The Animal Show- Osprey and Peacock Part 1

 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 the osprey and the peacock. (Armstrong flies over)

Armstrong: An osprey? Is the osprey named Nigel, by any chance?

Jake: Uh, ys. Why do you ask?

Armstrong: We’ve been best friends since we were fledglings! I'd love to meet him again. Can I swap places with Stinky for the day?

Stinky: Sure. I always wanted a bird’s eye view! (laughs, and then walks over to the same desk as Bunnie)

Bunnie: Hi, Stinky! You’re in time for today’s edition of That’s Amazing! Today, we look at the fulmar.

Stinky: Looks like a seagull, to me.

Bunnie: It may look like an ordinary seabird, but fulmars spit a stinky stomach oil at other animals that get too close.

Stinky: Can we see it spit?

Bunnie: Sorry Stinky, but it would be too gross for our family demographic.

Stinky: Even if I’ve never seen it, it sounds like something that would make me say…

Jake and Armstrong: That’s amazing!

Jake: And now, from all over the world, please welcome Nigel the Osprey!

Nigel: Armstrong? Is that you?

Armstrong: Yes, Nigel! It’s me! (the two birds walk over to each other to give hi-fives with their wings) Where have you been?

Nigel: Massachusetts.

Jake: Say, Nigel. Do you suppose you could tell us a bit about ospreys?

Nigel: I’d love to!

As you said earlier, ospreys can be found in six of the seven continents near water. We love to eat fish, and that’s why we’re also called fish-hawks.

Armstrong: So, you’re a hawk like me?

Nigel: No, we’re part of a different group of birds called pandions.

Jake: Do you migrate, or do you stick to one country?

Nigel: Actually, we migrate from Sweden to Africa. Ospreys may travel for up to 160,000 miles!

We’re also very smart: We can make up to eight distinctive vocal sounds and eleven different physical displays. I danced for my wife while flying to win her over!

Armstrong: Lucky bird!

Nigel: Sorry, but I have to get going. My wife is probably worried sick. (flies off back to Massachusetts)

Armstrong: Don’t leave, Nigel! You just got here!

Jake: Don’t get your feathers ruffled, Armstrong. Here are some more ospreys with Baby Talk!

Armstrong: What’s Baby Talk, again?

Jake: Just look.

Brother Osprey: Come on, sisters! It’s time to fly. Here, I’ll show you!

See? Piece of kelp. Now you try.

Sister 1: Okay. Let me try.

Woo-hoo! This is fun! Come on, Olivia. The air is fine.

(later)

Osprey brother: I fly like an eagle!

Amelia: But aren’t you already an eagle?

Olivia: No, we’re ospreys. Huge difference.

Osprey brother: That’s enough flying for one day. Back to the nest, everyone! You never know when silly creatures will show up.

Tizzy the Bee: Hi, everyone! Time for a quiz! (cuts to the screen below)

Which of these birds also eats fish? The heron, the pelican, the penguin, or the cormorant? Give it a think. Back in a buzz!

(Tizzy flies back to Armstrong and Jake, who are trying to find out the answer)

Jake: I know what it is- the penguin!

Armstrong: Who’s the bird here? All of them eat fish!

Tizzy: Actually, you’re right! All of these birds eat fish. Bee-lieve it!

Herons usually eat fish, but some, like this great blue heron in Florida, eats other animals such as that snake!

Pelicans, on the other hand, only eat fish. They use their big bills to scoop up water, and then shake them back and forth to empty them!

Most penguins eat fish, though others may eat squid.

And finally, similar to pelicans, cormorants search for fish by diving for it. Bee-lieve it, because it’s true!

The Animal Show- Cassowary and Rhino Part 2

 Jake: And now, let’s see what’s cooking in the kitchen with Yves St. La Roche.

(cuts to Yves in his kitchen)

Yves: Bonjour, bonjour little animals out there! Today, we’ll make a Veggie Burger for our next guest, a rhinoceros. Veggie Burgers are like regular burgers, but the patties are made of vegetables instead of meat. First, we need two buns. (goes to the cupboard and gets two burger buns) Now, we need the veggie patty. (runs over to the refrigerator to get a veggie patty) Now, we need cheese (slaps on cheese), onions (slaps on onions), lettuce (slaps on lettuce), tomato (slaps on a tomato slice), and condiments (squirts ketchup and mustard). And voila! You have a Veggie Burger! For those omnivorous animals out there, slide in a slice of bacon or two, if you like.

(cuts back to Stinky and Jake)

Jake: And now, all the way from Africa and Asia…

Stinky: Asia.

Jake: Please welcome Lupita the Rhinoceros!

Lupita: Jambo, Stinky and Jake. It’s a pleasure to be here.

Stinky: I know what Jambo means- That’s ‘hello’ in Swahili!

Jake: You know, we had a rhino on the show before with Harry. Do you know him?

Lupita: No, but I do know these rhinos.

Rhinos live in Africa and Asia, but humans have been hunting us down so they can grab our horns! And want to know what our horns are made of?

Stinky: What?

Lupita: Keratin, the same material that makes up claws, toenails, and hair! Humans might as well be cutting off their own toenails if they really want to go through that much trouble. Even though we’re not that smart, we rhinos make up for it with our keen sense of smell and brute strength. We could bust through a car door with one of our mighty charges!

Jake: Wow, that’s incredible! (Yves soon arrives with a Veggie Burger)

Yves: Sorry for the delay, but here’s a Veggie Burger! (gives Lupita a Veggie Burger, to which she happily eats) Gotta get back to the kitchen! (runs back to the kitchen)

Stinky: What’s with your mouth?

Jake: Stinky!

Lupita: Oh, that! That’s my prehensile upper lip.

We black rhinos use it to grab twigs, draw them into our mouths, and chew them up.

Jake: We still have time for a song. Do you suppose you could sing for us?

Lupita: I’d love to. Here’s a song dedicated to all endangered animals out there.

There was a time when life was free

I used to smile so easily

But the time has come, where I just don’t see a reason

And the moon is melting out of the sky

Dripping into the water so blue

We understand the and moon and I

Because blue is a feeling, too!

There was a time when live was grand

Who could have known what life had planned?

As the world goes along, more and more I see

There just isn’t any more of me

Bunnie: And now it’s time for the Animal Awards! Today, the Award for Biggest Herbivore. Could it be… the rhino?

Armstrong: The elephant?

Bunnie: The manatee?

Armstrong: Or the hippo?

Bunnie: And the winner is, the African elephant, which can reach up to 16 feet long and weigh nearly 8 tons!

Armstrong: Sorry for the loss, Lupita.

(cuts back to Stinky and Jake)

Jake: And now, it’s time for a story. It’s an old favorite with Gnorman the Gnu.

Stinky: I know what a gnu is- It’s another word for wildebeest!

Jake: Anyway, “Once upon a time, there was a baby wildebeest. Now, wildebeest is called a gnu. And this baby gnu was a g-new gnu. A very g-new gnu. ‘Oh, what a g-nice g-new gnu,’ His mother said. ‘I shall call him Gnorman.’ That was a g-nice g-name. Now, g-next to Gnorman was a g-nother gnu, and a g-nother, and a g-nother. They were Gnorman’s g-neighbors. They were g-new gnus, too. But not as g-new as Gnorman. They could walk. ‘Ooh, that’s g-nifty.’ Said Gnorman. And before he g-knew it, Gnorman was dancing around. ‘This is g-neat.’ He cried. He twitched his g-nose, he swung his g-neck, g-knocked his g-knees and made lots of g-noise. G-nobody really noticed, but Gnorman didn’t care. He was a g-nimble gnu and proud of it, g-naturally. The End.”

Stinky: That was a good story, Jake.

(cut to Armstrong and Bunnie in front of the habitat door)

Bunnie: Okay, Armstrong. It’s Habitat Time! Today, we’re going to Java, an island in Southeast Asia.

Armstrong: And how come here and not, say, Brazil?

Bunnie: If we’re lucky, we might see a Javan rhinoceros! (opens the door) C’mon, time’s wasting!

This is Java, an island in Indonesia. There are at least 185 animal species native to Java, and humans are adding more each day!

Armstrong: That’s impressive, but where are the animals?

Bunnie: Here’s one- It’s a long-tailed macaque. Macaques are monkeys found all over Asia, and the long-tailed macaque is one of them. Nitiru from an older episode was actually a macaque.

Armstrong: I thought he was a snow monkey.

Bunnie: Snow monkeys are also called Japanese macaques.

Armstrong: Help! A snake!

Bunnie: Armstrong, pipe down! This is a white-lipped tree viper. These snakes are poisonous, but they won’t bother you if you don’t bother them.

Armstrong: Now you’re talking my language- A bird!

Bunnie: Not just any bird: A Javan hawkeagle, which is Endangered.

Armstrong: So, is it a hawk or an eagle?

Bunnie: It’s an eagle.

Bunnie: This is an Asian water monitor. They may not look like it, but monitor lizards are great swimmers!

Armstrong: Talk about that.

And that just is not a frog, but a toad!

Bunnie: Correct, Armstrong! This is a bleeding toad, which is very rare.

Armstrong: How come?

Bunnie: Humans aren’t sure, but some believe that it’s because of a fungus.

Armstrong: Fungus? Like mushrooms? I’m allergic to mushrooms! Let’s get out of here!

(Bunnie and Armstrong leave Java and head back to the Animal Show studio)

Bunnie: For Habitat Time, it’s Bunnie Bear-

Armstrong: And Armstrong the chickenhawk.

Bunnie: Just back from Java.

(Tizzy flies around Stinky and Jake again)

Tizzy: Tizzy here! Time for a quiz! (cuts to the screen below)

What is the skin on a deer’s antlers called? Give it a think? Back in a buzz!

(cut back to Stinky and Jake, who are having a hard time finding the answer)

Stinky: What does this have to do with rhinos and cassowaries?

Jake: Well, Stinky, they may not look like it, but deer can be dangerous as well.

Tizzy: Maybe you should hear the question again. (flies back to the previous screen) What is the skin on a deer’s antlers called? It’s called velvet. Bee-lieve it, because it’s true!

Jake: Thanks for the quiz, Tizzy. That's all the time we have today, and until next time, keep seeing the world through the eyes of animals. Bye!

Author’s Notes: The cassowaries from this episodes’ Baby Talk is taken from this YouTube video.

Cassowary Chick at Blank Park Zoo - YouTube

Lupita the Rhinoceros is named after actress Lupita Myongo. Her puppet, on the other hand, is the same one used for Harry from the Animal Show Episode 'Gorilla and Rhino'.

Her song, 'There Was a Time', was taken for the Muppet special Song of the Cloud Forest, which told the story of a golden toad named Milton who learns that he's the last of his kind.

The story of Gnorman the Gnu was previously told in the Animal Show episode 'Wildebeest and Turtle'.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukNfbGt_MZM&list=PLifn29u_lcafo7MqUFGnitW79pbWqDb6q&index=15&pp=iAQB

In the next episode, you'll learn about birds when the guest stars are an osprey and a peacock!

The Animal Show- Cassowary and Rhino Part 1

 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 a cassowary and a rhino. Both animals are herbivores who are, in fact, deadly.

Stinky: What’s a cassowary?

Jake: It’s a flightless bird from Australia, similar to the ostrich.

Stinky: Then, why don’t they call it an Australian ostrich.

Jake: Well, they look rather different from ostriches.

Armstrong: And now, here’s another edition of…

Bunnie: That’s amazing! Today, we look at the hippopotamus!

Armstrong: What’s so great about a hippo?

Bunnie: Just look!

Even though they weigh 4,000 pounds, these heavyweight horse relatives are fast on land AND in the water! They can’t swim, but they are capable of running underwater!

Armstrong: Now that’s something that will make you say…

Stinky and Jake: That’s amazing!

Jake: And now, all the way from Australia…

Stinky: Australia.

Jake: Please welcome Kimberly the Cassowary!

Kimberly: Hil, Stinky. Hi, Jake.

Stinky: Hi, Kimberly. How are you considered dangerous if you eat plants?

Kimberly: Well, take a look!

We have kicks that can actually kill a human! We also attack dingos, kangaroos, and even cows and horses.

Stinky: Have you ever attacked a skunk before?

Kimberly: No, since there are no skunks in Australia.

Stinky: What do you eat?

Kimberly: Take a look!

Here’s a cassowary eating a banana. However, we may also eat flowers, fungi, snails, insects, frogs, birds, fish, rats, and mice.

Jake: I’ve been told that cassowary dads are really caring, despite your wicked behavior.

Kimberly: Yes, they are! Here’s my husband Kenny sitting on our eggs.

Cassowaries watch over eggs for about 50 days. Once the babies hatch, the dads raise the chicks for nine months.

Stinky: Hey, if you’re a bird, where are your wings?

Kimberly: We have none, since we don’t fly. Flying is overrated, anyway. As well as having viscous kicks, we cassowaries are also great runners. We can run as quickly as 31 miles per hour!

Stinky: Watch out for that car!

Jake: Even though you can’t fly, you’re still an amazing bird!

Kimberly: Thank you, Stinky. I have to get going now. I want to see how Kenny and the kids are doing. (walks off)

Jake: And now, here are more cassowaries with…

Jake and Stinky: Baby talk!

Cassowary chick: Hi, everyone! This doesn’t look like Australia.

Daddy cassowary: This isn’t Australia. It’s the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa.

Cassowary: How come we’re in here and not in the wild?

Daddy cassowary: Because we are endangered, son. Come on, have lunch.

Um, that berry belongs to me.

Cassowary chick: But it’s mine! Mine, mine, mine!

Daddy cassowary: Okay, you can have it. I’ll eat something else.

Man, this will be a long nine months.

Tizzy the Bee: Hi, everyone! Time for a quiz! (cuts to the screen below)

Which of these animals is most likely to attack a human? The hippo, the sloth, the koala, or the toucan? Give it a think. Back in a buzz!

(Tizzy flies back to Stinky and Jake, and this time, Jake actually knows the answer)

Jake: I know what the answer is- the hippopotamus!

Tizzy: You’re actually right! (flies back to the previous screen) The hippo is the most dangerous of them all, but all of them could attack a human, despite being herbivores! Bee-lieve it, because it’s true!

Hippos are very territorial, and are known to kill up to 500 humans a year! Those jaws don’t lie.

Larger toucans, such as the toco toucan and the keel-billed toucan, should not be kept as pets- They are known to get very aggressive during mating season, and they’ve even been reported to eat smaller birds, such as finches and canaries!

Koalas are very friendly and won’t give other animals not much. They are, however, known to bite humans, but those attacks are rare. Other than that, they prefer to rest in trees!

Even though they’re famous for being slow, sloths are, in fact, quick attackers. Those claws don’t lie. Bee-lieve it, because it’s true!