05x09 - Elephant Brains!

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Wild Kratts". Aired: January 3, 2011 - present.*
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Live action/Flash-animated educational children's television series created by the Kratt brothers, Chris and Martin.
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05x09 - Elephant Brains!

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♪ Wild kratts

Martin: on the
continent of asia

In the forest and grasslands
lives a giant among creatures,

The asian elephant.

(Upbeat music)

Chris: hey, it's us,
the kratt brothers.

I'm chris.

I'm martin.

There are only two different
species of elephants

In the world and we've
gotten to know both of them

Really well on our
creature adventures.

So, see if you can
tell the difference.

Chris: which is
the asian elephant,

And which is the
african elephant?

Are you ready for the answer?

Well, that's the asian elephant.

And that's the
african elephant.

Chris: at first glance,
they look pretty similar,

But check out their ears.

See any differences?

Martin: the african elephants
ears are bigger and hang lower.

Chris:while the asian elephant's
ears are a lot smaller

And shorter, and their
trunks are different, too.

In the african elephant, see
those two tiny projections

On the end of his trunk?

Do you see that?

They use their tips of
their trunk like fingers.

They have two of 'em
on the end of the trunk

Chris: and they can
just pick up delicate,

Tiny little things like a leaf.

Martin: (laughs) and
they're great for tickling.

The asian elephant's
trunk only has one finger,

But it's still
great for grabbing.

So you can see that there are
some very important differences

Between asian elephants
and african elephants

That help tell them apart.

But there's one very
important similarity.

Chris: the creature power
of the elephant brain.

Imagine if we could get
inside the head of the elephant,

Understand their feelings
and what they're thinking.

Imagine if we had

Asian elephant power.

Both: what if?

(Upbeat music)

♪ On adventure with
the coolest creatures

♪ From the oceans to the trees

♪ The brothers kratt are going
places you never get to see

♪ Oh oh oh

♪ Hanging with their
creature friends

♪ Get ready, it's the hour

♪ We're gonna save
some animals today

♪ With creature power

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♪ Ya

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Chris: elephant brains!

Aviva: wow, our planet earth is
so beautiful from up here.

Koki: I know.

The oceans, the forests,
that's home right down there.

Aviva: so, are the guys
ready to get started?

Koki: let's see.

(Upbeat music)
(electronic beeping)

Koki: yes, I'm locked into
chris's location in africa.

And martin...

I've got him in asia.

India to be exact.

Aviva: perfect.
Then we can get started.

Started with what?

I forget.

Well, remember
the saying, jimmy,

An elephant never forgets.

I'm definitely
not part elephant.

(Laughs) we're
checking out elephants.

Aviva: there are
two basic kinds,

African elephants
and asian elephants,

And we're figuring
out the differences.

Uh-oh, if this
anything like the time

We figured out the
difference between

An alligator and
a crocodile, I'm out!

Too many super sharp
teeth in that adventure.

(Jimmy whimpering)
(ominous music)

Don't worry, jimmy.

Aviva: this'll be more
about super cool trunks

Than super sharp teeth.

Tortuga to kratt
brothers, do you read?

Chris here with some
african elephants.

Remember thornsley, the
rascally little elephant

Who drove off with
our tortuga?

How could we forget?

(Gasps) hi, thornsley!

(Playful music)

Huh? Hey.

Chris: get your little trunk
fingers off my creature pod.

Oh yeah, those two little

Trunk fingers can really grab.

Especially thornsley's.

Chris: give it back, buddy.

(Groans) hey!

Um, a little problem here.

Chris: I'll get back to you!

That little thornsley

Is trouble.

(Electronic beeping)

Incoming com from martin.

Hey, g*ng.

Blue backpack here.

I found some asian
elephants.

Huh, they live in maternal herds

Just like african elephants do.

Martin: the matriarch female,
her sisters, and their babies.

This little girl
is only one year old

And really friendly. (Chuckles)

Ah! Ow!

Hey, please don't
pinch the nose.

Aww.

She's a sweetie.

Hey, notice anything different

About that trunk?

Uh, it's attached to my face?

Aviva: (gasps) one finger.

Martin: yup, that's right.

Asian elephants have one
trunk finger, not two.

Aviva: that's difference
number one.

African elephants have
two trunk fingers.

Asian elephants have one.

But asian elephants
can still pick up,

Hold, and pinch
things just as well.

Uh, I think I'll
name you fingertip.

Yep, fingertip it is.

(Electronic zapping)

Okay, chris here.

Still after that creature pod.

Chris: hey, but I
think from this angle

You can spot another difference.

See how smooth african
elephants' heads are?

And how big their ears are?

In fact their ears
are kinda shaped

Like the map of africa.

Really?

(Computer beeps)

Koki: it matches!

That's cool.

So smooth head
and big ears

For african elephants...

Martin: and bumpy head
and smaller ears

For asian elephants.

Koki: differences
number two and three.

Martin: elephants flap
their ears to keep cool,

So asian elephants really
don't need big ears

Because it's a little bit cooler
in these asian rainforests.

Chris: tell me about it.

It's hot on the african savanna.

Those big built in
fans come in handy.

Oh, and we can't
forget the size.

What's the difference there?

Yup, african elephants
are bigger and heavier.

Chris: doh! (Grunting)

Hi, slurpee.

(Tongue slurping)

And asian elephants are
smaller and lighter.

(Grunts)

Yeah, try that with
an adult elephant.

Uh, maybe later.

Got it.

So there's a size
difference, too.

But still, elephants in general

Are the biggest land
mammals on the planet.

Slurpee, you are
one great digger.

(Gasps) hey.

Yes!

I've got a plan.

(Electronic music)

Activate aardvark power.

(Electronic zapping)

Digging power.

(Upbeat rock music)
(earth rumbling)

Chris: got it!

Ha ha!

Didn't see me comin',
did ya thornsley?

Aww, thornsley.

Aviva: oh! He looks so sad.

Chris: thornsley, I'm sorry.

I was just tryin' to...

I didn't mean to hurt
your feelings, buddy.

(Chuckles) feelings?

Come on, he's an
elephant not a person.

Jimmy z: he doesn't
have feelings.

Uh, yes he does.

In fact elephants,

Both african and asian,

Are really emotional creatures.

In the wild elephants
even comfort each other.

Cheer up, bud.

Come on, people are emotional.

See, I can be happy.

(Cheerful music)

Sad.
(Somber music)

Scared.
(Suspenseful music)

Seen that one a lot.
(Aviva laughs)

Very funny.

But elephants aren't
emotional like people are.

Sure they are, and
they're smart, too.

Elephants have
feelings, emotions.

They have incredibly
complex brains.

They're animals.

Come on, guys.

Martin: looks like we'll
have to prove it.

Chris: time for a kratt
brothers experiment.

Uh-oh.

I don't always like
how these turn out.

Let's all meet in asia!

Here, you can play
with it for a while.

(Pleasant music)

Chris: I'll be back
for it later!

(Aircraft whooshes)

(Upbeat music)

(Aircraft humming)

Right on schedule.

Now, let's get to work.

Yes, yes, this is a good spot.

Eww!
- Huh?

Look at this messy
yuckiness they call nature.

Paisley: it's so icky.

(Water sloshing)

Paisely: we have lots of
improvements to make here, rex.

Out with the ugly trees
and stinky animals,

And in with the
beautiful pavement.

Some bricks, some mortar.

(Tools clanging)

Oh, what are we
building, paisley?

A gigantic building, rex.

The biggest one
anyone's ever seen.

But what's it for?

I don't really know
what it's for yet, rex.

We can figure that out later.

I just know it'll be really big!

And buildings are
better than trees.

Eh, works for me.

Let's pave this place!

(Water splashes)

(Rex and paisley grunt)

Paisley: yuck!

Muddy earth. (Whimpers)

Get it off!

Get it off! (Whimpering)

Rex: got the power
clean machine.

(Machine clicks)

(Water whooshes)
(paisley screams)

(Grunts) rex!

Ah, sorry, paisley.

I'll fix you in a jiffy.

Here we go, okay.

(Machine clicking)

Oh!

(Paisley grumbling)

(Water splashes)

(Air whooshes)

Rex: all clean
and proper, paisley.

(Paisley grunts)

(Dramatic music) eek!

Better.

Now, let's get rid of
those useless animals.

Like mr. Elephant
brains over there.

Rex: shoo, elephants!

Come on now, hip hip.
Move along there, let's go.

Okay. Ah!

(Trunk smashing metal)

They're strong, paisley.

(Water splashing)

Hmm, maybe I can put him
to use, at least temporarily.

Okay, kratt brothers
experiment number one.

See this box, fingertip?

Inside is your favorite
fruit, mangoes.

Chris: using any of
this stuff here,

Can you figure out

How to get to the mangoes?

She smells it all right.

Oh, too high to reach bebita.

Koki: okay, let's see
what your brain's doin'.

(Computer zapping)

Ooh, I can see
her brain working.

Aviva: see, that part of the
brain is called the cerebrum,

Same as ours.

And look, our scanner is showing

That it's very active right now.

So she is thinking.

And since her cerebrum
has more processing space

Than any living land
animal, it'll help.

(Foot thuds)

I'm glad I'm not a part of

This experiment for a change.

(Grunts) hey, wait.

Ah! Uh-oh.

Check it out.

I think she's helping

Her baby figure it out.

Oh no.

I'm not supposed
to be in this

Experiment! (Grunts)

Wow, smart move
fingertip's mom.

The mango's closer.

(Chuckles) martin:
yeah, glad to help.

Look, now fingertip
has an idea.

(Wood clattering)

Koki: brilliant.

By standing on the box,
she can reach higher.

(Crate and fruit thud)

Chris: ha ha! Koki: yes!
Chris: she did it!

Aviva: I can't believe it.
Chris: woohoo!

Aviva: wow, elephants are smart.

Ha, thanks fingertip.

Way to go.

Real experiments have
proven to scientists

That elephants can learn
things and figure things out.

That's why they're one of
the world's smartest animals,

On par with apes,
dolphins, and whales.

Okay, so they may be smart,
but emotions? No way.

That's what separates
us humans from animals.

(Branch snaps)
jimmy z: ow!

Hey!

She was just swatting a fly.

Martin: tool use.

Elephants are so smart,
they use tools in the wild,

Like tree branches
as fly swatters.

Mm-hm.

These elephants better
not put me behind schedule.

How is the training
coming along, rex?

Well, this book is helping.

How to train an elephant.

Did you know that here in india

They've been using elephants
to help with work projects

For over , years?

Help?

I'll believe it when I see it.

He's learning
it faster than me.

He's smart.

(Engine humming)

Paisley: we'll see how smart.

Now get him to set the posts.

(Grunting) oh.

Ah.

(Post thuds)
huh.

See?

Hm.

But can he do it again?

I think we're in business.

(Tense music)
(posts thudding)

Huh.

By my calculations,
with these beasts

I can speed up production
by % per beast.

Rex, we need % more of them.

A whole herd.

I'll get them doing something
useful for a change.

(Elephant bellows)

I despise nature.

(Dramatic music)

Koki: whoa!

Over billion neurons.

That's a lot of brain power.

I had no idea
elephants were so smart.

(Computer zaps)

And that means
we've got to update

Our elephant power
disc right now.

We'll be at the tortuga, guys.

See ya later.

(Upbeat rock music)

Okay, meet ya there

After snack time.

Martin: want one?

(Engine rumbling)
(somber music)

(Trees crash)
rex: yee-haw!

Am I herding them
right, paisley?

Precisely, rex.

Just don't let them
get close to me.

Chris: oh no,
it's paisley paver

From pave nature incorporated.

Both: paisley, stop!

It's the delay brothers.

I don't have time for this.

Ignore them, rex.

Chris: paisley,
you gotta stop!

I never stop.

(Claps hands)

Paisley: just collect
them, too, rex.

(Clamps click)
both: whoa! Wah!

Rex: I got the little
one, too, paisley!

Chris: hey, where
are you taking us?

Paisley: I don't have
time to tell you.

(Dramatic music)

Jimmy z: you guys have
definitely convinced me that

Elephants are smart,

But I'm still not sold
on the feelings thing.

Well, have a look at this
part of the brain, jimmy.

Aviva: it's called
the hippocampus.

The hippa-what?

Aviva: hippocampus.

It's the part of a brain that
deals with emotion and memory.

And the elephant has one of
the biggest ones in the world.

(Electronic music)

Aviva: even if you shrunk
an elephant's brain

Down to human size, its
hippocampus would be

Around the same size as ours.

So, it controls memory and
connects with emotion, right?

Yeah.

Elephants need to learn
and remember a lot,

Koki: like where the water
holes are during a drought.

Yeah, but feelings?

Maybe an all new asian
elephant creature power disc

With brain technology
will convince you.

Ready to print the discs, jimmy?

Oh yeah, I'm feelin' that.

Aviva: processing.

(Computer zaps)

(Machinery humming)
(posts thudding)

Isn't it beautiful?

Paisley: we'll start here

And before long

Our glorious concrete metropolis

Paisley: will stretch as
far as the eye can see.

Paisley, there's nothing
wrong with building stuff,

But you gotta be smart about it.

It doesn't make sense
to just build stuff

For no reason in the
middle of the wilderness.

(Somber music)

Looks like I am, doesn't it?

And you can't do
anything about it.

(Ominous music)

(Chains jingling)

Keep working. Faster!

Martin: and the elephants,

They're really kind

And caring creatures

With feelings.

Martin: you just can't
treat 'em this way.

(Posts banging)

No, no, no!

Put the post in the hole.

Come on, I'm not
going to say it again.

(Feet thudding)
(plodding orchestral music)

What's going on here?

Don't these elephants
know I hate delays?

Ha, he won't do it.

He refuses to put the post in.

That's silly.

It's a perfectly good
hole that (screams).

Something's down there.

(Orchestral music)

Chris: an indian crested
porcupine was down there.

Our elephant didn't
want to hurt him.

That's why he wouldn't do it.

That's impossible.

It's just being stubborn.

Chris: no, see, they're
kind and they have feelings.

He kept the porcupine safe.

Okay, back to work.

Martin: I can't believe this.

If only we had our creature

Pods to call for help.

(Rhythmic orchestral music)

(Gate crashes)

Wow, nice thinkin', fingertip.

Both: fingertip, wait.

Get us out.

Aww, paisley's machines
must have scared fingertip.

Aw, poor little elephant.

But she shouldn't
be out there alone.

Aviva: okay, it won't
be long now, g*ng.

Printing asian
elephant power disc.

(Upbeat music)

All the elephant
powers are in there,

Smarts, feelings, strength, and
of course the single trunk--

Fingertip?

Aviva: fingertip!
(Fingertip bellows)

Oh, fingertip,

You look so sad, sweetie.

What's wrong?

Aww, that's nice aviva.

She looks like she could
use some comforting.

Koki: when a herd
member is upset,

The rest of the herd
is there for them,

Hugging and touching
them with their trunks.

Wow.

Aww, pobrecito.

I wish we knew what upset her.

Koki: okay, little girl,
easy with chris's backpack.

Not martin's
creature pod, either.

Aviva: koki, do you think she's
trying to tell us something?

Maybe the guys are in trouble.

Koki: something's up.

We've gotta follow her.

(Dramatic music)

Aviva: fingertip, lead the way

With that awesome
elephant memory.

Paisley: no breaks today,
work, work, work.

Uh-oh, paisley paver's here.

Her paving machines are
really tough to stop.

Hm, we need to be
smart about this.

(Soft music)

(Gasps) fingertip!

You can't do that.

Sorry, little porcy.

Fingertip, no!

Koki: come back!

Aviva: what's she doing?

You came back for us.

Aww, I think I know
what you're thinking,

But it's not a key, pal.

It's a porcupine quill.

But hey, it's worth a try.

(Upbeat music)

Your turn, martin.

Way to go, fingertip.

Time for them to

Martin: watch and learn.

(Fingertip bellows)

(Lock clicks)
(brothers gasp)

Both: yes!

We're free!

(Electric guitar music)
(locks clicking)

Yes!

Time for my secret w*apon.

Martin, chris, hoo!

(Pulsating music)

Both: activate
asian elephant power!

(Electronic zapping)

(Elephants bellowing)

Huh?

(Machines rumbling) what?

(Fingertip bellows)

(Elephants bellowing)

No, no, no.

Wow, I feel
strong and powerful.

Oh yeah, and I feel
sorry for those elephants.

Didn't ya know elephants
have feelings, too, paisley?

I don't care.

They won't have a home
here when I'm done anyway.

Keep paving.

Then we'll have to stop you.

Both: to the
elephant herd rescue!

Rex, stop those
colorful elephants!

(Engine rumbling)

(Rock music)

(Bulldozer crashes)
awesome!

I love this trunk.

(Engine rumbling)

(Grunts) with
over , muscles,

It's got incredible strength

Chris: (grunts) and control.

(Bulldozer crashes)

This'll stop them.

(Liquid splashing)

Ah!

Uh-oh, quick drying
cement. (Grunts)

(Bulldozer crashing)

Yay, fingertip's mom!

(Engine rumbling)

(Bulldozers crashing)

Koki: wow, two
pavers in one swing.

No, no, no, no.

Paisley: nature can't win.

It's yucky!

Paisley: time to stop
those kratt brothers.

Martin: whoa!

More cement.

No, mud!

(Liquid splashing)

Oh no. (Screams)

(Paisley cries out)

Paisley: ah, yucky.
Rex: ow!

Well, paisley,
sometimes messy is fun.

(Friends cheering)
(mud splashing)

All: yeah, nature is fun!

No, messy is not fun.

Nature is not fun at all.

Rex, get me out of here!

Paisley: they can have
their dirty elephant home.

I'll pave some other paradise.

(Airplane rumbles)

Chris: so long, paisley!

She just doesn't get it.

Elephants are so kind as
long as they're treated well.

(Trunk thuds)
(concrete cracks)

Ha, thanks, pal.

(Upbeat music)

Well, that's mission
accomplished.

We find out the differences

Between african and
asian elephants.

And the similarities.

Both are smart,
powerful creatures.

With feelings, too. (Chuckles)

And we stopped paisley
paver from ruining

Martin: the elephants' home
with another pointless project.

(Mud splashing)

Yep, and we
couldn't have done it

Without our little
friend, fingertip.

Aww, you're feeling
better now, right?

And I'm feelin'
like some baseball!

Pitch one here, bro.

All right, get ready for my

Super trunk-errific
fast ball. (Grunts)

(Posts dings)
(chris grunts)

(Baseball clanging)

(Beams crashing)

Well, that's one way
to clean up your home.

(Everyone laughs)

So, elephant brains
are amazing brains.

Elephants are one of the
smartest animals in the world.

And they have feelings, too.

All you have to do is
spend a little time

With elephants and you
can see and understand

The power of the elephant brain.

Chris: and what better
place to do that

Than in india with a
herd of asian elephants.

Elephants have the largest brain

Of any land animal
on the planet.

One of the reasons elephant
brains are so developed

Is because they have to interact

With one another
and communicate.

Chris: they need to comfort each
other when things go wrong.

And they have to
know and remember

Where the food resources are

And where to find water.

(Upbeat orchestral music)

A mother and her baby.

Every mother elephant
has to teach her babies

Chris: all these ways of
the elephant world

And that's what this baby
elephant is learning right now.

She's teaching him
to grab onto grass,

Roll it around,

Get a nice big clump,

And then bring it up to
their mouths and munch on it.

All with a super long nose.

And it's that same long
nose that this mother

Is using to teach her baby
how to take a dust bath

To keep cool in the hot sun.

Baby elephants are
taught survival skills

By their mom and
other herd members,

Martin: but these orphan
elephants here in africa,

They don't have any family to
teach them survival skills,

So they're taught
what they need to know

Here at these
elephant orphanages,

Like how to take a dust bath.

Yeah.

Chris: pick it up, good.

Excellent, that's it.

Whoa, you got me, too.

Thanks. (Laughs)

Here ya go, gettin' the side.

There's no doubt about
it, elephants are not only

The biggest land
animal on earth,

They have big
beautiful brains, too.

And remember,
elephants have feelings.

Lots of animals do,
so don't forget,

Always be nice to animals.

Keep on creature adventuring.

We'll see ya on
the creature trail!

(Upbeat music)

Both: we'll see ya there!
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