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.
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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