05x04 - Living on the Edge/Wild World of Wild Play in the Wild

[bunniefuu]

That's me, Fred the house cat.

When my family leaves for the day,

I don't just sit inside watching the world go by.

I become...

Nature Cat! Backyard explorer extraordinaire!

♪ Oh, go, go, go

♪ Tally-ho

♪ Go, go, go

♪ Tally-ho

♪ We're climbing up the trees now ♪

♪ We're swinging through the breeze now ♪

♪ We're getting muddy knees now ♪

♪ Nature Cat, Nature Cat, Nature Cat ♪

♪ Nature Cat, Nature Cat, Nature Cat ♪

♪ So what are we waiting for

♪ We're so excited to explore

♪ All that nature has in store

♪ With Nature Cat Go, go, go ♪

♪ Tally-ho

♪ Go, go, go Tally-ho ♪

♪ He's our favourite nature guy ♪

♪ We just can't wait to get...

Outside!

♪ Swinging through the trees now ♪

♪ We're jumping in the leaves now ♪

♪ We're getting muddy knees now ♪

♪ With Nature Cat

♪ Nature Cat, Nature Cat Tally-ho ♪

♪ Nature Cat, Nature Cat Tally-ho ♪

[Squeeks]: Living on the Edge.

[Nature Cat]: Ahh!

What a picture-perfect day

for the Lawn Bowling Championship!

And the lawn must be picture perfect as well!

Squeeks! How's the trimming coming along?

Ho, ho, choppingly!

Hi-ya! Ha! Hi-ya!

Sprinkler system activated in three, two, one,

now, baby!

[whirring]

Wonderful work, Hal!

[Nature Cat]: Daisy?

How's the getting rid of branches and sticks

coming along?

Sa-weet! Taking them to the curb for pickup!

Terrific! Tally-mow!

With these shrubs and tall grasses gone from the lawn,

no balls will be able to disappear now!

I give you: Nature Cat Coliseum!

The greatest lawn in the history of lawns!

And here is the greatest lawn bowler who has ever lived.

Bah-da-bah-da-ba-dah! Babs Ruth!

This is the game where she famously called her sh*t.

-Incredible! -Whoa!

Amazing!

Say, whatever happened to Babs Ruth anyway?

Nobody knows. It's a mystery.

[Raymond]: Ha! The only way you'll b*at my team,

the Mighty Ronalds,

is if Babs Ruth herself shows up

and plays on your team.

But everyone knows that will never happen! Haha!

Hello, Ronald.

Oh hello, Nature Cat.

I'll see you later for the championship.

-Whoa. -Say what?!

Ronald's good!

Hey! What are you doing?!

Why hello, Miss Cottontail Rabbit.

The name's Barbara, Mr. Cat-wearing-clothes.

Hey, Barbara, we're looking for a fifth for our team.

Do you know anyone who plays lawn bowling?

It's a grand old lawn game!

You rascals mowed over my habitat.

It was right here at the end of the yard.

You know, now would be the time of the show where I would say,

"Oh, a habitat? You mean one of those habitats,

but one question about a habitat, what is it?"

You know, that thing where I don't know,

but I do know what a habitat is,

it's a place where you make your home!

And now is the time I would say,

"Hal, you're a genius!"

Yeah, you can still say it, you know.

Hal, you're a genius!

Oh, you don't say, Daisy!

Thank you for saying that unprompted.

A habitat at the end of my yard?

'Tis not possible!

C'est impossible!

[Barbara]: 'Tis possible!

Then what, pray tell, kind of habitat is it?

An edge habitat.

Edge Habitat? Hmm. Never heard of that.

Mountain.

Desert.

Phew.

Ocean.

Meadow.

Forest.

Edge? [scoffs]

No offence, Barbara,

doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

Maybe not, now that I'm hearing it,

but the edge is very important for myself

and so many other living things!

Huh. Tell us more, Barbara.

For us, and also for our curious

nature-loving viewers at home?

Hi, friends!

Happy to.

[clears throat] An edge habitat is an area

where one kind of habitat changes into another.

Here, it was the space between where your lawn ended

and the woods started.

It's called the edge, like U's guitarist,

and it's its own habitat!

[all]: Edge habitat!

And it's a place with lots of different plants

providing foods for lots of different kinds of animals.

Like the goldfinches that love the thistle seeds in fall

and migrating birds needing a place to refuel.

And all the shrubs and grasses offered safe spots for birds,

like cardinals, to build their nests.

Interesting. What else can you teach us,

and our viewers, about edge habitats? Wink, wink.

Well, now that you mention it,

animals like me had great places to hide

and find shelter, too. Where am I supposed to go now?

Man, oh man! We are so sorry.

Ah, it's okay. You didn't know.

But the problem is that these kinds of habitats

are disappearing everywhere.

It all adds up, you know?

Barbara, I and my lawn bowling buddies feel terrible!

But fear not, for I, Nature Cat,

promise that we shall restore the edge habitat for you

and make it even better than before!

Thank you. That would be swell.

Hmm. So what do we do now?

Hmm... Well, Barbara said that edge habitats

are disappearing so...

[dinging]

The Great Haldini is here

to make the edge habitat reappear!

Ooh!

I love the Great Haldini!

Abra-edge-a-ridium!

Come-back-ium!

[Nature Cat]: Uh, Hal, you just made us disappear, bud.

Now what?

Me thinks that was a noble attempt,

but me thinks again we must build back our edge habitat

for the plants and animals that live and visit there!

Me thinks.

These shrubs and grasses

should be perfect for animals to hide in.

Barbara will be so happy!

[leaves rustling]

Tah-dee! Check it out, Barbara,

the edge habitat we just built is so edge-y and habitat-y,

and all at the same time-y!

Well, what do you think? Pretty nice, huh?

I'm afraid this won't work at all.

Oh no. How come, Barbara?

The edge has to be wild and natural, just like nature.

You know, with plants that are real!

Huh. Point taken there.

Only when nature takes over

will some wild animals feel safe coming back to the edge.

I know exactly how to get wild plants and animals

back to the edge habitat. Check it!

♪ Plants and shrubs grow wild and free ♪

♪ Go back to how you used to be ♪

♪ Wild animals return to your edge habitat ♪

♪ Between the sacred woods and the lawn of Nature Cat ♪

♪ Ooh

♪ Uh-huh, Nature Cat

♪ Ooh

[grunting]

Did it work?

Um, that would be a no, Squeeks.

Ugh, rats.

Well, how else can we try and get

the edge habitat to grow back?

Whoa! Check it out!

This has tips on building an edge habitat!

The first thing we need to do

is stop mowing this area so things can grow back.

There are other tips here too.

[all]: What do we gotta do?!

Well, we should draw a picture

of what our edge will look like.

[in French accent]: Oui, oui. I am ready!

What are we thinking?

The area should be about this wide.

Grasses, clover and wildflowers will grow here,

and that will give food and shelter for birds

and other animals.

Ah, oui, oui. The grass, yes...

Then we can add some native shrubs,

like blackberries and some small trees,

like crabapples and dogwoods.

Those will provide food for animals and places to nest.

Ah, the flowering plants, the blackberries,

the crapabbles, yes...

Oh, and let's add thick brush piles somewhere.

Those are piles of sticks, branches, twigs, and leaves.

Those will give cover for animals including rabbits,

like Barbara.

Et voilà!

I call her: Living on Ze Edge. By Squeeks.

[Hal]: Wow! Great job. She's a masterpiece.

Agreed! It's time to bring the edge habitat back!

Tally-ho!

[bright music]

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Ah! Great going, g*ng!

Oh yeah, the edge habitat's looking good!

Can't wait to show Barbara!

Look! Here she comes!

Well, Barbara, is the edge habitat okay?

-No. -[all]: Huh?

What?!

It's fantastic! Ha!

[all cheering]

[snoring]

[chirping]

I had no idea my backyard

was so important to so many animals!

Oh, just you wait! You won't believe how busy

this place will be once you stop mowing this area

and it fills back in.

[Ferret]: Ladies and gentlemen!

Welcome to Nature Cat Coliseum

for the Lawn Bowling Championship.

Today's matchup is between the Mighty Ronalds

and Team Nature Cat!

Oh no! We've been so busy with the edge,

we didn't have time to find a fifth bowler for our team!

You could pick any one of these animals,

and you still can't b*at the Mighty Ronalds.

Do any of you know how to lawn bowl? Please!

[Hal]: Anyone?

Bueller?

Bueller?

I'll play!

[together]: You will?!

You? Ha!

What would you know about lawn bowling, Cottontail Rabbit?

The name's Barbara.

But long ago I went by another name...

Babs Ruth.

[together]: Babs Ruth?!

Babs Ruth?

The greatest lawn bowler of all time?!

That's me.

Alright, alright, alright!

Let the good times bowl!

[upbeat music]

Introducing this year's lawn bowling champions,

Team Nature Cat!

[all cheering]

The award for MVB,

Most Valuable Bowler, goes to...

Babs Ruth!

[all chanting]: Babs! Babs! Babs! Babs! Babs!

Long live the Edge!

Hooray!

Woo-hoo!

[Squeeks]: Wild World of Wild Play in the Wild!

[Hal]: Pineconey-oney-oney-oh, baby!

-Alright! -Oh, yeah!

Sweet sh*t, Hal! My turn!

Pineconey-oney-oney-oh!

Woo-hoo-hoo! You go, Daisy!

Yes! But now get ready

for the greatest pineconey-oney-oh player

in all of nature.

Pineconey-oney-oney-oh!

Oof!

Way to use your head, Nature Cat!

Thanks, Hal...

Now it's Squeeks' turn.

Squeeks! Where are you?

Squeeks!

[Hal]: Ooh! Ooh! I want to play what she's playing!

What do you call this game? Diggy-Iggy-Wiggy-Woo?

What would the chances be

if that was the name of this game?

Please tell me it's called Diggy-Iggy-Wiggy-Woo?

It's not, is it?

Hal, I'm not playing a game at all.

I'm digging for food.

Ah! When you're finished digging,

then will you play with us?

I have more important things to do, okay?

Eureka!

An acorn! Better put it in my pocket.

Oh right, I'm a wild animal, I don't wear pants.

I'll store it in my cheek for now.

Wait, Squeeks!

Squeeks? Why don't you want to play anymore?

It's time to face facts, I'm a wild animal.

And if there's one thing I know about us wild animals,

it's that we do not play.

Excuse me, wild friend of mine,

but why don't wild animals play?

Because everything we do in the wild is for survival!

Survival I tell ya! We gotta survive!

♪ Playing takes up energy

♪ That could be used for finding food ♪

♪ When out on the hunt, we'd be too tired ♪

♪ And that's no good

♪ To survive

♪ Wild animals survive

♪ Hey, hey

Excuse me...

[indistinct muffled chatter]

Huh. Anybody have any idea what she just said?

I believe she was speaking in an ancient language,

perhaps Sanskrit. Ooh.

I was saying I need to go store my food to survive,

I tell ya! Because that's what we wild animals do,

we spend every bit of energy finding food

and not becoming food!

You get it? Survive!

Uh, what are you doing now, Squeeks?

I am looking for predators!

You never know when one might show up and eat ya.

That's the wild!

Are you sure this is what wild animals even do?

Of course I'm sure, Dais! I'm a wild animal!

I know what I'm doing!

Hey! Maybe we can make a game out of it!

[Hal]: Follow the leader! The leader! The leader!

[thudding]

This is not a game, Hal! It's survival!

Survival is fun!

No, Hal! It's not fun

because wild animals do not play games.

Okay, everyone, you heard Squeeks,

wild animals do not play.

Let's leave her alone

to survive surviving with survival.

Hey, wait a tick!

What if wild animals do play?

Then would you play with us?

I guess so, but I don't think it will happen

because I'm pretty sure wild animals don't play.

Well, I think it's time we investigate

and see if wild animals play.

You're wasting your time.

Wild animals don't...

Where did Nature Cat go?

Welcome to the Wild World of Wild Play in the Wild!

Who wants to investigate and see

if wild animals do actually play in the wild?

Ooh, me! Pick me! I would like to investigate

and see if wild animals play in the wild! Pick me!

I'd like to investigate that too.

Hal and Daisy are in!

What about you, Squeeks?

You know, I really should be working on my survival skills!

To survive!

♪ 'Cause I'm a survivor

♪ I'm in the wild

♪ I need to survive

♪ Out here in the wild

Yeah, if you have time to sing a song

and do fancy choreography,

me thinks you have time to investigate

to see if wild animals play.

[sighs] Okay, fine.

But I'm sure we're going to discover

that wild animals do not play.

We'll see! Come on!

Let's find out if wild animals play in the wild!

Uh, if this is going to work, you gotta follow me.

-Oh! -Okay, sorry, now I got it!

Let's try that again.

Let's find out if wild animals

play in the wild!

Welcome to the Wild World of Wild Play in the Woods!

Ooh! The woods?! Are we camping?!

Oh! I've got marshmallows!

We can make s'mores! Or we can just eat the marshmallows raw.

I'll build a fire!

[Nature Cat]: Hal, we're not here for s'mores,

we're here to find out if wild animals play in the wild!

Oh right. The plot.

Mmm!

Okay! But you won't find any!

Oh hey, look at those squirrels!

[squeaking]

What about them?

They're wild animals, aren't they?

Yes. Your point?

Well, then wild animals do play,

because clearly those two squirrels are playing together!

I don't think they're playing, Nature Cat.

They're trying to live.

Of course they are.

The one squirrel is calling the other one down

to a fun game of squirrel tag.

No, I think Squeeks may be right.

That other squirrel just ran away.

Doesn't look like a game to me.

[squeaking]

What? What's that? Oh!

Yeah. She says it's not a game.

She's protecting her home

by chasing and making that noise.

Two, three, four...

♪ Ah

♪ We got to survive-ah

♪ Oh, yeah

♪ We got to survive

Well, we are not finished yet!

We need to investigate some more!

Onward and downward!

[Nature Cat]: Onward and upward!

Be on the lookout for wild animals at play!

[Squeeks]: You're wasting your time.

Wild animals don't--

[Daisy]: Look! What are those bears doing?

[Squeeks]: Well, they're obviously fighting each other.

[Daisy]: I don't think so.

If they were really fighting,

I think it would be more noisy.

[Hal]: And look at how relaxed their ears are,

they look so calm!

If they were fighting, I think their ears

would be laid back like this.

And they would say rawr!

Ooh! It looks like those bears may be playing with each other!

Ugh!

I thought everything wild animals did was for survival!

[Bear]: Not so fast!

Sometimes, when my bear cubs play like that,

they're practicing so they know what to do

when they're grown-up bears!

I see. So they're doing that to help them survive?

I guess you could say that their play does help them

practice to survive in the wild!

See, Nature Cat? It's all about survival!

Survival, I tells ya!

♪ Don't stop survivin'

♪ Keep playing and survivin'

[mimics guitar solo]

Sorry, I don't have an amp.

Now can we play?

Yes! But only if it helps with my survival skills!

Let's bear wrestle!

Oh!

[laughing]

Stop! It tickles! [laughing]

-Eee! -Whoa, whoa!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Wait! Look at the bears now!

[Daisy]: They're climbing the tree

and riding it down as it bends.

[Nature Cat]: And they're doing it again.

[Daisy]: And again!

Oh! It looks like they're having such fun!

I want to ride a tree too! Who wouldn't?

Wee!

[thudding] Woo!

Why, thank you!

Ooh! [giggles]

I guess those wild bears are playing.

Ultimately they must be doing that so they can learn

how to survive. Right, Mama Bear?

Help me out here. I have doubled down

on this time and again.

You'd have to ask my cubs, but I'm pretty sure

they're doing that over and over again because it's fun.

Whoa! Seems what I thought I knew

about being a wild animal might be wrong after all.

Let's find out! This way!

Welcome to the Wild World of Wild Play at the Shore!

Let's see if any wild animals play here!

Ooh! Ooh! Look!

[squawking]

[Hal]: That gull just dropped something!

Is it playing?

No! Gulls drop clams from high up

to break their shells so they can eat what's inside.

It's how they survive!

[gull squawking] [Hal]: But look!

[Nature Cat]: Did you see that?

The gull caught the clam!

So it's not trying to break the shell?

Actually, that's not a clam shell at all. It's a stone.

A stone? Oh...

Oh, hey, it's dropping it again.

And catching it again.

[Hal]: And dropping it again and again.

And then catching it again, and again, and again!

Hahaha! That looks like fun!

Whoop! I got it! Whoop!

I got it! Ooh. I don't got it.

Ow!

Oh man, I don't think catching a rock

would do anything to help a gull survive, really.

Me neither.

I mean, why would you do something over and over again

if it wasn't... fun?

Seems that way!

Nature Cat, I can't believe I'm saying this but...

I think that gull is playing!

I think that too!

Come on! Let's see if more animals play!

Onward and downward!

Hey! That's my line!

Oh, and they're gone. Okay.

Whoa, where are we?

[in South African accent]: Welcome to the Wild World

of Wild Play on the African Plain!

[together]: African Plains?!

-Say what?! -So cool!

Let's be on the lookout for wild animals at play!

[elephant trumpeting]

Oh, boy! Look! It's an elephant!

Hi, elephant, it's me, dog!

But you can call me Hal.

What's it doing?

Why do you think the elephant

slid down the hill like that?

Maybe it slipped in the mud.

I don't think so. Because it's doing it again!

Would sliding down a muddy hill help a wild animal survive?

Maybe, maybe not. But it does look like fun,

even if we don't know exactly why they are doing it.

I've seen enough! I hereby proclaim

that sometimes wild animals do play...

[laughing] ...and they play a lot like us!

[all cheering]

Now, are you ready to play some Pineconey-oney-oh?

Yes! But first I want to play something else!

What's that?

Elephant mud slide!

-Wee! -Yeah!

[excited shouting]

Yeah! [laughing]

[upbeat music]

Subtitling: difuze

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