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>> "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. >> hi, everybody, i'm jack hanna, comingto you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo. and welcome to "wild countdown." today's featured creatures are some of nature's greatest engineers and architects. is it digging a hole? >> yes. five feet deep. >> construction workers who build cities from leaves. >> look, there's about 20-something in a row. >> good night! predators that design camouflaged front doors... >> no way! >> no! >> some creatures build structures so strong, they inspire human engineers.

>> "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. >> hi everyone, i'm jack hanna, coming torom my basecamp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild countdown." are you scared of the dark? i hope not, because today i've got six stories about creatures of the night. >> you will be looking for the shiny eyes tonight. >> what's that? what's that thing? giants so powerful, they could crush you with a single step. there are several of them out here. there's another one there. good night. stealthy hunters equipped with night vision. when it gets dark, that's when the animals start moving. >> yeah. >> plus bats, rats and deadly snakes. >> look at this, jack,

i'm erin o'hearn have a great >> "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. >> hi, everyone i'm jack hanna, coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild countdown." every time i go out in the field, i meet animal lovers who inspire me. >> by doing this, we're raising awareness. ok, max is done. >> veterinarians helping save some of the world's most endangered species. >> right now, the mountain gorillas are the only great apes in the world whose population is increasing. >> conservationists living in remote jungles. >> you can see these are turtles who have actually been born in the last few days. >> golly! and even a few brave crossg

. >> "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. >> hi everyone, i'm jack hanna, cominge at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild countdown." are you scared of the dark? i hope not, because today i've got six stories about creatures of the night. >> you will be looking for the shiny eyes tonight. >> what's that? what's that thing? giants so powerful, they could crush you with a single step. there are several of them out here. there's another one there. good night. stealthy hunters equipppped with night vision. when it gets dark, tt's when the animals start moving. >> yeah. >> plus bats, rats and deadly snakes. >> look at this, jack, look at this snake. >> and my blooper of the week.

. >> "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. >> hi, everyone, i'm jack hanna, coming my base camp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild countdown." every time i go out in the field, i meet animal lovers who inspire me. >> by doing this, we're raisi awareness. ok, max is done. >> veterinarians helping save some of the world's most endangered species. >> right now, the mountain gorillas are the only great apes in the world whose population is increasing. >> conservationists living in remote jungles. >> you can see these are turtles who have actually been born in the last few days. >> golly! and even a few brave crossing guards for baboons. do the baboons actually know you're trying to

>> "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. >> hi everyone, i'm jack hanna, coming to basecamp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild countdown." are you scared of the da i i hope not, because today i've got six stories about creatures of the night. >> you will be looking for the shiny eyes tonight. >> what's that? what's that thing? giants so powerful, they could crush you with a single step.erm there are several of them out here. there's another one there. good night. stealthy hunters equipped with night vision. when it gets dark, that's when the animals start moving. >> yeah. >> plus bats, rats and deadly snakes. >> look at this, jack,is snake.

. >> "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. >> hi, everyone, i'm jack hanna, comingre at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild countdown!" the fastest humans can run about 27 miles per hour. that's nothing compared to the fastest animal athletes. look at those things, they're huge! like cats so quick they risk a speeding ticket on every hunt. >> oh, look at that! >> marsupials that barely touch the ground. >> we call them blue flyers. >> blue flyers? >> yeah. >> and birds that break the laws of physics. >>they can actually dive down out of the sky at hundreds of miles an hour.

. >> "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. >> hi, everybody, i'm jack hanna, comingase camp here at the columbus zoo. and welcome to "wild countdown." today's featured creatures are some of nature's greatest engineers and architects. is it digging a hole? >> yes. five feet deep. >> construction workers who build cities from leaves. >> look, there's about 20-something in a row. >> good night! predators that design camouflaged front doors... >> no way! >> no! >> some creatures build structures so strong, they inspire human engineers. look at it, look at the bees climbing in there. look at this. and later, don't miss my blooper of the week.

>> "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. >> hi, everybody, i'm jack hanna, comingyou from my base camp here at the columbus zoo. and welcome to "wild countdown." today's featured creatures are some of nature's greatest engineers and architects. is it digging a hole? >> yes. five feet deep. >> construction workers who build cities from leaves. >> look, there's about 20-something in a row. >> good night! predators that design camouflaged front doors... >> no way! >> no! >> some creatures build structures so strong, they inspire human engineers. look at it, look at the bees climbing in there. look at this.

. >> "jack hanna's wild countdown" is sponsored by nationwide. >> hi, everyone, i'm jack hanna, cominge camp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to "wild countdown!" the fastest humans can run about 27 miles per hour. that's nothing compared to the fastest animal athletes. look at those things, they're huge! like cats so quick they risk a speeding ticket on every hunt. >> oh, look at that! >> marsupials that barely touch the ground. >> we call them blue flyers. >> blue flyers? >> yeah. >> and birds that break the laws of physics. >>they can actually dive down out of the sky at hundreds of miles an hour. >> and later, my high-speed blooper of the week. three, two, go!