This has taken
them to far-away places where they have seen many different animals.
While Big and Been are sailing, birds fly high above the
boat...
...and they also fly close to the water to see fish to catch.
Sometimes birds are tired from flying far from shore and
they come to rest on the boat.
This bird spent a night on the boat
This bird stopped when it was wet from a rain
storm
Look at the two birds above: what colour are their legs?
Many birds sit on the boat when it is anchored.
The birds sit on the boat to rest and to look for fish in
the water.
Do you see that these birds have webbed feet?
This helps the birds swim when they dive in
the water for fish!
Watch this video to see birds trying to balance on the rail in the
wind.
How many birds can you see on the front of the boat in the next video?
Big and Been also watch birds trying to catch fish.
Look! This bird caught a fish!
From the boat, Big and Been can see birds resting in
trees.
This is a big fluffy chick in its nest
Watch this video of the chick; it is not yet strong enough to
leave its nest.
What colour are this bird's feet? The bird is called a red-foot Booby
Bird.
These birds are very different from the birds in your
garden and the parks nearby aren’t they?
That is because these are all sea birds. Here is a bird you have seen in your garden: it is a pigeon. But this one is sitting looking over the sea - I wonder what it is watching?
Come and see the sea birds from Big and Been's boat Ketoro!
This has taken
them to far-away places where they have seen many different animals.
Sometimes Big and Been travel on land and see different countries and their animals.
Here are some of the animals
they have seen…
They have
seen land tortoises; these look almost like sea turtles, but do not live in
water.
How many
tortoises are in this picture?
Look: Kay and Barry have found some big tortoises in the Seychelles.
Many countries have apes and monkeys living there. They all
look different. Here are some of them.
These are orangutans in Borneo.
Here, Junior is trying to pinch big Ritchie’s banana!
Irene (Big) is holding a mommy lemur and her baby on her
arm in Madagascar.
Malaysia has proboscis monkeys, with long noses.
This baby monkey in Thailand is a different colour from its
mother.
What colours are the mommy and baby monkeys?
These are water buffaloes in Malaysia.
They look like
huge cattle with big horns, don’t they?
This water buffalo in Vietnam likes to keep warm in his shed at
night.
This is a buffalo in South Africa; he does not like water as much as the water buffaloes do.
Did you notice that all buffaloes have big strong horns? This is a yak in China; he lives in a cold place, which is
why he has long hair.
The yak carries his owner’s things on his back and an
umbrella to keep them dry in the rain.
This donkey lives in Chagos.
Watch this video of the donkey calling, and
listen to the sound he makes.
This wild pig mother in Vietnam has babies.
Count
the babies!
These two dogs in Vietnam live on a big boat on the water
A long time ago there were lots of wild tigers in
Thailand but now they are looked after in parks.
Can you see three tigers in this picture?
This family of elephants lives in Thailand.
How many
elephants can you see?
Here is a baby elephant Do you know that Asian elephants have smaller ears than African elephants? Here is an African elephant in South Africa.
In Vietnam, Big and Been saw a flock of geese...
and they also saw a chicken family with a dad rooster and
baby chicks.
These chickens in Borneo (in the photo below) are being
taken to new homes. This is how people carry them on their bicycles.
The chickens are quite happy, but they like it best when
they are let free at their new scratch-patch!
These two goats live on Rodrigues Island.
Would you like to see and hear this little
goat? Watch the video below.
This sheep in Rodrigues is feeding her lamb
Look at Rolf (Been). He is in Madagascar… what is he
holding?
Been is holding a land snake
Here are some lizards. This type of lizard is called a gecko. It is holding
tight to a wall in Madagascar.
What colour is this gecko?
This is a flying lizard high on a tree in Borneo. Do you see its special throat pouch? The lizard makes a loud
noise with it.
The lizards above are small, but some lizards are very
big, like this one...
This is a big water monitor lizard in Malaysia.
Here is a tiny little frog we saw in Madagascar.
It was only the size of your little finger, but still could jump very far. What colour is its back? Here are some BIG animals: they are rhinoceros in South Africa. The smaller one is the baby, and the Dad Rhino would not let us go past in our car.
Look at these very tall animals: do you know what they are called?
Of course they are called giraffe! There are many different types of land animals.
What animals do you know that Big and Been have not seen on their travels?