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we're going to start our show with
celebrating the 215th birthday of the
man who changed the way we understand
the diversity of life on Earth Charles
Darwin Darwin is best known for his
theory of evolution the idea that all of
life adapts to its environment over
Generations he first came to this theory
on the Galapagos Islands off the coast
of Ecuador where he found animals seen
nowhere else but Darwin had other
theories as well and not just on the
galopagos a group of researchers are
sailing around the world retracing a
famous Journey that the renowned
scientists made in the 19th
century Charles Darwin changed the world
with his ideas not just Evolution
thousands of other theories and ideas
still reverberates to this day the
impact of his observations and
discoveries in a small way we try and
take inspiration from that that all of
us every single one of us can help
change the world if we use our brains
and use our minds and decide to make a
positive action for the
future we've embarked on this incredible
2-year Journey around the world
following in Charles Darwin's
footsteps to all of the major ports that
you visitors there's 32 of them along
the
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itinery and we're working with
Incredible conservation Partners in
those different
ports to place these extraordinary
Darwin leaders these young
conservationists to study the amazing
work being done so it's a bit like an
exchange Darwin leaders come for example
from different countries around the
world to Brazil to learn from incredible
Brazilian conservationists then likewise
inspirational young Brazilians go to
other countries to learn there and then
bring new knowledge
back they have to really use their
brains and think use every bit of
initiative that they can and work out
new Solutions new strategies new ideas
what more could be done to make a better
brighter future for their animal plant
Charles Dar was actually one of the last
naturalists to dock these beautiful Hala
monkeys here in R disero they became
locally extinct relatively soon after
his visit reor has already put groups
back into the
W Charles starwin well he definitely we
know that he observed the how of monkeys
in R and when they do these restoration
projects where they reintroduce species
the scientists actually have to prove
that the species did exist in that place
so with Darwin's account of the how
monkeys that actually provided the
evidence for the scientists to say right
we've got a justifiable reason to
reintroduce the species into this part
of forest because it was originally part
of the forest and here are
evidence we've got all these young
people who are imagining a positive
future for our planet and I feel
energized and enthusiastic while I'm
with them because they've got just a
really good
attitude I'm generally curious about
everything that's a good and bad thing
um but I try to speak with everyone uh
about what they are doing so from the
process of how they chose this
population to how they bred them and how
they are acclimatizing them in here and
then how they're going to release them
how they're going to monitor them after
the
release if you Empower extraordinary
drivers of change these leaders they'll
have a ripple effect for the next 50
years or more over the course of their
careers remember they're their late
teenagers or early 20s so they'll be
working for the next half century many
of these projects are not rocket science
they're relatively simple if we care
enough and act now we can make that
change many other times with different
animals and plants the natural world has
a really bright and positive future
all right from South America to Africa
Sierra Leon to be exact where forests
are Vanishing rapidly and one Sanctuary
is working hard to protect the trees and
orphan chimpanzees our David McKenzie
takes us to Chimp School in the forest
outside of
Freetown it's playtime in the
forest but these orphaned primates
aren't monkeying around this is Skippy's
nibbling on my arm you know what's
happening here is they are in chimp
School basically learning how to be
chimps Skippy is much braver than the
two
boys they try their
best but like their human cousins they
sometimes just need a
cuddle their carer wears a mask so The
Chimps don't catch a human cold once you
get in here you have several groups
we're in sone with bala Amar searan the
founder of takama chimp
Sanctuary he rescued his first chimp
more than 30 years ago I think he
started showing us the way in terms of
it's not about just the chimp it's about
the species so I started looking rescued
another chimp another chimp Mac you good
boy Mac
what's up now tuug Gama has more than
100 rescued chimps and they manage wild
chimp habitats across the country with
just 5,500 Western chimpanzees left in
serone each one is precious here on the
edge of Freetown humans are the biggest
threat to chimps but perhaps not how you
may think in the last few years have you
lost a lot of forest a lot of it if you
came here like two years ago not a
single building or any any of these
makeshift shelters you seeing nothing
was there yeah very sad that it's all
going right before our eyes I've been
fighting this thing for 30 years not 30
days and time is running out rampant
often illegal development is destroying
the forests s Leon has lost 35% of its
tree cover since 2000 that's about
75,000 square miles or the size of New
Jersey that's bad for chimps and it's
terrible for us Africa's forests are
critical to fighting climate change so
it's no more about preserving forest or
Wildlife it's about preserving humans we
are trying to leave a better place for
our children pull our flask out at
takama they're doing everything they can
to document and protect the
extraordinary diversity of these
forests and the wild chimps that roam
here yeah yeah yeah yeah hello that's
they believe if they can save their home
it might just help save
ours Pop Quiz Hot Shot how tall is the
Eiffel Tower 650 ft 789 984 or 1,83
ft all right trick question the tower
stands 984 ft tall but a TV antenna
added in 1957 pushes it to 1,83 Ft but
you know what I'm feeling generous today
so if you said either number put your
hands
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up while the Eiffel Tower's height might
have changed over the years its
significance around the world has always
been clear and now with the 2024
Olympics in Paris this year athletes who
medal will get an extra special reward
with their gold silver or bronze our
Jeremy Roth
explains ahead of the upcoming Summer
Olympics in Paris the famous French city
has put their stamp on the games
literally by its most iconic Landmark
right into the competition's medals each
metal features a real piece of the
Eiffel Tower's original iron structure
following renovation work during the
20th century certain metallic elements
were removed from the famous French
landmark and have been carefully
preserved ever since they have now been
repurposed to create the metals
hexagonal centerpiece a reference to the
country's geometric shape the fusing of
the metals with the metals will allow
the heart of Paris to reside di near the
hearts of the summer game's fiercest
competitors I want to give a shout out
today how about those tigers in
Alamogordo New Mexico Alam mordo High
School rise up and this shout out goes
to Highland Middle School in Madina Ohio
go on float like a butterfly sting like
a hornet I'm going to be missing you
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