CELEBRITIES & PRACTICAL JOKES #2
The practical jokes and celebrity visits continue at Australia Zoo for this
second
Croc Diaries special. This time the sexiest woman in the world
visits the Zoo and engages in some funny and embarrassing moments with Steve
during a photo session while the Dixie Chicks try their hand at crocodile
feeding and some of the world's best surfers get caught by Steve and Brian
in a "perceived" very dangerous stunt.
LIVING DANGEROUSLY
This episode centers on the lives and jobs of Steve's key Zoo team. The
girls of Australia Zoo, Jodie, Kelsey, Leanne, Tiffany, Amanda, Terri and
Bindi, show what women can do in the firing line while Brian, Stuart, Wes,
Toby, Little Frank and Little Richard take us behind the scenes of their
roles in the team fabric and how they have become "Trainee Croc Hunters."
A NEW ZOO
Kelsey returns to her old job at Australia Zoo only to find that the
small zoo she left has now exploded into a major zoological facility.
This episode highlights the expansion plans and frustrations of running
such a huge establishment with over 350 staff.
BRITISH GORILLAS
Steve travels to the UK to learn about the world's most successful gorilla
breeding program at Howlett's Wild Animal Park in Kent. Steve falls in love
with a gorgeous female gorilla named Emmy and cops a kiss on the lips from a
frisky young male. Seven young Howlett's-bred baby gorillas are shipped off
to start a new life in the wild of Africa in what is a tearful farewell.
BACKSTAGE BEDLAM
When "Croc Live" went to air during Croc Week 2003, there was a lot more going
on behind the scenes than what made it on camera. Problems with animals
reacting to the intrusion and rehearsals that sometimes appeared a lot more
chaotic than the final broadcast with guests such as Dame Edna and The
Wiggles.
SOUTH PACIFIC CROC RESCUE
Australia Zoo's new International Croc Rescue Unit is called on to capture a
rogue crocodile in the remote and primitive South Pacific islands of
Vanuatu. Steve, Brian and Toby try out a new trapping technique with an
ocean-going floating trap and just before success, Toby is struck down with
Malaria. When the crocodile is safely captured, Steve is required to do some
tricky field surgery on a bullet wound that has shot out the animal's eye.
The final release causes heart-stopping action as the crocodile makes a
premature dash for freedom.
CELEBRITIES & PRACTICAL JOKES #1
The fun side of Australia Zoo shows some very active and evil minds when Wes
cooks up a batch of spring rolls using real WORMS and tricking Jodie and
Kelsey into eating them. Wes and Steve can hardly contain their laughter as
they mislead a naïve Jai into having outlandish make-up applied before
appearing in public and a bogus wealthy Arab Crown Prince tries every trick
in the trade to convince Steve, Wes and Terri to part with their camels.
FUTURE FOOTPRINTS
As the Zoo enters its next stage of expansion, Wes, Jodie, Leanne, Kelsey,
Amanda and Little Frank visit other major zoos in Australia to learn more
about the various kinds of animals that will soon make their homes at
Australia Zoo. First-hand encounters with elephants, big cats and some
emergency vet work gives the Aussie Zoo team a lot more than they bargained
for.
WILD BOYS — WILD CROCS
The Zoo team goes to Croc School and each of the boys has to prove their newly
learned skills and catch a wild crocodile in the remote jungle of North
Queensland. Under the ever watchful eye of Steve, the boys have some hair-raising moments as they battle some of the biggest reptiles in the wild.
GIRLS CATCH CROCS TOO
Croc School in the wild continues as the girls of Australia Zoo take what
they have learned from Steve and tackle the thrashing jaws of the wild
crocodiles of the Lakefield National Park on their own. The team assists Park Ranger Dr. Mark Read in attaching radio transmitters to the captured
crocs and then release them back into the wild for future research.
MATTERS OF LIFE & DEATH
In the normal day to day life of Australia Zoo most animals live much the
same way as they do in the wild, giving birth nearly every other day.
From the highly venomous black tiger snake and king browns to the black
cockatoos and emus, the thrilling experience of watching these diverse
animals deliver and raise their young is almost overshadowed by the drama
that ensues when two prized baby Tasmanian devils fall mysteriously ill and
one does not recover.
STEVE'S SINGAPORE SAFARI
With the Zoo's master plan dedicated to having gorillas, orangutans and
elephants, Steve sets off to London to learn all he can about gorillas. At
Port Lympne, he gets to feed chocolate sandwiches to the endangered black
rhino and go head to head with tapirs and red pandas. A stopover in
Singapore expands Steve's knowledge of elephants and monkeys but the time
that he has with the Singapore Zoo's orangutans is very memorable. A
highlight of his visit is when Steve gets to swim with and feed the
penguins.
DAYS OF DISASTER
Zoos, like all of us, have their bad days and this episode records some of
Steve's worst. Like the time when relocated rock wallabies escape from
their enclosure and cause Kelsey one of the worst days of her life…or when
Charlie gets a splinter from hitting the feed ramp…or when a mystery
virus strikes the kangaroo mob…or when the cassowaries fight. Topped
off by a fire alarm in the "Taj Mahal."
BINDI PLUS ONE
After trying for over a year, Terri finally lets out the secret that she is
pregnant and Steve tells the world. On Valentines Day, Bindi declares her
hidden love for Jai and her own line of clothing, "Bindi Wear," wins first
prize in the Australian fashion awards. One of the crocodile staff resigns
over an accident with a mower injury to Bowen the crocodile and Jai is
promoted to his place. Steve and Terri get their biggest wish and a little
boy, Robert Clarence, is born to take on the world and be little brother to
Bindi.
ACTION STATIONS
Almost every day at the Zoo there is a major emergency that calls for
immediate action. Steve and the team rush to save all sorts of animals in
all sorts of predicaments, from a koala stuck in a drain to a sick tiger
snake to falcons with damaged wings and to crocodile eggs from feisty
mothers. The veterinary surgeons do their tireless job of trying to save all
the sick and injured animals that the Zoo team brings to them for assistance.
CROCOSEUM
The Zoo's expansion plans include the building of a huge 6,000-seat stadium
to feature all of the daily crocodile feeding demonstrations. Not only is
the building of the ambitious structure fraught with problems but also the
implementation of Steve's vision of having seven crocodile enclosures
connected by an elaborate canal system to the main arena. The trial and
error of the rehearsals and mass movement of angry crocodiles causes flared
tempers and some close calls.
