"♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪" "Hm." "(ANIMAL SQUEALING)" "HEDLEY:" "There goes all of Tanga Village to their new home." "I hate to see them leaving their native land." "Leaving their native land for a better one." "As old as history." "Mike, you know better than I do." "Africa's full of nomadic tribes, moving with their herds in search of water or green pastures." "Yes, but some people are rooted to their land like trees." "Yes, like your friend, Jacob Hamishi." "Why did he have to stay behind and turn poacher?" "Let's find him and ask him." "(ANIMAL LOWING)" " (TRUMPETING) - (LOWING)" "(LOWING)" "(ANIMAL SQUEALING)" "Must be another animal." "Take care of this one, will you, Hedley?" "(ANIMAL SQUAWKING)" "Jacob." "Easy." "On your feet." "All right, Mike." "But you don't have to point the gun at me." "Why do you regard me as a criminal?" "You're poaching." "A man has to live." "Why didn't you go with the rest of your village?" "The government is providing a better place to live." "But I only want to live here." "And nobody can stop me." "(GRUNTS, GASPS)" "HEDLEY:" "Mike!" "Have you seen him?" "So, Mike, you fell for that old poachers' trick, huh?" "Mm-hm." "My mistake was in thinking Jacob was my friend." "Well, I have to admit, it wasn't the friendliest gesture he can make." "But he can still be your friend and want his freedom too." "Yeah, but do you call becoming an outlaw freedom?" "Now, Paula, staying on his own land means freedom." "And he'd rather die than leave." "But he's living just like an animal." "Well, Paula, I think you're being a little hard on him." "You think of him as an animal because animals rely on their instinct." "But I was wondering, does a piece of land mean as much to an animal as it does to a human being?" "It does to me, Daktari." "Oh, yeah, it's your vegetable garden." "Jenny, I was thinking I might have to plow that under because, um, I've gotta make room for some new cages." "Oh, I hope you don't have to." "Jenny, that's just a patch of dirt." "It's not worth fighting over." "I don't care, it's mine." "Oh, yes." "Well, in that case, I guess we'd just better find some other place for those cages, huh?" "Okay." "I'm, uh, ready to join Hedley in the search." "Look, I'm not gonna take any chances with that wrist of yours." "I want you to stay put." " DAKTARI:" "Hey, Bart." " Yeah?" "How about giving me a hand with an experiment." "Oh, and what kind of an experiment?" "Oh, one about freedom and a piece of land." " (HOOTING) - (GROWLING)" "Daktari, stop them!" "They'll hurt each other!" "Oh, no they won't, honey." "No, that's quite normal." "JENNY:" "Fighting and hurting each other?" "(HOOTING)" "I know it looks that way, but they're not really hurting each other." "They're playing." "It's, um, it's their way of testing their strength." "It's part of their growing up." "Can't they grow up friendly-like?" "(HOOTING)" "They are growing up friendly-like." "This is what we call friendly play." "(HOOTING)" "Okay, Judy, that's enough." "Come on." "(SNARLING)" "(GROWLING)" "Jenny, have you ever wondered why animals fight when they're growing up?" "Same reason as people, I guess." "For food and things." "Or maybe they don't like each other." "Yes, but lots of times they fight over whom they want for a mate." "And we call this love and courtship." " That means they'll have babies." " DAKTARI:" "That's right." "And after they have babies, they're going to need land for them to play on, right?" "And you know what really interests me?" "How much an animal is willing to fight for this land." "I don't know about that." "Do you?" "Yes, but we don't know all." "That's why I'm gonna try a different kind of experiment." "One I'm afraid that's going to involve a good friend of yours." "(HOOTING)" "Don't worry, Judy." "I'll protect you." "Well, it's not going to be Judy this time." "No, the animal I have in mind is much better fitted to be a warrior." "Strong muscles, will of iron, powerful jaws, a mighty roar." "(GROWLING)" "(GROWLING)" "Dad, you're kidding." "I think Clarence would rather sleep." "(CHUCKLES) I'm sure he would." "Anyway, Dad, what kind of an aggression experiment can you do with Clarence?" "Oh, a test of the territorial imperative in lions." "Look, we'll take him out to the north water hole, and set him up as monarch of all he surveys." "Wouldn't a wild lion be better suited for this kind of an experiment?" "No, for this I need Clarence." "You see, I know Clarence." "I have all the data on him." "Now, I wanna put him in his own territory and see if his instincts will prevail, crossed eyes and all." "Won't he have trouble finding his food?" "I mean, with his crossed eyes?" "Normally, yes, but we'll take him food every day and Bart and I will be there to protect him." "He has a nice water hole and a few shade trees." " He'll have everything he needs." " Everything except us." "DAKTARI:" "That's another good reason I'd like to use Clarence." "I'd like to see how he behaves without us." "You two have indulged him too much." "After all, he's a lion." "King of the beasts." "Not a pampered pussy cat." "Clarence likes it that way." "DAKTARI:" "Oh, I'm sure he does." "But this is a Center for the Study of Animal Behavior." "And this experiment should help us understand human beings a little better too." "That's right, Jenny." "This is his work and mine." "Okay, Dad, now we put Clarence in this new territory." "Then what?" "Bart and I set up our camera at a safe distance and just film what happens." "What do you expect to get on film?" "DAKTARI:" "That's a choice piece of land." "I'm hoping another lion might try to claim it." "Clarence might get hurt!" "(HOOTING)" "DAKTARI:" "It would take a lot more than a scuffle with another lion to hurt Clarence." "Besides, honey do you think that I would do anything to hurt any of our animals here?" "Especially faithful old Clarence." " I guess not." " Jenny, so far as we know, a lion will frighten off an invader without fighting." "But Clarence isn't ferocious!" "Well, to most people he isn't, but, um.... (VEHICLE APPROACHING)" "(ANIMAL SCREECHING)" "Hello, Hedley." "Any news of Jacob Hamishi?" "Vanished without a trace." "How's the wrist, Mike?" "Oh, not too well, Hedley." "But I'd still like to go along" " and help track Jacob." " Mike, that's a bad fracture." "Hedley's askaris can handle him." "Okay, Marsh." "Hedley, if you find him, please try to talk some sense to him." "Do you really think that's possible, Mike?" "Well, he's from the Tanga tribe, and they've always been peaceful." "Since their land went barren and everyone's moved out" "Except Jacob." "Hedley, he loves his land, poor as it is." "And he's still roaming around out there somewhere." "He's out in the bush somewhere, among the animals." "He's probably becoming an animal himself." "(LION ROARS)" "(ROARING" "(ROARING)" "(ROARING)" "(ROARING)" "(GROWLING)" "(SNARLING)" "(ROARING)" "Okay, Judy." "Get your pal, it's time to go." "(HOOTING)" " Got everything loaded?" " Yeah, she's all set." "Come on, Judy, bring Clarence." " (GROWLING) - (HOOTING)" " (GROWLING) - (HOOTING)" "Okay, Judy, that's enough." "Okay, Clarence." "Come on." "Time to take you to lion country." "Come on." "Hup!" "(ROARING)" "(ROARING)" "All right, Clarence, old buddy." "(SIGHS)" "I know you don't understand all this." "But this is gonna be your new domain." "Hey, you awake?" "Huh?" "Come on, I want you to look around." "You see right out in front of you, that veld out there, that's your east boundary." "And over here... pssh!" "Hey, Clarence, over here." "That ridge, yeah, that's your north boundary." "And that grove of trees is your west boundary." "And you're sitting right here at the north water hole." "(SIGHS) Now that I've give you all these instructions, you might as well have your old ox bone so at least you have something to chew on, keep you company." "Okay, old buddy." "Huh?" "Hey." "You awake?" "Yeah, that's good." "Well, live like a lion." "Be brave." "We'll be around to watch you." " She's all set." " Okay." "Let's grind away, huh?" " At what?" " Oh." "BART:" "Don't you think you've got enough footage of Clarence sleeping?" "DAKTARI:" "I'm afraid so." "It may take him a little while to shake off his old habits." "PAULA (OVER RADIO):" "Wameru calling Marsh Tracy." "Come in, please." "Yes, Paula?" "What's up?" "Dad, the district health office at Ngala called." "He wants some of that East Coast fever serum." "Mike says he feels well enough to take it over." "How about it?" "It's all right with me." "Just tell him take it easy on that wrist." "Okay." "By the way, how's Clarence?" "(CHUCKLES) Sound asleep." "What else?" "Out." "Here." "Give it to Toto." "Give it to Toto." "(HOOTING, SLURPING)" " Here, drink it." " (SLURPING)" "Come on, let's go." "(QUACKING)" "Ah!" "Well, thank you, Jenny." "All right, you guys." "Eat up." " Hello, Paula and Jenny." " Good morning, Officer Hedley." " Hi, Hedley." " Hello, Paula." "Where's, um, your Bart and your father?" "They're up the north water hole on a field trip." "I see." "I say, those are aoudads, aren't they?" "I thought you only got those in West Africa." "We're hoping they'll breed here." "And if they do, they might become a herd for the natives of the Tanga Tribe." "Speaking of them, have they resettled in their new village?" " All except Jacob." " You haven't been able to locate him." "No." "But the chief game warden's office has sent me a dozen askari to carry on the search." "And I've alerted the chiefs of all the local villages." "Sooner or later, we'll run him to ground." "Hedley, you sound as if you're a bloodhound after a fox." "(CHUCKLES) A fox?" "Yes, but a fox with very sharp teeth, and Mike's rifle." "(GROWLING)" "(SIGHS) Brother." "Watching Clarence sleep is really catching." "BART:" "Yeah." " Marsh." " Hm?" "I thought I saw something metallic flash out there." "Huh?" "Hey, Bart. Take a look." "(GROWLING)" "Hey, looks like we picked a good spot for lion traffic, all right." "Yeah, Clarence's finally gonna get something to wake him up." "(GROWLING)" "Yeah." "I'll bet that fellow with the heavy mane is gonna give him an argument." "Hey, catch that." "The one coming down the hill." "See him?" "(GROWLING)" "(GROWLING)" "(ROARING)" " Did you get that?" " Yeah." "(ROARING)" "(ROARING)" "(ROARING)" "He didn't even put up a fight." "Yeah, I bet by now he's in the next county." "(GROWLING)" "(SCREECHING)" "Welcome home, Clarence!" "I'm glad he didn't get hurt." "Well, Jenny, experiments teach us a lot." "This one proves what a man named Darwin once said about survival of the fittest." "Survival?" "What does that mean?" "Well, survival means to stay alive." "You see, it's important to the future of any species, or group, that the stronger of the two rivals wins the piece of land they need to live on." "You see, then he can take care of his family." "You mean, the other lion need the land instead of Clarence" " because he had a family?" " Exactly." "That's one of the things we learned from the experiment." "Daktari, suppose Clarence didn't have anybody like you to feed him." "What would happen to him?" "You mean if he had to get along on his own out in the bush?" "Well, honey, I don't think he could make it." "Animals that are weak or crippled usually don't last very long in the bush." "But that's cruel!" "I know it sometimes can seem cruel, but that's what we call the balance of nature." "The stronger ones live so that they can produce healthier animals." "But Dad, why don't you face the fact that Clarence does not have any aggressive instincts" " and forget the experiment?" " Because the experiment is not over." "Now, look, Clarence was born a lion." "And he should possess the qualities and instincts of a lion." "But why don't you run the experiment with the goats and the aoudads." "If you can get them to breed, you can help all the villagers." "Paula, I have the greatest of faith in you." "You can handle the goats and the aoudads." "I gotta get back to the water hole." "Bart's watching the lion that chased Clarence away." "What can you learn from that big bully?" "Oh, now he's not a bully, honey." "He has to fight hard in order to survive in this world." "Now, we want to see how much he's willing to defend his new territory." "Well, so long, Clarence." "No matter what anyone says, somewhere deep down inside of you," "I'm convinced that you're a lion." "Well, Clarence, I bet you're hungry." "Jenny, wanna help me get some food for Clarence?" "Okay, let's go." "(SCREECHING)" "Ah, it looks like they've settled down for a long stay." "Uh-uh." "Don't bet on it." "Look over there." "Just off to the left." "Notice that the other species aren't moving off?" "They will as soon as they sense the lions' hunger." "Well, we'll keep the camera handy just in case." "Marsh, you think there's gonna be any trouble between the lion that ran Clarence off and these newcomers?" " No, I doubt it." " But Clarence was challenged." "Why shouldn't this new pride give him a bad time?" "Just take a look at them." "As you know, lions think through their noses." "You can bet your bottom dollar they smell that other group coming down." "(GROWLING)" "Must be old friends, huh?" "Old friends or, more than likely, relatives." "Yeah, looks like you're right." "Sort of an old-fashioned family reunion." "(GROWLING)" "I sure was wrong about Clarence, though." "Yeah, we all make mistakes." "Look how wrong Mike was about Jacob Hamishi." "Even so, I hope he doesn't run into any trouble out there." "Oh, I think Hamishi is like those lions." "And like his forefathers who walked these hills 100 years before, he knows how to survive." " How about some food, huh?" " Sounds like a good idea." "Those lions out there look well fed." "I doubt if they'll be doing any prowling around there." "Well, I don't know." "There's liable to be one in that pride that's mighty hungry." "(DAKTARI SIGHS)" "(ROARING)" "Hey, Bart. Look." "Looks as if my hunch was right." "Those herds are moving off." "They must sense that the lions are gonna start on the prowl before too long." "Makes sure they don't become the breakfast special, huh?" "That's right." "This helps confirm the territorial imperative." "They must sense that the lions are going to be here to stay." "Those animals are not gonna hang around waiting for Mama Lion to go to the meat market and get a steak for the old man, right?" "Marsh, I think those lions are tucked in for the night." "No, not all of them." "I'm willing to bet that out there somewhere is a lioness either stalking those herds or looking for easier prey." "And if she finds it she'll come scurrying back and they'll organize a formal hunting party." "(BLEATING)" " (BLEATING) - (ROARING)" "(ROARING)" "(ELEPHANTS TRUMPETING)" "Hey, Marsh, come here." "I think it's a hunting party." "See?" "Uh-huh." "The scout must have found a herd." " You wanna go after them?" " No." "No, this is a territory experiment." "Not a feeding habit." "Hedley calling Daktari, Hedley calling Daktari." "HEDLEY (OVER RADIO):" "Do you read me, Marsh?" "This is getting to be a busy morning." "Yes, Hedley, I read you." "Where are you?" "I'm two miles east of the Ula River crossing." "Now, can you and Bart join me?" "I've got a lead on Jacob Hamishi." "But all my askaris are out of radio range." " Right away." " Good." "Out." "Marsh, where do you suppose the lions are headed?" "I don't know." "They're sure onto something." "(HOOTING)" " What is it, Judy?" " (HOOTING)" " Is something wrong?" " (HOOTING)" "Okay, Judy, we'll follow you." "(BLEATING)" "The fence." "I guess one of the goats must have broken out last night." "We can find her, can't we, Paula?" " Oh, sure." " (HOOTING)" "Oh, no." "(SIGHS)" "Jenny, those are lion tracks." "I'm afraid a lion might have gotten your goat." "(HOOTING)" "(LION ROARS)" "(SCREECHING)" "(HISSING)" "Wameru calling Marsh Tracy." "Come in, please." "Wameru calling Marsh Tracy." "This is Paula." "Do you read me?" "Must be out of range." "Paula, what are we gonna do?" "Can't we put the lions to sleep, like Daktari does?" "If I tranquilize one, the other one might attack before I get the second dart off." "Judy, help me cage the aoudads." "And Jenny, I want you to get in that house and stay there." "Don't come out." "Now, go!" "Come on, Judy." "(GROWLING)" "(ROARING)" "(SNARLING)" "(SNARLING)" "(HOOTING)" "Come on in, Judy." "Hurry!" "Come on!" "(GROWLING)" "Clarence, stay away from those lions!" "They'll tear you to pieces!" "(GROWLING)" "(ROARING)" " Come on, Judy." " (HOOTING)" "(ROARING)" " (ROARING) - (SCREECHING)" " (ROARING) - (HOOTING)" "(HOOTING)" "(ROARING)" "Go on, Clarence!" "Give it to the big bully!" "(ROARING)" "(HOOTING)" "(ROARING)" "Come on, baby." "Oh, come on." "Oh, Clarence." "Oh, Clarence, I am so proud of you." "You have no idea." "And you do have fighting instincts." "If Dad could have only seen you." "And that's one thing we don't need today, that dart rifle." "(ROARING)" " (ROARING) - (SCREAMING)" "(ROARING)" "(SCREAMING)" "It's Mike's rifle." "Hamishi must be near here." "It looks as if he had a tangle with a lion." " Yeah, and he's wounded." " (ROARING)" "(GROWLING)" "Hold it." "You might hit Jacob." "(ROARING)" "I'm going down." "Toss this to me." "Marsh!" "Easy, easy." "Let's get you back to the compound and get that cleaned up." "Come on." "Thank you, Daktari." "Dad, you wouldn't believe how brave Clarence was." "(GROWLING)" "From the description you gave me, it sounds like the same lion that chased him away from the north water hole." " Which proves your theory." " I was wrong about one thing, though." "This is Clarence's territory." "This whole compound." "Not some stretch of land out there in the bush somewhere." "No, I am thoroughly convinced that Clarence would die defending this place and everyone in it." "We're proud of you, Clarence." "All of us." " (HOOTING) - (GROWLING)" " Hamishi, put that gun down!" " No!" "Clarence and I are alike when it comes to our home." "We're not afraid to die, neither of us." "I said put that gun down!" " Hamishi, put that gun down!" " You won't take me away from my land." "I'll fight for it, no matter what." "Jacob." "You don't want to use that on anybody, do you?" "I will never leave my home." "Can't you make them understand that?" "Marsh, he must leave." "He has no choice." "Wait a minute, Hedley, wait a minute." "I know how Jacob feels." "I think any man that's willing to fight for his land deserves help." "But his land is too poor." "What if he were to make it rich again?" "We can loan him the tractor, give him seed and fertilizer." "There's no time." "He couldn't exist out there until his first crops came in." "Jacob I happen to know that you're a very, very fine hunter." "How do you think you'd be as a herdsman?" "I would be the very best at anything." "You see those?" "(BLEATING)" "Suppose you took those aoudads back to your village." "Would you breed them for me and protect them from predators?" "If you really mean that, Daktari," "I'd be as kind to them as my own family." "Naturally, I'd pay you for your work until your crops came in." "Hedley, um, you think you could get the poaching charges against Hamishi dropped?" "And then, uh, have him paroled into Marsh's custody." "Hamishi, if I let you go free, will you listen to Daktari?" "But first, Daktari, you must learn me the guns with the sleeping medicine." "So we can drive the lions away from the water hole." "No, Jacob." "That land is theirs." "They need it to live." " But I need the water." " We'll help you drill for water." " The lions must go." " Jacob that land is theirs as much as it is yours." "Now that you have the means to survive, you have the responsibility to see that all animals live freely." "As you would do." " (HOOTING) - (GROWLING)" "You agree?" "Africa is a great land." "There's room enough for all of us." "Man and beast alike." "Thank you for the new wisdom you have given me." " (GROWLING - (HOOTING)" "Well, goodbye, everyone." "Oh, Paula." "Now that Clarence has proved himself at last king of the jungle, you might think of renaming him like one of our great British monarchs." " (JUDY HOOTING) - (GROWLING)" "You mean something like, um, Clarence I?" " Why not?" " All right." "But just a minute." "(WHISPERING)" "(GROWLING)" "Dear Clarence, since you have proved yourself to be a true lion at heart," "I hereby dub you Clarence the Lionhearted." "(HOOTING)" "♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪" "(English SDH)"