Wild Kratts
Each episode features an animated Kratt Brothers adventure into the mysteries of animals, nature and science. The focus is on animating animal behaviours, interactions and abilities that are next to impossible to capture with wildlife photography.
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Road Runner
May 31, 2013
Koki wants to leave the Sonoran Desert to resupply the Tortuga, but Chris and Martin don't want to go until they track down a mysterious lizard. But they'll need the help - and powers - of their friend the Road Runner.
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Termites vs. Tongues
May 30, 2013
When Aviva and Koki accidentally miniaturize themselves and get carried away by termites, Martin and Chris must split up to search for them.
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Shadow: The Black Jaguar
May 29, 2013
Martin and Chris are trying to decide on their next wild cat adventure when they learn that Zach Varmitech has decided to ,catnap, a Black Jaguar to use as a symbol for his new spybots.
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Gila Monsters Under My House
May 28, 2013
The Wild Kratts receive a call from Xavier, a Wild Kratt kid who lives in the Sororan Desert. A Gila monster has crawled under his house and he's scared! Martin and Chris go to check it out and Xavier soon learns about the amazing life of this creature.
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Sea Horse Rodeo
May 27, 2013
While exploring the world of the sea horse, Martin and Chris uncover a plot by Donita Donata to capture these amazing creatures and turn them into living jewelry.
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Happy Turkey Day
March 28, 2013
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The Snow Runners
March 27, 2013
On their way to return some Hispid hares to Asia, the Wild Kratts accidentally lose them in a wintery North American forest. Martin and Chris must use the amazing winter adaptations and strategies of the Snowshoe hare and lynx to locate the hares before it's too late.
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Rocket Jaw: Rescuer of the Reef
March 26, 2013
While checking out how coral reefs are formed, the Wild Kratts discover that Zach and Donita have sent robotic Parrotfish to collect coral to make jewelry. Martin and Chris must use the power of the greatest hunters of the reef to stop this evil plot.
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Rainforest Stew
March 20, 2013
When Chris and Martin go in search of an obscure rainforest creature to add to their Life Lists, the Wild Kratts becomes embroiled in the complex relationships of a tropical rainforest.
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Aqua Frog
March 18, 2013
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Bad Hair Day
March 11, 2013
Chris and Martin try to help a lion named 'He who breathes fire' get past obstacles and back to his pride, who are under siege from two intruder lions.
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Blowfish Blowout
January 24, 2013
When the miniaturized Kratt Brothers get swept up and lost in a current of plankton, they become part of a crowd of fish larva all headed to the most populated and diverse habitat on Earth - the coral reef.
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Speaking Dolphinese
January 22, 2013
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Zebby's Snacktime
January 11, 2013
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Raa Raa Finds a Voice
January 10, 2013
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Huffty Loses His Voice
January 9, 2013
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A Time To Be Quiet, A Time To Be Loud
January 7, 2013
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Secrets of the Spider's Web
October 31, 2012
When the creature adventuring Kratt Brothers take a nasty tumble, the Wild Kratts sets off on a mission to find and recreate one of the greatest of all biotech engineering secrets. Spider silk.
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Creature Power Challenge
October 18, 2012
After getting caught in the middle of a tussle between a grumpy rhino and an outraged elephant, Martin and Chris decide to have a contest to decide what's stronger - elephant or rhino powers.
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Neck and Neck
October 17, 2012
As Chris and Martin search for the answer to why giraffes have long necks, a mischievous giraffe begins secretly taking Creature Power Suit parts and supplies from the Tortuga.
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Bugs or Monkeys?
October 16, 2012
A miniaturized Martin wants to check out insects in the rainforest, but Chris wants to investigate the world of the Spider monkey. Chris wins when he puts ,mini, Martin in his back pack and heads off through the treetops.
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Race for the Hippo Disc
October 15, 2012
When Chris and Martin accidentally lose a Power Disc on the African savannah, the Wild Kratts goes into crisis mode to find the disc before it gets into the hands of Zach Varmitech.
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Raptor Roundup
September 16, 2011
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Googly-Eye: The Night Guru
September 15, 2011
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Birds of A Feather
September 14, 2011
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Stuck on Sharks
September 13, 2011
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A Bat in the Brownies
September 12, 2011
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Quillber's Birthday Present
September 9, 2011
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Little Howler
September 8, 2011
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The Gecko Effect
September 7, 2011
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Flight of the Pollinators
September 6, 2011
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Masked Bandits
September 5, 2011
As they prepare for a creature costume party, the Wild Kratts team begins to notice all sorts of strange things happening in the Tortuga HQ. Jimmy is sure there is a ghost or monster living with them, but the Kratt brothers are convinced it's some kind of creature. When the gang sets out to discover who is causing all the trouble, they discover that certain animals gravitate towards human habitation because it provides food and protection from predators. Animals Featured: Raccoon, Gray wolf Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Raccoon swimming, Wolves hunting raccoon
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The Food Chain Gang
June 14, 2011
Aviva wants to build a food web for the African savannah, so she devises a game and Martin and Chris accept her challenge! They will each start as a blade of grass and climb to the top of the food web in a game of ,Power Suit Creature Tag., As they play, the brothers boost their knowledge of the complex relationships between predators and prey as well as the differences between herbivores and carnivores. Animals Featured: Too many to name! Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Termites collecting and eating grass; Bat-eared fox escaping Marshall eagle
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Seasquatch
June 13, 2011
The Kratt brothers' sub loses power while they are exploring the strange landscape of the ocean depths and they are trapped on the ocean floor of the deep sea. Aviva must figure out how to harness the energy from the deep sea's hydrothermal vents in order to save the brothers and return them to the surface. The Wild Kratts team learns all about the amazing process of chemosynthesis and how deep sea creatures transform toxic chemicals into energy. With a little help from the Yeti crab Martin and Chris are able to capture the this energy and use it to restart the amphi-sub and return to the surface. Animals Featured: Yeti crab Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Deep Sea shrimp shooting out bioluminescent ink to distract and escape from predators; ocean life surviving around the hydrothermal vents including the Yeti crab using its hairy arms to collect chemo-synthesizing bacteria for food.
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A Huge Orange Problem
June 9, 2011
While Chris and Martin are off searching for the endangered Orangutan in the deep forests of Borneo, back at the Tortuga HQ Aviva, Koki and Jimmy get carried away swinging on vines and their muscles so get incredibly sore that they can't do anything. The bros attempt to rush back with the first aid kit but a huge orangutan keeps tossing them back into the forest. Here they learn that orangutans use a special leaf and chew it into a lotion to ease muscle soreness, and return with this orangutan medicine to help their friends. But Zach has sent his Zachbots to fell the trees of the orangutan forest, and Martin and Chris activate the orangutan powers of the Creature Power Suit to rid the forest of saw-armed Zachbots, and save the orangutans rainforest home. Animals Featured: Orangutan Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Orangutans making medicine out of leaves to relieve itching; newly-discovered behavior of Orangutans mashing Collellum leaves as a poultice to relieve muscle inflammation and soreness
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Zig-Zagged
June 8, 2011
Chris and Martin get caught in the middle of a Zebra stampede, and when the dust clears, a lone baby Zebra is left behind. The Wild Kratts must find the young zebra's herd and return him to his mom. Along the way, they learn the secrets of patterns in the creature world and how the zebra's stripes are critical to a special defense called ,confusion camouflage., Animals Featured: Zebra, Hyena, Giraffe, Hippo, Crocodile Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Zebras using their unique ,confusion camouflage, defense against predators; a stallion face-off
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Caracal-Minton
June 7, 2011
The Wild Kratts crew were playing badminton on the African savannah when a high jumping wildcat called a caracal steals the birdie. And this is no ordinary birdie - it is Aviva's precious family heirloom. As they rush to get back the treasure from an elusive, leaping Caracal cat, they learn how the caracal's musculature is specifically designed stalking and leaping- a perfect example of the concept of ,form for function., Inspired by this Aviva perfects the caracal power for the Creature Power Suit and leaps off to retrieve Aviva's special birdie and rescue some caracal kittens who get into trouble along the way. Animals Featured: Caracal, Guinea fowl Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: The caracals ability to catch multiple birds in a single leap. Inside a caracal den with kittens.
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Mimic
June 6, 2011
While exploring why some animals mimic the looks of others, Martin and Chris encounter a cheetah cub and its mom. But before they know it, evil fashion designer, Donita Donata, 'cat-naps' the startled mom right in front of their eyes. The Wild Kratts team springs into action on a rescue mission before Donita adds the momma cheetah to her new fall line. Martin discovers that the cheetah cub has unexpected powers of mimicry, and it's ability to mimic the ferocious honey badger - is the key to foiling Donita and protecting the cheetah. Animals Featured: Cheetah, Honey badger, Black mamba Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Cheetah cub mimicking a Honey badger and discouraging predators from coming too close
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Ker-Honk
June 2, 2011
When Martin's and Chris' Creature Power Suits unexpectedly get jammed in Proboscis monkey mode and the top monkey of the troop is injured protecting a youngster from a crocodile, the Kratt brothers find themselves stepping into the injured monkey's role. While Aviva nurses the monkey back to health, Chris and Martin must keep the troop together and soon discover the important communication function of the proboscis monkeys strangest feature - his huge, droopy, bulbous nose! They uncover some of the different methods animals utilize to communicate important information to each other. Animals Featured: Proboscis monkey, Clouded leopard, Python, Gavial Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Proboscis monkeys swimming in a river; Clouded leopard and Gavials (crocodilians) hunting Proboscis monkeys; Proboscis monkey using their honking alarm call as a predator alert
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Cheetah Racer
June 1, 2011
Chris and Martin announce that no creature or vehicle can travel as fast over the rough and tumble African savannah as the cheetah. Aviva takes the challenge and declares she will build a ground racer that can run even faster than a cheetah. Of course Zach wants to prove that he is a better inventor than Aviva and joins the race. The team, inspired by the cheetah, ,revs up, to explore the different functions required for speed build a cheetah racer and win the race. Animals Featured: Cheetah, Gazelle Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: New look at the Cheetah' unique body design and the aspects that make it the fastest animal on the planet
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Koala Balloon
May 31, 2011
Martin and Chris must protect a young koala stranded in the Australian Outback, and help him get back to his Eucalyptus forest habitat. On their quest to return the adorable animal home, the brothers discover lots of interesting facts about how animals are specialized to their own environment, and with some tips from an intrepid desert dweller called the thorny devil, they must survive the desert crossing and bring the koala home. Animals Featured: Koala, Dingo, Thorny devil Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments A pack of dingoes chasing a koala, the thorny devil's special straw like skin features that bring dew to his mouth through capillary action for the desert lizard to drink.
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Falcon City
May 30, 2011
The Kratt brothers are itching to fly with the world's fastest animal, the Peregrine falcon, which can hit top speeds of 240 mph. But their efforts are side-tracked when the rest of the Wild Kratts team challenges them to find the falcon in the city instead of in the wild, and Chris' Creature Power Suit is accidentally activated with Pigeon Powers ! But then they discover that Zach is sending his Zachbots to clean off a building that has a peregrine falcon nests with chicks! Martin and Chris must activate their Peregrine falcons powers and harness the force of gravity to pull off a high flying creature rescue! Animals Featured: Peregrine falcon, Pigeon Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Nestling pigeons drinking ,pigeon milk, from both parents, Step by step of peregrine falcon harnessing the force of gravity to be the world's fastest flier.
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The Blue and the Gray
May 10, 2011
Martin and Chris are absorbed in a hilarious competition to discover who is the best acorn planter, blue jays or gray squirrels, when a strange Creature Power Suit malfunction transforms Martin into an acorn and grows him into an Oak tree! Chris activates the squirrel powers of his Creature Power Suit, but gets waylaid by a bobcat and goshawk, and the Aviva, Koki, and Jimmy can't find them. It'll take some animal-loving Wild Kratts kids to get them out of this mess
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Kickin It With the Roos
May 4, 2011
When Chris and Martin meet up with a mob of Red kangaroos, they get their car keys stolen by a joey and have to figure out how to get them back from the tricky little guy. As they jump into the life of the roos to search for the missing keys, the brothers realize that animals live in different kinds of social groups and they have important behaviors that keep the group together and safe. But everybody wonders just how safe this search has become, when Chris and Martin get tangled up in a kickboxing match with the dominant male and caught in the middle of a dingo attack.
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Let the Rhinos Roll
May 3, 2011
The Wild Kratts team is on an important mission to unearth why Rhinos are mysteriously disappearing from the African Savannah. They soon discover that Zach Varmitech has been kidnapping them to create a new super Rhino Dozers so the creature adventurers devise a plan to rescue them - and it just might work! Along the way, they explore the nature of symbiotic relationships and learn that animals have different structures and behaviors that help them defend themselves. Rhinos use their size, sharp horn, mud bathing and their relationship with a small bird for defense.
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Voyage of the Butterflier XT
March 14, 2011
Using Aviva's newest invention, the Butterflier XT, the miniaturized Kratt Brothers embark on the most incredible insect voyage in the world - the Monarch butterfly's astounding 2,000 mile migration to their secret forests in Mexico. Along the way, the gang experiences harsh storms, dangerous predators, and other hardships of the insect migration as they investigate one of the most unusual animal life cycles on the planet. Animals Featured: Monarch butterfly, Spider, Blue jay Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moment: The complete migration from the perspective of a traveling butterfly
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Elephant in the Room
March 2, 2011
The brothers come across a lone baby elephant and bring him back to the Tortuga HQ for safety until they can find his mom. But they learn how mischievous baby elephants can be and get more than they bargained for when it almost destroys the Tortuga! As they rush to get the baby elephant home, the WildKratts team realizes that animals have different structures that serve various functions in growth and survival. And an elephant's trunk is like the multipurpose tool of ,creature features, with hundreds of uses, including: showering, blasting water, grabbing, lifting, communicating, "hearing", pushing and pulling.
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Walk on the Wetside
March 1, 2011
When Chris and Martin locate an amazing water-walking Basilisk lizard in Costa Rica, they try to replicate its actions in order to learn how this rare lizard is able to walk on water. They discover that by using its wide feet, churning its legs to create water pockets and keeping up a certain speed, the Basilisk is able to run on water in order to escape from predators. And when Donita Donata begins capturing basilisks, Martin and Chris us their new water walking powers to rescue these rare lizards. Animals Featured: Basilisk lizard
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Octopus Wildkratticus
February 23, 2011
When Martin accidentally knocks the Creature Power Suits into a deep Arctic trench, Aviva takes the brothers to search for them in her brand-new Octopod submarine. But after the gang encounters what seems to be a very strange new species of underwater octopus, they figure out that something has gone very wrong in the deep sea. In order to set things right, the Wild Kratts team must employ all the amazing superpowers that an octopus has for survival, including ink defense, jet propulsion, tentacle regeneration, and camouflage. Animals Featured: Giant Pacific octopus, Great White shark, Walrus, Bowhead whale Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: The Giant Pacific octopus defense tactics in action against a Great White shark
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Tazzy Chris
February 22, 2011
When Martin and Chris assist the Tasmanian Wildlife Service in tagging endangered Tasmanian devils in order to learn more about them, they discover that Zach Varmitech has begun kidnapping them to create a ferocious new Zachbot. And, to make matters worse, a malfunction in Chris' Creature Power Suit has Chris transforming erratically and uncontrollably into a Tazzy Devil and back again! As the Wild Kratts team works to foil Zach's horrible plot, Chris experiences what being a Tasmanaian devil is all about and the gang discovers that a healthy ecosystem actually contains both predators and scavengers. Animals Featured: Tasmanian devil Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Young Tasmanian devils climbing a tree - a behavior only recently discovered
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Mystery of the Weird Looking Walrus
February 16, 2011
Chris and Martin are out to investigate why the walrus looks so weird, but then find out that Zach Varmitech has kidnapped an entire herd to mine precious pearls for Donita Donata's fashion line. The Wild Kratts team figures out that walrus' have incredible powers that have a lot to do with how they look. They must employ the walrus' super suction and other amazing powers against Zach to save the herd and return them back home to their Arctic domain. Animals Featured: Walrus, Giant Pacific octopus Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Walruses using suction to pull clams out of their shells like living vacuums
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Fireflies
February 15, 2011
It's time for the annual Wild Kratts Firefly Picnic so the brothers head off into the forest to find some fireflies to join the fun. But evil fashion designer, Donita Donata, has been capturing all the amazing flashing insects to use for a sparkly, one-of-a-kind dress. Will the Wild Kratts team be able to save the firefly population? They'll have to use everything they know and learn about bioluminescence and fireflies to save the day! Animals Featured: Male and Female fireflies Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Close-up view of how the firefly actually mixes up chemicals in its abdomen to create light.
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Bass Class
February 9, 2011
Martin and Chris are in the middle of a friendly competition to find Smallmouth and Largemouth bass when they encounter Gavin, a ,Wild Kratts Kid, who is fishing. Before they can join him, Zach Varmitech arrives and challenges them all to a fishing contest. The whole team must use their knowledge of bass biology and species diversity to win the tournament fair and square. Animals Featured: Largemouth bass, Smallmouth bass, Sunfish Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Male bass fiercely protecting young; Sunfish using ,wolf pack, strategy to steal bass eggs from the spawning grounds
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Honey Seekers
February 8, 2011
While on an adventure to discover the toughest animal in Africa, Chris and Martin uncover the amazing symbiotic relationships between bees, the Honey guide bird and the Honey badger - a bond that the Wild Kratts team uses to foil the evil plans of Chef Gourmand. Animals Featured: Honey guide, Honey badger, African killer bee Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Honey guide leading Honey badger to bee tree and the two species working together to get honey
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Build It Beaver
February 2, 2011
When the Wild Kratts creature adventurers accidentally break a beaver dam, they must lend a hand to help the beaver family rebuild it and restore the pond ecosystem for all the creatures who live there. They observe how the beavers make marvelous, complicated structures blocking the flow of water down a stream. Through building these dams, this remarkable animal single-handedly transforms the landscape, creating massive wetlands and homes for a huge variety of wildlife. Animals Featured: Beaver, Otter, Moose, Bass, Wood duck, Frogs, Moles, Wolves, Raccoons Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: A family of beavers with kits inside a beaver lodge; the dam building process from start to finish; an otter raiding a beaver lodge
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Polar Bears Don't Dance
February 1, 2011
Martin and Chris are on a mission in the Arctic to discover just how animals move around in different environments. Their new knowledge of both buoyancy and traction comes in handy when they discover that the dastardly Zach Varmitech has kidnapped a Walrus calf and a Polar bear cub. The Wild Kratts team will do whatever it takes to return the baby animals to their mothers! Animals Featured: Walrus, Polar bear Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Walrus and Polar bear battle, Walrus using pharyngeal throat sacs as built in life preservers to float on stormy seas.
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Platypus Cafe
January 26, 2011
On a kayaking expedition in Australia, the brothers encounter one of the world's most unusual creatures: a platypus mother with her eggs. But unscrupulous endangered animal chef, Gourmand, plans on adding the platypus eggs to his menu. Chris and Martin must harness the special electromagnetic ,sixth sense, of the platypus to save the eggs. They realize that animals use their senses to find out about their surroundings and themselves, and different senses give different information. Animals Featured: Platypus Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Platypus eggs with developing baby platypus inside; mother platypus with eggs inside a platypus burrow; platypus hunting with electroreception
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Mystery of thr Squirmy Wormy
January 25, 2011
Aviva miniaturizes Chris and Martin for a fascinating underground mission to meet earthworms and ,dig up, the answer to the mystery of why worms come above ground when it rains. But they have to hurry, as they soon realize that life as a worm is full of dangers at every turn. Along the way they learn that wet objects can be changed by heating and cooling and that the worm's unique environment helps them stay moist. Animals Featured: Earthworm, Star-nosed mole, Raccoon, Large Mouth bass, Bull frog, Robin, Brown thrasher Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: The underground, private life of the common earthworm
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Flight of the Draco
January 19, 2011
While on a mission to discover the secret of the Draco lizard's gliding abilities, Martin and Chris uncover an evil plot devised by villainous fashion designer, Donita Donata, who has been capturing these amazing creatures to make them part of her new Fall collection. It's the Wild Kratts team to the rescue using what they know about gliding and gravity! Animals Featured: Draco Lizard Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Angles and perspective on Draco flight; first flight of Draco hatchlings
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Aardvark Town
January 18, 2011
After a young aardvark accidentally becomes a stowaway in Chris's backpack, the Wild Kratts team sets off on a ,door to door, search to return him to his home burrow. Along the way, they discover how aardvarks manipulate earth materials to alter landscapes and learn the incredible (and valuable) service this amazing animal provides to all the burrow-living creatures of Africa. Animals Featured: Aardvark, Hyena, Termite, Warthog, African Shelduck Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Aardvark raiding a termite mound, and using its powerful digging skills to escape hyenas
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A Whale of a Squid
January 12, 2011
The Kratt brothers are taking Aviva's submarine prototype out for a test drive when the vehicle gets sucked into a battle between a Sperm whale and Giant squid, spiraling down into the depths. Martin and Chris want to follow, but their damaged vehicle can't take that kind of pressure. So Aviva develops whale and squid Creature Power Suits and the intrepid explorers venture where no sub has gone before, where they experience the force of pressure first hand and join the giant squid and sperm whale in the mysterious depths. Animals Featured: Sperm whale, Giant squid Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: Giant squid vs. Sperm whale battle
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Mom of a Croc
January 11, 2011
Chris and Martin are determined to prove to Aviva that there's more to crocodiles than their reputation as scary brutes. They use an egg disguise, created by the young inventor, to infiltrate a crocodile nest for an insider's look at the challenging journey of the infant crocs. They also discover the importance of heat in the life cycle of the croc and that heat can even move from one object to another by a process called conduction. Animals Featured: Nile crocodile, Hippopotamus, Monitor lizard, Soft-shelled turtle Never Before or Rarely Seen Wildlife Moments: A glimpse inside a developing crocodile nest; the maternal care of a mother croc for her babies; an amazing crocodile and hippo encounter.
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To Touch a Hummingbird
Martin and Chris realize that the Hummingbird might be the ultimate flier in the Creature world and ask Aviva to create a new power disc with its powers. The only problem - it's not easy to touch a Hummingbird!
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Journey to the Subnivean Zone
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Rattlesnake Crystal
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Skunked!
When a group of skunks take over the Tortuga and decide to make it their home, the Wild Kratts must find a way to try and reclaim their headquarters.
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The Desert Elves
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Attack of the Tree Eating Aliens
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Ground Hog Wake Up Call
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Tortuga Tune Up




