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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...
00:18Nature Cat! Backyard 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! Nature 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.
00:44Nature Cat!
00:45Tally-ho!
00:47Tally-ho!
00:48Tally-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.
00:58With the entire time!
01:00Tally-ho!
01:02Tally-ho!
01:03Tally-ho!
01:06Tally-ho!
01:06Snow way to keep warm!
01:14Wow-wee!
01:15Look how much snow fell last night.
01:17That's a lot of snow!
01:20Whoa, man!
01:21I've never seen so much snow.
01:23How much snow did we get, baby?
01:24Let's measure.
01:29Man, oh, man, oh, man.
01:31That's a lot of snow.
01:33I take it all of you know what this means.
01:35Onward and play in the snow world!
01:44Woo-hoo!
01:55Whoa, whatcha building, Hal?
01:57Do-do-do-do!
01:59It's a snow Chewinski!
02:02Snow Chewinski!
02:04And Mr. Chewinski's gonna love it!
02:06I know it!
02:07Come here and check it out, Mr.
02:09Mr. Chewinski!
02:13What's wrong, Hal?
02:15It's Mr. Chewinski!
02:16We were having a tea party in the woods last night,
02:19and when it came time to go,
02:20he of course wanted to stay and finish his tea under the stars.
02:23So I left him there,
02:24and now he's probably somewhere under all the snow.
02:27Ah!
02:28Coming for you, Mr. Chewinski!
02:34How do you expect to find Mr. Chewinski in all this snow, Hal?
02:38I remember exactly where I left him.
02:40It was right over here.
02:43Mr. Chewinski, where are you?
02:46He's not here!
02:48Oh, look!
02:49It's a little snow nature cat!
02:51Aw, Hal, buddy.
02:53There's a lot of snow on the ground.
02:55I don't think it's gonna be possible to find Mr. Chewinski here.
02:58You're right.
02:58I won't find him here.
03:00Because I left him here!
03:04Aw, he wasn't here either.
03:07Oh!
03:08Who built the snow daisy?
03:09Ugh!
03:10Hal, nature cat's right.
03:12There's too much snow here to find Mr. Chewinski.
03:14Oh, don't be a silly goose.
03:17Me and Mr. Chewinski have a special bond.
03:19It's almost like I can feel his presence.
03:23And I feel it rot!
03:33Oh, what am I gonna do, Squeaks?
03:39Huh?
03:40Don't worry, Hal.
03:41You'll get Mr. Chewinski back.
03:43You really think so, Squeaks?
03:45Absolutely.
03:46In a few months, after the snow melts, I'm sure you'll find him.
03:50You think I've got a few months?
03:52I can't leave Mr. Chewinski outside for a few months.
03:55He needs me!
03:56I need him!
03:57We need we!
03:58All right, all right, calm down, Hal.
04:00I think I might know a way to find him.
04:02What?
04:03What is it?
04:03Tell me, tell me, please!
04:05Let me school you, baby.
04:07Rodents are great tunnelers, okay?
04:09I can tunnel into the snow to find Chewinski.
04:13No problem.
04:14Yes!
04:15Rodents will save the day!
04:17Yay!
04:18I'm going in.
04:22All right, people, get ready!
04:24Because we're going on a tunneling expedition!
04:27Hooray!
04:28Tunneling?
04:29Like, under the snow?
04:31I'm just saying, it's probably going to be very cold under there.
04:34Can't we just wait till spring to find him, please?
04:37I can't leave Mr. Chewinski under the snow for that long!
04:41He's my friend!
04:42And I would never leave my friends!
04:44Never, ever, ever!
04:45Aww!
04:46Well then, I won't leave my friend either!
04:48Come on, pal!
04:49Let's find Mr. Chewinski!
04:51Come on, tunnel troops!
04:59Wow!
04:59It's actually not as cold as I thought it'd be down here!
05:02Yeah!
05:02It felt even colder up above the snow!
05:05That's weird!
05:05Over here, tunnel troops!
05:07I think I found something!
05:08Mr. Chewinski!
05:12Oh, this isn't Mr. Chewinski!
05:15Yeah, it looks like some kind of shrub!
05:17How can this little shrub survive down here, under all this snow?
05:21Uh, you hear that?
05:23I think someone's coming!
05:26What is it?
05:27What's down here with us?
05:29Hello!
05:31Who are you?
05:32I'm Valerie.
05:33Nobody calls me that.
05:34Call me Val.
05:35I'm Val Vol.
05:36Hi, Val!
05:36It's me, Hal!
05:37And you're Val!
05:38And this is Nature Cat, Daisy, and Squeaks!
05:40And I'm Hal!
05:41Yes, and I'm the leader of these tunnel troops, and we would like to know what exactly you're
05:47doing down here.
05:48Oh, uh, I don't know, staying protected from other animals that like to eat me.
05:53And, plus, I can forage for food down here.
05:55Hey, look!
05:56Lingonberries!
05:57Yum!
05:58Ooh!
05:59Ooh-ooh!
05:59And the big bonus is, it's warmer down here than it is out there on top of the snow.
06:05Warmer?
06:05You do realize we're completely surrounded by cold snow?
06:09Uh, yeah.
06:10And all that snow protects us from the wind.
06:13Plus, it acts like a blanket.
06:14So the heat from my warm little body gets trapped down here with me, and that keeps me
06:18even warmer.
06:19Now that's called insulation!
06:21Hey, yeah!
06:22Without that cold wind, it does feel warmer down here.
06:25Believe you me, I have met lots of animals that use the snow to help them make it through
06:30the winter.
06:31Yeah.
06:32Ooh!
06:32Have you met Mr. Chewinski?
06:34He's yay high and a true gentleman with a sunny disposition.
06:38You know what?
06:38Yeah, yeah, I think I did see someone like that.
06:40Only I didn't know his name.
06:42Yeah, he was sitting on a blanket next to a teacup.
06:44That's him!
06:45That's Mr. Chewinski!
06:46Where is he?
06:47I think he's, uh, I think he's this way.
06:53Hey, I am the leader of these tunnel troops, okay?
06:56Hey, hey, hey, hey!
06:57Just be careful where your tunnel is.
06:59Yeah, don't worry.
07:00I'm always careful.
07:01Ow!
07:02What's going on?
07:03Why did we stop?
07:04Mr. Chewinski needs us!
07:06We hit a rock!
07:07Oh, no!
07:08We'll never find Mr. Chewinski!
07:11No, no, no, don't worry.
07:12We just tunnel around it.
07:14Yeah, yeah, that's what I was gonna say.
07:16Okay, come on, tunnel troops.
07:17We're tunneling up and over this here boulder.
07:20Whoa, whoa!
07:20Hey, easy there, okay?
07:22I'm not sure you want to go up there.
07:24Could be dangerous, you know?
07:25Slow your roll, Ms. Vole.
07:28I got this, okay?
07:32Mr. Chewinski!
07:34Oh, you're not Mr. Chewinski!
07:36It's a grouse.
07:38You know grouse.
07:41Grouse?
07:41You know grouse?
07:44Kind of bird, grouse?
07:46Grouse!
07:47What is a bird doing burrowed down here in the snow?
07:51No, he's taking shelter from the windy cold, right?
07:53Look, he made his very own igloo with the snow, right?
07:56Come on, that's a grouse.
07:57Give it up to the grouse.
08:00Whoa, okay, time to leave this grouse alone.
08:03Follow me, troops.
08:05Hey, hey, hey, hey, you again.
08:06Come on, wait.
08:06Yeah, be careful.
08:07You don't want to disturb any other animals down there, all right?
08:10I know exactly where I'm going, okay?
08:16Worry not, I stopped before hitting another rock.
08:20Shh, shh, no, that's no rock.
08:23I think I know a rock when I see one.
08:25Oh, yeah, oh, really?
08:26Okay, well, this rock is actually a wood frog, and it's hibernating.
08:31Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
08:32Under the snow?
08:33Yeah, and you know this frog, it actually freezes solid under here.
08:37And the snow insulates it and keeps it from thawing out too soon, right?
08:41And it also keeps it protected from the very cold temperatures above the snow.
08:45Any chance the frog is snuggling with Mr. Chewinski?
08:49Yeah, I don't think so, Hal.
08:50But I do maybe remember seeing Mr. Chewinski this way.
08:57All right, awesome, I'll take it from here.
09:03Ow!
09:05Oh, oh, my kitten.
09:08I don't know the snow like you do, Valerie.
09:10You better lead the troops.
09:12I cede my post to the vole.
09:15You know what?
09:16Let's do it together, Squeaks.
09:18Mm-hmm.
09:19Move it out!
09:20Come on!
09:25Look!
09:26A picnic bucket!
09:27Hey, hey, and it's Ika!
09:29But where is Mr. Chewinski?
09:32Hmm, looks like another animal's been down here.
09:35Uh, maybe it took Mr. Chewinski!
09:39Took Mr. Chewinski?
09:40Come on!
09:41We gotta track down that animal!
09:42Hey, Val, couldn't have done it without you.
09:45Hey, uh, good luck out there, right?
09:47Hey, Val Vols, sign it out!
09:52Hey, guys, look!
09:53The animal must have gone this way!
09:57Oh, no, the tracks!
09:58Now we don't know which way it went.
10:01Come on, Hal, it's no use.
10:04Let's just go home.
10:06But Mr. Chewinski is out here somewhere,
10:08and I know he'll come back to me.
10:10Hal, Mr. Chewinski can't come back.
10:12He's a squeak toy.
10:14Mr. Chewinski always comes back,
10:16and I'm not leaving until he does!
10:19But Hal, it's too cold!
10:21You'll freeze!
10:22He's coming back,
10:24and I'm gonna be here for him!
10:26Ha!
10:27What are we gonna do?
10:28We can't let him freeze!
10:29Oh, hey!
10:31Maybe we can use the snow!
10:33How?
10:34Well, Val Vol mentioned an igloo!
10:36Maybe we can use an igloo!
10:38An igloo?
10:39Igloo!
10:39Igloo!
10:40What is an igloo?
10:42It's a shelter made out of snow!
10:44It's used for protection against the wind and cold,
10:47like we need now to wait for Mr. Chewinski!
10:50Well, that's it!
10:51Let's build Hal an igloo!
10:53Tally Snow!
11:11Wow, this igloo really keeps me toasty warm!
11:14Now I can watch for Mr. Chewinski in cozy comfort!
11:17Hal, I still don't think Mr. Chewinski is coming back on his own!
11:22What is that?
11:24Is it?
11:25Could it be?
11:26It is!
11:27It is!
11:28It's Mr. Chewinski!
11:30Mr. Chewinski!
11:32Mr. Chewinski!
11:32Whoa, whoa, whoa!
11:33How is this even possible?
11:37Oh!
11:39Here you go, Hal!
11:41Oh, Mr. Chewinski!
11:43I knew you'd come back!
11:45Thanks, Mr. Snow Fox!
11:50What's that, Mr. Chewinski?
11:52You're cold?
11:53Well, come on!
11:53Let's go to the igloo!
11:54Did you know that snow can protect you from the wind?
11:56It's true!
11:57I'll show you!
12:00Wait for us, Hal, my pal!
12:04Really?
12:05You don't say, and then what happened?
12:12So you think you know nature!
12:18Hey, Squeaks!
12:19Catch!
12:19Baby!
12:24Nature Cat!
12:26Catch!
12:27Daisy!
12:28Catch!
12:30I mean, bush!
12:32Catch!
12:33Who's ready to play the greatest game show in the great outdoors?
12:37Oh, I'm ready!
12:38So, so ready!
12:39Pick me!
12:39Pick me!
12:40Pick me!
12:40I'm sorry, one little question here.
12:42Who exactly is picking me?
12:43Yeah, who said that?
12:45It was me!
12:46Down here!
12:47Uh, is that twig talking?
12:50No way, man!
12:51That's impossible!
12:52No, really!
12:54It's me!
12:55Just a twig!
12:56A regular twig!
12:57Or am I?
12:59I don't know, are you?
13:00Is it?
13:01I can't tell.
13:02Perhaps!
13:03Quickly, what do we know about twigs?
13:05I know you find them growing from the branches of bushes and trees.
13:08Well, this looks like it's growing from the branch.
13:10And they're skinny and woody and all at the same time.
13:13Hmm, this is skinny and woody, so this must be a twig!
13:17Is that your final answer?
13:19Absolutely!
13:20No doubt in my mind!
13:23You are a twig!
13:24Or my name isn't Nature Cat!
13:27Wrong!
13:28I'm no twig at all!
13:30I'm an insect known as a walking stick!
13:33Huh?
13:36The name's Twig Stickman!
13:38And I'm the host of So You Think You Know Nature?
13:41I do know nature!
13:43Do you?
13:43Well, his name's Nature Cat.
13:45Nature isn't his name, so he must know it, little twig stick man.
13:48Well, do you know why walking sticks look like twigs?
13:53Uh, because you didn't want to look like dirt?
13:56Wrong again!
13:57I look like a stick to trick other animals into thinking I'm not an insect!
14:02I'm a mimic!
14:04Ah, a fellow trickster, I see!
14:07Well, I like to fool other animals, too!
14:11What are you doing, Hal?
14:12Trying to trick you into thinking I'm a kangaroo!
14:16Is it working, mate?
14:17I mean, the accent's there!
14:18Oh, uh-huh, uh-huh!
14:21Uh, I thought I was in Australia for a second!
14:24I was quite confused!
14:26Oh, mimics aren't tricksters!
14:28We mimics look like something that our enemies wouldn't want to eat!
14:32And we survive!
14:33We survive!
14:35Oh!
14:37So do you still think you know nature?
14:41Of course!
14:41I am Nature Cat, nature lover extraordinaire!
14:46Then it's time to play, so you think you know nature!
14:50Why are we all blurry?
14:51Is this a classic dream transition?
14:53We're dissolving to...
14:56A beautiful garden!
14:58Twig Stickman, you just blew my mind!
15:00How'd you do that?
15:01Game show magic!
15:04All right, here's your first challenge.
15:06Are you ready?
15:07I was born ready!
15:09What do we have to do?
15:10Find a bee!
15:13Find a bee?
15:14Ha!
15:14That's a piece of cake for a nature lover like me!
15:20Boom!
15:21Bee!
15:22Done!
15:23Thank you!
15:23Nature Cat, nature lover, confirmed!
15:26Are you sure that's a bee?
15:28Sure, I'm sure!
15:29It's on a flower, it's colored like a bee!
15:32Six legs, clear wings, your basic bee!
15:36Final answer?
15:37Most final answer!
15:40I'm sorry!
15:41That is not a bee!
15:43What?
15:44It's not?
15:45Then what is it?
15:46You're the contestant, you tell me!
15:49Uh, it's obviously not a bee, as we both know.
15:54Um, it's...
15:55Help me out, team!
15:56We can figure this out, guys!
15:58Let's compare this insect to a honeybee!
16:01It does look a lot like a bee, but look, it has one set of wings and bees have two
16:06sets!
16:06And its antennae are shorter and stubbier than a bee's antennae!
16:10Hmm, maybe this isn't a bee, I think it just looks like a bee!
16:14Oh, I know!
16:16This is a mimic!
16:18That's right, contestant, it is a mimic indeed!
16:22A hoverfly!
16:23Because it looks like a bee, animals leave it alone!
16:26They think the hoverfly has a stinger, even though it doesn't, and they don't want to get stung!
16:31And they survive!
16:34Yay!
16:36See?
16:36I told you we know nature!
16:38We'll test that out in our next challenge!
16:41Dissolve to...
16:43A gorgeous meadow!
16:46Ooh, I love this game show magic!
16:48Are you ready for your next challenge?
16:51Despite our first setback, and not knowing that you are actually not a twig, we are ready to conquer this
16:57challenge!
16:58What do we have to do?
16:59Find a monarch butterfly!
17:02The monarch butterfly!
17:04Pasha!
17:05I know monarch butterflies!
17:07Wait, Nature Cat!
17:09First, let's think what we know about the monarch butterfly!
17:12Good idea!
17:13What do we know?
17:14Hmm, well, monarchs are about this big!
17:17And they're orange and black!
17:18Great!
17:19Now let's go find a butterfly that's orange and black!
17:21Ooh, a butterfly!
17:23It's frolic time!
17:25No time to frolic, Hal!
17:27Well, we have to find out if this is a monarch butterfly!
17:30Size seems right, okay, okay!
17:32And it's orange and black!
17:34Ergo, it must be a monarch butterfly!
17:37Is that your final answer?
17:39My super final answer!
17:41What, Daisy?
17:42It's a monarch butterfly!
17:43I'm positive!
17:45Maybe!
17:46But let's compare it to a picture of a monarch butterfly, just to be sure!
17:50Well, they both look about the same size!
17:52And they're both orange and black!
17:54So this is a monarch butterfly, just like I said!
17:57Wait!
17:57This butterfly has a black line across its wings!
18:01So?
18:02Look at the picture of the monarch butterfly!
18:04It doesn't have a black line like that!
18:07I think this may be a mimic!
18:10We think it's a mimic!
18:11Final answer, Twigstickman!
18:12That's correct!
18:14Goosey!
18:14Huh?
18:15This is a Viceroy butterfly!
18:18It mimics the monarch, which tastes really bad!
18:21So that other animals will think it also tastes bad!
18:25So it survives!
18:26It survives!
18:27Yay!
18:29Now are you ready for more of So You Think You Know Nature?
18:33Yeah, baby!
18:35Sure!
18:35I'm ready!
18:36I think!
18:37Good!
18:38Then it's time for the next challenge!
18:40Dissolve to...
18:42A South African Desert!
18:45Twigstickman!
18:46South Africa's on the other side of the world!
18:48How can we be in South Africa?
18:50Game show magic!
18:52It's so much better than flying, am I right?
18:55Okay!
18:55What's the next challenge?
18:56You want us to find a bush?
18:59Booyah!
18:59Did it!
19:00Nature Cat knows nature!
19:01Actually, this challenge is a little different!
19:04This time, your challenge is...
19:06Find the Mimic!
19:08Find the Mimic!
19:17Well, I don't see any bugs or other animals that might be mimics!
19:20Just a lot of stones and some plants!
19:22Hmm...
19:23Maybe we're not looking for an animal mimic!
19:25Maybe we're looking for a plant mimic!
19:28Plants can't be mimics!
19:30Can they?
19:31Well, what else could be a mimic?
19:33Not like a rock can be a mimic!
19:35Well, maybe there are rock mimics!
19:37That's impossible!
19:39Nothing mimics a rock!
19:41Maybe house onto something!
19:42Let's get a closer look!
19:44This is just ridiculous!
19:47Guys, these are just rocks!
19:48No mimics here!
19:50Wait!
19:51Look!
19:52No way!
19:53There's a little flower growing from that rock!
19:55What?
19:56How can a flower grow from a rock?
20:00This does not feel like a rock!
20:02What?
20:03It's all soft and spongy like a plant!
20:05A plant that looks like a rock!
20:08Well, now I've seen everything!
20:09This is it!
20:10We found it!
20:11We found the mimic!
20:13Final answer!
20:14You're right!
20:16These are lithops, also known as pebble plants!
20:19How is this even possible?
20:21Amazing, right?
20:23Animals eat plants, not rocks!
20:25These lithops survive because they look like rocks!
20:29They survive!
20:31Yay!
20:32Yay!
20:33Now, are you ready for the final nature challenge on
20:36So you think you know nature?
20:38No!
20:40I thought I knew nature, but I don't!
20:43I don't know nature at all!
20:44In fact, I'm changing my name!
20:47Goodbye, Nature Cat!
20:48From now on, just call me Fred!
20:51Where's he going?
20:53You can't walk home from South Africa, Fred!
20:57Nature Cat, wait!
20:58Uh, the name's Fred!
21:00Alright, Fred.
21:01Tell me something.
21:02Do you love nature?
21:04Of course I do!
21:05Then you're still Nature Cat!
21:07But I don't know as much as I thought I knew!
21:10Can I have a little inspirational music, please?
21:13It's impossible to know everything about nature,
21:16but when you love nature, the fun is discovering new things about it!
21:21You can stop the music, thank you!
21:22Well, that's true!
21:23I do love discovering new things about nature!
21:26And today you discovered lots of new things!
21:29Hey, yeah!
21:30I did!
21:31And I want to discover more!
21:33So bring on the final challenge!
21:36Yay!
21:38You got it!
21:39Dissolve to the Asian jungle!
21:43Okay, here is your final nature challenge!
21:46What animal is this?
21:48That's easy!
21:49It's a weird-looking ladybug!
21:51Final answer?
21:52Wait a minute!
21:55Maybe it's a little too easy!
21:57Yeah, too easy!
21:59But what else could it be?
22:00Let's observe!
22:01What else do we know about ladybugs?
22:03They're insects, so they have six legs!
22:05But this creature has eight legs, which means it's a spider!
22:12It's a spider!
22:15That's right!
22:16It's called the ladybug mimic spider!
22:19In the jungle, many animals are brightly colored and they taste bad or are even poisonous!
22:25So this brightly colored spider mimics them!
22:28And animals don't eat it!
22:30It survives!
22:32You win the game!
22:34Hooray!
22:36What do we win, Twig Stickman?
22:37What do we win, Twig Stickman?
22:38This!
22:41Twigs?
22:42We won twigs?
22:43Or are they?
22:45Yeah, just twigs!
22:47Awesome prize!
22:48Thank you!
22:48This has been So You Think You Know Nature!
22:51And remember, keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the twigs!
22:55Until next time, I'm Twig Stickman!
22:58So long, folks!
23:01Excuse me, we're still in Asia and we cannot purchase plane tickets because we are small creatures!
23:07Alright!
23:08Dissolve to...
23:10your backyard!
23:13Goodbye!
23:16Nature 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!
23:28A-ha!
23:31A-ha!
23:58A-ha!
23:59A-ha!
23:59G-
24:00A-ha!
24:00A-ha!
24:00A-ha!
24:00A-ha!
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