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ah, these ravens are under special protection. if something were to happen to them, an entire kingdom could fall. more on that legend coming up in the show. hi everyone, and welcome to a furry and feathery, a special edition of your max with me your host. megan lee. here's a look at what else we've got in store for you today. they may look cute, but watch out our reporter hendrick veiling visits, germany biggest predators and these busy bees in the netherlands are not just making honey. they're creating works of art. but 1st, during hard times, we often turn to our friends family and even our animals to get us through. after all, dog is man's best friend, right. well, for the an actress and right are

a lot to look called her best friend in tough times is a stubborn donkey. i'm not joking. when she experienced a family tragedy, she hit the road with her 4 legged companion. well, we caught up with her and her donkey to see if he really does live up to his reputation. these 4 hoofs and 2 feet belong to travelling companions and 2 very close friends. hello. hi, i'm laura, look, cold, doesn't the nice my. i think the little donkey johnny, or nash don back south of munich. the actress is out for a walk with johnny, a loyal companion, ready for anything. the do out is an experienced team by way bound by love before that and what was mention about johnny is that he helped

me evil my stress behind and he had best with other you could ever wish your best travelling companion. i don't the best i mean or just look at those it even when she was a little girl, lot to luke hall had the strong desire to take to the trails with a donkey. but it wasn't until life dealt her a bitter blow that she made her dream reality. i'm struck this man papa conquer why dad suddenly fell very l. up at the and 2015. he was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer and i didn't have much time left together, which my food side them about in the hub. i can't for him until dawn, right? i'm in, come up with our gastorm. spent a good deal of time together. i've never seen before. but it reminded all the time long had this dream of buying it damply and going hiking with her furnace. gannon, that's when it hit me. it's a call. i have no idea what tomorrow will bring with me. okay, now or never on was more pos yet yet. the order me

a. 2 2 lot of found her donkey in a classified ad. it was love at 1st sight. after months of preparation in the summer of 20, teen lotta and johnny hit the road. they hide from munich over the alps to italy's adriatic coast a truck of around 600 kilometers. that took 80 days my mares. sometimes i could have gone fast if it hadn't been for johnny roosevelt. somebody, for example, carpet was afraid of cranky bridges with rapids below. and of course, he's worry dental to lapse. it can happen. okay. it might take him about 20 minutes to muster the courage to finally cruise, so that really slows you down. so if you've gotten a stress of needing to get somewhere 1000 bond, i'm or wouldn't recommended, don't have a company. but if johnny has taught her anything,

it's to take life easy. the 29 year old has also written a book about her experiences of hiking with a donkey. the 2 are inseparable, and they even got their own set of wheels that really are still not done eating. the converted mini bus has living space, not just for humans. it's also suited to move small aquiner, allowing johnny the donkey to safely come along for the ride here outside whispers . but it was important to me that he wasn't in a trailer hanging off the back where i couldn't be in direct contact with him at him. but now he's right behind me up when i drive is only the match between us. so i can talk to him and see how he's doing in that. and he's been going along with it pretty well. a lot of cobra. in fact, johnny turned into such a good traveler that in december 2020, they set off on another adventure and took the many bus to portugal out of consideration for johnny looked, i didn't drive more than an hour

a day. they spent 3 months on the road, but he will read. so the way you want to go next, johnny is cloud. i'm back some ceasar shopping trip together to look at coma. i think this year we'll just go down to the i was and i came on so we can look up a few nice places about an hour away from here and then spend a few days hiking my target on them. good luck to luca and her donkey. are looking forward to many more adventures together. we now turn to london where the fates of the royal family, according to legend, lies in the hands or rather the wings of a few birds. now it said that the ravens which reside at the famous tower of london possesses special power. they've been there for generations, but if they ever fly away than the kingdom and the tower will be doomed. and while the royals may have their share of critics and even bad luck,

most people do support them. so we went to the british capital to find out more about this local myth relating to these very important birds. ah, the face of the british monarchy depends on these ravens. ah, they are considered the true guardians of the tower of london and the entire nation . and this man is responsible for looking after her majesty's ravens. ah, my name is chris gave. i'm the wave in laughter. he at the tire of london who is a legend, the ravens, lee, the tire of london. it will crumble the dust and the great harm will befall our kingdom. so it is my responsibility to make sure that they stay here. his 1st task in the early morning hours to check on the ravens. kind of play. whatever got

you today was the most fear that i get to call your face. kristof escape has been in charge of the ravens at the tower of london since 2011. the raven master and shows the well being at the birds. there are 8 of them at the moment. papa, papa, to you oh, she lives with me in my home for about 45 weeks before she can enter the enclosure . she's absolutely beautiful, really intelligent. raven's blevins are course very, very intelligent. indeed. it's construct our wings air lawn then the ravens can fly around freely. scaife knows each individual bird very well. they are very peculiar. they all have their own different characteristics, some of them of a boisterous, some of them, of a shy. some of them are very,

very inquisitive. so i kind of have to get used to the characters of the ravens. and it's just really for observation that i could actually manage to do that. the tower of london is a place full of secrets due to superstition. the ravens have been under special protection by royal decree ever since the 17th century. they cared for by the yeoman hoarders who guard the tower throughout its tumultuous history. the tower has been used as a palace, a prison and an armory. it's a tourist attraction in the heart of london and with the ravens. it's the place said to determine the destiny of the british monarchy and its subjects. i'd be quite happy for the ravens to stay, but for the monarchy to end. this is the fest. have heard of the legend pulling some mason mason last so long. i'm up to the believer as well. to christopher scaife. the job is a lifelong commitment. he lives in the tower of london with his family. he takes

care of the ravens, making sure they don't fly away. one safe way to keep them here. the right food, mice, rats, and even biscuits soaked in blood or on the menu. but sometimes even that is enough to keep the ravens here on occasions. i trim up their flight fab. i don't use the word clip, it doesn't sound right to me. but over the years, as the wave master, i've managed to actually stop doing that. so now the ravens actually flying around the tower. and i use a minimum wing trim policy dependent on the size of the wave in the white, the wavin who they're bonded with and what type of year at what time of year is football, football, football, sometimes the ravens just want to play football, which doesn't seem to fit their ominous meaning. ravens throughout history of been connected to bad omens. death. they,

they were one of the 1st birds because they're so intelligent to, to follow men into battle. and so they do have a dark connotation about them. but here the tower of london, it is a little bit lighter because she, they leave the town london will crumble and a guy home before the kingdom. so is a good omen here. ah. every night christof escapes his good night to his ravens. it's the end to another day where he has saved the entire nation from doom. every winter between november and january, something very special happens on the german island of hello go land. the birth and the breeding of gray seals will during this time, young pups are born and raised here on the when protected dunes before they discover the water. and while it may be tempting to approach the adorable animals, visitors are only allowed to witness these incredible scenes from a distance on

a special trail or euro. max reporter hendrick belling went there for a 1st hand look and discovered that these pups aren't as harmless as they seem. ah, hello, land is a nursery grounds for the gracie. i'm visiting the north to see archipelago, where hundreds of seal pops are born and raised every year. the only few places where you can get as close to grace youth as he own helical and, and they're much cuter than i thought, but also much more dangerous. after a 2 hour ferry ride, i reached germany's only island in the high seas. helical land was once a hide out for pirates before becoming a popular tourist destination in the 19th century. but i have come to visit the famous sandstone seas thick known as the longer i am headed for bar to do the smaller island next to the main island. in the winter, there are fewer tourists,

but many more seals. i'm here for them. sometimes they are so many animals that ranger ought to powers must block off the beach for a while. this gifts, the seal some peace and quiet, but mainly it's to protect the humans. because while they may look acute, these are germany's largest predators living in the wild. from this special path through the jones, we can observe the seals and see why they've come from november to january as mating season. and the time when mothers get birth, it's more flood so so the reason it's so attractive is because it's protected from storm tied. sam scott, it's very important when it comes to choosing a place to give birth to their young kid gray seal pops me to be on line for at least the 1st 3 to 4 weeks. so that's what counts. come on, does saint lou from up close?

i can observe her mother suckled the young after 2 or 3 weeks, the cow leaves her pop on its own. from then on, it has to fend for itself. ah boise, i live alone. although they look much the same, they're very different. there are fearful pops and ones that are always out for a fight. so that are always our friend leg bosses and ones that just peacefully observe. everything's good place. yeah. so completely different characters or does she pleasure cocktail? ah, after a few weeks, the pops make their 1st attempt at swimming, but only after if molten or shed their 1st for a coat. the company weidler knew go, doesn't offer them enough. protection in the water. over 650 pops were born here this winter more than ever before. and just 2 weeks after giving birth, the cows are ready to mate again.

at this time, the males are even more aggressive at the bolts which way up to $300.00 kilos. fight for the cows favor. i witnessed that right on the beach. i've been safer by the range of thought there goes of us off he and the larger one is certainly a young boy. ah, unfortunately he's trying to mate with a very young female. and young kid so, but they might look cute, but they really aren't of ozzy isn't, doesn't it? now i know why we have to stay 30 meters away from them. do they borrow advised louder. they buy it as though it's rather songs, or i'd say they could buy it right through a leg like ours. really. once they've raised the young and made it again to see it's gradually leave helical lamps. then they're only a few left until next winter. seeing so many grace is in the wildest,

really impressive, especially the little babies. they are really, really cute. and when they get so close to them, you realize that they are really, really dangerous predators. and that's why i prefer to watch them from the safe distance. ah, but to satisfy my urge to pet one, i've borrowed this stuff toy from my daughter. definitely the smarter alternative. well, the creatures in our next report might not be as cute as those gray sealed puffs, but they're important all the same. love them or hate them. bees are an essential part of our lives will. after all, a large portion of the world's food production depends on their pollination. now while they might be pesky to some bees are also essential to the work of slovakian artists. toll much libertine eat, his b is not only make honey, they have proven to be true artists themselves.

some 60000 busy bees are hard at work in forming the 3 the bodies of sculptures with they wax in arch and nature go hand in hand and it's the brainchild of slovakian born artist. tom ashley martini the reason why i wanted to work with the b is the one to celebrate and not typical hero. in the story, bees are seemingly longer a book creatures, but they produce something that last time and time over again and survives everything. it's not a typical hero that you can expect. he makes and models and leaves the rest of to nature. his sketches out his ideas in his studio and the touch that he has brought her down. he creates the frame 1st on the computer then in reality, by hand using wire on natural material. later the bees will be black, honeycomb,

the obvious new would be like so when i work with these frames and variety of frames that i build, i have to be aware of one thing and that is the bees love is this voluptuous forums and beautiful changes between convex and concave forms. bees love curves. liberty nice be colonies live in a garden, north of the city center, where beekeeper looks after them. it takes lots of energy for the bees to produce their wax. they get most of the nectar they need from april to july have glance on the abdomen that secrete scales from the base, collected on the hind legs, add saliva needed with them mandibles until they shape it into honeycombs. but the artist is well aware that nature cannot be planned,

it looks like it's quite cold outside, and the bees have receded to protect their brewed. so i think they haven't built much in last couple days, which is normal. and we kind of expected that. why do you have some building activity already and at the bottom? so that's quite nice. the weather and the size of the sculpture, it can take anything from 2 weeks to 2 years to complete. i think this project is also very important besides being beautiful artwork in the context of saving the means. i'm really happy and humbled that this project helps to promote these ideas in the most entertaining aesthetic away. thomas liberty news west coaches have been exhibited the world over his famous version of if a t t was 1st exhibited in motor dams comes told museum. then in amsterdam,

radiated gallery. this work is on show at the muta museum, and is on switzerland. even new york city's moma owns one of the artist sculptures . ah, the most fascinating thing about the bees facts is that it's on one hand, extremely soft. on the other is extremely endurable. i love this contradiction, and it's a beautiful metaphor for how we should look and treat our society, that there are people around us that may look weak, but they possess something, a quality that extremely strong and something to celebrate. the make live sweeter and now making contribution to the world of ours as well. and if you want to see more from euro, maxine, be sure to log on to our facebook page there, we will keep you up to date with the reports on the show. as well as with other stories from the world of culture and lifestyle. here's how to find us. or

europe rich culture on facebook discovery, stunning, lengthy, enjoy and fine cuisine with your bringing you a wealth of european traditions taking action. so be sure to check out our facebook page. some farmers use dogs to round up their animals, but in the dilemma region, in the middle of sweden, dairy cows respond to a very special call of the wild. now, since these animals can roam far and wide in the countryside, a voice technique known as colming was developed to bring the animals home and with a combination of yodeling, singing and chanting that has turned into

a kind of art form on its own. but if not examines of cooling, you on wind, i mean, do i use my voice when i'm working with animals at the summer? fine sir. it oprah has to call them, keep them together and mom or urge them on when they don't want to return home. it'll come him here at the end of my name is yennie, dominion for them. missy. i'm an ethan. no musicologist or i'm doing my ph. d up. i'm a singer. i practice crooning curial and work at summer pharmacy. ega. where in sweden's darlena province, 4 hours north west of stockholm. this is a fay boot, an old fashioned countryside, some a farm there typically without electricity and running water

land. alice gustav son's farm is no exception. the 82 year old knows the centuries old tradition of cooling from her childhood days. the drawn out chance i used to call cattle back from grazing yet opal cornel permit the egg. i'll tell the cows home in my indistinct way, m bought off on is going for it was what it sounds like. com. corblu. oh no. oh oh no. oh no. he is fascinated by these traditions. she's especially interested in stories of women who would spend the summer months, all alone at these forms tending to cattle. ah, was i want to let the odd. yeah. and if at the having and i don't want it that we don't learn about this in the school at this day,

like some and b l a will historian something that was a part of our history. it's simply not talked about it. thank you. it been merely live, so i thought i will tell the story and as he stood m fewer and fewer farmers practised cooling. today, the lately, the hurting coals have evolved into a veritable outfall. i am on cooling, come on, what a 100 calls can be high or low pick on what i must get. they can sound very pleasant corolla, growling college and has been when lead set the fins. there's so many different sounds and nuances more and under warranty of traditions have grown out as her to whom are some hard foot studia jenny often shows office goes at special cooling concerts, like here at this abandoned some farm in lake sun.

c ah. c good, i'm in the coolie from my childhood or there was an old woman who would make these hurting coals live. oh yeah, it was great hearing these chance again in the local defence border. but now when i hear cloning that i it relaxes me to sense hel helene. you can feel these chanting air sources vibrating inside of anybody out of. 2 these days who might be more foreign and less fun in coal, but it remains a tradition very much alive in sweden. and on that know,

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