04x15 & 04x16 - Creatures of the Deep Sea

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♪ Wild Kratts! ♪

CHRIS: We're here in eastern North America

on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.

MARTIN: At the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,

aboard the research vessel Atlantis.

It's us, the Kratt Brothers.

I'm Martin.

I'm Chris, and here at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,

some really important work is being done.

You see, we humans know quite a bit

about creatures of the African savannah.

And we know a lot about the animals

of the temperate forests.

We even know pretty much

about the creatures of the rainforests.

And a whole lot about the coral reefs.

But there's one habitat's creatures

that humans know very little about.

Almost nothing really.

And that habitat is called the deep sea.

Part of the reason is because it's really hard to get to.

We're just not built for it.

So just like space travel,

we need an awesome, state of the art deep sea vessel

like this one.

This is Alvin.

Alvin can travel to the deepest parts of the sea.

It's like another planet,

filled with darkness, hot black smokers, and volcanic action.

MARTIN: And when you do get down there

and shed light on this mysterious,

deep sea creature world,

scientists are discovering life forms

that we never even knew existed.

CHRIS: Animals that can do amazing things

and that have strange and incredible creature powers.

Imagine if we could discover the strange creatures

and creature powers of the deep sea.

BOTH: What if?

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(Muffled grunting)

That's feet, Martin! A pretty good dive.

(Muffled grunting)

For a human.

But for a sea creature like you,

it's like baby stuff.

(Gasping)

Well, good one, bro!

Aw, but my ears were hurting.

The pressure down there is crazy.

You made it pretty deep. See, to about here.

But the ocean's about three miles deep.

So you'd need to dive at least skyscrapers more

to get to the bottom.

Are you kidding? That's impossible.

For us maybe, but not for sea creatures!

Yeah, you'd need some serious creature powers

to get down there.

AVIVA: Hermanos!

It's ready! Come on!

It's time!

Aww, this is it!

Get ready for an epic journey,

a voyage to a new frontier,

a place where people have hardly even gone before.

It's mysterious and full of undiscovered creatures.

We're in!

Lay it on us!

Yeah, maybe I'll pass on this one.

Okay, we've had problems

reaching the deep sea before, right?

Uh-huh, yeah.

The Amphisub couldn't handle the water pressure

in the whale and squid adventure...

That was close.

And our adventure was cut short because of power problems

in the yeti crab adventure.

Almost didn't get out of that one.

Well, we've solved all that.

Koki and I used all that we've learned

and have come up with something that we think

can get us to the deepest depths of the ocean.

And stay there for a while.

Oh, boy! Oh, yeah!

It's a dream come true! Let's see it!

Show us! Show us!

We've been waiting for this moment!

I haven't.

Okay, so now...

we present to you,

the latest in deep sea technology,

a vessel that will take us where no human has gone before...

BOTH: Ta-da!

Wow! Wow!

CHRIS: Do you know what this means?

Finally we just might be able to discover a new species.

Maybe two or three!

With new creature powers that no one ever knew even existed!

BOTH: It's one of our lifetime dreams!

I'll be monitoring our depth

and charting the unknown territory for science.

I can't wait to see how our new invention

holds up on her maiden voyage.

I'll have to find a name for her too.

And I'll stay up here

and wish you guys luck.

(Sighing)

AVIVA: Sorry, Jimmy.

You're driving.

We need everybody on this adventure

and you're a valuable part of the team.

Aww. Why do I have to be so loved?

You're a top notch pilot.

I just hope we make it back alive.

So is everybody ready to go?

BOTH: To the deep sea!

(All cheering)

Ha! No one will have seen me out here.

Now let's try this thing out.

I don't know why I didn't think of this before.

If the deep sea has so many undiscovered creatures,

I need to be the first one to lay claim to it.

This Varmitech Industries sub

will get me there before anybody else.

Well, it better anyway.

I had to give Zach a certificate for a lifetime supply

of deep sea cuisine for it.

(Snapping)

But the rest of those creatures are all mine.

(Chuckling)

Now on to my own personal deep sea cupboard!

(Chuckling)

♪

KOKI Okay, we're passing the foot mark.

Entering the Twilight Zone,

where only faint amounts of sunlight can reach down

and the pressure would crush a person into a human pancake.

Love pancakes, but not human pancakes.

Whoa! That's weird!

Ah! An alien fish!

New species?! New species?!

A barreleye! A barreleye!

Not a new species, but only recently discovered.

AVIVA: It has a see-though head!

JIMMY: Exactly, just like an alien.

Why does it have that?

Hey, let's get out there.

We gotta see what that head is all about.

Okay, thanks to my new technology,

I think I can get you out there.

CHRIS: Great! What technology?

AVIVA: Deep sea fish have a special kind of fat in their cells

that miraculously keeps them from getting crushed.

I developed a similar technology for this ship.

And I also updated the Amphisub.

You can use that for exploratory missions.

Yeah! Whoa!

All right!

Wahoo!

Ready to deploy.

Cool. This docking port has miniaturizing capability.

BOTH: Miniaturize!

Hello, barreleye.

Is he looking at us?

I don't know.

What are those green cylinders all about?

Whoa! They're eyes.

Now he's looking at us!

He can look straight up through the top of his head

or straight to the front! Weird.

And cool.

Oh yeah, and those black things are actually his nostrils--

for smelling.

So Crazy Eyes, what's up?

Why are you always looking up?

CHRIS: He looks up into the light.

Jellyfish!

BOTH: Whoa!

Oh, wow!

The jellyfish caught some little copepods

in his tentacles,

and now our barreleye is darting in

and stealing the little snacks.

Some of the weirdest swivel eyes in nature,

but they work for this guy.

Let's swivel, barreleye style!

Wahoo! Swivel up. Swivel back,

up, back, up, back!

A little less swivel, bro!

Up and back and-- ah!

Goblin shark!

(Both yelling)

MARTIN: Easy, sharky. We're out of here.

Did you see those jaws?

They sh*t right out of his mouth.

MARTIN: Where'd he go?

He could be anywhere.

He acted like an ambush hunter.

Hunting by surprise.

Ah! Surprise!

Ah! I don't like these kinds of surprises.

KOKI: I can't get a tracking on them.

Their GPS transmitting module is not responding.

Uh-oh.

How are we going to find them?

I don't know. We're in the Midnight Zone now,

, to , feet,

or around the length of skyscrapers down.

No sunlight at all reaches this far down.

This is what they mean by the deep, dark sea.

MARTIN: Oh, no.

Whoa!

CHRIS: He's sucking us in!

BOTH: Whoa!

Whoa!

Oof! Guess he didn't like the taste.

Uh-oh.

MARTIN: Not again.

I got a scan of the jaws! Check it out.

Ooh...

CHRIS: The jaws have ligaments like rubber bands.

When his jaws are closed, they're all stretched out,

but when he releases them,

his jaws catapult outward in milliseconds!

MARTIN: Well, it was great to know how he captured us.

Now, it'd be really nice to know if he's going to eat us!

Whoa! Ah!

Whoa!

CHRIS: Not this time!

Now we know Goblin sharks don't like to eat Amphisubs.

Lucky for us, they prefer fish.

Where are you guys?

What's wrong with your GPS modulator?

MARTIN: Ah, funny story. It kind of got crushed by a Goblin shark.

Goblin shark? (Groaning)

We'll never see the warm, dry sun again.

No problem. We'll shine a beacon light.

See you soon.

Okay, look for their light.

MARTIN: Uh-oh, there are lights everywhere down here.

CHRIS: It's like outer space with stars all around.

Yes, of course.

Lots of creatures down here have built-in natural light.

Remember that anglerfish we bumped into one time?

Right. So if you head to a light in the deep sea,

you never know what creature you're going to get.

How are we going to pick one?

CHRIS: Eeny meeny miney might,

pick a light and hope it's right.

MARTIN: If it isn't, what will it be?

Brand new species or monster of the sea?

Ha! That's the Tortuga.

Okay, that light it is.

Let's go.

I have a good feeling about this, Chris.

Me too, Martin.

Hey, it's coming into view.

MARTIN: The Tortuga?

CHRIS: Um, I think we picked the wrong light.

♪

Hmmm...

Now what have we here?

I bet nobody has ever cooked you before!

Come here, tasty little morsel.

Hey!

What?!

You got me!

Now I got you!

And we'll see how you taste.

Now get back here, weird little fishy.

(Chuckling)

KOKI: I hope Chris and Martin can see our light

with all the other light-producing fish around.

Okay, but I thought light bulbs made light, not fish.

It's bioluminescence.

Some sea creatures can make two different chemicals

inside a special body part called a photophore,

and when they mix them together, they make a glowing light.

It's kind of like a glow stick.

Two chemicals inside

and when mixed... it glows!

JIMMY: But why do so many sea fish have it?

Jimmy, quick. Shine the light there.

AVIVA: Go closer.

Okay, so I know those zooplankton glow

to find each other and stick together in the deep sea.

That's one reason for bioluminescence: communication.

KOKI: And the deep sea shrimp knows they do that,

so they're attracted to lights hoping to get a meal.

AVIVA: But bigger predators know that little predators

like the shrimp do this,

so another use of bioluminescence: hunting.

That anglerfish has a built-in fishing pole.

Wow! He really fooled that shrimp.

AVIVA: And there's a third use of bioluminescence:

defense!

Wow, there are so many uses for bioluminescence!

It's only one of the most important

chemical reactions in the sea!

And you know what that means.

I do?

It means I've got to figure out bioluminescence

for my next Creature Power Suit!

I guess it's up to you and me to find the lost Kratt brothers.

Do I have to do everything around here?

Wow.

A dragonfish.

We hit the jackpot, bro.

These guys are the masters of bioluminescence.

They use it for everything.

CHRIS: Tell me about it!

Those photophores on the side are for communication

with other dragonfish.

He can turn them on at will when he has something to say.

MARTIN: And the light on the tip of the barbel is sometimes used

to confuse predators, but mostly,

it's used as a fishing pole.

And wait,

what's that under his eyes?

Oh, got to scan this.

Whoa!

It's a special red light!

A spy light that other fish down here can't see.

Humans can't see it either.

So dragonfish have invisibility power!

They're like spies. They can see with that light,

but other fish, like predators and prey, can't see them!

Wow! Are you thinking what I'm thinking, bro?

I think I'm thinking what you're thinking.

I think we're thinking the same thing.

MARTIN: Aviva, come in! Dragon Chasers here!

Dragon Chasers?

We need a dragonfish suit!

They have the coolest bioluminescence.

Dragonfish?

Okay, I'm already working on bioluminescence, so no problem.

Listen, guys, I hate to burst your light show bubble,

but we still don't know where you are and--

(Alarm sounding) Ooh!

(Both gasping)

BOTH: And our power is dying!

Exactly.

This is serious, guys!

In just a few seconds, your power will go.

Uh-oh. If the power goes, all systems will shut down

and you'll sink like a stone.

That doesn't sound good.

I'll check the reserve power.

Uh-oh, it's falling fast.

CHRIS: No, no, no. Come on. Come on!

We've got to get that GPS working

so they can find us and now!

I'm on it!

Maybe I can retro-engineer something.

Yeah, with what?!

There's nothing but water around here.

I don't know! If I can reload the transmogrifying circuit,

and attach it to the P modulator

through the electrostatic bypass, it might-- oh.

What?!

It just needs to be plugged in.

(Huffing) Goblin sharks.

BOTH: Plug it in! Quick! While you still have some power!

CHRIS: Here goes!

(Powering up)

Ha-ha!

BOTH: Yes!

No!

We didn't make it in time.

CHRIS: We're doomed!

Oh, this is horrible.

They're falling into the Abyssal Zone,

the deepest, darkest part of the ocean,

, to , feet,

over skyscrapers deep.

We may never find them there!

KOKI: Got it!

I got their coordinates

just a millisecond before the power ran out!

Wahoo! JIMMY: All right.

Awesome, Koki.

Let's go get them. Full speed ahead!

Hey! What?! Why aren't we moving?

Huh? Aahh!

Is that what I think it is?

Well, it's not fried calamari!

Aaaah!

ALL: It's... a Colossal squid!

KOKI: Like we didn't have enough problems,

now we have to be caught in the clutches of a deep sea squid

the size of a bus!

If we can hold him off

a little bit,

I just might have an idea.

CHRIS: We must be in the Abyssal Zone now.

We've never, ever been this deep before.

Yeah, we made it to a new creature adventure frontier

for humankind.

Kind of hard to enjoy it though,

with the Amphisub crushing and all.

The new pressure systems Aviva designed

don't work without power.

We'll be crushed by the deep sea pressure.

Well, it was good creature adventuring with ya, bro.

We had a good run.

Yeah, we sure did, bro.

But it'll be really nice to see a new species

before we turn into human pancakes.

MARTIN: Huh?

Hey, Dragon Glow!

Huh?

BOTH: Dragonfish Power Discs!

Aviva did it!

(Crashing)

It says "mayday" with their coordinates.

They must be in trouble now!

We gotta hurry.

BOTH: Touch dragonfish.

Activate Dragonfish Powers!

♪

Wow! Oh!

Human-sized dragonfish!

CHRIS: Love it, Dragon Glow.

This is awesome.

Ooh, maneuverable!

With working photophores, ha-ha!

Cool.

BOTH: To the Wild Kratts Team Rescue!

Ooh, better take the Amphisub.

I think it's repairable.

(Gourmand groaning)

GOURMAND: Let go, you toothy fish face.

JIMMY: I can't break free!

It's tentacles are too strong!

I can't pull away!

KOKI: Uh-oh, those serrated, cutting discs.

Look out!

I hope the guys got our delivery.

I don't see them anywhere.

They should be around here somewhere.

MARTIN: But where?

CHRIS: There they are!

Yeah, I'd say this is a "mayday" kind of situation.

Let's put our suits into spy mode

so the squid can't see us.

Oh, yeah, this calls for full dragonfish cloaking power.

Deep sea invisibility, on!

Let's just hope Colossal squids

can't see our red lights either.

It's working.

We can see him, but he can't see us.

Now let's put these sharp jaws to use!

Yes! These dragonfish teeth are impressive, Dragon Glow!

MARTIN: It's a good thing we're super huge dragonfish,

because otherwise this squid would never feel it!

(Jaws snapping)

Ah!

(Both grunting)

I'm feeling that! Ow! Hey!

The jaws work, but there are so many tentacles. Whoa!

Ha, missed me! Keep going, Martin!

Take that!

MARTIN: And that!

CHRIS: And one more!

I'm not sure why, but it seems like he's loosening his grip.

Oof! (Gasping)

It's us!

Martin!

With Dragonfish Power!

BOTH: Uh-oh.

CHRIS: Woo-hoo, over here. Can't catch us.

Okay, get ready to make a break for it if you can, Jimmy.

Ready? Ready!

BOTH: Now!

CREW: We're free!

CHRIS: Woo-hoo. (Laughing)

BOTH: We did it!

Whew! Now finally we can get back to our search.

Deeper than we've ever gone before.

New species with new creature powers, here we come!

Ha-ha! Let's do it for science!

Huh? Gourmand!

GOURMAND: Here, fishy, fishies.

(Gourmand chuckling)

MARTIN: Look at those deep sea creatures.

What's Gourmand up to?

I don't know, but it's a good thing we still have

dragonfish invisibility power!

Dragon Glow! Look out!

Ha ha! With this green light, they just come right to me.

At this rate, I'll harvest all the creatures in the deep sea!

(Chuckling)

BOTH: Oh no!

Gourmand is going to destroy all the creatures in the deep sea!

Before they're even discovered!

♪

Uh...

Okay, systems check!

Everything seems to be functioning fine

with our new deep sea vessel.

Koki, bearings?

Looks like we're in the Abyssal Zone.

This area right here.

, to , feet down.

That's the distance of city skyscrapers!

Wow! That's a new low!

I mean, it's the deepest we've ever been before.

Not a lot of humans have ever gone this deep.

Our new deep sea vessel is holding up great!

Yeah, but I'm not.

And Chris and Martin?

Don't tell me we lost them again?

BOTH: Creature alert!

Aahh!

Huh?

Huh?

Don't sneak up on me in those dragonfish Power Suits.

Hey, those look good, if I do say so myself.

Dragonfish are pretty ferocious-looking

for a little deep-sea monster

that only gets about six inches long.

Quick, let us in. We've got a problem.

Okay, so go to the portal for re-docking.

♪

BOTH: Deactivate!

Glad you're back.

Yeah.

Uh, the Amphisub got a little crushed.

A little?!

But you can fix it, right?

So what's the creature alert all about?

It's not good. Gourmand is down here.

Somehow he got hold of a submarine

that can go this deep too.

You're kidding?

It's true.

We saw him with our own dragonfish photophores.

The ultimate deep sea spy creature power.

Gourmand's down here collecting deep sea creatures.

He got our buddy DragonGlow.

And a lot of other creatures.

AVIVA: What?!

We are down here trying to discover and understand

unknown sea creatures, and he's down here destroying them

before people even know about them?!

That's wrong!

That's right!

I mean, that's right that it's wrong...

Hmm... you know what I mean.

We've got to stop him!

Aww, but we can't stop our search for new creatures.

We're on a once-in-a-lifetime mission.

Breaking new ground for science.

Trying to discover new species.

I know, but if we don't deal with Gourmand,

there might not be any new species left to search for.

Well, one thing is for sure.

Sitting still won't help.

So we better get moving and just search.

And we'll see what we find.

BOTH: Let's go!

(Sighing) And I'll get to work on this.

(All gasping)

MARTIN: Awesome!

We did it! We made it to the bottom of the sea.

(Clinking)

(Yelling)

Giant Isopods!

Awesome!

I never thought we'd meet creatures

that live on the bottom of the ocean!

Whoa... I didn't think anything could live down here!

How do they do it?

Yeah, and what do they eat?

CHRIS: Believe it or not,

they eat mostly things that sink down from above.

Little pieces of dead things.

Or big dead things.

Look!

CHRIS: Whoa! A whale fall!

KOKI: Whale fall?

CHRIS: Yeah, when a whale dies, it sinks and becomes a feast

for creatures at the bottom of the sea.

MARTIN: Those guys will eat now

and then they can go for four years without eating at all!

By then, they may find another whale fall or smaller meal.

Whoa! That's weird.

Like food falling from the sky.

CHRIS: Yeah, and you never know when it's coming.

AVIVA: What's that?

Awesome!

Qué hermoso.

That thing must be new to science.

Mission accomplished?

Can we head back to Earth?

Sorry, Jimmy.

It's a type of dumbo octopus.

And deep sea remote cameras

only recently captured this guy on film.

He's named after those ear-like wings that help him swim,

but hardly anything else is known about this octopus.

Ahh, pulpo! Huh?

Pulpo. It's the Spanish word for "octopus".

You know, I didn't even know this guy existed,

but he looks a lot like my new deep sea vessel.

Hey, I think I just found a new name for our vessel.

The Pulponaut!

I'll name it after him.

MARTIN: Well, then I guess this guy's name should be Pulpo.

(Laughing)

I think he likes it.

Pulpo, where are you headed?

♪

Aahh!

ALL: Whoa!

(Sighing)

It looks like... a mountain.

JIMMY: Um, was this on the map?

KOKI: This must be the Mid Atlantic Ridge.

It's the longest mountain range in the world,

but still so unexplored.

I've got to map it more.

These underwater mountain ranges

have to be home to lots of new creatures.

We need to explore it!

And who knows, Gourmand just might be hiding out somewhere

around this underwater mountain too.

MARTIN: Pulpo, nice find.

Hey, I think he wants us to follow him.

CHRIS: Well, it worked so far.

Hey, wait for us, buddy!

♪

CHRIS: Whoa, Jimmy... slow down.

He just pounced on something, octopus-style!

Oh boy, we're about to witness a new behavior!

And a new creature power!

An oven mitt? Dumbo octopus can cook?

Not a new behavior, but it is a sign

that we're on the right track to find Gourmand.

He's been here for sure.

CHRIS: Hmm, I think he wants us to keep following him.

Do you think this undersea alien of a creature

is trying to lead us somewhere?

Well, octopus are super smart, and this is his world.

So maybe he knows something we don't.

MARTIN: Show us the way, Pulpo.

AVIVA: What's our position, Koki?

The depth meter is saying we've risen

all the way back up to the Midnight Zone.

This range is already taller

than any mountain range on Earth.

(Gasping) Koki, look!

KOKI: Wow, we made it to the mountain summit.

JIMMY: But there's a cr*ck in the middle!

The earth is cracking open like an egg!

The world is about to end! Oof!

It's splitting all right, but believe it or not, it's normal.

If we head down there, I'll show you.

JIMMY: Are you crazy?

Ohh...

AVIVA AND KOKI: Hydrothermal vents!

What planet are we on again?

AVIVA: This is Earth, all right.

Guys, I remember these from your adventure

with Seasquatch the yeti crab.

These hydrothermal vents

are a part of many underwater mountain ranges.

They're formed when water leaks down

towards the hot Earth's core.

When it gets superheated, it's forced back up

through the rock and bursts out of the rock, forming the vents.

It's scalding hot and full of chemicals and minerals, right?

Yeah, and a special kind of chemobacteria

can actually live off that hot chemical soup.

Kind of like plants on land and microscopic plankton

on the surface of the ocean can live off sunlight.

Only a few years ago, scientists thought all food chains

began with energy from the sun.

But when vents were discovered, everything changed.

They realized that new food chains start way down here too!

With energy not from the sun.

But from the hot chemical soup spewing from the Earth.

Whoa...

I'm dizzy.

I know! It's dizzyingly cool!

Down here, it all starts with a little bacteria

that can convert the chemicals into food.

CHRIS: And animals eat the bacteria

which starts whole food chains that people never knew existed.

With strange animals like yeti crabs, and who knows what else.

That's it!

Where is it?

Here-- oh no-- uh...

Got it! My yeti crab Power Disc!

And... in my creature souvenir kit, I have...

Got it!

A shed yeti crab carapace that I collected.

Guys, do yeti crabs even live at this particular thermal vent?

Nobody really knows.

It's still pretty unexplored.

But we do know yeti crabs

have the power to survive hydrothermal vents,

and I've got to get out there with the creatures.

I'm going yeti!

Activate yeti power!

♪

Oh, yeah!

This suit is awesome!

The hairy arms that collect chemobacteria.

The crushing claws.

I am ready to go!

Let's get to it, bro.

I'll take the Amphisub.

What?! I just finished fixing it.

Ehh, don't worry. I won't smush it this time.

Maybe I'll leave the tools out.

Might be needing them again real soon.

Okay! We're ready for deployment!

BOTH: Miniaturize!

And launch!

Wahoo!

Jimmy, now I can show you what this giant cr*ck in the Earth

is all about.

Uh, you really don't have to.

KOKI: Down we go!

Pulpo touched down.

I'll check it out!

He's eating a... shrimp!

Makes more sense than an oven mitt.

And look here. Chemobacteria is covering these vents.

And the shrimp are munching on it!

They're vent shrimp.

A special type of shrimp that only lives here...

miles and miles under the surface of the ocean!

And they're all picking at that chemobacteria

that is growing here.

Grinding it up.

They're grazing on the bacteria

like rabbits or gazelles graze on grass.

Pulpo, you led us right to the start

of a new underwater food chain.

Aww... hey, thanks for showing us your world.

Whee-hee... and for the fun ride!

Hey, Chris, this little guy is eyeing me.

Whew!

Uh, I don't think so. Vent shrimp don't really see.

They only see heat, remember.

Oh, yeah, that's right.

I mean, down here it's pitch dark,

so seeing isn't really important,

but finding chemobacteria by the hot smokers is.

So they see heat.

Ha ha ha! What a creature power!

And I'll call you... Heatseeker!

Huh?

Over there! Behind Pulpo!

What's that!?

I've never seen anything like it before.

Could it be?

I think so.

BOTH: A new species!

Let's go!

(Shouting)

(Gourmand snickering)

Huh?

Ooh! Rare never-tasted-before shrimp.

Mmm.

Might go good with some of these clams.

And I'll use this as a garnish!

Gourmand! We found him!

But... we also found a new species back there!

(Gourmand chuckling)

I'm ready to cook!

Off to the boiling pots!

(Laughing)

But... new species!

I... aw...

Gourmand always shows up at the wrong time.

Stay right there, new species. I'll be back.

KOKI: Wow, look at all that underwater volcanic action and lava.

See, Jimmy? That's what this cr*ck in the earth is all about.

The sea floor is spreading and widening,

but only a little bit every year.

And the lava bubbles up from this long line of volcanoes,

forming this mountain range

that stretches down the entire Atlantic Ocean.

Oh, great.

Like, could it get any more dangerous down here?!

Well, yeah, they could erupt at any time.

Did she have to tell me that?

CHRIS: Amphisub to mother ship!

We've got a problem!

Go, Chris.

We found Gourmand.

And it's way worse than we could have ever imagined.

He's set up a massive deep sea kitchen down here.

Let the deep sea cooking begin!

ALL: Oh no!

And that's not all.

He got Martin.

Can't we catch a break?

MARTIN: We got to get out of here.

Whoa!

Gourmand! No!

Stop!

Huh?! You!

Blueberry in the deep sea?!

Well, no blueberries down here,

but, yeah, it's me, Martin.

And you need to let all these deep sea creatures go.

You can't cook 'em.

We hardly know anything about them!

Exactly, we don't know how they taste.

And that's what I'm going to find out!

Ugh. But look, this is a barreleye we just met.

He has the coolest eyes and nobody knows how they work yet.

I call him Crazy Eyes.

And here, meet DragonGlow, the dragonfish.

Dragonfish have a special invisibility power

that is hardly understood.

And Goblin sharks, like Snapjaw over here,

are one of the least understood sharks with awesome jaw power.

Yeah, I know.

And here is little Heatseeker,

a totally cool vent shrimp who sees heat

and supports tons of life that we still have yet to discover.

Well, thanks for the factual tidbits, crab cake.

They'll help me write my menu of rare delicacies from the deep.

You can't stop me!

(Laughing)

AVIVA: But we can!

Let them go!

Never!

♪

ALL: Whoa!

AVIVA: That may be a pretty formidable sub, Gourmand.

But mine is built to last down here.

(Laughing) Oh, yeah? Take this.

(Gourmand shouting)

CREW: Deep sea dough balls!

AVIVA: Jimmy, evasive action!

JIMMY: You can't stick me!

Oops...

Can I try that again?

(Chuckling)

Now stick around while I cook.

MARTIN: Uh, you're sure it's hot enough?

Nice stall, bro. We need some deep sea help here

and I know just who I need to find.

Now let's stoke up these boilers, nice and hot.

(Shouting)

Uh, Gourmand, I wouldn't do that if I were you.

(Rumbling)

Yeah, why not?

Uh, because you really don't want to go banging around

with a giant mallet on an underwater volcanic ridge!

Ha!

Really?

MARTIN: Yeah, really.

KOKI: Underwater eruption!

Look out!

Yes!

There you are!

We need your help, buddy.

Insert Creature Power Disc, and...

activate giant squid power!

♪

Now this is a true monster of the deep.

A -foot long multi-tentacled cephalopod.

Giant squid power for a giant rescue!

KOKI: Look out! Red hot magma chunks!

AVIVA: Whoa! We got to get out of here.

JIMMY: Well, I can't break free!

Keep trying, Jimmy! Use full power!

I'm trying, but this dough is sticky.

MARTIN: Look out, creature pals.

If one of those rocks hits us, we're toast.

To the creature rescue!

You're free!

Hey Gourmand,

these creatures don't want to be fried or boiled.

Huh? Ohh!

Way to go, Chris.

I brought reinforcements.

Ta da!

Bumper's mom!

Just in time.

Activate sperm whale powers!

♪

Yes! Swim, creatures, swim!

Awesome!

The power of one of the deepest diving mammals

in the creature world.

No! Those creatures are mine!

No, they're not, Gourmand.

They belong living free and in the deep!

AVIVA: Guys, help!

We can't break free!

Sperm whale powers to the Pulponaut rescue!

ALL: Whoa!

KOKI: We're free!

AVIVA: Let's get outta here!

You better go to Gourmand, or you'll get cooked!

Whoa!

Whoa! Abandon ship!

Oh, my poor sub.

You can keep your deep sea creature, for now.

You thinking what I'm thinking?

Oh yeah, we're thinking the same thing.

BOTH: To the new species!

I don't see him. He's gone.

No... he can't be...

He was right here.

AVIVA: Guys, we got to go back up.

The Pulponaut needs a detailed status check, pronto!

(Sighing)

Well, bro, we didn't quite find that new species.

Yeah, I'll always wonder what he was...

and what creature power he had.

So close to a dream come true.

Cheer up, guys.

We made the right decision.

We protected those deep sea creatures

for future expeditions.

It's true.

We did find some amazing, little known creatures

that were only recently discovered.

And you know what? All the new species we were looking for

are still down there, just waiting to be discovered

by someone.

Thanks to the new sub you made,

I think we'll be down there again.

AVIVA: Yeah, she did hold up great.

And we got deeper than ever before!

And don't forget,

I got some good mapping data of unknown territory.

So, till the next adventure.

Step by step, science and the quest for knowledge marches on!

But right now, I'm just marching to my lounge chair.

Ahh!

And that's a...

ALL: Creature mission accomplished!

So the deep sea is the most difficult habitat

on Earth to get to and explore,

but it's an amazing place filled with incredible creatures.

And inventions like Alvin--

here at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution--

help us to learn more

about the Earth's last great creature frontier.

Hey, do you want to check out some of the features

of this amazing submarine?

Alvin has seven different thrusters

to help move the vessel in all different directions.

These thrusters propel the submarine forward.

And a thruster like this, helps the submarine move up and down.

(Knocking)

This incredible hull

is made up of three-inch thick

titanium metal and is able to withstand

, pounds per square inch of pressure.

MARTIN: It is total darkness in the deep sea,

so if you want to see any animals,

you got to bring your own lights.

The Alvin is also equipped

with high definition video cameras,

so if there are any new forms of life swimming around

that we haven't seen before,

those cameras can spot them.

Oh, yeah, check out these robot arms.

They're fully functioning,

can move in all different directions very precisely

and even pick up specimens off the sea floor

and put them right here on this basket

to bring them up to the surface.

MARTIN: Whoa! This is so cool.

This is it, the inside of Alvin.

There's enough room down here for a pilot

and two scientists, three people total.

MARTIN: Controls. It would take

a long time to learn how to pilot this submarine.

There are five windows, and right through here,

if you get lucky, you could spot an unknown species of animal.

Wow, Alvin and the scientists here at Woods Hole

have made major contributions to science.

And there is still so much of the deep sea to explore.

Who knows what new discoveries

and new creatures are waiting for us down there?

Now let's have a look at some of the samples

Alvin has collected for science. Come on!

Hey, Tim, how are you?

TIM: Great, good to see you.

How's it going? Good to see you again.

This is our friend, Dr. Tim Shank.

He's a deep sea biologist here at Woods Hole

and an expert on deep sea creatures.

So what do you got today, Tim?

Right, we got a variety of animals here.

Some that are from two miles down.

Some that are from five miles down.

Some of the greatest collections we have here

are those from the hydrothermal vents.

This is a giant tube worm. So they're awesome.

CHRIS: The tube worms, yeah.

They grow like seven to ten feet long,

and they have no mouth, no gut.

They just have a plume that takes in the hydrothermal water

and brings it to a big bag of bacteria.

And the amazing thing is that these tube worms

can get energy from the bacteria.

The bacteria are actually getting it

from the hydrothermal vent.

That's right.

We're use to all energy coming from the sun,

but these tube worms changed the game.

MARTIN: So these are the tubes that the worms live in, right?

This is the riftia tube. Yeah, the giant tube worms.

Yeah, okay. These are smaller ones.

Like I said, they get to about seven to ten feet.

Really? Seven to ten feet!

Really cool.

Have you ever seen a yeti crab?

I have seen a yeti crab. Yeah?

CHRIS: I love that bacteria collecting hair covering their bodies.

Now check this out.

This one here... these are the vent shrimp?

TIM: These are my favorite.

They're so cool because of their creature powers.

These guys live three miles down in the deep sea MARTIN: Right.

and yet they can see dim light.

What!?

That's what we said.

There's hardly any light getting down there.

That's right. But the black smokers are so hot,

they emit black body radiation and the dim light,

right at the throat where the water comes out.

It's almost like seeing heat.

That's an amazing creature power. Isn't that amazing?

It's amazing. It's so cool.

Have you ever encountered any new squids

or octopus down there?

Yes, all the time. We see octopus more.

There are certain species that only live at vents.

They love to eat mussels.

When we collect mussels, we look at their shells

and sometimes they have a hole in them

and that's where the octopus has grabbed it

and drilled in there and had a meal. Right.

CHRIS: Wow, they is awesome stuff, Tim.

Thanks for showing us.

Yeah, and remember there's always so much more to discover

about this amazing planet upon which we live.

And the fellow creatures we share this planet with.

Keep on creature adventuring.

We'll see you on the creature trail.

♪

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And collect your own Wild Kratts Creature Powers...

Go to the Wild Kratts website.



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