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00:07That's me, Fred the house cat.
00:09When my family leaves for the day,
00:11I don't just sit inside watching the world go by.
00:14I become...
00:19Nature Cat! Backyard explorer extraordinaire!
00:24Tally ho! Tally ho!
00:27We're climbing out the trees now.
00:29We're swinging through the breeze now.
00:31We're getting muddy knees now.
00:33Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:38So what are we waiting for?
00:40We're so excited to explore
00:42All that nature has in store.
00:44Nature Cat! Go, go! Tally ho!
00:46Tally ho! Tally ho!
00:49He's our favorite nature guide.
00:51We just can't wait to get outside!
00:53We're swinging through the trees now.
00:55We're jumping in the leaves now.
00:57We're getting muddy knees now.
00:59We're getting muddy knees now.
01:00We're getting muddy knees now.
01:01Tally ho!
01:02Tally ho!
01:03Tally ho!
01:04Tally ho!
01:05Tally ho!
01:06Tally ho!
01:07The shell game.
01:08Serve again, Daisy.
01:09I need more practice.
01:10Get ready!
01:11Coming at ya!
01:12I got it!
01:13I got it!
01:14I got it!
01:15I got it!
01:16I got it!
01:17I don't got it!
01:19Gotcha!
01:20Hey!
01:21Woohoo!
01:22Oh yeah!
01:23That's how you spike and squeaky-sa!
01:24Sweet spike squeaks!
01:25Ronald's team won't know what hit him!
01:26We are so ready!
01:27Right, Nature Cat?
01:28Oh yeah!
01:29So ready!
01:30Uh-oh!
01:31Or not!
01:32I think I'd better put on a helmet!
01:34There!
01:35There!
01:36Now I'm ready!
01:37Oh!
01:38Looks like I outgrew it!
01:39Anyone know?
01:40Oh yeah!
01:41Oh yeah!
01:42That's how you spike and squeaky-sa!
01:43Sweet spike squeaks!
01:44Ronald's team won't know what hit him!
01:45We are so ready!
01:46Right, Nature Cat?
01:47Oh yeah!
01:48So ready!
01:49Uh-oh!
01:50Or not!
01:51I think I'd better put on a helmet!
01:53He-he-he!
01:54Ah!
01:55There!
01:56Now I'm ready!
01:59Oh!
02:00Ha-ha!
02:01Looks like I outgrew it!
02:03Anyone need a kitten-sized helmet?
02:05Oh!
02:06I do!
02:10Ha-ha!
02:11Works great!
02:12Thanks, Nature Cat!
02:13Don't mention it!
02:15Oh!
02:16Hello, Nature Cat!
02:18Hello, Ronald!
02:20Ready for our five-player volleyball championship match?
02:24Yes, yes!
02:25The five of us have been practicing all week!
02:28Perhaps you should practice your math skills, Nature Cat!
02:32There are only four of you!
02:34One...
02:35Two...
02:36Three...
02:37Four...
02:38Who's our fifth player?
02:40Well, it's Herbert!
02:41The Hermit Crab?
02:42Well, he does have the shortest commute out of all of us!
02:45Where is he?
02:46Ugh, he always does this!
02:47Don't worry, I'll find him!
02:48Better hurry!
02:49Because if you don't have five players, you forfeit!
02:52And we win the championship!
02:54Ha-ha-ha!
02:55Huh?
02:56Rubble!
02:57Rubble!
02:58Rubble!
02:59Rubble!
03:00Hi, Herb!
03:01Herby-Werby!
03:02Herby-Lerby-Ding-Dong!
03:03Where are you?
03:04Uh, down here!
03:05I'm having a little shell trouble!
03:07Oh, well, come on up!
03:08The mouse can help!
03:10Okay, great!
03:12Uh, see if you can give the shell a little push!
03:15You got it, Herb!
03:18What happened, Herb?
03:20Shell shrinkage?
03:21No!
03:22I grew!
03:23I can't find a bigger shell!
03:25So I have to squeeze into this old one!
03:27I almost got it!
03:28I almost got it!
03:29There it is!
03:31Huh?
03:33Yeah!
03:34There we go!
03:36Huh?
03:40Hey!
03:42What's going on?
03:43Herbert doesn't fit in a shell anymore!
03:45Can't you play without a shell, Herbert?
03:47No way!
03:48I'm an invertebrate!
03:49An inverted hoot-what's-a-b-a-d-wa-ha?
03:52What is an inverte-verte-brate?
03:54Inverte-brate!
03:55What is that?
03:56Well, you all have bones, right?
03:58Sure!
03:59I got a whole collection buried in my backyard!
04:01Not dog bones that you bury!
04:03I'm talking about the bones in your body!
04:05Oh!
04:06Right!
04:07Hmm...
04:08Yep!
04:09We're filled with bones!
04:12Well, I'm not!
04:14You see...
04:15I'm an invertebrate!
04:17Take an x-ray and see!
04:19I got no bones inside of me!
04:23No clavicle or tibula!
04:26That is mine!
04:27I got no skull, no ribs or spine!
04:31Listen to my cry!
04:33Listen to me groan!
04:35I'm an invertebrate!
04:37I got no bones!
04:39There's no bony boneness in my body zone!
04:43I'm an invertebrate!
04:44I'm an invertebrate!
04:45Huh!
04:46And I got no bones!
04:47When you have no bones!
04:49For shape and protection, you need to move in a new direction!
04:56You'll soon find that a shell is fun!
04:59When you got no inner skeleton!
05:03I'll tell the whole world!
05:05Gonna let it be known!
05:07I'm an invertebrate!
05:09I got no bones!
05:11I'll post it!
05:12I'll tweet it!
05:13I'll text it to your phone!
05:15I'm an invertebrate!
05:17I got no bones!
05:22Oh, poor little invertebrate!
05:25Nah, we crabs get along just fine without bones.
05:28See those crabs over there?
05:30Now, they have a hard outer covering.
05:32It's called an exoskeleton.
05:34It covers their whole bodies.
05:36But it's a different story for us hermit crabs.
05:38Our exoskeleton only protects the front half of our bodies.
05:41The back half is not protected.
05:43Aw, what a cute little tail, Herbert!
05:46Oh, this?
05:47No, no, it's not a tail.
05:48It's an abdomen.
05:49Your what now?
05:50It's my little crabby belly.
05:51And it needs protection.
05:53Hmm, that's a very interesting problem.
05:56I'll say.
05:57Yikes.
05:58Yeah, and a new larger shell is hard to find.
06:01Well, well, well.
06:03Look who still isn't ready to play.
06:05Guess the game is canceled,
06:06and the Rugged Ronalds win.
06:09Rugged Ronalds?
06:11That's the name of my team.
06:13Oh, and here comes our mascot.
06:15We're number one!
06:16We're number one!
06:17We're number one!
06:18We're number one!
06:20No!
06:21The game is not canceled!
06:22We just need a few minutes to suit up.
06:24Well, you'd better hurry, or you forfeit,
06:26and the Rugged Ronalds will be the champions!
06:29Champions!
06:31We're number one!
06:33We're number one!
06:34We're number one!
06:35Uh, maybe you guys should go look for another player.
06:37There's no way I'm gonna find a new shell in time.
06:40You will if we help you!
06:42You would do that for me?
06:44Of course!
06:46We are a volleyball team,
06:48and there is no bond more sacred than that.
06:51Now come on!
06:53Let's find that crab shell!
06:55Tally-ho!
07:03Whoa!
07:07Oh, yeah!
07:16Anything?
07:17I got nada.
07:18Oh, oh, oh!
07:19I got...
07:20Nothing.
07:23What's that?
07:26Rejoice!
07:27For I have found the perfect shell
07:30to protect your unfair abdomen.
07:33I'll give it a try,
07:34but I usually prefer a snail shell.
07:37Looks fancy.
07:38It feels sturdy.
07:40You know, this just might work.
07:42Hey, the shell's nice!
07:44And roomy!
07:45Yay!
07:46Ha-ha!
07:47Now come on!
07:48Let's go show Ronald how we play volleyball!
07:52Tally-ho!
07:54Come on!
07:57I'm coming!
07:59I think that shell may be too big and heavy for you, Herbert.
08:03Heavy for me?
08:04Ha-ha-ha!
08:05I have the strength of ten shellfish!
08:07Oh, who am I kidding?
08:09It's too big and heavy.
08:11I guess I'm off the team.
08:12Sorry, guys.
08:13Never, Herbert!
08:14Let's keep looking!
08:15I see one!
08:16What do you think of this spectacular shell?
08:21Ooh, this looks pretty good to me.
08:26Try it on for sizing purposes, please.
08:28Hey!
08:29It fits perfectly.
08:30We found the perfect shell.
08:31How do I look?
08:32Yay!
08:33Yay!
08:34Yay!
08:35Yay!
08:36Yay!
08:37Yay!
08:38Yay!
08:39Yay!
08:40Now let's say we show Ronald how we play volleyball.
08:43Nature Cat style!
08:45Tally-ho!
08:46What's wrong this time, Herbert?
08:51Oh, nothing.
08:52My shell helps keep me moist, usually, but I'm a little dried out from all this searching
08:57for a new shell.
08:58Oh, you need water for your shell?
08:59No problem, dude!
09:00And here's some liquid refreshment for your back end.
09:04Enjoy, enjoy.
09:09You know, oddly, I'm still not feeling very refreshed.
09:13Oh, no!
09:14This shell has a hole!
09:16Ah!
09:17I knew it was too good to be true.
09:19So are we going to play or what?
09:21It's almost nap time, and I need my beauty sleep.
09:24How about you nap first, and then we'll play?
09:27Because I don't want to nap before I...
09:30Lay down Ronald, snuggle deep in the warm sand.
09:35Hey, everybody!
09:36I found the perfect shell!
09:38Hal, that's not a shell.
09:40That's a bicycle horn.
09:42Yeah, but this horn part is like a shell, and the rubber part can hold water!
09:46Hmm.
09:47It's a little unusual, but I'll give it a try.
09:51Whoa.
09:52It fits.
09:53I think we found a shell.
09:55Oh!
09:56And the best part is...
09:59It does this!
10:00Oh, that's it.
10:01I'm done.
10:02I'm going back to my hole in the sand.
10:03Wait!
10:04Herbert!
10:05Don't go!
10:06Poor Herbert.
10:07What are we going to do?
10:08Hmm.
10:09Say, Daisy, do you remember that helmet I gave you?
10:10Of course I do.
10:11I'm wearing it.
10:12Do you remember why I gave it to you?
10:13Because you outgrew it!
10:14Outgrew it!
10:15Nature Cat, are you thinking what I'm thinking?
10:16I believe I am.
10:17Herbert!
10:18Where are you, Herbert?
10:19Herbert!
10:20Herbert!
10:21I told you guys, I give up.
10:22I'll never find out.
10:23Perfect shell!
10:24It's beautiful.
10:25Can I try it on?
10:26Hey, watch your abdomen!
10:27Outgrew it! Nature Cat, are you thinking what I'm thinking?
10:31I believe I am.
10:34Herbert! Where are you, Herbert?
10:38I told you guys, I give up. I'll never find a...
10:40Perfect shell. It's beautiful. Can I try it on?
10:46Hey, watch your abdomen.
10:49Oh, hi, sorry. It's belongs to somebody else. I knew it was too good to be true.
10:53Wait, no, Herbert! You don't understand!
10:55I understand perfectly. You'll never have a beautiful shell that fits again.
11:01Why don't you tell him, Abigail?
11:03Okay. The shell's all yours, Herbert.
11:06Wait, you're giving it to me? Why?
11:09Well, because I'm growing out of this one, and your friends found this nice new one for me.
11:14It's a good shell, so take care of it, please.
11:18I will.
11:19What are you waiting for, Herbert? Try it on!
11:22Perfecto! Look at this! It fits!
11:28I found my shell!
11:29Woo-hoo!
11:31Lucky! Wish I could find a shell!
11:34Need a shell? How's this?
11:36Hey, it fits! Thank you, big guy!
11:39Come on, we're crabs, right? It's what we do.
11:40Ha-ha! Yes! Now, what do you say we finally show Ronald how to play a little volley ball?
11:49Yeah, let's do it!
11:54Right!
11:55Don't worry, Nature Cat, I am totally protected.
12:00Huh?
12:01Ha-ha-ha-choo!
12:02Yeah!
12:03Yay!
12:03We did it!
12:04Yeah!
12:05Yeah!
12:05Yeah, good to have a shell.
12:12Heron Food Blues!
12:19So, everybody having as much fun as I am?
12:24Oh, yeah!
12:25Oh, wait. No, I'm not. I'm not at all.
12:28Uh, guys, how can we have a Net-A-Fish-and-Toss-It-Back-A-Thon if we don't net and toss back any fish?
12:34Yeah, what's going on this year?
12:36Last year, we were rocking!
12:40Oh, man. There were so many fish, we couldn't get them fast enough, remember?
12:47Flash!
12:50Woo-hoo!
12:50Woo!
12:50Woo!
12:50Woo!
12:51Woo!
12:51Woo!
12:52Woo!
12:52Woo!
12:52Woo!
12:52Woo!
12:53Woo!
12:54If I'm not mistaken, I have netted exactly no fish!
13:00Huh!
13:00How about you, Hal?
13:02Let me see.
13:03Hmm.
13:03Okay.
13:04Two plus six times four divided by 17 plus all the real catfish.
13:09None!
13:10We haven't caught any fish!
13:12Zero.
13:13As they say in French, zilch.
13:16Hmm.
13:17I wonder where all these fish went.
13:19Well, maybe they flew south for the winter, you know?
13:21Because of flying fish, so...
13:23I don't know.
13:24I don't know.
13:24Come to think of it, where are all the frogs?
13:27Last year, there were so many!
13:29We need to solve this dilemma.
13:32Hmm.
13:33We have not seen any frogs nor fish.
13:35Frogs, fish.
13:37Frogs, fish.
13:38Frogs, fish.
13:39Frogs.
13:40Bird!
13:41Bird?
13:42I wasn't speaking of birds.
13:43I was talking about frogs and fish, but I could always talk about birds.
13:47No, Nature Cat Bird!
13:48And it's a heron!
13:49Incoming!
13:50Whoa!
13:51Bird!
13:52Whoa!
13:53Whoa!
13:54Whoa!
13:55Watch out for the rock!
13:56I'm watching, but there's not really anything I can do!
14:01Nature Cat, I gotta say, that was awesome!
14:14What she said!
14:15Ha ha!
14:16Yes!
14:17Awesome!
14:18Just remind me to never do that again.
14:21Sorry about that, chap.
14:23Didn't see you there.
14:24The name's Flo!
14:25Don't give it another thought, Flo!
14:27I am Nature Cat, and these are my loyal friends Hal, Daisy, and Squeaks!
14:32Hi!
14:33Hi and hey!
14:34Oh gosh!
14:35So tired!
14:36Woo!
14:37Oh boy!
14:38Woohoo!
14:39Nearly!
14:40I don't have my usual zip!
14:43I really need some food!
14:46Would you care for a bone, Flo?
14:48How about a carrot?
14:49Do you want some cheese?
14:51Say no, say no, say no, say no!
14:53No thanks!
14:54I'm looking for fish!
14:56It's my favorite, and oh, what an energy boost!
15:01Woohoo!
15:02Unfortunately, this pond seems to be fishless!
15:06If fishless is even a word!
15:08Tell me about it!
15:09I live here!
15:10I haven't had a good fish dinner in days!
15:14In days?
15:16Oh, I've been getting by.
15:18A few insects now and then.
15:21A few insects now and then?
15:24But that doesn't sound like enough food for a big bird like you!
15:36Flo, don't worry about it, we'll help you find some fish!
15:39Ha ha ha!
15:40What she said!
15:44Yes, yes!
15:45We will do whatever it takes to find you some fish, Flo!
15:49Anything at all!
15:51Yeah, like look under the pond to see if we can find any fish!
15:54Um, beg your pardon, but I believe you said under the pond, as in under water?
16:02Count the mouse in!
16:04And the bunny!
16:06And the owl!
16:09You go ahead, friends!
16:11I'll stay with Flo!
16:12She needs me!
16:13Right, Flo?
16:14Say you need me!
16:16Looking for fish!
16:18Or clues to where the fish went!
16:21Or fishy clues!
16:23Whoa!
16:24Water!
16:25Why is it always water?
16:30Why is it always water?
16:48Think they found any fish?
16:53Let's see what's up!
16:54Or more appropriately, down!
16:57Any fish?
16:59Nope!
17:04Ooh, wait!
17:05There's a tadpole!
17:06Looking for something to eat!
17:08Who isn't?
17:09Let me see!
17:12Bingo!
17:13It found some green slimy stuff!
17:16Delicious!
17:17That's what we call algae!
17:19It's a kind of plant, but it lives in the water and has no roots!
17:22My word!
17:24There's usually more algae down there than that!
17:36You guys, we saw a fish!
17:38Ah!
17:39A fish!
17:40But the little fishy swam away!
17:42Well, if there's one fish, there must be more!
17:45We only saw one!
17:47I saw a tadpole, you guys!
17:49And he was eating algae!
17:51Oh!
17:52We saw it too!
17:53Yeah, yeah!
17:54But the fish chased away the tadpole before it could finish eating the algae!
17:58Everybody's hungry!
18:00What's going on here?!
18:03We've got to figure it out!
18:06For flow!
18:07Hmm...
18:08There's gotta be clues here!
18:10Come on, guys!
18:11What do we got?
18:12A tadpole eating algae!
18:13A fish trying to eat a tadpole!
18:18A heron looking for fish!
18:21That's me!
18:22We got one chunk of algae!
18:23We got a hungry tadpole!
18:24We got a hungry fish!
18:25And we got a hungry heron!
18:26What's going on?
18:27What's going on?
18:28What's going on?
18:29My brain!
18:30Hmm...
18:31So everything's kind of connected to everything else!
18:33Like a chain!
18:34A food chain!
18:35A disappearing food chain!
18:36Yeah!
18:37And speaking of disappearing, look how low the water is!
18:38Man, oh man, you're right!
18:39There's not as much water as usual here!
18:40Remember last year?
18:41Roll flashback, please!
18:43The water was up to here!
18:44Now it's down here!
19:02And it's down here!
19:07now it's down here and and and it's moving like a stream and not still like a pond gee i wonder
19:16where all the water's gone where has all the water gone oh where has all the water gone
19:25long time flowing but now it's going where has all the water gone
19:36thank you thank you i'll be here all episode look even the algae's going
19:42where is all the algae going where is all the algae going long time the algae's growing
19:53but the algae's gone does he do this a lot um yeah uh nature cat sorry a gorgeous song but
20:05we need to stop singing and start following okay right yes agreed follow that algae
20:11tally ho algae it's me how where are you going algae gosh if the algae goes then the tadpoles have less
20:21to eat and then the tadpoles are hungry and they leave to find more algae and when the tadpoles go
20:27the fish have less to eat so the fish leave to find food and i don't get enough fish to eat but i
20:34don't want to leave to find food i wanted how it used to be here yeah me too so the real question is
20:42where is all the water going and why hey that's two questions and there's the answer look the beaver dam
20:52has a hole in it that's why the water is draining from the pond the mystery is solved but where are the
21:00beavers why don't they fix the hole i heard they left some time ago after someone cut down all of their
21:08favorite trees and that is what started the trouble here with the tadpole fish and heron food chain
21:15bye-bye algae which means bye-bye tadpoles and fish and bye-bye herons
21:25no no is right we will not allow this to happen in fact we will fix this damn tally ho
21:37yes indeedy do the water from the pond won't leak out now the
22:06algae will grow back and not get washed away yeah yeah and the tadpoles will have lots of algae to eat
22:13and the fish will come back because now they'll have plenty to eat and more fish means i'll have
22:18plenty to eat oh i'm so happy and in a few months we can have our net efficient toss it backathon
22:28um can we fast forward a couple months please
22:36fish
22:48fish and frogs and tadpoles and algae
22:56algae and flow
23:00hello so much fish to eat
23:10thanks for your help
23:12nature cat squeaks daisy and how are cartoon characters and not real animals to keep all of our animal
23:24friends safe check with a grown-up before you bring a pet on your next nature adventure
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