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Episode 15

Animal Park Summer Special 2019
Episode 15 of 15

Is the pitter-patter of tiny, and healthy, tiger feet imminent as rare Amur tiger Yana goes into labour?

Is the pitter-patter of tiny tiger feet imminent? After weeks of speculation, Kate Humble and Ben Fogle reveal that the signs are that rare Amur tiger Yana is definitely pregnant.

Anxious not to miss the historic birth of cubs 鈥� the first at the park for nearly 20 years 鈥� keepers install special cameras in the Tiger House, which will also enable them to closely monitor Yana鈥檚 health at a safe distance.

Everyone holds their breath as first-time mum Yana finally goes into labour. But her cub is lifeless. Is this stillborn going to be her one and only cub? If there are others on the way, are they likely to face the same fate? What are the chances of healthy cubs?

Kate catches up on life in the Gorilla House with the focus on silverback Kesho. Believed to be the only gorilla in the world with a syndrome which means he has an extra female chromosome, might this explain his sometimes baffling behaviour? An expert in the condition in humans helps to unravel the reasons for Kesho being the way he is.

Oryx antelope aren鈥檛 just rare, they鈥檙e extinct in the wild. Beautiful and graceful with metre-long horns, it鈥檚 believed they are behind the myth of the unicorn. But one oryx is in trouble and needs help with a nasty wound.

And Jean Johansson discovers why coconuts are just the job for the dental health of Cape porcupines.

44 minutes

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Fri 3 Jan 2020 09:15
主播大秀 One

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

  • 00:00

    Rae Morris

    Love Again

  • 00:04

    Lova

    You Me and The Silence

  • 00:08

    John Paul Young

    Love Is In The Air

  • 00:08

    Lady Gaga

    Poker Face

  • 00:12

    New Hope Club

    Fixed

  • 00:12

    Tom Odell

    Go Tell Her Now

  • 00:18

    Urban Cone

    Old School

  • 00:39

    Chaka Khan

    Like Sugar

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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