Animal Families Season 2, Episode 19: Getting Dirty

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Keeping Cool

Michaela Strachan finds out how different animals beat the heat. She travels to the deserts of Africa to find a snake and spider that bury themselves.

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Digging

This episode focuses on digging. Bobbie, Charlie and Michaela meet a fox who digs holes to hide his food.

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Swimming Underwater

Anna and Luke make some waves in a swimming pool.

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Keeping Warm

Michaela investigates how animals keep warm. Reindeer and sea otters have thick coats of fur, but William and Moya need coats.

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Making Noises

Michaela meets the loudest animals in the world - howler monkeys. Next, she takes Moya and William to feed some lorikeets.

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A Trip to the Pool

Michaela takes Anna and Luke to feed a family of hippos, who love outings to the pool.

18

Building a Den

Michaela, Jack and Oliver learn about dens. They meet a capybara and a beaver, who live together in Drusilla's Park in East Sussex.

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Getting Dirty

Moya and William play at getting dirty. Later, they help Michaela clean out the zebra enclosure.

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Slither and Slide

Harvey and Sophia find out about animals without hands and feet. Then Michaela introduces them to some slithery snakes.

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Feet

Michaela takes Jenna and Leanne to meet some lemurs, who use their hands and feet to climb.

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Flying

Rachel and Ollie make paper planes to see how they soar through the air. Later, Michaela takes them to meet some birds of prey.

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Hiding

Rachel and Ollie play hide-and-seek in the forest. Next, they help Michaela conceal some snacks for an orangutan.

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Carrying

Jenna and Leanne go to meet some wallabies with Michaela and see how they carry their babies in their pouches.

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Clearing

Michaela takes Millie and George to clean an elephant!

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Climbing

Sophia and Harvey are climbing in their treehouse. Then Michaela takes them to see some patas monkeys.

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Jumping

Michaela looks at animals that jump. Bobby and Charlie pretend to be a kangaroo and a frog, and bounce on a trampoline.

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Protection

Michaela takes Jack and Oliver to see some porcupines.

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Rolling

This episode is all about rolling around! Michaela, Bobby and Charlie meet a hedgehog that can roll itself into a tight ball.

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Exploring

Michaela takes Sophia and Harvey to meet some very curious squirrel monkeys. Then they catch up with a family of lion cubs.