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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! 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! Nature Cat! Nature Cat!
00:35Nature 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.
00:45Tally ho! Tally ho! Tally ho!
00:48He'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.
01:00Tally ho!
01:02Tally ho!
01:03Tally ho!
01:05Tally ho!
01:06Tally ho!
01:07Are you my egg?
01:18Tally ho!
01:33Tally ho!
01:37Tally ho!
01:38Tally ho!
01:38Tally ho!
01:40What's going on out here? Everyone settle down.
01:43Oh, it's happening. I'm becoming my mother.
01:46Aw, hello there, little cutie.
01:48I'm so sorry I scared you. I am Nature Cat.
01:52Oh, Nature Cat. Am I a Nature Cat, too?
01:56Are you a... No, there's only one Nature Cat.
02:00But you look like you might be a lizard.
02:02A lizard? Huh.
02:04What's your name, sweetheart?
02:05Well, I don't have a name. You see, I'm new around here.
02:08Does that mean you get to name yourself?
02:11Oh, lucky. How about Meredith or Baxter or Bernie?
02:15So many choices.
02:16Can you think of a good name for me, Nature Cat?
02:19Well, I don't know if I've ever named a lizard before,
02:22but I'd certainly love to try.
02:25Okay, let's see. Good name for a lizard. I know.
02:28What about Lisa?
02:30Lisa. Uh-huh. Yeah, I like the sound of that.
02:32Lisa the lizard. Thank you, Nature Cat.
02:35You are so welcome, Lisa.
02:39Hey, you think there are more lizards around here?
02:43I don't see any.
02:46Maybe if you can remember where you came from,
02:48we can find more lizards like you.
02:50Do you remember anything?
02:52Well, hmm. Oh, I came from a dark, warm place where I had food,
02:56and there was a thick, goopy cushion that made it nice and cozy.
03:00Thick, goopy cushion?
03:01Well, that sounds great. I want one.
03:03Why didn't you just stay there?
03:04Well, after a while, it just started to feel a little small inside there,
03:07so I had to break out of it.
03:09Oh, wait. I-I think I know what it is.
03:11You hatched from an egg!
03:13Whoa, whoa, whoa. You mean lizards come from eggs?
03:17It says here that some kinds of lizards lay eggs,
03:20and other kinds of lizards give birth to baby lizards.
03:23Well, sounds like you hatched from an egg, Lisa.
03:26Sweet!
03:27Did you see any other lizards when you came out of the egg?
03:30Lizards?
03:31No, no.
03:32Interesting, interesting.
03:33Well, maybe there were more eggs where you hatched like a nest.
03:37A lizard nest.
03:38And if there were other eggs, there might be other lizards too.
03:41It would be so cool to see another lizard like me.
03:45Then we must help you find your nest.
03:48You will, Nature Cat?
03:49Of course we will.
03:51Anything for my new lizard friend, Lisa.
03:54After all, how hard can finding a nest of lizard eggs be?
03:58Finding a nest of lizard eggs is so hard.
04:01Nature Cat, we've only been looking for a few minutes, man. Chill.
04:04You're right.
04:04I, Nature Cat, will find Lisa's nest so she can meet some other lizards.
04:10You bet you will.
04:12Oh, I found the nest.
04:16Do these eggs look familiar?
04:18Hello?
04:19Knock, knock.
04:20Uh, are any of you lizards like me?
04:23Get away from my nest!
04:25No one messes with my eggs, okay?
04:29Okay, man.
04:31Take it down.
04:32There's been a misunderstanding, okay?
04:34We're not here to take the eggs.
04:36Just wondering if our friend, Lisa, came from eggs like these.
04:41Hmm.
04:42That egg is hard.
04:43I just don't remember being in an egg so hard.
04:46And besides, do the two of us look anything alike?
04:51I mean, I see a slight resemblance.
04:53I mean, except you have feathers and a beak and wings and you're much bigger and you can fly and
04:58like a bunch of other stuff.
04:59I think it's clear that Lisa did not come from these bird eggs.
05:04Goldfinch eggs, to be exact.
05:07Well, it was very nice to meet you, Mama Goldfinch.
05:10We apologize for the disruption.
05:12Carry on sitting on.
05:15Good luck finding your nest, little lizard.
05:18Luck.
05:18We don't need luck.
05:20I will find the nest.
05:22I know you will, Nature Cat.
05:24You know, now that I'm thinking of that at least, you kind of remind me of our friend Fern the
05:30Spotted Salamander.
05:31Hey, yeah!
05:32And salamanders lay their eggs in the pond.
05:35Maybe lizards do too.
05:37Yes!
05:37To the pond!
05:38Howdy ho!
05:43Now, let's find your nest!
05:46I will examine every blade of grass if I have to.
05:49But one thing's certain.
05:51I, Nature Cat, will find those eggs!
05:54Hey guys!
05:55I found a bunch of eggs!
05:56What?
05:57You found the eggs?
05:59Whoa!
06:00Check it out!
06:01I can see inside those eggs!
06:04Do I have X-ray vision?
06:07No, Hal.
06:08We can all see inside the egg, but you are special in so many other ways.
06:12Anyway, those don't look like lizards to me.
06:15Those are tiny tadpoles getting ready to hatch.
06:18So a frog or a salamander must have laid these eggs.
06:21Does any of this look familiar?
06:24I don't remember hatching in water.
06:26Oh, but I do remember dirt.
06:28I also had to break out of a shell.
06:30And these eggs don't have shells.
06:32You're hatched in dirt, huh?
06:35Interesting.
06:36I, Nature Cat, shall search the dirt for you!
06:40Onward, and beyondward!
06:48Nope!
07:06I wonder if we'll ever find more lizards like me.
07:10Zach, nature cat, help!
07:12Um, you sat on me, lizard.
07:16Oopsie!
07:17Sorry about that.
07:18She's new around here.
07:20Um, Mrs. Turtle, have you seen any lizard eggs?
07:24Lizard eggs?
07:25Hmm.
07:26I spotted a nest of eggs in the dirt over there by the woods that didn't look like my kind
07:32of eggs.
07:33Perhaps they were lizard eggs, hmm?
07:36That must be it!
07:37I, nature cat, will find your eggs, Lisa!
07:40Thank you, turtle!
07:42Oh, you're very, very much welcome, cat.
07:47Gotta find the nest!
07:49Gotta find the nest!
07:50Gotta find the nest!
07:50I found the nest!
07:51Oh!
07:52Why can't I find an egg today?
07:56Good job, Squeaks.
07:58Hey, maybe you'll finally meet another lizard.
08:01Oh, I so hope so.
08:02I so hope so.
08:06Um, these eggs seem a little big.
08:09Oh, but they do feel more like the egg I came from.
08:12Soft.
08:12Hmm.
08:13This shell isn't hard like the goldfinch egg, but it's definitely thicker than the frog
08:18eggs in the pond.
08:18What do you think it's in there?
08:20I think we're about to find out!
08:23Look!
08:24Oh, look at it!
08:25Look at it!
08:26It's about to hatch!
08:27Oh, I don't know, Squeaks.
08:30We have no idea how long these eggs have been here.
08:32And it might take a long time for whatever's in there to come out!
08:36Here it comes!
08:39Ew, what is it?
08:41It's a snake!
08:45Why does it always have to be a snake?
08:48What?
08:50That was, without a doubt, the coolest thing I've ever seen!
08:56Who knew?
08:57So many animals came from eggs!
08:59But it wasn't my egg.
09:01Ah, don't give up yet, Lisa.
09:03Maybe we should go back to our yard to think.
09:06I'll even give you a lift.
09:11We will find other lizard eggs, Lisa.
09:13We just need to think.
09:16I don't know.
09:16The other eggs might have already hatched, and all the lizards might have scattered.
09:23I mean, uh, yeah!
09:26Maybe we can still find them!
09:29We will find them!
09:30We'll search the mountains if we have to!
09:32The forests!
09:33The caves!
09:34The ocean!
09:35Well, maybe not the ocean.
09:37And not because I'm afraid of water.
09:40Of course not, but because you said you didn't remember hatching in water.
09:44Those are your words!
09:45And the ocean is full of water.
09:47Wet, wet, water.
09:50No, we will not search the ocean.
09:53Okay, okay there, Nature Cat.
09:56Well, you know what?
09:58I think I'm hungry.
09:59Guys have anything to eat around here?
10:00Well, what can I get you?
10:01A sandwich?
10:02A salad?
10:03I blend a great smoothie!
10:04Actually, I'm kind of in the mood for some grubs.
10:07Or fruit flies.
10:08Or maybe a juicy mealworm.
10:10Then we shall find you!
10:12A mealworm!
10:15Uh-uh.
10:17Nope.
10:19Nope.
10:20Nope.
10:23Nope.
10:23Hey, wait a minute.
10:24Look!
10:25Nature Cat!
10:26Those are eggs!
10:28Hey!
10:29I recognize this!
10:31These eggs feel right.
10:32They're in the dirt.
10:33They're just about my size.
10:35And there's no angry birds trying to shoo us away!
10:38Nature Cat, I think you found my nest.
10:41I did?
10:42I mean, I did!
10:45Intentionally!
10:46Just like I told you I would!
10:48Oh, okay.
10:49Yep, it's gonna hatch.
10:55It's another lizard!
10:57Hi, baby lizard!
10:58It's me, Hal!
11:00What am I?
11:02You're a lizard, like me.
11:03I'm Lisa.
11:04What's your name?
11:05I don't have a name.
11:07Can you help me pick one?
11:08What do you think, Nature Cat?
11:10That's Nature Cat.
11:11He is just the nicest, most helpful nature adventurer in the world.
11:15Hmm.
11:16I think, and I'm pretty good at this, Eddie!
11:19Eddie!
11:20Eddie Lizard!
11:21Eddie!
11:22I like that!
11:23Nice to meet you guys!
11:24Thanks for the name!
11:25See you around, Eddie Lizard!
11:27Well, that was cool!
11:29Thanks for helping me find another lizard, everyone.
11:31Especially you, Nature Cat.
11:33I'll never forget you.
11:35And I won't forget you either, Lisa!
11:38Oh, don't do this!
11:40Onward and yonward, my little lizard friend!
11:43Onward and yonward!
11:46One day you name them, and the same day they run away with a strange lizard you also named!
11:52Huh, they grow up so fast!
11:54Hey, how about another game of hide and go seek, huh?
11:57Oh, good idea!
11:58I know the perfect spot!
12:00Wink, wink!
12:03Yeah, let's not fight it!
12:05One, two, three, four, pal!
12:08Get out of the tomato vines!
12:09Five, six...
12:11S.O.S.
12:13Save Our Salad!
12:16In order to make my world-famous salad a la Nature Cat, I need green beans!
12:23Yum!
12:24Sweet corn!
12:25Yum!
12:27And sweet peppers!
12:29Yummy!
12:30Oh, I want some salad a la Nature Cat right now, baby!
12:36Um, Hal, I hate to be a nuge, but these are just pictures of the veggies I need for my
12:41salad!
12:42No wonder they tasted so papery, and so printy, and all at the same time!
12:47The real vegetables happen to be growing in my garden!
12:51Thanks to Daisy, I now have quite the green thumb!
12:55It's not green, it's yellow!
12:58Don't worry, I'll fix it!
13:00Hal, having a green thumb just means I know how to grow things in a garden!
13:05And I'm pretty good at it!
13:06Come on, I'll show you!
13:08Onward and greenward!
13:13Behold!
13:13My award-winning garden!
13:16Wow, it's so cool how your leaves have so much air in them!
13:19What?
13:20What's happening to my plants?
13:21Look!
13:23Oh, my!
13:25Oh, dear!
13:27Oh, no!
13:29The plants don't look pretty anymore!
13:31Those bugs are eating all your plants!
13:34Ew!
13:34What kind of bugs are they?
13:36I don't know, but they sure are cute!
13:38They have shiny, copper-colored outer wings and a green head!
13:42Ooh!
13:42And their heads kinda look like little brushes!
13:44It says they're called Japanese beetles!
13:47Well, at least none of my amazing vegetables have grown yet, so they aren't eating them!
13:52But they're eating the leaves of your plants, Nature Cat!
13:55So?
13:56I don't make my salad-a-la-nature cat with the leaves!
13:59But a plant needs its leaves to help turn light from the sun into food!
14:03Remember?
14:04It's called photosynthesis!
14:06And that gives the plant enough energy to make flowers!
14:09And those flowers make the veggies!
14:11So I'm afraid if these bugs eat too many leaves, the plants won't be able to make the food they
14:17need and will die!
14:18And then we'll have no veggies!
14:19And then we'll have no salad!
14:21Oh, no!
14:23We need to save my salad!
14:27Oh, hello, Nature Cat!
14:29Hello, Ronald!
14:31I know what to do!
14:32Can you really get rid of these bugs?
14:36Of course I can get rid of them!
14:38How?
14:39With this!
14:40W-w-what is it?
14:42Introducing Ronald's Buggin' Out!
14:44What's Ronald's Buggin' Out?
14:46It's a bug spray!
14:47And it gets bugs out of your garden!
14:49Guaranteed!
14:51Uh, what kind of bugs?
14:53All the bugs!
14:55Once I spray this, you won't see bugs around here for miles and miles!
14:59Guaranteed!
15:01Huh, that's great!
15:03I can't stand these bugs!
15:05Let's do this thing!
15:07With pleasure!
15:08Guaranteed!
15:09Wait!
15:10What's wrong, Daisy?
15:11We don't want all the bugs gone!
15:14Maybe not, Daisy, but I want all these bugs gone!
15:17Spray away, Ronald!
15:18Oh, yeah!
15:20Wait!
15:21What now?
15:22Ronald says if he sprays that spray, it will get rid of all the bugs!
15:26So?
15:27What's so bad about that?
15:28Let's imagine it, Nature Cat!
15:30Let's imagine a world without bugs!
15:34Do you like honey?
15:36You know that I do!
15:38In fact, I use it in the dressing for my salad a la Nature Cat!
15:42Well, forget it!
15:43Honey is made by bees, which are bugs!
15:46So your salad dressing has no honey!
15:49Well, that's okay!
15:50I'll just have my dressing without honey!
15:52No, you won't!
15:53Without bugs like bees, moths, and butterflies to pollinate your plants' flowers, your vegetables
15:58can't grow!
15:59Well, then I'll just find other stuff to eat in Nature!
16:02Oh, no you won't!
16:04In a world without bugs, the flowers can't be pollinated and won't produce berries!
16:08In fact, there would be a lot less growing in the world!
16:12And bugs help clean up plants and animal waste and other smelly stuff!
16:16And lots of birds, reptiles, and amphibians eat bugs!
16:20So without them, they'd go hungry!
16:22And bigger animals that eat them would go hungry, too!
16:25So without bugs, life would be very, very hard!
16:28And smelly!
16:30Nooooo!
16:32Okay, I don't want to get rid of all the bugs!
16:35Just the Japanese beetles!
16:37Looks like you need a superhero to help!
16:40You need...
16:45Halverine!
16:46I'll just cut away the leaves with the bugs on them!
16:51It's not gonna work, Halverine!
16:53What's to stop them from coming back?
16:55The beetles are just gonna move to different leaves!
16:58Mmm, I'll chop those off, too!
17:00No, Halverine!
17:02Don't!
17:02We need the leaves in order for the veggies to grow!
17:05Remember?
17:06Aww!
17:07How are we going to save my salad?
17:09There's always the Ronald way!
17:11Quick and easy!
17:12Guarantee!
17:14Remember, we don't want to get rid of all the bugs, Ronald!
17:17Maybe we need a different hero!
17:19But who?
17:20Hey!
17:21Remember when I had aphids on my roses?
17:24Oh, yeah!
17:25We got rid of them by using ladybugs!
17:28I know the hero we need!
17:31Hurry, Hal!
17:33Behold!
17:34The newest hero!
17:36Where?
17:38Lulu!
17:41No!
17:42It is not just Le Lulu!
17:44It is the Super Lulu!
17:46Ready, Le Super Lulu?
17:48Ready!
17:49Then get rid of the garden pests!
17:52Aye, aye, ladybug whisperer!
17:55Oh, oh!
17:55There goes Super Lulu!
17:57Headed to the garden to take care of the pesky beetles!
17:59Oh, oh!
18:00Get him!
18:00Get him!
18:01She's landed out of the leaf, and she's ready to show the beetles who's boss!
18:07Yeah, I don't think so.
18:10Hmm.
18:11Looks like the, uh, Japanese beetle is boss today!
18:15Japanese beetle for the win!
18:17What is wrong, Le Super Lulu?
18:20So sorry, ladybug whisperer!
18:22I couldn't do it!
18:23But you were able to get rid of the aphids from Daisy's garden!
18:26We ladybugs normally eat aphids, but not Japanese beetles!
18:31They're much bigger than we are!
18:33Sorry, guys!
18:34Can we please just use my bug spray?
18:37Bug spray?
18:38Bug spray can get rid of me and all my ladybug friends!
18:41Lulu out!
18:42Ze me too too also, I do, I do!
18:45Uh, we need to think of some other way!
18:48Hmm, what might like to eat Japanese beetles?
18:51Oh, I know someone who likes to eat a lot of different bugs!
18:54I'll be right back!
18:58Hurry, Squeaks, hurry!
19:00Oh, uh, I thought you were going to get help?
19:02I did!
19:03Uh, where?
19:04Right next to you!
19:07No!
19:09It's a spider!
19:10It's Wanda!
19:13Not just Wanda!
19:15W-w-w-w-w-wanda Wanda!
19:19Enough with the formalities!
19:21What's the job?
19:22We're going to need you to eat the Japanese beetles in the garden.
19:25Eat them!
19:26Got it!
19:26I'm on it!
19:29Um, whatcha doing, Wanda?
19:32Oh!
19:32I'm going to slowly build a web here, and then hide and wait for the bugs to get trapped!
19:38Then I'll eat!
19:39But that will take so long!
19:41I need you to go out and eat the bugs on my plants now!
19:44Whoa, mama!
19:46That's a lot of Japanese beetles!
19:48Sorry, guys!
19:49Not really a hunter, more of a waiter!
19:52You know what I'm saying?
19:52I'm afraid I can't help!
19:54Oh, no!
19:55Now how will we save our salad?
19:57Look!
19:58There are lots of bugs in the world!
20:00We're not going to get rid of all of them!
20:02Let's just use my bug spray!
20:04Bug spray?
20:05That'll get rid of me and every other spider in the area, too!
20:09Not cool, man!
20:11These bugs may be gross, but other bugs are too important!
20:14And some of them are even my friends!
20:16We don't want to get rid of all of them!
20:19Just these beetles!
20:20Right!
20:21If you don't want Ronald's buggin' out to do the job, then Ronald's buggin' out!
20:26Enjoy not having a salad!
20:28Guaranteed!
20:31Oh, my poor salad!
20:34Well, don't give up, Nature Cat!
20:35We just need to find something that likes to eat lots and lots and lots of Japanese beetles!
20:41Hmm...
20:42Well, bad news, guys!
20:43Japanese beetles aren't from here!
20:45They're an invasive species, like Ronald's berry plant!
20:49Remember?
20:49So not many things in this part of the world like to eat these beetles!
20:53And I worked so hard on that garden!
20:55I did everything just like Daisy taught me!
20:58But now my salad is doomed!
21:01Wait!
21:02It says there's one way to get rid of them!
21:05What is it?
21:05What is it?
21:06It says here!
21:07You can pick the beetles off the plants yourself!
21:10Pick the bugs off myself?
21:12With these two precious paws?
21:15Look!
21:16It's easy!
21:17We just pick the beetles off the leaves and put them in the buckets of soapy water so they can't
21:22fly out!
21:23But bugs are gross!
21:25There's no way I'm touching them!
21:27The beetles won't hurt you, Nature Cat!
21:29Besides, it's the only way to save the garden!
21:33Okay, I'll give it a try!
21:36No, no, I can't do it!
21:38Maybe you can't do it!
21:40But I know someone who can!
21:42Who?
21:42A real hero!
21:44One whose mission is to save the salad!
21:47That hero's name is Veggie Cat!
21:50Veggie Cat!
21:51Veggie Cat!
21:52Veggie Cat!
21:53Veggie Cat!
21:54Veggie Cat!
21:54Oh, yes!
21:55The bravest defender of plant life in the universe!
21:58Where there is an asparagus in need of assistance!
22:01Where there is a bok choy in need of bravery!
22:03Where there is a string bean in need of strength!
22:06Veggie Cat will be there!
22:07But what about the bugs?
22:10Veggie Cat isn't afraid of bugs!
22:12He isn't, eh?
22:14No!
22:15But even if he were, he would face his fears and do it!
22:18For the salad!
22:19Yes!
22:20For the salad!
22:21Let's do it for the salad!
22:24For the salad!
22:39And now my plants can be healthy!
22:42Keep growing for my salad!
22:46Yeah!
22:47And now we know what to do if more beetles come back while keeping the other bugs safe!
22:52Hooray!
22:54Boy, all this superhero work sure made me hungry!
22:57Can we have some of your salad a la nature cat now?
23:00I'm afraid the veggies still need time to grow.
23:03The plants might not be picture perfect,
23:05but they're gonna give us the best salad ever!
23:09In the meantime,
23:11let's have some PB&J!
23:16Nature Cat, Squeaks, Daisy, and Howl are cartoon characters and not real animals!
23:22To keep all of our animal friends safe,
23:24check with a grown-up before you bring a pet on your next nature adventure!
23:29Aha!
23:35Oh-oh-oh!
23:59You can look at all the animals and the dog should be there!
24:00We'll be here, so please.
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