Big hairy neighbours

BBC Earth Podcast

Jenkins Laura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Tv & Film

4.6 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

We begin the second series of the BBC Earth Podcast in bustling, often polluted, but always charismatic cities. In today’s built-up world, it’s easy to forget that nature is often closer than we might think. Meet the two women from a suburban London council estate who bonded over their discovery of some very unexpected guests from the woods at nightfall. Just as humans adapt to rural or urban lifestyles, we explore the ways in which urban animals’ bodies have adapted, alongside their behavioural patterns. Prepare for a heart-warming tale of humans living alongside wild bears as well as the impressive methods conservationists took to lure penguins in Cape Town to a new colony, in order for them to thrive.

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0:00.0	This is a podcast from BBC Studios.
0:04.0	A commercial subsidiary of the BBC.
0:10.0	The BBC.
0:12.0	The house is back onto the nature reserve.
0:20.0	It surrounds the Estab.
0:23.6	Yeah.
0:24.6	And it's just so amazing because obviously it's a council state which is, I'd say, about half an hour to London via train.
0:31.6	But then you're minutes away from the countryside, so you've got the best of both worlds.
0:35.6	Welcome to the BBC Earth podcast, the podcast that lets you escape from the countryside. So you've got the best of both worlds. Welcome to the BBC Earth podcast, the podcast that lets you escape from the daily grind
0:42.3	into the wide and wonderful natural world.
0:45.3	I'm Emily Knight.
0:47.3	And it's just magical because you've got all the stresses of everyday life,
0:52.3	and you're on a council estate, and then you can step out of that
0:56.0	into a magical mysterious world of wildlife it's a hidden gems isn't it is it is it's the first episode of a brand new series
1:07.2	and for this one to ease you in, we're starting pretty close to home.
1:11.6	Today we're bringing you stories from our natural or perhaps not so natural habitat.
1:16.6	From the bright lights of the big cities to the cool shade of an urban garden,
1:21.6	we're starting our journey in human spaces and finding the animals that make it their home too.
1:30.3	And we start our journey in a council estate, just outside of London, with these two.
1:37.3	Hello, I'm Sue. Hello, I'm Jan.
1:40.3	I can't tell you exactly where Jan and Sue live because it's a bit of a secret.
1:45.0	Locally, everyone knows, but we don't want to draw outside attention really because there are unsavory characters that are not as sympathetic to them as what we are and we don't want to encourage poaching.
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