Buzz Magazine March 2014 | Page 45

lifestyle WILD THING With the new series of Rhys Jones’s Wildlife Patrol airing this month Dr. Jones tells us about his wild adventures. “It’s like CSI otter basically,” says Rhys as he describes what can be expected of the new series of his wildlife who Rhys Jones’s Wildlife Patrol. The show, which sees the doctor travelling the world and helping local wildlife, started last summer. One half Sherlock and one half Steve Irwin the friendly and fascinating Jones has been given a second season to solve even more animal mysteries. “We’ve got an otter which dies under very mysterious circumstances,” he explains “and we’ve got to figure out how this otter died and why it died. Otters are a European protected species and we’ve got to know what’s going on “I also get called in to identify a mummy. So I’ve got a 3000 year old mummy and I’ve got to identify, without damaging the mummy, what’s inside this embalmed case. “It’s a great mix of science, wildlife crime and conventional rescues. We rescue a couple of damsels in distress when they find a giant spider on their roof!” Mon 31 Mar, 7.30pm, BBC One Wales. Info: www.bbc.co.uk pic: JAYDON MARTIN 46 sport 46 sport pic:DAVEONFLICKR THREE PEAKS 50 travel pic:JIWEI HAN KUNG FU pic: NICOLE CALABRIA DUBLIN WWW. BUZZ MAG. CO.UK