Andy's Wild Adventures Season 1, Episode 4: Meerkats

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Emperor Penguins

Andy takes Kip on a wild adventure to see emperor penguins in Antarctica. He huddles up in a group of penguins to try and stay warm and even finds a cosy spot under one of the daddies, which ends up being a little bit too comfy.

14 min

2

Elephants

Andy takes Kip on a wild adventure to see elephants in Kenya. He watches as they cover themselves in dust to stay protected from the sun and manages to get himself really dirty. Andy takes a bath with elephants to get all cleaned up.

14 min

3

Black Bears

Andy takes Kip on a wild adventure to see black bears in North America. Andy follows a buzzy bee that leads him to the black bears, who are eating delicious honey and climbing trees with their cubs.

14 min

4

Meerkats

Andy takes Kip on a wild adventure to see meerkats in South Africa. Andy finds the meerkats are as sleepy as he is. He has his picture taken with them and then sets off find some insects so the babies can eat some breakfast.

14 min

5

Grasscutter Ants

Andy takes Kip on a wild adventure to see grasscutter ants in Argentina. Andy marches along with millions of ants and climbs high up the grass to get a better view. He even goes into their nest to see how they make food.

14 min

6

Mountain Gorillas

Andy takes Kip on a wild adventure to see mountain gorillas in Uganda. Andy watches the funny gorillas wrestle and swing from the branches. Then he climbs high up in the trees to see them build nests from delicious leaves.

14 min

7

Chinstrap Penguins

Andy takes Kip on a wild adventure to see chinstrap penguins in the Antarctic. Andy dives through the icy water so he can join the penguins on a fishing trip. Then he follows them up the steep cliffs to see the penguins deliver fish to their hungry chicks.

14 min

8

Flamingos

Andy takes Kip to see flamingos in Kenya. He dances with a million pink flamingos and surfs across the mud to visit chicks in their nest.

14 min

9

Capuchin Monkey

Andy takes Kip on a wild adventure to see capuchin monkeys in Brazil. He watches the clever monkeys use rocks to crack open scrumptious nuts. Andy has a go but ends up using Kip's latest invention to split open the nut.

14 min

10

Sengi

Andy takes Kip on a wild adventure to see sengis in East Africa. The super-fast sengi chases after insects at top speed, so Andy decides to race it using Kip's Really Rapid Rocket Boots.

14 min

11

Grizzly Bears

Andy and Kip embark on a wild adventure to see grizzly bears in Alaska. To get close to the bears, Andy shrinks to the size of a salmon and swims with them upstream where the bears are waiting. Andy tries a spot of fishing, just like the bears, but finds it much harder than he had expected!

14 min

12

Fruit Bats

Andy and Kip embark on a wild adventure to see fruit bats in Africa. With the help of Kip's latest invention, the big dipper upside-down flipper, Andy experiences life as a bat and goes on a truly magical flight in the Kipmobile.

14 min

13

Caiman

Andy and Kip embark on a wild adventure to see caimans in South America. Andy discovers an underground nest of eggs just as they are beginning to hatch. He witnesses first-hand just how careful the mother caiman is at looking after her newborns as she carries them gently down to the river in her mouth.

14 min

14

Australian Adventure

Andy and Kip embark on another wild adventure. Their mission is to get up close and take photos of some of the weird and wonderful animals that live in Australia. Together they meet a platypus, an echidna, and Andy even gets to dance in the desert with a thorny devil, which is how Andy earns his nickname of Sandy Andy.

14 min

15

Monarch Butterflies

Andy and Kip embark on another wild adventure to see monarch butterflies in Mexico. Together they witness millions of sleeping butterflies hibernating for the winter. The sun comes out and Andy watches them wake up and take to the skies. Not wishing to miss out, Andy uses Kip's latest invention, the gloriously groovy gliding gadget, and joins them for a flutter in the air!

14 min

16

Macaques

Andy and Kip embark on another wild adventure to see Japanese macaques in the snowy mountains of Japan. Andy finds the macaques bathing in steaming hot springs and joins them for a nice warm dip. Soaking in the steaming water, he watches the monkeys groom each other and find food underwater using only their feet. Naturally, Andy tries his hand at both.

14 min

17

Ostriches

Andy and Kip embark on another wild adventure to see ostriches in Namibia. Andy gets to see inside an ostrich egg with the help of Kip's latest invention, the extra-extraordinary X-ray sunglasses. He gets to see a baby chick hatch and joins the newborns as they learn to walk. When a lion turns up, Andy makes his escape on the back of a speedy adult ostrich.

14 min

18

Strawberry Dart Frogs

Andy and Kip embark on another wild adventure to see strawberry poison dart frogs in Central America. With the help of Kip's latest invention, the clever cat climbing rope, Andy follows a mother frog carrying her baby tadpole up a tree. Once up there, he shrinks to the size of a tadpole and goes swimming with the youngster in a miniature tree-top pond.

14 min

19

White Bark Pine Tree

Andy and Kip embark on another wild adventure to North America in search of the animals that live among Whitebark pine trees. After seeing a squirrel and catching a glimpse of a bear, Andy flies with a bird called the Clark's nutcracker, watching as it picks a pine nut and then busily buries it in readiness for the winter. Amazingly, the Clark's nutcracker can bury thousands of pine nuts in this way and remember where they all are.

14 min

20

New Zealand Penguins

Andy and Kip embark on another wild adventure to New Zealand in search of crested penguins. Andy shrinks to the size of a penguin and follows them on their daily trek from the forest and down a cliff to the ocean where some chicks are going fishing for the first time. Unlike the penguins, Andy is struggling to climb down the cliff until he remembers to use Kip's latest invention, the completely cool kitty kite, which helps him fly down to the shore in order to witness this amazing spectacle.

14 min