WEBVTT

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Hi, my name is John.

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And that's Kealan,

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Sarah,

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and Ciara.

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<c.yellow>Oh wow, look! You found one. </c><c.yellow> </c>

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We all love and work with Irish
wildlife

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and we want to share our world with
you.

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Aw, look!

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<c.yellow>We're going to travel the Irish </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>countryside with lots of different </c>
<c.yellow>Wild Kids, </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>to show you the wildlife that's </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>right under your noses. </c><c.yellow> </c>

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Wild Kids!

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Today we've come to this beautiful
park that's absolutely bursting with
life everywhere you look.

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<c.yellow>There's woods, meadows, flowers, </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>and, of course, my favourite area, </c>
<c.yellow>the pond. </c><c.yellow> </c>

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The pond is full of life and I can't
wait to take the Wild Kids down

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to look at all the different birds
that live there.

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<c.yellow>But I'm more interested in all the </c>
<c.yellow>animals that live underneath the </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>water. </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>It's teeming full of life </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>and I can't wait to get the Wild </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>Kids down to get our hands wet. </c><c.yellow> </c>

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Will we go and meet the Wild Kids?
<c.yellow>Let's do it. </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.cyan>My name is Megan and my favourite </c><c.cyan> </c>
<c.cyan>place in the park is the pond </c><c.cyan> </c>

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<c.cyan>because all the ducks are there. </c><c.cyan> </c>

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<c.green>My name is Kealan and I love looking
</c><c.green>up into the trees in the woodland </c><c.green> </c>
<c.green>area of the park. </c><c.green> </c>

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<c.cyan>My name is Ryan. I like looking into
</c><c.cyan>the water to see what I can find. </c><c.cyan> </c>

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<c.green>ALL: We're the Wild Kids! </c><c.green> </c>

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What animals do you think we'll find
in the park?

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<c.cyan>Squirrels. </c>Definitely. What else?

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<c.green>Maybe ducks? </c>We'll look at a pond
later so we'll hopefully see some
ducks there.

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Has anyone ever heard of a moorhen?
<c.cyan>No. </c><c.cyan> </c>

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<c.green>Is it a sort of chicken? </c><c.green> </c>
It's a similar name, isn't it?

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<c.green>Hen. </c>Yeah, very good.

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A moorhen is a water bird and we'll
recognise it because it has these
lovely black feathers.

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But what really stands out is its
yellow and red face,

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so we'll look out for those colours.

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Parks are full of life.
You can find all kinds of animals,

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like bees and butterflies all around
the flowers.

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You'll also get plenty of birds and
woodland creatures around the trees
and the woods.

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But the first place we're going to
visit is the pond in the middle of
the park,

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to see if we can see some of the
amazing birds that nest and live
there.

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There's a gap over here, so if we go
over, we'll have a look at some birds
that might live here.

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I even have binoculars so I might be
able to see what's about.

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<c.cyan>I see something at the back. I think
</c><c.cyan>it's a dog. </c>Let's have a look.

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<c.green>I see something else. It's swimming,
</c><c.green>but I think it has a red neck. </c><c.green> </c>

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It could be a different type of duck.

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It's actually a bird called
a little grebe.

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Kealan, do you want to see what you
can see?

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They seem to be all around the edges
of the water.

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<c.cyan>Over there! There's a swan. </c><c.cyan> </c>
Do you see a swan as well?

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Oh, look!

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Isn't he lovely?
He's cleaning himself.

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<c.green>What's that black thing over there? </c>
I think that's our moorhen.

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<c.cyan>It's nearly fully black. </c><c.cyan> </c>

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Ryan, can you see the little moorhen
over there? <c.green>Yeah. </c><c.green> </c>

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What colour are his feathers?
<c.green>They're sort of a black. </c><c.green> </c>

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He's actually a young moorhen

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and his beak doesn't turn that bright
red/yellow colour until he's a bit
older.

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So he's growing up maybe? <c.green>Yeah. </c><c.green> </c>

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<c.cyan>And he is quite big. </c><c.cyan> </c>
He's nearly adult size.

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Oh, there he goes!

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Do you think maybe that's where his
parents are? <c.cyan>Yeah. </c><c.cyan> </c>

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Maybe they have a nest in there.

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<c.cyan>Yeah, and all the brothers and </c><c.cyan> </c>
<c.cyan>sisters are in there too. </c>Hopefully.

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Will we see if we can get closer?
<c.cyan>Yeah. </c>Let's go.

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Guys, can you see, just in the water
there, we have our moorhen.

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So let's see how close we can get to
him.

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I'm going really slowly.

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You can see there he's flattened all
the reeds down.

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Look at all the ones around him,
they're so tall.

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I'd say he spent a long time making
that nest.

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He's three big toes like that,
that help spread his weight out.

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He can walk along the top of all the
plants in the water.

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He doesn't sink down into them.

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Kealan, can you see the shape of his
beak? <c.green>Yeah, kind of pointed. </c>Yeah.

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It is really pointed,
but what colour is it?

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<c.green>Kind of black. </c>Yeah, it's kind of
that blacky-brown colour.

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It's a very dark colour.

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So he's a chick, and he's probably
only a few months old.

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I think all the birds are hiding in
those reeds there

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and I think the only way we'll get to
see any of them is in a boat.

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Will we do that? <c.cyan>Yes. </c>Let's go, okay.

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So, before we get in the boat,
what do we need to put on first?

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<c.green>Lifejackets. </c>Yes, definitely.
So grab those.

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Kealan, you grab that.
Pop them on over your head.

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<c.green>I think I look weird. </c><c.green> </c>
You look safe.

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Now! Great.

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And Kealan, can you get in there?

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Are we all set? Okay.
<c.cyan>I want to row. </c><c.cyan> </c>

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We get our oars here and we're gonna
push off.

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<c.green>I really didn't think there was all </c>
<c.green>those plants in here. </c>I know.

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It's amazing when you get into the
middle of the water

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how many plants are actually out
here. There's so much.

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I can barely see the bottom. <c.green>I know. </c>

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So all these reeds are kind of
interesting plants.

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They have their roots way down at the
bottom of the pond. They're all under
water.

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Then, to get all the sun and the
oxygen and air they need,

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they grow up really tall out of the
water.

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So if you were a moorhen or a duck
looking to make a nest to lay eggs in

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you'd be delighted with all these
reeds.

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It's the perfect camouflage and the
perfect place to hide.

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Can you see anything that side,
Megan? Nothing over there?

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<c.green>There's something down there. </c><c.green> </c>
Ah, have a look.

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Ryan, do you have your binoculars?
<c.green>Yeah. </c>I have mine too.

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So let's see if we can figure out
what they are.

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I think what we've got are adult
moorhens.

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So, Ryan, what colour are their
beaks? <c.green>Sort of a reddish-yellow. </c><c.green> </c>

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Yeah, they've got their red and
yellow.

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And you can see all the things we
were talking about earlier.

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So you can see that yellow beak with
all the red.

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Can you hear him calling? Yeah.

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What colour are his legs?
They're similar to his beak.

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<c.cyan>They're a kind of orangey colour. </c><c.cyan> </c>
Yeah, an orangey-yellow colour.

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They really stand out.

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Apart from its red beak and yellow
legs,

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you can tell moorhens apart by the
way they move in the water.

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They swim along nodding their heads,

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and as they swim, they eat any little
insects they can find off the surface
of the water.

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Now that we know what to look for,
it's really easy to identify him.

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And that's pretty cool because you'd
never even heard of a moorhen this
morning.

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You didn't know what he was.
<c.cyan>I thought it was a chicken. </c><c.cyan> </c>

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Does he look like a chicken now?
<c.cyan>No. </c>No, definitely not.

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I think it's time to go back to shore
and leave them in peace. <c.green>Yeah. </c><c.green> </c>

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Keep rowing, Ryan. That's great.

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The pond is bursting with life and
birds of all shapes and sizes.

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Guys, keep looking up.

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But always make sure to check out the
woodland area of your park.

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<c.cyan>No. </c>No, not yet.

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Make sure to look up for all kinds of
birds and animals...

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<c.green>I see one! </c><c.green> </c>

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...like the squirrel.

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And the tree trunks and bushes will
be full of loads of interesting
insects.

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I can see loads of different cobwebs.

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<c.green>I think there's definitely spiders </c>
<c.green>in here. </c><c.green> </c>

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<c.green>This little guy got caught. </c><c.green> </c>

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<c.yellow>I've come down to the pond because </c>
<c.yellow>I want to see what it is that the </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>moorhen is feeding on </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>just on the surface of the water. </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>But apart from that, I want to see </c>
<c.yellow>what's living underneath the water </c>

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<c.yellow>because it's full of life. </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>And I can't wait to bring the Wild </c>
<c.yellow>Kids down to show them what's living
</c><c.yellow>underneath here. </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>Hey, Wild Kids, how are you? </c><c.cyan>Good. </c>

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<c.yellow>Did you have a good time with Sarah?
</c><c.green>Yeah. </c><c.green> </c>

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<c.yellow>Do you remember when you were with </c>
<c.yellow>Sarah and you could see the moorhens</c>

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<c.yellow>and they were kind of picking on the
</c><c.yellow>surface? </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>What were they doing? </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.cyan>Catching their food. </c><c.cyan> </c>

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<c.yellow>What food do you think they were </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>catching? </c><c.green>Insects. </c><c.green> </c>

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<c.yellow>I've been down here and I want to </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>try and show you what insects. </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>First, if you look really carefully,
</c><c.yellow>can you see anything on the surface </c>
<c.yellow>of the water? </c><c.green>Spiders. </c><c.green> </c>

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<c.yellow>That's what we're looking for. </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>See these little guys here? </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>These are special spiders. </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>They look like spiders but they're </c>
<c.yellow>called pond skaters. </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>If you look at them really </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>carefully, what they're doing is </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>they're able to walk on water. </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>So these guys are really fast and </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>they skate seriously quick. </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>So I'm going to try and walk out </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>around here </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>and I'm gonna try and scare all the </c>
<c.yellow>skaters into this part </c><c.yellow> </c>

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<c.yellow>so you guys can try and catch them. </c>

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<c.yellow>And we can put them in the tray so </c>
<c.yellow>we can have a really good look at </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>them. </c><c.yellow> </c>

08:40.279 --> 08:42.800 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Keep really still. </c><c.yellow> </c>

08:43.360 --> 08:47.199 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Get ready, Ryan, these ones are </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>coming over your direction. </c><c.yellow> </c>

08:47.199 --> 08:50.879 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Yay, we worked as a team! Good man. </c>

08:51.239 --> 08:54.000 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>A couple of big ones there. </c><c.yellow> </c>

08:54.279 --> 08:57.160 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Aw no! I had it. </c><c.yellow> </c>

08:58.000 --> 09:02.680 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.cyan>Got one. </c><c.yellow>We've got loads, lads. </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>Let's have a better look at them. </c><c.yellow> </c>

09:02.800 --> 09:06.559 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>These guys can walk on water. </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>And if you look at them carefully, </c>

09:06.559 --> 09:10.239 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>see the way their legs are literally
</c><c.yellow>floating on the surface? </c><c.yellow> </c>

09:10.239 --> 09:13.639 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>And they hang really still, because </c>
<c.yellow>do you know what they're doing? </c><c.yellow> </c>

09:13.639 --> 09:17.120 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.green>What? </c><c.yellow>They're waiting to hear </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>a vibration, </c><c.yellow> </c>

09:17.120 --> 09:19.480 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>some movement on the water. </c><c.yellow> </c>

09:19.480 --> 09:23.559 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>And when they hear that, they'll </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>know there's a little animal there. </c>

09:23.559 --> 09:25.279 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.cyan>They move really fast, don't they? </c>

09:25.279 --> 09:28.440 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>They go so fast they skate along the
</c><c.yellow>water, look. </c><c.yellow> </c>

09:28.440 --> 09:30.680 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>See them zipping along? </c><c.yellow> </c>

09:30.680 --> 09:32.800 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>And if you look really closely at </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>them, </c><c.yellow> </c>

09:32.800 --> 09:35.800 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>they've got like this little needle </c>
<c.yellow>at the top of their head. </c><c.yellow> </c>

09:35.800 --> 09:41.279 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>They inject it in and they suck out </c>
<c.yellow>the blood of any animal they catch. </c>

09:41.279 --> 09:45.360 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>It's a bit like a spider waiting for
</c><c.yellow>someone to get caught in the web. </c><c.yellow> </c>

09:45.360 --> 09:48.239 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>These guys are waiting for someone </c>
<c.yellow>to get caught in the surface. </c><c.yellow> </c>

09:48.239 --> 09:52.559 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>And once they hear a little sound, </c>
<c.yellow>vroom, they're on top of them. </c><c.yellow> </c>

09:52.559 --> 09:55.279 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>So why don't you look really </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>carefully </c><c.yellow> </c>

09:55.279 --> 09:58.319 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>and see if you can see their big </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>feathery feet. </c><c.yellow> </c>

09:58.319 --> 10:03.199 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>You can see really closely how they </c>
<c.yellow>can walk on water. Look. </c><c.yellow> </c>

10:03.400 --> 10:06.639 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Right, skaters, ready to skate off? </c>

10:08.559 --> 10:13.480 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Now we need to find out what's </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>underneath the water. </c><c.yellow> </c>

10:13.480 --> 10:19.440 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>So I want you to get your net and </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>move your net really slowly. </c><c.yellow> </c>

10:19.440 --> 10:22.199 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>This is called pond dipping. </c><c.yellow> </c>

10:22.239 --> 10:27.919 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Oh look! Look at him. </c><c.cyan>Ooh! </c><c.yellow>See him? </c>

10:27.919 --> 10:31.080 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.green>I've found something big. I think </c><c.green> </c>
<c.green>it's another big sand crawler. </c><c.green> </c>

10:31.080 --> 10:34.480 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Good man, put him in the tray and </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>we'll have a good look at them then.</c>

10:34.480 --> 10:38.239 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>It looks like it's full of life. </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.green>It is. </c><c.green> </c>

10:39.120 --> 10:43.680 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Look at these, your favourite. </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>The water boatman. </c><c.yellow> </c>

10:43.680 --> 10:46.599 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>See their back legs? </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>They're like paddles. </c><c.yellow> </c>

10:46.599 --> 10:49.279 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>See the black tips on them? </c><c.yellow> </c>

10:49.279 --> 10:51.800 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>And they move them along like </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>paddles </c><c.yellow> </c>

10:51.800 --> 10:54.440 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>and that's what allows them to move </c>
<c.yellow>in the water. </c><c.yellow> </c>

10:54.440 --> 10:58.040 align:center line:70% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Do you know when you go to a </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>swimming pool and before you jump </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>into the water, what do you do? </c><c.yellow> </c>

10:58.040 --> 11:00.000 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.green>Take a breath. </c><c.green> </c>

11:01.040 --> 11:04.000 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>That's exactly what the water </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>boatmen are doing. </c><c.yellow> </c>

11:04.000 --> 11:07.040 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>They're coming to the surface and </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>they're taking a big bubble. </c><c.yellow> </c>

11:07.040 --> 11:10.440 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>The only difference is you can see </c>
<c.yellow>their bubble, the big silver part, </c>

11:10.440 --> 11:13.800 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>and then they go swimming down to </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>the bottom looking for their dinner.</c>

11:13.800 --> 11:17.199 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>So if you touch them at the top, </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>touch them at the surface... </c><c.yellow> </c>

11:17.199 --> 11:18.480 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.green>Okay, I need to. </c><c.green> </c>

11:18.480 --> 11:20.959 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>All the way down. </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.green>Agh, it's a bubble! </c><c.green> </c>

11:20.959 --> 11:25.120 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Now, see the way they've gone </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>straight down to the bottom, look. </c>

11:25.120 --> 11:28.879 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Look? With their little bubble of </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>air </c><c.yellow> </c>

11:29.239 --> 11:36.120 align:center line:70% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>which allows them to stay under the </c>
<c.yellow>water of the pond for long enough to
</c><c.yellow>catch their dinner. </c><c.yellow> </c>

11:36.120 --> 11:39.760 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.cyan>What are those guys moving weirdly? </c>
<c.yellow>Any ideas? </c><c.cyan>No. </c><c.cyan> </c>

11:39.760 --> 11:42.839 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>These are blood-sucking leeches. </c><c.yellow> </c>

11:42.839 --> 11:48.000 align:center line:70% position:50% size:80%
<c.green>Why is everything blood-sucking? </c><c.green> </c>
<c.yellow>Because that's the way they catch </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>their dinner. </c><c.yellow> </c>

11:48.000 --> 11:51.800 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Do you see they've got the big mouth
</c><c.yellow>that attaches on? </c><c.yellow> </c>

11:51.800 --> 11:54.480 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>They attach onto fish or other </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>animals </c><c.yellow> </c>

11:54.480 --> 12:03.519 align:center line:70% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>and they suck into the skin and they
</c><c.yellow>suck all the blood out of the animal
</c><c.yellow>until it's completely dead. </c><c.yellow> </c>

12:03.519 --> 12:05.599 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Look, I'm going to take one up into </c>
<c.yellow>my hand. </c><c.yellow> </c>

12:05.599 --> 12:07.480 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Look at him trying to get away. </c><c.yellow> </c>

12:07.480 --> 12:12.160 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>My skin is really hard compared to </c>
<c.yellow>all the soft things in the pond, </c><c.yellow> </c>

12:12.160 --> 12:15.879 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>but if I was a little fish or </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>something else in the pond, </c><c.yellow> </c>

12:15.879 --> 12:20.800 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>he'd be sucking my blood right now. </c>
<c.yellow>He's flying along. </c><c.yellow> </c>

12:21.040 --> 12:25.239 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Right, Ryan, are you ready for </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>a blood-sucking leech? </c><c.green>Not really! </c>

12:25.239 --> 12:28.000 align:center line:70% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>It's the first time in your life </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>you've had a blood-sucking leech in </c>
<c.yellow>your hand. </c><c.yellow> </c>

12:28.000 --> 12:31.239 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>What does he feel like, Ryan? </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.green>Ticklish. </c><c.green> </c>

12:31.480 --> 12:33.959 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.cyan>He kind of moves the way the slinky </c>
<c.cyan>moves. </c><c.cyan> </c>

12:33.959 --> 12:37.360 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>That's a good way of describing it. </c>
<c.yellow>It looks just like a slinky. </c><c.yellow> </c>

12:37.360 --> 12:40.199 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>These animals start life in the </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>pond. </c><c.yellow> </c>

12:40.199 --> 12:42.400 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Then the fish feed off these guys </c><c.yellow> </c>

12:42.400 --> 12:44.599 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>and then the birds feed off the </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>fish. </c><c.yellow> </c>

12:44.599 --> 12:46.559 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>So that's why these are really </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>important. </c><c.cyan>Food chain. </c><c.cyan> </c>

12:46.559 --> 12:49.000 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>It's a food chain, and this is the </c>
<c.yellow>start of the food chain. </c><c.yellow> </c>

12:49.000 --> 12:54.120 align:center line:70% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>These are baby dragonflies and they </c>
<c.yellow>spend most of their life in the </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>pond, </c><c.yellow> </c>

12:54.120 --> 12:55.959 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>about five or six years. </c><c.yellow> </c>

12:55.959 --> 12:59.919 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Then they change into dragonflies </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>and they fly out, </c><c.yellow> </c>

12:59.919 --> 13:03.319 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>and they might only live for about </c>
<c.yellow>two weeks as dragonflies. </c><c.yellow> </c>

13:03.319 --> 13:06.839 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Then they come back to the pond and </c>
<c.yellow>they lay babies again </c><c.yellow> </c>

13:06.839 --> 13:09.839 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>and the whole cycle of life starts </c>
<c.yellow>all over. </c><c.yellow> </c>

13:09.839 --> 13:14.199 align:center line:70% position:50% size:80%
<c.green>So is the first five years of their </c>
<c.green>life really boring so they just stay
</c><c.green>in the pond the whole time? </c><c.green> </c>

13:14.199 --> 13:18.839 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>That's all he does, stays in the </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>pond for five years of his life </c><c.yellow> </c>

13:18.839 --> 13:21.680 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>trying not to get eaten. </c><c.yellow> </c>

13:27.559 --> 13:31.000 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>I've just come down to the pond and </c>
<c.yellow>left the kids up at the tray. </c><c.yellow> </c>

13:31.000 --> 13:34.360 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>There was one species I was mad to </c>
<c.yellow>find. </c><c.yellow> </c>

13:34.360 --> 13:37.519 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>It's not easy to find. </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>I had to dig down into the mud </c><c.yellow> </c>

13:37.519 --> 13:39.680 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>because that's where these guys </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>live. </c><c.yellow> </c>

13:39.680 --> 13:43.199 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>And I've hit the jackpot. </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>I've found them. </c><c.yellow> </c>

13:43.199 --> 13:46.199 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Bloodworms. Have a look at them. </c><c.yellow> </c>

13:46.199 --> 13:52.040 align:center line:70% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>These are live bloodworms that you </c>
<c.yellow>only find in the muddy part of the </c>
<c.yellow>pond. </c><c.yellow> </c>

13:52.040 --> 13:56.400 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>These are the fishes' favourite </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>food. Look at them really close. </c><c.yellow> </c>

13:56.400 --> 13:58.400 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>See the blood colour? </c><c.yellow> </c>

13:58.400 --> 14:00.639 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>This is them when they're babies. </c><c.yellow> </c>

14:00.639 --> 14:04.879 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>And another hard question. </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>What do these change and become? </c><c.yellow> </c>

14:04.879 --> 14:06.279 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Midges. </c><c.yellow> </c>

14:06.639 --> 14:09.639 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.cyan>So then how do they get smaller when
</c><c.cyan>they get older? </c><c.cyan> </c>

14:09.639 --> 14:13.639 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Do you really want to know? </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.cyan>Hmm...yes. </c><c.cyan> </c>

14:13.639 --> 14:17.040 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>They eat their own bodies. </c><c.green>Yeuck! </c><c.green> </c>

14:18.919 --> 14:22.000 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>Nice and gentle. Time to put them </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>back into their home. </c><c.yellow> </c>

14:22.000 --> 14:25.760 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.yellow>They've had a fun day. </c><c.yellow> </c>
<c.yellow>It's a pretty cool place, the pond. </c>

14:25.879 --> 14:30.080 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.cyan>The first thing we saw was the young
</c><c.cyan>moorhen. It was really cool. </c><c.cyan> </c>

14:30.080 --> 14:34.360 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.green>The moorhen have a red and yellow </c><c.green> </c>
<c.green>beak. </c><c.green> </c>

14:35.000 --> 14:39.680 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.cyan>We found blood-sucking leeches, </c><c.cyan> </c>
<c.cyan>we found bloodworms, </c><c.cyan> </c>

14:39.680 --> 14:43.839 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.cyan>and we found loads of other insects </c>
<c.cyan>like beetles. </c><c.cyan> </c>

14:43.839 --> 14:48.400 align:center line:70% position:50% size:80%
<c.green>I really liked the water boatmen </c><c.green> </c>
<c.green>because they take up a big bubble of
</c><c.green>air </c><c.green> </c>

14:48.400 --> 14:50.599 line:83% position:50% size:80%
<c.green>and then it makes them go silver. </c><c.green> </c>

14:50.599 --> 14:55.120 align:center line:77% position:50% size:80%
<c.cyan>I can't believe how many things live
</c><c.cyan>in a park like this. </c><c.cyan> </c>

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