04x43 - Underground Animals

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thank you

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welcome to the world of amazing

underground animals

i don't know mad hatter cakes that make

you shrink

who writes this stuff what you reading

henry

it's about a girl who has an underground

adventure

no way this is real that book's a

classic

classic nonsense i mean really follow a

rabbit down a hole and you know what you

really get

what dirty knees are you sure about that

positive well here's your big chance to

find out

oh hey sorry mr rabbit i didn't see you

there

come back

looks like he's late he's late for a

very important date

very funny

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underground henry that's me all right

follow that rabbit

hey henry you still think that book's so

far-fetched

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will you just look at this place third

floor low ceilings

this living under land is sure no

wonderland

it can't be that bad henry a lot of

animals make their homes underground

now stand back and

you ought watch watch where he's going

he can't animals who live in darkness

have to rely on senses other than sight

some never see daylight at all you'll

find large animals like aardvarks living

in great big boroughs

and small animals dig tiny burrows which

are called burritos

right no henry but it is true that

earthworms almost never stop tunneling

that's the opposite of some friends of

mine who'd rather borrow a burrow

like from a bad-eared fox who's gone out

hunting all day

only trouble is the fox comes home at

night

this looks like a nice place to spend

the winter everybody's wagging their

tails getting all friendly henry these

are all rattlesnakes

oh let's keep moving shall we to the

pika

like the rattlesnakes pikas also nest

down in the gaps under rocks

but pikas don't nest in groups

because they're so fiercely protective

of their defenseless babies

line their nests with thick layers of

straw enough to fill a whole bathtub

just to keep their offspring comfortable

i guess that makes them

straw babies huh anything you say henry

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so what happened to that white rabbit

henry who knows

i'll probably never see him again

hey the white rabbit wait

oh where'd he go where'd he go

oh he must have gone through one of

these yes henry

but was it door number one door number

two or door number three

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uh door number one let's see

what's that a mouse door

mouse door mouse door mouse

just like in my book please

excuse me miss did you see a rabbit go

by

huh huh what did she say

i couldn't hear she's as quiet as a

mouse

how about door number two

whoops excuse me she ought to use that

do not disturb sign

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so it must be door number three

oh so how am i supposed to get through

there can i suggest

digging it's how other underground

animals get around

digging oh i'd love to but i forgot my

shovel silly me yeah don't worry henry

that never slows down the experts

oh where are these experts when you need

them

right this way henry all you have to do

is scratch the surface and you might

find a mole

they're doing a lot more than just

scratching it

hey where'd they go back underground

moles are among the world's finest

tunnel diggers

i'll say their eyesight is poor

so instead they use their sense of smell

to locate their favorite foods

like slugs and earthworms looks like

dinner's ready

moles can move surprisingly fast when

there's a worm to be had

good thing he's getting the exercise too

he's almost too wide for that tunnel

already ah they can always dig them

wider

that's what the aardvark would do with

its powerful legs and huge claws

it's one of the greatest diggers of all

time

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what's he digging for termites

once it's found their hideout the

aardvark sticks its snout in deep

and laps them up whole with its long

sticky tongue

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they must be great at getting the last

cookie out of the jar

look at it go that's amazing

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in the african wilderness there are lots

of predators but the aardvark can create

a hiding place wherever and whenever it

wants one

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all right sparky i think you're safe now

aardvarks dig big tunnel systems that

can be as long as a railroad car

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they forage for food from underground as

well as from above

and they have ultra-sensitive noses for

sniffing out termites right through

walls of earth

those guys are amazing

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um

henry where are you

coming through

there that's better what happened to

digging

by hand what you'll have to speak

up i can't see a thing

watch where you're going henry

why don't you try using your head good

idea

oh wow where am i

you're in a cave oh i see

i see what do you see

i have no idea but if you turn your head

sideways

it looks sort of like a rabbit those are

stalactites henry

and what's that a stalagmite

cool what's that a white rabbit

ah-ha you come back

oh my headlamp if that goes out i may

never see light again

well you wouldn't be the only animal to

say that henry

the albino crab spends its whole life in

the dark

filtering its food from the underground

river which runs through the cave

i've heard of cavemen but cave crabs are

news to me

wherever there's food to be had henry

you'll find animals adapted to find it

like the cave cricket which has

developed an amazingly acute sense of

touch

ideal for life in a dark cave i wouldn't

want to hurt their feelings

and you know how bats find their way in

the dark don't you

um remind me by using

sound echoes and their incredibly

accurate sense of hearing

of course but how can they live in such

crowded conditions

bat colonies can be huge and in the

western usa

it's not uncommon to find them in their

millions entire families clinging to the

ceilings of caves i thought them

westerners like

wide open faces not bats

and on the cave floor millions more

meat-eating beetles wait for their

chance

to strip a fallen bat to the bone

nice neighbors

oh those bats eat their share of insects

too every evening they leave the cave

and all go out for dinner

i should open a restaurant henry's wild

west

catch it yourself fly bar i'll be rich

i need a million chairs a million forks

a million spoons

several million toothpicks

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um

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henry henry it's time for your report on

earthworms

what now yes now

out of my way journal lizard coming

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through

tonight tapio leaves the top running

and stand up comic cobra gets a glowing

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review

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but now our top story

earthworm superhero unearthed at last

mud muncher william worm features

revealed today

that he is in fact captain wigley the

underground

superhero disguised as a garden worm

even to his parents will is actually the

caped crusader responsible for

the early bird not getting the worm

and the triumph of good over weevil

he came to earth in a tin can to escape

an attack of space sparrows

will has been mingling with earthworms

ever since but

as captain wigley soon becoming known

for his amazing feats of strength

despite having no feats himself

captain wiggly is faster than a speeding

snail

able to leave tall daisies in a single

bound

so have no fear the world is now a safer

place

thanks to captain wiggly

more later but first here now the sports

fantasyland one lizards zero rats

but henry there was a tiny bit of truth

mixed in with all that nonsense

really how did that sneak in there

ah maybe it wriggled in like an

earthworm gripping the earth with its

ridges and pushing its head forward you

make it sound

so easy it is for an earthworm

which are kind of heroic the way they

churn the soil for our plants

breaking it up the same way a plow does

allowing water and air to get to the

roots

but worms can't go nearly that fast

true but there are a lot more worms than

tractors out there

and worms almost never stop digging

i'll never call them slimy again but

they are

and their slime helps make excellent

plant food

so they really are heroes

did you know worms breathe through their

skin that means they can get oxygen out

of either the air

the soil or from the water is there

anything a worm can't do

well they're not the best swimmers which

makes them easy prey for a hungry fish

fortunately worms are tough customers

so even if they're bitten in two they

can just grow a new tail

excuse me but that's amazing

curiouser and curiouser there's a whole

city down here

with its own mega apartment buildings

henry it's not polite to stare in

windows

that rabbit must be here somewhere come

out come out wherever you are

nope that's a burrowing owl henry

gotcha and that's an underground wasp

nest

you better buzz off quick

this isn't turning out to be the

hair-raising experience i had in mind

he's behind you say do you smell carrots

i said he's behind you yeah like i'm

gonna fall for that one

now you just missed him

it's true i do

miss him that cute nose and long

fuzzy ears lost and alone in the big

crowded heartless city

i only wanted to say sorry oh brother

henry

it's not so bad termites live in

underground cities in numbers up to 5

million

and you don't see them complaining five

million

and not one of them wants to move out to

the country

termites survive by working together for

the good of the colony

there are soldiers with their huge

fighting jaws

and the small white workers who despite

being blind do all of the building and

digging for the colony

they also look after the queen catching

her eggs as quickly as she can lay them

and that's part of the queen she's huge

yes and she's the mother of every single

termite in the colony

is that the colony that's the mound they

build above it

and workers come out every day to gather

food but actually the heart of the city

lies deep below the surface

i never knew termites were so deep

i'll bet you didn't know about these

guys either they're naked mole rats

maybe he's embarrassed do you think he

wants to make a grass skirt out of that

stuff

they have no fur because they just don't

need it henry

they spend their entire lives in a warm

underground colony

full of tunnels and specialized rooms

they have a toilet room

a dining room and a nursery where the

babies are being fed by their mother the

queen

this queen makes all the babies for the

colony she can produce nearly 50

offspring in a single year

she must love mother's day although

they're mammals

these mole rats behave more like insects

like the termites right and as with many

big families

everybody has to help out with the child

care

what a drag you call that brotherly love

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but henry maybe that's the only way he

can get the young ones into the dining

room

living underground gives the mole rat

safety from most predators

and although their vision is terrible

their sense of touch is great

add that to their large front teeth

which are perfect for digging

and you'll see they're well adapted for

life in the dark

what a pity with a face that handsome

it's a shame we don't see more of them

henry

why can't i chase something easy like a

snail

oh

did you see that why that weskerly what

you can play at that game i think you

have to say the secret password

what is it if i told it wouldn't be a

secret

what's rabbit for open the door

oh yeah snuffle duffle snuffle

snuffle there goes the secret

where am i i know

i'm in my own basement that's my hat

stop it you're a top hat not a hot hat

maybe there's something inside i'll see

about that

abracadabra abram cabrette

come on out whoever's in my hat

you grab it get your own formal attire

everybody's gotta live somewhere henry

and look where he spilled his raisins

that makes me mad

you go out for a few minutes and what do

you find somebody's moved into your

basement without even asking

there's not a lot of asking permission

in the wild henry

think how you'd feel if you were this

aardvark who goes out at night to hunt

for a few termites

his bro isn't empty for long before

there's a serval sleeping in it

certainly not and if it's not a serval

then maybe it's a bad-eared fox who

drops by for a nap

now that would drive me betty

or a hyena might make itself at home

this is no laughing matter

with the sun just rising now can you

guess what time it is

time to dig a new burrow

i think so but not all secondhand

homeowners are intruders

sometimes holes are left empty

on the high dry plains of south america

burrowing animals like these mars have

to keep moving

always searching for the place where the

grass grows greener

and when they go they leave behind their

burrows for any animal hearty enough to

stay behind

rent free as free as a bird henry

which is just the right price for this

burrowing owl

with a name like that i thought they'd

dig their own burrows

they can but why bother when there's a

marvelous mara hole ready to go

a wise owl knows it's better to save

energy for gathering food

especially with hungry mouths to feed

we've seen owls hyenas aardvarks

it seems there's only one thing you can

be sure of finding when you go looking

underground

uh what's that henry lots and lots of

dirt

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hmm

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more tea bunny henry stop

it's the doormouth so glad you could

make it

what not mad anymore henry how could i

be

mad at her

really i'm having such a nice time with

my underground friends

so there's nothing unusual about that

book

right this is just an ordinary tea party

with ordinary tea and some ordinary cake

and speaking of cake i think this one's

saying

eat me

okay here it goes

whoa i take it back i'm shrinking

see ya henry i guess you'll be staying

down here with your underground animal

friends

anyone got any drink me cola

please

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