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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!
00:34Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:35Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:36Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:37Nature 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!
00:47Go! Go! Go!
00:48Tally ho!
00:49He's our 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 jumping in the leaves now.
01:00We're jumping in the leaves now.
01:01Tally ho!
01:02Tally ho!
01:04Tally ho!
01:08The Glow Games!
01:12Oh, look!
01:13There's the big dipper.
01:15Oh, and there's the little dipper.
01:17Ah, I tell you, friends, there's nothing more relaxing than a quiet evening of stargazing.
01:25Oh, what he said.
01:27Oh, yeah.
01:28Oh, yeah.
01:30Hey-ho, everyone!
01:33Get ready because it's time to play that glorific game, the glow game!
01:39The glow game?
01:41That's right, Nature Cat.
01:43The glow game.
01:44Just another game that I can beat you at.
01:46What?
01:47What?
01:48Please.
01:49Ronald, you never beat me at anything.
01:51Well, these trophies tell a different story.
01:54Hmm?
01:58Hopscotch World Champs of the Neighborhood.
02:02Premier Ping-Pong Players of Earth.
02:06Pizza Numero Uno Champione.
02:11Gold medal winner in Yarnball Olympics.
02:14Hmm, hmm.
02:17Okay, so maybe you beat me at a few things.
02:21And I'm going to beat you at the glow game, too!
02:23Unless you're too scared to play me.
02:27Scared to play you?
02:30Don't make me laugh.
02:32How can I be scared when I don't even know how to play?
02:35It's easy!
02:36To win the glow game, you just need to be the first team to find three things in nature that are bioluminescent!
02:43No problem!
02:44Tally-ho!
02:46We can easily be the first team to find three bioluminescent things!
02:50Ha-ha!
02:51Yeah!
02:52Ha-ha!
02:53Ha-ha!
02:54Bioluminescent!
02:55Ha-ha-ha!
02:56Ha-ha-ha!
02:57Ha-ha-ha!
02:58Ha-ha-ha!
02:59You don't even know what bioluminescence means, do you?
03:02Ha-ha-ha!
03:03Not a clue!
03:04Well, let me tell you all about bioluminescence!
03:07Better yet, let me sing about bioluminescence!
03:10Hit it!
03:11A-one-two-three-four!
03:12Hit me!
03:13Yow!
03:14Some fungi, bugs, and animals have lights that glow is true!
03:17Their lights shine bright in colors red, yellow, green, or blue!
03:21The thought of this amazing sight might seem a bit intense,
03:24But when you look around at night, you'll see bioluminescence!
03:28Bioluminescence means you make your own light!
03:31Bioluminescence means you glow when it's dark at night!
03:35This may sound a bit absurd and not make a lot of sense,
03:38But let me assure you it's for real!
03:40Bioluminescence!
03:41Hey!
03:42Bioluminescence!
03:43Ow!
03:44Some animals, they use their light to find a yummy snack!
03:47Others, they use their light to stay safe from attack!
03:51Some use their shiny light when they want to find a data!
03:55Their glowing, gleaming bodies help them attract a mate-a!
03:58Bioluminescence means you make your own light!
04:00Bioluminescence means you make your own light!
04:02Bioluminescence means you glow when it's dark at night!
04:05This may sound a bit absurd and not make a lot of sense,
04:09But let me assure you it's for real!
04:11Bioluminescence!
04:12Ow!
04:13Bioluminescence!
04:14Hey!
04:15Let me assure you it's for real!
04:16Bioluminescence!
04:17Ow!
04:18So we just have to find living things that can make their own light?
04:22We can do that!
04:23Didn't need a whole song!
04:25Oh!
04:26So you're challenging me!
04:27Well then get ready to lose!
04:29Team Ronald!
04:30Assemble!
04:33Team Nature Cat!
04:34Assemble!
04:39Alright!
04:40Here are the rules!
04:41The first team to find three bioluminescent creatures will win the golden glow!
04:46It shall be mine!
04:50Not today!
04:52Or night!
04:54Teams ready!
04:55Team set!
04:56Teams!
04:57Go!
04:58Hey!
05:03Keep your eyes open friends!
05:05We have to find three creatures that glow before Team Ronald!
05:09Hurry!
05:16Excuse me!
05:17Quick question!
05:18Do you glow?
05:19Uh...
05:20Nope!
05:22Beetle!
05:23Quickly!
05:24Do you glow?
05:25Glow?
05:26Me?
05:27Nah!
05:28Now would you put the rod back down?
05:29I'm trying to hide under here.
05:30Ah!
05:31Right!
05:32Yes!
05:34Dude, do you glow?
05:36You!
05:37Do you glow?
05:38You!
05:39Do you glow?
05:40You!
05:41Do you glow?
05:42You!
05:43Do you glow?
05:44You!
05:45You!
05:46Do you glow?
05:47You!
05:48I'm talking to you, buddy!
05:49You!
05:50Am I not being understood?
05:51You!
05:52What is happening?
05:53Whoa!
05:54Whoa!
05:55Whoa!
05:56Whoa!
05:57Whoa!
05:58Has anyone found any bioluminescence?
06:00Nope!
06:01No!
06:02No!
06:03No!
06:04No!
06:05Nope!
06:06Nope!
06:07Uh-uh!
06:08Oh, no!
06:09If we don't find any bioluminescence, Ronald will win!
06:12Again!
06:13Where are you, bioluminescence?
06:16Come out, bioluminescence!
06:19Ugh!
06:20I need bioluminescence!
06:23You know, an animal that glows at night!
06:30Huh!
06:31Look at that!
06:32A bioluminescent!
06:33Woo-hoo!
06:34Come back here, you bioluminescent creature!
06:36Hey!
06:37Wait!
06:38Come back here, please!
06:39We need you!
06:40Oh!
06:41Look!
06:42Its belly glows!
06:43Oh, hey!
06:44It's a firefly, Nature Cat!
06:45Hello, Firefly!
06:46Hello, Firefly!
06:47It's me-how!
06:48Oh!
06:49Not only do they glow, but they also frolic!
06:51Like butterflies!
06:52Hee-hee-hee!
06:53Hee-hee-hee!
06:54Hee-hee-hee-hee!
06:55Hee-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee!
06:56Frolic, frolic, frolicky, tiddly-hee, tiddly-frolicking!
06:59You did it!
07:00A firefly makes its own life to attract a mate!
07:02It's bioluminescent!
07:03That's one point for Team Nature Cat!
07:05Yay!
07:06Oh, yeah!
07:07Bialuminescent!
07:08We're in the lead!
07:09Firefly!
07:10Yes!
07:11I found...
07:12A fi-firefly!
07:13That's one point for Team Ronald!
07:14The score is now tied!
07:16Ronald!
07:17Can't you find me that you
07:34Can't you find your own bioluminescence?
07:37Oh, yeah, I can. Watch as I take the lead.
07:41Come on, you guys, we gotta find more living things
07:43that can make their own light.
07:45Bye, fireflies. Hey, call me if you ever want to frolic,
07:48you know, if you're in the neighborhood or anything.
07:51Onward and glowward.
07:55Hmm. Nope. No glow here.
07:58None here either.
07:59We got a no-glow zone over here, too, too, also.
08:02I don't see any glow in there.
08:04Wait, I think I see some light.
08:08Hey, come back here.
08:15This ought to keep him distracted for a while.
08:18I got it!
08:20Boom!
08:23Yes.
08:25Uh-oh.
08:27Ronald, it was you who was making that light.
08:31I should've known.
08:32What light?
08:33I have no idea what you're talking about.
08:35The light you're currently holding in your hand.
08:38What?
08:39Oh, oh, oh, this.
08:41No, this is, um, um, gotta go.
08:45Oh, we're never going to find anything else that glows.
08:49You got you, guys. Look, something that glows.
08:52Uh, and by never, I obviously meant right now.
08:56Come on!
08:58It's coming from behind that log.
09:01Whoa!
09:03Are these mushrooms making their own light?
09:05I'm sorry, I'm freaked out.
09:07That's right!
09:08It's bitter oyster fungus, and it makes its own light to attract insects.
09:12So it's bioluminescent!
09:13That's one more glowing point for Team Nature Cat.
09:16Looks like you're once again in the lead!
09:18Oh, yeah, baby!
09:19Oh, yeah?
09:20In the lead?
09:21Oh, yeah?
09:22What?
09:23Chloe?
09:24We found him.
09:26Bioluminescence.
09:27Oh, yeah.
09:28That's another point for Team Ronald!
09:29You just followed us, Ronald.
09:30Doesn't matter.
09:31We're tied again, and we're going to get the next point before you and win it all.
09:44Come on, guys.
09:45We have to find one last glowing creature before Ronald.
09:48I cannot lose to him again.
09:50Look!
09:51Something's glowing over there, on the ground.
09:53Come on!
09:56We did it!
09:57We found a cat toy.
10:00Oh, man.
10:01Oh, man.
10:02Oh, man.
10:03Ronald tricked us again.
10:04Ronald!
10:05Oh, but it's...
10:06But it's so fun!
10:08Uh-oh.
10:09Oh!
10:10Hal!
10:11Sorry.
10:12Hey, wait a minute.
10:15What?
10:16Worms!
10:17Worms?
10:18What do you mean worms?
10:19Glowing worms!
10:20We saw them in that cave when we were hiking last month.
10:24Oh, yeah.
10:25I remember them, too.
10:27Me three-member also, too.
10:30You know what this means.
10:32It means Team Ronald is on the way to the cave to find glow worms.
10:36Oh, no you don't, Ronald.
10:38Come on, team.
10:39We've got to get there first.
10:41It's this way.
10:42I think.
10:43Or, uh, maybe that way.
10:44We'll never find our way.
10:45It's too dark.
10:46We're gonna lose again.
10:47Oh, no we're not.
10:48We just need to shine a little light on the subject.
10:49How?
10:50Like this.
10:51Hey, fireflies!
10:52Can you come out for another firefly frolic?
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11:24Glowworms
11:26Yes, glowworms! They use the light to attract a meal. They are indeed bioluminescent
11:33Wait
11:35Glowworms, I found them first. It was me. I saw their bioluminescence from way down the road. It was me
11:43Sorry, Ronald, the winner of the glow game is team nature
11:47No fair, I want a recap. I want a redo
12:12Have a great day
12:17Ooh, I see a cloud that looks like a tree. Oh, and over there. That one looks like an ice cream cone
12:25Vanilla, and hey, no way. I see a humongous delicious dog bone. Hi humongous delicious cloud dog bone
12:33It's me. Oh, I wish I could eat you
12:38What's here squeaks great day great day
12:42Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy
12:44So usually I would be all excited to pretend to know what grape day is and then finally ask what it is
12:49But let's just cut to the chase today. What's grape day?
12:52Oh hell, grape day is when the wild grapes in the meadow are finally ripe for picking
12:58Ooh, squeaks, it sounds amazing
13:01It is. Every year at this time there are loads of purple grapes as far as I can see and smell like no smell has ever smelled
13:11Oh
13:13Like no smell has ever smelled
13:15Like no smell has ever smelled
13:17I'm so down with that
13:19And all filled with fantastic fruity grape flavor
13:21Oh, grape gazpacho
13:23Grape a la mode, grape kebab
13:25Grape gazette
13:27Grape sambay
13:29Grape tartare
13:31Oh, grapes!
13:33We are so with you squeaks
13:35Yes, yes!
13:36Today is grape day
13:38To the meadow we go
13:40Tally ho
13:42Wait! A good grape picker is always prepared
13:45We need gloves
13:46Gloves
13:47Check
13:48Clippers
13:49Clippers
13:50Check
13:51And finally a basket
13:53Basket
13:54Check
13:55That's everything
13:56Then let's go
13:58Grape jelly
13:59Grapes and cheese
14:00Grapes Creole
14:01Onward
14:02And
14:03Grape word
14:04Dally ho
14:06Grapes fricassee
14:08Grape cassoulet
14:10Grape parmesan
14:11No
14:12Oh, how about grapes and kibble?
14:15Yeah, I can see that
14:18Yes!
14:19Hey, Bob! It's grape day, remember?
14:22The meadow's the other way
14:24That's weird, he loves grape day
14:29Yo, Red! Howard! Where are you guys going? The meadow's right over there!
14:34We know
14:35Perk up, my furry friends! It's grape day!
14:40What he said!
14:41Time to pick the tastiest grapes in all the world!
14:44We know
14:46Are you coming with us?
14:48Nope
14:49But why?
14:50You'll see
14:51That was really weird
14:53What has gotten into everyone today?
14:56Come on!
14:57Come on!
15:00Stop!
15:01Whoa!
15:03Something's wrong
15:04What is it?
15:05You smell something?
15:07I don't smell anything
15:09It's a problem
15:10I don't either
15:11I don't smell
15:12I don't smell the grapes
15:13I don't smell the grapes
15:17Huh?
15:19Oh!
15:20What happened to the grapes?
15:24Looking, looking, looking
15:34Oh wait, I found them!
15:35Here they are
15:36They don't look so good
15:39I know, they're still green
15:41They haven't even ripened yet
15:43And the grape leaves are pale too, too, also
15:45You guys, the grape plants are not getting enough sunlight because of these weeds
15:50Oh man, oh man, this whole meadow is in trouble
15:54Oh no, I was counting on a grape feast for energy to help me get through winter
16:01Now what am I supposed to do?
16:03I hear you, sister
16:04Have you tried these little red berries?
16:06Ugh, they're terrible
16:08And these prickly leaves make me itch all over
16:11What a disaster
16:15This is so, so, so terrible
16:17Ah, so many animals use this meadow as their home
16:21And the grapes are a very important part of that home
16:25What is happening here?
16:27I don't know
16:29But it's all because of this weed
16:31It wasn't even here a month ago
16:34Hmm, I've never seen this plant before
16:38Huh, me either
16:40Me either, choo-choo, also either
16:43It appears that we have a fast-growing weed that is new to the area
16:48But where could it have come from?
16:50Berries!
16:52Get your berries here
16:54I know that voice
16:56Get them while they're fresh
17:00Ronald
17:02Oh, hello, nature cat
17:06Hello, Ronald
17:08And what are you doing here?
17:10If you must know, my cousin Donald, a Siamese cat from Siam, now known as Thailand
17:17Sent me these exotic agishu berry seeds, so I planted them
17:21Oh, ew!
17:26Now I'm selling my berries to any animal that wants one
17:29That'll be a dollar, how?
17:30Hey, no fair, I didn't even like it
17:32Um, excuse me, Ronald
17:34Why are you selling them to animals?
17:36Oh, Daisy
17:38Because it will make me rich, rich, rich!
17:41They'll love my berries
17:42Huh? Ew!
17:45I mean, mmm, yum yum
17:48A flawed plan, Ronald
17:51First of all, animals can eat berries free anywhere they want
17:54And second of all, animals don't have money
17:58Well, you know, you might have a point there
18:01And the biggest flaw of all, Ronald, is that you and your plants have ruined all the grapes
18:07And ruined the meadow, maybe for good
18:10I did no such thing
18:12Look again
18:13Huh?
18:16Uh-oh
18:17My bad
18:18That one's on me
18:19Oop, okay
18:20Because you planted those weeds, our friends who need the meadow for food and shelter
18:25May have to find a new place to live now
18:28Well, they could buy my berries
18:29You can't eat your berries, they're terrible
18:33Oh, and they taste really bad, too
18:36Okay, okay, but I didn't mean to hurt the grapes
18:39I didn't know that these seeds would grow into really big vines really fast
18:43Caution, these seeds grow into really big vines really fast
18:47Oh, I, um, I guess I missed that part
18:51That's my bad again
18:52I guess you missed a lot of parts, Ronald
18:55You can't just go planting things when you don't know anything about it
18:58Because then something like this could happen
19:01Ugh, I really did ruin the meadow
19:04There's gotta be some way to fix this
19:06Hmm, well, my grape app says that grapes need direct sunlight, water, and good soil
19:11And they're not getting any of that with these weeds
19:14We gotta get rid of them all
19:16Allow me
19:17Excuse me, weeds, I'm Hal
19:20Nice to meet you
19:21Would you mind leaving the meadow, please?
19:24Uh, Hal
19:25I got this
19:28Begone, weeds
19:30Depart this area four pence
19:33Or else
19:34Take that
19:35And that
19:36Maybe two of these
19:37And four more of these
19:39Guys, the only way to get rid of the weeds
19:42Is to pull them out one by one
19:44Yes!
19:45One by one
19:47Each by each
19:48Weed
19:49By
19:50Single
19:51Weed
19:52Oh, boy, that's gonna be a lot of work
19:54Let's do it!
19:55Let's do it!
19:56Yes, to save the grapes
19:59Tally-ho!
20:05Yeah, good job
20:06Way to go, guys
20:07Way to go
20:08Oh, wait
20:09Oh, no, no
20:10Over there
20:11You missed a few
20:12No, no, no
20:13To your left
20:14You think you should help
20:15Since you caused the weed problem in the first place?
20:18Yes
20:19I suppose I did
20:21Then help us!
20:22Please
20:23Right away, right away
20:25By the way...
20:26That we'll be
20:27We go
20:28We go
20:31We look
20:33We go
20:34We go
20:35To the weeds
20:36We go
20:37We go
20:38We go
20:39We go
20:40We go
20:41We go
20:43I hereby proclaim that the grapes of the meadow are now free.
21:01So, I guess everything's going to be okay now.
21:07No harm, no foul.
21:08I don't know, Ronald.
21:10These grapes don't look so good.
21:12It's definitely not Grape Day.
21:16But will we ever have Grape Day?
21:19Maybe.
21:20All is not lost.
21:21It says here, with the proper sunshine...
21:24No, no, we got that.
21:25We got sunshine.
21:27Plenty of sunshine.
21:28A little rain.
21:29It's supposed to rain tomorrow.
21:31I remember because I made tomorrow an inside day.
21:34Maybe in a week or two, the grapes will be ripe and ready to pick.
21:38They just need a little time.
21:42Wow, that transition sure made those two weeks fly by.
21:59Oh, bye, oh, bye, oh, bye.
22:01I can't wait.
22:02I can taste those grapes already.
22:04Yum.
22:05Oh, a grape almond.
22:06Grape in a blanket.
22:07Grape quiche.
22:08Wait for us.
22:09Hey, Red.
22:10Hey, Howard.
22:11I'm coming too.
22:13Onward and grape word.
22:16Tally ho.
22:19Stop.
22:21Everybody smell what I smell.
22:22Hooray!
22:25Oh, yeah.
22:26Oh, yeah.
22:27They're grapes.
22:28Grapes, grapes.
22:29Grapes, grapes.
22:30Oh, yeah.
22:45Yes, indeedy-doo.
22:47It's grape day after all.
22:50Grapes, get your delicious grapes here.
22:53Fresh off the vine, and they taste.
22:59The vine.
23:00You guys are the best friends a girl could ask for, helping to save grape day.
23:05Anything for you, Squeaks.
23:07Yep, anything.
23:08What they said.
23:13Oh, grapes.
23:14Nature 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
23:27next nature adventure.
23:28Ha-ha!
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