Questions for discussion

Embassies 1. Julian Assange is the founder of which website

a. WebLeaks b. WikiLeaks c. SpyLeaks

2. Where is Assange at the moment? 3. What is an embassy? 4. What do embassy workers do? 5. Police aren’t supposed to come into an embassy without permission. True or

false? 6. Embassies can be a __________haven for people on the run. 7. Why is it a big deal for embassies to take people in? 8. Which country is helping Julian Assange in London? 9. Why are they helping him? 10. What could happen if Assange tries to leave the embassy?

Post a message on the Behind the News Guestbook http://www.abc.net.au/btn/

Driving School

1. Briefly summarise the Driving School story. 2. What is the aim of the Ignition road safety program? 3. The program is teaching students as young as _______ to drive. 4. What are students learning about in the classroom? 5. Why is reaction time important when driving? 6. What things can distract drivers? 7. Why is car safety important? 8. How did the students feel about learning to drive? 9. If you are travelling 60 km per hour, there should be a ____ second gap

between you and the car in front. 10. Do you think teaching school kids to drive will make our roads safer in the

future? Explain your answer.

`Would teaching school kids to drive cars make our roads safer in the future?’ Vote in

the BtN online poll http://www.abc.net.au/btn/

Forensic Science 1. Before you watch the BtN story, record what you know about forensic

science. 2. Discuss the story with another student. 3. What is forensic science? 4. How is it used in criminal investigations?

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5. Name the three types of evidence collected at the crime scene. 6. Which objects was the evidence collected from? 7. Why do you think more than one type of evidence is collected? 8. What is an autopsy? 9. Illustrate an aspect of the story. 10. What you understand more clearly since watching the BtN story?

What is a DNA fingerprint and how is it made? Take on the role of a lab technician and create a DNA fingerprint by completing the interactive http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/tdc02_int_creatednafp2/

Paralympics

1. Retell the story in your own words. 2. What are the Paralympics? 3. Name two events at the Paralympics? 4. Describe the advertisements for the London 2012 Paralympics. 5. How did World War II lead to the first Paralympics? 6. How many athletes is Australia sending to the Paralympics? 7. Where did Australia come at the Beijing Paralympics? 8. What is Matthew’s goal for London 2012? 9. Complete the following sentence: Kelly says being part of the Australian team

is a… 10. If you could send a message to the Australian Paralympians, what would it

be?

Brainstorm a list of words you associate with the Paralympic Games and being a

Paralympic athlete. Create a word cloud with Wordle http://www.wordle.net/

Gorilla love

1. What is a silverback? 2. How old is Kibabu? 3. What is happening to Kibabu? 4. Briefly describe the role of the silverback in the wild. 5. Why did the zoo need to find a male from a different family? 6. How did the zoo find Kibabu’s replacement? 7. Which country did Kibali come from? 8. Gorillas are

a. Primates b. Monotremes c. Marsupials

9. What is a group of gorillas called? 10. Name three facts you learnt watching the Gorilla love story.

Test your knowledge in the Gorillas quiz. Go to the BtN website and follow the links.

http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/tdc02_int_creatednafp2/http://www.wordle.net/

Driving School

Focus Questions 1. Briefly summarise the Driving School story. 2. What is the aim of the Ignition road safety program? 3. The program is teaching students as young as _______ to drive. 4. What are students learning about in the classroom? 5. Why is reaction time important when driving? 6. What things can distract drivers? 7. Why is car safety important? 8. How did the students feel about learning to drive? 9. If you are travelling 60 km per hour, there should be a ____ second gap

between you and the car in front. 10. Do you think teaching school kids to drive will make our roads safer in the

future? Explain your answer.

Driving School Students will be investigating ways of making the roads safer by creating a community service announcement aimed at young drivers. Ask students to brainstorm: What makes a good driver? How can a person’s driving behaviour affect others? Why is it important to behave responsibly on our roads? They will need to choose an area of concern to focus on for their campaign. Ask students to investigate the following questions:

Why are people aged 16-24 more likely to be involved in a serious crash? What are common mistakes drivers make?

Areas of concern for young drivers include: Distractions – mobile phones, passengers Drugs and alcohol Car safety Speeding

Students choose an area of concern to focus their road safety message on and

create a 30 second video or audio community service announcement. Consider the

following:

Who is the target audience?

How will the message be delivered?

What strategies will your campaign use?

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Learning Area

Society and Environment

Key learning

Students will investigate ways of making the roads safer by creating a community service announcement.

Students can include photographs, pictures or diagrams in their report.

How will you know how effective it’s been?

Students present their announcements to the class and give feedback on how

effective they think.

Further investigations

Investigate why is take vehicles longer to brake and stop if they are going faster.

Respond to the following question: `Will teaching school kids to drive make roads safer in the long-term?’ Explain your answer.

Reflection

How has this investigation changed your thinking about road safety?

Related Research Links

ABC News – Driving lessons for 12yos in bid to cut road toll http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-21/program-teaching-12-to-18-year-olds-to-drive/4211850 Behind the News – Racing Safety http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s2842166.htm Motor Accident Commission – Young Drivers http://mylicence.sa.gov.au/safe_drivers CAMS – Ignition program http://www.cams.com.au/Home/Development/Sport%20And%20Club%20Development/CAMS%20Ignition%20Program.aspx

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-21/program-teaching-12-to-18-year-olds-to-drive/4211850http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-21/program-teaching-12-to-18-year-olds-to-drive/4211850http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s2842166.htmhttp://mylicence.sa.gov.au/safe_drivershttp://www.cams.com.au/Home/Development/Sport%20And%20Club%20Development/CAMS%20Ignition%20Program.aspxhttp://www.cams.com.au/Home/Development/Sport%20And%20Club%20Development/CAMS%20Ignition%20Program.aspx

Paralympics

Focus Questions 1. Retell the story in your own words. 2. What are the Paralympics? 3. Name three of the events at the Paralympics? 4. Describe the advertisements for the London 2012 Paralympics. 5. How did World War 11 lead to the first Paralympics? 6. How many athletes is Australia sending to the Paralympics? 7. Where did Australia come at the Beijing Paralympics? 8. What is Matthew’s goal for London 2012? 9. Complete the following sentence: Kelly says being part of the Australian team

is a… 10. If you could send a message to the Australian Paralympians, what would it

be?

Paralympics Internet research project Working in teams of 2-3, students research aspects of the Paralympics. Find out the following information:

What does the word Paralympics mean?

Where and when did the first sporting competition for people with disabilities take place?

What are the 6 disability groups?

How many sports will be featured at the 2012 Paralympic Games?

Are there any sports in the Games that you hadn’t heard of? Describe these sports.

Choose a sport and find out: Who is the sport open to? When did it become a Paralympic sport? An interesting fact about the sport.

Choose an Australian athlete competing at the London 2012 Paralympics and write a short biography about them or create a profile using the biocube software http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/

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Learning Area

Health and Physical Education

Key learning

Students will develop a deeper understanding of the Paralympics, the sports played in the competition and the Australian athletes competing. Students can include photographs, pictures or diagrams in their report.

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/cube_creator/

Further investigations

Brainstorm a list of words you associate with the Paralympic Games and being a

Paralympic athlete. Create a word cloud with Wordle http://www.wordle.net/

Watch the advertisement promoting the 2012 Paralympic Games

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKTamH__xuQ How effective do you think the ad is?

Give reasons for your answer.

Have a go at the ABC3 Team Awesome Challenge and create an epic cheer for the

Australian Paralympians Go to

http://www.abc.net.au/abc3/makeit/challenge.html?challenge=3569512 for all the details

The Paralympic values are: Determination, courage, inspiration and equality. Working in

groups of four, write your own definition for each of these values. Share your definitions

with the class.

Related Research Links

Behind the News – Paralympics Technology http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3445954.htm Australian Paralympic Committee – Paralympic Education Program http://www.paralympiceducation.org.au/primary/primary-student-landing-page London 2012 Paralympics - Sports http://www.london2012.com/paralympics/sports/ ABC Sport – Paralympics athlete profiles http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/paralympics/athlete-profiles/

http://www.wordle.net/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKTamH__xuQhttp://www.abc.net.au/abc3/makeit/challenge.html?challenge=3569512http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s3445954.htmhttp://www.paralympiceducation.org.au/primary/primary-student-landing-pagehttp://www.london2012.com/paralympics/sports/http://www.abc.net.au/news/sport/paralympics/athlete-profiles/

BtN: Episode 24 Transcript

28/8/12

On this week's Behind the News

Driving lessons for kids as young as 12 but will it make our

roads safer in the future?

We put forensic science under the microscope and investigate

how it's used to solve crimes.

And we get ready for the Paralympics and find there's an

interesting history to these games.

Hi I'm Nathan Bazley, welcome to Behind the News.

Also on the show today - avoiding `gorilla’ warfare. What happens

when the zoo's dominant male needs to be replaced? Before all that,

let's get straight into some of the big news stories that happened this

week. Here's Matt with the Wire.

The Wire

The first man to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong has died at the

age of 82.

He was the commander of Apollo 11 which travelled to the moon back

in 1969.

NEIL ARMSTRONG, ASTRONAUT: The important achievement of

Apollo was a demonstration that humanity is not forever chained to

this planet and our visions go rather than that and our opportunities

are unlimited.

450-million people around the world watched the moon landing.

“It's one small step for man, one giant leap for man-kind.”

*****

The world's most valuable technology company Apple has won a legal

battle against Samsung. It's been awarded just over a billion dollars in

damages after a US jury found Samsung copied features of Apple's

iPhone and iPad.

The two companies have been locked in a few legal battles in several

countries this year.

*****

And a much loved old painting of Jesus has been given an interesting

restoration!

An 81-year old Spanish woman decided to have a go at restoring the

102-year old painting. Some people reckon it now looks more like a

hairy monkey. Church officials say they'll try to fix the painting but

some people see the funny side and thousands have signed a petition

to leave it as it is.

Foreign Embassies

Reporter: Sarah Larsen

INTRO: You probably already know a bit about Julian Assange.

He's the boss of WikiLeaks a website that's revealed some

government secrets. He's wanted for a crime in Sweden although his

supporters reckon the charges are really about punishing him for

leaking top-secret US documents. It's a complicated story and it's

taken another twist involving a small South American country and

an embassy. Sarah explains.

SARAH LARSEN, REPORTER: If you felt like someone was chasing

you, it'd be nice to know there was a safe place, where you couldn't get

caught.

KID: Safe! I'm safe

KID: I got him.

KID: What's the matter?

KID: I got him

KID: Na, it's barley.

Well, it's a long way from the playground but over in the UK one

Australian on the run seems to have found a safe haven of his own.

ASSANGE: I am here today because I cannot be there with you today.

You might recognise this guy.

Remember we told you about WikiLeaks? The website devoted to

telling big secrets?

ABC NEWSREADER: Massive leak of tens of thousands of classified

US military documents.

REPORTER: This is raw intelligence that WikiLeaks has revealed

US GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN: There are names there are

operations there's logistics.

A few years ago it leaked some top secret US government files and

ever since WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has felt like a man on

the run.

ASSANGE: I ask president Obama to do right thing, USA must

renounce its witch hunt against WikiLeaks.

Right now he's in the UK, where he's supposed to be under arrest and

waiting to be sent overseas to answer some unrelated charges.

Except he's not. He's standing right there in front of police.

And right now they can't do anything about it because Assange is in a

foreign embassy.

Embassies are buildings where foreign diplomats work. They don't

always look that impressive but they are important.

Embassy workers make sure relationships between countries run

smoothly, acting as a link between their own government and their

host country.

Because their work can be sensitive and because overseas laws can be

very different diplomats are protected by some special rules.

KID: Diplomatic immunity.

That means local police aren't supposed to arrest them, search their

bags or even come into the embassy without permission.

Because of those rules, embassies can become a safe haven for people

on the run.

REPORTER: It's a big deal. If you take in someone wanted by your

host country you risk seriously damaging your relationship with

them.

But it has happened before. If a country thinks someone is being

treated unfairly their embassy might be willing to help.

In London a country called Ecuador has agreed to protect Julian

Assange.

ASSANGE: I thank President Correa for the courage he has shown in

considering and in granting me political asylum.

Ecuador is here in South America and as many have pointed out it's

not known for giving its own people a lot of freedom of speech.

Some think it's not right to help Assange avoid the law in Sweden.

But he also has heaps of supporters.

ASSANGE SUPPORTER: He isn't a terrorist, he hasn't murdered

anyone, in fact it is highly unlikely he's don't anything that would be

regarded as a criminal act anywhere else in the Western World.

While he's in the embassy the UK authorities probably won't arrest

him.

But as anyone who's played chasey knows, safe havens don't

necessarily last forever. If you try to leave you can find yourself

trapped.

If Assange steps outside to get into a car or a plane he could be

arrested.

So for the moment, he's stuck in his safety zone and no one know just

how when or where the stand-off will end.

Driving School

Reporter: Natasha Thiele

INTRO: How would you fancy getting behind the wheel of a car?

That's a question that kids don't get asked very often! But some as

young as 12 are being given the opportunity. It's part of a new

driver safety program that's being tested in a school in South

Australia. Tash went to check it out.

ANDREW, INSTRUCTOR: Do you think you're ready to drive?

JAMON, STUDENT: Absolutely.

ANDREW: Terrific!

NATASHA THIELE, REPORTER: Jamon doesn't have a driver's

licence. In fact, he's never driven a car before. But when he does get

his licence, the skills he's learning today could protect him and others

on the road.

These school kids are taking part in a road safety program called

Ignition. It teaches them how to be safe drivers and it means kids will

get a go behind the wheel.

SAM REID, INSTRUCTOR: We're certainly not putting them on an

open road and exposing them to a huge amount of risks. It's about

creating a period of time where they can practice these things; start to

be aware of their strength and weaknesses before they're out there on

the road.

The training starts in the classroom. They run through things like

crash statistics and how driver behaviour can lead to accidents.

Before getting behind the wheel, the kids need to make sure the car is

safe to drive. Finally it's time to drive. But first on goes the seat belt,

mirrors are checked, hands on the steering wheel and we're away.

JAMON, STUDENT: When I hopped into the car I felt really oh

scared and everything that like I was in control of this car, but no after

I took off it was quite fun.

ASHLEIGH, STUDENT: I was so nervous! I didn't want to drive it

originally, but some of my friends talked me into it and yeah actually

getting behind the wheel before we started moving I was pretty

nervous, but once we got moving it was easier.

ALICE, STUDENT: My parents thought it was a great idea. They were

so relieved when I brought the note home, that I'd have some

knowledge of how to drive.

HAYDEN, STUDENT: If kids can experience before they actually get

on the road in a safe environment I think yeah it's great.

BONNIE, STUDENT: It was kind of easy but sometimes like with the accelerator and everything, you'd kind of put too much pressure on it.

Even I learned a thing or two which I didn't know before.

SAM: I want you to imagine 60-kays an hour, what distance you

would currently sit behind that vehicle in front at just 60-kays an

hour.

REPORTER: Maybe here?

SAM: Let's come for a walk, we'll measure it out. Forty seven and

forty eight, so somewhere about here that's your three second gap.

REPORTER: That's like 10 cars could fit in there!

SAM: It's a bit gap isn't it, so the reason why we do need to leave this

three second gap is because it actually takes us quite a long time to

react.

Organisers hope more schools take up the program, so young people

can be educated about driver safety. And hopefully make our roads a

whole lot safer in the future!

Presenter: OK let's make that our poll this week.

Online Poll

The question is:

Would teaching school kids to drive cars make our roads safer in the

future?

To vote just head to our website. Last week we asked you if the new

asylum seeker solution is a good idea. 63 per cent of you said yes and

37 per cent of you said no. Thanks for voting.

Paralympics

Reporter: Nathan Bazley

INTRO: After the excitement of the Olympics a few weeks ago a lot of

people started counting down to the next games in Rio in 2016. But

there's more Olympics action coming up really soon! It's the

Paralympics the games for the disabled. Let's take a look at what it's

all about.

NATHAN BAZLEY, REPORTER: Are you thinking now that the

Olympics has finished, you'll have to wait another 4 years to see the

same kind of strength, skill and determination?

Well think again! (CHANNEL 4 LONDON PARALYMPICS AD

EXCERPT)

This ad from England and the cheeky billboards that went with it have

helped sports fans realising something. The Paralympics feature just

as much courage and just as much drama, as its big brother, the

Olympics. If not more!

And that realisation is putting London on track to be the first ever

sold-out Paralympic games. It's an amazing achievement. But it's a

long way from where it all began.

World War II was the deadliest conflict in history. 60 million people

were killed, but many more were injured. Amputations were common

and soldiers often found themselves feeling sad and discouraged,

whilst trying to recover. So one doctor in Britain decided to get these

soldiers focused on a new challenge - sport.

The theory worked wonders, and it wasn't long before the official

Paralympics was born. Australia is sending 304 athletes to the

Paralympics this time around; our largest team ever!

Four years ago in Beijing, we came 5th on medal tally with some

spectacular performances. This time around, we have some talented

athletes looking to do even better. Let's meet a couple of them.

KELLY: After losing my leg, I had to give up netball, so I took up

running to get back into normal life, and I've just stuck to it. It's just a

part of my life now, it's what I do.

DYLAN: Jannik and I are pretty similar; we focus on our abilities, not

our disability. Wheelchair or not, we just enjoy life.

MATTHEW: The reason why I swim is I enjoy what I'm doing, the

people that I get to spend time with, and the feeling I get in the water.

KELLY: My goal is to get my personal best and if that means coming

home with two gold medals; that would be amazing.

DYLAN: To be 17 and win a gold medal was the best I've ever felt, and

I want that feeling again.

DYLAN: We're the number one team in the world right now, and the

challenge is to stay there. We used to hunt down the top teams, now

they're the ones hunting us.

KELLY: I can't even describe what it's like being part of the Australian

team. It's a once in a lifetime opportunity, but I want to compete for

Australia for as long as I can.

For these and many other Aussie athletes, everything they have been

working for will come down to that one moment, one shot, one stretch

in London.

And they're hoping all of us will be tuning in to cheer them on.

Presenter: And you can see all the action on the ABC over the next

couple of weeks. OK, let's have a Paralympic quiz.

Quiz 1

The question is:

Which Paralympic sport is also called murderball?

Wheelchair basketball

Wheelchair rugby

Football

Answer: Wheelchair rugby

And I've been invited to try playing murder ball If I make it back in

one piece we'll bring you the story next week. Speaking of murder,

sort of:

Forensic Science

Reporter: Nathan Bazley

INTRO: Most nights on the news, there are stories about crimes.

You're probably familiar with what a crime scene looks like there's

often police tape blocking off areas and people in funny suits

checking for forensics. So how is forensic science used to solve

crimes? Let's investigate.

NATHAN BAZLEY, REPORTER: When criminals strike, you can bet

the boys and girls in blue will soon be there on the case. They'll start

interviewing witnesses, taking photos and combing the area for

evidence.

But often, it's the evidence you can't see that can make all the

difference. And that's where these guys come in. They might not be

the ones chasing down the crims, but forensic scientists catch them in

their own way.

Wait, the BtN forensic crime unit is being called out! These are snaps

of the crime scene. As you can see, there is a hammer lying on the

ground, a broken window and a piece of paper nearby. The poor

victim has already gone back to the forensic lab for tests. So what

happened here? Okay, the first step is to take a look at that hammer.

FORENSIC EXAMINER: We've got an indication there is possibly

blood on here, so then using our test strips, we would do a

presumptive test to check for blood. We would rub the test pad on the

suspected stain, and we'd be looking for a colour change. We add the

water onto our test pad, and if we have blood it'll turn a nice bright

green like this within five seconds.

Okay so we have blood on the hammer! But what else might be on

there?

FORENSIC EXAMINER: So we just swab the handle here quite

vigorously. You want to try to get as much of the cells that have

transferred onto there as possible. And that would be taken off and

removed and sent off for DNA extraction and hopefully if there is

evidence there, we'll find a trace of the profile.

Okay so while we're waiting for those tests to come back, maybe we

should check out that piece of paper that was lying around the crime

scene.

FORENSIC EXAMINER: Okay so what we would do, is we would

come along with our special fingerprint magnetic powder with a nice

little brush and what we can do, if we brush over this surface, you can

see now that we're starting to get a print. So we've got not just fingers

coming out, but we've also got a nice palm print as well.

Ah hah! So now we know there is blood on the hammer, we've got

DNA off the handle and a fingerprint off the paper. Let's check in with

how the autopsy is going.

PATHOLOGIST: We have a body, we have a look at it to see if there is

any injury, we're always very suspicious in case someone might have

been quietly murdered, but it very rarely happens! I always had fun

pulling things apart but I could never put them back together again,

so I think pathology was my career, not neurosurgery!

Okay, we'll call those results inconclusive! It turns out we don't need

them though, because we have our verdict!

The DNA, blood and prints all belong to the same person - Mr

Anatomical Model!

So our forensic science team has deduced that our victim must have

been doing some home renovation, when he slipped, threw the

hammer in the air, landed on the paper and the hammer hit him on

the way back down again.

Great work from our crack forensic science unit here at BtN!

Presenter: OK, let's have a quiz about that.

Quiz 2

The question is:

What's another name for an autopsy?

Coronary

Pathology

Post-mortem

Answer: Post-mortem

Post-mortem literally means after death. It's when a pathologist

examines a body to determine how someone died. OK, enough of the

grizzly stuff. Let's catch up with the sports headlines now. Here's Tash

with the Score.

The Score

Cycling legend Lance Armstrong is set to lose his seven Tour de

France titles. He was accused of cheating by taking performance-

enhancing drugs throughout his career. Lance says he's innocent but

has decided not to fight the charges anymore.

*****

And she might only be 15 but Lydia Ko has become the youngest

champion in the history of the LPGA tour. The amateur New Zealand

golfer fired a 5-under-par 67 to win the Canadian Women's Open by

three strokes.

The prize money was about 290-thousand dollars but because Lydia

is still an amateur she's not allowed it. The money instead went to the

person who finished second.

Gorilla Love

Reporter: Sarah Larsen

INTRO: Most of us like going to zoos for the chance to see amazing

animals from all over the world. But zoos also have a big role in

conservation and many have breeding programs to try to make sure

threatened species are here for years to come. Taronga zoo has a

breeding program for gorillas but managing gorilla relationships is

more complicated than you might think. Here's Sarah.

SARAH LARSEN, REPORTER: In this enclosure only one silverback

gets to be boss.

And right now that's Kibabu.

He's 35 years old, has three wives and has fathered more than a dozen

young gorillas.

Some of the young boys might try to boss him around but they don't

get very far.

This is how gorillas live in the wild. A silverback male is the leader of

the troop made up of females and his offspring. He makes all the

decisions, leading the others to food and keeping them safe.

And here at Taronga Zoo it's no different.

LOUISE GROSSFELDT, Primate Unit Supervisor: We're very

fortunate that our gorilla group is really a reflection of a wild gorilla

group so you've got silverback leading a harem which is made up of a

number of unrelated gorilla females with a number of offspring so

we're very fortunate to have that here.

Except at 35, Kibabu's getting a bit too old to be boss. It's nearly time

for him to retire and that means these ladies need a new male in their

lives.

So Taronga staff turned to the internet.

OK, it wasn't quite as romantic as that. But it was important to get the

right gorilla. They needed a male from a different family to maintain

something called genetic diversity.

ERNA WALRAVEN, Taronga Zoo Senior Curator: Zoos throughout

the world work together to keep helping healthy populations of

gorillas in zoos that could potentially be released back to the wild. So

it's important that every animal contributes a certain amount of

genetic material a certain amount of offspring, not too many.

The zoo used special software to search for a silverback that would

look after Kibabu's family and eventually they chose 11 year old Kibali

from France.

LOUISE GROSSFELDT: We were looking for a male that was able to

live in a social group. He'd seen offspring being born and raised. He'd

seen his father lead a very successful family unit and probably was a

bonus that he pretty easy on the gorilla eye too. He ticked all the

boxes.

Kibali arrived in Sydney earlier this year but he hasn't taken over the

troop just yet. For now, he's working his charms on just one of the

ladies.

They're getting along so well, the zoo has started pregnancy tests.

ZOO VET: It's still looking negative today.

KEEPER: Ah OK

KEEPER: we have to wait another month.

ZOO VET: better luck next time

Oh well, no babies yet. But zoo keepers say there's plenty of time for

that and they're confident their new boy will be a great dad.

ERNA WALRAVEN: We do so far, we think he's going to be a great

leader; he really has the qualities of a good silverback.

And what about old Kibabu? Well, he doesn't know that his

replacement is just on the other side of this wall but the zoo says it'll

make his retirement as easy as possible.

LOUISE GROSSFELDT: That's still something we're working on. We

need to consider we're very much an institution that supports welfare

in an individual level so we really want to make sure we consider

Kibabu through this entire process.

Kibabu's leaving some big footprints to fill, but when his days as head

gorilla eventually come to an end there'll be someone else waiting to

look after this amazing family.

Closer

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