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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!
00:27Tally ho! We're climbing out the trees now.
00:30We're swinging through the breeze now.
00:32We're getting muddy knees now.
00:34Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:36Nature 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! Go!
00:46Tally ho! Go! Go! Go!
00:48Tally ho!
00:49We're the favorite nature guide.
00:51We just can't wait to get outside!
00:53We're going through the trees now.
00:55We're jumping in the leaves now.
00:57We're getting muddy knees now.
00:59We're getting our time!
01:00Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
01:01Tally ho!
01:02Nature Cat! Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
01:03Tally ho!
01:07The Queen of the Night.
01:14And what else is alive in the yard, gang?
01:17Dingle lion!
01:18Yep! That's alive!
01:20Uh, chipmunk!
01:21Definitely alive!
01:22And cute to boot!
01:24Oh, how about a rake?
01:26Hmm, let's see.
01:28Well, a rake doesn't need food and water and air to live and grow.
01:33So it's not a living thing, Hal.
01:36Oh, okay.
01:37But you know what?
01:38It still gets a Hal hug!
01:39Come here, you!
01:41Boom!
01:42Ah!
01:45Flower alert! Flower alert!
01:47Sweet jumping gerbils!
01:49Oh, what is it, Diz?
01:51Tonight, the Queen of the Night cactus blooms!
01:54No way!
01:55That's tonight?
01:56I can't believe it!
01:57That's so cool!
01:58Wait, who is this Queen of the Night we're talking about?
02:00The Queen of the Night is a cactus that only blooms one night a year.
02:05And the flower only lasts for a few hours!
02:08And I've always wanted to go to the desert to see it!
02:11But I didn't think anything could live in the desert!
02:14Huh!
02:15Well, it looks like the Queen of the Night cactus does!
02:18A flower that blooms in the desert?
02:20This I gotta see!
02:21To the desert!
02:23Tally-ho!
02:24To the desert!
02:26Hold on there, my excited amigos!
02:28Deserts are really dry and can be really hot!
02:31It's pretty harsh there.
02:33We had better prepare!
02:35Prepare?
02:36How?
02:37You don't have, like, a song to sing about the preparation process, do you?
02:40Funny you should ask, Hal!
02:42Hit it!
02:43If you're heading to the desert to see a flower queen,
02:47Make sure that you bring some extra sunscreen!
02:50Come on, let me inspect!
02:51You need SPF to protect you when you're walking in the harsh, dry desert!
02:58Don't wanna get stuck in a desert sand trap,
03:01So bring along a phone and a map!
03:04If you're lost, you'll get found while you're desert bound
03:07When you're walking in the harsh, dry desert!
03:12Wear a big hat and a long-sleeved shirt
03:15To make sure you don't burn, don't get hurt!
03:18Put on your boots and high socks, protect your feet on those walks
03:21When you're walking in the harsh, dry desert!
03:24To keep yourself warm, pack a sweatshirt, please!
03:28Cause at night, it can drop as much as 50 degrees!
03:32What's the reason the night gets freezing when you're walking in the harsh, dry desert?
03:37Before you hit the desert, before you go!
03:42Make sure to pack plenty of that H2O!
03:45You need lots of water if you're a desert trotter
03:48When you're walking in the harsh, dry desert!
03:51When you're walking in the harsh, dry desert!
03:55Alright! Now we're ready!
03:57Let's go find that cactus!
03:59Onward and yonward!
04:04Whoa! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!
04:07This desert is beautiful, Daisy!
04:10But so hot!
04:12I... I really don't see much life here!
04:15Maybe if we look closer, we can spot more life here!
04:19Let's see!
04:20Oh! Look over there! In that burrow!
04:25Hello!
04:27Yow!
04:28Whoa! That was jumpalicious!
04:32How did you jump so high?
04:34Well, ma'am, it's cause I'm a kangaroo rat!
04:37That's what we do! We hop!
04:39Sounds! A kangaroo rat lives in the desert?
04:43Things that live in the desert!
04:46Kangaroo rat! So cool!
04:51Hello, kangaroo rat! It's me, Hal the dog!
04:54Hey! Not that I don't enjoy a nice hug there, partner!
04:58But what are you doing out here in the desert?
05:00We're looking for the queen of the night cactus!
05:02Tonight's the one night of the year that it blooms!
05:05That sounds like rootin' tootin' desert fun,
05:07but where exactly is that cactus located?
05:10Let me check my map!
05:11Says the first thing we have to do is turn right at the mesquite trees!
05:15Mesquite tree? Mesquite beans are my favorite snack!
05:19Come on, I'll show you where they are! Hop this way!
05:28This here is the mesquite tree!
05:30Aw, hello, mesquite tree!
05:33Look, it's me, Hal!
05:35Hello!
05:36The mesquite tree is alive in desert 2!
05:39Amazing!
05:40Exclamation point!
05:41Scribble underline!
05:42Yep!
05:43Mesquite trees grow real nice and easy in dry places.
05:47And that's good!
05:48Cause they have dippity-doo-dah delicious beans that I like to eat!
05:52Ooh, I wanna try!
05:53Mmm!
05:54Mmm!
05:55Mesquite!
05:56Say, how come you can put so many beans in your cheeks all at once?
06:09It's cause we kangaroo rats have pouches in our cheeks to hold lots of seeds!
06:13It's how we collect enough food to survive here in the harsh desert!
06:18Whoa!
06:19Those are some big cheeks!
06:21The sun is starting to go down, you guys!
06:24We have to get to the queen of the night cactus by nightfall!
06:27Thanks for getting us here, kangaroo rat!
06:30Good luck, ma'am!
06:31Stay on the path and watch where you walk here in the harsh dry desert!
06:35We will!
06:36Thanks!
06:37And now I'm off to start my day!
06:39I mean night!
06:40Yahoo!
06:46Anybody else?
06:47Getting a little thirsty!
06:49I'm so thirsty!
06:51Our bodies need water!
06:53Time for a...
06:54Water break!
07:00I think we gotta drink more often here in the desert before our bodies get so thirsty!
07:04A splashing idea, Squeaks!
07:07Where to next, Daisy?
07:08It says here we have to travel past the Russian thistle patch!
07:13What was that?
07:15There it goes again!
07:17And again!
07:18What is it?
07:20I'm a roadrunner!
07:23Please don't do that!
07:24Whoops, sorry!
07:25I live here in the desert!
07:27And here in the desert!
07:28And here in the desert!
07:30Incredible!
07:31A roadrunner is another thing that lives in desert and quite surprising!
07:37Hello, roadrunner!
07:38Beep beep!
07:39It's me, Hal!
07:40I do live in the desert!
07:41And I run in the desert!
07:42And I hunt in the desert!
07:43For lizards and other small animals!
07:46Small animals?
07:47What kind?
07:48Well, don't worry!
07:49I already ate!
07:50Now, just what are you doing out here in the harsh dry desert?
07:53We're here to see the queen of the night cactus bloom!
07:56But first, we gotta go past the Russian thistle patch!
07:59Russian thistle patch?
08:00I know where that is!
08:01Follow me!
08:06Here's the Russian thistle patch!
08:09Hold on, friends!
08:10Before we get too thirsty, it's time for a...
08:13Water break!
08:14Look!
08:15Look!
08:16Look!
08:17Look!
08:18Look!
08:19Look!
08:20Look!
08:21Oh, my goodness!
08:22What was I raised in a barn?
08:23Where are my manners?
08:24Would you like some water, Mr. Roadrunner?
08:25Oh, no thanks!
08:26I get all the water I need from the animals I eat!
08:27That's how I survive in the harsh dry desert!
08:29Wow!
08:30Speaking of harsh, it's about to get harsher!
08:33How?
08:34Wind!
08:35It can get very windy here in the desert!
08:37How windy?
08:38Whoa!
08:39Did that answer your question?
08:42Oh, that's windy!
08:44Whee!
08:45And when the wind blows, you know what that dried up Russian thistle becomes?
08:50What?
08:51Tumbleweed!
08:54Oh, no!
08:55Tumbleweed straight ahead, Captain!
08:57Run!
08:58It's what I was born to do!
09:00Woo-hoo!
09:01Whoa!
09:06Aha!
09:07Uh-oh!
09:09What's all that stuff falling off the tumbleweeds?
09:14It's how the Russian thistle spreads its seed so more can grow!
09:18When it blows as a tumbleweed, it drops seed everywhere so more thistle can grow!
09:23Oh, no!
09:24Guys!
09:25It's almost sundown!
09:26Well, it sure is gonna get cold when the sun goes down.
09:30Well, that's one of the things that makes the desert so harsh.
09:33It can be super hot during the day, and then the temperature drops a lot at night!
09:37It's a good thing we packed our sweatshirts!
09:39Here you go, guys!
09:41Thank you so much for getting us past that Russian thistle patch, Roadrunner!
09:45My pleasure!
09:46Bye-bye!
09:48Which way to the Queen of the Night Cactus now?
09:51Oh!
09:52Oh!
09:53It says it's right up on top of that mesa!
09:55Onward and upward!
10:03Ooh!
10:04Tell me that wasn't a tongue!
10:05Just me!
10:06I'm a Gila monster!
10:07Wow!
10:08Another amazing living thing in the desert!
10:11Is Gila with an H?
10:12No!
10:13G!
10:14Hello, Gila monster with a G!
10:16I'm Hal with an H!
10:18Hal!
10:19No hugging!
10:20It says here Gila monsters are poisonous if you get bitten!
10:23Stay back!
10:26And it also says they eat mice and they eat rabbits!
10:29Uh-oh!
10:30That's not good!
10:31That we do!
10:32That's how we survive in the harsh dry desert!
10:35And might I say, you all smell yummy!
10:38Hey!
10:39Check out that forked tongue!
10:40I think he's using it to help him smell!
10:42Isn't that cool?
10:43Not really the point, Hal!
10:45Run!
10:49Uh-oh!
10:50We gotta go!
10:51Let's climb!
10:57Uh-oh!
10:58I don't know if I can hold on!
11:00Don't worry!
11:01I'll catch you!
11:03Not on my watch!
11:04Gila monster with a G!
11:06Ladder time!
11:07Hurry!
11:08Oh, don't hurry!
11:09Grab on!
11:10Oh, don't grab on!
11:11Oh, don't grab on!
11:13Oh, well!
11:14Looks like I gotta find some other food!
11:15So long!
11:16The sun's down!
11:17It's night!
11:18Did we make it in time?
11:19Daisy, look!
11:20Man, oh, man!
11:21I think it's happening!
11:22It's beautiful!
11:23Now this was worth being thirsty for!
11:24Queen of the night blooms!
11:25Oh, yeah!
11:26Oh, yeah!
11:27Oh, yeah!
11:28Oh, yeah!
11:29You know, I certainly could never live in the desert!
11:30But isn't it amazing how the roadrunner, the kangaroo rat, the beautiful queen of the night, or even the gila monster with a G do live here?!
11:41I gotta write this out!
11:43Oh, yeah!
11:44Oh, yeah!
11:45Oh, yeah!
11:46You know, I certainly could never live in the desert!
11:48But isn't it amazing how the roadrunner, the kangaroo rat, the beautiful queen of the night, or even the gila monster with a G do live here?!
11:58I do live here? I gotta write this in my journal!
12:01Let's get a picture to remember this flower and this day forever!
12:05Say desert!
12:07Desert!
12:12Space rocks.
12:20Whoa!
12:23We've got to stop that space rock! Tally-ho!
12:29We can do this, Hal Solo!
12:32If we don't, the space station is doomed!
12:35Doomed, I tell ya!
12:37That's right, Mr. Chewbarkinski!
12:40I got a bad feeling about this.
12:43Whoa!
12:45Look out!
12:49Whoa!
12:52Oh no! Space station ahead!
12:56The space rock's gonna crash right into it!
12:59I know, Mr. Chewbarkinski!
13:03I, Nature Luke, will stop it!
13:06Princess Dazia, take the controls!
13:09On it! Yahoo!
13:11Pull up right next to that space rock, please!
13:15Copy that!
13:17Stay frosty, Princess Dazia!
13:19Stay frosty!
13:21Be careful, Nature Luke!
13:23Tally-ho!
13:25Got it!
13:27Whoa!
13:28I've got you now!
13:33Wahoo!
13:34Whoa-ho-ho!
13:35What a ride!
13:36Yeah!
13:37We stopped that space rock just in time!
13:39And space rocks rock!
13:40What's that, Mr. Chewbarkinski?
13:41Oh yeah!
13:42You're right!
13:43It would be so cool to find a real space rock!
13:44Good thinking!
13:45Amazing idea, Mr. Chewbarkinski!
13:46Oh yeah!
13:47I'd love, love, love a space rock in my rock collection!
13:50But wait, don't you have to be in space to find one?
13:52Hmm, I don't think so!
13:53So you say, you want to find a space rock?
13:54Yeah!
13:55Wow!
13:56Ooh!
13:57Yes!
13:58You're right!
13:59Yes!
14:00Oh, yep!
14:01It's a good idea, Mr. Chewbarkinski!
14:02Oh yeah, I'd love, love, love, a space rock in my rock collection!
14:06But wait, don't you have to be in space to find one?
14:09Huh.
14:10I don't think so.
14:11So you say you want to find a space rock?
14:15Erin 1, 2, 3-0å¦‚æ¤ universe,
14:16and guess what?
14:18You don't have to be in outer space to find one!
14:20to find one yeah space rocks are broken off pieces of asteroids or comets often
14:28they are really small like a grain of sand or a little pebble some are golf
14:34ball size or even bigger how about that these space rocks are called meteoroids
14:41most meteoroids that inner earth's tough atmosphere burn up whoa hot stuff see
14:48that flash of light well that's what we call a meteor oh that's what we call a
14:53shooting star oh so you do have to be in space to find a space rock oh no you
15:00don't know wait he can hear me hi narrator it's me how big fan you're doing great
15:05thanks how as I was saying if a space rock makes it through Earth's atmosphere and
15:11reaches the ground it's called a meteorite meteorite yeah it doesn't sound as cool
15:18as space rock but mm-hmm I'll take it a meteorite usually has a weird shape it
15:24wouldn't be perfectly round and it could have some iron in it so see if a magnet
15:29sticks to it good luck finding one they are quite rare and easy to confuse with
15:36earth rocks that would make the meteorite a meteor rock now what do you say go
15:45find yourselves a real space rock when you see a shooting star track it to see
15:53if it falls to earth then go find yourself a meteorite oh yeah man easy as cheesy
15:59pot wait since most space rocks don't get through our atmosphere it's not going to
16:04be that easy to find one yeah remember our atmosphere is tough so so tough it'll
16:10be like boom boom boom boom you don't mess with our atmosphere pow pow but just um just
16:15one question what is atmosphere like I don't know what it is a thin layer of air
16:21that surrounds earth kind of like my fur or like a blanket exactly a blanket that
16:27protects us from stuff flying in from outer space but you guys heard the voice from
16:32the video some shooting stars do make it all the way to earth it can happen
16:36well you guys we'll probably have better luck when it's darker I think you're right no
16:49meteors tonight yes no I know that rhymes Mr. Chewinski please
16:53that doesn't look like an ordinary shooting star me thinks a space rock has landed in the woods now that it landed it's called a meteorite can we just call it a space rock we can and we
16:59we will tally ho
17:08that way
17:26that way
17:29this way
17:33I'm sorry it's gotta be this way
17:39anyone find that space rock perchance
17:49uh nature cat yeah I think you're standing on it huh of course I am
17:56behold the meteorite I don't think so nature cat it's too round and it doesn't look like it's been on fire
18:05it's meteorong
18:08meteorong that's a good one
18:10wait what about this one look it's got a really weird shape well you got that right Hal
18:16that's weird that's like an alien space of outer space
18:19okay let's see here's a meteorite checklist
18:23does it have a crusty or dented surface
18:26yep feels crusty to me check
18:29okay can a magnet stick to it
18:32magnet sticks check
18:36okay so far so good
18:38any crystals meteorites don't have crystals
18:41zero crystals triple check
18:45oh baby I'm getting really excited
18:47so it's got a weird shape feels crusty a magnet sticks to it and there's no visible crystals
18:54it's a meteorite
18:57we found a meteorite
18:59we found a meteorite
19:01we found a meteorite
19:03guys I'm not so sure
19:05what I mean how oh and why
19:08it doesn't look like it landed here there's no hole around it I'm just still not absolutely totally 100% without a doubt sure that it is
19:17okay so how can we be absolutely totally 100% without a doubt sure
19:22oh I know let's take it to Houston he's an expert in all things space
19:28great idea Daisy I got it
19:31it's really heavy
19:36it's moving
19:42I can feel it moving
19:45yeah it's not moving
19:47we'll never be able to carry this all the way to Houston
19:50fear not my fellow creatures
19:52Nature Cat has a plan
20:01we're almost there
20:14yep Houston's at the bottom of the hill
20:29uh is there another way to get to Houston a less scary way
20:35it's the only way Hal
20:37prepare for lunch
20:38blast off
20:51oh no you guys look
20:53space rock no
20:55whoa
20:59whoa
21:00whoa
21:01oh
21:02we gotta stop that space rock
21:10we gotta stop that space rock
21:11haha it's Nature Cat to the rescue
21:16Take the controls.
21:19Tally-ho!
21:22Ha-ha!
21:22Whoa!
21:24Ow!
21:26Nature Cat!
21:28Uh, maybe this wasn't the best idea.
21:32Hang on, Nature Cat!
21:34We'll stop you!
21:40This is not how I planned it!
21:46Oh, hi, Nature Cat!
21:48Thanks for dropping in!
21:49Oh, no!
21:50Look!
21:51The space rock!
21:58Man, this is not good!
22:01Well, look at it this way.
22:03Now we have five space rocks.
22:08Excuse me.
22:09I believe I can be of some assistance.
22:12Kirsten!
22:13I'm not sure these are space rocks,
22:16sir.
22:16Not space rocks!
22:18Affirmative, ma'am.
22:19See all that sparkly stuff inside?
22:21Those are quartz crystals.
22:23Copy that, Houston.
22:25That means it's not a real meteorite.
22:27Not a real meteorite?
22:29I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but no.
22:33I'm sorry.
22:34Well, at least we almost found one.
22:38Guys, I just got an alert!
22:41There's a meteor shower near Sunset Park!
22:43Meteor shower means possible space rocks!
22:46The dream lives!
22:48Prepare for blast-off!
22:49Next stop, space rocks!
22:53Affirmative.
22:54I'm in, too.
22:55Onward, and let's keep looking-ward!
23:00Hey, Daisy, hit hyperdrive.
23:02Whee!
23:04Whee!
23:05Yay!
23:06Woo-hoo!
23:07Yeah!
23:07Yeah!
23:08Woo-hoo!
23:08Yeah!
23:09Woo-hoo!
23:10Woo-hoo!
23:10Woo-hoo!
23:11Woo-hoo!
23:11Woo-hoo!
23:11Woo-hoo!
23:12Woo-hoo!
23:12Woo-hoo!
23:13Woo-hoo!
23:13Woo-hoo!
23:14Woo-hoo!
23:16Nature Cat, Squeaks, Daisy, and Howl are cartoon characters and not real animals.
23:22To keep all of our animal friends safe, check with a grown-up before you bring a pet on your next nature adventure.
23:28Woo-hoo!
23:29Woo-hoo!
23:30Ha-ha!
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