02x10 - Flying Buddies

[bunniefuu]

♪While walkingin the woods one day,

♪Chris and Martinsaw something strange,

♪a little leaping lemurwho liked to bounce and play.

♪They followedtheir new bouncing friend,

♪Not knowing wherethis adventure would end.

♪The animals wereheaded just around the bend.

♪Where they going? I don't know!

♪How do we get there?C'mon let's go!

♪Me and you and Zoboomafoo,come along and see what's new,

♪we're doing thethings that animals do.

♪New animalfriends to see, AnimalJunction's the place to be!

♪elephants charging,baboons are leaping,

♪wild dogs runningand nobody's sleeping!

♪Me and you and Zoboomafoo,come along and see what's new,

♪we're doing thethings that animals do.

♪Me and you and Zoboomafoo,come along and see what's new,

♪at Animal Junctionwe're waiting for you!

Let it fly!

-Here comesan underhand backtoss.

I'm going long!

-Alright!

-Whoooo!

-Hey Martin!

He got it!

Whoops!

-You know whoelse can really fly?

Zoboo.

-Let's call him.

-Zoboo!

-Zoboo!

-Zoboomafoo!

-Zoboo!

-Zoboo's here and we're goingto have a lot of fun, come on.

-Hey Zob, how's it going?

Nice leap and good climbing.

Look at how high he goes.

Now that's whatI call a leaping lemur.

Whoa Zob!

-I bet you Zobis looking for fruit.

How about...

an apple?

-Zoboo loves apples.

-There you go, no not thewhole thing, that's too much,

here wait, wait, wait,here I've got a piece for you,

there you go, here.Oh, you want that big piece.

-Excuse me.

Zobooomafoooo!

-What creature did yousee on the way here Zoboo?

I saw a fox face up in the sky.

He looked a lotlike that guy over there.

The creatureI saw, he had wings.

Who could it be?

♪Who could it be?This animal who I did see.

♪Can you helpme guess this mystery?

He had two big eyes, apointy nose and ears like a fox.

♪Who could it be?This animal who I did see.

He was an upside down creature.

I've never seen that before.

♪Who could it be?This animal who I did see.

♪Can you helpme guess this mystery?

A flying foxyupside down creature.

Do you know who he is?

-Pointy nose andears with a furry body.

-Flying with big flapping wings.

Of course...

A flying fox.

-Kratt's crackedthe mystery again.

-Mangatsika! Themystery animal is here.

-From his head to histoes, an amazing creature.

-Hey brothers, well,doesn't he get dizzy

hanging upside down like that?

-Well actuallyZoboo, he's used to it

because a flying fox'sbody is specially designed

to hang upside down forlong, long periods of time.

-How does he sleep?

-He sleeps just likethis, hanging upside down.

-Mangatsika! That's amazing.

-Yeah!

-Yeah those ears pivot in everydirection picking up the sounds.

-Can you do that with your ears?

Try to move your earslike a flying fox's ears.

It takes special ear control.

-So there are twofoxes in Animal Junction.

This guy and the red fox.

-Well the red foxis a fox Zoboo, but theflying fox isn't a fox.

He's called a flying fox becausehe kinda looks like a fox.

Take a look.

See what I mean?

-Oh yeah!

-But actually, a flyingfox is a kind of fruit bat.

And there are overnine hundred species of bats.

Like the ghost bat...

or the mastiff bat.

-Well, thatbat looks like a dog.

-You're right, andthen there's the vampire bat,

of course we can't forget about

the bat we call theflying fox and get this,

he's also called a fruit bat.

-A fruit bat?

But he looks likea fox, not a fruit.

-He likes eating fruit Zoboo.

Fruit bats are frugivorous whichmeans they mostly eat fruits.

-Fruguyvorous.

-Frugivorous.

-Frugeevorous.

-Frugivorous.

-He eats fruit?

-Right.

-Ah phew!

So we both like fruit.

-Yeah Zob, but you'renot nocturnal like a bat.

-Oh nocturnal, sleepsduring the day, awake at night.

-Exactly.

During the day, flyingfox bats hang out together

in a group or colonyand get this, a colony of

flying fox bats canhave over a thousand bats.

-Mangatsika,that's a lot of bats!

-It sure is Zob, andwhen a flying fox wakes up,

he grooms himself andheads off to find fruit trees.

-You know, Ieat a lot of fruit too.

Do you mind ifI call you Fruit Ball?

It's a pretty good name huh?

Yeah.

Huh?

You're hungry?

No, no you stay there and rest,you had to fly a lot just to

get here, it's my turn tofly up and get you some fruit.

Okay I'll be back in a sec.

I'm flying, I'mflying, huh ho, ho!

I, I meant to do that.

Flying is harder than I thought.

-Well Zoboo, you'rean incredible leaping lemur,

all you have to do isleap up there and grab a grape.

-Yeah but, I wantto fly like a fruit bat.

I really want to fly.

Why can't I fly?

What does Fruit Ballhave that I don't have?

Well let's see...

He has two earsand I have two ears.

And he has feet tograb that vine well like me,

and he has arms, and uh...

-Do you see anything else Zob?

-Uh...

no what?

-I'll show you.

-His arms, the skin goesall the way down to his feet.

-That's because hiswings are actually arms

with skin stretchedout between the fingers.

-Now that's amazing.

-See his upper armis way in the back here,

andthis is his elbow and it goesall the way down to his wrist.

Now all these boneshere are his fingers so

when he spreads outthe skin between his fingers

and his arms, he flies.

Not only can his wingsfly but they can climb too.

His wings areboth wings and arms.

-Wow!

He has wings and arms too.

Well if I wantto fly, I need wings.

Brothers, you gotto build me some wings.

-Wings...

coming right up.

Ta-daaa!

-Mangatsika!

-Do you wantto try them on Zoboo?

-Does a bee like honey?

Lay 'em on me brothers.

-All right, hold still Zoboo.

First we are goingto strap on the body harness.

-Okay, where do I put them?

-Right in here.

-These are mangatsika!

Hey Fruit Ball,look I got my wings.

Now I can fly just like you.

Hey! That remindsme of one time in Zobooland.

I was leaping along,

leap, leap, leap

when I heard someone say.

-That's a jumping lemurthat ain't no body fever.

Hey Zoboo!

-Hey, who said that?

-It's me Zobster.

-It sounds like Bugly.

-Bugly the Superstar.

Hey do you want to fly with me?

-Sure Bugly that would be great.

-Hop on, flying is a superstarthing to do Zoboomafoo.

And the secret to a greatflight is a great take off.

-Well how do you take off Bugly?

-Well I run and I run and I run,

I get so fast that Ican feel the wind in my wings.

What do you thinkZoboomafoo, can you feelthe wind in your wings?

-Well I don't havewings Bugly but I can surecan feel the wind in my fur.

Whoa! This is fun!

-And now getready Zobooflyboo, becausewe are going to take off.

You ready? Here we go.

-And we did.

We started flying and flyingis great. Hi Zoboomafooasaurus!

-Yo mama Z.

-The end.

Well, did you like that?

He liked it.

Hey, watch this.

Hey, now I got to try my wings.

Don't worry Fruit Ball, I'mgoing to get you that fruit now.

Okay here we go,

one, two, three, whooo...

okay I'll get it thistime, one, two, threeeeeh...

-It's all in thewrist action Zobodydoo!

-Okay, this time for sure.

One, two, three...

I'm flying, I amflying, I'm really flying,

I, I, ho, ho, ho, ho,

I'm not flying anymore! Aaaaaa!

-Zob.

-Not again.

-I, I meant to do that, yeah.

-Duck!

-Huh?

-A feather, one ofa bird's secrets to flying.

And did youknow that most of a bird'swings is made of feathers?

That's how they can fly so well.

And here are some coolflying facts about feathers.

Feathers givethe bird's wing a certainshape to help the bird fly.

Different wing shapesdo different things.

Some birds have high lift wings,and others have soaring wings.

And get this, feathersare really strong to deal

with a lot offlapping and high winds,

but they're really light tooso birds can get off the ground.

Now feathers havenon-flying uses too,

like lookinggood to attract a mate.

And you know what else, aduck's feathers are waterproof.

And that's important in orderto fly, feathers need to be dry.

-Oh wow, do you see howthe water rolls off her back?

See?

I wish I had feathers like that,then I wouldn't be so soaked.

-Exactly. So check outthis mother goose teaching her

goslings how towaterproof their wings.

First, they put theirbeaks under their wings

cause that's wherea special waterproof oil is.

-Next, they wipe their oilybeaks all over their feathers

to make them waterproof.

That oil keeps their feathersdry, fluffy and ready to fly.

-Brothers I need help.

We need feathers or Fruit Ball'snever gonna get any fruit.

-Feathers coming up.

-Nice sh*t Fling.

-Feathers, feathers everywhere.

-Whoa, I neverrealized how many feathersit takes to cover a wing.

-I know, one hundredand twenty four.

One hundred and twenty five.

One hundred and twenty six.

One hundred twenty seven.

-Come fly with me.

-Ready to fly?

-Ready.

Here goes.

-Fly faster Zoboo.

Some bats flap theirwings twenty times per second.

-How fast is that?

-That's about this fast.

-How do they do that?

Okay, up, up, up,

I can do it, Ican do it, I'm flying,

I can flyyyyy.

-Alright buddy.

-Fly!

-I'm gonna get some fruit.

-He's a fruit flyer.

-Grapes here I come.

I did it.

-You really flew Zoboo.

-And you got the grapes.

-Here you go.

-Thanks Zoboo, nice toss.

-I did it.

-Ha, it's a fruit for all.

-And nice flying.

-And now, Fruit Ballhas as much fruit as he wants.

Ho here, here, here'ssome more, there you go.

He got it.

-Whoa! He ate the whole thing.

-That would be like puttinga grapefruit in your mouth.

-Wow!

-Have you everimagined what's it's liketo eat hanging upside down?

How do you swallow?

-It takes some seriousmuscle coordination.

Let's see howhe handles an orange.

-Okay.

-Look at that tongue.

Wow!

He's hungry.

All right, next up, bananas.

Let's see what happens here.

Using the fingerto take a piece off.

Ha, wait forget abouttaking off little pieces,

he's going for the whole thing.

-Wow!

-Well, he's goingto get really voky.

-Yeah!

-I wonder how much fruit ittakes to make a flying fox voky.

-Want any more?

-No, I think he's voky Martin.

-You're right.

And we figured out what ittakes to make a flying fox voky.

-One grape.

-a big bite of bananaand some orange juice.

-Hey, now that he'svoky, I want to really fly.

I want to fly fasterand farther and higher.

Come on brothers, help me out.

-You got it Zoboo.

-All right, I'll strap theturbo boosters right in here.

-And I'll attach thetracking transmitter device.

-Right, and now the fuel pump.

-Can't wait. Areyou guys almost finished?

-Hold on Zob, we gothigh octane stuff here buddy.

-Turbo rocket forincreased muscle power.

-Huh?

-Fuel all pumped up.

-We're readyto initiate countdown.

-Whoooo!

Whoa! Brothers...

this really did it,

I'm really flying now.

Whoa!

-Zoboo slow down!

-The turbo is so strongit's buckling my wings.

Whoa.

I'm, I'm just fine.

Hey! What happened to my turbo?

Whaaaaa...

♪I feel different Not the same

♪This kinda feelingI can't explain

♪There is onlyon thing that I can do

♪Ifeel flying creature-ishHow about you?

♪Flying creature-ish

♪I feel flying creature-ish

-DUCK!

♪Flying creature-ish

♪I'm a fantastic flyingcreature looking down at you

♪Flying creature-ish.

-Where did he go?

-I don't know.

Is that Zoboo?

-DUCK!

He's not Zoboo or a duck,he's Moonface the barn owl

with a messagefrom the Animal Helpers.

-Moonface is an amazing flyer.

He can fly so silentlythat he can ambush his prey

without even being heard.

-Let's see what theAnimal Helpers are up to.

-Look at our glider go!

-Nice landing.

Whoa, we better notdisturb her because this is an

important time ofthe year for dragonflies

and here is why.

The dragonfly startsout as a larva and swims around

in the water until she'sready to become a dragonfly.

Then the larva crawlsup on a piece of grass,

sheds her skinand becomes a dragonfly.

So what was a larvais now a dragonfly.

Whoa, what a great flyer,

she goes in somany directions so fast.

Look at her amazingwings, she has two pairs.

They're so thin,they're see-through.

That helps her fly really well.

Just like our glider.

-Brothers, I need your help.

How am I gonna land?

-Sounds like a trip to me.

-We gotta help Zoboofigure out how to land.

-To the closet.

♪They're going to the closet

♪They're going on a trip

♪They're going to the closet

♪To grab their stuff and split

-Whoa...

Not again!

-It's a good thing we attacheda tracking device to Zoboo.

That's the signaland he's headed that way.

♪They're goingon a cool adventure

♪And they don'tknow what's in store

♪They're coming from the closet

♪And they'reheaded out the door.

-Contact.

Flaps up

and we have lift-off.

Alright, reached altitudeand visibility is clear.

Any signs of Zoboo, Chris?

-I have him onthe radar, but no visual.

-Whoa...

-Wait, there he is.

Hey Zoboo, how is it going?

-Great! Yeah!

I feel like a bird.

I can't believe my mind.

But brothers guess what?

I don't know how to land.

-Well, that's why we'rehere Zoboo, to help you out.

-Thanks.

-Martin down there,a white- backed vulture.

-Hey that's it!

Wecan figure out how the vulturelands and then tell Zoboo.

-Great plan.

-Hold on buddy.

-I'm holding.

-I'm putting her down.

Over here.

-We'll get a good viewfrom out here on this ridge.

-There they are.

Vultures, what great flyers!

They glide throughthe air so smoothly.

-Now if we couldjust find one landing.

-Chris, over here.

She's not landing,but she's landed.

-Oh yeah!

This vulture is preening,that means she's cleaning

her feathers and gettingthem ready for flight.

If you're a bird,keeping your feathers clean

is one of the most importantthings in your whole life,

because without clean feathersflying would be impossible.

-Hey brothers,have the vultures shown youtheir landing secret yet?

Because they're not telling me.

-We're working on it Zoboo.

But all the vultures are flying.

-And who knows whenthey're going to land

because vultures areincredible soarers and they

can just circleand circle for hours withoutever flapping their wings.

They just find an air currentand go along for the ride.

Awesome.

-Vulture chicks.

-There's one of theparents guarding the nest.

That means the othervulture will have to land soon.

They have to comeback and feed their chicks.

-Well ah, feed their chicks?

But I'm ready for my firstlanding right now brothers.

-That was close.

We better getZoboo landed and fast.

Hey! Check it out,vultures are circling,

probably meansthey spotted lunch.

-Yeah they're lookingfor carrion, you know,

meat that's already beenhunted by another creature.

I wonder what it is?

-That's what,a chitel deer carcass.

And I bet I know whosemeal that was to begin with.

Are you thinkingwhat I'm thinking?

-Indian wild dogs,they caught the chital

and now they're back.

The dogs arechasing the vultures.

-What goes upmust come down, this will beour chance to watch one land.

-He's circling, lookingfor a landing place.

There, touch-down.

-Did you see that Zoboo?

Zoboo?

-He's headed backto Animal Junction.

-We'd better get back there.

-Whoaaaa, I'mout of controoollllll!

-Come on!

-I'm going down!

-He's headed down!

-Whoa a golden eagle!

-Oh yeah.

He's giving mesome landing lessons.

-Golden eaglesare great landers.

-Let's see how he does it.

-Select a spot, feetout front, wings to brake.

Yeah!

-Wow! Now that's whatI call a smooth landing.

-Ha, that's how you land?

-Exactly, but differentbirds have different styles.

Flamingos sort ofwalk down on the water.

Others hover over thespot first and then plunk down.

Some use theirfeet like water skis...

gliding right in.

But eagles can puton their brakes in mid-airand land right there.

-Put on their brakes

in the middle of the air?

Wow!

Well let's try it.

-Great idea.

-Let's slam onour brakes in mid-air.

like golden eagles.

Swooping like an eagle.

Golden eagles are oneof the fastest birds on earth.

-Diving like an eagleat two hundred miles an hour.

-Fly, fly,

fly,

ready,

fly,

STOP.

Go.

-Whoa!

-Well, at leastwe had a soft landing pad.

-Yeah!

-Here are some towels guys.

-Thanks Zob.

Whoa!

Check out these chest muscles.

These are the musclesthat help him fly.

But eagles don't fly right away,

you see young eagleshave to do a lot of practicingbefore they're airborne.

This young eagle is flappingaway testing his wings,

but he's not quiteready to take off yet,

it's a big step off that branch

and an eagle hasto know what he's doing.

This reminds meof one time in Zobooland.

I was leaping along,

leap, leap, leap

when I leaped right into Bugly.

Whoa...

-Coming down.

Hey now what's happeningthere Zoboo, how didyou get so high in the sky?

-I told Bugly Iwas practicing my high poweredflying leaps on my lemur legs.

-Ah! There's nothing likeflying Zoboobeededoo. Nothing.

Hey let's fly together.

-We both went high in the air.

Bugly used his wingsand I used my lemur legs.

Whoa... whoo!

We came down and landedin a soft boconut bush.

Everyone knowshow yummy boconuts are.

Well we wanted to eatsome, but we couldn't open them.

All of a sudden,I felt something,

and then this funny blob witheyes floated up to say hello.

It was Fibby andall of her crazy legs.

-Hi Bugly. Wantme to cr*ck your boconut?

-Hey thanks!

-Hey great idea!

-Flying's fun but so is eatingboconuts with your friends.

We ate and ate and atefor the rest of the afternoon.

The end.

-Time really flies,it's time to go already.

-What was your favoritepart of the day Zoboo?

-Oh! Flying like Fruit Ball.

-I liked to learnhow to fly vulture-style.

-I loved watching Zoboofly out of that window.

I've heard ofleaping lemurs before,

but never of lemurswho can fly like a bird.

♪This animal is a friend of mine

♪From the tip of hisnose to his funny behind

♪Allthe friends that we met todayare special in their own way

♪We've all got different namesbut we're really all the same

♪Thanks for droppingby we're glad you came

♪These animalsare friends of mine

♪They jump and swim,crawl, fly and climb

♪One more thing we have to say,

♪Go make an animalfriend today! Yeah!

Well, I guess I better fly home.

Lemur-style that is.

Bye brothers!

-See you later Zoboo.

-Bye, bye buddy.

And we'll see you next time.

-Back here at Animal Junction.

-Hi! My name is Philipand this is my dog Dylan.

Hi we're the Kratt brothersand we never get too closeto an animal we don't know.

-Remember: ALWAYSgive an animal her space.

-And if you're a kid never gettoo close to an animal unless

an adult says it's OK.

Right Zoboo?

AND NOW A JOKEFROM ZOBOOMAFOO..,

- DID YOU KNOW THATAN ELEPHANT'S TRUNK

IS THE LONGEST NOSEIN THE WORLD?

AND AN ELEPHANT CAN DOALOT WITH THAT TRUNK.

FIRST OF ALL, ANELEPHANT DRINKS

BY SUCKING WATERINTO HER TRUNK

AND THEN SQUIRTING ITUP INTO HER MOUTH.

AND WHEN SHEGOES SWIMMING,

AN ELEPHANT USES HERTRUNK TO BREATHE.

SHE STICKS IT OUT OF THEWATER JUST LIKE A SNORKEL.

AND OF COURSE, THERE'S NOTHINGBETTER ON A HOT SAVANNAH DAY

THAN A COOLING DUST BATH,

WITH DUST BLOWN OUTBY THAT TRUNK.

- HEY MARTIN.

- YEAH BUDDY.

- HOW ARE A TREE ANDAN ELEPHANT ALIKE?

- TELL ME ZOBOO.

- THEY BOTH HAVE A TRUNK.

WHOA!

- HEY ZOB! IT WASN'T THAT FUNNY!