06x09 - In Search of the Easter Bunny

[bunniefuu]

♪ Wild Kratts ♪

Chris: On the eastern
side of North America,

in an area known as
the Eastern Woodlands,

we're here in a flowery meadow.

Martin: In the beginning
of springtime.

It's us, the Kratt brothers.

Chris: I'm Chris...
Martin: I'm Martin.

And the flowers are
blooming this time of year.

And springtime means....

Martin/Chris: Bunny rabbits!

Chris: These are
domestic rabbits.

This is a Velveteen Lop.

Martin: And this is a Lionhead.

They're so cute, right?

Look at how fuzzy they are.

Like their wild counterparts,

these rabbits have
all the features

that make rabbits, rabbits.

Chris: Like the
classic long ears.

They're always twitching
and telescoping around

listening for any danger sounds.

Martin: And there's the legs.

Long legs that are
great for jumping.

Chris: And I love the
twitchy nose and whiskers.

Again, more senses to
sense the environment.

To smell their food and danger.

Martin: Hey and don't
forget about the eyes

for the same reason.

Eyes on either side of the
head can give the rabbit

a view all around it.

Chris: And check-out this cool
feature, the split upper lip.

It's great while the rabbit's
eating because it can actually

grab on to grasses
and other plants.

Martin: And in the wild, all
these features give wild rabbits

incredible creature powers.

We gotta go check-out
wild bunny powers.

Chris: See you later pal.

Imagine if we could run
and hop like bunny rabbits.

Martin: Imagine if
we had bunny power.

Martin/Chris: What if?!

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Martin: In Search
of the Easter Bunny

Martin: Ah Springtime.
So full of fresh color.

Birds are singing.

Chicks are hatching.

Bunnies are nibbling.

Ducks are waddling...

and quacking.
Duck: (quack!)

Spring has sprung.

Oh yeah...I love Spring time.

And spring means...chocolate!

(laughs)

Aviva: (laughing)
Okay kind of -

but more like spring means
our annual Easter Egg hunt.

Koki: And party!

Jimmy Z: And my traditional nap.

Chris: We need some
more green eggs.

Martin: Ah, you mean
more blue eggs. (laughs)

Aviva: I like Lavender
and yellow eggs.

Koki: Multi-color jellybeans!
Jimmy Z: Ooh...yummy!

I love Springtime!

Martin: Voila!

My Chocolate Easter
Bunny is finished.

Chris/Aviva/Koki/Jimmy Z:
Oooh! Hahaha!

Aviva: That is one
highly imaginative

take on a cottontail rabbit.

Jimmy Z: Yeah, really.

Martin: Uh no...actually, I was
going for more of a jackrabbit.

Chris: Uh, looks like
a snowshoe hare.

Martin: Uh no, my chocolate
bunny is actually a jackrabbit!

Jimmy Z: How come every Spring,
we do all this fun stuff

with chocolate bunnies and
colored eggs anyway?

Aviva: It's an old tradition

that some say
began in Germany....

as a celebration of Springtime.

It started with a story of
a bunny rabbit who left

colored eggs in birds nests.

And that story grew
into the Easter Bunny.

And spread around the world.

Koki: Hmmm....how
many kinds of bunnies

are there in the world anyway?

Let's find out.

Jimmy Z: Wow -
there are so many!

Aviva: On every continent!

Koki: Except Antarctica.

So by my calculations,
there are species

of rabbits and
hares in the world

Chris: And , , ...

species are in North America

which makes it the continent
with the most species.

Martin: And since we're
here in North America,

let's take a closer look...

right here,
in the west.

Chris: Home of the pygmy rabbit.

The smallest bunny
in the world.

Martin: Oh ho.
Aviva/Koki/Jimmy Z: Cute!

Martin: And the
antelope jackrabbit.

It's a hare and one
of the largest bunnies

in the world and the fastest.

Aviva/Koki/Jimmy Z: Awesome!

Aviva: And there are
lots of bunnies in between.

Chris: Like the snowshoe hare.

Ahh! Remember our adventure
with that speedy bunny?

Martin: Oh yeah fun.

Nothing like miniaturizing
and riding a snowshoe hare.

Better than a snowmobile.

And then there's ones
we haven't met yet.

Like...the black-tailed
jackrabbit.

Chris: Appalachian cottontail.

Martin: Desert cottontail.

Chris: Mountain cottontail.

Martin: Eastern cottontail

Aviva: Whoa...that's
a lot of cottontails

Jimmy Z: Uh, hello?

If you're looking for bunnies,

why don't you just
look out the window?

There's one right there!

Martin: Oooh cute.

Aviva: It's so tiny.

Koki: A baby bunny.

Chris: No - it's an adult
Martin/Chris: A pygmy rabbit!

Chris: The smallest
rabbit in the world.

Jimmy Z: So what's
the difference

between a rabbit and a hare?

Chris: Well, they both come from
the same family - Leporidae.

But hares are a lot
bigger with longer ears.

Martin: And like to live alone,
while rabbits are really social.

Aviva: (laughs)
I can see that.

Martin: But there is
another big difference.

Hares live above ground,

while most rabbits live
underground in burrows.

Chris: Hey, what's she doing?

(sniffing)

Koki: Oh, they do
live underground.

It's her babies.

Martin: And the babies
are even tinier, and ...

Martin/Koki: Cuter.

Chris: Yeah, and a mother rabbit
leaves her babies safely hidden

when she goes out to eat grass.

Aviva: Oh, they're so cute.

Martin: Then she comes
back to feed them.

Baby bunnies drink milk for
to weeks after they're born.

Chris: They have to learn
to run and hop quickly.

Because a rabbit's
defense is running away.

And there's a cool
creature feature.

Martin: Oh you mean
the split lip?

Chris: Oh yeah.

Koki: What? Rabbits
have a split lip?

Martin: Hares have them too.

So the lips can kind of work
like little fingers to help

bring food to their mouths.

Aviva: Hmm - not too obvious
how that power will be used

in the bunny power suit.

Chris: Maybe, but one
thing that is obvious,

the pygmy rabbit couldn't be
the bunny we're looking for.

Martin: Yeah they're cute
enough, but so tiny.

You might find one
inside a basket,

but they could never
carry a basket

full of candy,
chocolate and eggs.

Aviva: So of all the rabbits
and hares in North America

which one is the best
candidate to be our bunny?

Martin/Chris: Yeah
I know which...

Martin: You thinkin'
what I'm thinkin'?

Chris: I think I'm thinkin'
what you're thinkin'.

Martin/Chris: Let's head...

Martin: SOUTH!
Chris: NORTH!

Martin/Chris: Huh?

Martin: Are you NOT
thinking what I'm thinking?

Chris: I'm definitely NOT
thinking what you're thinking.

Martin: To the desert!

Chris: To the north
eastern woodlands!

Martin/Chris: To find
the Easter Bunny.

Aviva: Okay, well
where are you going?

Northern Woodlands or desert?

Chris: Well I think we
should have another look

at the Snowshoe hare.
It lives way up north.

Koki: Oh, I love
the snowshoe hare!

Aviva: And I never programmed
a power suit for them.

So I gotta fix that. Let's go!

Martin: Wait Aviva,
you can't go with Chris,

because I think the bunny we're
looking for is a jackrabbit...

so, you've gotta
come south with me

because we don't have a
jackrabbit power suit either,

come on.

Aviva: Well...I...um...

Koki: Checking Creature
Power disc inventory now.

(alarm)

Oh. We don't have any rabbit
or hare power suits.

Not one.

Aviva: Well that means I'll have
to stay here and program up

some bunny power discs,

so, snowshoe hare version
and jackrabbit version.

Koki: And you'll
need help with that,

so I'll stay and assist.

Jimmy Z: I'll stay
too and take a nap.

And maybe when I wake up,

they'll be a basket with
lots of yummy things to eat!

(yawns)

Aviva: He's not going to help?

Koki: Don't worry,
I'll wake him up

when it's time to teleport
a Bunny Power disc.

So guy's, since you don't agree

on what kind of bunny
we're looking for,

while I help Aviva,

I'll also monitor your progress

and be the judge in deciding

who the Easter bunny of
North America should be.

Chris: Uh.. Okay.

Martin: But Koki,
we already know.

It's the jackrabbit for sure.

Chris: You mean the
snowshoe hare bro.

Martin: Well only
way to find out.

Let's split up and get hoppin'.

Chris: The race is on!

Martin/Chris: In search
of the Easter Bunny!

Jimmy Z: Whoa!

Great, with the bros off
creature adventuring,

it will be nice and quiet.

(yawns)

Perfect for a long nap.

(snoring)

Chris: The snowshoe hare has
to be around here somewhere.

Nope.

Oh...I had to hover-park
over a snow bank.

(struggles)

Need these...snowshoes!

Whoa...big feet like these
snowshoes are the secret

to the snowshoe hare.

The snowshoe hare needs
big snowshoe feet

to walk on the snow.

And our bunny would of course
need big feet to run around

and hide all those
colorful eggs.

Martin: I just know our
bunny is a jackrabbit,

and this is the right
place to look.

Martin: Hey, Javier!

Javier: Martin? What
are you doing here?

I didn't believe
it but it's true.

Martin: What is?

Javier: You did say you'd see
me on the creature trail!

Martin: Hahaa, yah and I'm
creature adventuring too,

looking for a jackrabbit.

Seen any?

Javier: There's one.

Martin: Whoa, that
is one big bunny.

Looks more like a
medium sized dog.

Javier: Well,
Jackrabbits are big.

Martin: Oh yeah, real big.

Deploy binoculars.

Sunrise filter on.

Jumping jackrabbits! It is one!

They are really big!

Javier: Then it must be
an antelope jackrabbit.

Martin: Of course.
The antelope jackrabbit!

One of the largest hares in
the world and the fastest.

Aviva, I found a
jackrabbit. It's huge!

Aviva: Fantastico!

Martin: Look at those ears.

Aviva: I'm looking.

Martin: He uses those ears for
hearing danger in any direction.

Whoa, I think he
hears something.

Look how he stays frozen.

Only ears moving.

Eyes on side of head - so
he can see on both sides,

in front and behind.

And he sees....
Martin/Javier: A coyote!

Javier: He's coming this way!

Martin: Look at him run!

Not only is he big, he's fast!

Aviva are you getting this!

Aviva: Oh yeah.

Javier: The coyote
keeps missing.

Martin: And jackrabbits
don't run straight.

They zig and they zag.

So even when the predator
is right on his tail,

changing direction quickly,

allows the jackrabbit
to get away.

Javier: The jackrabbit's safe.

Aviva: Wow! Jackrabbits
are really impressive.

And that's what this jackrabbit
power suit is going to be.

We're really off
to a great start

with rabbit and hare powers.

I'm starting to program now.

Javier: Wow, those long
ears make him really tall.

Martin: Oh yeah -
big and strong too.

If any bunny can
carry an Easter basket,

this jackrabbit can.

I think we found...
The Easter Bunny!

Javier: Huh? Look
there's a baby one.

Martin: Oh yeah, but I don't
think that's a baby bunny,

cause it's not a jackrabbit.

That's a cottontail.

A desert cottontail.

You can tell by it's
fluffy white tail,

like a ball of cotton.

Javier: Ooh...I like cottontails
Martin: Yeah me too.

(snow crunching)

(snow crunching)

Chris: Hey Katie is that you?

Katie: Hi Chris.

Chris: Happy Springtime!

Katie: What are you doing here?

Chris: I'm looking
for the best candidate

to be the Easter bunny.

Katie: You are?

Chris: Yeah and I think
it's a snowshoe hare.

Have you seen any around?

Katie: Well, sometimes I see
one out by the woodpile.

Chris: Awesome. Oh, and
check it out...tracks!

Ah, look at these super
long and wide hind feet.

Like snowshoes.

This hare can travel
over snow the best,

so if we follow the tracks...

(snow crunching)

they should lead us to...

Katie: What?

Chris/Katie: Whoaa.

Katie: (giggling)

Katie: You look like a snowman.

Chris: Well I may have
gotten a face full of snow...

but I a found a snowshoe hare!

Aviva: Nice camouflage Chris.

Camouflage powers plus snowshoe
feet for running on snow.

Got it.

Chris: Oh yeah, take care
of those big feet buddy,

the key to your survival.

Aviva: Increible! Great powers
for this Bunny power suit!

Gotta program!

Chris: Oh yeah, I
can't wait to try it.

Chris: We did it, we found...

The Easter Bunny!

Katie: Huh? Look, Chris.
A little brown snowshoe hare.

Is it a baby?
Chris: Oh cool.

Not a baby snowshoe hare though,

that's a different
species of rabbit.

See the fuzzy white tail
- like a cotton ball?

That means this is a cottontail.

The eastern cottontail.

Katie: Ooh, I like cottontails.

Chris: Yeah, me too.

Koki: Alright Kratt
bros. Whatchagot?

Anybody find our bunny yet?

Martin/Chris: I did!

Martin: Jackrabbit!
Chris: Snowshoe hare!

Koki: Well then, get back
here and present your cases

to...Judge Koki and I'll decide.

And whoever gets here quickest

gets to try to
convince me first.

Martin/Chris: Back
to the Tortuga!

Hop on my buzzbike and...

Aviva: Hold it!

Forget the buzzbikes,
we'll get them later.

Cause you'll get back here
faster with these....

Bunny Power discs!

Martin, jackrabbit
edition for you!

And Chris, snowshoe
hare edition for you!

Chris: Alright!
Thanks Aviva, send 'em!

Let's get hopping.

Aviva: Coming at
you Jimmy. Jimmy?

Koki/Aviva: Where's Jimmy?

Koki: Oh no!
he's still napping!

Aviva: Wake him up.

Koki: Uh, I don't think I can,

because a family of bunnies
is sleeping on him.

If we wake Jimmy up,
we'll wake up the bunnies.

Aviva: And you can't
wake up baby bunnies.

Koki: So I'll
teleport the discs.

Aviva: Can you do it?
It's really tricky.

Koki: Yes.

I have training as
a backup teleporter.

Aviva: Coming at
you Koki, here...

Koki: Energize and...ouch!

Ahhh!

Aviva: Oops.

Koki: Huh. Let's try this again.

And ... zap em!

Chris: Where is it? Where is it?

Aha, there it is!

Whoa, ahhh...oof..ohhhh.

Katie: Chris, you okay?

Look, the disc's frozen in ice.

Chris: Aw, this power
disc is in a deep freeze.

Martin: Where is it,
where is it?

Oh, over there. Yes!

Oof!

Ouch!

(groans)

Ow!

(groans)

Oh, lots of spines between
me and that power disc.

Koki: Oops. Sorry.

Chris: Don't worry Koki-at
least you got them to us.

Martin: Yeah, that was
a great job - ouch -

for your first teleportation.

Katie: How are we
going to get it out?

Chris: Hmmm, if I make the
sound of a grub in dead wood?

Aviva: I didn't hear anything.

Koki: Me neither.

Chris: I could attract a...

pileated woodpecker!

Oww.

Insert woodpecker power
disc, touch woodpecker,

activate woodpecker power!

Martin: I am not
climbing a cactus.

Hmm?

Ooh...not without a
little help anyway.

I know you would never
go near a rattlesnake.

You always gotta give a
rattlesnake their space.

But rattlesnake powers can slide
around the spines of a cactus.

Insert rattlesnake power
disc, touch rattlesnake

- carefully - activate
rattlesnake powers!

Chris: Oh yeah, the perfect
creature power for ice chipping.

Katie: Go Chris, go Chris!

Chris: Got it.

Martin: And just
like a rattlesnake,

sliding through the spines.

Here you are. My
jackrabbit power disc.

Martin/Chris: Deactivate.

Koki/Aviva: Yay!

Martin/Chris: Insert
bunny power disc.

Martin/Chris: Touch bunny

Martin/Chris:
Activate Bunny Power!

Chris: Oh wow, look at
the hop in these legs!

Martin: I hear you bro!

These ears don't miss a thing.

I love bunny powers!

Chris: Race you back
to the Tortuga Martin.

Martin: You're on Chris.
Let's get hopping!

Koki: Chris has a long
way to hop to get back,

but Martin is even further away.

But...because Martin has
the jackrabbit edition...

Aviva: ...based on one of the
fastest bunnies in the world -

the antelope jackrabbit...

Koki: ..he can go faster.

So plugging that formula in -

and exponentially extrapolating

for the enhanced
speed of human size

and Creature Power
Suit increase -

they should both be
here right about...

Martin/Chris: Now!

Martin: Whew, the Easter
bunny is here for judging.

Chris: You're right, I'm here.

Jimmy Z: Hey.
Chris: Huh? What?

Jimmy Z: I think I
found the Easter Bunny.

Martin: Whoa!
Jimmy Z: I woke up from my nap

and another rabbit was here.

The Easter Bunny!

Martin: (gasps)
Hey, that's a cottontail.

Chris: A mountain cottontail.

Aviva: You know, we've seen
cottontail rabbits everywhere.

Martin: Yeah, I saw
a desert cottontail.

Chris: And I saw an
eastern cottontail.

Koki: I've made my decision.

(bang)

Maybe the Easter Bunny
is whatever bunny lives

in your backyard, backwoods,
park or neighborhood.

Like the cottontail
rabbit might do.

So, whenever you
look out your window

and see a bunny
in the spring time,

be it a jackrabbit,
snowshoe hare, cottontail

or whatever bunny you see -

then that bunny is
hereby officially...

(bang)
the Easter Bunny.

Martin/Chris: Woohoo! Yay!

Martin: So that's creature
mission accomplished.

We've met all kinds of bunnies.

Both rabbits and hares.

Chris: And we learned
their differences.

Aviva: Like hares are
bigger with longer ears.

Martin: And similarities.

Jimmy Z: Both have a
split lip for eating.

Koki: But they're
both still bunnies.

Chris: And because Koki
ruled that the Easter Bunny

can be anyone you see,

then here in the Tortuga -

Martin and I are
the Easter Bunnies!

Martin: Right on
Christopher Cottontail!

Let's get hoppin'
down the Bunny trail.

(boing) (boing)

Chris: And go hide some eggs.

(boing)

(boing)
Martin: Woo hoo!

Chris: No peeking.

(boing)

(boing)

(boing) (boing) boing)

Martin: Ooh...one there.

Chris: Here's a good spot.

Martin: They'll
never find it here.

Last one.

Ah ha.

(boing) (boing)

Martin/Chris: Yeah! Haha!
Martin: Well done.

Great job Christopher
Cottontail.

Chris: Way to go Blue Bunny Boy.

Martin: Ah! Thanks.

It's time for the Egg Hunt!

Aviva/Koki/Jimmy Z: Woo hoo!

(laughing)
Yaaaay!

Koki: Alright! Here's one.

Jimmy Z: Gotta bunch!

Aviva: Ooh, pretty.

Martin/Chris: (laughing)
Chris, I love bunny powers.

Martin: Oh ya. I love
being the Easter Bunny!

Chris: Me too.

Martin: So, rabbits and hares

are a super cool
group of creatures.

Chris: Oh ya, they all
have the same basic design.

With big ears, big feet,

expl*sive speed and quick turns

and it's really fun to get to
know the different species.

Martin: So we're in this desert
habitat to see what kind of

bunny power we can find.

Early morning is a great time to
search for rabbits and hares.

Chris: Because they're really
active throughout the night

and still moving around
in the morning.

Martin! Bunny at o'clock!

Martin: Whoa...an
antelope jackrabbit.

It's really big.

You can tell an antelope
jackrabbit by white around

it's ears and its
long strong legs.

Like its name says, the
antelope jackrabbit can move.

This jackrabbit
can hit top speeds

of miles per hour.

Martin: Making them one
of the fastest rabbit

or hares in the world.

Chris: Now the ears of the
jackrabbit are so important

for life out here, but not for
the reason you might think.

Those ears help the
jackrabbit hear any danger,

but also keep the rabbits
cool in the hot desert.

Lots of blood vessels
run through their ears

which helps cool down their
blood and their body.

Martin: A spot like this
is a jackrabbit's favorite

place to rest during the day.

The cover of the mesquite
tree keeps them hidden from

aerial predators flying
overhead and it's open below.

The jackrabbit can
see in all directions,

so they can see any ground
predators like ocelots coming.

So if a predator
is coming that way,

the jackrabbit can run this way.

It's clear that way, clear
that way, clear that way,

so the jackrabbit can explode

and run away at the
sign of any predator.

So when you're a jackrabbit, you
always have to stay on your toes

even when you're resting.

Chris: So rabbits and
hares are a really cool.

Martin: And really cute...
Chris: Group of creatures.

Martin: With amazing
creature powers.

Keep on creature adventuring.

Chris: We'll see you
on the creature trail!

♪♪

(show theme song)

♪♪

Chris: To find out
more about cool animals,

Both: We'll see you there!