01x15 - Australia/Florida Keys

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♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ We're going on a visit ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Come on,
let's go with him ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ What's that, you ask?
What is it? ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Well, no one
wants to miss it ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ We're going on a visit ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Have fun,
let's go with him ♪

♪ New places,
new faces ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

♪ Inspector Gadget's
field trip ♪

Inspector Gadget here,

swimming my way down under,

as we splash into the case
of awesome Australia.

There's a lot to explore

so let's pack our boomerangs

and go, go, Gadget
field trip.

Here we are
on the massive island continent

known as Australia.

It's the largest island
in the world

or the smallest continent,
depending on how you look at it.

Go, go, Gadget map.

Aha! Just as I suspected.

Australia is down here,

below the equator.

Maybe that's why
they call it "down under."

Plus, it sounds a lot better

than "stuck beneath."

When you think of Australia,

you probably think
of these guys...

They're only found
in this part of the world.

Or maybe these...

Bounce to mind.

But Australia
is home to a lot more

than just cute animals.

Australia has lush rain forests,

long, beautiful beaches,

tall, towering mountains,

and wide-open deserts.

But the real mysteries
lie down under the surf.

So let's go, go,
Gadget swim fins

and investigate Australia's
hidden underwater world.

Would you believe

this is the world's
tallest turtle hurdle?

Would you believe the most
outrageous oyster obstacle?

How about the most massive
flounder boundary?

Actually, this is Australia's
great barrier reef...

The world's largest
formation

made up
of living organisms.

The great barrier reef
is made of coral,

and coral is made
from the skeletons

of thousands of tiny
marine animals called...

My keen detective sense

tells me
that one of the best ways

to research
the roaming reefs

is aboard
a glass-bottom boat.

In this very clever craft,

you can stare at all
the weird fish and creatures

under the water,

without getting
your Gadgets wet.

Well, it's time to leave
the world's largest coral reef

and set a course to examine
the world's largest pearls.

Wonder if they have
the world's largest Gadgets?

This is where Australia's
huge pearls are farmed.

Some of these pearls are worth
over 50,000 american clams--

uh, dollars,

and that's for
just one pearl.

Let's explore.

Hold onto your test tubes,

because we're aboard
a floating laboratory

where the famous
south sea pearls are cultivated.

"cultivating"
means giving mother nature

a helping hand.

If you have a plant,

you cultivate it
by watering it,

making sure it's clean,

and providing
enough light and soil.

These oysters are treated
with the same kind of care.

Technicians ensure
that they have enough food,

are regularly cleaned,

and well looked after.

An ordinary pearl is formed

when a grain of sand
or something else

gets under an oyster shell
and irritates it.

I hate when that happens.

The oyster protects itself

from the annoying
grain of sand

by forming a shiny coat
around it.

After a couple of years,

this shiny coat
is built up and up and up

until it's a shiny pearl.

When you cultivate a pearl,

you just make it easier
for the oyster

to do what it does naturally.

Sand doesn't always work its way
into the oyster's shell.

These scientists
get the pearl process started

by prying the oysters open

and placing a tiny, round piece
of mussel shell inside.

The oysters are then placed
in these cages

and put into the warmest,
most comfortable spots

in the south sea.

After 2 years of pampering,

it's time for the oyster
to pay up

with that perfect pearl.

Technicians pry open
the oyster shells

and poke inside.

If the process
was a success,

the oyster offers up
a large, beautiful pearl,

a miracle of nature

helped along
by the wonders of science.

When we come back,

we're going to meet
some ferocious crocodiles

and search
the bottom of the ocean

for a lost treasure.

But first, this Inspector Gadget
field trip fact:

did you know
that a single strand

of giant pearls
like this one

was sold at a famous
auction house in london?

It holds the record

for the most expensive
string of pearls in history,

selling for...

Wowsers.

I hope that includes
a nifty carrying case.

Inspector Gadget here,
back on the case

in awesome Australia.

Wowsers!

We're going
on a treasure hunt.

Hang on.

Go, go, Gadget copter.

About 200 years ago,

a ship called the...

Led by legendary...

Went out on a sea voyage

and never came back.

Although the captain
and some of his crew

made it to safety,

the ship was a goner.

The h.m.s. pandora

was sent to look
for the wreckage of the bounty,

and, you guessed it,

missed it by that much.

Like the bounty,

the pandora never returned.

The case was finally cracked

when the pandora
was found here

on the ocean floor.

It seems the case wasn't
the only thing that was cracked.

Apparently, the bottom
of the ship cracked

when it scraped alongside
our old friend,

the great barrier reef.

You can bet pandora's chief

had a beef with that reef.

Today, divers
using special equipment

are bringing the wreckage up

from the bottom
of the ocean floor.

Although
there was no treasure

aboard this mighty vessel,

finding the ship
is a treasure in itself.

Just down the coast
is another treasure,

but the loot is more
of the snapping variety.

Let's investigate.

Wowsers!

This is
one part of Australia

where you really
gotta watch your fingers.

This is the Crocodylus Park
Crocodile Research Center

in Darwin, Australia.

Uh, hi, fellas.

I'll just stand over here...

Way over here.

These crocodiles are some

of the largest reptiles
on earth.

What is a reptile?

A reptile is a...

...that usually has a
protective, scaly trench coat--

uh, scaly outer skin.

A reptile
is called cold-blooded

because its body temperature

changes with the temperature
outside.

So if it's too cold,

the reptile
moves somewhere warmer,

and if it's too hot outside,

it moves somewhere cooler.

Wowsers!

Looks like feeding time,

and I'm the guest of honor.

So before these crocs
turn me into a bionic buffet,

we'd better say "good day"
to our new friends

at the Crocodylus Park
Crocodile Research Center.

Let's make a run for it.

Go, go, Gadget legs.

Ah, I'm out of breath,

and we're out of time.

I hope our field trip
through Australia

was something you could
really sink your teeth into.

We've seen
enormous, shiny pearls,

a giant living reef,

a mysterious sunken ship,

and crocs
with snapping teeth.

Until next time.

Go, go, Gadget field trip.

Inspector Gadget here
on an intriguing treasure hunt

in the warm waters
off the Florida keys.

I wonder why I feel
like such a small fish

in a big pond?

Probably because I am.

Hmm...

If these are the...

Then where
are the Florida locks?

For that matter, I don't see
any doors here either.

It's time to investigate
this curious place.

Go, go, Gadget locksmith.

My impeccable
detective instincts

and this tourist brochure

tell me the Florida keys
aren't keys at all.

They're actually
thousands of little islands

which are strung together,

reaching over 150 miles

off the southern tip of Florida.

The islands
have fun names like...

And...

Having the word "key"
in the name

seems to be the key.

I'm getting
a little keyed up myself.

I think I should move on.

Many of the keys
are connected

by a 113-mile-long
overseas highway

with 43 bridges.

It's like
connecting the dots

except you connect the keys.

One bridge is almost

Wowsers.

It's time
to go, go to key largo,

the biggest key
in the whole key chain.

[dolphin squeaking,
clicking]

wowsers. according
to my Gadget dolphin dictionary,

this dolphin is saying that

I need to improve
my snorkeling skills.

And who better to teach me

than man's best
underwater friend?

After all, dolphins are
the dogies of the sea.

Though the newspaper
gets a little soggy

when they fetch it.

At dolphins plus
in key largo,

you can actually swim,
frolic, tickle, pet,

and play with the sea's
friendliest mammals.

Now this is what I call
interspecies interaction.

You can see for yourself

how these air breathing,
fun loving sea animals

are a lot like humans.

They even talk to each other
by making pulsing,

squeaking,
and clicking sounds.

[dolphin squeaks, clicks]

would you believe
a dolphin can take a breath

and swim down 1,000 feet?

Would you believe he can sing
the star spangled banner

without taking a breath?

How about inflating
a small balloon?

Bye-bye dolphins,
and thanks for the fish.

It's time to snorkel over
to key largo's

one of a kind underwater
laboratory.

Scott carpenter's...

...in key largo

is the only place
in the world

where you could
spend the night underwater

and learn to be
an amateur aquanaut.

Aquanaut is a...

There's an astronaut
named...

...who's also an aquanaut.

Scott carpenter believes

that outer space
and inner space--

or life under water--
are equally mysterious

and equally
difficult places to breathe.

He even spoke with fellow
astronauts

while they were
on the space shuttle

and he was under water.

Astronaut: right now,
we're over the pacific ocean.

In about 15 minutes,

we'll be directly
overhead of Florida

where I understand, uh,

you're a few fathoms
under the ocean.

Scott carpenter: that's right.
That's an environment

that you're
very familiar with.

Gadget: at scott carpenter's
man in the sea program,

eager trainees can be found

piloting perilous
one person submarines,

submerging
in treacherous currants

in old-fashioned
diving bells,

performing hair raising
experiments

beneath the briny deep,

and loving it.

And here's an Inspector Gadget
field trip fact:

the name "Florida keys"
is actually a mistake.

When the spaniards settled
Florida in the 1500's,

they called the area
"cayos," meaning...

But a hard appearing
english speaking mapmaker

wrote "keys" down instead.

It's a pre-typewriter typo.

Stay tuned for more underwater
antics when we return.

Welcome back
to the Florida keys.

Time for a little underwater
sea camping on the keys.

Wonder what tunes they gargle
around the campfire

when they
roast squid weenies?

Voila. it's out of the water
and into...

It's the world's only
underwater hotel.

The hotel is named
after jules verne,

author of the famous book,
20,000 leagues under the sea.

Jules undersea lodge

will have to settle for...

Or...

Hmm. 2 bedrooms,
a tv, vcr,

a kitchen, and a phone...

And check out
the thick porthole windows.

Now I know what
my pet goldfish feels like.

Man: hello. I'd like
to order 2 subs

to the jules verne
underwater lodge.

Gadget: now that's a real
submarine sandwich.

Periscope not included.

All this undersea life
wet my appetite

for the real treasure
of the deep.

There's gold
in them thar waters.

Let's head for the waters
of key west.

Go, go, Gadget
roller-skates.

When you get to key west,
stop.

You can't
go any farther south

in the continental
united states.

I guess that's why
that sign's behind me.

Go, go, Gadget scuba gear.

Wowsers.

We found the treasure...

Or they found the treasure.

I know with
my keen detective skills

I could have helped.

Led by master treasure hunter...

A team of divers found more

than a king's ransom
of wet wealth

on the bottom
of the ocean floor

near Florida.

Many of these items are
on display

at the mel fisher maritime
heritage center in key west.


over 1,000 silver bars,

gold chains
up to 60 feet long.

They also found
millions of dollars worth

of emeralds
and gorgeous Gadgets

that were
part of the treasure trove

of the sunken Atocha

that sunk off
the coast of Florida

in 1622.

The...

Were part of a Spanish fleet

devastated by a hurricane
in the Florida straits.

Missed key west
by that much.

The galleons were
brimming with treasures

collected in the new world.

Here is a rusted handle
and its rusted sword.

I don't know what happened
to the rusted swordsman.

Once it's all cleaned up,

it will look like this.
Wowsers.

The treasures
collected so far

are worth more than...

Which will
buy a lot of fish food.

Well, I hope you had
a great time

diving with the dolphins,
savoring the subs,

and trapping the treasures
in the Florida keys.

Until next time,

keep the algae
out of your snorkel,

and go, go, Gadget
field trip.

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