by
Emsbabee
@ 2008-07-08 - 10:03:21
It wasn't an easy start for Bubble. Her mother hadn't really embraced the pregnancy. In fact, she hadn't planned it at all, she was nose-deep in the grass one day when Bubble's father came up behind her and...well actually she just carried on chewing a particularly tasty dandelion and ignored whatever was going on back there.
To mask the pain of being knocked up by a complete stranger, and having her humiliation broadcast to the nation on BBC's Animal Park, Bubble's mother drank heavily thoughout her pregnancy. And jumped over a lot of gates. As a result, when Bubble finally slithered into the world, she wasn't feeling especially well developed. Nobody was entirely sure that she would make it. Bubble's mother wasn't arsed either way, she had cracked open a fresh bottle of Malibu and was trying to get a conga chain started.
To ease the tension a little, we cut to a feature about Ben Fogle commandeering the Longleat Safari Boat. He does a remarkably good job, despite having to endure the inhabitants of Gorilla Island throwing faeces at the vessel as it sails past.
When we finally get back to the goat house, Bubble is making progress. She's had a very brisk rub-down with a towel and some Pro-Plus. Bubble's mother is trying to start a fight with Kate Humble. Eventually, Bubble is released back into the wild and her mother is arrested for drink driving and given a six month custodial sentence. Another heart-warming success story down at Animal Park. Tune in tomorrow to see Beaky, the anaemic pelican, fall down a hole.