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 seahorse and the platypus.
Stinky: How are those two animals similar?
Jake: Well, seahorses are fish that get pregnant, while platypuses are mammals that lay eggs.
Stinky: An egg-laying mammal and a fish that gets pregnant? That’s absurd!
Jake: And the male seahorses get pregnant.
Stinky: If that’s the case, I’m gonna be the first skunk to lay an egg.
Jake: But Stinky, skunks don’t lay eggs!
Armstrong: And now it’s time for…
Bunnie: That’s amazing! Today, we look at a relative of the seahorse, the leafy sea dragon!
To hide itself from predators, the leafy sea dragon hides itself among the kelp.
Armstrong: What’s kelp?
Bunnie: It’s a type of seaweed. And what’s more, the sea dragon changes the color of its skin!
Armstrong: Now, that’s something that will make you say…
Stinky and Jake: That’s amazing!
Jake: Stinky, where did you get that egg?
Stinky: I found it. I may not be the first skunk to lay an egg, but I will be the first to hatch one!
Jake: Oh, brother. Anyway, here is our first guest, from the tropical oceans of the world.
Stinky: World.
Jake: Please welcome Martin the Seahorse!
(Bunnie carries over Martin in a small tank)
Martin: Hi, everyone.
Jake: It’s not often we have a fish on our show.
Stinky: Tell me, Martin: How can a boy seahorse get pregnant if only girls can be mommies?
Martin: We’ve been asked that a lot, Stinky. First, the female seahorse lays eggs in my pouch.
Stinky: You have a pouch? Like a kangaroo?
Martin: Exactly! And after four to five weeks, the dads give birth to about a few dozen baby seahorses.
Jake: Wow, that’s a lot.
Martin: Some of us gave birth to as many as a thousand babies!
Stinky: Oh boy. You say that you’re a fish, but you look like a lizard. How do you swim?
Martin: Well, we’re poor swimmers. So poor, in fact, that when seahorses face strong currents, we have no choice but to wrap our tails around seaweed!
Jake: It must be hard being a seahorse.
Martin: It is, but do you know what I’d like one of these days? A nice tank in an aquarium in France.
Stinky: But don’t you have a family of your own?
Martin: I actually do! Can Bunnie bring me back to the ocean?
Jake: Sure. While we wait for Bunnie, here is…
Stinky and Jake: Baby talk!
Baby platypus: Mommy, are you sure that it’s safe to go out?
Mommy platypus: Of course it is, junior. Just watch out for crocodiles, kingfishers, and toads.
Baby platypus: Help! I can’t swim! Oh wait. Yes, I can. I have webbed feet like ducks.
Uh, I’m all wet. Maybe those birds can help me.
Do either of you know a way onto dry land?
Bird 1: Just cross the river and head to the woods.
Bird 2: Watch out for Tasmanian devils!
Bird 1: But this is Australia, not Tasmania.
Bird 2: Oh. You could call me a bird brain, then.
(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 animals lays eggs? The chameleon, the snake, the echidna, or the coelacanth? 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: I think all of them lay eggs. What do you think, Stinky?
Stinky: I can’t concentrate right now, Jake. I need to warm my egg.
Tizzy: Maybe you should hear the question again. (flies back to the previous screen) Which of these animals lays eggs? The answer is the echidna!
Even though they have beaks, echidnas are actually mammals. These animals are related to the platypus, and their eggs take about 10 months to hatch.
Even though they may not look like it, chameleons, some snakes, and certain fish actually get pregnant like mammals. Jackson’s chameleons are pregnant for six months, around the same time as a sloth. Bee-lieve it, because it’s true!
To be continued in Part 2...
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