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The Sahara: Part Two

The day brings a long hot trip across the salt pans
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The day brings a long hot trip across the salt pans. 10,000 years ago this area was under the sea. Now it is covered in a glistening crust of salts and minerals that intensify the heat by reflecting it upwards. Bear covers his eyes to stop them from cooking in the extreme heat. Then, head down, he plods on and on toward the distant foot hills.

Bear tries an old army trick of jumping from a low-flying helicopter onto the top of a sand duneFor his first tasty snack, Bear tries a sand beetleBear shows a group of Berber children how to do handstandsBear grimaces at the still wriggling body of a horned viper just after chopping off its head
Bear skins a dead camel that the Berber tribe has given to himNext, Bear squeezes camel stomach juices into his mouthBear cuts the 60-metre-long gut looseThe day brings a long hot trip across the salt pans
Desperately seeking water, Bear must climb down into a 150-metre steep-sided gorgeAfter enjoying a cool shower, he catches this little Sahara frog - another tasty morsel on Bear's menuAfter a refreshing shower, Bear is faced with a fearsome climb out of the gorgeThe sight of buildings and palm trees are a welcome break after the barren lands of the desert
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