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00:00Help all kids learn and grow with PBS Kids.
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00:07That's me, Fred the house cat.
00:09When my family leaves for the day, I don't just sit inside watching the world go by.
00:15I become...
00:19Nature Cat! Backyard Explorer extraordinaire!
00:24Tally-ho! Tally-ho!
00:27We're climbing up 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! 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!
00:47Go! Go! Go! Tally-ho!
00:49We're the favorite nature guide
00:50We just can't wait to get outside
00:53We're spinning through the trees now
00:55We're jumping in the leaves now
00:57We're getting muddy knees now
00:59We're getting our cut
01:00Tally-ho!
01:02Tally-ho!
01:03Tally-ho!
01:04Tally-ho!
01:25Tally-ho!
01:27Tally-ho! Tally-ho!
01:28PING- bu-m!
01:29Tally- Doom! Tally-ường!
01:31Okay guys, can we please practice?
01:34Oh, yes, but of course
01:35By the way we nailed that theme song
01:37Okay! Here we go.
01:39Name an animal that makes its own slime.
01:42Snail!
01:43Correct! True or false, most owls are nocturnal.
01:47True!
01:47Correct! And what happens to puddles on a sunny day?
01:51May a peppery!
01:52Correct!
01:54Way to go, Daisy! You're so ready!
01:56So, so ready! Baby!
01:58Agreed. There is no one who can beat you at Nature Quiz.
02:03Absolutely no one.
02:05Ahem! There is someone who can beat her.
02:08And that someone is me.
02:12Ronald.
02:13That's right, Nature Cat.
02:14I, too, am a contestant on today's Nature Quiz.
02:18Well, good luck beating Daisy,
02:20because she's been studying for weeks,
02:22so I might as well go home.
02:23What she said?
02:25Well, I've been studying for months.
02:28Name something that lives in a rotting log.
02:32Beetles! Name a bird that lives in a swamp.
02:37Aaron!
02:38Aaron!
02:39Aaron!
02:40Aaron!
02:41Aaron!
02:41Aaron!
02:41Aaron!
02:42I must go. The quiz starts soon, you know.
02:44Don't be late.
02:46Aaron!
02:48Aaron!
02:50Aaron!
02:54Aaron!
02:55Oh, man. I need to study more nature facts.
02:58Oh, I'll study while we walk to the quiz.
03:01Come on, Daisy. Put away your phone and enjoy the walk.
03:04You are definitely prepared.
03:06Daisy, you of all people know the best way to learn about nature is to experience it.
03:12Oh, look at those pretty blue asters.
03:16Oh, and look at that big red mushroom growing out of that stump.
03:20Whoa!
03:21Oh, guys, could you please keep it down with all the nature talk?
03:24I need some quiet so I can focus on nature facts.
03:28Sorry, Daisy.
03:29We'll be quiet.
03:36Guys, do I have to come back there?
03:38Please be quiet.
03:39I didn't make any noise.
03:42Honestly, Daisy, it wasn't us.
03:46What is that noise?
03:49And where is it coming from?
03:52Hey, guys, I think the noise stopped.
03:56Great. Let's keep going.
04:01Okay, okay.
04:02Butterflies taste with their feet.
04:04Yeah, but they frolic with their hearts.
04:07Diddly-dee, diddly-dee, frolicy-frolicy-free.
04:10A woolly bear is the caterpillar stage of the moth.
04:14Huh.
04:14Awesome.
04:16Hmm.
04:18Daisy.
04:20Amazing.
04:21Nature is just magnificent.
04:26Oh, the sound.
04:28It's back.
04:30And whatever it is, it's getting louder.
04:34Maybe that means it's...
04:38Closer to...
04:38You're right, man.
04:40We gotta go investigate.
04:42Huh?
04:42Uh, I don't know if that's such a good idea, Squeaks.
04:46Oh, come on, guys.
04:47Let's find out what it is.
04:49What do you think, Daisy?
04:51Daisy?
04:52Daisy?
04:53Daisy?
04:54Sorry, guys.
04:55I need to concentrate.
04:59It's getting louder.
05:01The sound is right on top of us.
05:03We gotta get out of here.
05:05Ah!
05:10Shh.
05:11Listen.
05:12The noise stopped.
05:14Thank goodness we got away from it.
05:18Daisy, we need your help.
05:19Nature Cat and Hal got spooked by sound.
05:22And guys, what are we doing back where we started?
05:25We have to get to the show.
05:27We're going to be late and Ronald will win.
05:30My dear Daisy, there is a spooky, scary noise coming from those woods,
05:33which, of course, leads me to believe scientifically that they are haunted.
05:39What?
05:40How did we go from walking to the nature quiz to dealing with a haunted forest?
05:46There must be some logical explanation for this.
05:48There is.
05:49Let's go back in and investigate.
05:51Not gonna happen.
05:53What he said.
05:54The only way we can get to the quiz is if we go around the woods
05:58and avoid the spooky, scary thing that's making that sound.
06:01Ugh.
06:02Fine.
06:03We'll go around the woods.
06:05It'll take longer, but if we hurry, we can still make it on time.
06:08Let's go.
06:11Ah.
06:12Now this is better.
06:13And by better, I mean safer.
06:15Things are finally looking up.
06:17Yeah, you know what's not looking up?
06:20Daisy.
06:21She won't put down her phone, man.
06:24Oh!
06:24Look at that!
06:26Ah, yes.
06:27Nature is just full of mysteries.
06:30The noise.
06:31It's back!
06:32Oh, it's following us!
06:42Are we at the quiz show?
06:44Guys, we're right back where we started.
06:47Again.
06:48Dearest Daisy, we can't go through the woods
06:50and we can't go around the woods
06:52because the scary sound is following us.
06:56You guys are being silly.
06:58Back me up, Daisy.
06:59Okay, we don't have any more time for these shenanigans.
07:02We are going to get to that quiz show
07:04even if we have to go over the woods to do it.
07:08So, uh, Daisy, built this yourself, huh?
07:11Yep, after studying wind, of course.
07:14It was pretty fun.
07:15Now let's fly!
07:19Ah, yes, safe above that spooky forest.
07:24Absolutely nothing can harm us up here, Hal.
07:27Whoa!
07:28Now it's the spooky zone.
07:31Man, oh man, that is loud.
07:33That's what we were trying to tell you.
07:35We need to know what's making the sound.
07:43Oh, no, we're stuck.
07:45Oh, dear, dear, dear, dear, dear.
07:47The loud creatures are pulling us down.
07:50We're doomed.
07:52Doomed!
07:54Okay, playtime's over.
07:56This mouse is going to get to the bottom of this.
07:58Yeah, are you making that loud noise, brother?
08:02That's nonsense.
08:03There is no way an insect that small
08:05could be making such a loud and terrifying noise.
08:08Yep, I'm making the noise.
08:10That's what we cicadas do.
08:12Oh, is that what you call yourself?
08:13A cicada?
08:15You got that right.
08:16Uh, question.
08:18Do cicadas sting?
08:20Uh, no.
08:22Are cicadas...
08:23c-c-c-c-ghosts?
08:25No!
08:27Great, good enough for me.
08:28Hi, cicada.
08:29It's me, Hal.
08:31Wow, look at your wings.
08:33Yeah, at the end of the summer,
08:35we come out of our shells,
08:37literally, so we can spread our wings.
08:40Oh, yeah!
08:40Hey, I saw a shell earlier.
08:42Was that your shell?
08:43Yeah, it was probably mine or one of my buddies.
08:47There are hundreds of you little cuties.
08:50Yep, we can get pretty loud when we're all together.
08:54So that's why the noise got louder and louder.
08:57We are the loudest bugs in the entire world.
09:01Yeah, I believe that.
09:03But why are you making this terribly loud noise?
09:07To attract the female cicadas.
09:09I'm sorry.
09:10Female cicadas like this noise?
09:13They sure do.
09:17That's an incredible nature fact.
09:19Nature quiz!
09:21I've got to get to the show!
09:22Now that we know where the sound is coming from,
09:24we're going through the woods.
09:26Let's go!
09:27Bye, Mr. Cicada, if that is your real name.
09:30We'll pick up the balloon later.
09:31No problem, I'll be here.
09:33Just follow the noise.
09:35Tally-ho!
09:42Well, well, well.
09:44Look who decided to show up.
09:47I figured you were too scared to compete against me.
09:51Welcome to the most nature-effet nature quiz in nature.
09:55Today we're going to find out who knows the most nature facts
09:58and will win the prize nature quiz trophy!
10:02Oh, wow!
10:07Now let's start the show and remember,
10:10you've got to be a nature win if you want to win the nature quiz!
10:16Name an animal that lives in a tide pool.
10:19Starfish!
10:20Correct!
10:21But what do you do when you lose your way in the forest?
10:25S-T-O-P.
10:26Stop, think, observe, and plan.
10:30Mm-hmm.
10:31Correct!
10:33Blowworm!
10:34Correct!
10:36Yes!
10:37Furry, a shrimp!
10:39Correct!
10:40Opossum!
10:41No, I'm sorry.
10:42That's incorrect.
10:43Woo!
10:45Duck-billed platypus!
10:47Correct!
10:48Boom!
10:55Yay!
10:56Oh, yeah!
10:57Woo!
10:59Yay!
11:03Boom!
11:06The score is all tied up,
11:08and now it's time for the final nature quiz question.
11:11Whoever answers this one correctly
11:12will win the nature quiz trophy!
11:16Ha, ha, ha!
11:17Yeah!
11:17Whoa!
11:22This is so intense.
11:24What is the loudest insect on Earth?
11:28Cicadas!
11:30That is correct!
11:31Cicadas are the worst loudest insect!
11:33Yay!
11:34Go, Daisy!
11:35Daisy wins the nature quiz trophy!
11:39Yay!
11:40Ha, ha, ha!
11:40Woo-hoo!
11:41Woo-hoo!
11:42I didn't read any of that in my research.
11:45I didn't either.
11:46I found out just by being outside with my friends.
11:49Yay!
11:51Ha, ha, ha!
11:51Woo-hoo!
11:52Woo-hoo!
11:52I want to share this with you guys.
11:55Daisy, why? What did we do?
11:58You reminded me the best way to discover things about nature is to explore nature.
12:04Now let's go tell the cicadas the good news.
12:12Cold-blooded.
12:17They're little pinecone guys and gals.
12:19They're my pinecone pinecone pals.
12:21Hey!
12:22Ooh, what's that you're doing, Daisy?
12:25Playing with my pinecone pals.
12:27Hey!
12:27Whoa, those are awesome!
12:29Yeah, they are pretty special.
12:31This is Peter Pinecone. He's the dad.
12:34And this is the mom. Her name is Penny Pinecone.
12:37And these are the kids, Polly and Peewee Pinecone.
12:42Huh?
12:45Oh, and this can be puppy Pinecone.
12:48Ruff, ruff, bark, bark.
12:49Hey, it's me, Puppy Pinecone.
12:52Uh-oh.
12:53Oh, Hal, you have to be careful.
12:56It took me a long time to make my pinecone pals.
12:59Oh, sorry, Daisy. Playing with pinecones is just so exciting.
13:03I like when you play with me.
13:05I like playing with you too, Puppy Pinecone.
13:07Ruff, ruff, bark, bark.
13:08You always say that.
13:10Uh, maybe we should all play something else together, eh, Watt?
13:14Oh, yeah, good idea. I know just the right game.
13:16Tag, you're it, pooch!
13:18Later, pinecones. I have some tagging to do.
13:21Oh, I'm going to get you, Squeaks.
13:23Aren't you playing, Daisy?
13:24In a minute.
13:31You're it, you're it.
13:32No, you're it.
13:33You're it.
13:33I'm not it.
13:34No, no, no, you're it.
13:35You're it.
13:35You're it.
13:36I got you.
13:37You're it.
13:39You're it.
13:40You're it.
13:43You're it.
13:44You're it.
13:44You're it.
13:45You're it.
13:45You're it.
13:45You're it.
13:46You're it.
13:46You're it.
13:46You're it.
13:47No way.
13:50Daisy, what's wrong?
13:51Look.
13:53Whoa.
13:55What could have done this?
13:57Probably the wind.
13:58Ugh, it's always the wind.
14:00You think so?
14:01Sure, just the wind.
14:03Now, come on.
14:04How about a nice, brisk game of hide-and-seek, yes-yes?
14:07Oh, I don't know.
14:09What if something happens to my pinecone pals again?
14:12I know what can protect the pinecone pals.
14:15What are you thinking, Pooch?
14:17A police officer pinecone.
14:19This is Captain Pino Pinacone.
14:21He's a pinecone of law.
14:24Pino Pinacone?
14:25Yep, and I'll protect all the other pinecones.
14:29I guess it'll be okay.
14:31I'll be it first.
14:33Everyone go hide.
14:35One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
14:39Ready or not, here I come.
14:42Stay safe, pinecone pals.
14:45I mean, you hid inside of a watering can, and you're a hollow dog.
14:49That's crazy.
14:50Ah, it happened again.
14:55Who keeps doing this to my precious pinecone pals?
14:58Maybe Captain Pino saw what happened.
15:00What did you see, Captain Pino?
15:03See?
15:03It's a pinecone, Hal.
15:05I'm about to launch an investigation.
15:08Well, go on and investigate, Captain Pino.
15:10I will.
15:12Hal, again, quick reminder, that's just a pinecone.
15:15Maybe Hal has the right idea, Nature Cat.
15:19Talking to a pinecone?
15:20No.
15:21How about a little scientific investigation?
15:24Yes!
15:25Let's investigate!
15:27Tally-ho!
15:29All right, investigators.
15:31Let's look for clues around the rock.
15:33Pebbles.
15:34We have pebbles here.
15:36Hmm.
15:36I see some dandelions.
15:38What's that, Captain Pino?
15:39You see something?
15:40I see tracks.
15:42He sees tracks!
15:42Tracks?
15:44What kind of tracks?
15:45Some kind of animal tracks.
15:47Some kind of animal tracks!
15:49Look!
15:50Um, they look like curvy lines.
15:52Are you certain they're tracks?
15:54I have no idea, but Captain Pino is sure!
15:57I sure am!
15:58Oh, Captain Pino.
15:59Hey, don't tracks usually have footprints or paw prints?
16:03Ha-ha!
16:04That's true!
16:05Looks like the pinecone is mistaken.
16:08Hmm.
16:09Unless the tracks were made by an animal that doesn't have feet or paws.
16:14Ha!
16:15What kind of animal doesn't have feet or paws?
16:17I'm not sure, but we'd better follow those tracks to find out.
16:21That's just what Captain Pino thinks!
16:23Lead the way, oh, Captain, my Captain!
16:26Unheard, Andy, unheard!
16:28Hey, a pinecone stole my line!
16:34Hey, what gives?
16:35The tracks end here!
16:37Oh, no!
16:38Which way did the creature go?
16:40He went into the tall grass!
16:42Captain Pino thinks he went into the tall grass and I believe him!
16:45But where?
16:47Look!
16:47Something's moving at the grass!
16:49Guys, it might be the animal we're looking for!
16:52Come on!
16:53But we don't even know what animal it is!
16:55And now you want to follow it!
16:58I want to know why it keeps messing with my pinecones.
17:01Just be careful and don't get too close!
17:11It's moving this way!
17:13Now it's moving this way!
17:15Here it is!
17:16Oh, it's here!
17:17Oh, no!
17:17It's there!
17:18There!
17:22Hey, you guys!
17:23I think I found a clue!
17:25What is it?
17:26I don't know.
17:27It's really weird.
17:28It looks all dry and scaly and stuff.
17:31What could it be?
17:32That bear is an animal skin.
17:34Captain Pino thinks it's an animal skin!
17:36How can a pinecone know that?
17:39Hey, Nature Cat, the pinecone's right!
17:41I beg your pardon?
17:42It is an animal skin.
17:44It's a snake skin.
17:46S-s-s-snake?
17:48Snakes are dangerous, and we should never, ever go near a snake.
17:51Ever!
17:51Well, that does it.
17:52Oh, would you look at the time we've got to get home?
17:54Taxi!
17:55Says here that while some snakes can be dangerous, many aren't dangerous at all.
18:00Yeah, it looks pretty small.
18:03And it's got no legs.
18:04Weird.
18:05According to my research, it looks like this is the skin of a garter snake.
18:09This little guy won't be dangerous to us.
18:12Now, come on, let's find out why that snake keeps messing with my pinecone pals.
18:18Snakes?
18:19Why did it have to be snakes?
18:23I have a secret suspicion he's by that log over there.
18:25My good captain thinks we should check by that log over there!
18:28I refuse to listen to a pinecone.
18:31But it's a good idea.
18:33It says snakes like to hide under logs when they want to keep cool.
18:36How could he know that?
18:40Nothing under here.
18:42Nothing under here, too, too.
18:45Well, that's a relief.
18:47Excuse me, coming through.
18:48Oh, pardon me, my good snake.
18:51Snake, snake.
18:53That was the garter snake, and it slithered away.
18:57Now we'll never know why he keeps coming to the rock and messing up my pinecones.
19:01Whoa!
19:03Yes, we will.
19:05Captain Pino knows just the thing to do.
19:07I always do.
19:08But he's a pinecon...
19:10A policeman pinecone.
19:12Thanks, Ralph.
19:13You're welcome, policeman pinecone.
19:15So what makes you think the snake will come back?
19:18Captain Pino thinks that there's something about the rock that the snake needs.
19:21What he said.
19:23The snake is coming.
19:30Nobody move.
19:31Man, oh, man, look.
19:32It is a garter snake.
19:34Oh, is it crawling on me?
19:35It feels like it's crawling on me.
19:36Please get it off, get it off, get it off.
19:38My pinecone pals.
19:40Oh, it's knocking over my pinecone pals.
19:42Oh, we have to stop the madness.
19:44Captain Pino thinks that we should wait and see why the snake is doing it.
19:47I think we should wait and see why the snake is doing it.
19:50Oh, if Captain Pino thinks so.
19:51Okay.
19:52It's just lying there, man.
19:54Why is it just lying there?
19:56We gotta find out.
19:57Come on.
19:59Uh, excuse me.
20:02Hello.
20:04Hey there, snake.
20:05Uh, I'm too big for you to eat, right?
20:08Just wandering for a friend.
20:09Captain Pino Pinacone, pinecone of law says freeze, Buster.
20:14Oh, no.
20:15We just want to know why you keep knocking over my pinecones.
20:18I have nothing against pinecones.
20:20I like pinecones.
20:22But it's the rock I really, really need.
20:24I'm sorry.
20:25I don't understand.
20:26Why do you need the rock?
20:28A bask on it.
20:29I'm sorry.
20:30Is it to bask on it?
20:31Bask?
20:32What's bask?
20:33It means a lie on this warm rock in the sunlight.
20:35I can't get warm by myself.
20:37This rock is perfect for me.
20:40How come I don't need to bask to get warm?
20:43Well, because you're a mammal.
20:45I, on the other hand, am a reptile.
20:48And that means...
20:50I'm cold-blooded.
20:53Yeah, you know that's my style.
20:57Said I'm cold-blooded.
21:01That's because I'm a reptile.
21:05An ectotherm, you know.
21:07I'm different than you.
21:09Cause on my own, I can't heat up or cool down.
21:11So here's what I do.
21:13Gotta find a warm place.
21:15Yeah, that is my task.
21:17Like this rock in the sun.
21:19Warms me up when I bask.
21:22I'm cold-blooded.
21:25That's what they call me.
21:29Can't change my own body temperature.
21:33Oh no, not one degree.
21:37When you get real hot, you can just sweat or your pants.
21:41Change your body temperature.
21:43But not me, I can't.
21:45To cool myself down when I get too hot.
21:48I find shade or cool water.
21:51Or another chill spot.
21:53I use the air around me to change my body temperature.
21:57I can't do it on my own, no.
21:59I know, I know that for sure.
22:02I'm cold-blooded.
22:05I said I'm cold-blooded.
22:10Wow, is your blood really cold?
22:12Like freezing?
22:14No, not really.
22:15Cold-blooded is just what people call ectotherms.
22:17But I can see why it would confuse you.
22:20And you really need to warm up?
22:22Oh, yeah.
22:24Warming up helps me digest what I eat
22:26and do other important things to keep my body working right.
22:29Oh, makes sense.
22:32Ah, but don't worry.
22:33I won't bother you anymore.
22:34I'll leave your pine cones in peace.
22:38Wait, I have a better idea.
22:41Are you sure about this?
22:44Absolutely.
22:45My pine cone pals definitely don't mind staying over here.
22:48And you can use the rock to bask in the sun.
22:51That's the nicest thing anybody's ever done for a snake like me.
22:56Ah, so warm.
23:01Thanks for all your help today, Hal.
23:03Don't thank me.
23:04Thank Captain Pino.
23:06Please, my job is to serve and protect.
23:07You're welcome.
23:08Ah, a most gracious thank you, Captain Pino Pinecone.
23:13Hey, I'm most gracious you're welcome.
23:17Nature Cat, Squeaks, Daisy, and Hal are cartoon characters
23:21and not real animals.
23:22To keep all of our animal friends safe,
23:25check with a grown-up before you bring a pet
23:27on your next nature adventure.
23:30Ha-ha!
23:31Ha-ha!
23:31Ah!
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