Tizzy the Bee: Hi everyone. Tizzy here! Just a warning that this episode will be a bit scary for kids ages 2-5, so they should have a grown-up by their side. Thank you, and let’s start the show!
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 vampire bat and the mosquito, both of which are animals that suck blood.
Stinky: Suck blood? Like vampires?
Jake: Kind of, but there are no such thing as vampires.
Stinky: Says you. I’m gonna see if Yves has any garlic. (runs off to the kitchen to see Yves)
Jake: This seems like a regular thing for the show. And now, here’s Bunnie and Armstrong with…
Bunnie: That’s amazing! Today, we look at the leech.
Armstrong: What’s so great about some parasite?
Bunnie: What this annelid lacks in looks, the leech makes up for in brains. They have 32 of them! They also help humans by promoting circulation of blood in specific areas.
Armstrong: Now that’s a wiggly fact that will make you say…
Stinky and Jake: That’s amazing! (Jake smells Stinky, who is wearing a necklace made of garlic)
Jake: Pee-yew! Stinky, did you spray this morning?
Stinky: Oh, that. This is Yves St. La Roche’s fashionable food chain! He told me that vampires hate garlic, so they won’t attack me now.
Jake: Stinky, there’s no such thing as vampires! Anyway, all the way from South America…
Stinky: America.
Jake: Please welcome Chupa the Vampire Bat!
Chupa: Hola, Jake. Hola, Stinky. Did Stinky release his stink again?
Jake: He thinks you're a real vampire.
Chupa: A real vampire? Don’t make me laugh!
Stinky: But you drink blood!
Chupa: Si, but only from cows, pigs, horses, and birds.
Stinky: Never on skunks or bears?
Chupa: Nope, and the victims don’t even feel pain! And besides, we do more than drink blood. Vampire bats can also walk, run, and jump, which most bats cannot do!
Stinky: Talk about an acro-bat! Ha ha ha ha!
Chupa: What’s more, some of us are very friendly to humans, but never handle one in the wild!
I have to go now. If I go without blood for two days, I might die!
Jake: Oh no! You better fly back to South America, Chupa.
Chupa: Adios! (Chupa flies off)
Jake: And now, here are more bats with…
Jake and Stinky: Baby talk!
Bat pup 1: Mom? Is that you, mom?
Bat mom: It’s okay. I’m here, I’m here.
Bat pup 1: You’re not gonna leave me, are you?
Bat mom: Well, I might have to go and get some food.
Bat pup 1: No, mom! No, mom!
Bat mom: It’ll only be for a moment. You’ll be okay.
Bat pup 1: I don’t want you to go!
Bat mom: Look, none of the other kids are making a fuss.
Bat pup 2: I want my mom!
Bat pup 3: I want my mommy, too!
Bat mom: Nobody’s alone! There are millions of us here. Now, you kids just stick together. I’m just
gonna get some food. You just watch out for your brothers and sisters. Alright? I’ll be back, soon!
Bye! (flies off)
Bat pups: Who’s my sister? Are you my sister? What are we gonna do? I want my mom!
Bat pup 1: Wait! If we can’t even recognize each other, how are our moms gonna recognize us?
Bat pup 2: Oh, come on! Mothers always recognize their own babies. Don’t they?
Tizzy: Hi, everyone! Time for a quiz! (cuts to the screen below)
Which of these animals is a bat? Give it a think? Back in a buzz!
(Cuts back to Stinky and Jake, who are having a hard time with the question)
Stinky: I think they’re all bats.
Jake: That can’t be true, Stinky. Remember our episode on convergent evolution?
Tizzy: Well, here’s the answer! (flies back to the previous screen) This animal on the left is a bat.
Bee-lieve it!
These are Seba’s short-tailed bats, which live in South America. Along with bugs, these bats
also eat fruit, pollen, and nectar.
This is a sugar glider, which lives in Australia. Even though it looks like a squirrel, sugar
gliders are actually marsupials, making them related to kangaroos, koalas, and possums. They’re
also easy to raise, making them very popular pets!
And finally, this is a colugo. Even though it’s called the flying lemur, it’s not related to lemurs
at all! Colugos live in Southeast Asia, and just like flying squirrels and sugar gliders, it glides
through the air. Bee-lieve it, because it’s true!
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