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!
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