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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...
00:18Nature Cat!
00:20Backyard explorer extraordinaire!
00:24Tally-ho!
00:26Tally-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!
00:35Nature Cat!
00:35Nature Cat!
00:36Nature 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.
00:44We're making sure that!
00:45Go, go!
00:45Tally-ho!
00:46Go, go, go!
00:47Tally-ho!
00:48We're your 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.
00:58We're getting muddy hands.
01:00We're getting muddy hands.
01:00Tally-ho!
01:01We're getting muddy hands.
01:02Tally-ho!
01:03Oh!
01:07A prickly problem.
01:13What a beautiful, relaxing day with nature.
01:16Sure is, Nature Cat.
01:18Ah, love it.
01:20What she said and what she said, baby.
01:22absolutely nothing could stop this relaxing feeling I've got to stop saying
01:32that what's all the excitement hey Norman what's all the hubbub it's game over man
01:46game over ding dong ding dong it's how this is my home is anyone there no go away there's
01:58nobody home okay well nobody's home guys let's move it out friends could someone
02:11please answer one question did everyone wipe their feet okay two questions the
02:19other one being what is going on we're hiding in here because we're scared and
02:24need protection in need of protection what do you need protection from I am not
02:29scared of anything a porcupine there's been a sighting in the woods right near
02:37your house protection from a porcupine why the quills on their backs are like
02:42sharp needles and porcupines can even shoot them at you from far away like
02:46this thing please don't do that Norman sorry anyway we're hunkering down in
02:53hell's doghouse to stay safe are you a hundred percent sure it was a porcupine
02:59no phew I'm 200% sure interesting I met a porcupine once I walked by him and said
03:09beautiful day and then he said yep anyway he seemed nice and did not shoot his quills
03:16well once I was in the forest cheese and I found some loose quills lying on the ground all casual
03:25like
03:25sure looked like they could have been shot from a porcupine's back I don't want to
03:29make assumptions but come on I saw one once he was terrifying
03:40I still have nightmares about it running away was the right move once my great
03:46uncle was hiding nuts for the winter when a porcupine shot quills at him my uncle ran
03:50away in a heap of pain and it could happen to you too sorry just trying to amplify the dramatic
03:59effect too much maybe my porcupine didn't shoot his quills because he didn't want to or maybe they
04:05can't shoot their quills at all or maybe they can oh boy I don't know all I do know is
04:12that
04:12we're all scared of something we've never seen happen well we're not taking any chances we're staying put
04:18okay I understand but I just have one slight question and a follow-up how long will you stay
04:24in here and for the follow-up how long will you stay in here forever well forever can't be that
04:31long so you can all stay just to be safe whoa okay before you take in every animal how we
04:37should get to
04:38the bottom of this it's time for a little scientific investigation oh yeah oh yeah count the mouse in
04:46sister let's find out if everyone has a right to be scared you know what I love this plan it's
04:55a
04:55great plan the best plan I'll see you when you return are you sure nature cat why this adventure
05:01could be amazing exciting prodigious amazing exciting that last word okay I'll come but first
05:10little porcupine protection Norman where was he last seen in the forest clearing okay then time for
05:19a little say it with me peeps scientific investigation if my mom calls tell her that our
05:28little housey-wellsy says hello oh little housey-wellsy is me by the way see ya so if the porcupine
05:37is
05:37dangerous then we don't want to startle him so we should walk quietly and speak quietly and look
05:43quietly like this yes being quiet is a great idea okay this is where the porcupine was last seen
05:54oh look we can observe the forest clearing through this bush gee no porcupine well I guess we tried oh
06:03well time to go home he can't go home well he doesn't seem dangerous well what do you know yep
06:16they eat
06:16twigs and leaves just like we were wondering mystery song okay can we go home nature cat that's not what
06:23we came to find out and don't worry you're safe just be quiet right I can do this I just
06:30have to be quiet
06:31and so quiet I shall be oh who's there oh no his quills they look like they're getting ready to
06:41go
06:43hey don't do that onward and let's get out of here wait let's do it fast word and waste no
06:49time word
06:55oh phew that was close what wait is there something on my back more like some cat well I was
07:03you see what I was
07:04doing I just said I was scared okay he almost shot his quills at us no he raised his quills
07:13but didn't
07:13shoot them hmm we need more scientific investigation it's time for a bird's-eye view
07:24there wow those quills are like needles are they made of bone are they like an eagle sharp claws well
07:33I'm sure not gonna touch them to find out though what I want to know is how are you so
07:39good balancing up
07:40here climbing trees is what cats do we never fall off nature cat goodness imagine if you'd fallen and
07:58landed on that pincushion of a beast no I'd rather not imagine that thanks I can't tell did the porcupine
08:05shoot his quills no the porcupine's quills went up but nothing happened but if he could shoot them
08:10wouldn't he have done it the porcupine the porcupine the porcupine we've been talking about the critter
08:17with the quills we think he shoots them wait who keeps saying who hello that was me what are you
08:23all
08:23doing up in this tree who you get it anyone you'll get it just let it sink in and then
08:35when it sinks in
08:35tell me because I don't get it we're investigating a porcupine a lot of us have heard that they shoot
08:41their quills the here we go again there are so many wrong ideas about nature out there like how everyone
08:49thinks I can turn my head all the way around but we heard you can if we can turn our
08:55heads a great
08:55deal yes but not all the way yeah watch see the things others get wrong about nature you wouldn't
09:05believe it interesting if the stories about owls are wrong then maybe the stories about porcupines are
09:13too and from what we've discovered through scientific observation the porcupine doesn't appear to be
09:18able to shoot his quills well there must be a way to find out for sure huh the only way
09:23to be sure is to
09:24get a closer look and who would be foolish enough to get close to a porcupine I mean that is
09:31something
09:31I would never in a million years don't yell and scream at me me yell and scream at you me
09:47shoot my
09:48quills we can raise them up like this but that's all huh really is that so I can't tell you
09:56what a
09:56relief it is to hear that but what were you saying about me yelling and screaming at you well you
10:01see
10:01the porcupines have been talking about a monster named nature cat when he sees a porcupine he screams
10:07to scare them talk about terrifying yeah imagine that I guess it seems we've both heard things that
10:15aren't true without investigating them names pinkus glad I was wrong about you nature cat that makes two of
10:23us I mean but five of us come on down and meet pinkus he says porcupines can only raise their
10:30quills
10:30and he's also very nice hi pinkus I'm Hal that squeaks that's Daisy and I am how sadly mr. pinkus
10:39there are a lot of ill-informed creatures out there who are scared of you because they didn't know you
10:43can only stand your quills up not me of course I'd be happy to inform them plus I'd love to
10:50meet more
10:51animals so we can live peacefully in the woods then onward and yonward all right everybody here I go
11:01just takes a little bit of focus gotta focus in here for a second and lock in good solid base
11:10see we can only make our quills stand up that's it I'm still unsure my uncle knew everything well
11:18except the time he thought moss only grows on the north side of trees and he was lost for weeks
11:22and
11:23the time he said chocolate milk came from chocolate cows you know what come to think of it he was
11:27wrong
11:28about a lot of things and I've been retelling his stories oh no I feel bad pinkus oh it's okay
11:34Norman the
11:35reality is my quills are for protection from the weather and enemies when some enemy tries to grab me
11:40wouldn't you know it the pointy ends of the quills get stuck in the animal and come off me luckily
11:46that's never happened to me
11:48it would really mess up my hair what the quills are hair that's right squeaks well how do you like
11:56that huh yep and all I really want to do is live my life in peace oh we're so glad
12:03to have you as our
12:04new friend pinkus a shed time story alrighty first officer squeaks what are the weather conditions the sun is
12:21shining with a light breeze out of the northwest perfect spring day to fly again okay then prepare for takeoff
12:35according to my precise calculations this paper plane is going to fly super far tally oh oh try it
12:44like this nature cat baby I'm not sure how this helps launch a plane how no it doesn't I just
12:57got very itchy
13:06hmm that's funny I wonder why I think you're just shedding how lots of animals do it
13:13shedding sure is itchy well maybe you just need good brushing oh that feels so much better
13:30all right how let's go play how well if you're here then what's this that's my fur oh I bet
13:39I can
13:40even into a friendship bracelet a bracelet how that's your fur it came off of our body I'll say
13:47it did this is my worst nightmare I'm hairless never leave me never leave me I'm sure house fur is
14:06fine
14:06it's like Daisy said he's just shedding no when you shed you lose a little fur here and there but
14:12this is a
14:13whole pile of fur look at it that's a lot of fur well when I brushed him some of his
14:19fur flew in the air so
14:20maybe he has a furry flu I don't know the furry flu the furry what's a who's a what's a
14:28furry now stop don't come any closer the furry flu could be contagious there's no such thing as a furry
14:35flu nature cat so it can't be
14:37itchy can't be itchy I mean what does that even mean is itchy even a word
14:43it is contagious now you have the furry flu too I'm just itchy nothing a little fur brushing won't help
14:51come on squeaks
15:01look at how much fur fell out oh I bet I could weave a friendship necklace out of this I'm
15:07just shedding nature cat look
15:09look we gotta get out of here squeaks why did you go because if we catch the furry flu just
15:17think what will happen
15:18we're hairless
15:22let's get out of here before we catch the furry flu
15:26wait nature cat squeaks come back
15:34you mind if we hide in your leaf pile oh help yourself
15:40nature cat squeaks where are you guys
15:43oh itchy oh getting itchy again
15:47me too
15:52can't let the fur touch me
15:59I don't see them anywhere let's check this way
16:03are they gone yep all clear thanks for the hiding spot dear you're welcome darling
16:09oh well I wasn't calling you dear as a term of affection I was calling you dear because you are
16:14a deer
16:14itchy why yada well you don't have to get upset
16:19no I'm not upset I excuse me for a moment
16:27this coat it's patchy
16:30another one let's get out of here
16:33bye bye
16:38look the deer is losing his fur just like us
16:42oh I bet I could weave a friendship potholder out of this
16:45hmm I wonder if the deer is shedding too
16:49well wonder no more the answer is yes
16:53that's what I thought you tutu also oh yeah me tutu also
16:58but why are you losing so much fur
17:00well in the fall I grow a thicker coat to help me stay warm through the winter but when spring
17:06comes I don't need so many layers of hair so I shed the extra fur
17:10cool
17:11yep rubbing like this helps me get the fur off that I don't need in the summer and take a
17:16look
17:16my summer coat is coming in quite nicely if I say so myself
17:22hey looking good your summer coat is more red
17:25I always wanted to be a redhead wink wink
17:28see I told you Hal we're just shedding because it's spring
17:32yeah shedding come on
17:34come on we have to tell squeaks a nature cat
17:40oh
17:41oh that's a close call
17:43come on let's hide in here
17:48keep an eye out for
17:49Ichi
17:51Ichi who's Ichi
17:53Ichi
17:54oh no
17:56are you
17:57itchy
17:58ah you're losing your fur too
18:02let me out of here
18:06ay ay ay do I feel itchy
18:09not you too squirrel
18:11yes me too
18:12does this answer your question
18:16oh nature cat
18:18we've been looking for you
18:22nature cat come back
18:24where's squeaks
18:27here I am
18:28no what's wrong squeaks
18:30I have the furry flow too
18:32and soon me you and Daisy and that squirrel are all gonna lose all our fur
18:37we are?
18:38yes
18:38and just think how we'll look Hal
18:40think how we'll look
18:43we're hairless
18:44this is so weird
18:46ah
18:48I don't want to lose all my fur
18:50me neither
18:51no we're not going to lose all our fur
18:53we're just shedding
18:54remember
18:55but what if we shed all our fur at once
18:57then we will be hairless
18:59whoa
18:59easy big boy
19:01when you shed
19:01you don't lose all your hair at once
19:03wait you don't?
19:05nah uh
19:05it happens a little at a time
19:07our fur is an outer cover that protects us
19:10like a furry suit of armor
19:12kind of
19:13and sometimes we need more fur
19:15like when it's cold
19:16how you like me now
19:20sometimes we need less
19:21like when it's warm
19:23and sometimes
19:23we just gotta be a little fancier
19:25to get a date
19:26you know what I'm saying
19:28whoa
19:28I can't believe our fur can do all that
19:30let's go tell Nature Cat the good news
19:35wait I need some more of this fur first
19:37I'm gonna weave a friendship blanket
19:47ah more itching
19:52ah ah I can't lose my fur
19:55I can't lose my fur
19:56don't worry precious fur
19:58I won't let anything happen to you
20:01the furry flu is everywhere
20:07Nature Cat be careful
20:10I am being careful
20:12because I have to protect my
20:13itchy
20:14you're itchy?
20:16itchy
20:16oh no
20:17I feel itchy
20:25nitro cat just calm down
20:27how can I be calm?
20:29I have the furry flu
20:35mother
20:37yep he's falling
20:38quick we need something soft for him to land on
20:41oh well I can weave something
20:49a furry friendship pillow
20:53oh Nature Cat are you okay?
20:56no I am not okay
20:57I am suffering from the furry flu
20:59and soon I will be
21:01wait
21:02you won't be hairless because you don't have the furry flu
21:06I don't
21:07no
21:08none of us do
21:09we're just shedding
21:10that's right Hal
21:12fur covers up our bodies
21:14it protects us everyday
21:15but when that fur's worn out too thick or too thin
21:18it's time to go away
21:20in the winter thick fur covers us from our toes up to our head
21:24but when the weather starts changing
21:26you know it's time to shed
21:28our time to shed
21:33our time to shed
21:36it's an important thing that you should know
21:38and so it must be said
21:40when our fur's not quite right for the job
21:42then it's our time to shed
21:46when summer comes we shed our fur
21:48so our coats become thin
21:50in cold months our fur gets thick like a blanket
21:52to keep us warm and cover our skin
21:54winter coats keep us warm
21:56from our toes to our head
21:58when the seasons start changing
22:00then it's our time to shed
22:03our time to shed
22:06our time to shed
22:10lots of animals do it
22:12nothing to fear or dread
22:14when our fur's not quite right for the job
22:16then it's our time to shed
22:29our time to shed
22:33our time to shed
22:44our time to shed
22:51yeah
22:52well that is a relief
22:55i'm so glad i won't be totally hairless
22:58okay now that we're all calm again
23:00can we go back to flying airplanes
23:01i have a better idea
23:03we can fly hair planes
23:06wink wink
23:16nature cat squeaks daisy and how are cartoon characters
23:20and not real animals
23:22to keep all of our animal friends safe
23:24check with a grown up before you bring a pet
23:26on your next nature adventure
23:28aha
23:58you
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