Original subtitles

Wildlife vet, Amanda salb,

has her work cut out.

Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!

Trying to fit a radio collar on a wild cheetah.

I've got the head.

The team grapples with a 13-foot python.

Hold on, hold on, hold on!

And foster mom kezi goes rogue.

How did that happen?

It's all in a day's work

for Malawi's only wildlife rescue team.

At lilongwe wildlife center,

Amanda and Alma have called the team together.

They're going to need a lot of help for the task at hand.

So we're gonna do the exam of Henry today.

So we're gonna look at him and we're gonna measure him

and we're gonna weigh him.

We're gonna have one person per meter of snake.

Now it's really important to not get too excited

about scruffing this animal down.

It's not a vervet monkey, right?

Henry is an African rock python.

One of the largest snakes in the world.

He was rescued from a zoo in Malawi

when it was shut down in 2007.

Who hasn't held the snake before?

Okay, you have.

Okay, I'll do this again.

All right, so if you're holding him like this,

ease, that will squeeze 'em.

And if you hold him too loosely,

if he tries to move, then you can't maintain it.

But it's gonna be okay for him

to have just a little bit of movement.

You don't wanna completely restrict his movement,

just to keep him from getting away.

So, got it?

- Yeah. - Okay, cool.

Most animals here are put back into the wild

but Henry's been in captivity too long to be released.

- Where is the snake? - Can you open it, Jeremiah?

I don't know.

Wait, who takes care of the snake?

Jeremiah, that's what I thought!

Where's your snake?

You can look in all the places

that the snake usually hides.

Rock pythons have great camouflage

and heavy rains have caused an explosion of vegetation.

So, finding him is tricky.

Can I have a stick?

So, now, we're looking for our snake friend,

which is not easy to find

in this jungle wilderness of an enclosure.

Ooh, look at this giant pile of poop.

I'm trying to...

My eyes are not always that good.

So, I'm gonna try to see if he's actually in those bushes,

- before I step on him. - Do you know what?

She's gonna poke him with a stick and make him mad,

and then we're gonna have to grab him.

If he's up in a tree, that would be hilarious.

But also, no.

He's not in the tires, we confirmed that, hey?

Where's this snake?

- Oh you see him? - Holy shirt!

We were not close, look where he is!

- You missed it? - Yes, and soft saw him.

Super, super nice spot!

Even though Henry isn't venomous,

stepping on him is not a good idea.

He's strong enough to squeeze the life

out of a large mammal.

So, the plan is, now that we've identified our python friend,

we're gonna get him to a position

where we can gently pin his head

and I'll come in and grab it.

He's half under a branch

so we can try to move the branches

to get a better position.

But the minute we're gonna mess around with him,

he's not gonna be all too happy.

So, see how the backside of his coils

are tucked under this log?

What you might do, once we have the head

and we're trying to grab the body,

is you might need to use it to push the body

from underneath the log.

He's gonna start curling up more.

He's going to tighten up, right?

So, we need to make sure that we can stretch that body out.

The team needs to be careful.

Henry is an ambush predator that can strike

and latch onto prey in the blink of an eye.

Let's see.

Can you give me a hand?

Hi, you, do not bite this broom, I will be very sad.

He might change his position anywhere.

So, what I'd want you to do,

- is kinda hold it. - Yeah.

Okay, push up with your,

- okay, I've got the head. - Yeah.

Now this is where kondwani comes in.

Come in from underneath him.

Let's give it a nice little push.

All right, push him.

Now, everybody grab you some snake.

All right, we're doing it.

Great, fantastic.

Pull this that way, rob.

I've got the head.

Fantastic, and let's lift it.

Okay, hold on, hold on, hold on!

- Hold on to the snake! - Hold on to the snake!

- Good, good. - Hold on, hold on.

- You all right, yeah? - Fantastic.

One huge python under control.

While Amanda examines Henry,

the rest of the team keeps him pinned down

to prevent him from wrapping his body around her.

Oh, look at this, see his cataracts?

Yes, I do.

Bilateral cataracts.

Aging animals can get cataracts

just as humans can and Henry is at least 20,

which is good going for a python.

So, now, Alma, take this head.

He's gonna move and again, just moved gently with him.

- Got it? - Yep, got it.

Would you like to open your mouth for me please?

Very gently, I know, thank you.

Amanda wants to check Henry's teeth

for any signs of infection

but he has very strong jaws and can deliver a nasty bite.

Okay, hi buddy.

All right, so I'm done here.

This is the stomach, I just wanna feel in between his ribs.

I can feel that he's got some feces in the pipe

and all the way down here.

Great.

At the center, Henry is fed whole chickens,

but in the wild his diet would be rodents,

monkeys, and even small antelope.

We wanna see, of course, if he's growing.

So, the only way to do it is measuring him and weighing him.

When you have your hands on an animal,

you need to take the opportunity

to take as many data as you can.

So, measuring and weighing is one of the most important ones

in captivity to see if your animal's actually doing okay.

Henry is 12 feet long.

On the count of three, one, two, three.

Great.

Now that we've done physical exam

and now that we've got a length on him,

then we are gonna do a weight

and then let him go about his day.

Alma's winding the snake in the.

Now, we're gonna wrap him up and close this lid.

So, he is plus everything, can someone record?

- Yeah, I've got it. - 37.7.

Fantastic, great?

He's eating all right.

And his weight is maintaining.

So, he's doing all right.

So we're done with the exam.

We're gonna leave Henry in his nice little bucket.

He's a bit nervous to come out.

He can take his sweet time.

It's been a busy few weeks

at the rescue center.

There's been an influx of orphans,

all demanding a lot of attention.

The orphan care team is already looking

after five baby monkeys when another comes in.

Alma and animal care assistant kondwani

head to reception to pick it up.

How are you?

More important, how are you?

It is a baby, baby, baby.

He's a real baby, baby.

Lynn Clifford works with

the wildlife action group.

What happened?

I have no idea, we think the mom was killed raiding crops

and then they found the baby,

they sold the baby for five grand.

So, we found the man who paid the money.

And just sort of talked and said it wasn't allowed.

And he should give it over.

So, he was a bit reluctant, but in the end he gave it.

It's illegal to keep wild animals

as pets in Malawi.

So the center receives lots of confiscated animals

like this tiny vervet monkey.

So we've had him for two nights.

- Fantastic. - He loves mangoes,

porridge, and he likes scrambled eggs.

Well, kondwani, meet your first baby monkey.

Kondwani has only just joined

the orphan care team.

Looking after this baby monkey will be his responsibility.

He's gorgeous, so his name is Sully.

Sully?

For Sullivan. Good Irish name.

You got a full-time job.

It's okay, baby, you can go across.

There we go, yeah.

Thanks a million, guys.

- Thank you so much, - yeah, lovely to see you.

It was lovely to see you.

- Take care. - Yes, will do,

I'll keep you updated, hey?

- Good luck, guys. - Thanks, guys.

Sully was sold for just $7,

which might not sound much but for the average malawian,

that's several day's pay.

As with any new arrival, Sully needs to be checked over.

And that falls to visiting British vet, Dr. Sophie Wilson.

Just because of his levels of dehydration,

we're just gonna give him some fluids

under the skin with some vitamins.

Can't see any wounds, so that's good.

He's mainly just skinny, dehydrated and cold.

They estimate Sully's about three weeks old.

He's a perfect candidate to be released back into the wild.

We need to stabilize him first.

We need to make sure that he can drink from a bottle.

And then we're gonna introduce him to a foster mother.

And the younger we integrate them with a foster mother

the more success and the quicker it goes

and there's less human contact.

So, that will benefit him for the future

and for his potential to be released.

Before Sully can be paired with a foster mom,

he's going to require round-the-clock care.

His survival will depend on kondwani.

And then basically...

Alma has her hands full with the new arrival

at lilongwe wildlife center.

A little bit more easier. He's gonna climb up.

Yes, you will, and I'm first gonna put the teat

in his mouth, oh, okay.

The biggest problem you will have is if he doesn't swallow,

it will come into his lungs.

So you need to always be careful.

So this little guy is a bit cool,

so I'm giving him my body temperature.

I'm grooming him, so plucking the fur in a gentle way,

which relaxes him as well.

And then they just dose off.

Tiny babies like Sully

use a lot of the center's resources.

This little guy requires 24/7 care.

So we do three hour shifts.

He's gonna be fed every hour.

We need to monitor his health.

And in the meantime, all the other things are happening too.

So, we have quite a big team taking care of this little guy.

With orphan care filling up fast,

kondwani's thrown in at the deep end.

Right now I'm in charge of feeding Sully.

But Alma is helping me, directing me on how to do it.

Think it's warm enough.

Hopefully one day he'll be with his buddies

yeah, this is actually great.

Doing this will be some of an achievement.

And eventually, when you take the animal back into the wild,

there's that sense of fulfillment

that I've made a difference.

Amanda is the only resident wildlife vet

in Malawi authorized to dart and capture big game.

So, her services are always in demand.

The biggest thing about being on call

for animal emergencies

is you're literally on call 24/7, 365.

My phone is never turned off.

So it's kind of intense, it's kind of cool.

It's kind of overwhelming sometimes

but I wouldn't wanna do anything else.

Malawi is a small country

in the southeast of Africa.

Amanda's base is in the capital, lilongwe.

But today, she's off to the liwonde national park

to help radio collar a cheetah.

Cheetahs were declared extinct in Malawi 20 years ago,

but in 2017, thanks to a massive effort

by African parks and the government,

four were successfully introduced into liwonde.

And one went on to have cubs.

Monitoring them is crucial to their survival.

And that responsibility falls

to Olivia sievert from African parks.

Without the helicopter, there's a lot of places

we would not be able to get into in this park.

That's for sure in the rainy season, yeah.

It's quite inaccessible and it floods a lot.

Liwonde covers 212 square miles of wilderness

and cheetahs are well camouflaged.

So, finding them isn't easy.

But a couple of the cheetahs wear radio collars.

These emit a signal that Olivia can track.

Have you got a visual?

Olivia needs Amanda's help

because the mother's collar

was coming to the end of its lifespan

and has to be changed.

Now that she has the coordinates,

she and Amanda should be able

to locate the cheetahs from the ground.

Ready if you are.

Yeah, I think so.

It's taken Amanda more than four hours

to reach liwonde, but there's no time to lose.

Olivia wants to find the cheetahs again

before they move off.

Hey, dude, how's it going?

Yeah, good, we found them last night

and then we got a signal again this morning.

So, I think we can probably just head straight out there.

All right, ready to go?

- Yeah. - Okay.

- I'll jump in with you. - Okay, fantastic.

Amanda prepares her dart gun in advance

as she's going to need to anesthetize the cheetah.

Getting equipment, supplies, drugs

are the bigger challenges here in Malawi.

It's still kind of like

a fledgling wildlife veterinary department.

So, I'm having to set up my own supply chains,

figuring out where do you get this drug that I need

for darting cheetah.

Where do you get, this is a different drug

than I would like to use for darting lion,

which is different than elephant, of course.

So, it's quite a challenge.

Hopefully the cheetahs

are still at the same coordinates.

They have to approach slowly.

These big cats are shy and skittish.

If they find them, they don't want to scare them away.

So, you can see, right over there, they're seeing us.

The cheetahs aren't going to make this easy.

Oh, don't run!

Ah, they're running.

The mother is, understandably,

protective of her three cubs

and sees Amanda and Olivia as a threat.

She has her first litter of cubs with her.

And even though they are getting older

I think that also plays a role in how skittish she is.

They let the cats move off and relax

before trying again.

Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!

There they are.

There's two of them, give me the binos.

Good positions they're in.

Amanda needs a clear shot

and must get as close as possible.

The problem is, is that it's so brushy there.

And I think you're gonna have to try to get closer.

I think it's okay.

If you come in and just try to angle in that way.

They have to be very quiet

and no sudden movements.

This could be Amanda's only chance to get the mother.

Right, wait, stop, stop, sorry.

All right, keep going just a little bit

and then just stop.

Stop!

Amanda needs to sedate the mother cheetah

so she can replace her aging radio collar.

She'll likely only get one shot

to hit the lean cat square in the muscle.

Ah, no!

Missed.

So, this is when the distance makes such a difference.

Did you see how, because I just don't have

that much of a shot,

a difference of five meters makes all the difference.

Now the cheetahs are on high alert,

Amanda won't get another opportunity.

So, they definitely know we're onto them now.

And they keep moving out of range

or going into thick bushes every time we get somewhat close.

So, it's just not really ideal to continue today.

It just stresses them out.

So, we're just gonna call it today

and try again another day.

Amanda's experience has taught her

to roll with the punches.

This is just the way it happens.

It happens like this all the time.

And I think that that's one of

the things people don't realize, that you just...

This is the way it is and this is our lives

and this is how we have to do it

and if you get frustrated every time like this happens,

then you would pull your hair out and never do this job.

While Amanda's been tracking down cheetahs,

back in lilongwe,

kondwani's been holding down the fort in orphan care.

And the center's newest arrival,

baby Sully, is proving a handful.

He's happy to play but not in the mood to sleep.

This is a young baby;

he needs to sleep throughout the day.

It's like a human baby as well,

they get over tired, so we help him fall asleep.

So, kondwani, we can see that his temperature drops

when we probably leave him too much by himself,

he doesn't get enough sleep which is not ideal.

So we probably need to force him.

But most of the time when I finish feeding...

- He falls asleep? - He falls asleep.

The question is, is he sleeping long enough?

Nah.

- Yeah, yeah. - 'Cause I have to wake him

every hour to feed him.

Yeah.

So, I think that's disturbing his sleep.

It is disturbing his sleep, but he sleeps in between?

- Hmm. - Yeah, but maybe not enough?

Not enough.

There you go.

It's taking an army of carers working

around the clock to look after the little orphan.

Next on shift is volunteer, bea.

There's his drink.

Let's just check for the temperature.

So, just make sure before you put him to bed,

check the temperature.

Don't let him walk around too much on the concrete ground.

Thank you, so see you tomorrow.

Okay.

There's probably five or six people

every single day looking after Sully.

You've got people like me that come and feed him at night

and other people that feed during the day.

It takes a lot to keep this little monkey going.

Without the comfort of his mother,

the infant seems on edge.

At this time of year it rains a lot

and the noise on the tin roof of orphan care

can be frightening for the babies.

But Alma is never far away.

So, we're trying to make Sully go to sleep.

So, Sully is a bit restless at the moment.

He's behaving as a typical young baby vervet,

so they get overly tired and then they become restless

so we might be in here for a while.

So, when it's rainy season in Malawi, it pours down.

We literally have rivers on site,

and for animals, they just tend to get very scared of it,

which is normal.

Alma has years of experience

caring for orphaned monkeys

and decides the best place for Sully right now

is in the clinic.

In orphan care it's too cold overnight for him.

So, here is nice and warm.

This is a much more quieter environment for him.

And if we have to, we also sleep in the clinic.

If an animal needs me, I will wake up,

do whatever needs to be done

in order to make sure this animal is comfortable.

That's my job.

But even in this warm, quiet environment,

Sully seems full of beans and nowhere near ready to sleep.

No?

Okay.

They try not to interact with him

to make him realize it's time for bed.

He's going, he's falling asleep.

He's relaxing, he's falling asleep.

Spoken too soon.

Minutes turn into hours.

The slightest sound could wake him.

He's asleep in his box,

so we put a heat lamp more towards him.

So, when he wakes up,

we know his temperature drops a bit,

so he prefers that.

The key is to stay calm and keep on trying, trying, trying

and at one point they will fall asleep, like this one.

So, it's now 9 o'clock.

In liwonde national park,

the cheetah cubs have separated from their mother.

This is normal when cubs reach around 18 months old.

Amanda's back for another attempt

at collaring the cheetahs.

Today we're going to hopefully dart a young cheetah.

It is still considered a cub

but she's almost entirely full grown.

So we're going to be trying to put a collar on that animal.

Olivia still wants to change

the mother's collar, but that will have to wait.

This female cub has to take priority

because eventually she'll split up from her brothers.

She's the only female in the sibling group

so she's quite important for the breeding population

of cheetah here in liwonde so we wanna get a collar on her

so that way we can easily follow her.

Severe rains over recent days

have made the route impassable by vehicle,

so they're going in on foot.

We've got an idea where these cheetah are

so we're going to walk towards them

and see if they are in a dartable location.

Sorted?

- Yeah. - Cool.

But walking in the bush

is not to be taken lightly.

Bumping into a lion, hippo or elephant

is a real possibility.

An armed park ranger accompanies them,

in case they get into trouble.

The team picks up the signal from one of the two male cubs

that already has a radio collar.

So we're just getting the signal that way

and you can see their fresh tracks all here.

So, we're definitely headed in the right direction.

So, you can see here this track.

We know it's a cat because it has three bumps here,

one, two, three.

The cheetah is the only cat that can't bring its claws back.

So, you will always see the nail there.

And that's also 'cause they run fast,

they have to have their claws out.

So, we're hoping within three to four hundred meters,

we'll be at them at their location.

The grass is really tall so we're probably gonna walk

into them quite quickly.

The signal leads them into long grass

where they're extremely vulnerable.

This area's just like really not nice for walking.

There's a lot of water and drainage lines and water holes

and the grass is super high.

So, I'm just gonna try to keep us in tree lines

so we avoid some of that water and tall grass

and it just makes a bit safer.

Any noise could scare the cheetahs away.

Yeah, we're really close now.

Should I load the dart?

- What? - Should I load the dart?

Maybe just wait until we get a visual.

Olivia, I'm just afraid that if we move too much...

- Okay, okay. - I'm just.

Amanda's experience tells her

she has to be ready.

If they get eyes on the cheetahs,

she's only going to get one chance.

The signal's getting stronger.

In that little shrub reclining there.

Yeah.

Yeah that's them.

You can see the one's sitting up.

Do you just wanna just follow them ahead?

You might get some openings there, I don't know.

The cubs are within range

but telling the female apart from her collarless brother

in the tall grass is challenging.

The only crossing point for them is here

or to go back behind us.

So, I think if we just set up shop somewhere here.

Even at this distance

it's hard for Amanda to identify the female,

but Olivia has a plan.

I'm thinking if maybe you sneak up

and stay hidden behind that tree.

Then I can try to go around the side

so I can point out that we're sure about the female.

Amanda can't get a clear shot

unless the cub's standing.

The two brothers are on their feet.

But it's the female she's after.

Yes, okay.

She'll be asleep in just a few minutes.

She just went down.

Ah, did you see that?

Now they need to act quickly

before the anesthetic wears off.

The towel should block out any light to help keep her under.

So we have our radio tracking collar for her.

And this is a collar that's been modified here in the park

to also have what acts as like a satellite program.

It'll give us GPS location of the animal

a few times a day on our computer.

They'll leave the collar a little loose

to allow the cub to grow.

But they don't want it to too loose,

as it could get snagged on the undergrowth

while she's hunting and cause an injury.

Yes I definitely don't think

we should make it any looser.

No, not any looser, I'm just wondering tightness.

Yeah, I mean, it's not coming off her head at all.

That's for sure.

Okay, see how you feel about that?

I think it feels nice and loose.

I don't think she's gonna get anything through it,

I mean she can't.

Ask him to hold this.

Next, Amanda gives her fluids

to help her cope with the anesthetic.

Just hold it, just like this, just hold it up.

Great, perfect.

Her brothers are about 15 meters away.

They're sitting there very vigilant, they're watching her.

She gave out a bit of a cry before she went down

so they know that something's not quite right.

They have to make sure

they don't scare the brothers away because,

coming out of sedation,

the young female would be vulnerable on her own.

I can tell by the depth of her respirations

that she's getting light.

It's been almost 30 minutes.

Fortunately, they're all done.

Where are we gonna wait?

I think just in those mopanes there.

Okay.

A second drug reverses the sedative.

When she wakes up, she's gonna be a bit scared

so I think if we just hide around here.

So, I'm just checking for her brothers.

They really are still close by

so when she wakes up, she should call for them

and meet up with them quite quickly.

Before Amanda and Olivia leave,

they want to ensure the cub's fully recovered

and re-united with her brothers.

The brothers are calling from over here.

They're coming in a bit closer.

She's calling them

but she's still struggling to right herself.

Sometimes when they wake up

and they still have some drug on board,

then they don't really know what's going on

so they feel the collar

and they can't react to it appropriately

and so they end up doing a little bit of rolling around

or something like that and then once they wake up fully,

then they're like, "oh wait, this is not a big deal I can,

I can, this is fine."

She's woken up now.

She's still a little bit drowsy

or like groggy you could say.

But overall, she is alert.

I think that's the nicest thing,

is that we've seen a couple of times her get up,

call for them and they come.

So, we know that they're there for her.

Yeah, definitely.

So, for the cheetah population in Malawi,

it's really great that we got the collar on her.

She's a very important animal as she is our first female cub

so we'll be able to watch that second generation of cheetah

be born here in Malawi and watch our population grow.

Back at base in lilongwe,

it's a big day for orphaned vervet monkey, Sully.

He's going to meet his new foster mom, Lulu.

The wildlife center's youngest orphan

is in desperate need of a new mother.

Most of the foster moms belong to established troops

living at the center, but not Lulu.

Lulu, unfortunately, cannot be integrated

with other animals, she doesn't really like other animals.

So, she has accepted her job as being a foster mother

and therefore I give her a baby whenever I can.

She already has her eyes on the baby, which is really good.

That's what she does, that's what she's good at.

Kondwani has built up a bond with Sully,

so he'll stay with the infant for reassurance.

So, if you can sit there.

What we wanna achieve is that he's comfortable

and he's just walking around,

and she will come and will do her thing.

So, he is already completely enticed by her.

I can see it from the way he was like,

oh wow, monkey mommy.

Yes.

You wanna make him look.

Great, she's doing already what she needs to do.

Look at him, look at him.

She's presenting for grooming, hands up, look at that.

So, you see how I'm not looking at her.

I'm just letting it happen.

The idea of the integration is, of course,

that he loses the connection that he has with us

and we already saw that he is responding to her.

He starts to learn to become a monkey.

Look at that.

Great.

Perfect, and then I we'll just do this.

They've shown all the right signs,

so Alma decides to strike while the iron's hot.

Now she's moving, so she looked at him.

Lulu is an old hand at this game

and she treads carefully with Sully.

She's lip smacking, sniffing,

she's doing all the right things.

She's trying to not hold him yet.

She's getting closer, great.

See how she grooms him, it's so funny.

It's quite rough as well.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, he wants to play.

With all eyes on Lulu, kondwani is forgotten.

It's time for the team to take a step back.

Not all the monkeys at lilongwe wildlife center

are in captivity.

It's surrounded by one square mile of forest reserve.

And the wild vervet monkeys have learned

there are easy pickings here.

Vervet monkeys are great jumpers,

spending most of their time in the trees.

But these sneaky thieves will venture to the ground

when there's food to grab.

There's never a dull moment in orphan care.

Kezi apparently escaped, can I have some standby?

All volunteers, can you please move away?

Ah, how did that happen?

Baby baboon, doodle Bob, is upset

because his foster mom, kezi, has left their enclosure.

How did she? Let me check.

I see a hole there.

Kezi's on the hunt for food,

but Amanda's got her in her sights.

So, kezi has come out of her enclosure.

She's fortunately, the volunteers were awesome

and shut the door right away

to keep her from coming out further.

She's now just kinda exploring

the orphan care food prep area.

There's a hole in the door there.

I wanna grab some binding wire so we can wire up that door.

That will free up Amanda.

Amanda can't go inside

because yellow baboons like kezi

have extremely long canines,

and being a wild animal, she's unpredictable.

Release manager, Mandy, tries bribery.

Hi, hi girlfriend.

Mandy, is she with you?

Yeah, she's over here now.

Is she happy?

Yup, eating her banana.

Kezi's other foster son,

fox, has followed her.

She's coming your way, Alma.

We're gonna tie up a piece of rope on the door

and then I'm gonna open it from the inside.

I make my way out here, we drop the slide

and when she gets in, we're gonna try to close the door.

Kezi is luckily quite a friendly animal

but you don't wanna take any risks.

So, you never know how an animal is gonna respond

when there is no fence in between.

So there's always closed contact.

We would never step in just without any protection.

Doodle was not really happy with this escape.

I could hear him crying.

Even fox was a bit upset but he's doing absolutely fine now.

Where is she?

She's coming to me.

Okay.

- Kezi! - She's coming your way.

Okay.

Hi, kezi, come here.

Too much happening maybe?

Kezi, hey girl, kezi!

Kezi!

Good girl.

All right.

This is turning out to be an interesting day.

I've experienced this more often.

We try our level best to maintain all the fences,

the gates, everything.

It's human errors.

So, there was a gap that she pushed through.

It was actually quite a small gap.

And this is why we also have these safety gates;

if an animal escapes, then we can lock them up

and we did that so all good now.

She's back in her enclosure.

In the outside enclosures,

things are going more smoothly for little orphan Sully.

Another bout of rain has helped speed up the bonding

with his foster mom, Lulu.

He's asleep as well!

So, tell me what happened?

The rain started, then the thunder was like, pow!

Then he freaked out and he turned around

and grabbed onto her.

He's falling asleep, it's great.

If it's raining, it actually helps

because Lulu wants to sleep and sit up high.

So this is perfect.

Now that happened one time and for quite an extensive time

and Lulu is really holding on to him.

Most of the time she just see... That this will repeat itself.

I am super excited about this

because I know how much it means for him.

She's taking all the care basically away from us,

except for the feeding.

He will be a happier monkey.

This is your first, you know, successful integration.

How do you feel?

- Yeah, it feels amazing! - It's good hey?

- Yeah. - High five!