Nick Miles

San Diego Zoo had raised them together for months to establish strong bonds. Chelsea Java Salas is a wildlife biologist originally from Hawaii. She's been talking to Danny Cox about the Alalas.

San Diego Zoo had raised them together for months to establish strong bonds. Chelsea Java Salas is a wildlife biologist originally from Hawaii. She's been talking to Danny Cox about the Alalas.

San Diego Zoo had raised them together for months to establish strong bonds. Chelsea Java Salas is a wildlife biologist originally from Hawaii. She's been talking to Danny Cox about the Alalas.

Chelsea Javar-Sala speaking to Danny Cox. Now, many of us may well have a childhood memory of being out and losing sight of our parents for a few agonising moments. This next story makes that sound very tame indeed. It involves an eight-year-old boy who went missing in northwestern Zimbabwe and wandered alone for five days in a national park full of wild animals.

Chelsea Javar-Sala speaking to Danny Cox. Now, many of us may well have a childhood memory of being out and losing sight of our parents for a few agonising moments. This next story makes that sound very tame indeed. It involves an eight-year-old boy who went missing in northwestern Zimbabwe and wandered alone for five days in a national park full of wild animals.

Chelsea Javar-Sala speaking to Danny Cox. Now, many of us may well have a childhood memory of being out and losing sight of our parents for a few agonising moments. This next story makes that sound very tame indeed. It involves an eight-year-old boy who went missing in northwestern Zimbabwe and wandered alone for five days in a national park full of wild animals.

He's called Tinatendapudu, and don't worry, this tale does have a happy ending. Camilla Mills is from Zimbabwe and told me more.

He's called Tinatendapudu, and don't worry, this tale does have a happy ending. Camilla Mills is from Zimbabwe and told me more.

He's called Tinatendapudu, and don't worry, this tale does have a happy ending. Camilla Mills is from Zimbabwe and told me more.

So this boy was clearly not a city kid. He'd grown up and was familiar with how you look after yourself in the bush.

So this boy was clearly not a city kid. He'd grown up and was familiar with how you look after yourself in the bush.

So this boy was clearly not a city kid. He'd grown up and was familiar with how you look after yourself in the bush.

The kind of animals that are around there, you mentioned the crocodiles, but there are other animals on land that were quite hard to avoid, one imagines, but he went up to these copies, these stone areas above the plain to escape them.

The kind of animals that are around there, you mentioned the crocodiles, but there are other animals on land that were quite hard to avoid, one imagines, but he went up to these copies, these stone areas above the plain to escape them.

The kind of animals that are around there, you mentioned the crocodiles, but there are other animals on land that were quite hard to avoid, one imagines, but he went up to these copies, these stone areas above the plain to escape them.

Now, would this have been seen as remarkable in Zimbabwe or is it just because we're seeing it from the outside?

Now, would this have been seen as remarkable in Zimbabwe or is it just because we're seeing it from the outside?

Now, would this have been seen as remarkable in Zimbabwe or is it just because we're seeing it from the outside?

Camilla Mills. Coming up in this podcast.

Camilla Mills. Coming up in this podcast.