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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.
00:15I become...
00:19Nature Cat!
00:20Backyard explorer extraordinaire!
00:24Tally-ho!
00:27Tally-ho!
00:28Climbing out the trees now.
00:30We're swinging through the breeze now.
00:32We're getting muddy knees now.
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.
00:45Go, 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 swinging 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!
01:03Tally-ho!
01:03Tally-ho!
01:26Tally-ho!
01:27Perfect pose.
01:29Arm here, leg right there.
01:31You!
01:31Balance on one toe, one ear up, and this one down.
01:34Perfect!
01:36Can we get the show on the road?
01:38This pose is kinda hard to hold.
01:39Oh, right!
01:40Of course!
01:41Let's make some magic!
01:42Everybody say cheese!
01:45Cheese!
01:45Cheese!
01:46What the?
01:47What's wrong?
01:48Hal!
01:49We're missing Hal!
01:51Hal!
01:51Where are you?
01:52Hal!
01:53Come on out, Hal!
01:54Tiddy!
01:55Here I am, baby!
01:57Come on, Hal!
01:58It's time to take a picture!
01:59Oh, picture day!
02:01Sweet!
02:02Let me just reset my camera.
02:06What is that smell?
02:10Oh, I think it's coming from Hal.
02:12Oh, Hal, you smell pretty ripe.
02:14Ugh!
02:15What did you do to get so dirty and stinky, Hal, my pal?
02:19I don't know.
02:20I was just in the woods rolling around.
02:22Just rolling and rolling and rolling around.
02:24Well, you must have rolled and rolled in something pretty smelly.
02:28Here we go!
02:29Let's make some magic, take two!
02:31Say cheese!
02:33Cheese!
02:37Oh, no!
02:39We can't give Granny Bunny a picture that looks like this!
02:42You're right!
02:42I blinked!
02:43I look awful!
02:44Come on, let's take another one.
02:47Uh-oh.
02:48If we're gonna take this picture for Granny Bunny, I'm gonna need you to do something very
02:53important.
02:54Okay?
02:56Anything, Nature Cat!
02:57Whatever you need to get this picture taken for Granny Bunny, I will do it!
03:02A bath!
03:03Nope!
03:04Nope!
03:04I will not do it!
03:05Nope!
03:05Not gonna happen!
03:07Anything but that!
03:07Oh, Hal!
03:08A photograph captures a moment in time for all eternity!
03:11Don't you want to look your best for all eternity?
03:13Not if it means to be getting in a bath!
03:16Ew!
03:18But you need to get clean, ma.
03:19You stink.
03:21These are my natural musks!
03:24Oh, my musky!
03:27Come on, friend!
03:28You need a bath!
03:29Oh, no!
03:30I do not do bath!
03:32Let go of me!
03:33Come on, Hal!
03:37Wrong way, Hal!
03:39Bath is this way!
03:40Well, I'm going that way!
03:44Phew!
03:45When you do a roll, you gotta pay the toll, Hal!
03:49You need to get clean!
03:52Huh?
03:56Whoa!
04:00Oh, now I'm wet with water!
04:04Drugs!
04:06Oh, you gotta get in the bath!
04:09Oh, I can't breathe!
04:11Please!
04:11You have to fix this!
04:13If not for me, then do it for yourself!
04:16I'm sorry!
04:17I'm sorry!
04:17I can't do it!
04:18Not even for Granny Bunny, I'll never take a bath!
04:22Halbert, Alexander, the dog, you come back here this instant!
04:27Onward!
04:28And...
04:28Halward!
04:31Await!
04:35Hal, come on!
04:37You have to take a bath!
04:38Muck, muck!
04:39I don't know this Hal you speak of.
04:42I mean, there's no one here but us chickens.
04:44Muck, muck!
04:45And everyone knows chickens do not take baths!
04:49Muck, muck, muck, muck!
04:50See?
04:50We chickens don't take baths!
04:52Muck, muck, muck!
04:53We make ourselves dirtier by covering ourselves in dust!
04:56Muck, muck, muck, muck, muck!
04:57I'm a chicken!
04:58I don't think the chickens are just making themselves dirty!
05:02Muck!
05:02Oh, yeah!
05:03Yep!
05:03That's what we chickens do!
05:04Muck, muck, muck!
05:05Love this dirt!
05:07What are these chickens doing?
05:09Yeah, why are they covering themselves in dust?
05:12Chickens.
05:13Hmm.
05:14Don't know.
05:15Let's observe and maybe we can figure it out.
05:19Whoa!
05:20Oof!
05:26They're digging in the earth and sitting in it!
05:29Okay, now they're twitching and squirming in the dirt.
05:34I can't make heads or tails of this.
05:36We love to be dirty, muck, muck!
05:39Now they're kicking dust on themselves!
05:41What?
05:43We love to be dusty, too!
05:45Muck, muck, muck, muck, muck!
05:46Ha!
05:47And now they're shaking the dust off!
05:49Maybe Hal's right.
05:50Maybe they do like to get dirty.
05:52Chickens.
05:53Of course I'm right!
05:54I'm a chicken!
05:55Muck, muck, muck, muck, muck!
05:56Wait a minute, you guys!
05:58The chickens aren't using the dust to get dirty.
06:01They're using it to get clean!
06:03Say what now?
06:04Muck, muck, muck, muck, muck!
06:04Muck!
06:05The chickens use the dust to clean their feathers, absorb moisture, and get rid of tiny bugs called
06:10mites.
06:11It's called a dust bath!
06:12A dust bath?
06:14Muck, muck, muck, muck, muck, muck!
06:15Dust bath?
06:16I don't know.
06:17Those two words don't go together.
06:19Yes!
06:20And lots of animals take dust baths!
06:22Look!
06:23Elephants, bison, and other birds all take dust baths!
06:27That's too many baths!
06:28I'm out of here!
06:29Muck, muck, muck!
06:30Hal, come back!
06:31You need to take a bath so we can take the picture!
06:37Oink, oink!
06:39Hal, bud!
06:40What are you doing now?
06:43Hal, oink, oink!
06:44I'm a pig!
06:47Squeal!
06:48And pigs definitely do not take baths!
06:50Sue-wee!
06:52Um, I don't think that's true.
06:56See, oink, oink!
06:58We pigs don't bathe!
07:00We wallow in mud to make ourselves even dirtier!
07:03Sue-wee!
07:05Whoa, ugh!
07:06Pigs really do like to be dirty.
07:09I don't think pigs wallow in mud just to get dirty.
07:12Then why do pigs wallow in mud?
07:15I'm not sure, but let's figure it out!
07:19Looks like those pigs are feeling hot.
07:22Ah!
07:23But when they wallow in the mud, it seems to cool them down!
07:27This one is cool!
07:29Cool and dirty!
07:31I wonder if pigs use mud like chickens use dust!
07:35You mean to take a bath?
07:37No way!
07:38Pigs do not take baths!
07:40Oink, oink, oink!
07:42I beg to differ!
07:43It says here that pigs like to take mud baths!
07:46Mud baths?
07:47Really?
07:48Is this opposite day?
07:49No way!
07:50A mud bath is definitely not a thing!
07:52Oink, oink, oink!
07:53Cause pigs don't take baths!
07:55Oink, oink!
07:56Oh, that's not true, Hal!
07:57It says here that pigs take mud baths to stay cool, protect their skin from the sun, and to keep
08:02germs off their bodies so they can stay healthy!
08:05Really?
08:06Oink?
08:07Absolutely!
08:08And other animals take mud baths too!
08:10Hippos, rhinos, and water buffaloes all like to bathe in the mud too!
08:16Ugh!
08:16More baths?
08:18Bleh!
08:19Sweet!
08:19Come on, Hal!
08:21Just take a bath!
08:22Yeah!
08:23We need that picture for Granny!
08:27How let Alexander come down from that tree and take a bath this instant!
08:31Please!
08:32Sorry, I don't know any Hal!
08:34Oink, oink, oink, oink, oink!
08:36Uh, Hal, bats don't make that sound!
08:38Oh, I'm not Hal!
08:39I'm a bat!
08:40Bat sound, bat sound!
08:42Uh, buddy, you're just saying bat sound.
08:44Well, although I am a bat, I do not seem to know what sound a bat makes!
08:51Sounds like they squeak!
08:52Oh, well then I am a bat!
08:54Squeak, squeak, squeak!
08:55And we bats do not take baths!
08:57Squeak, squeak!
08:58It seems all animals take baths, Hal!
09:00No, they don't!
09:02Squeak, squeak, squeak!
09:03Wait, I'm sorry, do they?
09:04Oh, yes they do!
09:05Listen, Hal!
09:07We're all covered up in skin scales, fur and feathers, yes it's true!
09:11If we wanna keep our insides healthy, this is what we'll do!
09:14Take chickens, bats, and pigs, and all the animals between!
09:17We all take some kind of bath to keep healthy and clean!
09:20Gotta take a bath!
09:22Bap, bap!
09:23Just take a bath!
09:25Bap, bap!
09:27Get your dirty self on the clean, clean path and take a bath!
09:31Scrub, scrub!
09:33Keep the bodies working well, go tell your son or daughter!
09:36Some animals, they take a bath, they take a bath with water, water bath!
09:41Bap, bap!
09:42A water bath!
09:44Bap, bap!
09:45Don't wanna feel the germs wrath, so go and take a bath!
09:51When mites and pests get on your skin, this becomes a must!
09:54Some animals, they take a bath, they use mud and then dust mud bath!
09:59Bap, bap!
10:00Or dust bath!
10:02Bap, bap!
10:04It all adds up, just do the math and take a bath!
10:10Okay, okay, some animals may take a bath, but we bats do not use water or mud or dust to
10:16take a bath!
10:17Squeak, squeak!
10:18Oh, that's true!
10:20They use something else!
10:21We do!
10:22Squeak, squeak!
10:23What do we use?
10:24Observe!
10:26Whoa, the baths are licking their thumbs and cleaning off their fur!
10:30Looks like they're taking a tongue bath!
10:33Uh, forgive me.
10:34A tongue bath?
10:36Uh, I don't know.
10:38I don't know anymore.
10:40Wait a minute.
10:41Sometimes I clean off my fur with my tongue.
10:44So do I!
10:46Huh, me too.
10:48Okay, I was wrong about tongue baths.
10:50Guilty as charged!
10:52And that's considered a bath?
10:54Like I said, it's a tongue bath.
10:56It keeps your fur and skin clean and helps keep you healthy.
11:00Ba-bam!
11:01Well, why didn't you just say so?
11:03I love to take a tongue bath!
11:08Batsky-picky-yucky germs away, so tell the old and young.
11:12Some animals, they take a bath.
11:13A bath using your tongue.
11:15A tongue bath!
11:17Bats!
11:17Bats!
11:18Bats!
11:18A tongue bath!
11:20Bats!
11:21Bats!
11:21Get your sticky soap on the clean, clean path and take a bath!
11:25A healthy bath!
11:29Now let's sweat a color tongue bath, Hal, my pal!
11:32Thanks!
11:33I feel clean and healthy and all at the same time.
11:36Now we are finally ready to make some magic!
11:39Say bath!
11:41Bath!
11:42Oh, what a sweet birthday portrait!
11:46Everyone looks so nice!
11:48And clean!
11:49Don't we all look clean, Granny Bunny?
11:51Very clean, Halbert Alexander.
11:54Thank you!
11:55Now let's celebrate!
11:58Halbert Alexander, you're a mess again!
12:01Don't worry, Daisy!
12:03I brought my tongue, just in case I need a bath!
12:13Fossil Hunt!
12:20Fossil!
12:21Fossil!
12:22I need to find a fossil!
12:23Okay, Fossil, come to Mama!
12:26Come to Mama!
12:27Gotta find a fossil!
12:30Could it be?
12:31Could it be?
12:32No!
12:33Yes!
12:34Yes!
12:34I found a fossil!
12:35I need a fossil!
12:36Fossil!
12:38Oh, hey, Squeaks!
12:40You found my bone, baby!
12:42I beg to differ, big dog.
12:44It is a fossil, not a bone.
12:46And I found it!
12:48And I'm a paleontologist!
12:51Squeaks!
12:51It's a bone!
12:52And I buried it!
12:54It's a fossil, and it comes from the past!
12:57It's a bone, and I'm gonna eat it tomorrow!
13:00Or today!
13:02Or now!
13:03Fossil!
13:03Bone!
13:04Fossil!
13:05Bone!
13:06Fossil!
13:07Bone!
13:14What on earth is this?
13:16Friends!
13:17Fossil!
13:19Yipes!
13:25Huh?!
13:26Uh oh.
13:27Uh oh.
13:27Oh!
13:28Oh no.
13:30Ha.
13:30Thanks for dropping in, guys.
13:32Although I would appreciate a little heads up next time.
13:34This belonged to someone?
13:37It's my bone! Oh, how about it being both your fossil and your bone? Problem solved nap time!
13:46Time out! It can't be a fossil and Hal's bone. Don't you remember in episode 105b Daisy's Colossal Fossil?
13:56Can we roll a clip, please?
13:57You see, fossils are stone-like remains of a plant or animal that lived thousands or even millions of years
14:05ago.
14:06Wow, that's a long time!
14:09Fossils are formed when natural things like animals and plants are buried under layers of sand and mud. How about
14:16that?
14:17Oh, thank you!
14:19Well, I buried it last week!
14:21Uh, Hal, that's not a long, long time ago.
14:25Agreed! And I can confirm that that is a bone! Ba-bam!
14:31Does it? Come on! How do you know?
14:33Oh, I saw Hal bury it!
14:34Oh, rats!
14:36A bone it is!
14:38Hi, Bone! It's me, Hal! I missed you so much when I buried you last week!
14:43No! My fossil!
14:46Hey! Why so sad, Squeaks! It's just a bone!
14:50I know, but I need to find a fossil so I can earn my Mousy Scouts fossil badge later tonight!
14:57Mousy Scouts?
14:59Mousy Scouts pledge to be honest and fair, courageous, kind, polite, show others we care!
15:04Mousy Scouts!
15:05I didn't know! Here, you can definitely have it!
15:08Aw, thank you, Hal, but it won't count. It looks like a fossil, but I need a real fossil.
15:14Ugh, there's sticklers over there.
15:17See? Look, I already have badges for camping and woodworking, rock collecting, hiking, and now I'm up for my fossil
15:25badge.
15:25Don't worry your cute little head, Squeaks! We'll help you find one!
15:29But I have to find it before the meeting tonight!
15:31Then, we must shake a leg! Onward, and let's find a fossil word!
15:37Wait! If we're gonna be real fossil hunters, we'd better prepare!
15:41Okay, since I've got some super helpers now, that's you, I know a great place to go to look for
15:46fossils, but we're going to need some things first.
15:50Alrighty, we got a rock pick?
15:52Check!
15:53A hammer?
15:54Check!
15:54Magnifying glass?
15:56Check!
15:57We are now all set to look for... sea fossils!
16:00Um, where exactly might we find sea fossils?
16:03A place that was covered by a sea a long time ago!
16:07To that place!
16:10Uh, where exactly is this place that was covered by a sea a long time ago?
16:15That-a-way!
16:16Tally-ho!
16:20Sea fossils are often found in sedimentary rocks, which are formed when dirt and dead plants and animals sink to
16:30the bottom of the sea and get covered over.
16:32It takes millions of years!
16:34Millions of years?
16:36Wow!
16:36I hope it doesn't take us that long to find the sea fossil place!
16:40Oh, don't worry, Hal!
16:41I think we're almost there!
16:43Agreed!
16:44According to the map, the lake that used to be an ancient sea should be right about-
16:49Whoa!
16:50Whoa!
16:52Whoa!
16:52Ha-ha!
16:53Mother!
16:54Whoa!
16:55Nature Cat!
16:57Whoa!
16:59Whoa!
17:00Whoa!
17:01Whoa!
17:01Oh, no.
17:02It's water.
17:10I know, I know.
17:12Water.
17:12Why'd it have to be water, right?
17:14Mm-hmm.
17:16Great.
17:17We're here!
17:19Woo-hoo!
17:20Woo-hoo!
17:20Oh, yeah!
17:23Okay, look for the larger flat pieces first, like these.
17:26Uh, see if there's a pattern of a shell or a plant on it.
17:33Nothing.
17:35Nothing.
17:36Oop!
17:37Nope.
17:38Nothing.
17:38Hey, Hal!
17:39Be careful, okay, big dog?
17:41Don't want to go tossing rocks all over the place.
17:43But they're just rocks!
17:44Yeah, but we don't want to hurt or break anything around here.
17:47Oh!
17:48Okay!
17:50Sorry, Rock.
17:51I didn't mean to toss you.
17:53Mwah!
17:53I'm Hal, by the way.
17:54Nice to meet you.
18:02Easy, my friend.
18:03Don't be in such a hurry.
18:04You'll forget where you already looked.
18:06You don't want to go over the same area twice.
18:08Copy that, Squeaks!
18:13I found one!
18:15I found a fossil!
18:18Oh!
18:18Let's see!
18:19Let's see!
18:20Let's see!
18:20Let's see!
18:20Oh!
18:20Oh!
18:21Oh!
18:22Oh!
18:25Whoa!
18:26Whoa!
18:26Whoa!
18:27Careful!
18:27You gotta gently pry off the top layer.
18:30You don't want to damage a fossil.
18:40Hmm.
18:42Well, what-what-what?
18:43Come on!
18:43Is it a fossil?
18:45No.
18:46It's not a fossil.
18:47It's just a different kind of rock inside the rock.
18:49Perk up, Squeaks, my sweet little mouse.
18:52The sun is still shining, and it's not time for your meeting yet.
18:54The sun is still shining, and it's not time for your meeting yet.
18:54We can keep looking.
18:56We can!
18:57A Mousy Scout never gives up!
19:00Eh, what squeaks?
19:01Right.
19:02Let's dig.
19:03This fossil-finding montage could sure use some music.
19:06Q-track 17, please.
19:07Start 34 seconds in, if you can.
19:10Mm-hmm.
19:13No.
19:15No.
19:17No.
19:22Huh?
19:26No.
19:28No.
19:29No!
19:29M-m-m!
19:34No.
19:45No.
19:47No.
19:48No.
19:49No.
19:51Oh!
19:51No.
19:52No!
19:53No!
20:06Fossil? No. Fossil? No. Fossil? No. Fossil? No.
20:15Hey, Squeaks. I think we've got to call it a day. It's getting dark.
20:19Oh, man. I guess I won't get my fossil badge after all tonight.
20:24Well, we tried, Squeaks. We looked really, really, really hard to find a fossil.
20:29And I learned how to stack rocks. Ta-dee! Really nice work, Hal.
20:35Yeah, but you should probably put those rocks back the way they were when you found them.
20:39Remember, leave nothing, take nothing. Ba-bam.
20:43Oh, thank you so much for helping, you guys.
20:47Okay, so I didn't get a fossil badge. No biggie. I could go for a different badge.
20:53I could go for a cheese-eating badge. I'm good at eating cheese. I could do that.
20:58But it's not the same.
21:02I wish we could have found a fossil for Squeaks.
21:05Well, maybe we can come back tomorrow.
21:08Yeah, I mean, there's a lot more rocks to stack. Like this one.
21:11I must have missed it. I didn't even see that one.
21:14Hal, let me see that.
21:16Oh, could it be? Could it really be?
21:20What is it?
21:23Squeaks! Wait! Hey!
21:26Squeaks!
21:32You rang?
21:36Is this a fossil?
21:43Yes!
21:44It's a fossil!
21:47Found it!
21:48Your fossil is called a trilobite.
21:51A trilobite?
21:53Oh boy, a real trilobite!
21:55I can't believe we found a trilobite!
21:57What is a trilobite?
21:59Trilobites lived in the ocean more than 300 million years ago.
22:03Whoa-ho-ho-ho!
22:05That's so long a time ago!
22:08So, instead of a lake, there was an ancient ocean here.
22:12Gimme some whaaaaaat?
22:14This is like totally blood on my mind, huh?
22:17Totally what she said, man.
22:19Oh man, oh man.
22:21Listen to this.
22:22Trilobites like to eat smaller plants and animals
22:25that lived in the ocean back then.
22:26And there are none alive now.
22:29Well, Squeaks!
22:31It looks like you're going to get your fossil badge after all!
22:35Low vibe.
22:37Fossil!
22:40For the record, this bone is for next Friday.
22:44No wait, next Thursday.
22:45Okay, wait, no.
22:46You know what?
22:46Next Tuesday.
22:47Do I hear Monday?
22:48Next Monday, maybe?
22:50Understood, Hal!
22:51We've got your back!
22:52And your bones!
22:53Yeah!
22:54I got it!
22:55You guys, I got it!
22:56My new fossil badge!
22:59Awesome!
23:00Cool!
23:01Ho, ho, ho, ho!
23:02Can you dig it?
23:05Ho, ho, ho, ho!
23:06Can you dig it?
23:09Ho, ho, ho, ho!
23:10Can you dig it?
23:14Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!
23:16Nature Cat, Squeaks, Daisy, and Howl are cartoon characters
23:21and not real animals.
23:22To keep all of our animal friends safe, check with a grown-up
23:26before you bring a pet on your next nature adventure.
23:30Ha, ha!
23:31Ha, ha!
23:32Chang, ha!
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