The Animal Show- Babirusa and Narwhal 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 babirusa and the narwhal, both of which are animals that are famous for their tusks! You remember what tusks are, Stinky?

Stinky: Yes I do, Jake! Tusks are teeth that stick out of animals like elephants, warthogs, and walruses!

Jake: Correct, Stinky! Speaking of which, here’s Bunnie with today’s edition of…

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

Armstrong: The wooly mammoth? But isn’t that animal no longer alive?

Bunnie: You are right, Armstrong. Even though it’s extinct, it still had an impressive tusk length of 10 feet! They probably used them to sweep aside snow to reveal frozen grass for it to eat.

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

Stinky and Jake: That’s amazing!

Jake (looking at Stinky, who is wearing small detachable tusks): Stinky, what are you wearing?

Stinky: I want to see what it’s like to wear tusks.

Jake: You never cease to amuse me. And now, all the way from Indonesia…

Stinky: Indonesia.

Jake: Please welcome Kecil the Babirusa!

Kecil: Hi, Stinky. Hi, Jake. It’s a pleasure to be here today.

Stinky: You’re a pig! A big pig.

Kecil: Yes I am. Babirus translates to pig-deer in the Malay language, because our tusks look like antlers.

Jake: Those tusks do look like antlers! What do you use them for?

Kecil: We’re not telling anyone! Humans may be watching. However, they used to think that we used them to fight with.

Jake: Then what do you fight with?

Kecil: Our front legs. Humans and kangaroos call this sport boxing. (Stinky runs into Kecil’s side) Ow!

Stinky: Sorry. I was trying to fight you.

Kecil: You’re lucky it wasn’t a sow.

Stinky: What’s a sow?

Jake: That’s a female pig, Stinky. Like this one.

Kecil: Yep, that’s my girlfriend Lina and my nephew Tongle. They’re looking for food right here.

Stinky: What do you eat?

Kecil: We’ll eat almost anything, such as leaves, fruit, berries, nuts, mushrooms, tree bark, bugs, fish, and even small mammals.

Stinky: Yikes! I hope skunks aren’t on the menu.

Jake: But Stinky, there are no skunks in Southeast Asia.

Stinky: Oh, I knew that.

Kecil: Before I go, can I ask why Stinky is wearing tusks?

Stinky: I want to know what it’s like to have tusks.

Kecil: Interesting. Just try to avoid people at all costs. They love to collect tusks for some reason.

Jake: Well, that’s enough for our first guest. Besides, we’ll see some more pigs with…

Jake and Stinky: Baby talk!

Warthog piglets: Let’s wake up mommy! We need breakfast!

Warthog mommy: There you go children. Drink all you want. Just let me be for a few hours after breakfast.

Warthog piglet: Okay. Lets bug daddy!

What are we digging for, daddy?

Warthog daddy: We’re digging for bugs to eat.

Warthog: Bugs? But we just had breakfast! I’ll see what Sue and Sounder are doing.

Sounder: You’re going down, Sue!

Sue: No, you are!

Sounder: No, you are!

Warthog piglet 1: What do you think they’re doing?

Warthog piglet 2: Maybe it’s something they’ll do later in life.

Tizzy the Bee: Tizzy here. Time for a quiz!

Do all pigs have tusks? Give it a think. Back in a buzz!

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

Jake: I’ll have to say no. What do you think, Stinky?

Stinky: But domestic pigs don’t have tusks!

Tizzy: Well, here’s the answer! (flies back to the previous screen) Do all pigs have tusks? Yes, actually, even domestic ones! Bee-lieve it.

Pigs have tusks because it helps them with self-defense, like my stinger. Domestic pigs need their tusks trimmed every 10-12 months to keep people and other animals safe. Just like warthog piglets from Baby Talk earlier, adult male warthogs use their tusks to fight one another, usually for a female.

Bee-lieve it, because it’s true!

The Animal Show- Osprey and Peacock 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, in honor of our feathered friends, we will make birdseed cookies. First, we open a can of instant cookie dough. (opens a can of Pillsbury-esque cookie dough) Now, we get the birdseed. (goes to the cupboard to get birdseed) Now, we place the bird seeds inside the cookie dough. (places the seeds inside the cookie dough) Now, we place the cookies in the oven for them to bake. We’ll take them out at the end of the episode!

(cuts back to Armstrong and Jake)

Jake: And now, all the way from India, please welcome Tavi the Peacock!

Tavi: Hi, Jake. Where’s Stinky?

Jake: He’s with my cousin Bunnie for this episode.

Armstrong: What’s with the fancy tail feathers?

Tavi: Just look!

We use our tails to get the attention of peahens. That’s what female peacocks are called.

Armstrong: Do you eat fish, too?

Tavi: Yuck! We wouldn’t be caught dead near fish. We mainly eat grains, berries, insects, and small reptiles and mammals.

Jake: You’re pretty small for a bird. Aren’t you afraid that you might get eaten by tigers, jackals, and civets?

Tavi: We fend off predators the same way we court peahens- Fanning out our tails!

Armstrong: You don’t look that scary.

Tavi: Well, it makes us look bigger. Not to mention that it looks like we have more eyes than we already have. We also have sharp claws on our toes.

Jake: That’s cool, Tavi! Do you suppose you could sing us a song?

Tavi: I’d love to.

Jake: And now, here’s Tavi and Armstrong singing ‘What a Bird’.

Armstrong: What a bird!

Tavi: What a bird!

Armstrong: What a bird!

Tavi: What a bird!

What an absolutely super-duper bird!

Armstrong: I can most most anything, fly the oceans while I sing

Taki: Sing the world my special way

Armstrong: Turn it upside down today!

What a bird!

Tavi: What a bird!

Armstrong: What a bird!

Tavi: What a bird!

Both: Do we really have to add another word?

Tavi: If a friend gets in a scrape

Armstrong: Or gets bent or out of shape

Tavi: We hold out our helping wings

Armstrong: All gets bright with everything

What a bird!

Tavi: What a bird!

Armstrong: What a bird!

Tavi: What a bird!

When you suddenly cannot simply observe?

Armstrong: I can travel anywhere

Tavi: And he does with real flare

Sing at the end of day

Armstrong: Oh, it’s just my way

Tavi: If I want to, I can sing that’s tweet, tweet, tweet!

Both: What a bird, what a bird, what a bird!

(cuts to Bunnie and Stinky)

Bunnie: And now it’s time for the Animal Awards! Today, the award for the fastest flying bird. Could it be… the Peregrine falcon?

Stinky: The golden eagle?

Bunnie: The gray-headed albatross?

Stinky: Or the common swift?

Bunnie: And the winner is… The Peregrine falcon, which can fly up to 242 miles per hour!

Stinky: Sorry that you didn’t win, Armstrong.

Armstrong: That’s okay. Besides, I don’t think I’d win in a race, anyway.

Jake: You’re in luck today, Armstrong! It’s an old favorite with ‘The Cuckoo and the Warbler’. “Once upon a time, there was a cuckoo who found the nest of another bird, a little warbler. Well, the cuckoo took one of the warbler’s eggs out of the nest and put one of her eggs in its place. Now, when the baby cuckoo hatched, it pushed all the other warbler eggs out of the nest. Well, when that mama warbler got back, she was very upset. ‘All my eggs are missing.’ She said. ‘But look, here’s a baby.’ And the momma warbler took care of that baby cuckoo and fed it every day, and the baby cuckoo grew and grew and grew. Now, by the time that young cuckoo grew up, it was much larger than the warbler. ‘Wow!’ Said the momma warbler. ‘This is one big baby’. When the cuckoo got big enough, he flew away to Africa. But it always came back to visit it’s dear loving mother, Momma Warbler. The end.”

Armstrong: That was horrible! Poor warbler chicks. They could’ve died before being hatched!

Jake: Sorry, but that’s what cuckoos do. They lay their eggs in other bird’s nests.

Armstrong: What moochers!

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

Bunnie: Okay, Stinky. It’s Habitat Time! Today, we’re going to India, and we’re sure to see some amazing birds there.

Stinky: Do you think we’ll find another peacock?

Bunnie: I’m sure we will! Peacocks are very common birds. (opens the door) Let’s go!

This is India, a country so big that it’s sometimes called a subcontinent!

Stinky: Looks like a jungle to me.

Bunnie: That’s because India has quite a few jungles.

Stinky: That looks like Bradley from the climate change episode.

Bunnie: You are so close, Stinky, but that is in fact an Indian stick mantis. It disguises itself as a stick to sneak on other insects!

Bunnie: Ooh, that is a slender loris! That mantis better be careful. Slender lorises love to eat bugs, regardless of their toxicity!

Stinky: You mean it can eat poisonous animals without getting poisoned himself?

Bunnie: Correct!

Bunnie: There’s a cousin of mine- the sloth bear!

Stinky: Is it a sloth or a bear?

Bunnie: A bear. They call it a sloth bear because of its thick claws and unusual teeth. If it makes you feel any better, they’re also called Indian bears.

Stinky: I recognise that bird from last season- That’s a hornbill!

Bunnie: Correct, Stinky! This is a Malabar pied hornbill, and they have homes in India.

Stinky: I didn’t know peacocks can fly!

Bunnie: Yes, Stinky. Peacocks actually can fly, but they prefer to walk.

Stinky: Speaking of flying, I miss Armstrong. Can we go home now?

(Bunnie and Stinky leave India and head back to the Animal Show studio)

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

Stinky: And Stinky the Skunk.

Bunnie: Just back from India.

(Tizzy flies around Armstrong and Jake again)

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

How does a male riflebird impress a female? Give it a think. Back in a buzz!

(cuts back to Armstrong and Jake, with Armstrong being confident about the question)

Armstrong: I know what it does: A mating dance!

Tizzy: Sorry, but that’s wrong. (flies back to the previous screen) How does a riflebird impress a female? Well, like a peacock, it fans out its feathers, but it ends up almost looking nothing like a bird.

Bee-lieve it, because it’s true!

Jake: Thanks for the quiz, Tizzy! Once again, that’s all the time we have today, and remember to…

Yves St. La Roche: Cookies are done! (hands out birdseed cookies to Jake and Armstrong)

Jake: Thank you, Yves, but I don’t eat seed.

Armstrong: I’d like one. (grabs a cookie with his beak) Hey, not bad. Hey Stinky! Want a cookie!

Stinky: What flavor is it? Chocolate chip? Oatmeal raisin? Nutmeg?

Yves: Seeds. Birdseed.

Stinky: Birdseed? Yuck!

Yves: What? Why, you little stinker! (chases Stinky around the studio)

Jake: Anyway, remember to continue seeing the world through the eyes of animals. Bye!

Author's Notes: As you could probably tell, the ospreys flying for the first time were taken from PBS's YouTube channel.

The song 'What a Bird' was originally from the Sesame Street special '20 Years and Stil Counting'. It was later used in the Animal Show episode 'Koala and Ostrich', though it had different lyrics.

The story of the cuckoo and the warbler was also told in the Animal Show episode 'Koala and Ostrich'.

Animal Show | Koala 🐨 / Ostrich | Jim Henson Family Hub | Kids Cartoon - YouTube

In the next episode, you'll learn about tusks when the guest stars are a babirusa and a narwhal!

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!