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When Mr Hammond asks Andy to open the new brilliant bugs exhibit at the park, Andy couldn’t be more delighted. But when Mr Hammond asks Andy a question about how the darkling beetle of the Namib desert drinks water, Andy is flummoxed. If the grand opening is to be a success, Andy needs to know the answer! Jetting off in his safari mobile, Andy heads to the Namib desert in Africa, in search of a darkling beetle that will hopefully show him how it drinks. Along the way, he shrinks down and meets a Namaqua chameleon, but gets quite a shock when he realises it’s trying to eat not only the darkling beetles, but Andy himself! Making his escape, Andy follows the beetles up a giant sand dune where he’s surprised to find it’s particularly foggy. Here, he witnesses first hand just how the beetles drink. But will Andy make it back to the park in time with the answer and before the exhibition opens?

Jen is preparing a holographic display on hard-to-spot animals and desperately needs a scan of a naked mole rat, but can't track down the one living at Safari World. To the rescue comes Andy, who jets off in his safari-mobile, heading to the Sahara desert, in search of this strange-looking creature. His mission takes him into its underground burrow.

Togo's best loved musician, Bella Bellow, had a voice comparable to African American Ella Fitzgerald.

Her talent was discovered when she was at school, and at 21 she was invited to perform at the Festival of Black Arts (Festival Mondial des Arts Nègres, 1966) in Dakar – an event of great cultural significance which made her a household name across West Africa, where she went on tour. She was poised to become an international superstar when she was tragically killed in a car accident at the age of 27.

Though she died at the tender age of 27 in 1973, she continues to influence the country, as well as musicians such as Angelique Kidjo, today.

Presented by BBC Afrique's music expert Ata Ahli Ahelba, who grew up listening to Bellow's music in his homeland, Togo.

Image: Street art depicting Bella Bellow, Credit: BBC

From the Wildebeest to the Paradise Flycatcher.

Singer Roger Whittaker shares his fascination for the wildlife of East Africa and Wales with Derek Jones.

Aided by recordings from the BBC Sound Archive.

Producer: John Burton

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in July 1973.