="#CCCCCC"> it's possible and we believe our</font> intimate knowledge of these ones<font color="#E5E5E5"> will</font> help us achieve<font color="#E5E5E5"> that goal</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and hopefully</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">there'll be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> our first ambassadors</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">they're</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> amazing animals they really are</font> they were perfect by behaving<font color="#CCCCCC"> in a dominant manner</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> or has</font> found a way to sit amongst lions but<font color="#E5E5E5"> as</font> we're only<font color="#E5E5E5"> just beginning to understand</font> these<font color="#CCCCCC"> unpredictable animals I'd rather</font> not<font color="#CCCCCC"> repeat this experience any</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> time soon</font> the next<font color="#E5E5E5"> person I'm meeting has had to</font> find even more<font color="#CCCCCC"> unusual methods</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to make</font> sure his companion knows who's boss this <font color="#E5E5E5">Odd Couple live in the heart of Texas</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">near the town of Quinlan and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they</font> consist<font color="#E5E5E5"> of a ton of Buffalo named</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Wild</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Thing</font> and his owner<font color="#CCCCCC"> a retired rodeo cowboy</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">called RC bridges</font> [Music] [Applause] [Music] <font color="#E5E5E5">ten years ago</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> RC lost his sight in one</font> eye<font color="#E5E5E5"> forcing him to give up running his</font> Buffalo<font color="#E5E5E5"> ranch</font> he sold his herd but decided to<font color="#CCCCCC"> keep one</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> the calves</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> whose mother had struggled</font> to suckle him<font color="#E5E5E5"> and it wasn't long</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> before</font> the young<font color="#CCCCCC"> cows behavior led to RC</font> calling him<font color="#E5E5E5"> wild thing</font> are you serious luckily<font color="#CCCCCC"> RC knows how to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">calm wild thing down do you ever get a</font> little bit nervous<font color="#E5E5E5"> going in with him no</font> no no you're totally<font color="#E5E5E5"> used to it now</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> don't<font color="#E5E5E5"> think he'd hurt me if he does hurt</font> me to be an accident<font color="#E5E5E5"> really is that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you're that sure of sort of your</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">relationship how on earth is it possible</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> you to even be in here with this</font> huge<font color="#E5E5E5"> animal</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a lot</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of training a</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> lot of</font> hours<font color="#E5E5E5"> if I was to come in with you and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what would happen</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> here</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to thank you Oh</font> what do I do with my hands right<font color="#CCCCCC"> now</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> don't put</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> him</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> in here that's a good</font> rule<font color="#E5E5E5"> he likes to be brushed</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> oh he loved</font> brushing<font color="#E5E5E5"> and the rougher you get the</font> better he<font color="#E5E5E5"> likes it</font> now<font color="#E5E5E5"> our</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> scene you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> know it is a</font> domesticated Buffalo you'll never domesticate a<font color="#CCCCCC"> Buffalo really no</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they're</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">their wild animal limb</font> this<font color="#CCCCCC"> one's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> probably a little more</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dangerous for you than a wild one</font> because he would probably<font color="#E5E5E5"> go out of his</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">way to get you why</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> on my property</font> yeah we're<font color="#CCCCCC"> on somebody else's property</font> he probably won't bother<font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font> Buffalo live in large herds and will aggressively defend themselves and members of<font color="#CCCCCC"> their group</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when threatened</font> but<font color="#E5E5E5"> they also battle within the herd for</font> status<font color="#E5E5E5"> with a strict hierarchy at play</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">and only the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> top males</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> getting a chance</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> meet as</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> RC found out this jostling</font> for position<font color="#E5E5E5"> starts when they are very</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">young when he was a baby</font> every<font color="#E5E5E5"> morning I'd get up and he would</font> attack me<font color="#CCCCCC"> so I told my wife</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I've tried</font> all my cattle tricks I've tried all my horse tricks nothing<font color="#CCCCCC"> working I said I'm</font> gonna<font color="#E5E5E5"> get up in the morning I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> don't care</font> how much<font color="#CCCCCC"> he kicked me</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and how much he</font> horned me I'm<font color="#E5E5E5"> gonna make like nothing's</font> happening I would bruised up<font color="#CCCCCC"> from one</font> end to the<font color="#CCCCCC"> other but by the end</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the</font> day<font color="#E5E5E5"> and it took me the whole day by the</font> end of the day he was bored<font color="#E5E5E5"> then he</font> wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to get everybody but me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> okay so</font> it was almost<font color="#E5E5E5"> sort of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> like eventually</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> just<font color="#CCCCCC"> gave up on beating</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you around the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">blade yeah but also you know they do</font> live<font color="#CCCCCC"> in very</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> strict linear hierarchies</font> so<font color="#E5E5E5"> does</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that mean</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> eventually saw</font> you as the<font color="#E5E5E5"> dominant male and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> why</font> he gave up oh<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm the dominant male yeah</font> how do you<font color="#E5E5E5"> establish dominance over</font> Buffalo and how do you<font color="#E5E5E5"> maintain that by</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">not having fear you can't have any fear</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">in</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you you know I don't have a choice</font> about<font color="#E5E5E5"> being the dominant if I'm not the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">dominant</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one I'm in trouble</font> so you've established dominance<font color="#E5E5E5"> so we</font> know that in herds<font color="#E5E5E5"> linear</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Hall through</font> our keys he scared the bejesus out of me<font color="#CCCCCC"> Jason</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">maintaining dominance over a calf was</font> hard enough but<font color="#CCCCCC"> now that wild thing</font> weighs over a ton<font color="#CCCCCC"> RC wouldn't survive a</font> beating<font color="#E5E5E5"> so he's had to find new ways to</font> remind<font color="#CCCCCC"> wild thing who's the boss the</font> wild things out here<font color="#CCCCCC"> and that's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a gate</font> or<font color="#CCCCCC"> something</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm trying to get through</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">he can't get out most</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of the time I can</font> go<font color="#CCCCCC"> over there and open it with one</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> hand</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">because i unlock</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it and I open and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he</font> thinks I'm really<font color="#CCCCCC"> strong because he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">might have</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> been there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> an hour</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to trying</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> get through</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that guy</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but I go over</font> there<font color="#E5E5E5"> and I</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just do it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like it's nothing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">to it and he really believes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he'll look</font> at<font color="#E5E5E5"> me and he'd go wow I can grab him by</font> the horns<font color="#E5E5E5"> and he thinks I got him you</font> know I<font color="#E5E5E5"> don't have them but he thinks I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">have I'm good Lords this is where I'm</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">dominant or out here</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they don't like</font> their horns mess<font color="#E5E5E5"> well it is amazing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">can</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you can you know achieve that</font> and even<font color="#E5E5E5"> touch them the way you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just did</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">without him retaliating</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I can't help</font> thinking that every time he Rams the gate it's like you<font color="#E5E5E5"> are hogging too much</font> of my time with<font color="#CCCCCC"> our CG</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fuck off there's</font> a lot<font color="#E5E5E5"> of love I would have never thought</font> this type<font color="#CCCCCC"> of animal could feel loved</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">he feels</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> love he's a spectacular</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> animal</font> there's no question<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> like he</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> feels in</font> the house and he needs to<font color="#E5E5E5"> go to the</font> bathroom he'll go to<font color="#E5E5E5"> the door</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> if he's in</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> walls if he's in the house he goes</font> into your<font color="#E5E5E5"> house yeah and if he's in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> house and<font color="#E5E5E5"> he's go to the bathroom and he</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">won't use the bathroom in the house I</font> need to see this go for it<font color="#CCCCCC"> open your game if</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you have to</font> shut the door<font color="#CCCCCC"> hmm this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> is definitely the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">most stupid thing I've</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ever done ever</font> [Music] coming in the house<font color="#CCCCCC"> oh my gosh</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that is</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">hilarious</font> he could still<font color="#E5E5E5"> reach up to me and sniff</font> me you know a little<font color="#E5E5E5"> bit scared</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> wow</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it's</font> got<font color="#E5E5E5"> really beautiful eyes</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I can't get</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">over</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> how gentle he is with everything or</font> see well that's<font color="#E5E5E5"> what amazes me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about him</font> because I didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> teach him to be gentle</font> he just happens to be<font color="#E5E5E5"> real gentle in the</font> house and very aggressive and<font color="#E5E5E5"> very mean</font> on the<font color="#CCCCCC"> outside of the house does</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font> will boil down<font color="#CCCCCC"> to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> sort of territory the</font> paddock is his<font color="#CCCCCC"> territory and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> he knows</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you this is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> your territory and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you're the dominant male so he needs to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> respectful of that thang that's what</font> it<font color="#E5E5E5"> is I think when he's in the house he</font> knows this is<font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> area</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and he needs</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to</font> respect<font color="#E5E5E5"> my area</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I heard something</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">getting October</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you see since the man he</font> went<font color="#E5E5E5"> outside</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> again</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it was trashing the</font> place can I follow you or is<font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> too</font> danger<font color="#E5E5E5"> I can</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be between</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you are you sure</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">mm-hmm</font> you never<font color="#E5E5E5"> told him to be pussy trained</font> for<font color="#E5E5E5"> one</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to better</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> expect ever had it I</font> have no clue<font color="#E5E5E5"> how you would potty</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> trained</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">about</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fire but so you gotta</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> realize he</font> knows that<font color="#E5E5E5"> everything I do is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for him</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I'd never do</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> anything that's against him</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">it's always for his protection</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> erfect</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">for his happiness</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> he's an</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> exceptional</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Buffalo</font> they need you don't<font color="#E5E5E5"> come in here Nate</font> women he's holding him at the<font color="#E5E5E5"> foots are</font> you gonna have a look<font color="#E5E5E5"> at this</font> never would have thought<font color="#E5E5E5"> that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> would</font> see such a huge powerful unpredictable animal<font color="#E5E5E5"> behave so gingerly in home all</font> the ornaments around<font color="#CCCCCC"> his sniffs gently</font> he's literally tiptoeing around our<font color="#CCCCCC"> seas</font> home it's<font color="#E5E5E5"> just completely surreal to</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">watch</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> our sea manages to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> maintain a</font> bizarre appearance<font color="#E5E5E5"> of domestic bliss</font> with<font color="#CCCCCC"> wildthing spending time watching TV</font> mowing<font color="#E5E5E5"> the lawn</font> [Music] and even<font color="#E5E5E5"> going for a swim with him</font> and because<font color="#CCCCCC"> wild thing sinks Arcee is</font> the dominant male in<font color="#E5E5E5"> his little herd it</font> certainly looks like he'll always tread softly<font color="#CCCCCC"> around him strong leadership can</font> enable you to<font color="#CCCCCC"> maintain a close bond with</font> some<font color="#CCCCCC"> unpredictable animals but I've come</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> South Africa to meet a man who's</font> worked his way into<font color="#E5E5E5"> an incredibly</font> sophisticated animal hierarchy<font color="#E5E5E5"> by doing</font> it<font color="#E5E5E5"> the animals way I want to find out</font> what he's learned about animal behavior <font color="#E5E5E5">from his close interactions with some of</font> the most intimidating animals<font color="#E5E5E5"> yes hyenas</font> [Music] renowned<font color="#E5E5E5"> for their brutal scavenging</font> ways hyenas can weigh twice as<font color="#E5E5E5"> much as</font> an adult wolf [Music] so I'm quite relieved to have<font color="#E5E5E5"> a cage</font> between me<font color="#E5E5E5"> and this clan of spotted</font> hyenas you know what it is<font color="#E5E5E5"> easy to see</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">how hyenas can be a little bit</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> unnerving</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I mean they're built for power with</font> their strange<font color="#E5E5E5"> top-heavy postures and</font> when you think<font color="#CCCCCC"> about their high-pitched</font> screeches and laughs and the way they scavenge aggressively they can seem quite sly and cunning<font color="#E5E5E5"> but actually</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> all</font> of<font color="#E5E5E5"> these traits point to a highly</font> intelligent<font color="#E5E5E5"> animal</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Hey and that's why what</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Kevin Richardson</font> does is all the<font color="#E5E5E5"> more surprising</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> kevin</font> has worked with large predators for most of his adult life<font color="#CCCCCC"> but a few years</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> ago he</font> set up<font color="#CCCCCC"> his own Private Reserve</font> so<font color="#E5E5E5"> that he could fully integrate himself</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">into this clan of hyenas he did this to</font> study<font color="#E5E5E5"> their behavior</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> and change</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> people's</font> perceptions of what is a much feared animal the hyenas live in a large enclosure<font color="#E5E5E5"> but they're far from tame</font> these animals have a very complex<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> fluid social structure<font color="#E5E5E5"> all governed by</font> dominance<font color="#E5E5E5"> and how each</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> one finds</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> its</font> place<font color="#E5E5E5"> in the pecking order</font> if<font color="#E5E5E5"> Kevin isn't careful there's always an</font> individual<font color="#E5E5E5"> that will try and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> get</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one</font> over<font color="#E5E5E5"> on him</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> how on earth did this come</font> about<font color="#E5E5E5"> this relationship</font> you clearly have with these hyenas<font color="#CCCCCC"> my</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">career</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> actually started</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with hyenas</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">quite a long time ago</font> you know they became my passion<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font> pretty much yeah I wanted<font color="#E5E5E5"> to know</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">everything about them okay let's just to</font> get let them get<font color="#CCCCCC"> over</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the whole thing</font> is this important for<font color="#CCCCCC"> you to keep an eye</font> on<font color="#E5E5E5"> yeah very important</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they're</font> dominating<font color="#E5E5E5"> this individual individual</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">okay they're trying to get him away and</font> he's his posture is submissive<font color="#CCCCCC"> their yes</font> submissive yeah good so he's fine<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font> didn't<font color="#E5E5E5"> notice anything</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> different than</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">immediately you're chatting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> away and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">stop</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you wait okay something has</font> changed<font color="#CCCCCC"> did you learn from</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> your</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mistakes</font> did<font color="#E5E5E5"> you go and learn the hard way</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> did</font> you yes<font color="#CCCCCC"> I've learned with hyenas it's</font> always the hard way<font color="#CCCCCC"> uh-huh</font> they react<font color="#CCCCCC"> I bite you and then they ask</font> questions later<font color="#E5E5E5"> let's put it into</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">perspective for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you I'll be working with</font> large carnivores for 15 years I've<font color="#E5E5E5"> been hospitalized five times by</font> hyena none<font color="#E5E5E5"> belong I got button very badly</font> about<font color="#E5E5E5"> six weeks ago</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> though why now</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> you</font> know<font color="#E5E5E5"> thought it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was a good opportunity</font> to<font color="#E5E5E5"> try and jostle for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> for status in this</font> plan so he<font color="#CCCCCC"> went</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> from</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me in a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> very</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">aggressive</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> way</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> put me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> my arm and on</font> my leg and and that triggered the rest of the clan to<font color="#E5E5E5"> want to participate in</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">the whole thing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> there's probably a</font> reason<font color="#CCCCCC"> why a lot of people around</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font> world<font color="#E5E5E5"> don't work with these guys I</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wanted to ask you about you know where</font> they see you in their clan are you a hyena in<font color="#E5E5E5"> their eyes their behavior with</font> me as<font color="#E5E5E5"> treating me as an individual in</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">their clan is exactly how they treat one</font> another and and that's<font color="#E5E5E5"> why I get my fair share</font> of<font color="#CCCCCC"> bots</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> because they don't hold back</font> so why on earth would you want<font color="#CCCCCC"> to do</font> this when you're aware that<font color="#CCCCCC"> it can be</font> dangerous<font color="#CCCCCC"> what I feel is the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> risk is</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">actually being mitigated over the years</font> by knowing the individuals and<font color="#E5E5E5"> by no</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">means so I just</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> say hey I'm the high you</font> know<font color="#CCCCCC"> Whisperer I can go in with any</font> hyena group and do what I do with these <font color="#E5E5E5">guys this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is a relationship that's been</font> developing with<font color="#E5E5E5"> some individuals over 14</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">years where you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> go now that's just</font> ridiculous<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> even</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I mean come on it's</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">like if you're behaving with him like if</font> he's a dog you<font color="#E5E5E5"> know once all the energy</font> dissipates<font color="#E5E5E5"> and once they they okay with</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">you guys and they they know they've</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">smelt you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> up and they see that you're</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">not a threat yeah and they're calmed</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">down</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> these</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> animals are just it's just</font> it's<font color="#CCCCCC"> incredible what you can do with</font> them I<font color="#E5E5E5"> mean this guy he wants</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> his chin</font> scratched<font color="#E5E5E5"> I can see that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> kevin has</font> worked very<font color="#CCCCCC"> hard to earn</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the hyenas</font> trust<font color="#E5E5E5"> and it allows him to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> play with</font> them in a<font color="#E5E5E5"> way I never thought</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> was</font> possible<font color="#E5E5E5"> but even</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this time spent</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">playing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> together</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> gives him a chance to</font> learn<font color="#CCCCCC"> about their social</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> structure and</font> how he can<font color="#E5E5E5"> maintain his</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> position within</font> it <font color="#E5E5E5">okay so I mean all this kind of thing</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that I'm doing</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> here is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the searching my</font> dominance<font color="#E5E5E5"> said it does the clock</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> clay</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">but he's also feeling that I'm not you</font> know submitting to something he does<font color="#CCCCCC"> and</font> then I'm actually playing<font color="#CCCCCC"> with him in a</font> dominant way<font color="#CCCCCC"> so I'm doing things</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to him</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that he wouldn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> normally allow other</font> individuals<font color="#E5E5E5"> to do to him that he was</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">more dominant he was more</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> dominant of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">sir</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so it is interesting up I'm if I'm</font> using a fiction<font color="#E5E5E5"> who's coming to me for</font> love<font color="#E5E5E5"> and ethical and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the children</font> scratch and<font color="#E5E5E5"> all of the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> above</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> but I'm</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dominating him and I'm not hitting him</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">you know I don't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> have to it's a bit of a</font> psychological<font color="#E5E5E5"> game what do you get out</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it then do you</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> think why were you</font> driven to do this with<font color="#E5E5E5"> these</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> high</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> email</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I'll tell you what I mean this is</font> enriching<font color="#CCCCCC"> for me as it is for</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> them I</font> mean<font color="#CCCCCC"> the fact that I'm tickling this</font> hyena<font color="#CCCCCC"> and this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> churn and he's using I'm</font> using<font color="#E5E5E5"> him as a resting</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> Parker's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Kevin</font> yeah it's awesome<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> mean don't get me</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">wrong it's I still get a kick out of</font> seeing<font color="#E5E5E5"> my buddies however the other</font> thing that I<font color="#E5E5E5"> really hope it does is it</font> shows<font color="#CCCCCC"> people</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> a different side of them</font> and and<font color="#E5E5E5"> hopefully people watching a</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">program like this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> would</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> go away and say</font> you know what<font color="#CCCCCC"> I never</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> knew hyenas were</font> like that<font color="#CCCCCC"> I actually actually liked them</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">they were actually very similar to my</font> dog in a way it's fascinating watching you interacting with these kind of animals<font color="#CCCCCC"> you know as you said</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> that do</font> have such a sort of creepy<font color="#E5E5E5"> reputation</font> fearsome reputation<font color="#E5E5E5"> and they are</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">absolutely docile with you and so</font> affectionate and they don't seem to<font color="#CCCCCC"> mind</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at all it's quite surreal to watch to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">watch that and boy so</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> who's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> five you</font> just<font color="#CCCCCC"> let me know</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> one at any point</font> something like<font color="#E5E5E5"> this is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> just a</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> little I</font> cannot believe in<font color="#CCCCCC"> anyone who's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">completely</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> mine</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I know you're a captive</font> hyena but this is ridiculous<font color="#CCCCCC"> it's</font> completely fine<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's thrilling for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me I</font> can't believe<font color="#E5E5E5"> I'm so close to</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> one and</font> they're so gentle good<font color="#E5E5E5"> can I touch noses</font> with you hello seeing the good side<font color="#CCCCCC"> I really am yeah</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">wanna</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> be</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> lulled into a false sense of</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">security but you're just adorable right</font> now kevin<font color="#E5E5E5"> has an extraordinary</font> relationship<font color="#E5E5E5"> with these hyenas by</font> combining<font color="#E5E5E5"> his</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> knowledge of each</font> individual and<font color="#E5E5E5"> their position in the</font> hierarchy<font color="#CCCCCC"> and with his ability to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> assert</font> his dominance<font color="#CCCCCC"> where needed</font> it seems that<font color="#CCCCCC"> kevin has truly become one</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">of the gang</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and in doing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> so he's proving</font> that hyenas<font color="#E5E5E5"> are not as intimidating as</font> many people<font color="#E5E5E5"> would have</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> you</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> believe there</font> is definitely another side<font color="#CCCCCC"> to these</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">animals they</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> are incredibly gentle</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> I get</font> a real<font color="#E5E5E5"> feeling of affection from this</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">particular one who's liking the good</font> back of the ear scratch<font color="#E5E5E5"> right now</font> but they're also<font color="#E5E5E5"> quite timid they're</font> quite shy<font color="#CCCCCC"> some of them when they</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">approach the cage you know their eyes</font> are really wide<font color="#CCCCCC"> and they approach very</font> cautiously<font color="#E5E5E5"> but every now and then they</font> will<font color="#E5E5E5"> bear their canines again I guess</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that's another instinctual behavior to</font> remind me<font color="#E5E5E5"> hey I'm quite fearsome</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> too you</font> know I'm quite tough<font color="#E5E5E5"> but they are</font> fantastic<font color="#E5E5E5"> animals and you really get a</font> sense<font color="#E5E5E5"> of their individual personalities</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">this is just it's</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> really it really is</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> nature</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> of the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> human-animal couples</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">I've met so far</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is complex but the</font> people<font color="#CCCCCC"> involved are attempting to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">fulfill a very human instinct to care</font> for others<font color="#CCCCCC"> find companions and better</font> understand<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> world</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> around us but to</font> find out what we<font color="#E5E5E5"> can learn from looking</font> at all these odd couples<font color="#CCCCCC"> I'm</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> speaking to</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">professor Hal Hertzog who studied human</font> animal relationships for more than two decades<font color="#E5E5E5"> what do you think we can learn</font> about<font color="#E5E5E5"> cross species relationships in all</font> their shapes and sizes<font color="#CCCCCC"> I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> think what they</font> tell<font color="#E5E5E5"> us it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> commonality that we</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">have with other species</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> edit that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">at a deep</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> level</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> animals have the same</font> sorts of<font color="#E5E5E5"> abilities</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to form relationships</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to form attachments</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to play and they</font> have<font color="#E5E5E5"> the same abilities that we have the</font> bottom<font color="#E5E5E5"> line for</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> me is this I</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> think in</font> our relationships<font color="#E5E5E5"> with other species</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">what we see is a reflection of</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> human</font> nature<font color="#E5E5E5"> in some ways</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it's purest</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> form</font> and the best of human nature<font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the</font> worst of human nature<font color="#CCCCCC"> not to me is the</font> thing<font color="#CCCCCC"> that's really</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fascinating</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> about</font> this whole<font color="#E5E5E5"> area of study</font> there is one last partnership<font color="#E5E5E5"> I want to</font> investigate<font color="#E5E5E5"> because for me it truly</font> reflects the best<font color="#E5E5E5"> of what the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">human-animal</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> bond can</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be like not only</font> do both sides benefit<font color="#E5E5E5"> but here wild</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">animals have chosen to instigate a</font> relationship with<font color="#E5E5E5"> us I've traveled all</font> the way<font color="#E5E5E5"> to the south of Brazil and the</font> coastal town of Laguna<font color="#E5E5E5"> to see it for</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">myself here in</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Inlet on the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Atlantic coast</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the locals have formed a</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">relationship</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> over many generations</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> with</font> one<font color="#CCCCCC"> specific group</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> of wild dolphins the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Dolphins</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> help the fishermen catch their</font> fish in fact<font color="#E5E5E5"> the fishermen in this Bay</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">don't even throw their nets unless the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">Dolphins are present so odd a whole</font> bunch of man<font color="#E5E5E5"> standing in their waiters</font> doing absolutely<font color="#CCCCCC"> nothing just standing</font> there<font color="#CCCCCC"> there's a dolphin</font> there's two dolphins<font color="#E5E5E5"> they're definitely</font> surfacing<font color="#E5E5E5"> but they're just standing</font> there<font color="#E5E5E5"> doing nothing still this is</font> extremely peculiar what is going on <font color="#E5E5E5">makes me</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> think that</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> something's gonna</font> happen over<font color="#CCCCCC"> here</font> Oh amazing [Music] <font color="#E5E5E5">okay I'm beginning to get what's going</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">on for one month of the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> year schools of</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Mullis</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> migrate up the coast</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> Dolphins heard the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> schools</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> into the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">shoreline exactly where the fishermen</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">are then at the right moment</font> the<font color="#E5E5E5"> Dolphins make a signal usually a</font> distinctive dive and the<font color="#CCCCCC"> fishermen throw</font> their nets to catch the fish beneath<font color="#E5E5E5"> its</font> absolutely<font color="#E5E5E5"> clear that the Dolphins are</font> calling the<font color="#E5E5E5"> shots here</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> these</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> lads are</font> doing absolutely<font color="#E5E5E5"> nothing</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> they just stand</font> there with their<font color="#CCCCCC"> nets and it's only</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> when</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">the dolphin makes a very clear signal</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">that they deploy them so the Dolphins</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">are telling the fisherman how to fish</font> that's novel<font color="#E5E5E5"> and completely crazy</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I've</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">never</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> seen anything like this this is</font> the most intricate<font color="#E5E5E5"> type of interaction</font> between two<font color="#E5E5E5"> completely different species</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">I have ever seen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it's just wonderful</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">to watch because</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the fishermen are</font> absolutely focused<font color="#CCCCCC"> on getting</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> their cue</font> from <font color="#E5E5E5">a dolphin and they have fun while</font> they're<font color="#CCCCCC"> at it</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> don't they</font> there's a fabulous energy on this<font color="#CCCCCC"> beach</font> they really enjoy working with the dolphin<font color="#E5E5E5"> with the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> help of the dolphins</font> these fishermen are extremely successful <font color="#E5E5E5">just a few miles down the coast</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the same</font> mullet schools migrate but because no dolphins help the fishermen there they hardly catch any fish<font color="#E5E5E5"> here</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> the Dolphins</font> have developed a relationship<font color="#E5E5E5"> over</font> generations<font color="#E5E5E5"> that's resulted in a</font> thriving<font color="#E5E5E5"> local industry I meet up</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> with</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">local scientist Fabio</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Dara Georgia from</font> the University of<font color="#E5E5E5"> Santa Catarina</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to find</font> out exactly<font color="#CCCCCC"> what's going on</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> this</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> is such</font> a surreal scene there's a dolphin<font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> is<font color="#E5E5E5"> Koba a well-known individual yeah</font> yeah the most famous dolphins me<font color="#CCCCCC"> no</font> thing we have here Fabio<font color="#E5E5E5"> watching this from the shore it is</font> absolutely<font color="#E5E5E5"> mind-boggling yeah it's</font> fascinating<font color="#CCCCCC"> what</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> exactly is going on</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">here</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> yeah</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> actually the doping are</font> bringing<font color="#E5E5E5"> the mullets</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> close to the</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">fishermen so is that what he's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> doing</font> right exactly he's in the<font color="#E5E5E5"> middle of the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">channel and</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> probably the mullet is here</font> then when the dolphin makers<font color="#CCCCCC"> perceived a</font> signal<font color="#E5E5E5"> the</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> fishermen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> know that's the</font> right moments to through the night the fishermen are<font color="#E5E5E5"> benefiting on earth of</font> the<font color="#CCCCCC"> dolphins doing this</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> Oh ease back</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">there</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> two-handed fishermen</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> through the</font> nets in<font color="#CCCCCC"> the water it</font> he's also pushing the<font color="#CCCCCC"> murrelets to the</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Dolphins much</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> easy for Dolphins get the</font> knowledge<font color="#CCCCCC"> when the</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> next ascending</font> summers are<font color="#CCCCCC"> know if you're gonna be</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">escaping in that</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> seize</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> the bounty</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> that</font> the dolphin<font color="#E5E5E5"> can enjoy exactly so it's a</font> mutual symbiotic relationship going on dictated by the dolphin<font color="#E5E5E5"> right yeah I</font> mean<font color="#E5E5E5"> they call the shots</font> exactly yeah come on I want to go I<font color="#E5E5E5"> mean</font> how<font color="#E5E5E5"> hard could it</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> be</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> really bit slippy</font> but thank you<font color="#E5E5E5"> thank you</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">Oda price later I can't believe it sure</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">- thought that was utter rubbish there's</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">something so incredibly special going on</font> here I mean we've known for a long<font color="#E5E5E5"> time that</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">dolphins</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> are intelligent and we have so</font> many<font color="#E5E5E5"> counts of dolphin human</font> interactions<font color="#E5E5E5"> of all sorts but this this</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">dolphin human interaction is</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> very real</font> and<font color="#E5E5E5"> it's</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> very genuine</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> and it's</font> incredibly complex<font color="#E5E5E5"> on both sides</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> it's a</font> whole series<font color="#E5E5E5"> of intricate behavioral</font> cues going on and these<font color="#E5E5E5"> are wild</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">dolphins</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> they've chosen to come here and</font> form a relationship<font color="#CCCCCC"> with these</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> fishermen</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that's mind-blowing</font> [Music] I've been on a<font color="#CCCCCC"> remarkable journey in</font> these two programs<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I've encountered</font> relationships between<font color="#E5E5E5"> different species</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that have</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> truly amazed me many of them</font> have been formed as a result<font color="#CCCCCC"> of powerful</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">natural instincts that seem to endure no</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">matter what the circumstances</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> or they've</font> come about through a<font color="#E5E5E5"> growing</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">understanding some people have of the</font> animal kingdom<font color="#E5E5E5"> and what's clear is that</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">animals relate to one another and</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> to us</font> in a far more<font color="#E5E5E5"> complex way than was</font> <font color="#CCCCCC">previously thought</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> possible</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> but it's</font> also been an extraordinary reminder of how compelled we humans are to have animals in our<font color="#E5E5E5"> lives</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> I think the reason</font> we're so<font color="#CCCCCC"> fascinated by other animals</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">could be down to the fact that in all</font> these<font color="#E5E5E5"> unfamiliar shapes and sizes and</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">all these different species we recognize</font> familiar traits and behaviors<font color="#CCCCCC"> and I</font> think that's what feeds our<font color="#E5E5E5"> fascination</font> and compels us<font color="#CCCCCC"> to want to</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> know</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> more</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> so</font> if we're lucky<font color="#CCCCCC"> enough</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> to share</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> a</font> mutualistic bond with<font color="#E5E5E5"> another species so</font> two animals that<font color="#E5E5E5"> took billions of years</font> to<font color="#CCCCCC"> evolve</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> finding a common ground</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">respectful of each other</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> even</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">communicating with each other well</font> <font color="#E5E5E5">that's pretty</font><font color="#CCCCCC"> remarkable isn't</font><font color="#E5E5E5"> it</font> [Music]
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Channel: Real Wild
Views: 10,303,148
Rating: 4.8867092 out of 5
Keywords: wildlife, planet earth, liz bonnin, big cats attack, lioness, documentaries, lions, animal baby, funny elephant video, planet earth II, wildlife documentary, buffalo, nature documentary, nature, lion, animal odd couple, animals, hippopotamus, hyenas, cute cub, documentary movie, cute as fluff, polar bear, hippo, funny monkey video, funny hippo, friendship, pet buffalo, wild thing buddalo, agee the polar bear, pet polar bear, jessica the hippo, animals and humans, lions led by humans
Id: 7GMNRwNh1yU
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Length: 58min 52sec (3532 seconds)
Published: Fri Dec 23 2016
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I thought it was the Human?

👍︎︎ 6 👤︎︎ u/fergunil 📅︎︎ Oct 05 2019 🗫︎ replies

They're actually the most dangerous land animal, period. Unless you count humans.

👍︎︎ 3 👤︎︎ u/MojitoBlue 📅︎︎ Oct 05 2019 🗫︎ replies

When my brother got his first foreign service posting to Zambia he was warned that hippos kill many more people than crocs do.

👍︎︎ 1 👤︎︎ u/TheLimeyCanuck 📅︎︎ Oct 05 2019 🗫︎ replies
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