Stinky and Jake: Here on the Animal Show.
Here on the Animal Show.
Here on the Animal Show!
Bunnie Bear: From under the ocean, over the clouds, and around the world…
Armstrong the Chickenhawk: Here comes the wild side of wild life.
Bunnie: The Animal Show!
Armstrong: And now, let’s have a wild welcome for your furry friends-
Bunnie: Stinky and Jake!
Stinky and Jake: Now it’s The Animal Show!
Jake: Hello, all you animals out there!
Stinky: I’m Stinky.
Jake: And I’m Jake. And today, we are going to meet two invertebrates, the cockroach and the squid.
Stinky: What's an invertebrate?
Jake: Invertebrates are any animals without bones. For about 100 million years now, the Animal Kingdom has been split into six categories: Mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and invertebrates. Me, you, and Bunnie are all mammals, Armstrong is a bird, while Yves and Tizzy are both invertebrates.
Stinky: So bees, roaches, and squids are all invertebrates?
Jake: Yes! Invertebrates can be split into even more groups, which includes insects, arachnids, crustaceans, cephalopods, gastropods, bivalves, annelids, cnidarians, echinoderms…
Armstrong: And now, it’s time for…
Bunnie: That’s amazing! Today, we look at an animal that has not only no bones, but also no face, arms, legs, or even organs!
Armstrong: That’s impossible! Every animal has organs, arms, legs, and a face.
Bunnie: Not the sea sponge! This is one of the simplest animals on Earth.
Armstrong: That’s an animal?! No way!
Bunnie: Yes it is, Armstrong. While other aquatic animals move around by swimming, walking, or crawling, sea sponges stay in one place. They use the holes all over their body to filter feed microscopic life-forms called plankton.
Armstrong: That’s an absorbent fact that will make you say…
Stinky and Jake: That’s amazing!
Stinky: Wow, Jake. There must be a lot of different invertebrates in the world.
Jake: There are, Stinky. In fact, about 90% of all animals are invertebrates. And without further ado, from everywhere on Earth but the Polar Ice Caps…
Stinky: Ice Caps.
Jake: Please welcome Yves St. La Roche!
Yves: Bonjour, everyone! It is an honor to be a guest on today’s show.
Stinky: Yves? You’re the guest star? But who’s gonna host the cooking segment?
Yves: Don’t worry, Stinky. I hired a raccoon to cook today’s meal.
Jake: Tell us more about cockroaches, Yves!
Yves: Glad to, my ami ours polaire! We cockroaches are some of the most successful insects on the planet, living in every habitat imaginable. Except the tundra. Brrr!
We cockroaches can eat anything, including plants, carrion, garbage, paper, and my favorite, soap! However, we can survive a month without food.
Stinky: I don’t think I can survive a day without food.
Yves: Roaches have also been around since the time of the dinosaurs!
Stinky: Have you ever met a dinosaur?
Yves: No, Stinky.
Jake: Is it true that there are different species of cockroach?
Yves: Of course! Let me show you my cousin from Madagascar, the hissing cockroach!
Stinky: Ick. I’d hate to see that thing in my bed.
Yves: And here is the giant cockroach, also from Madagascar.
Stinky: That’s another country I don’t want to visit.
Jake: Is it true that cockroaches are important to the environment?
Yves: Absolutely, Jake! Even though many humans, and some skunks, find us to be revolting, cockroaches help the environment by eating dying leaves and rotting wood. I personally wish we were more loved by humans.
Jake: Thanks for having a talk with us, Yves. What are you gonna do now?
Yves: Well, since a raccoon will be cooking today’s meal, I’ll take the day off. Au revoir! (Yves walks off)
Jake: And now, it’s time for…
Jake and Stinky: Baby talk!
Mommy butterfly: There you go. I won’t be around to see you hatch, or even become butterflies, but I still love you deeply.
Caterpillar 1: I’m the first one hatched, but where is mom?
Caterpillar 2 (in background): I don’t know, but I think I heard her talking to us before she left.
Caterpillar 3: I don’t know about you, but I’m hungry! Let’s eat whatever this green thing is.
(cut back to Stinky and Jake with Tizzy)
Tizzy the Bee: Hi, everyone! Time for a quiz! (cuts to the screen below)
Which of these bugs lays its eggs in the water? The wasp, the termite, the mosquito, or the antlion? Give it a think. Back in a buzz!
(Tizzy flies back to Stinky and Jake, who are having a hard time finding the answer)
Stinky: What do you think the answer is, Jake?
Jake: I already forgot the question.
Tizzy: Maybe you should hear the question again. (flies back to the previous screen) The question is which of these bugs lays its eggs in the water? The answer is the mosquito.
Mosquitoes lay their eggs in the water, and they hatch into larvae. That’s what baby mosquitos are called!
The larvae live in the water until they go through metamorphosis. That’s what we insects call growing up. Bee-lieve it, because it’s true!
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