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Episode 3

Animal Park Summer Special 2019
Episode 3 of 15

Tragedy strikes in Koala Creek as kidney disease claims the life of Wilpena, and keepers fear for Violet after worrying test results.

Tragedy strikes in Koala Creek as kidney disease claims the life of Wilpena. One of five Southern Australian koalas who made the long journey from Australia to their new home in Longleat, she fell victim to one of the diseases which can prove fatal for these fragile creatures. Could Wilpena鈥檚 death enable scientists to take huge strides in their research and find a way to wipe out this killer kidney disease?

But there鈥檚 also happier news on the marsupial front when Ben and Kate catch up with wallaby, Newt. The last time they met him, he was a hand-reared tot. But now he鈥檚 quite the bruiser and ready to do what an adult male wallaby does鈥�. And there鈥檚 news of a surprise and mystery pregnancy.

Elsewhere, Kate catches up with Viscount Weymouth at the park鈥檚 eucalyptus plantation. Of the hundreds of types of eucalyptus, the park鈥檚 four koalas like to eat just a few varieties. But how can a tree native to baking hot Australia survive in the depths of Wiltshire?

Ben鈥檚 on the trail of a little bird with a big personality and a big reputation for dodging capture to get him to a new home, while Jean Johansson gets up close to one of the rarest deer calves in the world, a Pere David, which is virtually extinct in the wild. She discovers how monitor lizard King Tut can rev up from being quiet and sleepy to a fast-paced killing machine when food鈥檚 about. And what name will she come up with for one of the Poteroos, tiny 'rat kangaroo' neighbours to the koalas?

44 minutes

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Wed 2 Aug 2023 10:30
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:00

    Rae Morris

    Love Again

  • 00:21

    T. Rex

    Baby Boomerang

  • 00:24

    Dizzee Rascal

    Fix Up, Look Sharp

  • 00:32

    New Hope Club

    Medicine

  • 00:39

    Ennio Morricone

    The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Main Title/Ecstasy of Gold

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • 00:40

    The Trashmen

    Surfin' Bird

  • 00:41

    The Centurions

    Bullwinkle Part II (From Pulp Fiction)

Credits

Presenter Kate Humble
Presenter Ben Fogle
Presenter Jean Johansson
Series Producer Jane Lomas
Executive Producer Joff Wilson
Production Company Remarkable TV

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