01x07 - Slimy Buddies

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♪ While walking in the woods one day ♪

♪ Chris and martin saw something strange ♪

♪ A little leaping lemur who liked to bounce and play ♪

♪ They followed their new bouncing friend ♪

♪ Not knowing where this adventure would end ♪

♪ The animals were headed just around the bend ♪

♪ Where are they going? I don't know ♪

♪ How do we get there? Come on, let's go ♪

♪ Me and you and zoboomafoo ♪

♪ Come along and see what's new ♪

♪ We're doing the things that animals do ♪

♪ New animal friends to see ♪

♪ Animal junction is the place to be ♪

♪ Elephants are chargin', baboons are leapin' ♪

♪ Wild dogs runnin', and nobody's sleepin' ♪

♪ Me and you and zoboomafoo ♪

♪ Come along and see what's new ♪

♪ We're doing the things that animals do ♪

♪ Me and you and zoboomafoo ♪

♪ Come along and see what's new ♪

♪ At animal junction, we're waiting for you ♪

Zoboomafoo!

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Chris: run!

They're going to slime us!

Aah! They got us!

We've been slimed.

It's good slime. It means they like you.

I know a lemur who likes getting slimed.

Let's call him.

Zoboomafoo!

Zoboo! Zoboo!

Zoboo is here.

We're going to have fun.

Hey!

What should we get zoboo today?

Ooh!

How about something sweet and slimy?

Mangoes!

Zoboo! Mangoes!

Whoa!

Mangoes are slimy,

But zoboo loves them.

Zoboo is noisy when he eats slimy stuff.

[Smacking lips]

[Burp]

Excuse me.

Zoboomafoo!

Whoa!

Was that mango slimy enough for you?

Slime is good!

Yeah, slime is good,

For lots of reasons.

We have a few friends who want to say hello.

Yeah? Where?

Where?

Where?

Where?

Over here, zob!

Oh, it's puppies!

Hi, puppies! It's me--zoboo!

No, no, no! Slow down, guys! Slow down! Whoa!

That's our zoboo.

Whoa! Take it easy. Take it easy. Ha ha!

Ok, ok, you guys. Whoa!

Boy, are they ever slimy!

Hey, you're little like me.

We can be special friends.

I think I'll call you roy.

Those were big slimy licks for a little lemur.

Here at animal junction,

Everybody gets slimed.

Ha ha ha! Hey!

Remember when cheetah licked me?

Yeah. That was really slimy.

And the white wolves were all over us.

Chris: the puppies loved to lick, too.

And the lion, too.

I like you, too.

It's always slime time in animal junction.

Slime is so fine, I can't believe my mind.

Slime is great!

My turn to slime.

Oh! Now we're both slimy.

Oh, I feel like a mango-- all slimy!

Wait a minute. My face feels like--

Like what, zob?

The creature by the pond.

Who could it be?

♪ Who could it be?

♪ This animal who I did see ♪

♪ Can you help me guess

♪ This mystery?

[Fly buzzing]

Wow! What a mouth!

It was most of her body.

♪ Who could it be?

♪ This animal who I did see ♪

And when I touched her,

That's when I knew. She's slimy!

♪ Who could it be?

♪ This animal who I did see ♪

♪ Can you help me guess

♪ This mystery?

She's a big-mouthed,

Googly-eyed creature.

Do you know who she is?

Chris: big googly eyes...

Slimy...

Hopping.

She must be an...

Mangatslimeska! It's the mystery animal!

This is a big frog.

And slimy.

Slimier than a puppy lick.

I wonder if this frog's slime

Tastes better than puppy slime.

Well, I think I'll try.

Hold it! Don't lick her.

Why not? I like her.

The puppies licked me.

Some frogs have poison in their slime

For protection.

So no licking the frog?

Nope. It'll taste bad.

You could get sick or even die.

Oh.

Hey, wait up!

Look at her foot.

A frog foot doesn't have claws or nails on her toes.

And check out that mouth.

She could swallow a rat.

If you had that mouth, it would stretch from ear to ear.

Her skin is drying out. Time to get reslimed.

There you go.

And that's one of the amazing things--

All frogs have slime.

All frogs have the same basic body design,

Although they're not all alike.

Zoboo: they're different.

Exactly, and there are many different kinds of frogs out there.

One way to find a frog is to follow a puppy

Because a puppy has slime in his nose,

And the slime helps him smell.

That reminds me of when I was leaping along through zobooland.

I was leaping along-- leap, leap, leap--

When I heard something.

[Growling and panting]

A little green puppy ran up.

I like you.

She licked my tummy!

That tickles! Ha ha!

That tickles too much! Ha ha ha!

Stop licking my tummy!

She did, and then she licked my face.

I like you, puppy.

I like you, too, zoboo. Yes.

And that's how the green puppy and I

Became best friends.

The end. All done.

Hey, martin!

Yeah, chris?

Whoa!

Whoo!

Look at this little slimy blob.

A budgett's frog!

A frog's slime is also called mucus.

Zoboo: she's shiny and wet.

That's mucus. It's wet, but it's a lot more.

Mucus keeps a frog from drying out.

Her eyeballs disappear into her head.

That's how she keeps her eyeballs wet.

Budgett's frogs have to stay nice and slimy,

So they live in wet places.

And slime helps keep frog eggs wet.

Frog eggs have slimy jelly all around them.

After a while, tadpoles hatch out of the eggs

And start to grow.

First they grow legs. Then they grow arms.

Then they lose their tails and become frogs.

Zoboo: I can't believe my mind.

Those little swimmers turn into frogs?

Yep. This tadpole will lose her tail,

Grow arms and legs, and turn into...

An african bull frog.

She doesn't look like her mom.

Most tadpoles take two months to become frogs.

Zoboo: this frog lays eggs, too?

Yep. She's a firebelly toad.

Her bright colors tell other animals

She's poisonous and to stay away.

She has poison in her slime!

Poison? Nice froggie.

I think I'll stay here.

How is it over there?

This is how you hang out with her.

She thinks it's time to go.

Saliva is another kind of slime in a creature's mouth.

It helps a creature break food down.

[Mumbling]

What?

Have I got slime, too?

Oh, yeah. So many creatures

Use slime to eat their food.

Monkeys need slime to help them eat bananas.

And elephants need a ton of slime

To chow down on leaves.

Camels chew to mix their saliva in with their food.

A pygmy marmoset loves to lick up gooey tree sap.

And rhinos eat big food, so they need big slime.

Remember, when you eat your food,

Slime is always there to help you.

We use saliva to help us eat.

I didn't know humans could slime.

Humans are creatures, too,

And we start out knowing how to slime big time!

I never realized how great slimy is!

Hey, puppies, do you know that--

Uh-oh. I shouldn't have done that.

No. Slow down.

Whoa! No, no, no!

Ha ha ha!

Oh! Oh! Oh, they're really sliming me.

I think I'll call you lick-me

And you lickster and licorice

And, of course, roy.

Good names, zob.

And I'm all slimed.

Lickster is a real licker.

Guys, look. Lickster is sitting on top of licorice.

♪ I feel different

♪ Not the same

♪ This kind of feelin' I can't explain ♪

♪ There's only one thing that I can do ♪

♪ I feel slimy-ish, how about you? ♪

♪ Slimy-ish

♪ Slimy-ish

Ha ha ha!

♪ Slimy-ish

♪ I'm squishy, and I'm mushy ♪

♪ And I love to be slimed ♪

When a saint bernard puppy plays ball, she plays slimy.

♪ Slimy-ish

I can't believe my mind!

Chris! Martin! The dirt is alive!

You're right, but these are worms living in the dirt.

These super slimers have mucus

That helps them slide through underground tunnels.

Hey, I want to be slimy.

I think it's time we got super slimy. What do you think?

It's time...

To build a slime machine!

Let's go!

Mangatsika!

Ta-da! Ta-da!

Ok. Let's make it slime!

Hold it.

Incoming! Duck!

He's not a duck. He's sticky feet.

A peregrine falcon.

With slimy feet, you would have slid off!

Did you have a good flight?

A little bumpy.

He still hung on

To the message from jackie.

Hi, martin and chris. We're at mudpuppy pond.

Dead leaves make great homes for mudpuppies.

Mudpuppies are a type of salamander

That live underwater.

Mudpuppy pond got its name

Because of the mudpuppies here.

So I'm taking these leaves

And spreading them on the water.

Let's see if the mudpuppies like it.

Maybe they like the rocks better.

Don't their gills look like fingers?

I love mudpuppies. They're cool.

Now it's time to go home, little guy.

Bye!

Mangatsika! Mudpuppies are the best!

Ha ha!

♪ They're going to the closet ♪

♪ They're going on a trip

♪ They're going to the closet ♪

♪ To grab their stuff and split ♪

You know what always happens.

We got to do what we got to do.

Whoa!whoa!

Ha ha ha!

Head lamp!

We forgot to get slimed.

To see slimy creatures, you have to beslimy.

Oh! Ha ha ha!

Aah!

Hey!

If we were slimier, we'd slide right in.

Guys, I'll help you.

Here I come!

Aah!

Whoo!

Oh, yeah!

I've been slimed!

Have you ever!

You're the slimiest lemur I've ever seen.

I'm the slimiest lemur in the world!

We're all slimed up...

And ready for a slimy adventure!

♪ They're going on a cool adventure ♪

♪ And they don't know what's in store ♪

♪ They're coming from the closet ♪

♪ And they're headed out the door ♪

See you later, zob!

Stay slimy!

Our slimy buddies are around here someplace.

All we have to do is find them.

Where should we look?

Let's look for salamanders under rocks.

Martin: a salamander!

Oh, what a great creature!

It's a spotted salamander.

Wow, look at all those spots.

Spotted salamanders are amazing,

Even though they're not the biggest

Or the slimiest salamander.

They like to eat slimy things, like worms.

You have to be really gentle,

Especially when you put them back.

Here's how you put them back the right way.

First you grab the rock

And put it back.

Then you put the salamander beside the rock.

You let him crawl under himself

So he doesn't get squished.

He goes safely back to his world.

Martin: here's another salamander.

An amazing thing about salamanders

Is they actually breathe through their skin.

And slimy skin helps a salamander breathe better.

Who's under here?

A red salamander!

Wow.

That is the brightest one I have ever seen.

Let's put the salamander back.

First you put the rock back.

Then you put the salamander next to the rock.

The red salamander was pretty slimy.

But there's even a slimier buddy out here, and it's not me.

My slime has dried off.

My skin's dry, too.

I could use a good resliming.

Me, too.

Mmm!

All slime and all natural!

Let's just soak for a while.

Slime!

Ok. We're ready to find the largest salamander in north america.

He likes to hang out in rivers like this.

Chris, I found one!

This is a hellbender salamander.

He's the largest in all of north america.

And definitely the slimiest!

For a salamander, he's really big,

But for a hellbender, this is just a baby.

His parents are this long!

We should let him slip away.

Good idea.

There he goes. With that flat body,

He can hug the river bottom and slide under rocks.

Salamanders are amazing!

And slime is good.

And now let's head on back to animal junction.

Whoa!

Even the rocks are slimy.

Whoa! You're right.

Ha ha ha!

[Zoboomafoo laughing]

Sounds like zoboo's having fun.

Let's go.

Look at those snakes!

Snakes? Yeah, snakes!

No kidding. This is a lot of snakes.

Look at this carpet python.

Here's a gray-banded king snake.

Look at the muscle control

On this carpet python.

He lives in trees, and he can reach out between branches.

Chris, check out this big guy!

I'll get him from this end.

He's heavy.

This is a burmese python.

I can't believe my mind!

How about this emerald green python?

The albino version.

Hey, here's a corn snake. Whoa!

Whoa! They're all tangled up!

[Mumbling]

Here's a sand boa.

Wow!

Ha ha ha!

Thank you.

A baby ball python.

The snakes are dry.

They must be running out of slime.

To the slime machine!

Hold it, zob.

Snakes aren't slimy.

People think they're slimy because they're so shiny,

But really snakes are smooth and dry.

Is that good?

They're dry on the outside,

But inside, they're wet.

They have slimy saliva.

Snakes don't chew their food. They swallow it whole,

So they need a lot of saliva for easier swallowing.

The slime machine is lots of fun.

I wonder where he's going.

Uh, uh, snake?

Where are you going?

Oh! Ha ha ha! Martin! Chris!

Hey, hey, hey!

Zoboo's head has gone away.

Slime.slime.

I'm stuck!

Hold on. We'll slime you out of there.

I got the slime.

Slime him up good.

You ready? All right.

We're going to slime you out of there.

Ready.

, , !

Whoa!

Whew! Ooh!

Slime is good!

All right. So let's get slimed.

Hey! Hoo! Hubba hubba!

Slime me! Slime me!

Ok. I'll pull the thing and make you guys slimy!

All right!

Uh-oh.

Maybe the valve created an inverse pressure gradient.

Huh?

All right. That could do it.

I don't get it.

Zoboo: how about this?

The turbo-charged slime condenser!

Good idea!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Ha ha ha!

[Panting]

I tell you, I don't think that worked.

I'm ok.

The "on" valve!

Yeah! We're slimy again!

And we met lots of slimy buddies today.

Yeah! Slimy buddies!

Hey, I have another slimy buddy in zobooland.

I was leaping along--

Leap, leap, leap, leap, leap--

And I thought I heard a rock crying,

And I said...

Is that a rock crying?

No. It's me--slimantha.

You just need a big hug.

That's why I'm sad.

Nobody wants to hug with me

Because I'm so slimy.

But I told her...

I don't mind.

You can give me a hug.

Whoa!

It's hard to make friends when you squirt out of their hugs.

I love your slimy hug! Can you do it again?

Come on!

Whoa! Ha ha!

Now I'm slimy, too, and it's my turn.

This is fun! I'm glad I'm slimy!

Whoo!

The end.

What was our favorite part of the day?

All: I loved being slimed!

Whoo!

Whoo!

Oh, yeah!

♪ This animal is a friend of mine ♪

♪ From the tip of his nose to his funny behind ♪

♪ All the friends that we met today ♪

♪ Are special in their own way ♪

♪ We've all got different names ♪

♪ But we're really all the same ♪

♪ Thanks for droppin' by, we're glad you came ♪

♪ These animals are friends of mine ♪

♪ They jump and swim, crawl, fly, and climb ♪

♪ One more thing we have to say ♪

♪ Go make an animal friend today, yeah! ♪

I'm going to tell my mom about being slimed.

Chris: bye, zob!

Martin: bye, puppies!

Let's go to mudpuppy pond

To find more slimy buddies.

I'm with you.

See you later!

My name is krista.

My hamster coco has one dark eye and one red eye.

We never get too close

To an animal we don't know.

Always give an animal her space.

Never get close to an animal

Unless an adult says it's ok.

There's somebody we know!

Zoboomafoo! Zoboomafoo!

To learn more about zoboomafoo,

And now for a joke from zoboomafoo...

Whoa!

Hey did you know that dogs love to play

Because they are hunters by nature.

- Yeah! I knew that!

- Yeah!

That's why they love to run around and jump,

And grab things with their mouths!

- Yeah! Because they're hunters by nature.

- Ok zoboo! I've got a riddle for you.

- Ok.

- What time is it when you have two pug puppies,

And...

A bucket of balls?

= It's playtime!

Hey puppies! Come play with me!

Hey puppies, how are you?

Hey!

No, no, no let go!

Woah! Hey! Hey!

I'm stronger than you are.