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SQUEAKING
I've just caught a baby crocodile.

Well, I never expected to see
such a thing in my life.

'I'm on a jungle adventure
in Borneo,

'one of the oldest tropical
rainforests in the world...

'..exploring its astonishing
wildlife.

'I've already seen
some fascinating creatures...'

How fantastic!

'..and hung out in some of
the tallest tropical trees

'in the world.

'This time, I'm on a journey

'down one of Borneo's mightiest
rivers to the coast...

'..meeting extraordinary
animals along the way.

'I even get a bit too close

'to the scariest
river predator of all.

'I discover how
this jungle superhighway

'is full of challenges...'

SHE EXCLAIMS
What's he done?

'..and visit the people and projects
protecting this magical place.'

You need a medal.

'I'll have the experience
of a lifetime...'

Oh... please hold my hand.

'..when I witness orphan orangutans
on their journey back to the wild.'

You great girl.
And go...

'It's all happening
in my Wild Borneo Adventure.'

'On this second leg
of my Borneo expedition,

'I am following the mighty
Kinabatangan River.

'It runs for 350 miles...

'..from the remote uplands
to the island's spectacular coast.

'Kinabatangan means
"grandfather of all rivers",

'and traders have explored it
since the seventh century.

'Now it's my turn to discover
the wonders of this watery world,

'and visit some amazing projects
along the way.

'Fringed by jungle throughout,

'this place is already
starting to feel special.'

To be out on the river,
and to feel this marvellous breeze,

we haven't had that
since we got to Borneo.

It's absolutely glorious.

'The river and its banks
are an extraordinary jungle highway,

'teeming with wildlife.

'There are elephants and orangutans.

'Primates,
like the proboscis monkey,

'unique to Borneo,
inhabit its tributaries.

'But I can't help noticing
that the monkeys on the bank

'look a bit nervous.

'They may well be.

'They're often lunch for the most
feared of the river's residents.

'The saltwater crocodile
is the top river predator.

'These giants can grow
up to 20 feet long...

'..and every year,
they claim human victims.

'And my first encounter
is with the crocodile.

'Actually, I'm getting
a little closer than I intended,

'and in the dark.

'Malaysian scientist
Kerisha Kntayya

'is studying the crocodiles
on the river.

'She's taking me on a hunt
with a difference.'

Well, we're out on the river...

..and with Kerisha, who knows
everything about crocodiles,

and we're out to see
if we can see some.

We've had an enormous thunderstorm.

Now the air is much cooler
than it was.

SPEAKS IN OWN LANGUAGE

So, we've just spotted a crocodile.

But till I get really close to it,
I'm not gonna be able

to tell the size of the crocodile

and if I'm able to actually
catch that with my hands.

Yes.

'Did she just say with her hands?'

This is the best part of my project.

This is the most fun part.

Is it?
It is.

It does seem a bit scary
because it's done at night.

You're more brave
than anyone I know.

'To carry out her research work,
Kerisha needs to plunge her arms

'into the crocodile-infested water.'

SQUEAKING

Oh!

So, I've just caught
a baby crocodile.

With my hands.

What it's doing now,
it's calling its mum.

Well, I never expected to see
such a thing in my life.

So the first thing we need to do
is put on a cable tie

for safety reasons.

For us, and also
so that it doesn't call his mum.

Hang on.

So, one hand on the back here,
like that.

Firm, but gentle.
Oh...

And one down here,
if you can just bring your hands up.

Yeah, there we go.

Oh!

I can see exactly why
you find them so attractive.

They are.
They are beautiful animals.

They are beautiful.
So...

'Kerisha takes a DNA sample
from one of its scales,

'known as a scoot.

'It's part of her three-year study
of the crocodiles

'on this part of the island.

'It's then weighed,
and its location recorded.'

Five... 500 grams.

And we're done.

There we go.

All right. Bye, buddy.

There we go.

To his mummy.

'Our remarkable hunt continues.

'Let's hope there aren't
too many mothers about.'

Why didn't you go for that one?
Because it was too far.

SHE LAUGHS

I would have fallen into the river.
A very, very good reason.

SHE LAUGHS

I don't know how you...
have so much courage.

'Kerisha is studying the health
of the top predators on the river.

'And if the crocodiles
are doing well,

'then so is everything else
in the food chain.'

No.
That's so difficult!

THEY LAUGH

'Kerisha can't just
catch the babies.

'To conduct a full
crocodile health check,

'she has to confront
the parents, too.

'Today, she's hoping
to catch an adult.

'So she's going to need
the help of all her team

'from her research centre.'

These waters have been home to this
animal for a long, long time,

since the age of the dinosaur.

'It's not long before we spot
one of these creatures

'that have been on the planet
for more than 200 million years.'

There.

Can you see it?

Take a closer look.
JUDI GASPS

'There on the bank is my first wild,
adult crocodile.

'Now I understand why Kerisha
didn't want to fall into the water.'

It's now in the water.

'Today's mission is
to capture a mature crocodile.

'Now this I've got to see.'

What we've done is
we've set up two traps,

and what I do with these crocodiles,
if they're big enough,

is I put a tag on them

and I release them
back into the water,

so I can see how
they're using the river.

Oh, my God, I think it's shut.

The trap's shut.

The trap is shut,
which means that...

It is shut. ..the crocodile...
It is shut. It's shut.

It does mean
there's a crocodile inside.

It's shut.

How lucky.

'To find out who's hiding inside,

'we need to tow the cage
over to the bank.'

Here we are
on a Wednesday morning,

up this incredible river,

we've just found a crocodile.

No Wednesday will ever be the same.

'Before they examine the crocodile,
the team have to secure it.

'It's so strong,
it needs eight people.

'Crocodiles have the most powerful
bite in the animal world.'

THEY SPEAK IN OWN LANGUAGE

Wait, wait, wait.
Yeah, OK, that's good.

'The towel is supposed
to calm the crocodile down.'

CROCODILE GROWLS

Not yet.

Tight, tight.

Tight.

Leave it.

'It may look stressful,
but this work is vital,

'and the whole process is over
in a matter of minutes.

'Once it's secured,
I can't resist getting closer.

'Its skin is so soft.'

Oh, I think that is beautiful.

We will measure it and sex it
and take a tissue sample.

Yes. Yeah.
Yeah.

'The team need to keep
this young female cool

'in the 42 degrees heat.'

250... 256.

Well, not bad. 2.5, it say.

Did you take the sample?
Yeah.

This is where
we take the sample from.

So, these things don't grow back,
so if we see this one again,

we'll know that we've already got
a sample from it. Right.

Is she going to go back now?

Yes, we're going to put her back
right now. Good.

'A crocodile is just as dangerous
to release as it is to catch.'

The legs?
Yeah, yeah, I've got the legs.

'She heads for the safety
of the river,

'dragging the rope
in her powerful jaws.

'But once in the water,
she spits the rope out.

'Its sheer power makes me relieved
it ran into the river

'and not the other way.'

Although people fear these animals,

we have to learn
to coexist with them.

We can't stop development,

and we are bound
to interact with them

some way or another.

Well, it's yet another experience
that I shall never forget. Yeah.

'My river adventure is going to
involve a lot more than crocodiles.'

ELEPHANT TRUMPETS

Oh, my word!

'And I'm about become a detective
in a jungle mystery.'

It's like investigating
a crime scene. Yes!

SHE GASPS

There it is!
What's that?

'I'm travelling along
the Kinabatangan River

'to a place that hosts
one of nature's greatest shows.

'Its stars are creatures
that I've been fascinated with

'since I was a little girl.

'This is Gomantong, one of
the largest caves in Borneo...

'..and I'm very excited to be here.

'Scientist Jedediah Brodie wants
to introduce me to its occupants.

'More than a million bats.'

There are so many bats...

pooping and peeing everywhere

that all that acid has also
helped erode the limestone,

so scientists estimate
that half of the entire cave

is carved out
just by the acid of bat urine.

Right.

'There are more bats here
than there are people in Birmingham,

'but that's where
the similarity ends.'

I love that sound.

'The bats have been here
for millions of years,

'enough time to build up
an impressive amount of poo.'

This is a mountain
of bat droppings.

And in some places in this cave,
it's metres deep.

'It's host to an untouched world
that never sees the light of day.'

Can you see it moving,
kind of crawling a little bit?

There are cockroaches, hundreds
of thousands of cockroaches,

that do nothing their whole lives
except live on this guano ecosystem.

'I have to admit,
I have a soft spot for bats.'

I was born in York, in England,
and we used to have a lot of bats,

and, I mean, we looked on them
very, very fondly,

but they sometimes get
quite a bad press, don't they?

In the US, for example,

it's estimated that bats saved
the agricultural industry

$4 billion a year
from eating insects

that would otherwise
be eating crops.

A lot of those insects here
in the tropics, of course,

are mosquitoes, so they're eating
the things that carry malaria,

and dengue fever, and yellow fever.

'Every evening at the same time,
just before dusk,

'the bats begin to tumble out
of the cave to feed on the insects.'

Oh, look at that bat!

Look at that bat
right over our heads.

'But the bats aren't the only
predators that are venturing out.

'As they leave the cave to hunt,
they quickly become the hunted.'

That bird right there is a kite,
and it's trying to catch the bats,

and they're swirling to escape
from it, and when it catches one,

it grabs one with its talons
and eats it on the wing.

Doesn't have to wait long,
then, does he? Before he...

..he's had enough to eat.

They're very threatened,
aren't they, poor old bats,

the moment they get out of the cave.

'The bats may suffer
heavy losses every night,

'but they seem to be
thriving in the cave

'that has recently become
a protected site.

'But some animals out on the river
are not quite so fortunate.

'I want to know more about
the threats to the wildlife,

'so, with conservationist
David Mills,

'I've come to
the Danau Girang Research Centre.

'Kerisha,
the wonderful crocodile catcher,

'is based here
with about 50 other scientists.

'They are the wildlife guardians
of this part of the river.

'David and I are keen to hear
about threat to the wildlife

'from the boss, Benoit Goossons.'

Hi, hello there.

So, pet trade is a big issue
as well.

Is that growing, then?
It is growing.

They sell sun bear cubs,
leopard cat cubs...

Each baby you find in the market,

you can be sure
that the mum has been killed.

People will always want exotic pets,

and they're prepared
to pay for them.

These are wild animals,
they do not make good pets.

No. Absolutely not.

'The pangolin is one of
the creatures being studied here.

'It's the only mammal with scales,

'and they are highly prized
in traditional medicine.

'Sadly, that makes the pangolin

'the most trafficked animal
on the planet.

'Every creature in this part
of the forest is under pressure.

'The reticulated python
controls pests like rats and mice,

'but it's also vulnerable
to the pet trade.

'At the centre, Richard Burger
is about to examine one.

'Unfortunately for him,
I volunteered to help.

'I'm about to discover that this one
is a serpentine secret agent.'

You're not scared of snakes, right?

I'm not scared of snakes.
That's great.

So, this is a very, very young...

..reticulated python.

Can I touch him?
Yeah, of course, here you go.

SHE GASPS

So, these guys, obviously,
they get really big.

There's even once been recorded
that one's eaten a sun bear.

A big, seven-metre animal
eating a sun bear.

A whole one?
A whole one, yeah.

Um...

'How does a python eat a sun bear?

'They're the size of Labradors.
Well, it's rotten for the sun bear.'

Is it the first time
you've ever held a snake?

No. Because we had real snakes
in Antony and Cleopatra.

That's when I had to
get used to them.

I loved them,
and then they got out one night

and frightened Michael Gambon
out of his wits!

With everyone that I catch,
I put a little microchip.

It doesn't hurt?

It doesn't hurt, no.
It's the same as what you do

when you microchip your pet cat
or dog, just like that.

MACHINE BEEPS

OK, so, that is 0-0...

7-A-D.

Not 007, please don't say that.

It is actually 007, yeah.

THEY LAUGH

So, would you like to think
of a name for it?

If he really is 007, he should be
called James, shouldn't he?

OK, that's great.
Is that all right?

Yeah, absolutely. James it is.

Spectacular.

'James is released back into
the wild, with a licence to kill.

'It's all part of the vital work
going on at the centre.

'Miriam Kunde has set up a camera to
study another threatened creature.

'The oriental pied hornbill.

'Hunted for its valuable ivory,

'it is also a victim of our hunger
for rainforest timber.

'Hornbills usually build their nests
high up in the canopy,

'safely away from predators.'

The hornbills will scout the forest
for hollow trees.

Hollow trees with a narrow opening.

And then the hen will go inside,
she'll lay her eggs,

and she will be sealed in,

so the hen and chicks are
entirely reliant on the male

to come back to the nest
and feed the hen and the chicks.

'But as logging has taken
all the mature trees in this area,

'the current nest
that Miriam has found

'is only five feet off the ground.

'And when she looks inside,
she's in for a shock.'

Completely empty.

'Has the hornbill chick
flown to freedom?

'Or did something terrible happen?

'It's the start
of a wildlife whodunnit.'

We'll see what happened
here on the SD card.

'Miriam hopes her camera
will provide the answer.'

We need to find out what happened.

Would you want to... You really
haven't seen this, have you?

At all? No, I have not seen it,
and the suspense is killing me.

Me, too.
I would like to look at it now.

I mean, best case scenario,
they just left early.

That's the male, that's Dad.

And there's still the chick,

the chick is already quite big,
you see?

Yes.

Let me just...

He's still coming, feeding,
everything looks fine.

I really want them to be OK, but...

Me, too.

It's like investigating
a crime scene.

Yes.

SHE GASPS

There it is.
What's that?

It's a sun bear.
This is a sun bear?

Breaking in, yeah,
it's breaking into the...

Oh, this might get ugly.

SHE EXCLAIMS
What's he done?

Oh!

SHE GASPS

I can hardly dare ask,
was that a chick he took out?

A chick or mum, I don't know...
And put in his mouth?

I think it was the mum.

The mum?
I think it's the mum.

They were so close, so close,
you know, we thought maybe one,

maybe two more weeks
and they'd be...

..they'd be out.

Mmm.
Such is life.

Yeah, red in tooth and claw.

Yeah.

'The loss of tall trees
for safe hornbill nests

'gave the sun bear an advantage.

'It's a brutal reminder that life
in the jungle is delicate,

'often unbalanced by us.

'Before we leave, Benoit,
the head of the centre,

'takes us to his favourite part
of the river.

'The evening is one of the best
times to see the wildlife.'

We just enter a small tributary
of the Kinabatangan River,

which is called Koya.

I fell in love with this river.

I always say that the Kinabatangan
is my third love

after my wife and my son.

Now my fourth love is you.

So...
Excellent!

'Everywhere we go,

'there are signs of the good work
Benoit and his team are doing

'to repair the damage
to the habitat.'

Orangutans cannot cross
tributaries like that.

They cannot swim.
They swim like rocks.

So we build these... these bridges.

A couple of rubber ropes.

There are different models,
and then we set them from two trees.

And then, orangutans use them,
all the primates use them as well.

'And as a final treat,

'a monkey unique to Borneo
makes its appearance.'

Something moving in the trees there.

Ah, that's proboscis monkey.

Proboscis monkey there.

Up they are jumping
from tree to tree, you see?

Up, you see them?

'The proboscis monkey
always makes me smile.

'I'm told, the larger its nose...'

Look!

Did you see some very small ones
across there?

'..the bigger its testicles.'
SHE CHUCKLES

Oh, I see somebody up there.

Yes.
Yes.

Someone is coming out, yeah.

Look, look!

There's one there.
Yes, you see there.

Yes.
Yeah.

SHE GASPS

It comes down the tree.
Yes, it comes down the tree, yeah.

'I could stay and watch
these creatures all night.

'But I've got an appointment
further along the river

'with the largest
of all Borneo's animals.

'It's one that I adore.'

'The jungle river is home
to the island's

'largest population of elephants.

'Around 1,500 of them
live in its forests.

'It's Borneo's biggest animal.

'I'd love to see them,

'but this year is unusually dry,

'and they have retreated
into impenetrable swamps

'further down the river.

'So I'm heading inland
to a special reserve

'to meet some
that have been left behind.

'As these elephants roam
large distances to gather food,

'they come into conflict
with people.

'25 were killed last year alone.

'It means that many
young elephants are orphaned,

'and the lucky ones end up
at this elephant orphanage,

'run by Jibias Daoship.

We have five elephants here,

so this is my responsibility
to take care, all OK. Yes.

You like to see?
The elephants?

Yeah, yeah.
I certainly would.

OK.

ELEPHANT TRUMPETS,
HE LAUGHS

SHE GASPS

ELEPHANT TRUMPETS
Oh, my word!

'Every lunchtime, some teenage
tearaways come out to play.'

Oh, they're beautiful.

Oh!
There they are.

'Like naughty schoolboys, they love
a bit of joshing in the playground.'

Oh, I love seeing them all
like that.

'And after all that,
it's time to cool off.'

HE LAUGHS

That's where they go.

Not graceful, but excellent.

Aw!

HE LAUGHS

Oh!

Oh, look at that!

Oh!

SHE LAUGHS

'This play is great fun,

'but it's important
they learn to live together.

'These are the fortunate ones.

'Orphaned elephants often don't
make it without their mothers.'

Mmm, good boy.

Oh, good boy, good boy, good boy.

'This is Adan.

'He was only two weeks old
when he was found trapped in a pond.

'He has an insatiable appetite
for carrots,

'and now he weighs nearly a ton.'

I like that crunching.

'And then, just when I thought
it couldn't get any better,

'Jibias brings out
the newest addition.

'This adorable calf
is just ten months old.

SHE GASPS

What's his name?
Barney.

Barney.
SHE GASPS

'Barney was found wandering alone
in the jungle without his mother.'

No, you can't have the whole wrist.

'The good news for Barney
and the others

'is that they will now
always have a pond to play in.'

ELEPHANT TRUMPETS

'The more I travel along the river,

'the more I see the evidence
of how the wild elephants

'and all the other animals
are under ever-increasing pressure.

'Our insatiable appetite
for timber and palm oil

'has led to a third of Borneo's
forests being replaced

'by palm oil plantations.

'Palm oil is the cash crop
that has allowed the country

'to develop and prosper.

'It's used in everything,
from cakes to toothpaste.

'Many of these plantations
have left wildlife trapped

'in isolated pockets of jungle.

'I've already adopted
three orangutans

'orphaned by this conflict.

'So, now I want to find out more
about its impact

'on my favourite animal.

'This area is recovering
from logging.

'For 20 years,
a research team has been studying

'a small group of orangutans here.

'Hamisa Elhan has formed
an incredible bond

'with one female, Jenny.'

It's like a sister for us.

We know her very well,
she know us very well,

so, yeah,
we love her very, very much.

'With Jenny is her daughter.

'They'll stay together
for up to eight years...

'..because it's crucial
that Jenny teaches her infant

'everything she needs to survive.'

So, how old...
I've no idea how old they live.

We estimate that she is over 50,

and she's been giving birth
for six times already.

Has she?
Yes.

And her baby, with her right now,
is called Ocean.

Ocean?

Yes, and she is four years old.

'The study discovered that,
surprisingly,

'orangutans like Jenny
thrive in this regrown forest.

'The problem is their isolation.

'They wander into neighbouring
plantations, where they are at risk,

'and sometimes killed.

'The team are now working
with the plantations,

'so that people understand
the orangutans are not pests,

'they're just passing through.

'And there's another project nearby

'offering hope
to the isolated orangutans.

'Local women
are planting thousands of trees

'in a space that was once
cleared by logging.

'It will link two isolated pockets
of forest,

'creating a corridor for wildlife.

'I'm joining Nareena Brayim,
the head of the taskforce.'

So, Nareena,
what is actually your work here?

SHE SPEAKS IN HER OWN LANGUAGE

TRANSLATION: The trees that she
plant are food source for orangutan,

but besides that,
the trees that she plants as well

for the corridors for elephants.

The deforestation team
is consisted of all women,

and they are all mothers,

and some of them are even
grandmothers.

How brilliant!

And have you any idea
how many trees in total that you...

that have been planted?

SHE SPEAKS IN HER OWN LANGUAGE

TRANSLATION: Over the span of ten
years, we have planted over 152,000.

SHE GASPS
Genius.

You need a medal.

TRANSLATOR TRANSLATES,
SHE LAUGHS

'These animal corridors
are a fantastic idea.

'The women tell me that Jenny,
the orangutan,

'has already eaten fruit
from one of the trees they planted.

'And I love the idea that planting
more trees is the solution.'

SHE SPEAKS IN HER OWN LANGUAGE

TRANSLATION: Me and the team
has a surprise for you.

A surprise?
Yes.

I love a surprise.

SHE SPEAKS IN HER OWN LANGUAGE

This is a surprise for you.

You can have the opportunity
to actually plant a tree here,

because he knows, and the team knows

how much it means to you to actually
plant trees, even in your back home.

This is also one of the trees
that's edible for orangutans to eat,

especially the shoots and fruits.

So, yeah.

They would like you to plant one.

You couldn't have given me
a better surprise.

And everybody here to help!
Yes!

THEY LAUGH

I don't have to do anything!
No!

Wonderful. Oh, wonderful.

Is that good? Yeah.
Yes?

OK, so, you can like...

throw in some soil.

Also, they...
Look!

Yeah!
SHE LAUGHS

So, if this tree one day
grows big, tall,

and then it starts bearing fruits,

would you like to come by?

I'll come and climb it.
Yes.

Climb it?
THEY LAUGH

THEY SPEAK IN THEIR LANGUAGE

It's got plenty of room here.

Yes. Yes. Good.
In the clearing.

Very good.

I've just had this glorious moment
of having one, of planting one.

My tree over there.

And they grow so fast.

These were only planted last year.

Now...

much taller than me, and most
of the people who have planted them.

'David and I are keeping a diary

'to remind us
of our incredible experiences.

'The Borneo Journal
is now overflowing

'with wonderful memories.'

Well, what an experience,
and what lovely people we've met.

That the group of women...
Yes!

That was inspiration, wasn't it?

Yeah. And they were passionate
about doing what they were doing.

Grandmothers and mothers
and daughters. Yes, yeah.

I mean, they said, within ten years,

that is a corridor
which the orangutans will use.

Yes, we added a little bit to that.
We did, yeah.

'And as if all that wasn't enough,

'it's time for me
to meet another new friend.'

'My incredible journey
is nearing its end.

'I've been astounded
by the rainforests

'and rivers of this
remarkable island.

'But before I reach
my final destination,

'there's still one place
I want to explore.

'The coral reefs
that fringe its tropical shores.

'I'm on my way
to the paradise of Gaya Island

'off Borneo's north-west coast.

'Just like the rainforests,
its coral gardens are home

'to some of the most varied
communities of life on earth.

'But just like the rainforests,
the reefs are under threat.

'I'm meeting marine biologist
Scott Maybach to find out more.'

Apart from pollution,
what else is a threat to corals?

Fish bombing, where the fishermen
are using explosive devices

to catch the fish really quickly,

and unfortunately,
it completely shatters the reef,

and takes at least 100 years
or more to recover.

And of course,
global warming is a huge issue.

As sea temperatures rise up
within one or two more degrees,

most corals will actually die.

'It's a sobering thought, but Scott
has a surprisingly simple technique

'to give the coral the boost
it needs, and I'm lending a hand.'

Right.
So, we want to keep this living...

Where do we put...
Living part pointing upwards.

'He attaches fragments
of rescued live coral to a grid,

'made of recycled pipe, that will
hopefully grow into a mature reef.'

So, from the moment we get started,
we've got about ten minutes

to completely attach all the corals
and return it back to the sea.

These chaps, they haven't got long.

In more ways than one.

'With no time to waste,

'Scott takes our fledgling reef
back into the safety of the water.

'The success of Scott's project
is instantly apparent.

'In just two years, he's replanted
an underwater rainforest.

'Already, it's home to thousands
of marine creatures

'of all shapes and sizes.

'And I'm thrilled to have
contributed one small part

'to this remarkable project.

'My river journey through Borneo
has been an astonishing adventure.

'But there is one thing
I still want to do before it's over.

'I've seen orangutans in the wild.

'I've even adopted three of them.

'So now, I want to see
the work being done

'to rehabilitate orphan orangutans.

'The fragmentation of the forest

'has led to a decline
in the orangutan population.

'Their numbers have halved
in the last few years.

'And increasing conflict with humans

'has led to many orangutan mothers
being killed,

'and their offspring abandoned
or sold to the pet trade.

'Now I'm travelling to
the Sepilok Rehabilitation Centre

'to meet some of
the orangutan orphans

'that it prepares
for life in the wild.

'With Sylvia Alsisto,
who is in charge of the centre,

'David and I first feed
some of the older orphans.'

Look who's coming!
Look who's coming!

Look at that. How beautiful.

They love the vegetables.
They do, don't they?

The greens is important because,

when you're introducing
orangutans to go back,

you have to also give them
some vegetables. Yes.

Because eventually
they'll be finding...

That's what they'll find.
They'll be finding food plants.

This is just supplementing
whatever they...

This is an extra supplement,

so they come and feed
if they want to,

and then they can just go off
if they don't want to.

'Sylvia has devoted her life
to orangutans,

'so I'm keen to find out more.'

How long have you been here, Sylvia?

I started about
more than 30 years ago.

Did you?
Yes, I was here since 1984.

54 years ago,
the centre was established,

and it's the first centre
established in the world

for orangutans.

Is that right?
Yes.

At the moment, we are reintroducing
about more than 40 orphans.

So, Judi, would you like
to see one orangutan close-up?

Absolutely.

'And now,
for the encounter of a lifetime.'

SHE GASPS

Oh, sweet...

Oh, please hold my hand.

Please hold my hand.

Oh, my word!

How good you are.

'This is Bagir.

'She's three years old.

'She was found wandering alone
in the forest.

'Her name translates as "happy".'

Look at you, look at you!

'She seems totally
unfazed by the camera...

'..but I'm thrilled to meet her.'

Well, it's not often this happens,
that you walk along a corridor

and a small three-year-old orangutan
walks around the corner towards you.

Look what's here!

'The people here are passionate
about giving the orphans

'the best possible care to improve
their chance of survival.'

Oh!

'Now it's time
for Bagir's daily playtime.

'So wonderful that she swings
between us, just like any child.

'It's all part of a learning regime
these orphans undergo

'to prepare them
for life in the wild.'

Good girl!

You great girl.

Oh!

SHE GASPS

Oh, look!

Oh!

Such a great sight.

All being looked after
so brilliantly.

And they'll be released,
I suppose, I don't know when.

But they'll have all the skills
they will need to survive.

'I never thought I'd get
so close to an orangutan.

'This is a never-to-be-forgotten
moment.

'It's a moving end
to my Wild Borneo Adventure.

'I've learnt how vulnerable
this wonderful place is,

'and what we need to do to save it.

'This journey has affected me
so much,

'and I'm thrilled to have been
asked to be an ambassador

'for the rainforest of Borneo.'

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