"♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪" "(BIRD CRIES)" "(BABOON CALLING)" "(BABOON CALLS)" "(BABOONS CONTINUE)" "Go on." "It may be the last basket of grapes that I enjoy, thanks to you." "But it'll be well worth it." "It'll be a small price to pay." "It'll be well worth it." "Well worth it." "(SPRAYING)" "(SPRAYING CONTINUES)" "(JUDY CHATTERS)" "Get." "You, get away from there." "Go on." "Get." "(JUDY GRUNTING)" "Your plundering days are over, chimp." "And that goes for all of you." "Go on." "You might as well get moving." "You'll find things pretty tasteless from now on." "(JUDY SCREECHES)" "Go on." "Get out." "Get." "(GRUNTING)" "(BABOONS CALLING)" "(SPRAYING)" "(MONKEYS CHATTERING)" "(TOTO CHATTERING)" "(TOTO SCREECHES)" "(CHATTERING)" "(TOTO CHATTERING)" "(JUDY GRUNTING)" "(SCREECHING)" "Judy, stop teasing Toto." "(PAULA):" "Now, give her some of those grapes." "(SCREECHING AND CHATTERING CONTINUE)" "Judy, you glutton, you." "I'm ashamed of you." "Toto, stop crying." "I'll give you something that Judy can't have, like a nice, fresh banana or some candy, all right?" "(GRUNTING)" "(MEOWS)" "(SQUEAKING)" "(GRUNTING)" "Oh, now you're sorry, is that it?" "You have a bit of a tummy ache?" "Well, that's too bad, Judy." "I wonder how that could've happened." "Don't expect any sympathy from us." "Judy, come on." "Stop faking." "Judy, what is it?" "Judy, what's wrong?" "Dad!" "Jack!" "(PAULA):" "Dad, it's Judy!" "She's sick!" "Dad, it's Judy!" "She's sick!" "Hurry!" "Where does it hurt?" "Paula." "What's the matter?" "(PAULA):" "Well, Judy was eating some grapes and teasing Toto, and she wouldn't share 'em." "The next thing I knew she collapsed." "(JACK):" "Well, how many did she eat?" "(PAULA):" "Enough to upset her stomach, but not enough to do anything like this." "No, it's not from overeating." "Her pulse is irregular." "Dad, what is it?" "Blue lips, heavy breathing." "Looks like poison." "Well, that's impossible." "She's had those kinda grapes before, they've never affected her this way." "I'll have to pump her stomach." "Uh, Paula, you and Toto wait outside." "(PAULA):" "Come on, Toto." "(MARSH):" "Paula?" "Judy?" "Now, Paula, the poison was from the grapes she ate." "Do you have any idea where she might've gotten them?" "No, Dad." "Well, it contains a toxin I've never seen before." "Well, can't you give her some sort of counteractive?" "Well, I can try, but until I find out just exactly what it is that she's taken," "I'm afraid it's gonna be a hit-or-miss medication." "Marsh, all the earth on Judy's feet is red eluvial." "That would be the Salo area." "Ah." "Well, that means it's within about a five-mile radius." "Mm, it's a lot of ground to cover." "What are you talking about?" "Well, we have to try to find the vine or vines that infected Judy so we can run an analysis on the grapes." "But Dad, we don't have time." "Just look at Judy." "Now, now, Paula." "Just calm down." "Now, listen." "We're going to call Hedley, tell him what's happened, and then he, Jack, Mike, and I" "We'll each take a section and start looking." "But Dad, the chances of finding that vine are one in a thousand." "We don't have any choice." "I want you to stay here with Judy and give her one of these every half hour." "We'll keep checking back by walkie-talkie to see how she's doing." "Let's go." "We need all the samples we can get." "(SQUEAKING)" "(SQUEAKING)" "Hello, there." "Hello." "I'm District Officer Hedley." "Uh, Coopersmith." "Terry Coopersmith." "Glad to meet you." "I'm glad to meet you, Mr.Coopersmith." "Here, have some coffee." "Uh, no, thank you." "Actually, I would've driven by this place but McDonald down the road told me you just moved in here." "(TERRY):" "I took possession two weeks ago." "Well, if I'd known that, I'd have come by to say hello." "I" " I like to keep abreast of all the new people in the neighborhood." "Better late than never, I suppose." "Hm." "Actually, the reason I'm in the area is rather urgent." "Oh?" "(HEDLEY):" "There seems to be a crisis." "I've talked to the other farmers in this section." "What sort of crisis?" "One of the pet chimps in the Wameru compound has suddenly been taken very ill because of some grapes she ate." "Grapes?" "What kind of grapes?" "(HEDLEY):" "We don't know that." "That's our problem." "Oh, I see." "I see you have grapes on your property." "Yes, I have." "They're very tasty." "(HEDLEY):" "Oh, you eat them yourself, then?" " Every day." " They've never made you ill?" " No." " Nor any of your animals?" "No." "Matter of fact, I understand that animals won't touch anything that makes 'em sick." "They instinctively shy away from it." "Oh, yes, that's true, to an extent." "Naturally, animals don't eat poisonous plants as a rule, but, uh, if it's a synthetic poison" " Synthetic?" " Well, yes, um, like an insecticide." "Animals sometimes can't differentiate." "That's why the use of unregistered insecticide is strictly forbidden in this area." "Oh?" "You sound surprised." "Didn't you know that?" "I knew it." "Uh, I" " I was surprised at that reason of it being forbidden." "That's, uh-- That's very interesting." "Here, have some grapes." "Uh, no, thank you." "Actually, I'm too upset to eat." "This, uh, pet chimp seems to be very important to you." "When you've been in the area for a while, Mr. Coopersmith, you'll realize that all the reserve animals are important." "Judy is a particular favorite." "Well, I must be getting along." "I suppose we can scratch this area off our list." "Now I remember." "Old man McGrady used to be very bothered with baboons in this area." "Well, you don't seem to be cursed with the same problem." "No." "Uh, not as yet." "Well, I'm glad to hear it." "I hope I see you again soon." "(ENGINE STARTS)" "(GRUNTS)" "(GASPING)" "(EXHALES PAINFULLY)" "(MARSH):" "Paula, can you hear me?" "Paula, do you read me?" "(PAULA):" "Yes, Dad, I hear you." "Marsh." "Marsh, it's Jack." "I" " I gotta get back to the compound." "Dad, the pills aren't working." "Judy's pulse is weaker." "Now, Paula, listen." "Give her a shot of adrenaline." "(PAULA):" "How many cc's?" "(MARSH):" "About a quarter milligram, and give it intravenously." "I'll check back in about 15 minutes." "Dad, did you find anything?" "No, I'm just taking some samples." "We won't know anything until we run an analysis at the lab." "(PAULA):" "All right, Dad, please hurry." "(MARSH):" "Honey, we're all doing our best." "Mike, Hedley, Jack." "All of us." "Don't worry." "We'll come up with something." "Bye, Dad." "(JUDY SQUEAKS WEAKLY)" "(ROARS SOFTLY)" "(MARSH):" "Uh, Jack, can you hear me?" "Yeah, Marsh." "I" " I can hear you." "Did you say something about going back to the compound?" "Well, I thought I lost something, but I" " I found it." "I" " I guess I'm getting a little punchy." "Oh." "Well, how long before you finish with your area?" "Well, I'm moving as fast as I can." "I'd say about two hours." "Jack, your voice sounds kind of funny." "(MARSH):" "You sure there isn't anything wrong?" "No, Marsh." "I'm fine." "Well, look, I'm going over to Chief Mtuba's village, see if any of his people have taken ill." "It might save some time." "Marsh, look, Mtuba's medicine man isn't exactly fond of you." "He did threaten to slice you up if you ever got near the chief again." "Yeah, I know." "But Judy's life is at stake," "(MARSH): so I figure anything's worth the risk." "Yeah, I guess you're right." "Well, Marsh, look, keep in touch, huh?" "Yeah, will do." "You do the same, huh?" "Out." "(SIGHS PAINFULLY)" "(ELEPHANT ROARS)" "(ROARING CONTINUES)" "(JUDY GRUNTS)" "Oh, Judy." "You can't die." "You just can't." "(SQUEAKS SOFTLY)" "Dad, this is Paula." "Do you hear me?" "(PAULA):" "Dad, this is Paula." "Do you hear me?" "Dad, do you read me?" "Paula, it's Jack." "What's up?" "I've been trying to reach Dad, but there's no answer." "Have you heard from him?" "Yeah, he went to Mtuba's village." "Mtuba's village?" "After all that trouble?" "Don't worry, honey." "He'll be all right." "Well, I gave Judy the shot of adrenaline, but she's still not responding." "Gums are dry and pale, and her heart's very weak." "(MARSH):" "Paula." "Paula, don't do anything." "Dad, where are you?" "I'm just leaving Chief Mtuba's village." "(VILLAGE CHATTER)" "(PAULA):" "Did you learn anything?" "No, but I have a hunch that" "Mtuba's witch doctor's been brewing up something new, because they sure don't want me around here." "(MEN SHOUTING)" "What's Judy's blood pressure?" "Seventy-five over 60." "That was about five minutes ago." "Well, look, give her a shot of methoxamine, 15 milligrams IV." "I'll keep checking back." "All right." "Over and out." "(VILLAGERS CLAMORING)" "(PANTING)" "(DRUMMING)" "Marsh?" "This is Mike." "Do you hear me?" "Marsh?" "(MIKE):" "Marsh?" "Do you hear me?" "This is Mike." "Mike?" "Jack." "Marsh must be out of range." "Do you hear 'em?" "Yeah." "Drums." "I'm at the Djibouti village." "They're sending the message all through the area." "The other villages will be picking it up." "Well, that's good." "Maybe it'll cut down on some of our footwork." "Yeah." "Jack, you sound strange." "You ok?" "I'm fine." "Look, I'll see you back at Wameru, 'bout an hour." "Out." "Well, that can't be." "I picked them before I sprayed." "That can't be." "(GROWLING)" "(GROWLING)" "(BIRD CALLS)" "(LEOPARD SCREAMS)" "(LEOPARD SCREAMING, SNARLING)" "(MONKEY CHATTERS)" "(LEOPARD SCREAMS)" "(PAULA):" "Dad, this is Paula." "Can you hear me?" "Dad, do you hear me?" "(MARSH):" "Yes, Paula, I-- hear ya." "Dad, Jack's been hurt." "He walked into a poacher's spear-trap." "Right." "I" " I'll be comin' in." "(MARSH):" "How's Judy?" "I think you better get here as quickly as possible, Dad." "Roger." "I must've sprayed the basket." "Better get to Dr. Tracy." "(ENGINE STARTS)" "(CAR APPROACHING)" " Any luck?" " Mm-hm." "All bad." "Jack walked into a poacher's spear-trap," "Marsh got run out of Mtuba's village then got jumped by a leopard and is tore up pretty good." "That's dreadful." "Well, how's Judy?" "We won't know that till we run tests on these samples." "Come on." "(MACHINE WHIRRING)" "Dad, she's stopped breathing." "No, she's breathing." "It's faint, but steady." "Jack, make several test tubes of those samples." "Right, Marsh." "Will do." "It's our only hope now." "This one's negative." "(HEDLEY):" "Both of you." "Well, it seems grape hunting's become a hazardous pastime." " Anything?" " Uh-uh." "(TOTO CHATTERING)" "Hello, again, Officer." "Hello, Mr. Coopersmith." "Um, this is Dr. Tracy, his daughter Paula... (HEDLEY):..." "Mike Makula and Jack Dane." " How do you do?" " How do you do?" "You, uh, appear to have suffered an injury." "Oh, yes." "Um, leopard." "(SIGHS)" "What brings you to Wameru, Mr. Coopersmith?" "I was just passing and I" " I, uh, thought of the, uh, uh sick chimp and" " And wondered, uh, how she's doing." "Well, not too well, I'm afraid." "And of course, I wanted to see my new neighbors too." "What are they doing?" "We're, uh, analyzing samples from the area we think she walked through." "If we can find out what the poison is, we still stand a fighting chance." "And, uh, no luck as yet?" "(JACK):" "No, no." "Not yet." "Toto, what are you doing?" "Toto seems to have an inordinate interest in your haversack, Mr. Coopersmith." "(TOTO CHATTERS)" "Doctor, uh, tell me, do you think that, um, a larger animal, um, or even a human, uh, would suffer the same effect from such a poison?" "Uh, what-- What I" " I mean is, uh, if" " If she-- Not that, uh" " If the" "The chimp should not pull through which I'm sure she will-- Uh, but if she didn't would a, uh..." "A human die from the same poison?" "Well, yes, I'd say it's quite possible." "Of course it depends on how much was taken in." "(MARSH):" "Fortunately, Judy has a pretty strong constitution." "This is pretty powerful stuff that she got into." "I just wish I knew what it was." "Well, I, uh-- I think I can help you, Doctor." "If Judy doesn't make it and I find who's ever responsible," "I swear I'll have them locked up for a year." "Well, I, um" " I best be going." "Oh, Mr. Coopersmith?" "I thought you said you could help." "Uh, what-- What I meant was, uh, uh, don't hesitate to call on me." "That is, if I" " I can do anything." "Well, it was nice of him to come by, but he certainly seems like an odd fellow." "(HEDLEY):" "He did act a little strangely, didn't he?" "He wasn't that way when I talked to him earlier." "Toto?" "Toto, where are you going?" "(TOTO CHATTERING)" "Toto?" "Toto, come back here." "Why is she screaming like that?" "I don't know." "(MARSH):" "Toto, come here." "(TOTO SCREECHES)" "(SCREECHING)" "(TRUMPETING)" "(CRASHING)" "(BIRDS SQUAWKING)" "(CHIRPING)" "(CHIRPING)" "(CHIRPING CONTINUES)" "Oh, nothing." "Just nothing." "We've got to find something." "Mike?" "(JUDY WHEEzES)" "Oh, Judy." "She's still breathing, Paula." "And Judy's a fighter." "There's still a chance." "(HOOFSTEPS, BLOWING)" "(TOTO CHATTERS)" "Toto." "Where--?" " Where'd you get this?" " (PAULA):" "Well, what is it?" "It looks like Coopersmith's haversack." "Toto, what in the devil are you doing with this?" "(GRUNTING)" "Dad, what is it?" " It's insecticide." " What?" "Yeah." "Toto must've smelled it when Coopersmith brought it in." "That's why she was pulling at his haversack." "But I don't understand." "Why would he bring it in here?" "I think he came here to confess." "What do you mean?" "He was going to tell us about it, then he got a look at Judy and heard me threaten jail to whoever was responsible." "But how did Toto get the haversack?" "Coopersmith drove off." "Toto couldn't possibly have overtaken him." "Unless he stopped suddenly." "Fresh blood." "Paula, you and Jack run a test on this stuff." "Mike?" "C'mon." "(TOTO CHATTERS)" "Huh." "This is crazy." "What's the matter?" "Well, it's not like any commercial insecticide I've ever seen." "It's got a crude bark acid for a base." "Look." "Settles to the bottom of the test tube." "You mean, it's homemade?" "That's one way of putting it." " You see my eye dropper?" " Yeah, it's right there." "Well, do you have an antidote for it?" "I'll have one as soon as I can." "(JUDY GRUNTS)" "(MARSH):" "Careful, he may have some internal injuries." " (MIKE):" "Uh." " (MARSH):" "Easy, easy." "(MIKE):" "Wonder how he went off the road like that." "(HEDLEY):" "Maybe he swerved to avoid an animal." "(MARSH):" "I don't think it was an animal." "My guess is that he passed out." "(HEDLEY):" "Passed out from what?" "Poison in his system." "I thought he looked a little pale when he was talking to us." "You mean, maybe he's sick like Judy?" "Looks that way." "No wonder he was asking if that stuff could kill a man." "He probably got a dose of the same stuff and was trying to save his own skin." "Well, he's not doing a very good job of it." "Come on, let's get him back to the clinic." "Maybe Jack has that stuff analyzed from the can." "If he has, we might be able to save him and Judy." "(NUzzlNG)" "(SQUEAKING)" "(SOFT ROARING)" "(CHATTERING)" " Oh, Judy." " Oh, baby." "(ROARS SOFTLY)" "(ROARS)" "(HEDLEY):" "Well, you'd have poisoned me too if I'd eaten any of your rotten grapes." "(MARSH):" "Now, Hedley, it's not entirely Mr. Coopersmith's fault." "Mtuba's witch doctor is equally to blame for selling him the stuff." "Then I'm gonna settle with him too." "I was desperate." "I put my last farthing into that farm." "When the baboons started eating my crops, I didn't know what to do," "I thought that spraying the grapes would drive the creatures away." "You might've come to me." "You might've asked a few questions." "Would you have had the answers?" "Well, not about the baboons, perhaps, but I would've warned you against using unregistered insecticides." "(SCREECHES)" "(ANGRY SQUEAK)" "What are you doing?" "Saving you from an ulcer." "You can, um, quit lecturing Mr. Coopersmith now." "What do you mean?" "What's in that vial?" "Well, it's a special leopard scent I've been working on." "Did you notice how Judy and Toto shied away from it?" "Well, I think it'll be equally as effective against your bothersome baboons." "That's incredible." "No, not really." "Apes usually keep a healthy distance from leopards." "No, I think if you spray a solution of that on your grapes, your troubles will be over." "I am deeply grateful to you, Doctor." "And if Officer Hedley will spare me a jail sentence for my ignorance," "I'll go right home and start using this." "Well, if you'll give me time for a cup of tea," "I might even drive you home." "You ever known a Britisher who could remain angry over tea and cakes?" "And especially cake with, uh, grapes on it." "Oh, well, I assure you they're quite safe." "(ANGRY CHATTER)" "(JUDY SCREECHES)" "Judy, it's all right." "(SCREECHING CONTINUES)" "Well, as they say, once bitten, twice shy." "Shy?" "I'd say the word is "terrified."" "(ALL LAUGH)" "(GROWLS)" "(ROARS)" "(ROARS)" "♪ (THEME MUSIC PLAYS) ♪" "(English" " SDH)"