The Animal Show- Poison Dart Frog and Scorpion 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 poison dart frog and the scorpion, both of which are animals that are poisonous.

Stinky: Poisonous? As in ‘touch me and you’re dead’ poisonous?

Jake: Yes, Stinky. That kind of poisonous.

Stinky: If that’s the case, (runs off to put on a hazmat suit arrives back) I better come prepared!

Armstrong: And now, it’s time for…

Bunnie: That’s amazing! Today, we look at an animal baby that’s BIGGER than its parents!

Armstrong: Bigger than its parents? That’s impossible.

Bunnie. Not in the Amazon rainforest. The paradoxical tadpole is a staggering 11 inches long, up to four times the size of its parents!

Armstrong: Wow, that thing must’ve come from a big egg.

Bunnie: As it grows up, the tadpole gets smaller until it's the size of a regular frog.

Armstrong: Like Kermit?

Bunnie: Not quite.

Armstrong: Now, that’s an amphibian that will make you say….

Stinky and Jake: That’s amazing!

Jake: And now, here’s our first guest. From the jungles of Central and South America…

Stinky: America.

Jake: Please welcome Pepe the Poison Dart Frog.

Pepe: Hi, guys. It’s a pleasure to be here today. Why does Stinky look like a banana?

Stinky: If I touch you, I might die.

Pepe: I’m only poisonous when I eat native bugs. I’ve eaten nothing but store-bought crickets since I got here.

Jake: Here, let me try. (puts a finger on Pepe) Say, it’s not so bad.

Pepe: Please don’t do that. I need my skin to be moist.

Stinky: Can we see poison dart frog videos?

Pepe: Sure.

Jake: I see that poison dart frogs come in a variety of colors. And these colors are meant to warn predators that you’re poisonous, right?

Pepe: Correct!

Stinky: Are those two frogs hugging?

Pepe: No. We’re, in fact, wrestling. We poison dart frogs are very territorial. Whoever gets pinned down first has to move to another section of the rainforest.

Stinky: You know, even though you’re poisonous, you sound pretty cool.

Pepe: We are cool, Stinky. However, many of us are, in fact, endangered!

Stinky: Endangered?! As in not very many of you left?

Pepe: Yes, Stinky. Many of the jungles where we live have been destroyed by humans, and many of us have lost our homes.

Jake: It’s interesting to hear that an animal so poisonous is also so threatened.

Pepe: Indeed, Jake. I have to go now. I need to go back to eating fruit flies, ants, termites, and tiny beetles. I’ll become poisonous if I eat those.

Stinky: Yuck. Good thing I eat a healthy dose of eggs, fruit, and lizards. (Pepe hops off)

Jake: And now it’s time for…

Jake and Stinky: Baby talk!

Daddy frog: C’mon, kids. You’ve hatched out of your eggs. Now, it’s time for you to ride on my back to the nearest pond.

Tadpole 1: But we were just hatched!

Tadpole 2: Maybe we can crawl like worms.

Tadpole 3: What’s a worm?

Daddy frog: You have to be in water until you get your legs, which won’t happen for at least two months!

Tadpoles: Awww!

Daddy frog: Here we are, kids. This will be a good place for you to grow up. (shrugs tadpoles off of his back) Just make sure that you avoid predators at all costs and only eat algae until your legs grow in.

Tadpole 1: Okay, dad.

Tadpole 2: How about we play hide and seek until we end up like daddy?

Tadpole 3: Okay. These two months better be worth it.

(back at the studio, Stinky took off his suit to get some air)

Jake: Stinky, did you decide to stop wearing that ridiculous suit?

Stinky: No, I’m gonna put it back on. I was getting sweaty.

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

The question is which of these frogs is poisonous? The red-eyed tree frog, the tomato frog, or the bullfrog? Give it a think. Back in a buzz!

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

Jake: Do you think any of those frogs are poisonous?

Stinky: I don’t know. I only know that poison dart frogs are poisonous.

Tizzy: Maybe you should hear the question again. (flies back to the previous screen) The question is which of these frogs is poisonous? The answer is the tomato frog.

Just like poison dart frogs, tomato frogs from Madagascar use their bright colors to warn predators. If a human touched this frog, they might get warts like a toad! Bee-lieve it, because it’s true!

To be continued in Part 2...